Who gave you permission to refine demons like this?

Listening to the clattering sound coming from the stone steps, Lin Sheng felt inexplicably excited.

Su Ren was clearly more excited than Lin Sheng; he was even a little uneasy.

As the sound drew closer, Cao Xingyi's figure appeared in the sunlight, standing before the two.

"Senior brother, you..."

Lin Sheng, who had just spoken, stopped asking questions because he could not sense any Jade Life Realm aura from the other party.

Perhaps Cao Xingyi has restrained himself, but based on Lin Sheng's understanding of his senior brother, he wouldn't do so at least for now.

Cao Xingyi remained as composed as ever, simply shaking his head; his calm demeanor spoke volumes.

Su Ren stepped forward, put his hand on Cao Xingyi's shoulder and said, "It's alright. If it doesn't work this time, there will be a next time. The Jade Life Realm is just a matter of time for you."

"Your master will find you more opportunities to gain experience and will also provide you with other resources."

"Give it a try. As long as you're willing to push your limits, you'll succeed in no time."

Lin Sheng also came up and said, "Yes, senior brother, look how troublesome it was for me to break through to the Pure Blood Realm. Not only did it take a long time, but I also had to go through a lot of hardship."

"Senior brother, your breakthrough must have been the culmination of your hard work, a breakthrough that has propelled you to new heights."

Cao Xing laughed: "Alright, I know my own situation. You should worry about yourself."

"No matter how slow I am, I'll still break through to the Jade Life Realm faster than you."

"Of course, how could I compare to your talent, senior brother?"

Cao Xingyi laughed out loud and lightly punched Lin Sheng.

Seeing that his disciple remained calm, Su Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid that Cao Xing would become disheartened and that he would at least retain some ambition.

Su Ren then asked Lin Sheng to go to the hall first, while he took Cao Xingyi to recuperate.

Lin Sheng naturally brewed tea for the three of them, then sat down in his seat and circulated his profound qi to regulate his body. He needed to make the most of his time to recover.

A moment later, Su Ren arrived with Cao Xingyi, and the two took their seats.

Su Ren coughed at the two of them and then said, "Now that everyone is here, I will tell you about the scope of responsibility that our Liuyun Pavilion needs to take for this mountain closure and demon-slaying campaign."

"Remember, all demons within the area belong to the respective dojo unless they cannot be dealt with and someone else comes to help."

"This is an agreement that I reached with several other dojo owners the day before yesterday."

"However, if the other dojos want to break this superficial agreement, then let them see the strength of Ryuunkan."

Then Su Ren flicked out a wisp of Xuan Qi, which spread out in the air like ink flowing across water, outlining a clear, proportionally miniature version of the Mist Branch Mountain. Within this mountain formed by Xuan Qi, one could also see some demons scattered about, lifelike and vivid.

It's like a three-dimensional 3D particle model.

"Such precise control."

Even knowing how deep Master's control over Xuanqi was, I was still shocked to see it again.

Su Ren slid his two fingers together, and different areas of Wuzhi Mountain were dyed with different colors, each color representing a different dojo.

Lin Sheng first saw the Flowing Cloud Pavilion, which represented blue, and was assigned to the eastern part of Wuzhi Mountain, which involved part of the inner mountain.

The east is no problem; he'd been there before when he was a mountain walker. He'd also been to the inner mountains recently, where the wood monkeys and the like lived, so dealing with them wouldn't be a big issue.

Then his eyes looked at other colors.

The white-representing Jintang was assigned to the south, the black-representing Feiyan to the west, Shuangshizi to the central region, and the blue-representing Jiudaomen to the north.

Upon seeing this, Lin Sheng said, "The Nine Blades Sect and the Golden Hall are separate."

Su Ren zoomed in on the areas of the Nine Blades Sect and the Golden Hall: "The Nine Blades Sect's leader is still in seclusion. It was the deputy leader who insisted on this, even though the journey was quite long, they still chose that location."

