There are countless geniuses in the world of cultivation, but only my junior sister Sha Diao

"???"

These words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky. Qu Yimian froze, then abruptly turned her head, demanding, "What do you mean?!"

Only then did she realize that the person who said those words was actually Jiang Chaoxu.

Upon seeing this person, she instantly recalled all the good deeds he had done before.

She hadn't even taken the initiative to settle scores with him, yet he dared to assert his presence at this crucial moment.

What kind of incompetence do those demons have? They sent so many powerful experts, yet they couldn't even take down a mere alchemist.

At this moment, Qu Yimian had obviously ignored the fact that she was also covered in demonic energy. Her eyes were fixed on Jiang Chaoxu, and she could clearly see that after he finished speaking, the ghost cultivators and disciples who were fighting fiercely around them were all stunned.

Especially Xu Xingmu, who never hides his emotions, almost chopped off his companion's head with his sword, his face full of shock.

Qu Yimian breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing this.

She sneered, "Fine, you want to fool me too?"

“You two, brother and sister—” she pointed her sword, “are indeed no good people.”

As fellow members of the Taiyi Sect, it was easy to see from Xu Xingmu's straightforward reaction that he was completely unaware of the matter.

That's right, Jiang Chaoxu must be talking nonsense.

"..."

Gu Xia, who had been scolded for being a bad person, twirled her spirit sword lightly and struck with a blow that shook the earth. Qu Yimian, distracted, was hit and her breathing became somewhat unstable, but her face grew even angrier.

This further confirms that they did it on purpose.

The two of them have such damn good chemistry.

However, Gu Xia was truly wronged this time, and she didn't know what her fourth senior brother meant by what he said.

After stabilizing Gu Lanyi's heart, Jiang Chaoxu was not annoyed at being questioned. He simply shook the jade slip in his hand and said, "I just received a message that my father has emerged from seclusion and has arrived in the cultivation world with powerful merfolk."

"you say--"

He changed the subject, his eyes crinkling with amusement, "Will you still be so certain that our defeat is inevitable by then?"

That jade slip... is it glowing?

Merfolk?

Qu Yimian stared wide-eyed in disbelief, "How could they—"

Just as she hadn't expected Gu Xia to 'persuade' the heads of those aristocratic families to send their clan cultivators to help, she also hadn't expected that the Merfolk, who had always been far removed from the cultivation world and kept to themselves, would suddenly intervene in this battle.

Xu Xingmu blurted out anxiously, "Really?"

"When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

The other disciples, who were engaged in a fierce battle, nodded subconsciously.

Yeah, how come they didn't know?

"Of course it's true. What good would it do me to lie to you?"

Jiang Chaoxu withdrew his hand and casually tossed the pill to him. All eyes were on him, but he remained expressionless. "Before I went down the mountain, I sent Luo Li back to the Merfolk tribe to call for reinforcements."

"It took some time to arrange the personnel, but thankfully we didn't miss the main event."

Not only could those aristocratic cultivators step in to help, but the merfolk also owed a favor to the Taiyi Sect, which could be considered one of their last trump cards.

With the idea that if you call for reinforcements, I'll call for reinforcements too, Jiang Chaoxu couldn't get away, so he could only choose to send someone back with a message.

However, his unreliable biological father had not yet emerged from seclusion, and there were quite a few people who needed to be mobilized, so only the other clan elders could not make full decisions.

Just now, a message came from the jade slip at his waist that the merfolk who came to help had arrived in the cultivation world.

In this way, at least in terms of manpower, the cultivation world will not be at too much of a disadvantage.

God knows he was practically a frantic king before, but thankfully he finally made it in time.

Then everyone remembered that a merman had come with the Taiyi Sect.

However, the situation became too chaotic, and since they weren't very familiar with each other, they didn't notice when the other person disappeared.

But anyway——

"This is fantastic news!"

But for some people, this is not good news to be happy about.

……