Dust settled.
The blood and fire in the cave dissipated slowly.
The little white fox cub bounced to Chu Liang's side and started circling around him, looking very excited, as if the beating it just received wasn't very painful at all.
Jiang Xiaobai also floated down to Chu Liang's side and asked softly, "Are you okay?"
"I'm okay," Chu Liang shook his head, "How about you, Sister Jiang?"
"I'm fine too," Jiang Xiaobai's expression remained calm, not at all like someone who had just experienced a life and death crisis.
In fact, Chu Liang now feels that this giant lizard is simply not enough to kill her.
The peak-level demon beast of the Fifth Realm seems to have no suspense in killing a cultivator of the Fourth Realm.
But this person is the Senior Sister Jiang... um, Senior Sister Jiang Yuebai, who prefers not to disclose her name.
In short, she is a person who can be called the strongest genius of this generation in Shu Mountain.
She is a true genius.
Genius cannot be judged by common sense.
Whether it is mastering various immortal techniques and top-notch divine abilities, or using flying swords and magical treasures, they are all weapons that can bridge many gaps.
In the recent battle, Jiang Xiaobai has already inflicted significant damage on the giant lizard. It is believed that with the injuries left by the Heavenly Sword Technique, the giant lizard itself will also die after a period of time.
As for its last-ditch attack, it should also not be effective. After all, in the brief battle just now, Jiang Xiaobai did not use any magical treasures. But who would believe that the top genius disciples of Shu Mountain do not have one or two life-saving treasures.
Perhaps she just feels it's not the right time and not necessary to use them.
After all, not everyone is like Chu Liang, treating life-saving treasures as worthless and throwing them around carelessly.
Jiang Xiaobai looked at the carcass of the giant lizard and then glanced at Chu Liang, who had also been somewhat taken aback by her sudden attack.
"What kind of magic treasure did you use just now? It's quite powerful, and... extremely cold and evil..." she finally asked.
"It's the Xuan Sha Yin Lei that I confiscated from a Plutonian Sect soul captivator earlier," Chu Liang truthfully replied.
"I see, it's said that the Xuan Sha Yin Lei is difficult to refine and quite valuable. If you turn it over to the Sword Transmission Hall, you should be able to exchange it for a good amount of sword coins," Jiang Xiaobai said.
Who says it isn’t...
Chu Liang suddenly felt a pang of regret.
When he asked Empress Feng about it earlier, she had a rather disdainful tone when referring to this thing as a "trifle". He also thought it might be nothing special.
Now thinking about it, perhaps the "trifle" from Master is already quite "big" to him.
These three little trinkets are enough to directly blast to death the peak-level demon beast of the Fifth Realm. It's quite terrifying even for one with severe injuries.
What he doesn't know is that the giant lizard's physical defenses, strength, and speed are almost impregnable, with its only weakness lying in its mental aspect. And the Xuan Sha Yin Lei's strongest point happens to be its mental attack, which is the key to delivering a fatal blow.
Jiang Xiaobai seemed to sense his regret and smiled slightly. "Let me make it up to you with some sword coins. You've helped me greatly, so I can't let you suffer for nothing."
"No need," Chu Liang shook his head. "We are fellow disciples of Shu Mountain, no need to..."
Jiang Xiaobai seemed to see through his fragile strength and said frankly, "Gratitude should be accepted."
"In that case..." Chu Liang suddenly changed the subject. "Instead of returning my sword coins, can Senior Sister teach me a few divine abilities?"
"Hmm?" Jiang Xiaobai paused for a moment, and said, "Are you talking about the Shrink Technique and Sky Sword Art? I think you don't have to aim too high..."
The implication was that Chu Liang still hasn't learned it...
"No, just some ordinary ones." Chu Liang smiled awkwardly again. "My master... practices the Body Cultivation."
"Is it Princess Feng, the peak master? I also admire her elegance," Jiang Xiaobai remembered the peak master of the Silver Sword Peak, with a sympathetic smile on her face.
Perhaps not many of the disciples on the various peaks of Shu Mountain knew who Chu Liang was, but most of them knew that Princess Feng had an unlucky disciple.
