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

Xu Yanliu frowned, quickly sheathed her sword, and then stared at the person who had suddenly appeared in front of her with a complicated expression.

"Buddhism?"

“Indeed.” The old man slowly clasped his hands together, his eyes narrowed as if closed, and spoke slowly and heavily: “The female benefactor truly has discerning eyes.”

Xu Yanliu snorted coldly, her anger still burning: "Anyone can tell from your attire that you are a Buddhist."

After speaking, she turned her gaze to the young man who seemed to have anticipated this situation, and her tone became even more unfriendly: "How could people from the Buddhist sect be with the Jin Yao Dao Alliance?"

"It was all due to a series of coincidences," the old man said calmly, his gaze seemingly fixed on Xu Yanliu's back. "I learned from the Buddhist community that the ancient demon had awakened and descended upon the world. I have been searching for it for over a decade without making any progress. But recently, I learned that the unforgivable demon has come to this place, so I asked the Jin Yao Dao Alliance here for assistance in finding it."

"Ancient demons...?"

Xu Yanliu gasped, and she subconsciously thought of Zhang Xiaohan, whose demonic energy was unusual.

Could this guy be...?

While she was pondering, the old Buddhist monk spoke again: "Speaking of which, female benefactor, do you need to explain where that little dog behind you came from?"

Discovered?

After a brief moment of shock, Xu Yanliu immediately realized what was happening.

Although she tried to completely conceal Zhang Xiaohan's aura the moment the other party broke in, at best she could only fool someone like Ding Rong. Against the old man in front of her, whose strength was unfathomable and who was clearly superior to her, her little tricks were practically useless.

Ding Rong narrowed her eyes, looking at Xu Yanliu with interest: "A puppy? Where did this dog come from?"

The young man also adopted a victorious posture, casually waving his folding fan: "Miss Xu, I think you might need to explain something."

"explain?"

Xu Yanliu's expression grew increasingly cold. She slowly turned around, picked up Zhang Xiaohan, whose face was filled with helplessness, and stared at the old Buddhist man in front of her as if nothing had happened: "You mean it?"

"Exactly." The old man nodded with a smile.

“This is my dog.” Xu Yanliu had no intention of handing Zhang Xiaohan over: “What you’re looking for is a dog that has transformed into a demon. What does that have to do with my dog?”

Upon hearing Xu Yanliu's words, Ding Rong almost burst out laughing.

"At a time like this, what are you still pretending for, Xu Yanliu? Do you really think the master can't see it? You dog are obviously a demon in disguise!"

"Is that so?"

Xu Yanliu smiled faintly, handed the somewhat dazed Zhang Xiaohan in her arms to the old Buddhist monk, and asked, "In that case, Master, could this dog be a demon?"

"Are you still pretending?" Ding Rong sneered. "Don't think you can get away with bluffing..."

"No, this is indeed just an ordinary dog."

The master shook his head, silencing Ding Rong before she could finish speaking.

Upon hearing this—

Whether it was Ding Rong, the young man, or any other cultivator from the Ash Demon Alliance who had seen Zhang Xiaohan's demonic dog before, they were all startled.

Not a demon?!

This...this is impossible!?

Even the young man who had maintained a calm and composed demeanor couldn't help but ask, "Master, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

"This dog is not a demon."

The old man shook his head again, then slowly turned his gaze to the second floor.

The slightly narrowed eyes slowly opened, and a meaningful gaze fell on the middle-aged man who was leisurely sipping his wine, leaning against the wall, doing nothing.

I see……

He slowly turned his back, and under the astonished gazes of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance cultivators, said, "Let's go."

“But, Master…” Ding Rong glared resentfully at Xu Yanliu, whose face was beaming with smiles, as if she wanted to devour her, “We haven’t…”

"Let's go."

The old man walked outside the shop, glanced back at the name of the pharmacy, and said, "We'll talk about the specifics when we get back."

"master……"

Seeing that Ding Rong was still dissatisfied, the young man spoke up and reminded her, "Forget it, let's go first. The master must have his reasons for doing this."

"Senior Brother, how come you're also..."

"Let's go first."

Despite her reluctance, Ding Rong eventually had no choice but to leave the shop.

But before leaving, his sinister gaze remained fixed on Xu Yanliu, his delicate face filled with a vicious expression.

Xu Yanliu finally breathed a sigh of relief after everyone from the Jin Yao Dao Alliance had left.

She glanced at the adorable "Zhang Xiaohan" in her arms and casually tossed it aside.

