The people of Tianji Sect looked terrified and sorrowful. Even Dao Xuzi had a flash of shame cross his face. Immortal Lord Chixiao could barely even hold onto his sword.

So they watched helplessly as Old Ancestor of Void Abyss sneered, used the Dragon Bone Sword to lift her chin, seemed to say something to her like “you will pay the price,” and then the brutal sinful dragon took her away.

At the moment of departure, Shu Tiantian even looked in the direction of her sect with deep sorrow and grievance, then resolutely turned back… and was carried away.

Crimson flames burned across the ground. Dao Xuzi sighed silently, and Tianji Sect fell into silence.

Everyone else was silent as well.

Silence, shame, wordlessness.

Not long ago, the news that Tianji Sect’s little disciple had betrayed the human race and thrown herself under Old Ancestor of Void Abyss’s command had spread throughout the upper levels of the Eight Great Sects. It was simply disgraceful behavior.

Even if the sect truly owed her… even if the sect had sent her to her death… so what?

She was human; he was a dragon.

As long as she lived well under that sinful dragon, it would be proof of her betrayal of the human race—it would be original sin. The extremity of human nature at times could make even fellow humans shudder.

That person regarded as a traitor—after the sinful dragon died, would she still have a way to live? Even if Immortal Lord Chixiao of Tianji Sect could protect her, she would become the target of public condemnation, unable to stand among the human race.

Even more regrettable was that there was only one dragon left in the world. Ji Wushu no longer had any kin. So the one who survived could only live a lifetime hiding and concealing.

However, at this very moment, things were different. If she were tortured in every way and humiliated in every manner in the sinful dragon’s hands… good heavens, a shining hero of the human race would rise.

For the first time, the sword cultivators of Tianji Sect lowered their proud heads, revealing expressions of shame. The other cultivators also showed humiliation and unwillingness, yet a thousand words ultimately turned into a single sigh.

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Old Ancestor of Void Abyss did not follow his usual style of frightening people to death and then hiding his merit and fame. Instead, he had Song Shao arrange a courtyard and moved in openly and generously.

This dispelled some of the suspicions of those who thought the Old Ancestor of Void Abyss had suddenly grown soft-hearted and was merely putting on an act; yet it made even more people increasingly uneasy.

Especially after the news spread, the entire Dongwu City was unsettled.

Song Shao was badly frightened, but he still barely maintained a weak, forced smile, serving with utmost attentiveness as he vacated the largest courtyard in the entire auction house. He politely declined Shu Tiantian’s goodwill of offering a Jingsha Pill as payment, and the moment he stepped out of the courtyard—his legs went weak.

If someone had not caught him, he would have truly embarrassed himself this time.

Turning back, he received news that all guest rooms within a hundred meters of that courtyard were preparing to check out.

Song Shao: …Alright then, understandable.

Song Shao had originally thought that since things were like this, perhaps the auction should just… but with one sentence from the Old Ancestor—that he would still attend the auction tomorrow night—Song Shao dismissed the idea.

He had to go back to prepare for the auction. They said businessmen had flexible minds; he immediately thought that from now on, his auction house would be the kind of place “even Old Ancestor of Void Abyss says is good.” His legs immediately stopped trembling, and he began directing people to get busy.

The auction proceeded as usual. Aside from burning down a small courtyard, frightening a group of cultivators out of their wits, and scaring several Upper Realm Nascent Soul Transformation cultivators to death… nothing else happened.

The entire Dongwu City was peaceful and calm, quiet as a chicken.

Just as they stepped into the room, the small medical cultivator rumored to have been tortured and humiliated spoke, “Your current condition…”

His complexion was pale, even his lip color faint—he did not look very well.

“If they launch a sneak attack at midnight…”

The long-haired youth lowered his head. Only then did Shu Tiantian realize that his eyes looked extremely like her dragon’s—just as clear and golden. But this person was not like a dragon. He would not act coquettishly, would not yield, and was an unruly, stubborn stone with a mouth that said one thing while meaning another.

Sure enough, he narrowed his phoenix eyes and sneered impatiently, “They’re nothing but a group of ants. I am perfectly…”

…He had not even finished speaking.

The next second, Shu Tiantian felt a weight drop onto her shoulder.

Shu Tiantian: =口=

She supported the weakened Old Ancestor and found him very heavy. Using all her strength, she finally managed to help him onto the couch.

Looking at the pale-faced youth, Shu Tiantian suddenly felt that actually, being the great villain was quite miserable.

So many people wanted to kill him, yet he still had to maintain a powerful façade and venture deep into enemy territory. Others at most faced off between one person and one faction. But him—who knew what sins he had committed—every cultivator at the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly had come to kill him.

After watching him for a while, Shu Tiantian took out the Medicine God Cauldron, dissolved a bottle of medicinal soup she had refined into it, hesitated for a moment, then spoke to the young man with closed eyes, “Thank you.”

Although she was not even sure whether she was being self-indulgent…

No one knew how much time had passed. Shu Tiantian’s medicine was finally ready. When she turned back, the long-haired youth had already sat up, seemingly having watched her brew the medicine for quite a while.

A somewhat hoarse voice suddenly sounded, “They all came to kill me. Then what about you?”

Shu Tiantian’s movements paused. A little confused, she still answered honestly, “So many people want to kill you. Whether I’m one more or one less, it doesn’t make any difference.”

