"Are you really Li?"
Li Shuang was helpless and projected the content of the recording stone again.
Lin Qingling watched it carefully more than a dozen times before she released Li Shuang's hand contentedly.
She didn't know what she was thinking, but the smile on her lips grew brighter and brighter, and she occasionally made a "hehe" sound.
When she realized that Li Shuang was still there, Lin Qingling cleared her throat and regained her serious demeanor: "Very good, very good. This time, you gained a lot in the Divine Soul Golden Altar and didn't disgrace our Sword Sect."
"Yes." Li Shuang listened obediently.
Lin Qingling cleared her throat: "As for you being Li, inform the sect master and several grand elders later. Others don't need to know. Yan Fan's achievements are nothing and won't attract too much attention. But if your matter is spread, I'm afraid it will attract a frenzied attack from the demon race."
As Lin Qingling spoke, she couldn't help but laugh again: "Xiao Shuang, you don't know how arrogant that Liao Ying is! She praised Yan Fan to the heavens, and she kept saying that Yan Fan would definitely lead the six sects to a higher level in the future! Don't you think it's hilarious? Yan Fan hasn't even reached the Integration Stage yet, and Cangyuan Sect dares to tout him as the future leader of the six sects! If she knew you were Li... her expression would definitely be wonderful!"
"Unfortunately, I don't plan to tell her. As for slapping her face, the longer the build-up, the more satisfying it is."
Lin Qingling laughed non-stop.
Li Shuang stood beside her, somewhat helpless, not daring to interject.
Her master kept saying that Liao Ying was her sworn enemy.
But what was the reality?
Liao Ying even told her about Yan Fan's breakthrough. While it might have been to show off, Liao Ying wouldn't have spread it to her if she didn't have absolute trust in her master.
She didn't dare to get involved in this kind of playful interaction between friends.
Lin Qingling tried her best to compose herself and said with a smile, "Let's go. The other disciples participating in the grand competition have already gone to Cangyuan Sect in advance. I stayed here just to wait for you to come out of seclusion. Since you've already come out, let's go to Cangyuan Sect."
"Yes." Li Shuang respectfully agreed.
At the central square.
The teleportation array had already opened.
This time, a total of ten sects participated in the grand competition.
Each sect submitted a list of participants.
Cangyuan Sect, being wealthy and powerful, had announced early on that all spirit stones required for teleporting the disciples on the list would be covered by Cangyuan Sect.
Lin Qingling led Li Shuang and entered the teleportation array with a smile.
In an instant, Li Shuang heard loud and bustling noises.
"Fellow Daoist Chen! Long time no see!"
"Haha, it's been five years since we last met, hasn't it? Let's go, let's drink until we drop tonight."
"Cangyuan Sect truly lives up to its name as the largest sect. For this sect grand competition, Cangyuan Sect has leveled many surrounding mountains and prepared lodging for each sect. I just went to check, and the environment is quite good."
"It's rare for disciples from the ten sects to gather together. A market has spontaneously formed in the valley below. Senior Sister, shall we go and take a look together?"
"Let's go, let's go."
Numerous sounds rushed into her ears. Li Shuang looked up and saw that the square was filled with disciples from various sects, making it incredibly lively.
"Our Sword Sect has also been assigned a mountain to reside on. Your senior brothers and sisters are all there. I'll take you there first," Lin Qingling said.
Li Shuang agreed.
After walking with Lin Qingling for a while, Li Shuang's gaze shifted, and she proactively asked, "Master, where is the mountain of the Overlord Blade Sect?"
When the Overlord Blade Sect was mentioned, a trace of disgust flashed in Lin Qingling's eyes. She said emotionlessly, "It's on the mountain adjacent to ours."
Having such neighbors was truly bad luck. Li Shuang couldn't help but ask, "Is that Ye Zhaozhao here this time?"
Lin Qingling shook her head and slowly said, "Quite a few people from the Overlord Blade Sect have arrived. But to my knowledge, neither Yan Zhonghe nor Ye Zhaozhao has arrived yet."
"However, Ye Zhaozhao's name appeared on the Overlord Blade Sect's disciple list for this competition, so she should be coming."
Lin Qingling glanced at Li Shuang and said in a grave tone, "Three years have passed, and Ye Zhaozhao's cultivation is now... at the Nascent Soul Stage!"
In three years.
From the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage.
Ye Zhaozhao's cultivation advancement was terrifying.
"Besides Ye Zhaozhao," Lin Qingling paused, "that Yan Zhonghe has taken on three new disciples in these past three years. Those three disciples weren't originally from the Overlord Blade Sect. One day, Yan Zhonghe suddenly brought them back to the sect. After that, Yan Zhonghe directly took them as his disciples, and their progress speed has also been terrifying. Now, the strength of those three disciples... is also at the Nascent Soul Stage!"
"The Overlord Blade Sect's trump card cultivation techniques should be the Heavenly Absolute Blade and the Heavenly Killer Art. But strangely, none of Yan Zhonghe's four disciples, including Ye Zhaozhao, have cultivated these two techniques. Yan Zhonghe seems to have imparted other secret techniques to them."
"For the past three years, these four disciples have lived in seclusion; even people from the Overlord Blade Sect rarely saw them."
"It was only a month ago that these four suddenly showed up once within the Overlord Blade Sect. At that time, their cultivation levels were all at the Nascent Soul Stage."
Lin Qingling briefly explained, her brows slightly furrowed: "I always feel that the Overlord Blade Sect is strange, and Yan Zhonghe doesn't seem like someone from the orthodox path at all. But the disciples of the Overlord Blade Sect don't carry any demonic aura, so it's not good to rashly suspect anything."
Li Shuang nodded, her expression calm.
The demonic path of the Southern Azure Continent was somewhat different from that of the Central Continent.
This was probably because the demonic cultivation techniques circulating in the Southern Azure Continent often had significant flaws.
Those who cultivated demonic techniques could easily lose their minds and become demons.
Therefore.
In the Southern Azure Continent, the conflict between the righteous and demonic paths was much more severe than in the Central Continent.
After all, the conflict between righteousness and demon in the Central Continent was more about competing for resources.
In the Southern Azure Continent, the conflict between righteousness and demon was a real struggle for survival.
The righteous path wanted to eliminate the demonic path, and the demonic path wanted to hunt the righteous path.
The two sides were often in a life-or-death relationship.
The Southern Azure Continent had no knowledge of or understanding of the Land of Heavenly Desolation or demon seeds.
Previously, when Ye Zhaozhao emanated demonic energy, everyone only thought that she was a practitioner of the demonic path, cultivating deviant demonic arts.
Little did they know.
The demonic energy that leaked out when Ye Zhaozhao was killed for the first time was actually a higher-level True Demonic Qi!
High-level demon seeds were extremely dangerous creatures even in the Central Continent.
Now they appeared in the Southern Azure Continent!
Li Shuang's expression was grim; she had to quickly expose Ye Zhaozhao's true colors.
If such a demon seed were allowed to grow to the level of Mu Xiao in the Central Continent, the entire Southern Azure Continent might be overthrown by her alone!
Now, it was just a matter of waiting for Ye Zhaozhao to come to Cangyuan Sect!
Currently, Cangyuan Sect gathered experts from the ten sects. Once Ye Zhaozhao revealed her true form, with her current meager Nascent Soul stage strength, even if she was a True Demon of the Nascent Soul stage, she would certainly die!
At this time.
In this place.
This was the best time to completely eradicate the demon seed!