Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

He acted as if nothing had happened, curling up and lying down on the table, which wasn't exactly warm but was comfortable. He found a suitable position and prepared to pass the boring time like this.

Anyway, I'm just idling around, and I have nowhere to go right now, so it's not so bad to just be a dog who eats and waits to die for the time being, is it?

As for Zhang Ruoxue?

Let that stupid older sister fend for herself. Besides, Xu Yanliu is watching over her now, so it's not easy for me to make a move. I guess the chance like before is probably gone.

I'd better just wait until my silly older sister Zhang Ruoxue leaves the Netherworld, then I can find a chance to slip away.

Having thought through his future and decided to live a life of leisure for the time being, Zhang Xiaohan silently closed his eyes.

however--

The uncle, who was leaning against the wall, suddenly frowned. His gaze shifted to his door, which hadn't been knocked on by a customer for who knows how many years. In the blink of an eye, his spiritual energy surged, and he quickly cast several spells.

Accompanied by a faint glow, a simple magic circle was immediately affixed to the door of the room where Zhang Ruoxue was located.

—This is a magic array for a sealed space, used to isolate sound transmission between the inside and outside, so as not to disturb Zhang Ruoxue.

And it was at the very moment this magic array appeared—

boom!

The old door of the pharmacy was kicked dozens of meters away, and under the huge impact, it was kicked straight through. Then it crashed into the wall and finally shattered into a pile of debris.

"Who the hell is disturbing my sleep again...?"

Waking up again, Zhang Xiaohan stared through her sleepy eyes and turned to look at the person who had opened the door so roughly.

In an instant, all sleepiness vanished.

There were about thirty people who came, but because the shop was not very big, only a few of them appeared in front of the shop, while the rest were lined up neatly outside the pharmacy.

Their clothing and robes were all identical, all heavy long robes woven from black and white. Looking around, almost all of the thirty-odd people wore the same style.

Both Zhang Xiaohan and Xu Yanliu were very familiar with this robe.

——The Ember Demon Alliance.

These guys actually came to the pharmacy!

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Xiaohan instantly slipped behind Xu Yanliu, while simultaneously doing her utmost to conceal her presence.

Instead of pulling Zhang Xiaohan out directly, Xu Yanliu turned around and remained sitting on the wooden bench with her legs crossed. She simply put away the wine gourd and gripped the long, white-cloth-wrapped object beside her.

"Xu Yanliu, it's been a long time."

The familiar voice rang out again.

Ding Rong walked slowly out of the crowd with a faint, unidentified smile, her gaze fixed on Xu Yanliu, whose expression was gradually becoming heavy.

"Yes, it's been a long time."

Xu Yanliu looked at her with a mocking expression. "What, here to cause trouble?"

"Don't say that, it's just business as usual."

Ding Rong grinned and walked over to a handsome and elegant man, nestling against him like a little bird.

She looked up at the young man with a gentle smile and said:

"Right, Senior Brother~"

The young man, who was respectfully addressed as the senior brother, did not push Ding Rong away. Instead, he let her hold his arm, and then his slightly complicated gaze fell on Xu Yanliu.

He opened his folding fan and gazed at Xu Yanliu.

“Junior Sister Ding is right, we are indeed here on business.”

"What are you doing in my little shop, dealing with matters for the Ash Demon Alliance?"

"I'm just here to confirm."

The young man's gaze slowly moved upwards, landing on the room where Zhang Ruoxue was on the second floor, his expression slightly serious.

Then she looked at Xu Yanliu and revealed a gentle smile that was as refreshing as a spring breeze.

"We're looking for a demon disguised as a dog. Have you seen it before?"

"Junior Sister Xu."

64. The Strange Visitor

"The dignified senior brother of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance, I never expected that he would mistake someone for someone else."

Xu Yanliu didn't even glance at the young man. She just sat there with her legs crossed, not caring about her appearance, her eyes sweeping over the uniform Taoist robes in front of her.

She leaned against the table, clutching the long, white-cloth-wrapped object in her hand, the gourd at her waist swaying slightly.

"I am just the daughter of a pharmacy owner, not the junior sister of the senior brother of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance."

The young man seemed to have anticipated Xu Yanliu's answer. He leaned forward slightly apologetically and then corrected her, "Alright, then Miss Xu, may I ask if you have ever seen a canine demon enter the Netherworld?"

"No."

Xu Yanliu's answer was brief.

Her gaze was always sharp, and even though she was no longer the powerful senior sister of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance, she still answered the other party's question with a firm tone.

—Even though the answer is false.

Ding Rong smiled slightly, her body swaying gently as she tightly gripped the young man's arm with her ample bosom. She smiled sweetly at Xu Yanliu and said, "Really not? Xu Yanliu, don't forget that in the Yin Forest, I saw you with my own eyes with that dog that seemed to be a demon in human form."

"You dare to lie in front of our Ember Demon Alliance?"

