The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 36

It turned out that the five great families in the Demon Realm had been passing down their bloodlines for a long time, holding esteemed identities and noble status. They were known as the ‘Five Demons’. Ranking first was the immensely powerful Tiger. Second was the Turtle, skilled in prophecy and learned in ancient and modern knowledge. Because the Nine Tailed Divine Fox of Ghost Manor Mountain once dominated all directions in ancient times, the Ghost Manor Fox Tribe had always held a high position in the Demon Realm, making the entire Fox Tribe noble as well, ranking third. The Lion, inheriting the ancient golden blood that held sway over all demons, was also among the Five Demons. The Snake, due to its resemblance to a dragon and its relatively higher supernatural powers compared to other demon creatures, naturally ranked among the Five Demons.

In Yan Jue’s memory, all five of these demons in the novel were ultimately raided by cultivation practitioners, and the most powerful among them were even taken as spirit pets by several sect masters of the Five Dragon Gate… Their fates were quite miserable.

Yan Jue composed herself and asked, “What is this? A fighting arena?” The Goat Demon was slightly startled, seeming to find it a bit odd, but still smiled and replied, “Is my lady testing this old fellow? This is a very popular game among our demon race, also called a life and death battle… It starts with two people fighting, and then the winner throws an embroidered ball to determine the next opponent.” “The final victor will receive the title of ‘Demon Overlord’ of the region.”

No wonder she found it so lively when she arrived here today. It was an event. With all five demons present, it showed how popular this game was in the Demon Realm.

Just as Yan Jue was thinking, she suddenly saw the victorious Snake Demon on the arena roar towards the sky, its cries shaking the earth and sounding incredibly mighty. It suddenly raised the red embroidered ball in its hand and threw it outwards. Before Yan Jue could even react, the red embroidered ball, carrying immense force, flew towards her. And then it landed steadily… right in her arms.

Yan Jue was stunned. She saw the Goat Demon elder beside her suddenly change expression and run away in a flash. At once, the audience below the arena all turned their heads. “Ah, my lady! Since you caught our Snake Boss’s embroidered ball, please come up and compete!” The young man, who seemed to be the emcee, smiled at Yan Jue.

What? This embroidered ball? Yan Jue slowly lowered her head, glanced at the ball in her arms, and gave a stiff tug at the corner of her lips. She met the pale, rigid human face of the Snake Demon on the arena, watching its pair of golden vertical pupils gaze at her greedily. For a moment, she was speechless.

Yan Jue gave an awkward but polite smile: “I’m sorry, I was unaware of the rules. I was merely passing by.” Before her voice faded, the Snake Demon on the arena lunged at her with lightning speed: “Since you caught the embroidered ball, you have to fight me!” The human face suddenly split open, revealing a gaping maw.

The surrounding audience broke out in gasps of regret. This lady, dressed in a sunset-red, flower-embroidered horse-face skirt, with raven hair pinned up by a gold hairpin, was indeed as fair-skinned as snow, and her narrow phoenix eyes were clear and bright she was simply a beauty descended from the heavens… It was a pity that, facing Big Brother Snake’s huge mouth, she was truly doomed.

Almost the instant the Snake Demon lunged, Yan Jue had no time to think. Her right hand fiercely formed a spell, her left foot stepped forward, and she softly commanded: “Go!” The Northern Sea Profound Iron from her embrace flashed with dazzling golden light in the air, forming a huge net that instantly ensnared the Snake Demon.

The Snake Demon’s pupils suddenly constricted. It was then wrapped circle after circle by the Demon-Locking Hoop and violently crashed to the ground. “…” Since the Northern Sea Profound Iron could be worn by Yan Jue as a Demon-Locking Hoop and completely seal the demon aura on her body, it obviously had a massive suppressive effect on demons and evil creatures. The Snake Demon frantically writhed its body, but the more it struggled, the tighter the Northern Sea Profound Iron coiled, with a faint layer of frost gradually covering its entire body: “You’re despicable! Let me go if you have the guts! Let’s have a proper fight!”

Everyone was dumbfounded. The previously boisterous Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion suddenly became very quiet. This lady had actually subdued Big Brother Snake, who had won three consecutive matches on the arena, in an instant. She was truly hiding her power!

