Chapter 106 - 81: Abundant Wealth

Then, the Array closed completely.

All the surviving disciples from the Six Sects in the Langya Secret Realm had emerged.

As for the Demon Clan...

There was only silence.

Their Array had also closed.

The Golden-winged Eagle...

It really hadn’t come out.

And it wasn’t just the Golden-winged Eagle.

Several of the High-level Demon Clan members they had high hopes for also failed to emerge.

This time, not even half of the Demon Clan had returned!

They had all assumed their peerless geniuses were just waiting until the last second to return.

Who could have imagined it?

The ones who returned at the last second were the geniuses of the Human Clan.

Their primary target, Yan Fan, was alive and well, and now some Li Shuang had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

An incredibly precious Super Demon Clan member had actually fallen in there!

Chi Ling’s face turned ashen.

This time, he had wanted to deal a devastating blow to the Human Clan, to sever their lineage of geniuses.

But in the end, the ones who suffered catastrophic losses were his Demon Clan?

"Senior Sister Li, you’re back!" The moment Ye Zhaozhao saw Li Shuang, she walked over enthusiastically. "I’ve already told the sect about you and Senior Brother Yan Fan joining forces to kill the Golden-winged Eagle! Even after her reincarnation, Senior Sister Li is still a peerless genius!"

Ye Zhaozhao started with a barrage of flattery.

Li Shuang glanced at the Demon King’s savage face on the water screen and understood instantly.

"Yan Fan, Li Shuang! Good! Very good!" the Demon King stared coldly at Li Shuang, as if to burn her face into his memory.

Then, he directly cut off the connection with the Six Sects, taking the initiative to withdraw from the Water Moon Illusion Mirror.

Clearly, the death of a Super Demon Clan member in the Langya Secret Realm was a matter of great importance. Even the Demon King himself had to deal with the aftermath.

"Ye Zhaozhao! Did you have to run your mouth?" Luo Mingyue pulled Li Shuang over, her eyes fixed on Ye Zhaozhao as if she wanted to kill her.

They still weren’t certain about the exact circumstances surrounding the Golden-winged Eagle’s death.

If Yan Fan and Li Shuang really had killed it together, this was something that absolutely could not be publicized! Everyone knew how precious the Super Demon Clan was. Even though the Golden-winged Eagle had been the one to attack first, did the Demon Clan seem like the type to listen to reason? Yan Fan and Li Shuang would probably be marked by them from now on!

"I..." Ye Zhaozhao’s eyes flickered, and she put on a helpless expression. "I... I just couldn’t stand how arrogant that Demon King was! I thought it was a good thing that Senior Sister Li and the others killed the Golden-winged Eagle. Is... is that something we can’t talk about?"

Ye Zhaozhao acted as if she didn’t understand anything.

"Still pretending! You dare say you didn’t do it on purpose!" Luo Mingyue seethed through clenched teeth.

Ye Zhaozhao looked even more aggrieved. "On purpose? On purpose about what? I just didn’t want the Demon Clan to look down on us humans."

"You..." Enraged, Luo Mingyue drew her sword, ready to strike.

Ye Zhaozhao flinched instinctively.

Li Shuang raised a hand to stop Luo Mingyue. "Eldest Senior Sister."

Hearing Li Shuang’s voice, Luo Mingyue’s reason finally returned.

She shot Ye Zhaozhao a cold glance and sheathed her sword.

Ye Zhaozhao immediately straightened up again and said pitifully, "I really don’t know what I did wrong. Why is Senior Sister Luo so angry? Does she not like me?"

The moment Ye Zhaozhao acted aggrieved, a few people from Lingxu Peak instinctively moved to protect her.

Li Shuang watched this scene calmly, then said indifferently, "Ye Zhaozhao."

"Senior Sister Li," Ye Zhaozhao replied, looking at her with a well-hidden trace of provocation in her eyes.

