Feng Jue at the front.

Wen Jiu at the back.

Together, they flew out of the Yin Killing Submerging Array, which had already advanced to Tier Two Top Grade.

Gu Qiao’s eyes narrowed, a sinister ghostly aura surged around him, sweeping up the surrounding Yin Evil Qi and rushing forward like a tide. Accompanied by bursts of sinister laughter, Gu Qiao stared at Feng Jue, like a leopard watching a gazelle.

Feng Jue gathered a bloody Yin Technique to block the oncoming ghostly aura, his face unchanged, he respectfully saluted Vice City Lord Lin and Vice City Lord Wei not far away, "Junior Feng Jue, thank you two elders for gracing Lengxi Mountain to watch the battle."

Wen Jiu followed suit with a salute, "Greetings Vice City Lord Wei, Vice City Lord Lin."

Without waiting for Daoist Wei to speak, Vice City Lord Lin spoke first, "Though you two have signed a Spirit Contract with our Wind and Cloud Immortal City and received the Honored Guest Elder’s decree, the rules of the Little Demon Realm were set by Master Pei, which no one can break. So no matter how the battle goes, we will not intervene; life and death depend on your fate."

These words seemed to be spoken for Feng Jue and Wen Jiu’s ears, but Wen Jiu could tell they were actually directed at Daoist Wei beside them.

It’s a reminder.

Perhaps also a warning.

"It seems Gu Qiao’s challenge does have her directive," Wen Jiu murmured to himself.

Daoist Wei also spoke at this moment, his tone full of discontent, directly tearing away the facade, "Using unscrupulous means against your own, in the entire Wind and Cloud Immortal City, only you do that, Aunt Master."

"With the clash between Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks and Three Life Gates imminent, our Wind and Cloud Immortal City, being a neutral force, should not accept cultivators with ties or grudges with either side. Yet you insist on sheltering Feng Jue. For the sake of Wind and Cloud Immortal City, for the hundreds of years of my senior brother’s legacy, I have no choice but to do this."

Vice City Lord Lin immediately retorted. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Daoist Wei coldly countered, "In the Left Sect Hundred Cultivators’ Record of the Little Demon Realm, the capable ones may climb the ranks; once on the list, regardless of origin or past, they can receive the protection of the patriarch. Aunt Master, this act undoubtedly tarnishes the patriarch’s reputation and undermines the foundation of the Little Demon Realm. But since you are an elder, juniors naturally cannot question you, but please don’t dress up personal goals as righteous!"

Just as the two were bickering, Gu Qiao, impatient, turned and flew upwards to the Little Demon Realm.

"I’ll be waiting for you."

Heihe, Chen Li, and other Foundation Establishment Cultivators who came to watch also started moving, not daring to linger in the Little Demon Realm.

Two Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivators endlessly argued; if they were caught in the crossfire, none of them could escape unscathed. However, they discerned from the conversation that wanting Feng Jue dead was not just Gu Qiao’s wish.

Behind him was Vice City Lord Lin, one of the three Vice City Lords of Wind and Cloud Immortal City.

A cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks wanted him dead.

Vice City Lord Lin of Wind and Cloud Immortal City wanted him dead too.

Just imagining it was suffocating.

"This Fellow Daoist Li is indeed loyal and righteous, clearly unrelated to this matter but deciding to accompany Feng Jue to face Gu Qiao," Chen Li remarked to his wife Wang Xin.

Wang Xin nodded in agreement, "Clearly a Corpse Cultivator, having been in the Little Demon Realm for so long, yet never heard of him using people to nurture corpses, and still loyal and righteous, willing to face an unbeatable strong enemy with his friend, truly remarkable. It seems this Fellow Daoist Li also has poor Spirit Root, forced onto the path of the Heterodox Dao."

Li Ghost Cultivator suddenly interjected, "A loyal and righteous person, yet befriends an unloyal and unrighteous person, truly laughable. If Li Mu dies, he can only blame himself for failing to judge people correctly."

...

Above the Little Demon Realm.

Underfoot, Yin Evil Qi mixed with Demonic Qi rose from below, gradually swallowing the light of the sky. Gu Qiao was already thousands of feet above the Little Demon Realm, standing against the strong wind, his ghostly aura continuously fluctuating with the wind.

Feng Jue charged out first, holding the Blood Slaughter Moonlight Spear, but the spear was already vastly different from when he was in the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment. It secretly emitted special Blood Evil Qi and Seven-Colored Poison, clearly Feng Jue had prepared well for this battle.

Simultaneously, Feng Jue swallowed a Yin Pill to forcibly elevate his cultivation to the Peak of Mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

It was precisely the Yin Pill secretly provided by Chen Li.

Seeing this, Wen Jiu also consumed a Yin Pill for a temporary increase in cultivation, as he did not plan to use the East Spring Undying Bone this time. To guard against Yan Zhen’s prying eyes, Wen Jiu decided to use the strongest Blood Demon Undying Bone from his Corpse Body.

The Blood Demon Undying Bone is a Demon Corpse, heavily dominated by Demonic Qi, and the Demon Corpse doesn’t employ any Corpse Technique. Therefore, it can solely utilize Corpse Qi within the Corpse Body, greatly minimizing the Dao Foundation’s aura.

The main feature is the Spirit-Extinguishing Corpse Qi containing Demonic Qi for concealment, minimizing exposure before Yan Zhen.

"Fellow Daoist Han, be cautious of his Night Parade of Hundred Demons," Feng Jue transmitted through Divine Sense, opting not to employ Secret Techniques immediately.

Wen Jiu nodded.

The Blood Demon Undying Bone appeared beside him.

The next moment, the Blood Demon Undying Bone felt something watching it, a very faint sensation even Wen Jiu couldn’t detect. To be safe, Wen Jiu controlled the Blood Demon Undying Bone’s perception to seek out the source of prying.

Act as if unaware.

Simultaneously controlling the East Spring Undying Bone to use Three Rivers Ghost Concealment, after Daoist Wei and Vice City Lord Lin also left the Little Demon Realm, he used Blood Corpse Escape immediately to depart, then repeatedly landed in the dense forest outside the Market.

Once certain several Divine Senses were observing Yan Zhen, Wen Jiu also controlled the East Spring Undying Bone to probe with perception.

Sure enough.

It was Yan Zhen.

From his demeanor, there was no fluctuation, nor did his aura change, indicating no emotional concealment.

Otherwise, discovering External Foundation Establishment, even if Yan Zhen was adept at hiding emotions of surprise, it would inevitably cause some aura fluctuation.