I'm the emperor from the start, and you want me to keep the three-year agreement?

"You... are you a human or a ghost?"

Inside the temple, Xiao Yuxuan looked in astonishment at the disheveled and filthy woman in front of her.

Hearing the sound, Lin Ning quickly walked in and, upon seeing the other party, immediately felt a powerful aura of resentment.

The other party's aura had already reached the Immortal Emperor Realm, but her body was filled with monstrous resentment. If this resentment were amplified, her strength would be no less than that of an Emperor Venerable Realm expert.

"Of course, I'm a human."

The demonic woman's eyes were bloodshot. Perhaps it was because she hadn't seen a living person in too long, her behavior was somewhat deranged.

She would sometimes skip and jump around, and sometimes sit quietly on the floor.

However, no matter how she moved, there seemed to be a limited range. That was, she couldn't leave this temple.

This temple was not large. After the Blood Bodhi Palace became history, it had long fallen into disrepair, with dense spiderwebs everywhere.

When they spoke casually, dust from above would be shaken down.

The demonic woman briefly regained her sanity and quickly sized up Lin Ning and his group.

"You, were you sent by him to take my life?" the demonic woman asked.

Shen Nian was puzzled. She looked at the demonic woman in front of her, seeming somewhat reluctant. "Who is 'he'?"

However, as soon as the question left her mouth, the other party lost control again.

The demonic woman approached Nali with a greedy expression. She carefully sniffed the scent on the other party's body. "The aura of a living person."

"I never thought that after so many years, someone would actually appear in the Blood Bodhi Palace and even enter the temple."

The demonic woman pointed at Lin Ning and Xiao Yuxuan, and laughed: "You two are too weak. The other two already have Emperor bodies. Swallowing you will allow me to live a few more years."

Her shrill voice echoed in the temple, and dense resentment condensed into a mist, floating in the air.

Upon closer inspection, beneath the floor, there were pairs of pale hands wriggling.

Just as the demonic woman was about to unleash her power, the temple, which had been silent for many years, suddenly radiated with Buddhist light.

The Great Dao's Sanskrit chanting echoed in everyone's ears.

Immediately afterward, the Buddhist light descended upon the demonic woman, and the intense burning sensation immediately caused her whole body to twitch.

"Open!"

The demonic woman shouted loudly, gathering all her resentment on the surface of her body, forming a dark black garment.

Draped in the resentment garment, she glared fiercely at the Buddhist light.

"Damn bald donkey, didn't you imprison me here, wanting me to take the blame for you?"

"If I die, they will discover your evil deeds when they descend. At that time, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, you will be punished."

"Why not let me devour them, so that I can live on!"

After being illuminated by the Buddhist light, the demonic woman couldn't bother swallowing Lin Ning and the others, and could only concentrate on resisting the Buddhist light.

With a flick of two fingers, she pulled a thin thread from the dark black garment.

The thin thread transformed into a sharp short sword. The demonic woman's gaze sharpened, and her movements were as elegant as a dance.

But don't underestimate her elegant movements, the explosive power contained within was even more terrifying than many Emperor Venerables.

"This swordsmanship..."

Looking at the demonic woman's swordsmanship, Shen Nian's pupils suddenly shrank, her eyes fixed on the demonic woman.

"Master, do you recognize it?" Lin Ning frowned. Why did his master have such a big reaction?

"Wait, this swordsmanship seems to come from the Desolate Ancient Continent." Lin Ning also noticed some clues. The swordsmanship displayed by this demonic woman gave him a familiar feeling.

Beside him, Nali also had a solemn expression, "This swordsmanship, is it an advanced version of the Azure Cloud Phantom Dance?"

The so-called Azure Cloud Phantom Dance was the unique skill of the Azure Cloud Sect, created by the first Sect Master.

The old Sect Master also relied on this skill to bring the Azure Cloud Sect to a very high level in those years.

