424: Chapter 424 Adulterers and Adulteresses?

White Rock Holy Land, Ji Wujiu's courtyard.

The night was deep, and only a single lonely lamp was lit in the courtyard, its dim yellow light stretching Ji Wujiu's shadow long and dark.

He sat alone in front of the stone table, toying with an ancient jade talisman in his hand.

This was the array hub jade talisman for the Nine Peaks Heaven-Sealing Array.

Footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

Ji Mitai's figure appeared at the doorway, bowing respectfully, his posture humble: "Grand Elder."

Ji Wujiu raised his eyelids: "What is it?"

Ji Mitai stepped forward a few paces, saying submissively: "Grand Elder, the Sect Master has taken people to the Cangyuan Main Rift, and the situation is unclear.

Your subordinate wishes to familiarize myself with the operation of the array hub jade talisman in advance, just in case.

If there is a real need for me to take over, I won't be caught off guard."

He paused, then added: "The Old Ancestor also instructed before leaving to let me assist the Grand Elder in familiarizing myself with the array hub's operation, just in case."

Ji Wujiu narrowed his eyes, staring at Ji Mitai for a long time.

As the Grand Elder, he naturally had some eyes and ears.

He naturally knew what Ji Mitai had been doing recently.

Running around, getting very close to many Elders.

And not long after interacting, he became familiar with those people, and they all obeyed his every word.

What made him even more uneasy was that Ji Mitai's Realm was rising rapidly, faintly impacting the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

For a junior in the Void Refinement Stage to have his cultivation rise so quickly was already abnormal.

Plus those little tricks...

Ji Wujiu sneered in his heart.

Is this having designs on the position of Grand Elder?"

"No need."

Ji Wujiu put the array hub jade talisman into his sleeve and said indifferently, "I am enough alone.

You, someone who hasn't reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, don't need to."

The smile on Ji Mitai's face stiffened slightly, then returned to normal: "The Grand Elder is right, it was my subordinate's lack of consideration."

He bowed again and slowly exited the courtyard.

The moment he turned, the respect on his face vanished completely; his expression was blank, and a scarlet flash flickered in the depths of his eyes.

Returning to his small courtyard, Ji Mitai sat in the darkness, silent for a long time.

A moment later, he raised his hand and summoned a trusted Elder.

That person's face was pale, his eyes hollow.

"Go, give orders to have them replace the guards watching the teleportation Formation."

Ji Mitai's voice was calm, yet it carried a bone-chilling coldness, "Also, arrange our people at the key nodes of the Protective Sect Array."

The Elder bowed to accept the order and retreated silently.

Ji Mitai sat alone in the darkness, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into a cold arc.

"Ji Wujiu... If you want to die, I will let you die more quickly."

He whispered to himself, his fingertips caressing the blood-colored Jade Slip in his sleeve; the Jade Slip was slightly hot, as if responding to his murderous intent.

"It's just a matter of spending a little more effort."

Outside the window, dark clouds obscured the moon, and the world was deathly silent.

The bright moon rose in the east, at the center of the Ten Thousand Miasma Demon Forest, on the edge of the Forbidden Abyss.

Four parties stood clearly demarcated.

The three Yao ancestors occupied one side, Liu Ruyan and Ji Xuanming stood on another, Yue Xinlan, Shi Yunyu, and Yue Xinxi were on one side. And the other side?

Naturally, it was Ling Hao.

Ling Hao listened from the side for a while and sorted out seventy or eighty percent of the situation.

The three great Yao Races, due to two incidents—one involving the Niding Alliance and one involving the altar destruction related to Ji Xuanming—had almost been wiped out.

Those three little ones were the last seeds sent out by the three Yao ancestors.

Supreme Baiyan, who was Yue Xinxi's sister and Shi Yunyu's Young Miss, seemed to have been plotted against and forced into Reincarnation, but was not trusted by the three Yao ancestors due to those two incidents.

As for that woman in red, as he had expected before, she was from the Niding Alliance.

And Ji Xuanming had clearly betrayed them.

