Even hybrid monsters have their day

Thinking of Jiao Lingfeng's darkened face and Diao Lanrong's disappointed look, he suddenly regretted his provocation of Geng Miaowan.

In the brief moment he was distracted, Geng Miaowan unleashed another Flowing Wind Slash, accompanied by her contemptuous laughter, arriving before Qi Liuhai. Still stunned, Qi Liuhai immediately tried to defend, but he never expected that the power Geng Miaowan unleashed this time was on a completely different level from before.

Late stage of the consecration period? How is that possible!

He remembered that when he last fought her, she was only around the Foundation Establishment stage. It's only been a few days, how did she become the late Enlightenment stage?

His shock and misjudgment rendered his resistance futile. Thus, the image of someone completely naked was once again displayed in a spectacular fashion before everyone's eyes.

Given the rather unseemly scene, Jiao Lingfeng turned off the screen with a sullen face.

"The people of your Chujiang Palace are truly fearless." There's no one else more suitable than Zhan Xisheng who is so unafraid of death.

Song Yu curled his lip, "A trivial skill."

Those in the hall might not have understood what was going on, but the people sitting here were no ordinary people. They could naturally see that Qi Liuhai had been framed by Geng Miaowan. His move wasn't actually that powerful; it was just that Geng Miaowan had added her own spiritual energy to it as it passed by.

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic." Qin Qing coughed a few times and said, "Regardless of the circumstances, Geng Miaowan is the one chosen by the ancient god, and I think that's beyond doubt. There's no need for everyone to dwell on this too much. Whether she can handle this task remains to be seen, and we will continue to investigate. Until then, I hope everyone will stick to their duties and manage the Underworld more efficiently. Regarding the recent spate of unusual events, I hope everyone will cooperate with those in need to resolve these issues as soon as possible and restore order."

After a series of standard concluding remarks from the leaders, the meeting, comprised of the Ten Kings of the Underworld, was adjourned.

In the corridor, Geng Miaowan burst into laughter, and even Xu Ruwen couldn't help but smile.

"Wan'er, you really used that trick of shifting blame quite well." She had just told them in her mind's eye that no matter what Qi Liuhai did, they shouldn't interfere. He had originally wondered when she had become so easily bullied. But he hadn't expected her to be using underhanded tactics.

Xu Ruwen had never imagined that Geng Miaowan could have such a cunning side, actually thinking of using her spiritual power to target Qi Liuhai's technique, leaving him speechless. Although he spoke of it lightly, he knew that such a technique required extremely strong control over spiritual power. Fortunately, Qi Liuhai hadn't used his full strength when casting the spell; otherwise, with her current cultivation level, she would have been utterly unable to withstand it.

Huangfu Aoxuan still wore a faint smile. "Your cultivation has reached the Enlightenment stage?"

"Hmm." Geng Miaowan nodded. When she returned this time, she discovered that her cultivation had actually reached the Enlightenment stage. Unexpectedly, being unexpectedly thrown into that space had actually led to a further improvement in her cultivation.

After returning to her residence, Geng Miaowan emptied all the pebbles from her storage ring. Including the ones she had coaxed and tricked into giving her to Lu Shuaishuai, there were a total of four pebbles.

Huangfu Aoxuan and Xu Ruwen stared at the four inconspicuous little stones for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what they were.

"You mean, these stones contain very powerful spiritual energy?"

Geng Miaowan nodded. Her rapid advancement to the late-stage of the Enlightenment Realm was largely thanks to Lu Shuaishuai's stone. If she hadn't accidentally activated the spiritual energy within, she wouldn't have broken through so quickly.

However, she couldn't understand why this stone appeared in Lu Shuaishuai's body. Could it be because her spiritual power, imbued with her essence blood, merged with the death energy in his body? But how was it triggered?

She just couldn't understand it.

"By the way, did you find anything when you went to Buzhou Mountain?" Geng Miaowan suddenly remembered this.

Xu Ruwen glanced at Huangfu Aoxuan, and the two of them simultaneously turned their gazes to Geng Miaowan.

"What?" Geng Miaowan felt that their gazes had suddenly become very meaningful, and she couldn't guess what they were thinking.

"Go ahead and say it," Xu Ruwen said, then lowered his head to continue studying the small stones.

Huangfu Aoxuan's face was unusually devoid of a smile. He stared at her face for several minutes, his eyes filled with a mixture of emotion, admiration, and even astonishment...

Such a complex look stirred up an indescribable feeling in Geng Miaowan's heart. She couldn't help but urge, "Just say it."

“Then I’ll say it…” He turned his gaze to the distance and said in a somewhat distant tone, “Actually, when my elder brother and Ruwen arrived there that day, they didn’t find the legendary powerful demon. There were only a few small soldiers and crab generals guarding the place.”

Xu Ruwen looked up at him, thinking to himself, "This guy's arrogance is truly astounding. Two experts from the True Demon Mirror realm are being described as mere shrimp soldiers and crab generals. I wonder who it was that almost got captured by these two shrimp soldiers and crab generals back then."

However, he only thought it to himself and didn't expose Huangfu Aoran. Huangfu Aoxuan was clearly pleased with his sensible behavior, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face again.

Geng Miaowan thought to herself, "Isn't that obvious? That legendary, powerful demon has appeared at the Green Mountain Sect, so of course it won't be at Buzhou Mountain."

"That's it?" If that's all there is to it, why are they looking at her like she's an artifact in a museum?

"Of course, that's not all. We discovered that a beauty was hiding in that den of iniquity."

"Wow, keeping a mistress?" Geng Miaowan seemed to smell gossip. "Could it be his lover? If she is, then we should capture her. Then that devil Haotian will have to listen to us."

Seemingly recalling that wonderful scene, Geng Miaowan chuckled foolishly. However, whether it was her imagination or not, she felt that after she finished speaking, Xu Ruwen and Huangfu Aoxuan both trembled slightly.

After a long while, Huangfu Aoxuan finally spoke, "Whether she is a lover or not, we don't know, but she is not a living person."

"dead?"

"It's not a dead person."

"..." Geng Miaowan glared at him, "Can't you speak properly?"

Xu Ruwen rolled his eyes at him and muttered, "Stop dawdling!" He completely forgot that the beast in front of him was an ancient ferocious beast that had lived for tens of thousands of years.

"It just lay there motionless, looking like it was dead, but it didn't feel like it was." (To be continued.)