Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: The Sect Leader of Tianyin Sect, Hong Yuye

Tianyin Sect. Baihua Lake.

Located at the highest point of the Tianyin Sect, it is akin to a heavenly pool.

The lakeside is teeming with flowers, the water clear and calm, occasionally disturbed by the emergence of spiritual beasts causing ripples.

At the center stands an island, surrounded by blooming flowers, setting off the red flower pavilion.

At this moment, beneath the pavilion, a woman in red with slightly furrowed brows and cold eyes lightly touches something in front of her, her eyes revealing a trace of disgust.

Whoosh~

A gentle breeze blows through the flowers.

A delicate and beautiful woman in white lands in front of the pavilion and says to the woman inside with a mix of surprise and respect.

“Sect Leader, you’ve come out of seclusion?”

The woman in red shifts her body to look behind her, her stunning face catching the eyes of the woman in white, but the coldness in her gaze makes her bow her head in fear.

“Bai Zhi, has the Tianyin Sect been forgotten by people in recent years?”

Hong Yuye, the Sect Leader of the Demon Sect’s Tianyin Sect.

Before her ascension, the Tianyin Sect was merely a second-rate sect.

It was only with her that the Tianyin Sect leaped to become a first-rate sect.

On her first day as Sect Leader, she launched a great war, subduing all the surrounding scattered forces in one fell swoop. The war lasted thirty years, with rivers of blood.

Over those thirty years, the Tianyin Sect grew stronger, its resources increasingly vast, and the name of the Tianyin Demon echoed far and wide.

After the war, Hong Yuye began to manage the sect, and in just ten years, she allocated everything evenly, steering the sect onto the right path and allowing the Demon Sect to operate on its own.

She then entered seclusion, which lasted sixty years.

“Please enlighten me, Sect Leader,” Bai Zhi says, kneeling on the ground in fear.

Bai Zhi, one of the four Protector Elders of the Tianyin Sect, deeply trusted by the Tianyin Demon and acting as the head of the Tianyin Sect.

If the sect’s reputation has not been prominent in recent years, it would be her failure in managing the sect.

How could she not be fearful?

Hong Yuye stares at Bai Zhi expressionlessly.

Aside from the sound of the wind, there is only Bai Zhi’s unsteady breathing.

After a while, Hong Yuye slowly withdraws her gaze.

Sixty years of seclusion should have gone smoothly, but at a critical moment… she was attacked.

The attacker was not from the Demon Sect. The cultivation technique used was the Sanqing Jue from Tianqing Mountain, and the methods were despicable.

Especially the woman who had hidden other toxins in her body, which upon her death, would invade everything nearby, making them difficult to guard against.

The toxins invaded, and combined with deviating from the path of cultivation, in the end, she went to the nearest Duanqing Cliff.

That was the night before.

It was a method she couldn’t defend against, one that Tianqing Mountain shouldn’t possess.

“Have there been any movements from those reputable sects lately?” Hong Yuye asks with elegance and authority.

“There haven’t been.”

Bai Zhi quickly shakes her head and continues, “Tianqing Mountain is the righteous sect closest to us, but they’ve been busy with the Dao Discussion Conference and don’t have the capacity to do anything else. Not to mention, Sect Leader, you’ve fought with them before, and with their strength, they wouldn’t dare to act rashly.”

“Is that so?”

Hong Yuye says with a meaningful smile.

Seeing that Bai Zhi dares not speak, she continues, “Keep the fact that I’ve come out of seclusion a secret for now, and you continue to manage the Tianyin Sect. Then, investigate the disciples within the sect to see how many spies from other sects there are.”

“Yes.”

Bai Zhi quickly agrees, not daring to ask more.

After another silence, Hong Yuye suddenly asks, “Bai Zhi, you’re not a spy sent by another sect, are you?”

Thud!

Bai Zhi’s head hits the ground heavily.

“Sect Leader, how could I dare or be capable of that?”

Seeing this, Hong Yuye nods imperceptibly and softly says, “You may leave.”

Bai Zhi rises tremblingly, and just as she turns her head, she hears the Sect Leader’s voice again.

“Also, tidy up the sect’s records and mark out the arrangements of recent years. I want to see what you’ve been doing.”

“Yes,” Bai Zhi leaves the island.

After Bai Zhi’s departure, Hong Yuye gently raises her hand to her lips and coughs twice.

Sixty years ago, she trusted Bai Zhi, and sixty years later, she still trusts her, but… The location of her seclusion was known only to Bai Zhi, and her first thought after being attacked was that she had been betrayed by Bai Zhi.

However, as of now, with her insight, she still deems Bai Zhi to be reliable.

Afterward, Hong Yuye slowly closes her eyes, and the surroundings fall into a silent stillness.

……

Duanqing Cliff. Spiritual Medicine Garden.

Jiang Hao made his way to the entrance of the Spiritual Medicine Garden, intending to collect some facial panel bubbles that could enhance his strength.

The garden was quite a distance from where he lived, located at a central position.

Duanqing Cliff was similar to a valley, with a stream flowing out from a corner, which is why Jiang Hao’s residence was situated towards that corner. It was quiet and free.

The Spiritual Medicine Garden was covered by an array, with two outer disciples guarding the entrance. They were both at the fifth level of Qi Refining, which was quite impressive.

If one could reach the eighth level of Qi Refining before the age of twenty, they could enter the inner sect.

That was the case for him. Only after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage could one secure their status as an inner disciple.

If one couldn’t achieve Foundation Establishment by the age of forty while still holding the title of inner disciple, it would be best to take on missions outside.

Otherwise, they would be scorned by their peers and rejected by the sect. Their cultivation resources would be seized, and they would never have a chance to rise again.

Jiang Hao had witnessed such a situation a few years ago. At that time, he had just entered the inner sect and, while collecting resources, saw a forty-year-old at the ninth level of Qi Refining being ridiculed and robbed of resources.

Out of naive kindness, he secretly gave a pill to the person when no one was around, shocking the recipient into questioning their life.

He never saw that person again. Rumor had it that they had taken on a mission outside and most likely died there.