Fine snowflakes fell upon the streets and alleys of Demon Sword City.

    One after another, inner disciples in white robes walked through the streets, their expressions cold.

    In the houses, outer disciples in green robes gathered around the fire to keep warm.

    Cultivators needed to reach at least the Ninth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm to have a certain ability to withstand the cold and heat.

    By the Foundation Establishment stage, they could be impervious to the extremes of weather.

    But these outer disciples, in the current freezing weather, huddled together for warmth.

    Of course, the most important thing was to chat and gossip to pass the time.

    With inner disciples patrolling everywhere in Demon Sword City, these Outer Sect weaklings no longer had the privilege to leave their homes, and they were extremely bored.

    The outer disciples were not fully aware of the situation. They only saw the demon rebellion and were unaware of the emergence of the immortal sword.

    So when the sect’s army arrived, they were surprised to find that the consequences of the Centipede Ridge demon rebellion were more severe than imagined.

    The high-ranking elders of the entire Demon Refining Sect mobilized, and over ninety percent of the inner disciples came to Demon Sword City.

    Those Inner Sect disciples, usually aloof and mysterious, were now visible everywhere in Demon Sword City.

    The vast Demon Sword City was completely sealed off, with no entry or exit allowed.

    And Guan Xiaoshun and the other outer disciples, who had luckily survived the underground tunnels, were confined to the house and not allowed to step out.

    Moreover, after the arrival of the sect’s army, the elders personally interrogated all the surviving outer disciples, inquiring about their experiences in the underground tunnels.

    These confused outer disciples had no idea that their names had flashed several times in the Book of the King of Hell.

    If the sect found out that someone had witnessed the emergence of the immortal sword, they would be silenced immediately.

    Fortunately, these outer disciples had left quickly and had not encountered the emergence of the immortal sword.

    They only knew about the rebellion of the Centipede Ridge demons.

    Therefore, after the interrogation, none of these Outer Sect disciples died or were silenced.

    The sect’s decision was to temporarily confine them and forbade them from going out.

    At the same time, the Demon Refining Sect mobilized all Inner Sect disciples to search for the whereabouts of the immortal sword in the city.

    If they could find the legendary immortal sword and subdue it, the Demon Refining Sect would gain a top-level combat power.

    Even if they couldn’t subdue it, they had to seal it to prevent it from falling into the hands of righteous path cultivators.

    It wasn’t that she was unwilling to accept reality.

    It was that her brother was indeed still alive.

    The girl took out a small sachet from her bosom.

    This sachet seemed ordinary, but it contained some of her brother’s hair inside.

    Li Yuechan had collected these strands one by one while doing Li Muyang’s laundry.

    The hairs inside were of varying lengths and could be used to perform a technique that connected to Li Muyang.

    Initially, it was an act done without much thought, but now it proved to be useful.

    According to senior’s divination using these hairs, her brother was still alive and even within Demon Sword City.

    “...his presence is elusive, sometimes distant, sometimes near, which is quite peculiar,” the mysterious woman’s voice whispered in Li Yuechan’s ear.

    “I suspect there is a secret realm within Demon Sword City, and your brother is currently inside it.”

    Unfortunately, the senior’s power was now weakened, and she couldn’t accurately trace the entrance to that secret realm.

    “Let’s wait for a batch of inner disciples to leave Demon Sword City,” the mysterious woman’s voice echoed again in Li Yuechan’s ear.

    “The city is currently swarming with inner disciples and the Demon Refining Sect’s elders. Any slight movement will attract their attention, so we must not act rashly.”

    “But these elders won’t stay here forever. In time, when the Demon Refining Sect’s elders have mostly withdrawn, and a batch of the Demonic Sect’s inner disciples have also left, that’s when we’ll make our move. We’ll kill a few inner disciples, drain their blood and essence to restore some of my strength, and then I can help you find your brother.” Li Yuechan nodded slowly upon hearing senior’s voice.

    This senior had taken great care of her, and the two had long since developed a relationship akin to both mentor and friend.

    After Li Yuechan was seriously injured in Yunxiao City during a demon cultivator hunt, the senior abandoned the plan for Li Yuechan to continue hunting and focused on her recovery instead.

    Such conspicuous actions were too dangerous for Li Yuechan at the moment.

    But now that her brother was in danger, Li Yuechan had no choice but to bring up the matter again.

    The girl in the midst of the snowstorm had a determined look in her eyes.

    Her brother had saved her life and taken great care of her.

    Now that he was in peril, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing!

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