Bai Ying is still that Bai Ying, Xu Fan has fought side by side with her, and even used Beast Taming Art to incorporate Bai Ying's spiritual power against Jin Li, being exceptionally familiar with Bai Ying's aura.
Bai Ying is still that Bai Ying, yet many aspects seem sowhat out of place!
Think about it, the Bai Ying within the ruins, although a bit lancholic, was extrely proud, and amidst the battle with Jin Li, she consistently displayed decisiveness and ruthlessness.
Such a strong figure, even faced with a life-and-death crisis, would not relinquish all dignity. Yet Xu Fan's repeated probing revealed Bai Ying completely ignoring Xu Fan's various caustic remarks, putting great effort into staying put.
If it is to survive, why choose to lead the charge, which is even more dangerous?
In other words, even if the two fell out, Bai Ying could easily distance herself from Xu Fan, waiting until Xu Fan encounters danger to step forward and lend a hand, or they could collaborate separately without interfering with each other.
A millennial spiritual beast has no such backbone?
This contradicts Xu Fan's understanding of Bai Ying!
However, Xu Fan did not expose Bai Ying's disguise, even intentionally cooperating. Regardless of which force Bai Ying belongs to, or what purpose she harbors, it is certain that Bai Ying is not from the Taoists!
Since the goal is the destruction of the Taoists, then the enemy of the enemy, before the enemy is eliminated, naturally is considered a friend...
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In the Taoist great hall, Sect Leader Han Kun sat wielding a blade, with four elders standing in two rows, their expressions indifferent, yet seemingly waiting for sothing.
Mingxuan hurriedly arrived, respectfully bowing to the few in the hall, "Sect Leader, as you expected, the traitor Xu Fan has passed the Heartless Path and is heading towards the Central Hall."
"The Central Hall concerns the reputation of our Taoists, please order the execution of the traitor Xu Fan! Avenge the three senior brothers!"
Among the Taoist's five Immortal Mountains, besides the two already destroyed, the Central Hall is situated atop the central peak, while the rearmost peak serves for retreats; the group is currently located on the fourth peak.
The Central Hall is the face of the Taoists, with five Immortal Mountains having two destroyed, leaving three, yet Han Kun is not at all angry, instead cheerfully asking, "Besides Xu Fan, are there any others?"
Han Kun's attitude surprised Mingxuan a bit, yet he respectfully answered, "By Xu Fan's side, there is also a Mysterious Light Realm expert nad Bai Ying, a spiritual beast trapped by our Taoists a thousand years ago, her strength is weak, can be ignored."
Glancing at the Sect Leader and seeing that he was silent, Mingxuan wiped the cold sweat from his brow and continued, "More than twenty thousand cultivators have already crossed the restriction at the mountain's base, entering our Taoist Immortal Mountain, though far from the traitor Xu Fan, presumably they are just here for the spectacle."
"More than twenty thousand cultivators?" Han Kun slightly squinted, turning to a white-haired elder beside him with a smile, "Brother Fu, our old friend most loves a spectacle, surely among these twenty thousand cultivators."
"To have friends co from afar, is it not delightful? Brother Fu, would you be willing to go out to greet our old friend?"
The white-haired elder bowed, "Fu Qing, dutifully obeying Sect Leader's command!"
Han Kun laughed, raising a hand to help Fu Qing up, "Also, send the ten thousand Taoist disciples hiding in the back of the mountain, too few people makes us Taoists seem stingy."
"Kill any who defy orders!"
Fu Qing bowed once more, "Yes!"
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"The Taoists excel in techniques and restrictions; cultivated to great achievent, they can command wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and with a flying sword's cold glow, strike an enemy's head from a thousand miles away, nothing difficult."
Picking their way up the steps not too quickly nor too slowly, Xu Fan and Bai Ying ascended the Taoists' third Immortal Mountain; Bai Ying educating Xu Fan about the Taoists as they walked, "It's said the Taoists have five Supre Elders, four old elders, and one Sect Leader; aside from the five Mysterious Light Realm Supre Elders, the four old elders have long cultivated to the Kai Yang Realm."
"As for the Sect Leader, he's most mysterious, rarely seen by anyone, yet his strength is definitely the greatest among them, but likely hasn't exceeded the Kai Yang Realm."
The voice trembled towards the end, evidently pessimistic about her upcoming fate. None from the Taoists appeared, yet just a Heartless Path left Bai Ying in a panic, nearly fleeing for her life; should any old elders or the Sect Leader appear, where would she have reason to survive?
"Oh?" Xu Fan nodded lightly, expression indifferent, "Since no one has seen him, why does the elder say the Sect Leader hasn't surpassed the Kai Yang Realm?"
Glancing back to find Xu Fan's expression unchanged and attitude the sa, Bai Ying couldn't help but grit her teeth, inwardly cursing, lunatic!
She cursed inwardly, yet outwardly maintained respect; now tied together in fate, Bai Ying couldn't afford to act recklessly.
"A thousand years ago, Earth's cultivation world underwent a great chaos, outwardly a practice exercise encircling and killing the Mo Family, yet not truly so; I'm not very clear, just heard the Myriad Beasts Sect Leader ntion it occasionally."
"After, the Myriad Beasts Sect was destroyed, Jin Li and I were sealed by the Taoists. Now it seems, the Taoists choosing that mont to target the Myriad Beasts Sect might have intended to control us to enhance their strength."
"I don't know the outco of that battle, but evidently, its impact was massive; a thousand years ago Mysterious Light Realm experts were nurous, Kai Yang Realm experts also many, yet now Kai Yang Realm experts are nearly extinct."
Bai Ying didn't directly answer Xu Fan's question, instead revealing a disquieting tale.
"A thousand years ago? Mo Family?" Xu Fan felt a flash in his mind, past confusion gradually becoming clear, yet sothing still seed missing, unable to unlock the crucial part.
"Wasn't the Mo Family's encirclent a hundred years ago?"
"A hundred years ago? How is it possible! That battle rocked the entire world! Many factions took a millennium to recover, with more directly dissolving to nothing!"
"What you ntion as a hundred years ago is likely soone's deliberate ploy."
Xu Fan furrowed his brows, hesitated briefly then shook his head, bringing the topic back, "What does this have to do with the Taoist Sect Leader?"
"Of course it has a relation!" Bai Ying shot Xu Fan a glance; initially admiring Xu Fan's courage, after speaking she realized he knew almost nothing, yet dared proclaim the Taoists' doom, even taking direct action.
Lunatic!
Bai Ying cursed again inwardly, then respectfully clarified for Xu Fan, "A thousand years have passed, much has vanished in ti, even basic things have beco secret now."
"I previously concluded the Taoist Sect Leader hasn't surpassed the Kai Yang Realm because, upon exceeding the Kai Yang Realm, one must ascend to the next world! A thousand years have passed, turbulence reigns, it's impossible for the Taoist Sect Leader to ascend at such a pivotal mont!"
Here, Bai Ying sighed with so helplessness, "This is one reason I don't wish to provoke the Taoists; amidst gathering storm, a cultivator's life is as cheap as ants!"
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