Holy Maiden, wait a minute. Why are you asking me to cultivate again?

Xu Sanshan doesn't remember Song Zhao, but Song Zhao recognizes Xu Sanshan.

This person looks exactly the same as he did sixty years ago, as if sixty years had passed in the blink of an eye.

He glanced at Xu Sanshan a few more times, but couldn't discern the other's cultivation level.

All that is known is that the other party was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator sixty years ago when he went to the Bai family with the previous governor of Xuanzhou, Linghu Tang.

Sixty years have passed, and their strength must have improved considerably.

Back then, Xu Sanshan was the one who discovered that Bai Chenyin possessed spiritual bones. Or rather, if Xu Sanshan hadn't interfered, even with the class divide between Song Zhao and Bai Chenyin, there would have been a very good chance that they could have eloped and lived happily ever after.

"Who exactly is this person?"

Xu Sanshan frowned, feeling as if there was a thorn sticking out of his head—it didn't hurt or itch, but it was very bothersome.

"What was his name again?"

The guard on the left brought over the case file: "Reporting to Your Excellency, the man's name is Song Zhao, and the woman's name is Lin Shuangwan."

The dossier had been prepared beforehand, compiled based on information obtained by the court's spies regarding Emperor Tianwu's foreign affairs missions.

"Song Zhao, Song Zhao..."

Xu Sanshan's brows furrowed even deeper, almost forming a deep furrow shaped like the Chinese character "川".

As the three approached, he suddenly remembered something.

Isn't Song Zhao the poor boy from a peasant family in the countryside of Pixian County?

This person is also named Song Zhao, could it be the same person?

He glanced at Song Zhao without leaving a trace, and was horrified to discover that the other person was the same Song Zhao from Pixian sixty years ago, now aged!

But wasn't he killed back then? How did he come back to life? And even become a disciple of the Tianwu Sect?

Sixty years ago, he discovered that General Bai possessed a spiritual bone, and that if he married Linghu Feixue, the son of the former governor, he could cure Linghu Feixue's strange illness.

Unfortunately, General Bai already had someone he loved, a poor farmer from Pixian County named Song Zhao, and refused to marry into the governor's mansion.

So, the group hatched a wicked plan: to kill Song Zhao and completely extinguish Bai Chenyin's hopes so that she could marry Linghu Feixue.

So after killing Song Zhao, Xu Sanshan fabricated the news that Song Zhao had died of malaria, and even showed the body to Bai Chenyin, which finally made Bai Chenyin give up.

Now you're telling me Song Zhao isn't dead?

"Damn it, it must be that the people below weren't careful and killed the wrong person!" Xu Sanshan thought coldly.

But then he became very puzzled.

General Bai and Song Zhao should be extremely familiar with each other, so how could he have mistaken the corpse?

Never mind, the old governor is dead now. If General Bai finds out that Song Zhao is still alive, I'll definitely be in deep trouble.

So when Song Zhao actually stood in front of him, a fierce glint flashed in Xu Sanshan's eyes, and his killing intent surged.

If they weren't inside the Tianwu Sect, he would have loved to chop Song Zhao's head off with a single stroke.

"Two immortal masters, you were dealing with a demonic disturbance at Zhou Huan Mountain a few days ago. Did you encounter any of our Demon-Slaying Division members?"

Niu Qianwei stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, his tone tinged with doubt.

Sun Qianwei's group was completely wiped out at Zhou Huan Mountain. Even the remnants of the souls of a few people could not be found in the life lamp, which means that they must have been beaten to a pulp.

Generally, demonic beasts only consume the flesh and do not destroy the soul.

"Demon Slayer Division? I've never seen it before," Lin Shuangwan said without hesitation.

Song Zhao glanced at her and said, "I haven't seen it either."

Strange? Fairy Lin has never met the Demon Slayer Division. Who told her about the change in the wolf demon mission?

"Never seen it before?"

Niu Qianwei snorted coldly and placed the dossier in front of the two of them: "In the past ten days, only the two of you have entered Zhou Huan Mountain."

