Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Fearing this wouldn't scare Zhu Sanniang, Xu Lingguang glanced at her contemptuously from head to toe and chuckled, "You heretics think that the Qingyu Sect has fallen because it sent a large number of disciples down the mountain, but you don't know that the quality of disciples is more important than the quantity."

Have you ever heard of the names of my three disciples?

Zhu San Niang's eyes flickered uncertainly: "Oh, what's your name?"

Xu Lingguang raised his chin slightly, his face full of pride, and said, "My eldest disciple has some connection with you. He is a guest of honor of the demon race. At only seventeen years old, he has already reached the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, and entering the Divine Realm is just around the corner. Although he has demon blood, he is the most righteous and hates evil. If he finds out that a demon dares to cause trouble at the foot of Qingyu Sect Mountain, not only will Qingyu City not tolerate you, but the demon race will not tolerate you either."

"Although my second apprentice is a bit weak-willed, she is skilled in Gu poison. She loves to capture spider spirits like you to make Gu poison."

As Xu Lingguang made up his story, he kept an eye on Zhu Sanniang's changes. Seeing her red spider eyes begin to flicker, he pressed on with his fabrication: "Besides, my little apprentice is incredibly talented, a natural-born swordsman. Countless demons and monsters have perished beneath his heavy sword. Someone like you..."

Xu Lingguang chuckled: "It was just one sword strike from him."

Zhou Fuying, who was eavesdropping from the shadows: "..."

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he wouldn't have recognized that the obedient disciple Xu Lingguang was talking about was actually himself.

Moreover, Xu Lingguang was such a coward. He secretly followed in, intending to see Xu Lingguang's reaction in the face of life and death, but what happened?

Aside from using spiritual power to conjure a ball of fire, all it does is run away.

Not only could they not outrun him, but now they've even brought out the three of them, trying to intimidate the Spider-Faced Man by using his power.

Zhou Fuying listened expressionlessly to Xu Lingguang's distorted and fabricated story. She only regretted not bringing a recording stone; otherwise, she could have recorded this scene and shown it to Yu Jun and the others. They would surely have come to Xu Lingguang's door with knives and torn him to pieces. :)

After Xu Lingguang finished making up a bunch of nonsense, Zhu Sanniang stopped moving, and it was unclear whether she was frightened.

Xu Lingguang glanced at her again and again, and tentatively said, "If you know what's good for you, you might as well surrender to the authorities as soon as possible. Considering that you turned yourself in, the Qingyu Sect can be lenient with you."

"Haha, I'm just playing a trick on you. Do you really think I'm a fool?!"

Zhu Sanniang let out a sharp laugh, her claws snapping shut as she lunged at Xu Lingguang: "So what if you really are the sect leader of Qingyu Sect? With your inability to even use your spiritual power, who can you scare?"

"By the time your three obedient disciples arrive, all they'll be able to do is collect your corpse."

Zhu Sanniang had no patience to waste any more time with him. Her sharp mouthparts dripped yellowish-green saliva as she prepared to pierce Xu Lingguang's abdomen—

Xu Lingguang had really angered her. She was going to drain Xu Lingguang dry and then use his skin as a foot pad!

Xu Lingguang was pinned down by the sharp claws and could not move. He stared wide-eyed as Zhu Sanniang's mouth came closer and closer, and finally closed his eyes helplessly.

That's fine too. Maybe I'll get lucky and go home, only to wake up and find that everything was just a nightmare.

Xu Lingguang gave up struggling and awaited death.

Zhou Fuying, watching this scene from a distance, frowned deeply.

Just as Zhu Sanniang's sharp maw was about to pierce Xu Lingguang's abdomen, Zhou Fuying drew her sword—

The jet-black heavy sword flew out into the air and pierced the human face inside Zhu San Niang's spider abdomen, splitting the hideous face in two.

Zhu Sanniang let out a painful scream. When Xu Lingguang opened his eyes, he saw that Zhu Sanniang's abdomen had been split in two, and she was rolling on the ground in pain. Yellowish-green fluid was flowing from the wound, corroding the ground and making a sizzling sound.

Xu Lingguang was so frightened that he quickly got up and hid behind Zhou Fuying, who was holding a sword.

Zhou Fuying turned around and glanced at him.

Xu Lingguang gave him a thumbs-up in a flattering manner: "My apprentice is really amazing."

After saying that, he leaned over to look at Zhu Sanniang, who was struggling to stand up, and said triumphantly, "See? I told you my apprentice was coming soon, but you wouldn't believe me." He clicked his tongue and shook his head, "Now I can't plead for you. Good luck to you."

Zhou Fuying: "..."

For some reason, Xu Lingguang's words gave him the feeling of a petty person getting their way.

He looked back at Xu Lingguang again, his expression indescribable.

But Xu Lingguang was completely unaware that his fabricated story had been overheard. Seeing that Zhu Sanniang had gotten up again, he quickly grabbed Zhou Fuying's arm and urged, "Quick, quick, she's up again!"

Zhou Fuying's lips twitched, and she pulled her arm back, venting her pent-up frustration on Zhu Sanniang.

Zhu San Niang died with her eyes wide open in disbelief.

Having narrowly escaped death, Xu Lingguang was overwhelmed by the exhaustion and pain he had been feeling. Exhausted, he collapsed to the ground and looked weakly at Zhou Fuying, saying, "Luckily you came, otherwise I'm afraid I would have really died here."

He touched his stomach, still shaken, and said, "Her saliva is corrosive, comparable to sulfuric acid. If I had been pricked, I would have died a very painful death."

"Thank you very much."

Xu Lingguang's thanks were very sincere. Although he had said that he could go back if he died, who would want to die if they could live? Besides, he was also very afraid of pain.

Zhou Fuying had a dark expression and even wanted to bring up his previous words to make a sarcastic remark, but when he saw him sitting there with red eyes and looking somewhat pitiful, the sarcasm that was on the tip of his tongue choked back.

He looked away and said reluctantly, "Master has said that I am exceptionally talented and unmatched. If I let Master die tragically at the hands of a tiny human-faced spider, wouldn't I be letting down Master's expectations?"

Xu Lingguang was stunned for a moment, then looked around awkwardly: "You...you heard that?"

Zhou Fuying scoffed.

Xu Lingguang coughed and told himself that as long as he wasn't embarrassed, it was others who were embarrassed. After repeating this to himself several times, he suppressed his strong sense of shame and smiled at Zhou Fuying: "You see, although it was a bit exaggerated, it's not really wrong."

As he spoke, he saw people peeking out of their cocoons, calling for help. Remembering that he had important business to attend to, he quickly tried to get up.

He overestimated his physical abilities. When he managed to stand up, his legs were trembling, and he almost fell to the ground again. He could only ask Zhou Fuying for help: "My legs are weak. Can you help me up?"

Zhou Fuying never expected that Xu Lingguang would be so shameless as to dare to ask her to help him.

He stared at Xu Lingguang with a stern face, without responding.

Xu Lingguang couldn't hold on any longer and could only force himself to urge, "I really can't walk anymore. Zhu Sanniang seems to have two older sisters. It will be troublesome when they come back. We have to release them quickly and then go to the city to ask for help."

After a few breaths of hesitation, Zhou Fuying finally stepped forward with a dark expression and helped him up.