Xu Yanliu's gaze suddenly turned extremely fierce as she glared at Ding Rong, who was all smiles. Her beautiful eyes were filled with chilling hostility: "I said no, and that's final! Don't try to intimidate me with the Jin Yao Alliance."

"Miss Xu..."

"Enough." Seeing the young man about to speak again, Xu Yanliu interrupted him with an extremely unfriendly expression: "I'll say it again, I have never seen any dogs that resemble demons. If your Jinyao Alliance wants to catch demons, go catch them. Don't come to our shop and cause trouble!"

"If you keep making a scene like this, don't blame me for kicking you out."

The spiritual energy did not surge.

Yes, Xu Yanliu just sat there, without activating her spiritual energy, without circulating her cultivation techniques, and without summoning any magical artifacts.

Just sitting there, her words resonated like a booming bell, causing the Jin Yao Dao Alliance cultivators present, who had once experienced the methods of this former senior sister, to tremble and feel a sense of fear for no apparent reason.

tough.

As tough as ever.

Ding Rong's face paled slightly. She was once one of the cultivators taught by Xu Yanliu, and it was precisely because of this that she knew so well how terrifying her former senior sister was.

The toughness she's displaying now is just as it has always been...

At that time, the only one who could rival Xu Yanliu was—

"Miss Xu."

The young man's words, as calm and gentle as a breeze, drifted up slowly.

His calm yet chilling eyes reflected Xu Yanliu's unreasonable figure. As the senior brother of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance, he was the only one present who was not afraid of Xu Yanliu.

He slowly walked forward, looking down at Xu Yanliu: "Although you used to be a member of my Jin Yao Dao Alliance, you have now left the Jin Yao Dao Alliance. In that case, what's wrong with my Jin Yao Dao Alliance borrowing your little pharmacy for business?"

Xu Yanliu grinned, looking at him with a mocking expression: "Are you saying that because I'm not a member of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance and have a lowly status, I can only tolerate you causing trouble in my shop?"

"This is official business!"

"This is my home!"

Just as the young man was not afraid of Xu Yanliu, Xu Yanliu was never afraid of this young man either.

The young man took a deep breath and stared sharply at Xu Yanliu. After a long while, he spoke, his tone icy cold: "Don't forget what happened to the last person who dared to protect demons—you know that all too well."

boom!

The voice just fell.

Xu Yanliu sprang up instantly, the wooden stool beneath her being blasted into dust by the burst of spiritual energy. The long, rectangular object she was holding in her right hand vibrated violently twice, and the white cloth covering it suddenly ripped open, revealing its inner contents.

That was a sword sheath.

The sword is entirely crimson red, with a slightly narrow scabbard adorned with crimson butterfly patterns, and several magic arrays are faintly visible on it, slowly rotating.

She gripped the sword sheath tightly in her right hand, staring coldly at the chilling-faced young man before her, her tone unusually heavy.

"I should have told each and every one of you that if you dare to mention that matter again, I'll take your dog's life!"

"Heh..." The young man seemed not to hear Xu Yanliu's threat at all, spreading his hands indifferently. "What has already happened cannot be changed, even if neither of us mentions it. Miss Xu... no, Junior Sister Xu, do you want to repeat the same mistake?"

"Moreover, you weren't the one who died last time. If you still want to oppose the Jin Yao Dao Alliance this time, you might be implicated as well."

The young man took a step forward, a hint of coldness suddenly appearing in his eyes.

He approached Xu Yanliu, who was suddenly stunned, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "You should still remember... the scene where that fox demon had its head chopped off in front of you, right?"

"Impressive, isn't it?"

"!!!"

Xu Yanliu's spiritual energy erupted in an almost frenzied manner. In that instant, she almost completely lost her mind, her pupils lost focus, and she drew her sharp longsword from its sheath almost entirely out of sheer rage.

The sword flashed.

Without a word, she unleashed a fatal sword strike at the young man who dared to touch the forbidden zone of her soul. Without any hesitation or regard for past feelings, she poured out her spiritual energy wildly, intending to cleave the young man's body in two.

However, faced with the rapidly approaching sword light, the young man neither dodged nor evaded, nor even made the slightest move to resist. He continued to wave his folding fan lightly, gazing nonchalantly at the rapidly descending sword light.

next moment.

Hey~

The sword's shadow shattered.

Xu Yanliu's angry strike froze in mid-air, and her senses returned to normal due to the sudden turn of events.

Startled pupils stared at the figure that had appeared out of nowhere—

A bald old man, dressed in a long robe with gold and crimson stripes and looking somewhat aged, suddenly appeared between himself and the young man. His withered fingers were now holding the two ends of a long sword, annihilating all the spiritual energy that Xu Yanliu was unleashing.

“Female benefactor, please do not act rashly. If you ruin your life because of this, you will surely regret it in the future.”

With one hand blocking the sword and the other behind his back, a sacred golden light gradually emerged from his golden robe.