“Stop!”
The old ancestor of the Lou family’s face darkened. He and Lou Ye attacked simultaneously, but their moves were calmly blocked by Qing Lan.
Orange sparks streaked through the darkness, particularly eye-catching.
Then, countless Golden Core cultivators heard Lou Wan cry out in pain, and immediately after, saw her transform into a wisp of gray, thread-like smoke!
Gray threads!
Prison Ghoul!
Miss Lou family was actually a Prison Ghoul!
“Lou Ye!” The Lou family ancestor nearly fell off his flying sword. How could his Lou family be associated with such an sinister entity as a Prison Ghoul?
He turned and questioned the Lou family head hatefully, “Lou Ye, what in the world is going on!”
The Lou family head was dumbfounded.
He didn’t know either!
How did Wan Wan turn into gray threads?
Facing everyone’s scrutinizing gazes, the Lou family head felt his head swell. He wished he could turn around and leave, but he had to brace himself and answer, “Ancestor, I don’t know either. Where is Wan Wan? She’s clearly my daughter! How could a Prison Ghoul turn into a human?”
Lou Changxing had been following closely behind the Lou family head. Previously, he had watched the argument between the Lou family head and Bai Shengyi and Qian Ying without saying a word, but now he chimed in.
“Yes, Ancestor, Wan Wan has always been with us, and we don’t know why. Fellow Daoist Bai, you were the one who noticed Wan Wan’s abnormality. Do you know where Wan Wan has gone?”
The corners of his lips were tightly pursed, displaying great concern for his sister.
Bai Shengyi let out an impolite scoff, “How strange. Your Lou family doesn’t even know where your own people have gone. Why should I know?”
Lou Changxing’s face turned slightly pale, “I’m sorry, Fellow Daoist Bai, I was just worried about Wan Wan—”
“No need for apologies,” Bai Shengyi waved her hand, interrupting Lou Changxing, and said lazily, “I merely helped you identify an evil creature. You don’t need to thank me.”
“Fellow Daoist Bai, do you have some misunderstanding about me?” Lou Changxing finally realized that Bai Shengyi’s attitude towards him was too abnormal.
After all, Sun Ling was close with Bai Shengyi, and he, as Sun Ling’s fiancé, had his memories restored thanks to Bai Shengyi removing the Ying Jin from his body.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Bai Shengyi should not have been so impolite to him.
A flicker of thought crossed Lou Changxing’s eyes, and his gaze lowered.
Bai Shengyi hugged her chest and raised an eyebrow, “You want to know why?”
She sat on her magical artifact, her gaze cold and indifferent, appearing utterly perfunctory.
Seeing Bai Shengyi treat his son this way in front of everyone, showing no regard for the Lou family’s reputation, the Lou family head’s face darkened as if it could drip ink.
The Lou family ancestor was even more displeased. It was precisely because of this little girl that the matter of Lou Wan being a Prison Ghoul was exposed. Now, this little girl was still so arrogant, as if she completely disregarded the Lou family!
“Little girl, how dare you speak… Ah!”
A palm strike was sent directly towards the Lou family ancestor. It didn’t hit his face but struck the flying sword beneath his feet, almost sweeping him to the ground.
Qian Ying retracted her hand with a smile, tilting her hair alluringly, “Matters involving juniors should be resolved by juniors themselves, right?”
The old fossil wanted to bully her junior sister? Did he think she and her master were dead?
The Lou family ancestor awkwardly climbed back onto the flying sword and said resentfully, “As Venerable Qian Ying says.”
“Ancestor was just a bit impatient and had no ill intentions, Venerable Qian Ying,” Lou Changxing explained good-naturedly. “I also genuinely want to know why Fellow Daoist Bai has such a prejudice against me. I thought we were already friends?”
“Since you want to know, I will fulfill your wish.”
Bai Shengyi turned her head and said two words to Dong Yi, “Burn him!”
Dong Yi instinctively formed a hand seal, and a stream of beast fire shot towards Lou Changxing!
All of this happened so suddenly that no one expected things to turn out this way!
