Chapter 886: Upon the Mountain Range of the Seven Kings (II)
Caiyi smiled faintly and turned away in a graceful swirl of motion.
Moments earlier, she had invoked the power of the Great Dao of the Myriad Forms and secretly exchanged her fate with Xiao Wuyin's. And so, Xiao Wuyin took her place and became the one to bear the Celestial Master's strike.
Seeing Xiao Wuyin collapse while "Chu Liang" escaped, the Celestial Master rushed forward to dispel the curse. Xiao Wuyin slowly regained consciousness, though her body remained weak and unsteady.
"He's matured far beyond what I expected... I didn't think he would be this difficult to deal with," she murmured weakly.
"That couldn't have been the real Chu Liang," the Celestial Master replied. "It was likely the Demon King of the Verdant Foxhills in disguise."
"The Demon King of the Verdant Foxhills?" Xiao Wuyin asked. "She disguised herself as Chu Liang too?"
"Exactly," the Celestial Master answered. "It looks like the demon race also plans to kill Chu Liang. Things have gotten messy on the Mountain Range of the Seven Kings today. Retreat! Send word to Wuyan. Abort the mission and leave the mountain immediately."
He had suspected the demons might make a move, but he hadn't expected their tactics to mirror his own.
Their plans had overlapped, throwing the entire situation into chaos.
Frankly speaking, the situation was rather awkward.
"Understood," Xiao Wuyin replied. She opened a small green pouch and released a crystal-shelled beetle.