A tiny smile touched Li Shuang’s lips. "Regarding the slaying of the Golden-winged Eagle, Yan Fan and I daren’t take too much credit. In fact, it was you, Junior Sister, who produced a precious Fifth-rank Talisman that heavily wounded the Golden-winged Eagle in one blow. Only then could Senior Brother Yan Fan and I seize the opportunity to obliterate it, body and soul."

Yan Fan had long since grown tired of Ye Zhaozhao’s act, so he chimed in, "That’s right. A Fifth-rank Talisman that can be activated by someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage... that kind of talisman is priceless. If it weren’t for Junior Sister Ye’s vast wealth, there’s no way Li Shuang and I could have killed that Golden-winged Eagle."

’Although the Demon King has withdrawn from the Water Moon Illusion Mirror, there are definitely traitors among the Six Sects who have sided with the Demon Clan. I’m sure word of Ye Zhaozhao’s contribution will reach them soon enough. She wants to throw the two of us under the bus to attract the Demon Clan’s attention while she hides away safely? In her dreams!’

’A Fifth-rank Talisman?’

Now that Yan Fan had said it, the crowd finally understood how the Golden-winged Eagle had died.

A Fifth-rank Attack Talisman possessed the attack power of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

Normally, only a cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage could activate a Fifth-rank Talisman.

Yet Ye Zhaozhao had a Fifth-rank Talisman that someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage could use. This wasn’t just a matter of being wealthy. That kind of talisman was priceless and virtually unobtainable; only a Talisman Master could create one.

Ye Zhaozhao’s talisman was the main reason they were able to kill the Golden-winged Eagle.

As Yan Fan’s words fell, the color drained from Ye Zhaozhao’s face. Slaying a Super Demon Clan member was, in principle, a good thing.

But it was the kind of achievement that should be rewarded privately.

With the Human Clan so thoroughly infiltrated, saying it publicly was no different than painting a target on her back for the Demon Clan, wasn’t it?

Ye Zhaozhao’s expression turned venomous.

When she had deliberately mentioned Li Shuang’s name earlier, she hadn’t felt she was in the wrong. But now that Li Shuang was telling the truth, she felt Li Shuang had gone too far.

"I... I’m not a peerless genius like you all. I just relied on a talisman," Ye Zhaozhao said.

The moment the words left her mouth, she sensed something was wrong.

And sure enough...

Across the way, Master Lingxu was giving her a meaningful look, and Ye Zhaozhao couldn’t help but stiffen.

"Junior Sister. Where did you get the Spirit Stones to buy such a talisman?" Sheng Yuan couldn’t help but ask.

Chang Le’an spoke up. "She has more than one of those Fifth-rank Talismans that a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator can use! From what I saw, Junior Sister used one Fifth-rank Acceleration Talisman and two Fifth-rank Attack Talismans."

’Chang Le’an!’

Ye Zhaozhao’s face grew even uglier.

For a moment, Sheng Yuan was silent.

He and the others had sold off everything they could to help Ye Zhaozhao; every one of them had practically bankrupted themselves.

’So, Ye Zhaozhao actually had a vast fortune of her own this whole time?’

Yan Xiao couldn’t hold back any longer. "Eldest Senior Brother, you said everyone on Lingxu Peak had to get through this crisis together, so this month, none of our resources were distributed. It all went to paying off Ye Zhaozhao’s debt. But now... she doesn’t seem to be in such dire straits!"

Once Yan Xiao said this, the other disciples of Lingxu Peak couldn’t remain silent either.

"Exactly! Three Fifth-rank Talismans! If she sold all of those, she could have easily paid off her debt!"

"She’s so wealthy, yet she still covets the meager things we ordinary disciples have!"

"Forget everything else. Since Ye Zhaozhao isn’t lacking for anything, our resources should be returned to us."

Originally, these Lingxu Peak disciples had been patiently waiting, expecting Chang Le’an and Ye Zhaozhao to use their gains from the Secret Realm to cover the deficit.

But now they had seen it for themselves.

Ye Zhaozhao and her group had brought back so little.

How could that possibly cover anything?

If they didn’t speak up now, when would they ever get their missing resources back?!