Turning back, I looked at the pharmacy uncle drinking on the second floor.

"Hey, where's the dog?!"

"Here it is."

With a wave of his right hand, the space in front of him was suddenly torn open by a dark rift, and a small brown teddy dog ​​tumbled out of it.

After tumbling down the stairs from the second floor, Zhang Xiaohan experienced a violent, whirlwind-like descent before finally collapsing helplessly to the ground.

Then, looking pale, he swayed and ended up looking like a middle-aged man who had just had a good drink—

"vomit……"

He vomited.

65. Zhang Ruoxue is very useful.

[You are the esteemed Senior Sister of the Ash Demon Alliance, why are you so fixated on a wicked fox demon? Do you truly intend to utterly disgrace our Ash Demon Alliance?!]

【Xu Yanliu! Have you forgotten the oath you swore when you joined my Demon Extinction Alliance, promising to dedicate your life to eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path? Yet now you are so stubbornly unrepentant, willing to betray your oath to protect a mere demon?】

Demon?

magic?

Standing before him should be his fellow disciples, with whom he had spent many days and who were like brothers to him.

Yes, that should be the case...

But that's just what should be done.

She no longer believes it should be this way; her sense of "justice" has become vastly different from the current state of the Ash Demon Alliance.

She only ever does what she believes is right.

That's why—

【Today I'm going to protect a demon, and I'd like to see who dares to touch her!】

…………

……

Inside the ghostly realm of the apothecary.

After being contained by some unknown spatial array, Zhang Xiaohan finally managed to recover after vomiting for a while. Then, his titanium alloy dog ​​eyes unconsciously fell on the little teddy bear that looked exactly like him not far away.

It slightly opened its mouth and sighed.

"I see……"

It's not a stupid dog; at least it knows what happened in that instant.

In fact, just before Xu Yanliu flew into a rage because of the words of the senior brother of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance, Zhang Xiaohan was still trembling behind Xu Yanliu.

It naturally sensed the aura of the old Buddhist monk and knew that if it exposed itself in front of the old monk, its identity as an ancient demon would be exposed.

So at that moment, it panicked terribly.

However, at the very moment Xu Yanliu's spiritual energy surged, a spatial array that was not easily detected suddenly appeared in front of it, thanks to the spiritual energy she frantically poured out.

After that, it found itself seemingly taken to some unknown, narrow area.

Instead, it was replaced by a real Teddy dog ​​that wagged its tail and panted heavily.

The real dog and the fake dog switched places in that instant.

Xu Yanliu sat down helplessly, sheathed her longsword and put it aside. Then she looked at the real Teddy dog ​​beside her and asked without turning her head, "Speaking of which, where did this dog come from?"

The uncle on the second floor silently took a sip of his drink and said calmly:

"I've forgotten. It seems like a neighbor threw it here a while ago. I put it in the medicine storeroom as a guard dog. I gave it a little makeover and then took it out to use."

"cut……"

Xu Yanliu pursed her lips, showing no intention of thanking her, and her tone became even colder: "Now you know how to lend a hand, but I've never seen you so eager before."

"We had our reasons back then." The man coughed awkwardly twice, his eyes filled with guilt as he looked at his daughter. "I couldn't help her at the time..."

"Alright, it's all in the past anyway, why bring her up?"

Before he could finish explaining his reasons for feeling guilty, Xu Yanliu interrupted him.

She waved with a smile, swayed as she got up from her seat, the gourd at her waist swaying twice, and walked out of the shop with loose, unsteady steps.

Seeing that she looked like she was about to leave the store again, the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going this time?"

"To Piaoxiang Pavilion." Xu Yanliu said without turning her head, then took out her wine gourd, waved it twice in the air, turned back, and gave the uncle a mysterious, wicked smile: "Going to make some wine~ and check out the beauties while I'm at it~"

"This girl..."

The middle-aged man shook his head, saying nothing about his daughter's unique quirk.

As Xu Yanliu's figure slowly disappeared at the shop entrance, the uncle seemed to have thought of something, let out a heavy sigh, and casually removed the soundproofing array he had set up earlier—after all, those troublemakers were gone, and there was no longer any factor that could affect Ruoxue's body tempering.

Just as the magic array was being removed, the uncle heard a knock on the door.

"Uncle, did anything happen outside just now?"

— Zhang Ruoxue's voice.

The middle-aged man raised an eyebrow, then asked intently, "Shouldn't you still be soaking in your medicinal bath? Why did you come out?"