Cao Xing smiled and said, "It seems that the Nine Blades Sect really wants to avoid conflict this time."

"I didn't quite believe you when you first told me, junior brother."

On the very night he met Zhang Baisheng, Lin Sheng told Su Ren and Cao Xingyi everything. Neither of them expressed surprise or opposition to Lin Sheng's agreement as the representative of Liuyun Pavilion. After all, this cooperation would not cause any harm to Liuyun Pavilion, and as the official successor of Liuyun Pavilion, Lin Sheng naturally had some say.

Lin Sheng pointed to the middle section, which was under Shuang Shizi's jurisdiction, and said, "We don't lack demon materials. Nine Blades is to avoid becoming the target of everyone's attacks."

"As far as I know, the middle part is where most demons reside. Will Jin Tang and Fei Yan just stand by and watch Shuang Shi Zi monopolize the middle part?"

Su Ren replied, "That's also what makes me suspicious of this meeting. It's understandable that the Nine Blades Sect chose the most complex terrain in the north."

"But Jintang and Feiyan, as if they had planned it together, each chose their respective areas, leaving the middle area for Shuangshizi."

"All three of them have their own reasons for their choices, which seems quite normal."

Cao Xingyi was suspicious: "The more normal something is, the more abnormal it is!"

Junior brother, we need to be careful then. Just focus on doing our own thing and let the other dojos make their own plans.

"Once we've wiped out the demons, we'll leave."

Lin Sheng thought so too and nodded in agreement with Cao Xingyi's words.

Those dojos can do whatever they want, just don't mess with Ryuun-kan and Izumi-cho.

At the same time, Su Ren instructed that in order to avoid unnecessary conflict, the Martial Arts Department prohibited dojo masters from participating in the operation.

The demons on Misty Branch Mountain do not require the participation of cultivators with the strength of a sect leader.

Aside from those at the level of the sect leader, the next level up is Cao Xingyi. Although Lin Sheng has only recently entered the Pure Blood Realm, his strength and skills are far superior to those sect cultivators who are only focused on advancing their realms. Therefore, Su Ren is quite confident in his two disciples going up the mountain.

"Mount Wuzhi has already been planned by the Wude Division. After you enter, in order to prevent the demon riots from affecting Hequan Town, I will activate the corresponding formations."

There's no need to worry about coming and going. Everyone will be assigned a corresponding array seal, and you can come and go freely. After you're done cleaning, just return to the dojo.

Lin Sheng said that Wu Desi had considered all aspects. He was initially a little worried about what would happen if the dojos on the mountain made too much noise.

Afterwards, Su Ren also explained some key points in detail and asked the two of them to get enough of the corresponding pills and talismans.

After finishing his business, Cao Xingyi leaned back in his chair and stretched: "Junior brother, let's finish this as soon as possible, instead of spending several days on that mountain."

"Don't forget, we still need to celebrate the New Year."

"I'll also introduce my master to my three wives."

Lin Sheng turned to look at the other person, then at Su Ren, and laughed.

"Master, you've agreed?"

Su Ren picked up his teacup: "Your senior brother wanted to bring this up several years ago, but he didn't dare to. I'll see how long he can hold out if he doesn't bring it up."

"I agreed to it earlier, but I only dared to bring it up this year because you were here."

Then he glanced at Cao Xingyi.

Cao Xingyi, whose thoughts had been guessed, could only chuckle.

Su Ren put down his teacup: "Xiao Sheng, why don't you bring that girl over to meet us too?"

"Don't be like your senior brother. Your master is actually very open-minded."

Lin Sheng scratched his face: "Master, actually I haven't..."

Cao Xingyi grabbed Lin Sheng's head and pressed it down: "He'll take him, he'll take him, of course he'll take him, right, junior brother?"

Lin Sheng clearly heard the telepathic message from Cao Xingyi.

"Good junior brother, please help your senior brother this time, otherwise your senior brother will be really embarrassed!"