"Hehe," Chu Liang responded politely with a wry smile.
"Then you still come here tomorrow at noon, I will be waiting for you here and teach you the supernatural powers." Jiang Xiaobai replied.
Chu Liang was pleased and nodded, "Thank you, Senior Sister Jiang. It's just that...," he looked around at the mess, feeling a little puzzled.
Can he still stay here?
"It doesn't matter," Jiang Xiaobai said, "The things that happen here, please don't mention them to anyone after you leave, okay?"
"But if such a demon beast attack occurred within the sect, shouldn't it be reported..." Chu Liang was puzzled.
"I will handle it," Jiang Xiaobai said, "Today's events are somewhat suspicious..."
"Hmm?" Chu Liang was puzzled, but still nodded.
Seeing his puzzled look, Jiang Xiaobai hesitated and said, "You have also suffered unjustly with me today. You should be informed of the truth. The fact that Bai Ze is so close to you must mean that you are also a good person, so it's okay to tell you about this..."
"I have a special constitution since birth, known as the Fairy Spirit Body in legends. Practicing since childhood has resulted in great progress, but there is one thing...," she continued, "My bloodline has a great natural attraction for demonic creatures... It seems that they can greatly enhance their powers by consuming me."
"I always take great care to maintain a distance from the spirit pets and mounts within the sect, and always guard against getting injured and bleeding, afraid of attracting demonic creatures with the scent of blood."
Upon hearing this, Chu Liang was somewhat intrigued.
A constitution that can attract demonic creatures...
It sounds a bit like the concept of the Tang Priest's flesh, indeed very dangerous.
But if he had such a constitution, attracting demonic creatures with his constitution, then killing them, exchanging rewards at the White Pagoda, using the rewards to become stronger, attracting even more powerful demonic creatures...
A healthy industry chain would be formed.
As he was lost in thought, Jiang Xiaobai continued, "But... as a woman, sometimes, bleeding is unavoidable..."
With that, her face blushed slightly.
Chu Liang, on the other hand, was calm and unruffled, without any constraints. In his view, this was not something that needed to be avoided.
Living in Shu Mountain and avoiding demons is indeed not simple. There are many spirit pets and mounts within the sect, and it's not possible to banish them all just because of one person. However, those gentle and tamed demons, if they smell her blood, will immediately become agitated and go berserk, which makes it difficult.
Seeing him relaxed, Jiang Xiaobai continued, "Later, I would come to the Pagoda Peak to hide for a few days every month. Because there used to be a sect artifact, the Demon-sealing Pagoda, in this place, even though five hundred years have passed, it still keeps the demons at bay and remains a pure land."
"Plus, with Baize Baby driving away outsiders for me, I can stay here with peace of mind every time."
"Until it suddenly brought you back today..."
Chu Liang glanced at the baby Baize continuously circling around them, feeling that this mythical beast didn't seem very intelligent, so its peculiar behavior didn't seem that strange.
"And the appearance of this giant lizard is also peculiar, why would it suddenly appear in the Pagoda Peak, where no demons have dared to step foot, and how did it find this cave so accurately..." Jiang Xiaobai furrowed her brows lightly.
The beauty frowned, like mist covering a white lake.
Chu Liang instantly understood her meaning.
The fact that she is a legendary spirit body, although a secret, since she can tell Chu Liang so easily, it's not that tightly guarded of a secret.
There should be quite a few people within the Shu Mountain sect who know about it.
For this demon to appear so strangely and accurately, it is possible that some people on Shu Mountain are behind it.
It might even be the people around her.
Thinking this way inevitably weighs heavily on one's heart.
Jiang Xiaobai also just paused for a moment, then asked again, "So, that's all, that's why I told you not to spread the news first, but to report to the Master first and then discuss it thoroughly."
"I understand," Chu Liang nodded.
"Do you have any other questions?" Jiang Xiaobai added at last.
"I want to ask..." Chu Liang pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and asked, "The rumors in the Seven Stars Mansion about you and Feng Chaoyang from the Celestial Sect being ambiguous, is it true?"