The emcee youth on the stage gave an awkward laugh: “Then… please, Lady, throw the embroidered ball to anyone here?” Yan Jue held the embroidered ball, completely confused by the situation. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw the woman in the long, red, split dress in front of her stand up: “Juejue, throw it to me! Throw it to me!” Yan Jue: “…?”

The imposing and majestic woman in the red, split dress had a slender, voluptuous figure, and a pair of snow white long legs exposed to the air looked very seductive. She had a pair of amber eyes exactly like her own, and her narrow phoenix eyes were captivatingly spirited. As Yan Jue looked at her, she suddenly felt an inexplicable, very familiar sensation.

Everyone’s gaze fell upon the Fox Demon lady who had stumbled into the event. The emcee youth smiled and urged again: “Lady, hurry up.” Just as Yan Jue was about to throw the ball, she suddenly heard an urgent bugle call from not far away. “The people from the Beast Taming Pavilion are here!!!”

It was like a huge bomb had been dropped into a calm body of water. Someone screamed and ran towards the source of the sound. In an instant, all the demons stood up and surged towards that direction like a tide. “Oh my god, did a spy sneak in here? How could the people from the Beast Taming Pavilion…” “Help! The last time my husband and I went to the grasslands for tea, we ran into a cultivator from the Beast Taming Pavilion and were nearly skinned alive and had our tendons ripped out.” “Run!!!”

Yan Jue was pushed a few steps in that direction by the panicking crowd of demons. Hearing their conversation, she was slightly stunned. The Beast Taming Pavilion was one of the Six Great Immortal Sects. Each of the Six Great Immortal Sects had its own specialty. The Beast Taming Pavilion, in particular, was a righteous immortal sect famous for ‘Taming Beasts’, skilled in raising all kinds of spirit beasts and demon beasts.

A fierce wave of spiritual energy rushed towards them, accompanied by the awe-inspiring righteousness that struck fear into countless demons and evil creatures, making Yan Jue’s scalp tingle. Suddenly, footsteps were heard from that direction. Yan Jue sharply turned her head, only to see a girl in a black cloak walking in. Yan Jue’s pupils suddenly contracted! The girl who walked in was the same person they had seen while eating today!

Her expression was cold. Her dark cloak flapped loudly in the strong wind. Her pair of azure blue eyes were lowered, and she held a dark snake bone whip in her hand. Beside her followed a massive Tiger Mastiff. The golden-furred Tiger Mastiff looked like a lazy big cat, slowly ambling by her side. Its hind legs suddenly exerted force, and its tiger paw, accompanied by a howling gale, fiercely swiped at a nearby demon. The minor demon fell into a pool of blood before it could even scream.

All the demons surged inward in a panic, and Yan Jue followed the crowd, running deeper inside. Her sleeve was suddenly pulled. Yan Jue sharply turned her head, only to see a white-haired old man staring at her. For some reason, Yan Jue found this elder very familiar again; he was probably an acquaintance of the original host. The old man said to her, trembling: “Princess, Third Mother asked me to tell you…” Princess??? Third Mother???

Yan Jue urgently needed to find a quiet place to sort out her thoughts. She couldn’t be blamed; she had never read the novel from the original host’s perspective, so she didn’t know the original host’s relationships. She only knew that the original host was the direct daughter of the Ghost Manor Fox Tribe, and the woman in the long, red split dress just now was probably related to the Fox Tribe. Yan Jue twitched the corner of her mouth: “Grandpa, you…”

The old man: “Don’t go back for now. The King is in a fit of rage, and Ghost Manor Mountain is not peaceful either. It’s best to go to the Old Madam in Lu Wu first. With the Old Madam there, the King won’t trouble you.” Having said that, he turned into a puff of blue smoke and ran away. Yan Jue: “…”

The blue-eyed girl squinted. Her right hand fiercely drew a line in the air, and the mark on the Tiger Mastiff’s forehead burst into a golden light. Yan Jue saw the white-bearded Goat elder, who had just recommended heavenly treasures to her, fall to the ground. His arm was scraped raw and bloody by the rough floor, and he frantically shouted in that direction: “Da Lang, come here quickly!” A small boy was pushed down by the crowd and lay on the ground, crying loudly. The Tiger Mastiff let out a majestic bark and drew closer to him.

Yan Jue looked at the scene and suddenly felt a surge of anger. These demons hadn’t done anything wrong, yet these cultivators were arbitrarily going to take their lives!