However, in the recent millennium, the Azure Cloud Sect has not had any geniuses who could display the power of this technique, and the Azure Cloud Sect has gradually declined.

Listening to his master and senior sister's words, Lin Ning then carefully observed the demonic woman's swordsmanship.

Although Lin Ning was a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect and also possessed the system's inheritance, but... this technique had no great use for him.

Well, it was casually discarded like waste.

"Eh? It really seems to be the Azure Cloud Sect's swordsmanship." Lin Ning said in surprise, "Could it be that this demonic woman is from our Azure Cloud Sect?"

Shen Nian pondered for a long time, and still didn't know who the other party was.

"The Blood Bodhi Palace is not within my Desolate Ancient Continent. I have not heard of anyone in the sect who could leave the Desolate Ancient Continent."

At this time, Xiao Yuxuan suddenly proposed a hypothesis, "Could it be that she, like us, accidentally went to the wrong place at night?"

"Although the probability is a bit small, it's not impossible."

On the opposite side, the demonic woman was suppressed by the Buddhist light. First, scars appeared on her skin, and then they were healed by the Buddhist light.

This made Lin Ning and the others very confused.

Since the Buddhist light wanted to punish the demonic woman, why would it heal her?

"Let's not care about her identity for now. Since she has cultivated our Azure Cloud Sect's swordsmanship, she has some connection with our Azure Cloud Sect."

Shen Nian said with a serious expression: "Now that she is being suppressed by this Buddhist light, how about we take action to save her?"

Demonic woman?

In Shen Nian's eyes, ha, no matter what your identity is.

As long as you are related to our Azure Cloud Sect, we will help you!

"I will get rid of these Buddhist lights."

Lin Ning raised his hand and used the Heaven Flipping Seal.

After being attacked by the Heaven Flipping Seal, the Buddhist light in the temple shone even brighter.

At the same time, Buddhist light chains were born from the void. The chains were accompanied by Sanskrit chanting and wrapped around, vowing to imprison the demonic woman in place.

"Heh heh heh, old bald donkey, do you really think I'm still the me from a year ago?"

The demonic woman only thrust out one sword, but countless sword lights fell, cutting off these Buddhist light chains.

Hiss hiss hiss!

After the chains were broken, they actually continued to reorganize. With each time the demonic woman cut off the chains, these chains would become twice as thick as before.

Until the end, the demonic woman was helpless against these chains.

"You... you are Ling'er?" Shen Nian's eyes were bloodshot, and her body trembled slightly.

"Ling'er? Yu Ling'er?"

Hearing the name, Nali's eyes were startled, and she stared blankly at Shen Nian.

Yu Ling'er was Shen Nian's second disciple. She went out to train in her early years, and never returned.

Shen Nian had long thought that Yu Ling'er was dead, but after seeing the demonic woman's technique, the name hidden deep in her memory emerged like seawater.

"Master, are you saying she is my junior sister?" Nali was surprised, "Impossible, hasn't she been dead for a long time?"

Shen Nian said excitedly: "I will definitely not be wrong. The technique she is using is what I taught her."

"This demonic woman... no, Ling'er's technique has evolved, but she has a flaw that has not been repaired."

The reason why Shen Nian discovered the flaws in the Immortal Emperor-level demonic woman's technique was that she herself was distracted during cultivation and did not fully master the knowledge of the technique taught by her master.

In those years, she had already discovered the flaws in the technique, but she had never been able to repair them. Every time she tried to repair them, she would find other flaws appearing.

Therefore, Shen Nian simply didn't change it. Later, she also became a teacher and taught the technique, but also passed the flaw on to her second disciple, Yu Ling'er!

"Yu Ling'er?"

Hearing the familiar name, the demonic woman's muddled eyes suddenly had a trace of clarity.

She turned her head and looked at Shen Nian.

Couldn't see clearly, forgot.

Look again.

Finally.

"Are you, Shen Nian Master?" Yu Ling'er asked.