The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

The languid dragon cub on the ground suddenly perked up. It got up and looked at Yun Yici, who was holding the Xuan Turtle, and Xingyu, who was being held in Yun Yici's hand, with ill intent.

Having been caught red-handed using the other person's identity and then using them as a target, Yun Yici instantly perked up: "!!!"

Let her think about it; she really couldn't find anything harder than the Xuan Turtle to knock Xing Yu unconscious.

Not to mention, the black tortoise can also hide inside its shell!

Rong Xuan and Ning Tinglan, who were standing nearby, had already reacted and exclaimed, "Junior Sister, quickly throw her away!!"

Hua Yi, on the contrary, insidiously provoked, "Xing Yu, during the time you were unconscious, these cultivators..."

Unexpectedly, the Xuan Turtle in Yun Yici's hand spoke.

Xingyu said slowly, "Could you take me and hit him a few more times?"

Alright, Yun Yici knew what she had to do.

She quickly tossed the black tortoise in her hand and said, "Excuse me!"

Yun Yici held the Xuan Turtle without mercy, while Hua Yi, whose tail had already been injured and whose movements were inconvenient, was also affected.

He looked around in terror, then let out a scream and was knocked unconscious.

When Yun Yici slammed it down, the Xuan Turtle immediately retreated into its shell as a self-preservation mechanism.

After the impact subsided, the black tortoise slowly poked its head out.

Xingyu: "One more time, this time hit the tail."

Yun Yici: "No, you..."

Are you addicted?

That's such a strange request.

Ning Tinglan and Rong Xuan were also dumbfounded.

Rong Xuan stepped forward to stop her, saying, "No, Junior Sister, be careful."

Although Yun Yici had bullied Hua Yi before, Rong Xuan and Ning Tinglan knew that she knew her limits and wouldn't cause any trouble.

If this Xuan Turtle had ulterior motives and took advantage of Yun Yici's opportunity to kill Hua Yi, then they would become the scapegoats.

Xing Yu said, "I don't like you human cultivators, but I dislike the demon cultivators of the Chilong clan even more."

"Originally, I thought that taking his treasure would force him to withdraw from the ritual, but I still felt unsatisfied. I never expected that I could teach him a lesson like this."

Coincidentally, the demon cultivator sent by the Houji Chilong Clan last time was Hua Yi's brother.

Therefore, Xingyu thinks there's absolutely nothing wrong with an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

"You may leave. I will not be your enemy for the next few days after the ceremony."

Xingyu's words also reached the ears of the demon cultivators watching the battle in Qingqiu.

Seeing Hua Yi being "physically persuaded" by Yun Yici, the other clan leaders and demon envoys all lowered their heads to suppress their laughter, while the Chilong clan leader's face had already turned ashen.

Li Zheng deliberately fanned the flames, saying, "I said before that these cultivators took advantage of Senior Li Ji's influence and occupied the position of a demon cultivator."

"You actually have the audacity to tolerate these people participating in the post-ritual sacrifice, look at that."

The chieftain of the Chilong clan was one of the supporters of the ritual of advancing the human cultivation.

However, he originally intended to use these cultivators as whetstones, but he never expected that it would be his own cubs who ended up getting beaten up.

Bai Wu, sitting at the head of the table, eased the atmosphere by saying, "In the past, there have been even more tragic situations after the sacrifices, so this little scuffle is nothing."

The Chilong clan chief said, "I am not the kind of person who fusses over such trivial matters."

"It's just too unfair that A-Yi was captured."

He looked at the Xuan Turtle Clan Chief, full of resentment, and said, "It's enough that your clansmen have become tools in the hands of human cultivators."

"What does that mean? Because of clan feuds, they've even forgotten their basic identity?"

In the eyes of the Chilong clan chief, if Xingyu hadn't been so unreasonable, they wouldn't have ended up losing both sides and being captured by the human race.

Now that Xingyu has awakened, she should put aside her grudges and join forces with Huayi when facing the human cultivators.

Instead, she immediately demanded that Hua Yi be hit a few more times.

The Xuan Turtle Clan Chief's expression was already not good; even Xingyu had been used as a convenient stone by someone else.

Their proud, indestructible tortoise shells became a laughing stock.

However, faced with the questioning of the Chilong clan chief, the Xuangui clan chief still stood firm and said, "Didn't you support these cultivators to enter the ancestral sacrifice?"

"The first to set aside their prejudices about their status were your Chilong clan; we were just following suit."

While the two sides were arguing fiercely, Yun Yici, reflected in the water mirror, spoke.

"That won't work."

"You know the rule of the post-ritual is plunder, right?"

Huai Chuan drew his sword, and with a flash of light, it hovered above the small head of the Xuan Turtle.

Rong Xuan and Ning Tinglan were worried that Yun Yici would suffer a loss, so they were also on high alert.

Xuan Gui glanced at the posture of these cultivators and sighed softly, "Hua Yi, you swore you owed me a treasure, right? I'm the same as him."

Yun Yici and her two siblings: ? ? ?

