“Xu Weizhou greets Dao Leader Ziwei!”

Xu Weizhou stepped forward and bowed deeply to Dao Leader Ziwei.

Dao Leader Ziwei nodded slightly, saying nothing, but her eyes were full of doubt.

Not only her, but all the elders of the Earth Sect were filled with confusion.

They thought that when they broke through the city-protecting formation, they would be facing a very tricky and powerful opponent.

But looking at the scene… what they thought seemed to be wrong.

“Li Miaozhen greets all the elders, greets Master!”

Li Miaozhen came over and respectfully saluted everyone.

And that beautiful and alluring Dao Leader Ziwei was precisely the master of the Earth Sect’s Holy Maiden.

Dao Leader Ziwei looked at her most beloved disciple and nodded slightly. Her eyes searched around but she couldn't find her other disciple, Li Shouzhen.

However, the preliminaries were full of dangers, and it was common for Li Shouzhen to have already fallen.

So, Dao Leader Ziwei didn't ask, but looked at Xu Weizhou and said indifferently, “Why was the city-protecting formation of Houtu City suddenly activated? Who did it?”

“Answering Dao Leader, the city-protecting formation was activated by the Earth Devil…”

Xu Weizhou said respectfully.

Before he could finish speaking, a group of Earth Sect elders were shocked. A rough-looking elder couldn't help but interrupt, “What? It was actually the Earth Devil? Where is he?”

Clearly, the Earth Sect elders hadn't expected that the one who activated the city-protecting formation would be the Earth Devil.

“The Earth Devil, he has already been killed…”

Xu Weizhou said.

The rough elder breathed a sigh of relief and said, “It seems that the Earth Devil had only just awakened and was extremely weak. Otherwise, with Junior Brother Xu's strength, it would have been difficult to deal with him!”

“Ahem, Senior Brother Wang, that’s not quite right…”

Xu Weizhou coughed awkwardly twice and explained, “I fought with that Earth Devil, but I wasn't his match… My Dao Intent has already been scattered by that brute!”

“What? Your Dao Intent is scattered? That beast!”

The elder surnamed Wang gritted his teeth in anger, then reacted, “That’s not right, if even you aren’t the Earth Devil’s opponent, who else here could have killed him?”

“It is precisely this person!”

Xu Weizhou pointed to Chen Xiao. Although he couldn't wait for the Earth Sect Dao Leader and the elders to immediately attack together and kill this kid.

But doing so didn't suit the style of their Earth Sect. He wanted to proceed step by step and slowly reveal this kid’s identity.

Anyway, the final result was the same, so there was no need to rush.

“Which sect’s Holy Son is this? To be able to defeat the Earth Devil, he is truly a formidable talent!”

Elder Wang looked at Chen Xiao and sighed in what seemed like praise.

In reality, he, all the elders, and Dao Leader Ziwei were all suspicious of this person's identity.

After all, to be able to defeat the Earth Devil, one had to be at least a Da Neng (great power) in the Hedao Realm (realm of Dao harmonization).

Looking at the entire Immortal Hidden Realm, there were only a few dozen Da Neng in the Hedao Realm. It was very suspicious that a sect’s Holy Son actually possessed the strength of the Hedao Realm.

“Elder Wang, this child claims to be the Holy Son of the Zhenwu Sect, named Li Beiwu.”

Xu Weizhou continued.

“What? The Zhenwu Sect’s Holy Son is actually so strong? I remember their sect leader, Zhang Longhu, is only at the Huaxu Realm (realm of transformation into emptiness)…”

Elder Wang looked shocked and thoughtful.

The reactions of the other elders were the same as his.

“Not so…”

Seeing that the time was right, Xu Weizhou began to drop a bombshell, “Elder Wang, this child is not a true Holy Son of the Zhenwu Sect, because when he fought with the Earth Devil, he summoned seven dharma appearances. The Earth Devil recognized those seven dharma appearances as the Seven Gods!”

“What? Summoning the dharma appearances of the Seven Gods? Could it be that this kid is from the demon race?”

Xu Weizhou’s last sentence was like dropping a shocking bomb beside these thirteen elders.

The thirteen elders immediately became vigilant, each of them shooting out like cannonballs.

Landing at various angles around Chen Xiao, they surrounded Chen Xiao tightly, leaving no blind spots.

The crowd, who had just survived a catastrophe, immediately felt a strong smell of gunpowder in the air. The atmosphere was tense!

The thirteen elders, as well as Xu Weizhou and Li Miaozhen, all looked at Dao Leader Ziwei, waiting for her order.

At this moment, as long as Dao Leader Ziwei gave the order, the thirteen elders would immediately attack, launching a joint assault on Chen Xiao, not giving him any chance to escape.

However, Dao Leader Ziwei was silent for a long time. Her haughty gaze fell on Chen Xiao, as if she wanted to see through him.

And Chen Xiao's gaze swept over Dao Leader Ziwei without any restraint.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

If people knew what he was thinking at this moment, they would definitely spit at him and say, “Tch, you lecherous scoundrel, you're about to die and you're still thinking about such dirty things!”

Finally, Dao Leader Ziwei spoke, but she didn't order the elders to kill Chen Xiao. Instead, she was relaxed and at ease.

“Why are you all so nervous?”

Dao Leader Ziwei’s proud and beautiful face actually revealed a bit of a smile, “This little fellow defeated the Earth Devil, clearly saving everyone’s lives. We should be thanking him.”

“Thank him?”

Elder Wang looked at Dao Leader Ziwei with an incredulous gaze, “Dao Leader, this kid can summon the Seven Gods dharma appearances, which means he is from the demon race. Our human race and demon race have been irreconcilable enemies since ancient times. We… how can we thank him?”

“As far as I know, the Seven Gods are from the ancient times, the seven gods that were born when the heavens and earth first opened. The Seven Gods are not gods of the demon race. It’s just that the demon race worships the Seven Gods. Therefore, just because this little fellow can summon the Seven Gods doesn’t mean that he is from the demon race.”

Dao Leader Ziwei said indifferently.

And her words were obviously helping Chen Xiao out of a predicament.

Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, wondering what this Dao nun was doing.

However, at this moment, Li Miaozhen suddenly said, “Master, even if he is not from the demon race, he is just as bad as the demon race. Holy Son Senior Brother was forced to death by him!”

“Oh? What happened? Tell me in detail.”

Dao Leader Ziwei asked, looking at Li Miaozhen.

Li Miaozhen told Dao Leader Ziwei the whole story from beginning to end.

After listening, Dao Leader Ziwei had a plan in mind.

She lightly parted her red lips and said indifferently, “Miaozhen, you have finished telling the story. Now, tell me again, how did your Holy Son Senior Brother die?”

“He was killed by this person…”

This time, even Li Miaozhen herself became nervous.

Because in the process of repeating the story, she had already realized that this matter could not be blamed on that outsider at all.

The more she spoke, the more hesitant she became, and finally she reluctantly changed her words, “Holy Son Senior Brother, he killed himself. It’s nobody else’s fault!”

Chen Xiao smiled. He now knew what true Taishang Wangqing (highest level of detachment) was!

Only someone like Dao Leader Ziwei was truly at the highest level of detachment!

Not troubled by emotions, not moved by emotions, only defending justice, establishing a conscience for the world!