She turned her head and looked around; nearby were all those cultivators who had been besieging her.
Obviously, they had also been sent out of the Secret Realm together.
The explosion from the Golden Scroll was powerful enough to destroy the Array of Bewilderment she had set up.
Naturally, the cultivators caught inside couldn’t have survived.
But even after leaving the array, these cultivators still hadn’t shaken off the effects of the Mirage Qi, continuing to attack the cultivators around them.
“Stop! Enough fighting!”
Several cultivators maintaining order nearby expertly rushed over and threw out several ropes shimmering with spiritual light at the attackers, binding them one by one.
There were quite a few cultivators sent out of the Secret Realm tonight.
They had long anticipated more people being expelled and had specially requested extra Kun Ling Ropes from above.
Once bound by these ropes, unless one exploded with Spirit King-level strength, there was no hope of escape.
“I don’t need to be tied up! I’m not affected!” Seeing a Linglong Pavilion cultivator about to throw a rope at her, Hua Jian quickly raised her hand to report.
The cultivator froze at her words. “They’re all affected, how come you’re not?”
That didn’t make sense.
This young girl looked small and weak, and her strength was nothing outstanding. She didn’t seem special at all.
“They’re affected by my spell,” Hua Jian didn’t hide it, openly admitting that these people had all been stunned by her.
Hearing this, the cultivators maintaining order all showed surprised expressions. Wow, so all those cultivators affected by the illusion tonight were her doing?
This little girl seemed ordinary, but unexpectedly quite powerful.
After claiming credit for her handiwork, Hua Jian continued, “I also found two Demonic Cultivators who snuck into the Secret Realm — he and she!”
Pointing to a man and woman dressed in black, Hua Jian righteously activated the reporting procedure.
Reporting Demonic Cultivators came with Spirit Stone rewards. Thinking about those cold, heartless Demonic Cultivators soon turning into warm Spirit Stones made Hua Jian want to laugh aloud.
She hadn’t expected to earn some extra money this way. Nice!
“Demonic Cultivators? Do you have proof… oh, no need for proof.”
The oldest-faced Linglong Pavilion cultivator was about to ask Hua Jian for evidence that these two were Demonic Cultivators, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the black aura emanating from them.
Forget it, no need for proof. With such obvious Demonic Cultivator energy, what evidence is necessary?
Just capture them and send them to the Saint Sect for interrogation.
“Since they were affected by your spell, could you please retract the Shenqi Energy? It’s difficult to deal with them like this,” the Linglong Pavilion cultivators looked at Hua Jian as the bound cultivators still raved wildly.
You caused this mess; can you fix it?
Their intentions were good, but Hua Jian could only shrug helplessly. What’s done is done.
These people were no longer affected by the Mirage Qi, but when their hallucinations would fully dissipate depended on their own willpower.
Even Hua Jian herself didn’t know how long they would remain lost in the false visions.
“I only know how to drug them…” she put on a pitiful expression, explaining the situation inside the Secret Realm with feigned innocence.
Upon learning that Hua Jian had used the array out of sheer necessity, the Linglong Pavilion cultivators all showed sympathetic expressions.
These people were shameless—dozens bullying a single young girl, and in the end forcing the girl into a mutual destruction… mutual destruction?!
How did this little girl manage to drag so many people down with her?!
Some clever cultivators realized the problem: Hua Jian’s strength was limited. There was no way she could have taken all of them out at once.
So how did this happen?
Just as they wanted to press further, an imposing pressure belonging to a Ling Emperor silently descended.
In an instant, the entire room fell into silence, and all eyes focused on the beautiful woman who had appeared without a sound.
Instinctive fear made them keep quiet, but only Hua Jian looked at the woman with curious eyes.
She felt… not quite like the Saintess.
“Were you the one who triggered my Golden Scroll?” The woman smiled lightly when she noticed Hua Jian’s gaze.
She could sense the aura of the Golden Scroll from Hua Jian, confirming Hua Jian was the one who had activated it.
Hua Jian’s own strength was naturally insufficient to instantly take out so many Ling Masters, but that Golden Scroll could.
“So it was a tool made by you, Sister… truly cunning,” Hua Jian understood immediately. This suddenly appeared beautiful woman was the Golden Scroll’s creator — the legendary Dog Planner!
Arranging such a devious trap meant there was never any intention of letting others have the Dragon Scale!
Upon hearing Hua Jian’s words, the woman laughed joyfully. “Very clever. But I don’t think you’re upset since you never planned to get the Dragon Scale yourself, right?”
She made this judgment because Hua Jian showed no frustration or resentment. On the contrary, Hua Jian seemed quite pleased.
Pleased at having dragged so many people down with her.
So the woman felt her Golden Scroll had helped Hua Jian, which was why she said that somewhat cheeky remark.
“That’s right, but my friend is still inside the Secret Realm. She’s the one who wants the Dragon Scale. I just don’t know if she can defeat that Spirit Beast…”
This sentence froze the smile on the woman’s face. “Your friend can defeat a Spirit Beast? Even if seriously injured, it’s a Spirit King-level Spirit Beast.”
“I believe in her. If she can’t win, then I think your Linglong Pavilion should consider lowering the Spirit Beast’s strength a bit. Otherwise, no one will ever get that Dragon Scale.”
Because we never planned on handing the Dragon Scale over to anyone else! The woman silently scoffed in her heart but still didn’t believe anyone could beat that Spirit Beast.
Unless they were a genius cultivator from a great sect; otherwise, how could one possibly defeat that Spirit Beast?
But such cultivators wouldn’t come here, so the advantage was hers!
“Senior Sister! A Neimen disciple from Yaoci Holy Sect requests to see you urgently!” At that moment, the woman’s junior sister hurried over, whispering in her ear.
A Neimen disciple from Yaoci Holy Sect?
The woman’s eyes suddenly widened. Why would such an important figure come looking for her out of the blue?
She knew her own low status. Although part of the Saint Sect, she probably would never rise beyond the Ling Emperor Realm, let alone enter the Neimen.
How could someone like her suddenly be sought out by a Yaoci Neimen disciple?
Something was wrong. There was a problem!
“Little sister, what’s your friend’s name?” She instinctively looked at Hua Jian, feeling the key to the problem lay with her.
The friend Hua Jian believed could defeat the Spirit Beast… could it be someone from Yaoci?
“I can’t say.” Hua Jian made a zipper motion with her finger over her lips.
No good. This identity was too significant to reveal! The woman suddenly felt her scalp go numb.