Evil Master and Disciple

Chapter 1449 Li Ruoxi's Decision

Li Ruoxi has returned to the Jade Maiden Sect.

She knew about the little things Fairy Mengchu had been doing behind her back, including secretly contacting Master Yunyi in an attempt to negotiate and get Chu Liunian back.

However, this time Li Ruoxi did not blame Fairy Mengchu, but instead turned a blind eye to Fairy Mengchu's little tricks in the past few days.

She has already lost two special envoys, and she doesn't want trouble to arise in her own backyard.

Li Ruoxi's control over the Jade Maiden Sect was not that firm.

In order to avoid Zhang Qingyun's pursuit over the years, she has never dared to show her face directly and has always stayed behind the scenes. The only people in the Jade Maiden Sect who know of her existence and are under her control are the elders of the Jade Maiden Sect.

The new generation of the Jade Maiden Sect has begun to rise, and many elders and experts who have reached the Divine Silence Realm have emerged among the younger generation of disciples.

Most of these young disciples were unaware of Li Ruoxi's existence.

Even if their master is Li Ruoxi's person, Fairy Mengchu is the sect leader of the Jade Maiden Sect. If Fairy Mengchu were to stand up and raise her voice, it would be no laughing matter.

Since Fairy Mengchu only wanted to exchange some cultivation resources for Chu Liunian and did not do anything to harm Li Ruoxi's core interests, Li Ruoxi let her be.

Li Ruoxi is now under immense pressure as she is being targeted by major sects from both the righteous and demonic factions. She doesn't want any internal strife to break out in her stronghold, the Jade Maiden Sect, at this critical time.

The quiet and elegant bamboo grove courtyard is planted with many exotic flowers and plants, as well as a small vegetable garden.

There must be some kind of mysterious magic array or barrier set up around the bamboo hut, making the temperature here spring-like all year round. It's only early spring, and the temperature in the mountains where the Jade Maiden Sect is located is still very cold.

However, the vegetables in the garden were growing quite well.

At this moment, Li Ruoxi, with her youthful face and white hair, is able to squat in the vegetable garden and work with a very small hoe.

Who could have imagined that this woman, who looked like a peasant woman, was actually the sovereign who could stir up the winds and clouds of the world?

At this moment, a middle-aged woman dressed in blue walked into the bamboo hut courtyard.

Upon arriving at the vegetable garden, he respectfully bowed to Li Ruoxi, who was busy at work.

He softly called out, "Your Excellency."

"What's the matter?"

Li Ruoxi didn't look up; she simply uttered those two words.

"I just received news that Yunhai Sect has stopped searching for Ye Feng this morning, and Master Yulong and others have already set off to return to Tianyun Mountain."

Li Ruoxi said "Oh," and then asked, "Is Ye Feng alright?"

The woman in green shook her head and said, "There is still no news about Ye Feng."

"A bunch of trash!"

The woman in green quickly lowered her head.

At this moment, Li Ruoxi slowly stood up and turned to look at the woman in green.

"I sent so many experts to secretly follow Ye Feng, and you all lost him. You didn't even know when he appeared at Jiuhua Mountain. What use are you bunch of useless trash to me?"

The woman in green lowered her head, not daring to speak.

She had followed Li Ruoxi for many years and knew Li Ruoxi's personality to some extent.

As long as Li Ruoxi starts swearing, there's not much of a problem. The real danger is when Li Ruoxi doesn't swear when she's angry; that would be a much more serious consequence.

Sure enough, after a moment, Li Ruoxi said, "Since Shen Lin has withdrawn all the Yunhai Sect disciples who were looking for Ye Feng back to Tianyun Mountain, it seems that Ye Feng is safe. However, you cannot relax and must find Ye Feng's whereabouts as soon as possible."

Ye Feng is of utmost importance to me. Even if he returns to the Cloud Sea Sect, I need to know his every move.

"My subordinate understands."

"Is there anything else?"

"Yes, news has also come from the Western Regions. It seems that several major sects of the Demonic Sect have made some moves today."

"Oh, what action?"

"They are preparing some cultivation resources, and it seems that more than a dozen small sects of the demonic sects near the southern Kunlun Mountains have begun to relocate."

"Oh, it seems that Shen Lin's negotiations with the Demonic Sect have made progress."

Li Ruoxi was unaware of the movements of the sect leaders of the Demonic Sect, but she had previously guessed that the Demonic Sect might contact the Cloud Sea Sect and the Lingtai Temple.

Li Ruoxi already knew that the Poison God had been staying at Lingtai Temple, which further confirmed her guess.

Now that the Demonic Sect has suddenly made a move and begun to withdraw some of its sects from the Kunlun Mountains, the clever Li Ruoxi immediately realized that the Demonic Sect's higher-ups and Shen Lin must have reached some kind of agreement.

Li Ruoxi's expression turned somewhat unpleasant at this moment.

Shen Lin captured Special Envoy Bai, who had been in charge of the Demonic Sect's affairs for many years and knew too many of their secrets within the sect.

If these secrets, especially the list of personnel, fall into the hands of the Demonic Cult, it would be a huge blow to Li Ruoxi.

The woman in green said, "My lord, I think so too. Our people planted in the Demonic Sect are in great danger. Should we notify them to evacuate immediately?"

Li Ruoxi gently shook her head and said, "No rush. Given Shen Lin's personality, he won't easily give the Demonic Sect any valuable information until he gets the benefits they promised him."

Shen Lin is difficult to deal with, and the Demonic Sect is even more difficult. We need to let them fight each other.

"My Lord, what do you mean?"

"Keep an eye on the Demonic Sect. They're likely to make a move soon. Once they've completed their transaction and Shen Lin has received the benefits from the Demonic Sect, we'll have our people withdraw from the Demonic Sect immediately."

The woman in green was somewhat taken aback and said, "If Shen Lin obtains the cultivation resources from the Demonic Sect, the Cloud Sea Sect will definitely see a significant increase in strength. Wouldn't that be helping him?"

Li Ruoxi coldly laughed: "Help? Hehehe, he doesn't deserve it! The Demonic Sect paid such a high price, but they still couldn't capture our people. Will the Demonic Sect ask Shen Lin for those cultivation resources when the time comes?"

Shen Lin is an extremely greedy person. Once he has eaten the fat meat, how could he possibly spit it out?

"At that time, the Cloud Sea Sect and the Demonic Sect will surely fight over these cultivation resources. When the snipe and the clam fight, we can reap the benefits."

Li Ruoxi is a clear-headed woman.

When the Poison God appeared there during the last assassination attempt on Chu Liunian, she was certain that the higher-ups of the Demonic Sect were negotiating with the Yunhai Sect and Lingtai Temple.

At that time, Li Ruoxi had already made the decision to withdraw her own people from the Demonic Sect.

Although all the efforts of the past few centuries would be wasted if she were to leave, she had no better option.

Celestial cultivators may soon open the portal to space and time and re-enter the mortal realm, while various factions in the mortal realm want to kill her.

In such a chaotic situation, one must have sufficient strength to protect oneself.

Although Li Ruoxi's current strength is not enough to take on the major sects of the righteous and demonic factions alone, if he were to withdraw all the small and medium-sized sects in the human world that he controls, as well as the people he has bribed and placed in the major sects of the righteous and demonic factions, and form a new force, this force would be very large, with at least 300,000 cultivators.

In this way, neither the righteous nor the demonic factions dared to attack her.

Li Ruoxi just wants to buy time so that Ye Feng can help her find her way home.