If it wasn't for the word 'friends' tying her down, she probably would have stopped associating with Guo Wenchang long ago.

Even Xu Yan... once her closest confidante, had also become distant because of Guo Wenchang, occasionally even slightly confrontational with her. Now, they had almost completely turned on each other.

The pain in Liu Yun's heart was extremely strong.

But she still clung to her principles, which many might see as foolish. Nevertheless, she stubbornly defended the moral baseline deep within her heart.

Cultivators can kill, can fight, but should not kill without reason, let alone bully others with power! If it were against one's mortal enemies, any action would be justified, even flaying them alive, if only to release a grudge, that would be allowable!

But she just couldn't stand those who bullied others without any grudge to speak of.

Therefore, she rather break off ties with the two friends she had been closest to than to allow her own boundaries to be completely trampled upon.

At that moment, the Demon Lord behind Liu Yun spoke slowly, "Miss Liu Yun, step aside. They want to teach me a lesson, and I too wish to teach them one."

"Did you hear that?" Guo Wenchang roared angrily, "Hah? Hah! Hah! Liu Yun! Did you hear that? This is the man you're defending even at the cost of turning against us!"

Xu Yan also couldn't help but cry out, "Liu Yun, after so many years of friendship, to think that you would... sob sob..."

At this time, the Demon Lord transmitted a message to Liu Yun, "I didn't want to say this, but I don't want my disciple to blame me one day. I am Chu Mo's master, my name is Demon Lord!"

"Ah?" Liu Yun gave a cry of astonishment, then instinctively turned and looked at the Demon Lord, "Are you telling the truth?"

Guo Wenchang and Xu Yan exchanged looks like two clowns, standing foolishly without knowing what was happening.

The Demon Lord, with a touch of helplessness, nodded his head and sighed lightly, "I also didn't expect to meet you under these circumstances."

"Junior..." Liu Yun, with flushed cheeks, looked at the Demon Lord, said 'junior,' and wanted to show her respect, but suddenly didn't know how she should address the Demon Lord. She had always thought that Chu Mo was unaware of their affairs. Thus, her apparent relationship with Chu Mo could only be that of normal friends.

In that case, showing too much respect to the Demon Lord might be misconstrued. Yet if she didn't show sufficient respect, she would feel guilty.

Fortunately, the Demon Lord gave a slight smile right then, "We are all cultivators from the Cultivation Realm, let's treat each other with our own terms. Just call me Demon Lord."

As the two had been communicating through transmitted messages, except for Liu Yun's 'ah' and 'Are you telling the truth?' nobody knew what had happened.

But anyone who wasn't a fool could definitely tell that the man in black was indeed associated with Liu Yun.

What now?

Guo Wenchang and Xu Yan exchanged glances, both feeling like they were riding a tiger and couldn't get off.

At this moment, the Demon Lord glanced at Guo Wenchang and Xu Yan with a light sigh. Over the years, his temperament had changed too much. Had it been the Demon Lord who once dominated the Immortal Realm, the moment Guo Wenchang slapped him, his utterly sharp counterstrike would have followed immediately!

Even though there was a difference of one realm, the Demon Lord was still confident he could easily kill a cultivator like Guo Wenchang, who was nothing but dross in terms of combat experience!

Even if the whole group attacked him, he would remain undaunted!

But now, his temperament had become far too mellow. Not to mention Die was still in closed cultivation on that side. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he really didn't want to disturb her.

So he looked at Liu Yun and said, "Since it's all a misunderstanding, let's just let this matter pass."

Liu Yun looked at the Demon Lord apologetically, knowing the man's identity, and couldn't help feeling nervous. If Chu Mo knew about this, it was unpredictable how he would view her, and at the same time, he would probably loathe Guo Wenchang and Xu Yan to the bone.

Despite their brief interaction, Liu Yun understood Chu Mo's temperament very well. Humiliating his master? Guo Wenchang and Xu Yan still expected things to go well? That was a joke!

Unfortunately, those two people knew absolutely nothing! A pair of fools! If they weren't my friends, I wouldn't care about their lives at all!

The Demon Lord looked at Liu Yun's expression, sighed inwardly, and transmitted his voice, "When I see Chu Mo later, I will explain this matter to him, or maybe, it's better not to let him know at all."

Liu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, gave the Demon Lord a grateful look, and then said, "Then, I thank you, senior!"

As he spoke, Liu Yun turned his head to look at Xu Yan and Guo Wenchang again, his gaze sweeping over the faces of others, thinking to himself: You people just walked a round at the hell gate and didn't even realize it, how pitiful... how lamentable!

"Let's go." Liu Yun wore a look of exhaustion.

Guo Wenchang and Xu Yan were also somewhat dumbfounded, with eyes full of confusion and resentment. At this moment, they hated the Demon Lord intensely.

At this time, Liu Yun bowed deeply to the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord waved a hand dismissively and smiled at her slightly.

That smile made Guo Wenchang feel as though there was a venomous snake writhing in his heart.

The others silently followed Liu Yun, moving forward.

"Liu Yun, who is that man really?" Xu Yan finally could not help but ask timidly as she approached, "You seem to be meeting him for the first time too, aren't you afraid he's deceiving you?"

Liu Yun suddenly stopped and quietly looked at Xu Yan.

Until she made Xu Yan uncomfortable, with a flushed face and drooping eyes, she said, "What's wrong? Didn't we just have a little argument? We've had arguments ever since we were kids, haven't we? You're not really going to cut ties with me, are you?"

Xu Yan said this, tears already welling up in her eyes.

Every time this happened, Liu Yun would usually soften and start to coax her. But this time, Liu Yun remained unmoved, still quietly observing her. Only when the atmosphere here almost solidified did Liu Yun finally speak slowly; in a ghostly voice, she said, "Do you know that you've just walked around the edge of the hell gate?"

Xu Yan carefully looked at Liu Yun and said reluctantly, "Just because of that man?"

Guo Wenchang, although silent, wore a face of disdain. He was confident that if he used his divine abilities to attack, instead of fighting hand-to-hand, the other party would definitely not be his match!

Not to mention, does each person here not possess an Emperor-level dharma instrument?

Just walking around the hell gate... trying to scare whom?

"Whether he has the ability or not, I'm not very clear, but there's one thing I'm certain of: if his disciple were to appear here, our group, even multiplied by ten... would only end up being slaughtered," Liu Yun said indifferently.

"Hahaha, Liu Yun, you're too funny, aren't you? Even if you know that man and all of this is a misunderstanding, there's no need to scare us like this, right? What do you guys think?" Xu Yan laughed somewhat exaggeratedly, her ample chest bouncing with her laughter.

The others also looked at Liu Yun somewhat incredulously, thinking: How powerful can a disciple of a Daluo Jinxian be? To say that even if we were ten times the number, we'd only be slaughtered is simply too much of an exaggeration!

Guo Wenchang sneered, "Is that so? I wonder who his disciple is? Could it be that a Daluo Jinxian could actually teach a powerful young master?"

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