Chapter 649: Mad Woman
The streets shrouded in nightfall were deserted, the marketplace above empty and uninhabited.
The once bustling and lively Fuyun City had become desolate and eerily quiet amidst the recent political turmoil.
On the streets where the night wind howled, the words spoken by the young girl, laced with a chilling murderous intent, echoed.
As her words settled, the facade of sibling affection between the two was thoroughly shattered.
Li Muyang's smile faded.
He looked up, quietly observing the pretender before him with her full smile, and said, "Not going to keep up the act?"
But seeing the fake Miss Third, she chuckled, "Isn't the purpose of your visit to expose me?"
"If I'm not mistaken, after my failed assassination attempt on you, the person who has been secretly tracking me was you, right?"
"I hate that the Shadow Escape Technique from the Nether Demon Manual is unparalleled in this world, that even the Demon King like the Great General couldn't capture you."
"I intentionally lured you back to Fuyun City, and though I couldn't kill you, seeing me with Li Damu as husband and wife would force you to reveal yourself."
"I just didn't expect that you, kid, could stay calm for so long."
"Knowing I'm beside your parents, who I might harm at any moment, you hid and took so long to come to me... why? Were you so certain that I wouldn't harm your parents?"
"Or is it that in your eyes, your own parents who gave birth to you and raised you, aren't as dear to you as Li Yuechan, who shares no blood ties with you?"
The fake Miss Third laughed, her laugh growing colder and colder, as the mask of a sweet little sister was completely torn away.
She sneered, sizing up Li Muyang and said, "For Li Yuechan, you risked death to challenge the entire Refinement Demon Sect, even willing to expose your ancient Immortal Sword, which led you to be hunted by both the realms of immortals and demons."
"Yet you ignore your own parents who are even more important than Li Yuechan... Li Muyang, your actions are truly baffling."
Miss Third's laughter was icy cold, as she completely stripped away the mask of Yu Chan.
Facing her curiosity, Li Muyang shook his head, "I have no obligation to answer your questions."
With that said, Li Muyang looked forward.
There, at the end of the long street, the silhouette of Dan Taiming had appeared.
This Great Cultivator from the Heavenly Eternal Realm was Li Muyang's biggest reliance on this trip.
And Li Muyang's gaze also drew the attention of Miss Third.
She turned her head, seeing the figure of Dan Taiming walking up from the end of the street behind her.
On Dan Taiming, who looked like an ordinary peasant woman, there was not the slightest hint of powerful aura; even her facial features were unremarkable, and her robe was just ordinary hemp cloth.
This plain and rustic-looking woman, however, caused Miss Third's pupils to sharply contract.
"...Dan Taiming?!"
She was clearly aware of how terrifying this peasant woman was.
Stunned by the appearance of Dan Taiming, and then turning to look at Li Muyang beside her, Miss Third furrowed her brows, "How could you manage to enlist Dan Taiming's help?"
"Impressive! Li Muyang, how many more surprises do you have that we don't know about?"
"You even managed to persuade this old madwoman, Dan Taiming, to leave her seclusion?"
Miss Third's face looked somewhat unpleasant.
She obviously guessed that Li Muyang dared to confront her because he had a trump card, but she had not anticipated that Li Muyang's trump card would be a living Great Cultivator of the Heavenly Eternal Realm.
Even after the fall of the Refinement Demon Sect, many cultivators at the pinnacle of the Purple Mansion Realm had made breakthroughs, proving their cultivation in the Heavenly Eternal Realm.
But those successful breakthrough cultivators, if placed throughout the Cultivation World, were still exceedingly rare.
Great Cultivators of the Purple Mansion Realm were already a rarity in the Cultivation World, and the Refinement Demon Sect, being the foremost sect of the Demon Path, could not produce many from the Purple Mansion.
The number of cultivators in the Heavenly Eternal Realm was even scarcer than the Purple Mansion.
Watching Dan Taiming approach from the end of the street, the third miss, draped in Yu Chan's appearance, stiffened her body with hesitation, her eyes struggling mightily, as if contemplating a countermeasure.
But ultimately, she closed her eyes and dejectedly lowered her hands, saying, "Fine! Mu Yang, you're ruthless! You're truly ruthless!"
After the third miss finished speaking, her facial features rapidly distorted and transformed.
At last, she revealed a fierce woman's face with sharp brows and slightly malicious eyes.
The third miss, now without her disguise, confronted Li Muyang with her true appearance.
She coldly stared into Li Muyang's eyes and said, "You win this time, Li Muyang."
"But you can't win forever!"
"Li Muyang, your deep feelings are your greatest weakness."
"We have a thousand ways to deal with you!"
Having said that, the third miss closed her eyes, resigned to her fate.
Her body began trembling as she prepared to self-destruct.
Upon witnessing this scene, Li Muyang immediately acted, intending to stop her.
However, Dan Taiming, who had just arrived at the end of the street, moved instantly, crossing a dozen yards in an instant using Shrinking Earth Into Inches, appearing right behind the third miss.
Dan Taiming gently placed a palm on the third miss's shoulder, and the violent shaking of her flesh immediately subsided.
At the same time, Dan Taiming spoke, "Thinking of dying just like that, as if I don't exist?"
Dan Taiming's hand rested on the third miss's shoulder, with no trace of mana flowing, but effortlessly suppressed all her abnormal movements.
The aura of the third miss visibly weakened and dimmed.
"So bold, to call me a crazy old lady, you little demoness."
"Which sect are you from? Who is pulling your strings? Who are 'you guys' that you speak of?"
Dan Taiming, pressing on the third miss's shoulder, said, "Thinking of dying without giving a clear account of these matters... Do you think it's that easy?"
"Knowing my name, you should be aware that if you don't confess willingly, you'll only suffer needlessly."
Having said this, Dan Taiming withdrew her hand and casually released the third miss who almost self-destructed.
She calmly looked at the demoness, who appeared dazed and frightened after a brush with death, and said, "Come on, follow me. We'll have a good talk."
"I'm very interested in the person behind you calling the shots."
Dan Taiming turned and walked toward her residence.
And the third miss, just released by her, followed in a dazed state, no longer resisting.
Seeing the obedient third miss, Li Muyang felt slightly astonished.
—The third miss's demeanor did not show traces of being controlled by a sorcery-induced hypnosis, but rather a heartfelt obedience to Dan Taiming.
How did Dan Taiming achieve this?
Without using sorcery to control one's mind, how could she make a demoness who just faced death so compliant?
At this moment, Li Muyang felt a sense of inexplicable fear towards the Dan Taiming before him.
After Dan Taiming walked a few steps with the third miss, she then remembered Li Muyang and, without turning her head, said.
"Right, you go home first and console your parents."
"Leave this little demoness's interrogation to me."
"After I find out everything, I'll come to the Li residence to find you."
"Your lovely sister went out for a walk with you and mysteriously disappeared; you owe a clear explanation for that."