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

"Does Cui Yu suspect me?"

After the inner demon left his body, Dongfang Huaizhen was no longer weak, and his words became firm and resolute.

Even at this point, Song Zhao didn't hide anything: "You two are suspicious of each other, but actually there's nothing wrong with either of you."

"The real problem is that those external enemies are fighting amongst themselves."

Although he was certain that the Grand Elder was most likely problematic, there was no need to say so before seeing the other party negotiate with the demonic path.

"Yes, what problem could I possibly have?"

"But you know too much..."

A long spear appeared in Dongfang Huaizhen's hand, its tip gleaming coldly, with a dragon clinging to its body.

"die!"

A spear thrust forward with overwhelming force, firmly piercing the inner demon that was entangled behind Song Zhao!

"What are you doing?!"

"Didn't you want to kill him? Why are you hitting me?"

The inner demon was shattered by a spear and floated away in the air, its empty eyes still staring at Song Zhao, seemingly still infatuated with the yang energy in his body.

Dongfang Huaizhen snorted coldly: "How could I indiscriminately kill innocent people?"

The inner demon laughed and said, "He knows I exist. Aren't you afraid he'll gossip about me?"

"The dignified sect leader has actually allowed his inner demon to materialize; can he still hold onto his position?"

"It doesn't seem to have much to do with you!"

Dongfang Huaizhen thrust his spear forward again, the spear soaring like a dragon emerging from the sea, instantly striking the inner demon's chest.

The inner demon absorbed Song Zhao's yang energy, greatly increasing its strength, and actually withstood the spear with its thick chest.

"Huh? You don't seem very strong, Dongfang Huaizhen."

"Why not let this inner demon take over, and let me experience being the sect leader too!"

The inner demon deflected the spear with his chest, and a black spear suddenly appeared in his hand, just like the one in Dongfang Huaizhen's hand, the Flood Dragon Profound Ice Spear!

Clang!

The two guns clashed, producing a metallic clang.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Zhao swallowed a Great Star Mystic Pill in quick succession.

After taking this pill, your whole body will be filled with the power of stars.

He lost too much yang energy, which could be replaced by the power of the stars, temporarily achieving a balance of yin and yang.

"Oh dear, you should have listened to me earlier and taken advantage of the situation. Now things aren't looking good." The witch's complaints continued in my ear.

"If I really die here, the Heavenly Demon Pearl will just need to find another owner."

Song Zhao ignored the witch's words and stood up to look at Dongfang Huaizhen and the inner demon who were already outside.

Due to the departure of his inner demons, Dongfang Huaizhen's current strength is only at the half-step Golden Core stage.

Their fighting styles were almost identical, resulting in a stalemate where neither could break the other's moves.

Inside the Xuan Mansion, Song Zhao meticulously observed Dongfang Huaizhen's moves and continuously deduced their patterns in his mind.

"No, what are you doing?" The witch looked at Song Zhao curiously.

A short while later.

She came to an absurd conclusion: the other party was actually relying on the eyesight of the Golden Core Dharma Eye and the divine soul that had absorbed the Netherworld Soul Spring to deduce the flaws in Dongfang Huaizhen's moves.

"His comprehension is actually this exceptionally high?"

"It's a pity he only has a useless spiritual root, otherwise he might have really become an immortal in this life and taken me back to the immortal realm..." the witch sighed inwardly.

A while later.

Dongfang Huaizhen and the inner demon have already exchanged over a thousand moves.

At this moment, Song Zhao's eyes regained their light, and he stepped out of the Xuan Mansion: "Sect Master, I've come to help you subdue your inner demons!"

After saying that, he flew to the outside of the Xuan Mansion, seized an opportunity, made a sword incantation in his hand, and used the pure Yang fire to refine a sword!

"Your arrival will only disrupt my rhythm!" Dongfang Huaizhen said with displeasure, not believing that a Qi Refining cultivator could be of any help to the current battle.

Indeed, that's exactly what she felt.