The Tiger Mastiff was originally a very elegant species among spirit beasts, and before hunting, it loved to observe its prey in a state of panic. It came before the small Goat Tribe boy, not immediately attacking, but instead squinting to admire him for a moment, and then suddenly opening its massive jaw.

Suddenly, a deafening explosion was heard from that direction. A sleeve arrow shot over with the speed of lightning, mixed with a towering, scorching flame, and instantly pierced the Tiger Mastiff’s scapula! Blood splattered everywhere. “ROAR!!!”

The Tiger Mastiff cried out in pain and let out a huge roar. It reflexively swiped a paw towards the direction the sleeve arrow came from, but hit nothing. The next moment, only the faint buzzing of electric current could be heard in the sky. The Beast Taming Pavilion girl looked up, only to see the sky full of Ghost Fireflies.

Yan Jue’s right hand swept across the sky, and the Ghost Fireflies arranged themselves into a formation. The girl’s pupils constricted. The Three True Lightning Formation one Ghost Firefly after another connected in a line in the sky. With a loud boom, the power of the lightning fiercely struck towards the people below.

The Tiger Mastiff howled, fiercely sweeping its tail. It seemed unfamiliar with such a formation. Being water-attributed, the Tiger Mastiff was especially afraid of lightning and showed a faint tendency to retreat. The Beast Taming Pavilion girl’s eyes narrowed. She cracked the long whip in her hand, and the Ghost Fireflies in the sky fell to the ground in response. Dozens of Ghost Fireflies, small and agile in the air, were all accurately struck down by her!

The Tiger Mastiff took the opportunity to lunge towards Yan Jue. It ran a few steps, then suddenly stopped, lost in confusion. It had clearly seen the person here just now… But in fact, as it got closer, it realized it saw nothing at all.

Yan Jue’s figure was completely hidden in the darkness. Yan Jue had just taken a Concealing Aura Pill, and her body was briefly merged with the wall behind her. The Tiger Mastiff’s sense of smell was always sharp, and it quickly detected something amiss, opening its massive jaw and biting at her! Yan Jue’s right hand pushed off the ground and she fiercely exerted force, activating the ‘Instant Thousand Miles’ spell. Yan Jue leaped into the air, and her body vanished before the Tiger Mastiff.

Demons were truly an unwelcome existence in this world. Therefore, places where demons gathered, such as caves, would prepare multiple escape routes to prevent sudden attacks by cultivators.

Yan Jue followed the tracks of the demons, taking a secret passage from the Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion to the outside of the forest. She could still faintly feel the spiritual energy fluctuations behind her; she knew the Beast Taming Pavilion girl hadn’t gone far. Many minor demons transformed into their original forms after exiting the cave. For a time, the area outside the cave mouth was filled with small animals like puppies, kittens, and bunnies, with fallen leaves scattering underfoot. If the situation hadn’t been so urgent, Yan Jue might have laughed out loud.

Yan Jue assumed a stance and instantly used the lightness skill ‘Floating on Snow’. The wind beneath her feet, she quickly ran away.

Yan Jue returned to the inn in the city. Using ‘Floating on Snow,’ she exerted force with her feet, leaped up, and lightly flipped through the second floor window. It was late at night, and no one would see her anyway. It was so late that entering through the front door would only arouse suspicion.

Yan Jue sat on the bed, her heart still beating rapidly. She had met the Beast Taming Pavilion girl at the dining table earlier. She wondered if the girl was merely having a meal at the inn or staying there too. Yan Jue naturally hoped for the former. Righteous cultivators of this sort generally had a very keen sense for the aura of demons and evil creatures, so the further away she was, the better.

Yan Jue took the Northern Sea Profound Iron out of her Qiankun Bag. As her divine sense sank into it, the Northern Sea Profound Iron immediately lengthened. Yan Jue securely fastened it around her neck, feeling the demon aura gradually being absorbed by the Profound Iron, and only then did she feel relieved.

Yan Jue climbed into bed, staring at the ceiling with a frown. The Beast Taming Pavilion was one of the Six Great Immortal Sects, and it was located in the northwest border region. Yan Jue remembered that in the novel, the Beast Taming Pavilion had only briefly come south once, during the joint siege of the demons by the Six Great Immortal Sects. What were the people from the Beast Taming Pavilion doing now, coming to the southern region governed by the Five Dragon Gate?!