After Xingyu made his vow, Yunyi Ci finally believed him.

Seeing that the black tortoise was extremely docile, she put Xingyu into her sleeve and continued to walk outside using Xingyu's appearance.

The dragon was captured in the painting, and Qian Sui would remind him when he was about to regain consciousness.

They have been delayed for a long time, but neither Mu Yunjian nor the imperial edict have come.

Yun Yici and the other two decided to stick to their original plan and meet up with Mu Yunjian first.

On the way, Yun Yici asked Xingyu, puzzled, "Why did you make that vow?"

She thought that a deadly battle with Xingyu was unavoidable.

Unexpectedly, the black tortoise in the sleeve said calmly, "I have only recently taken human form. Hua Yi's lightning struck me back to my original form. I need to recuperate for a while before I can transform back into human form."

The longer a Xuan Turtle's lifespan, the stronger the demon cultivator. And this mountain forest is not a suitable combat environment for Xingyu's original form.

"And I want to trade some treasures. Once I snatch someone else's, I'll give you mine."

Yun Yici said, "Speaking of which, I still don't know what your treasure is?"

She initially guessed it wouldn't be a tortoise shell.

However, the Xuan Turtle is different from the Feathered Beasts; each has its own shell.

It would be rude to think about it any further.

Xingyu said, "It is a kind of spiritual herb unique to our clan's territory, called Sishui Grass, but it is a thousand years old."

“If you human cultivators eat it, it can purify your water spiritual roots.”

Do you have a water elemental root?

Yun Yici said, "No, I have the Wind Spirit Root."

Upon hearing about the Sishui Grass, Rong Xuan exclaimed, "I've only ever seen records of the Sishui Grass in the outer pavilion of the Lingwei Sect; I've never heard of it before."

"It is said that this is an indispensable main ingredient in the formula for the Marrow Cleansing Pill."

As the name suggests, the Marrow Cleansing Pill can cleanse a mixed spiritual root into a single spiritual root.

However, because the ingredients for the Marrow Cleansing Pill formula are extremely difficult to gather, it has been lost for a long time.

After all, spiritual roots are the foundation of a cultivator, and rare natural treasures that can affect spiritual roots are extremely rare.

Yun Yici and his disciples all have single spiritual roots, so they can't use them, but they can bring them back to the sect to exchange for contribution points.

Xingyu continued, "The Sishui Grass is a rare treasure for other aquatic creatures, so I originally wanted to trade it with other demon cultivators."

Xingyu, this honest child, really only wanted to snatch Huayi and the Lion Flame Clan demon cultivators, while he was thinking of exchanging with other demon cultivators amicably.

As they walked and talked, Ning Tinglan made sure to contact Mu Yunjian.

But there has been no news from Muyunjian for a long time.

Worried that something might happen in Mu Yunjian, the group quickened their pace. Unexpectedly, just as they reached the edge of the demon forest, the three of them bumped into a handsome young man with red hair.

The boy was initially wary of the three, but upon recognizing Ning Tinglan disguised as Hua Yi, his expression immediately brightened with joy: "A-Yi!"

Yun Yici recognized the red-haired youth as the demon cultivator who had been called Ayan during the sacrificial ceremony. He belonged to the Lion Flame Clan and was most likely a fire-attribute demon in his original form.

That's why during this ritual, a demon cultivator asked him to light a fire to heat the cold pool.

Xingyu transmitted his voice to Yun Yici, saying, "He is the son of the Lion Flame Clan Chief, named Shi Yan."

"Because the territories of the Lionfire Clan and the Chilong Clan are relatively close, they often interact with each other."

“In previous years, they always colluded together to deal with other demons during the annual sacrifices.”

"Be careful."

Yun Yici relayed Xing Yu's words to Ning Tinglan and Rong Xuan.

Rong Xuan immediately lowered her head and subtly retreated behind the two of them.

Shi Yan, oblivious to anything amiss, quickly ran to the group and asked suspiciously, "What's up with that cultivator behind you?"

Why are you still keeping him around?

Shi Yan raised his hand, intending to give Rong Xuan a quick death and force him to hand over the treasure.

Unexpectedly, Yun Yici reached out and grabbed his wrist to stop him from moving.

Yun Yici's eyes flickered slightly, and she slowly said, mimicking Xing Yu's manner of speaking, "Hua Yi and I met him at the same time. He only had one treasure, and we couldn't divide it equally."

"Don't touch him. I remember there are other people who can do the repairs besides him. With him around, we won't have trouble finding others."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan gave Yun Yici, who was disguised as Xing Yu, a strange look, and then turned to Ning Tinglan and said, "What she said makes sense."

"However... the reason you couldn't divide it evenly was because it was one-on-one before. As for now, A-Yi, what are you waiting for?"

Shi Yan clearly intends to form an alliance with "Hua Yi" and then seize "Xing Yu's" treasures first.

Flames burst forth from Shi Yan's hand, forcing Yun Yici to release his grip.