The pure yang fire sword energy couldn't find any weakness in the inner demon; it simply attacked in the general direction.

With Song Zhao's cultivation and speed, even if his inner demons had a weakness in a battle of this level, they would be without one.

The logic is simple: the inner demon can erase the flaw that originally appeared by relying on speed and defense.

But since Song Zhao had made his move, he must have been absolutely certain of success.

"Go!"

As he unleashed pure Yang sword energy from his body, thunder roared from his mouth!

Rumble!

Inner demons are inherently spiritual entities and cannot withstand the destructive power of spells like thunder. Furthermore, the Yin Thunder Divine Power is naturally able to counter them!

Upon receiving this move, the inner demon's body froze in place, revealing numerous openings.

If it wants to avoid Dongfang Huaizhen's attack, it will inevitably fall victim to Song Zhao's attack.

In desperation, it still chose to evade Dongfang Huaizhen's attack.

The pure yang sword energy pierced the inner demon's body, but did not cause much damage.

However, the next moment, the sword energy transformed into flames, completely enveloping the inner demon's body.

"Hahaha, kid, even pure Yang fire has no effect on me!"

"Oh? Is that so? But you just absorbed quite a bit of my yang energy, didn't you?"

Song Zhao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, drawing upon his own yang energy to activate the pure yang fire.

Instantly, the yang energy that the inner demon hadn't had time to refine resonated within it, actually flying out of its body and returning to Song Zhao's body.

"My yang energy is no ordinary yang energy." Song Zhao smiled lightly, no longer paying attention to the battle.

He cultivated the Primordial Yin-Yang Dao Body, and the Yang energy in his body was Primordial Yang Energy. Although it was not pure and was very thin, his inner demons did not have time to refine it in a short period of time, so the Primordial Yang Energy still obeyed his command.

Now that the inner demon has lost the boost from Yang energy, it is naturally no match for Dongfang Huaizhen.

"I didn't expect you to actually be capable?" Dongfang Huaizhen was slightly taken aback, realizing for the first time that Qi Refining cultivators were not ants.

Wielding her spear, she launched a wide-ranging and powerful attack, quickly gaining the upper hand.

"Very well, kid, you've got a good plan!"

Knowing that it could no longer replace Dongfang Huaizhen, the inner demon transformed into a shadow and attached itself to Dongfang Huaizhen's body.

"Today, I will drain you dry!"

Dongfang Huaizhen's delicate body trembled, and the Flood Dragon Ice Spear in her hand clattered to the ground.

"Hurry, I'm afraid I won't be able to control my inner demons!"

Although the inner demons cannot replace her main consciousness now, it is still very easy for them to erode her thoughts.

Song Zhao shook his head and stepped forward to Dongfang Huaizhen: "Sect Master, I have said that even if it costs me my life, I will help you overcome your inner demons!"

Dongfang Huaizhen bent over and chuckled, "Hurry up and leave, put away your schemes."

"If you hadn't threatened me with Cui Yu just now, I might have actually believed you."

Song Zhao shook his head again: "Times have changed. I just don't want to die in vain and let the sect leader be tainted with the reputation of being an outsider of the demonic path."

"you......"

Dongfang Huaizhen's skin turned fair and rosy, and her eyes gradually became hazy: "Are you really willing to risk your life for me?"

"That's natural." Song Zhao walked resolutely toward Dongfang Huaizhen: "I will help the sect leader resolve his inner demons."

"Ha, you'll never get my body!"

"I have cultivated for over three hundred years and have never even touched a man's hand. For you to help me today is an overstepping of the bounds!"

Dongfang Huaizhen knew how to resolve her inner demons, but that was why she hesitated to do so.

There are three things that are most important to her.

Righteous cultivation, the rise and fall of sects, and not touching men.

Song Zhao strode forward again, gently taking Dongfang Huaizhen's slender hand in his: "Sect Master, how many men have you seen before you say that all men in the world are bad?"

"My yang energy is different from ordinary yang energy. Cultivating with me can help you improve your cultivation level. Are you really unwilling?"