53. This Is Called Micromanagement
His words caused an uproar.
The demonic cultivators frantically searched for the hidden Immortal Master, while the righteous cultivators and even the Heartflame Empire’s people joined the search, bewildered.
They looked everywhere, but found nothing.
“Stop pretending!”
Wu Shijie roared, seeing their confused expressions.
“As righteous cultivators, you boast of honor and integrity. If your plan has been exposed, you should have the courage to admit it.”
“Since that Immortal Master refuses to show herself, then fight! Does Wu Shijie look like someone you can scare!?”
Hearing this, Elder Yan suddenly felt emboldened.
They had been hesitant because Miss Gong wasn’t there. Now, listening to Wu Shijie’s analysis, it seemed to make sense.
They couldn’t see the Immortal Master because she had entered before them.
She couldn’t possibly be lagging behind them, right?
If that was the case, she would definitely seize the opportunity to strike a decisive blow during the fight!
“New grudges and old,” Elder Yan took a deep breath and waved his hand. “Let’s settle them all today!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!!!”
Meanwhile, Gong Yiling, eavesdropping outside the small door, was dumbfounded.
What kind of analysis was that!?
And Elder Yan, why did you care about a demonic cultivator’s nonsense?
Although she could leave now, if the Heartflame Empire remained neutral, Elder Yan and his allies would undoubtedly lose.
Even if the empire joined the fight, the Hehuan Sect still had their indiscriminate Charm Poison. The outcome was uncertain.
—No… she couldn’t let them fight.
Miss Gong resorted to her ultimate technique. Before things escalated further, she opened the small door a crack and tossed out her drawings.
“Stop! Don’t fight yet! Look at that!”
“This… such… such exquisite artwork!”
“Look at the suggestive poses of these two figures. Truly exceptional. Even my wife and I have never tried such positions.”
“Such elegant lines, such perfect curves, such captivating postures… Ah… this must be… the greatest joy in the world.”
The [Doujinshi Artist’s Pride] activated, affecting every male present.
Even Wu Shijie and Elder Yan, despite their age, couldn’t help but admire the two stick figures striking a “Tiga Ultraman flying kick” pose.
Among the crowd, only a few women, especially Shangguan Ziyuan and her maids, were dumbfounded.
Those usually serious guards, including the captain admired by many young women…
Were now…
Spouting lewd comments, making the maids blush.
Only Shangguan Ziyuan, picking up one of the drawings, was left speechless.
This wasn’t some forbidden book. There wasn’t even anything remotely suggestive.
She couldn’t even understand what it depicted.
How could such a thing captivate all the men? Had they never seen a woman before?
Then what was she in their eyes?
At that moment, unnoticed by anyone, two figures under the effect of Invisibility Talismans slipped through the crowd of distracted men and went around to the main door.
When the effect of the anti-mother weapon wore off, Gong Yiling dispelled the invisibility and walked in with Qiu Shui.
“What… are you doing?”
“We’re… huh?”
The drawings in their hands were now just pieces of paper with stick figures.
—In her haste, Miss Gong had only drawn simple figures, not even having time for pigs.
But the memories of their earlier arousal remained. They looked at each other, speechless.
But… how did this Immortal Master enter from outside, seemingly unaware of what had just happened?
“Immortal Master, you… weren’t you inside earlier?” Elder Yan quickly regained his composure and asked.
“I was delayed by something,” Gong Yiling replied.
“So… this wasn’t your doing?”
“My doing?” Gong Yiling shook her head, puzzled. “Why would Sect Master Yan ask that? Did something happen?”
Then, she looked at the stick figure drawing in her hand. “Speaking of which, you all seemed to be entranced by this, your minds filled with impure thoughts. Where did this come from?”
Her words shifted everyone’s attention to the drawings in their hands.
Something that could instantly corrupt their thoughts…
This couldn’t be the work of the person who set up this secret realm.
It was…
“The Hehuan Sect!!!”
Long Yingchen, the captain of the Heartflame Empire’s guards, gritted his teeth. “You cunning Hehuan Sect bastards!”
“Using a fabricated story to distract us, then using this wicked technique to try and take us all down.”
“What a brilliant plan!”
Captain Long, having just been thoroughly embarrassed, had to regain his face.
His accusation left Wu Shijie speechless.
Who else besides the Hehuan Sect could use such a technique?
Even the Hehuan Sect members, also affected by the drawings, looked at their leader, almost blurting out, “So what if our leader did it?”
As a result, the Hehuan Sect had offended the one they least wanted to offend.
“Damn it!” Wu Shijie was furious but still retained some rationality.
The Hehuan Sect was clearly at a disadvantage. To escape, they had to use the Charm Poison.
But after the earlier incident, everyone had taken a universal antidote that could resist the poison’s effects, rendering it useless.
Then he could only…
Wu Shijie swallowed a pill, his eyes widening as his aura surged. He charged towards Shangguan Ziyuan.
Only by taking her life could he regain control!
Even if it meant using a pill that would damage his own cultivation, it was worth it!
However, just as he thought his surprise attack would succeed, about to grab the terrified Shangguan Ziyuan, her form dissolved into mist.
He had only grabbed a talisman.
“Earth Style—”
Gong Yiling smiled.
“Five Thunders Righteous Law!”
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