She felt a chill run down her spine and prepared to retaliate.

Unexpectedly, Ning Tinglan spoke up: "Stop! Taking her water grass is useless to both of us. Keeping her will give us another ally!"

Shi Yan: "?"

Although he was puzzled, the fire in his hand went out.

He gently sniffed Ning Tinglan's scent; it was indeed Hua Yi's scent, mixed with some human cultivator's scent, probably picked up from spending too much time with that human cultivator.

Shi Yan said, "I saw your message smoke before, but I ran into two little demons on the way here, so I robbed them."

"So it took some time."

Shi Yan spread his hand out to Ning Tinglan, and Yun Yici, who was standing to the side, glanced over and saw that there were already three silver bright spots in Shi Yan's palm.

She couldn't help but feel fortunate that she hadn't directly confronted Shi Yan. These second-generation demons were not to be underestimated, and with the added benefit of these unfathomable treasures, it was best to be cautious.

Knowing what had happened to Yun Yici, Ning Tinglan mimicked Hua Yi's tone and said, "That explains why you took so long to arrive."

Shi Yan asked in bewilderment, "So now, should we follow this cultivator to find other cultivators?"

"Well, we'll talk about it when we encounter other demon cultivators on the way."

Shi Yan: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

The group of three suddenly became four, but cracks began to appear in their previously seamless actions.

Shi Yan deliberately lagged behind, then took the opportunity to pull Ning Tinglan aside and whispered, "What were you thinking? Why did you cooperate with her?"

"Don't you like Ciying?"

Ning Tinglan had no idea who Ci Ying was. He coughed lightly and said, "Don't say anything, or Xing Yu might hear you."

Shi Yan said speechlessly, "Brother, you changed your mind way too quickly."

"What's so good about the female demons of the Xuan Turtle Clan? They're so tough you can't even bite them. I think they're not even as good as that human woman."

"If you don't like Ciying, I'll go find her after the post-ceremony."

Poor Ning Tinglan doesn't like talking about others behind their backs, let alone women.

However, in order not to expose his secret, he could only go along with what Shi Yan said.

He feigned shock and exclaimed, "What?! You actually like Ci Ying?"

Perhaps his performance was too realistic, because Shi Yan immediately became visibly guilty: "You like Xing Yu, so why can't I like Ci Ying?"

"Actually, I'm not bad either. She is the Holy Maiden of the Sanqing Clan, but I am also the strongest male demon in this generation of the clan."

Right.

It turns out that Ciying was the name of that Sanqing ethnic minority girl.

Yun Yici and Rong Xuan walked ahead, but in reality, they were both listening intently to what Shi Yan had to say.

When a demon cultivator successfully transforms into human form, it signifies adulthood. It's perfectly normal for a young person to be attracted to men and women of the same age.

That's it...

Yun Yici secretly transmitted her voice to Ning Tinglan: "Don't tarnish Fellow Daoist Xingyu's reputation."

Xingyu and Huayi have a deep-seated grudge, and Yun Yici can feel the little turtle in his sleeve about to take flight with anger.

Ning Tinglan, having received the hint, quickly clarified to Shi Yan, "Xing Yu and I only met by chance on the road, and there is no romantic relationship between us."

Shi Yan's expression froze, and he said sullenly, "So you still like Ci Ying? But I've already told you that I like Ci Ying too... What should we do?"

Ning Tinglan almost couldn't help but reveal her pained expression.

He cultivates the path of forgetting worldly affairs!

What feelings, what love!

Men and women alike are not healthy at all!!

He looked at Shi Yan, who seemed troubled by his brotherhood, and said earnestly and loudly, "Fair competition! I wish you all the best!"

Moved, Shi Yan punched Ning Tinglan in the chest, then reached out to give him a bear hug: "Good brother!"

Ning Tinglan felt as if a large rock had been smashed into her chest after being punched.

He dodged Shi Yan's embrace with a swift movement and said seriously, "Ah Yan, we are no longer cubs."

Yun Yici seized the opportunity to deliberately turn her head and look at him with a surprised expression, which made Shi Yan stop the previous topic.

The group of four soon arrived at the place where Mu Yunjian had left the last message.

However, he had not been seen along the way, nor was he in this place.

Yun Yici thought to herself that even if Mu Yunjian didn't recognize her and Ning Tinglan, he must have seen Rong Xuan.

Could it be that Mu Yunjian encountered other demon cultivators, was defeated, and was eliminated?

Yun Yici's expression was solemn, but she couldn't reveal her identity by taking out the communication talisman in front of Shi Yan.

She even wanted to just kill this big, dumb guy on the spot.

Shi Yan was unaware that he had infiltrated the human cultivators' ranks. He sniffed the air and said, "There's the scent of that E'yao and Li Zhan here."

Upon hearing the name "Li Zhan," Yun Yici immediately had a bad feeling.

Li Zheng, Li Zhan—this name must belong to the young man from the Tiger Clan!

Suppressing her anxiety, she asked Shi Yan, "Could you possibly find that demon?"