Li Fan mind his own business and said, "You open the altar, and I'll slay this demon. If people from the Divine Teachings ask, you can say that you were attacked and knocked unconscious at the start of the ceremony or whatever. Just make something up; after all, you were powerless anyway."
"I just hope you keep a clear head. It's hard enough getting through life as is, so even if you really are the Sacred Girl of the Divine Teachings, what's the necessity? Why risk dying for ambitions from several lives ago? No one owes anyone anything."
Li Fan, hearing that her heartbeat had returned to normal, extended his hand and retrieved the Immortal Binding Rope back into his sleeve.
Huo Shanmo managed to get to her feet, eyeing the demon lord in front of her who had no skin left, and then the clear signs of a great battle all around. With the whereabouts of the altar master unknown, she promptly knelt down without hesitation.