She was a very self-aware rookie. Better to just keep brewing the medicine.

“It makes a difference.”

The Dragon Bone Sword poked its head out gossipingly: Here it comes, here it comes—could it be “So many want to kill me, but you’re different”?

Yet she heard that sinful dragon chuckle softly. “Of course it makes a difference.”

His gentle voice was full of temptation,

“You’re no longer a traitor now. As long as you go back right now and tell your master that I am extremely weak, then if you want to kill me, I might very well… truly die.”

The gossiping Dragon Bone Sword: !!!

Shu Tiantian, who was brewing the medicine, thought, what kind of person do you take me for? Even if Shu Tiantian stood on neither side and only wanted to steal a dragon and run away, she would not sink so low as to betray someone the very next second after he had helped her the second before.

Moreover… if she went back now, they might very well use her blood again.

But on the surface, she nodded perfunctorily, “Mm hm, mm hm. Tomorrow after I auction the jade marrow, I’ll sell you off and run.”

The Dragon Bone Sword was filled with grief and indignation.

Yet after a moment of silence, the Old Ancestor of Void Abyss’s hoarse voice sounded,

“Then what are you doing now?”

“Aren’t you injured? I’m brewing two bottles of Huiyuan Soup for you.”

The Dragon Bone Sword did not know why, but even though the little medical cultivator had said she would sell him off, when the sinful dragon heard this answer, he actually laughed.

A low laugh he could not suppress, laughing until his long hair flowed down like water, as though ice and snow were melting. It truly seemed that his mood was very good.

The laughter left the Dragon Bone Sword baffled, and in the flickering candlelight of the room, it also made the fourth presence who had remained silent until now—rather, the soul—finally unable to endure any longer. The soul exposed the true face of that great demon and angrily said,

“You traitor! Do you truly think he can be weak to any extent? If you really follow what he said and go tell your master, when your master and the others come knocking at the door, it will all be a dead end!”

He had originally been one of the Upper Realm envoys. It was not enough that Ji Wushu killed him; he had even seized his soul and imprisoned it inside this lantern.

Thus, he was also the only one who had witnessed how this great demon had acted together with this human traitor, witnessed how everyone had been deceived by this little traitor, and also the only one who had seen how this sinful dragon had pretended to be weak to coax this little traitor!

Seeing that this little traitor perhaps still had some humanity left, he deliberately pointed this out, hoping that she would see through the truth and not continue committing acts of betraying the human race.

Although he could see that Ji Wushu was indeed injured and indeed not in good condition—that was only relative to himself! He could still crush many, many Nascent Soul Transformation cultivators! And you’re brewing medicine for him for what!

Shu Tiantian was somewhat surprised and looked toward the… lantern speaking on the table.

Old Ancestor of Void Abyss, having been exposed for his act of feigning unconsciousness, was not the least bit embarrassed. He tapped the lantern and briefly explained its origin.

She heard that among those white-haired birdmen, Ji Wushu had released one. This one had been specially captured for her to question.

Shu Tiantian did not like hearing what that white-haired birdman said and seriously corrected him, “How can you say he’s pretending to be weak and that makes it true? Are you the medical cultivator, or am I the medical cultivator?”

Dragon Bone Sword: …But he really is pretending…

Meeting its dog-of-an-owner’s deadly gaze, the Dragon Bone Sword fell silent.

Shu Tiantian was a good medical cultivator. If she said someone was sick, then they were sick. So she brought the medicine over, made the Old Ancestor drink it, and only then turned her attention back to the lantern.

She indeed had many questions she wanted to ask, so she called out to the lantern with a couple of hey-heys, greeting it, “Are you alright?”

Nascent Soul Transformation white-haired bird soul: …Alright my ass, I’m already dead!

Seeing that Shu Tiantian did not pay him the slightest mind, his tone became especially sharp,

“You human traitor! Tianji Sect raised you all these years just for you to commit such acts of betraying your master and destroying your ancestors? Ungrateful!”

Shu Tiantian was furious, thinking, was this what I wanted?!

Tianji Sect raised her just to send her to her death! What kind of kindness was that?

Shu Tiantian was practically beside herself with rage. Just because you people sent me to die and I didn’t die, I’m a human traitor? Is it that for the sake of a clean reputation, even if I survive by luck, that’s not allowed, and I must die to prove my resolve? Bah.

And did these people think she hadn’t read the plot? When they dealt with Ji Wushu, when was it ever for the so-called righteousness of the world! Shameless!

And besides, were these days under the great demon really so easy to get through? Did they know how aggrieved she had been?

She angrily turned back to the Old Ancestor, “Old Ancestor, help me zap him!”

Old Ancestor of Void Abyss raised his eyes, narrowing his golden pupils, clearly looking as though he was about to fly into a rage.

The Nascent Soul birdman soul sneered inwardly, thinking, you human traitor—he’s Old Ancestor of Void Abyss, how could he possibly obediently…

Soul: AHHHHH!!

Soul: Y-you…

Tiantian turned her head back.

Soul: AHHHHH!!

That birdman soul finally spoke properly with Shu Tiantian. Inside, he thought angrily, no wonder this human traitor was living so comfortably—looks like she used a beauty trap. Bah, what a dog dragon and woman pair!