What was even more astonishing was that Lou Changxing, who had been calm and composed moments ago, suddenly changed his expression and retreated rapidly, his aura suddenly surging.
Late Golden Core, Early Nascent Soul… Mid-Deity Transformation!
“Who are you?” Qian Ying asked sharply, a red curved saber flying from her palm, heading straight for Lou Changxing!
“It’s not important who I am.” Lou Changxing remained gentle and courteous, but his actions were incredibly fierce. With one strike, he shattered the curved saber into powder.
“I didn’t expect you to discover it,” Lou Changxing looked at Bai Shengyi, stomped his foot, and in an instant, appeared before Bai Shengyi, reaching out to grab her by the neck. “Since that’s the case, you’ll come with me…”
Before the word “go” could be uttered, a blue light flashed, hitting him and sending him flying backward!
“Thank you, Master!” Bai Shengyi thanked Qing Lan, “However, I want to deal with him myself.”
She calculated the time; three days had passed, and she could now use her spiritual power!
“Alright.” Qing Lan retreated as instructed, “Take care of yourself.”
At this moment, spiritual light was leaking more and more from the sky.
Initially, when they saw Lou Wan transform into a Prison Ghoul, most people were surprised but attributed it to Shenqi Academy’s suppression of the aristocratic families, as everyone had heard that Shenqi Academy had recently confiscated the cultivation resources of families like Lou and Mei.
The crowd had initially viewed this as a farce between Shenqi Academy and the aristocratic families, but they never expected that Lou Changxing would also undergo a change!
“What in the world is going on! Lou Changxing’s cultivation has already reached Deity Transformation!” The old ancestor of the Zhan family exclaimed loudly, tugging at his throat.
But no one answered him.
Deity Transformation!
Among them, how many had already neared the end of their lifespan and were merely Golden Core cultivators, believing Golden Core to be the pinnacle of cultivation, yet today a Deity Transformation cultivator appeared?
No!
There was more than just one person who had surpassed Golden Core cultivation!
Some people suddenly looked up, staring at Qian Ying, Qing Lan, and the others who were standing in mid-air, their eyes wide!
They were all at least Nascent Soul stage! Only Nascent Soul cultivators could fly in the air!
Since when were there so many cultivators above Golden Core?
Had the world changed, or were they still dreaming?
Before this cultivator could pinch himself, Bai Shengyi had already stood up from the lotus platform and snapped her fingers, “Shi Fang, come out quickly and meet your old friend!”
A silent, deep blue flame formed a circle and burned towards Lou Changxing.
Lou Changxing was greatly alarmed, “Shi Fang You Huo! You actually possess Divine Fire!”
“Yes, you’re not afraid of heavenly fire. You should be a little more powerful than Lou Wan. Surprised? Shocked?” Bai Shengyi smiled, and the flames leaped four to five zhang high, engulfing Lou Changxing.
Lou Changxing tried to break out of the fire cage, but the flames were like an impenetrable wall, impossible to breach.
A scorching heat that burned the soul came, as if it would incinerate him to ashes. He finally became scared and wanted to beg for mercy. When he looked up, he met Bai Shengyi’s half-smiling gaze.
“You knew all along?”
“Knew what?” Bai Shengyi asked with slight confusion.
Hadn’t she just sensed a deep karmic connection between Lou Wan and Lou Changxing due to cultivating the Samsara Path, leading her to have the idea of letting Dong Yi burn him on a trial basis, only for Lou Changxing to expose himself immediately?
Was there something else she should have known?
Bai Shengyi paused her actions, summoned the Samsara Brush, and directly drew a net to cover the outside of the fire cage, confining Lou Changxing within the net of flames.
“Senior Sister, do you have any small cages for catching people?” Bai Shengyi asked Qian Ying enthusiastically.
Qian Ying produced a transparent porcelain bottle, opened the cap, and directly placed Lou Changxing inside. From the outside, Bai Shengyi could even see the shrunken Lou Changxing inside the bottle, his face contorted by the burning flames.
“Shi Fang, leave him with a breath.”
Bai Shengyi gave the instruction, then intended to check the situation of the broken world barrier.
However, when she looked up, she met the approaching old face of the Lou family ancestor.