I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

Yin Yue stood beside Yin Ling, her silver veil clinging to her chin in the night breeze, her calm eyes flickering slightly in the gaze directed at her by Li Hanshan.

She neither avoided nor denied it, but simply stood there quietly, letting that gaze linger on her face for a couple of moments.

Yinling spoke first. Her voice was still clear and gentle, and a layer of mist rose slightly as she spoke, making her silver-gray eyes even more distinct: "Does Yinyue need to say this?"

She took half a step forward, her silver-white skirt brushing against the edge of the teleportation array on the platform, creating a ripple of spiritual energy. "Your information was sent to the Immortal Alliance headquarters long before you joined. A disciple of the Joyful Union Sect, you started from a branch in the Northern Wilderness, killed a Nascent Soul demon, unified the Northern Wilderness, won the Nascent Soul group championship in the Ten-Year Grand Competition, joined the Purple Thunder Pavilion after entering the Immortal Alliance, repelled the beast tide, killed a Void Refining demon beast, and repaired the Flowing Light Array flags. Your name, origin, deeds, and even the details of how you killed Chen Jie and Zhao Shoudao in the secret realm are all written clearly."

She paused, a faint, unreadable light flickering in her silver-gray eyes. "Don't think the Immortal Alliance has no pawns in the Demonic Sect. You're so high-profile within the Demonic Sect, not even changing your name. Do you really think the Immortal Alliance's higher-ups are blind?"

Li Hanshan stood still, his pure Yang energy flowing slowly through his meridians. He didn't rush to speak, but instead quickly reviewed the information in his mind.

It's not surprising that the Immortal Alliance has pawns in the Demonic Sect. It's common knowledge that the two factions have been locked in a stalemate for millennia, exchanging spies.

But the fact that the other party was able to investigate his experiences in the Hehuan Sect in such detail—even digging up his old stories from the time when he was in the Northern Wilderness branch sect—shows that the Immortal Alliance has very deep spies within the Hehuan Sect, at least at the elder level.

He suddenly remembered Shen Qingyue's rescue of her disciple. Shen Qingyue had once infiltrated the Demonic Sect's territory to try to rescue her fellow disciples who had been captured by the Yinquan Sect. At that time, they were trapped in the Crimson Flame Valley by the Yinquan Sect's Nascent Soul cultivators, and it was he who rescued them.

But this incident also shows that the Immortal Alliance does indeed have pawns within the Demonic Sect—Shen Qingyue's ability to penetrate deep into the Demonic Sect's territory to carry out a rescue mission must have been due to intelligence and support from undercover agents.

Shen Yun's Purple Thunder Pavilion is merely a small to medium-sized sect within the Immortal Alliance. Even a major sect like the Heavenly Mystery Sect, ranked third, wouldn't bother trying to win it over. The Immortal Alliance's higher-ups would never use a hidden agent embedded in the core of the Joyful Union Sect just for the Purple Thunder Pavilion. There must be other clues involved.

He suppressed those surging thoughts and refocused his attention. He looked at Yinling, his voice as calm as ever: "So, what are you going to do? Kill me?"

Silver Bell shook her head. The mist briefly dispersed as she shook her head, revealing the cool yet gentle contours of her face, before quickly gathering again. "Of course not."

She turned around, her gaze falling on the steadily flowing silver-white light on the teleportation array. Her tone became more serious than before. "There are good people in the Demonic Sect, and there are immortals in the Immortal Alliance. To judge whether someone should be killed based on the simple distinction between demon and immortal is something only fools do. In all my years, I've seen too many people who commit despicable acts under the banner of the Immortal Alliance, and I've also seen those labeled as members of the Demonic Sect who have never harmed innocent cultivators. A person's character has no necessary connection to the sect they belong to."

Li Hanshan remained silent for a moment. He looked at the silver-white figure and could sense the seriousness in her tone. For a Dao Integration cultivator, standing at the highest decision-making level of the Immortal Alliance, to respond to someone accused of being a spy with such words spoke volumes. He spoke, his voice tinged with admiration: "I never imagined there were people like you in this world."

Then Li Hanshan asked, "So how do you distinguish between good and bad?"

Yinling tilted her head slightly. The mist dissipated slightly with her movement, revealing a thoughtful glint in her silver-gray eyes. She paused for a moment, then spoke, "Of course. I have an ability to see through people's hearts, to distinguish good from evil, and to discern loyalty from treachery."

Li Hanshan stared at her for two breaths, his face remaining expressionless, but in his mind he had already assessed the potential risks of that ability. A Dao Integration cultivator who could see through people's hearts stood before him; could that person truly see through him?

He spoke, his tone calm: "That's amazing?"

Yin Yue spoke up from the side. Her voice was as clear and crisp as ever, but with a hint of solemnity that was more pronounced than before: "Senior is a princess of the Sea Clan."

Li Hanshan was stunned for a moment. He turned to look at Yin Yue: "Sea Clan?"

He was genuinely surprised now.

Sea creatures!

Li Hanshan had never heard of any sea races in this world. In the endless sea, there were countless demonic beasts, some of which had even developed sentience and formed their own races.

But that was a demon beast, not a sea creature. Sea creatures are at least intelligent beings, and judging from Yinling's appearance, it looks almost exactly like a human.

Ling stood at the edge of the teleportation array, the mist swirling slightly as she spoke, making her silver-gray eyes stand out even more.

She looked at the momentary stunned expression on Li Hanshan's face, and a very faint smile appeared on her lips. The smile was like the shards of moonlight reflecting off the sea, light and gentle.

"Never heard of sea creatures?" she asked.

Li Hanshan shook his head and frankly admitted, "I've never heard of it. There are demonic beasts and sea monsters in the Endless Sea. Some demonic beasts can even develop intelligence when they cultivate to a high level, but no one has ever told me that a sea race similar to humans lives in the depths of this ocean."