I secretly took down this array map.

I'm not quite sure what this array map is, nor did I dare to ask anyone, but I know it must be a core secret of the Fire Worship Demon Sect."

Song Yan said, "You betrayed your old employer so decisively?"

Wang Susu covered her lips with a silver bell-like laugh, "Someone who desires me, wants me to cheat my master out of money, and yet drags on without giving me what they promised. Can it really be considered a betrayal? I was just deeply wronged."

After saying this, she looked at Song Yan with beautiful eyes and said with a smile, "Master is the only one who hasn't touched me or bullied me; naturally, I will be fiercely loyal, swearing allegiance unto death."

Upon hearing the words "fiercely loyal, swearing allegiance unto death," Song Yan burst into hearty laughter.

If he rose by killing a boss, progressing step by step; junior sister Susu would rise by sleeping with a man, progressing in the same way.

Now, junior sister Susu surely wanted nothing more than to sleep with him earnestly.

At this moment, Wang Susu's eyes showed a hint of injury, and she sighed softly, "Susu knows Master won't believe it, but time will prove everything Susu said to be true."

Song Yan glanced at An Li, found An Li looking at him, so he reined in the wild laughter he intended to let out, took a deep breath, and said blandly, "Alright."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Reward."

He waved his hand, and Wang Susu unwillingly retreated from the flying palanquin.

Song Yan took out the rubbings of the array map for a look, then temporarily put it away.

No matter what, he didn't need to be so hasty anymore, he didn't need to walk a tightrope, or dance on the knife's edge like a desperate fugitive.

He still had plenty of time.

An Li was still looking at him.

As she looked, An Li suddenly showed a pained expression.

In her heart, Senior Brother Bai was actually quite naive, and now... how much pain had Senior Brother Bai gone through to become like this?

Originally, she was worried that Senior Brother Bai would be exposed after possessing a disciple of the Formless Ancient Race.

But now it seemed, how could Senior Brother Bai be exposed...

Senior Brother Bai was completely a true child of a noble family, unfathomable and at ease, everyone else thought Senior Brother Bai left out of willfulness, but she knew he had a deeper meaning.

...

Night fell.

The flying palanquin was still in the Snow Country area, currently resting temporarily on a mountain land abundant with Profound Qi.

A bonfire blazed, and sword cultivators sat cross-legged, surrounding the central flying palanquin.

Inside the palanquin, Song Yan and An Li whispered, listening to the latter talk about past events at the Nanwu Sword Sect.

The past was nothing more than the Puppet Sect shifting from an original struggle to cooperation with the Southern Wu Sword Sect, then jointly opening the ancient teleportation array, linking north and south. The struggle arose because the land only housed the Puppet Sect and the Nanwu Sword Sect, and knowing of the ancient teleportation array, Puppet Sect wanted to control it through the Southern Wu Sword Sect, while cooperation was... the demons pressed south, giving no respite.

And some people's stories gradually unfolded before Song Yan's eyes.

Tian Xiaojiu's niece, Tian Xiaoling, missed the opportunity to cultivate entirely due to the sect's hidden seclusion amidst entry-level destruction, thus she and a fellow senior brother fled into the mundane world, never returning.

Cao Yuzhuang, after fleeing from Old Devil Song Yan and bringing back many Demon Sect cultivation techniques, has since been managing those techniques, including corpse rearing, paper figures, and shadow puppet arts. Then, when demons moved south and the Jin Kingdom was on the brink of collapse, Cao Yuzhuang left alone with a sword, ambushed and annihilated the fleeing Jin royal family, avenging the kingdom's downfall. He later became hunted by demons, whereabouts unknown. The last communication stone transmission seemed to suggest he was near the East Sea.

Su Yao had been cultivating diligently, and after reaching the new territory near the Ice Realm Wilderness with the sect, she continued to cultivate, reaching the Middle Stage of Crimson Palace thirty years ago. Unwilling to see the sect decline, she wanted to risk taking a powerful demon blood-infused Crimson Palace Pill, thinking she'd be able to support the sect if she grew strong. An Li listed more materials to improve the pill yield and detoxify the erysipelas, but those materials were prohibitively expensive, leading the impoverished Southern Wu Sword Sect unable to afford them. Thus, Su Yao ventured alone into the ruins near Lingbo Ancient Race in the Ice Realm Wilderness, hoping to try her luck. But she did not return.

As for the Puppet Sect...

Wang Susu didn't say much, but Song Yan roughly guessed the trajectory.

Blood Granny, Copper Beard, and other elders, after joining the Fire Worship Demon Sect, did not receive the right to use the Profound Heart due to being outsiders, and subsequently died of old age one by one.

Wang Susu actively sold all Puppet Sect inheritances, then ingratiated herself with the old Sect Leader, and later in the new and old struggle, helped Mu Lieyang kill the old Sect Leader, thus clinging onto Mu Lieyang's favor.

Of course, junior sister Susu would never admit these, it's all Song Yan's speculation.

Junior sister Susu was adept at following the wind, currying favor, evading calamities, highly skilled in surfing the treacherous currents; she was truly a calamity that would live a thousand years. If not for her being unable to bypass the hurdle of Crimson Palace Poison, making her Nine Palace Blood common, Mu Lieyang might genuinely have been tempted to help her break through to the Purple Mansion Realm.

An Li felt fatigue as she continued speaking.

It had been a long time since she slept as peacefully as she had recently.

After she closed her eyes, Song Yan gently took a blanket and covered her, these actions making him feel the thoughts in his heart begin to change.

At that moment, he suddenly sensed a thought arriving.

It was a thought from Princess Xi.

"Master, I've mentioned your request to the clan, the clan...

Song Yan lifted the curtain and strode out, walked to where Princess Xi was in the shadows of the snow forest not far away, and said, "Speak directly."

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