"Besides you, who else would dare to harm our Demon Slayer Division?"

The disciples watching were speechless, and then began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"What do you mean? Are they saying that our Tianwu Sect killed members of the Demon Slaying Division?"

"Are you kidding me? Our Tianwu Sect has absolutely no connection with the Crescent Moon Dynasty. What gives you the right to slander us?"

"That's right! Besides, Zhou Huan Mountain is our territory. What right do they have to enter the mountain? They deserve to die!"

"It's probably because the people from the Demon Slaying Division were too weak and were killed by the monsters in the mountains. Then they framed our Tianwu Sect."

"..."

Hearing the voices of his disciples, Xu Sanshan calmly said, "We, the Demon Slayers, are not the kind of people who make wild guesses or maliciously slander others."

"Whether Zhou Huanshan's brothers were killed by you or not is not up to you to say, nor is it up to me to say."

"Please, fellow Daoist, come with us."

His eyes calmly gazed at Song Zhao, his intentions clear.

Song Zhao frowned and met Xu Sanshan's gaze; the atmosphere between them was tense and confrontational.

He wanted to kill me!

"inappropriate."

Before Song Zhao could answer, Su Fangyue stepped in front of him and said, "Disciples of the Tianwu Sect cannot be taken away by just anyone."

"Hehe, this must be the Holy Maiden?"

Xu Sanshan stood up from his chair, his expression arrogant: "I have long heard that the Holy Maiden of Tianwu Sect is exceptionally beautiful and is the most outstanding young woman in Xuanzhou."

"Although I am not very talented, I was considered one of the best among the previous generation. I wonder if the Holy Maiden dares to exchange a move with this old man?"

"What is there to be afraid of?"

A cloud-patterned spirit sword appeared in Su Fangyue's hand, its surface adorned with dazzling clouds that were so striking they made one's eyes ache.

"If I win, get back here!"

"good!"

Seeing the other party's arrogance, Xu Sanshan immediately decided to fight back. He unleashed an unparalleled domineering aura, which condensed into a dragon-shaped Dharma image behind him!

All demons under heaven are subordinate to the dragon!

All members of the Crescent Moon Demon Slayer Division have cultivated this Dragon Subduing Demon Technique, which allows them to suppress demons from the outset.

Swah——

In the blink of an eye, the two were locked in combat, exchanging dozens of moves in a short time.

When Su Fangyue stood in front of Song Zhao again, there were bloodstains on the Yunni Spirit Sword.

With his back to the crowd, Xu Sanshan raised his hand and said, "Let's go back."

"The Holy Maiden is mighty!"

"What the heck? What just happened? I didn't see anything! The Saintess won?"

"The Demon Slayer Division is nothing but a bunch of nobodies; how dare they challenge our Holy Maiden?"

"Let's go back too."

Su Fangyue said a few words to Song Zhao and returned to Tianwu Peak.

......

......

"vomit!"

Upon reaching the outside of the Tianwu Sect, Xu Sanshan suddenly coughed up a mouthful of black blood, his eyes bloodshot: "What a formidable girl!"

"If I hadn't been wearing my spirit armor, I probably wouldn't have been able to save face on the spot!"

"Lord Xu, what is her cultivation level?" The accompanying guard was secretly shocked and quickly handed her a pill.

Xu Sanshan swallowed the pill and said coldly, "Just like me, you're in the late Foundation Establishment stage, but you only broke through not long ago."

"Don't worry, she's not feeling well either. Our Demon Slaying Division's techniques are no weaker than those of the Heavenly Martial Sect."

"By the way, send three thousand Demon Slayers from the north to surround the vicinity of the Heavenly Martial Sect. All of them must be disguised. If Song Zhao appears, kill him without mercy!"

Qian Wei was startled and whispered, "My lord, isn't this a bit...?"

"Hmph! What do you know? Just do as I say."

"As for the reason, just say that a powerful demon has appeared in the Tianwu Sect and that troops need to be mobilized for support."

"yes!"