The gazes of the other three parties fell on Ling Hao simultaneously.

Ling Hao walked to the side of the three women, Shi Yunyu, and bowed to Yue Xinlan, saying clearly: "Moonshadow Sect of Cangwu, Ling Hao."

Yue Xinlan's gaze upon him was a bit strange.

Not only because she couldn't see through him, but also because... Tilting her head slightly, she glanced at Shi Yunyu and Yue Xinxi, who had lowered their eyes beside her, and Yue Xinlan nodded slightly, responding: "White Rock State, Bai Xinlan."

Ling Hao got straight to the point: "Did Supreme Baiyan come here for the rock cauldron and to suppress the main roots?"

Yue Xinlan nodded: "Yes. But..." She looked at the three Yao ancestors, hesitating to speak.

Ling Hao understood what she meant.

He turned around and cupped his hands to the three Yao ancestors: "Ling Hao of the Moonshadow Sect, here to investigate the source of the Erosion Beast Tide, and also to suppress the main roots of the Fallen Immortal Ancient Banyan."

Yin Lan sneered, her tiger ears perked up: "We don't believe a single word from the Human Race.

You are all in cahoots!"

Ling Hao was not annoyed, smiling slightly: "To show sincerity, I can kill these two first—the demon woman of the Niding Alliance, and... the traitor."

He raised his hand and pointed at Liu Ruyan and Ji Xuanming.

Shi Yunyu's gaze was like a knife, stabbing straight at Ji Xuanming: "Ji Xuanming, why did you betray the Holy Land?"

Ji Xuanming gritted his teeth, a fierce light appearing in his eyes.

"It wasn't forced by you adulterers! He humiliated me in public and made me kneel! And you, you mocked me for being weak and pathetic.

If I don't take revenge for this, I, Ji Xuanming, swear not to be a human!"

"Adulterers," as soon as the word came out, the atmosphere of the whole scene changed abruptly.

The gazes of the three Yao ancestors swept back and forth between Ling Hao and Shi Yunyu, their expressions subtle.

Yue Xinxi turned her face away, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly, not knowing if she was holding back laughter or something else.

"Old Ancestor, what does 'adulterers' mean?"

Hua Lian tugged at the corner of Flower Ancestor Fei Yan's clothes, her little face full of curiosity.

Fei Yan was silent for a moment, weighing her words.

"It means... shameless."

"Then what does 'shameless' mean?" Hua Lian continued to ask.

Fei Yan: "... It just means very bad."

The three little ones said "Oh" in unison, looking at Ling Hao with disdain, as if looking at something dirty.

Ling Hao's mouth twitched, he took a deep breath, and suppressed the urge to curse.

Cannot be impulsive, maintain image first.

His gaze fell on Ji Xuanming, and Ling Hao's eyes were cold.

You are dead! I said it, even if Jesus comes, it's useless!

Yue Xinlan's gaze fell on Ling Hao, then looked at Shi Yunyu.

Shi Yunyu's face flushed red, and she hurriedly explained to Yue Xinlan: "Young Miss, no... it's just him spouting nonsense, Hao and I haven't..."

Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly remembered the kiss that night, remembered taking the initiative to press his hand to her chest, remembered those shameful moments, and her voice grew smaller and smaller, finally unable to continue.

"Hao?"

Yue Xinlan repeated this title softly, her gaze sweeping between the two.

Shi Yunyu's face turned even redder, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Noticing Ling Hao's gaze, Ji Xuanming saw that Liu Ruyan was still staring infatuatedly at Ling Hao, and couldn't help but roar in a low voice: "Stop being infatuated! He has the strength of the fifth or even sixth level of Mahayana, we are not his match! Run!"

He knew clearly in his heart that just now, the three great Yao Races and Supreme Baiyan couldn't unite because of distrust, so the threat to them wasn't that big.

Now, Ling Hao alone could directly crush them!

After speaking, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this infatuated woman, turned around and prepared to run away.

Even if the hope was slim, he wouldn't give up without trying!