There was silence in the square, with only a few occasional whispers, “Who the hell is that guy?”
“They say he’s the Devil Emperor, but how come he’s talking to Peak Master Qiu…”
“Does Peak Master Qiu know him? “
“By the looks of it, they should know each other.”
Sang Lingxi tightly covered his wounds and couldn’t help but freeze, “Ahem, that Devil Emperor seems to be… Lu Xiao? Junior Brother’s pupil? Isn’t he long dead? “
Bai Hanyuan furrowed his brow and said briefly, “It’s him.”
Qiu Yutong stared blankly at the person in front of him, his mind in a state of confusion, and it was only after a long, long time that he involuntarily took a step forward, his voice trembling terribly. “… Xiao-er, is it really you? Is it really you? “
Lu Xiao did not answer but just looked at him quietly, his eyes dark and heavy.
Qiu Yutong stared at him blankly for a long time and murmured, “It’s you, it’s really you, you’re still alive…”
In this instant, ecstasy, shock, bewilderment, helplessness, guilt, grief…. and countless other emotions were woven together, like roaring waves, overwhelmingly coming towards him. At this moment, this North Snow City’s Feilai Peak Master was like a leaf in the autumn wind, trembling so much that he could barely stand up.
“You’re alive, alive…”
Lu Xiao looked at his extremely fragile appearance and felt his breath tighten, unconsciously clenching his fists.
He looked down at Qiu Yutong and said softly, “Shizun, it’s me.”
Qiu Yutong looked up into those dark phoenix eyes and felt as if his chest had been gripped and he could hardly breathe, even his vision was blurred. It was as if they were filled with lead, and he could hardly lift them.
He himself dug up his young disciple’s inner core and pushed him into the Cold Pool. At this moment, how can he, in this way, act as if nothing has happened…
But, he really, really wanted to hug, his little disciple.
He wanted to hold him tight, he wanted to tell him, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…
Qiu Yutong tried to raise his arm, and Lu Xiao immediately noticed his intention. His pupils tightened involuntarily, and a faint glow rose in his dark phoenix eyes; he could not help but also gently raise his arm as if he wanted to put it around Qiu Yutong.
Just then, Xie Wanting said sternly, “Yutong, get out of the way!”
Before Qiu Yutong could react, his body had already moved – Sect Leader’s stern words were something he had never disobeyed before, almost forming a subconscious reflex, as he shifted to the side, a pale golden sword aura flashed out from Xie Wanting’s hand and stabbed straight at Lu Xiao’s throat!
Lu Xiao did not pay any attention to the sword aura, he just watched Qiu Yutong move, and his pitch-black eyes darkened.
And then, he moved.
No one could see his body. In this instant, Lu Xiao had already reached Xie Wanting, he didn’t even draw his sword, he just swiftly, ruthlessly clasped Xie Wanting’s throat, and lifted him up!
It was all in a flash!
“Cough cough!” Xie Wanting’s pale, elegant face turned red, but he was powerless to resist, and could only futilely try to break out of Lu Xiao’s iron-like fingers, struggling in an extremely wretched manner.
The large square was silent, and many cultivators could not help but close their eyes. They all understood that at this time if Lu Xiao’s finger exerted a little bit of force, it could directly crush Xie Wanting’s throat!
For some reason, Lu Xiao didn’t do it and hesitated slightly. Xie Wanting desperately struggled against his fingers, choking and coughing violently, bright red blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
The glaringly bright blood jolted Qiu Yutong out of his daze and he barely had time to think before he casually swung out a sword!
Deep inside his heart, he didn’t want to swing his sword at Lu Xiao, and even in the heat of the moment, the sword was extremely weak and wasn’t up to the standard of the Feilai Peak Master. Unexpectedly, Lu Xiao didn’t block it.
“Ah!” Someone couldn’t help but exclaim.
The foggy, overwhelmingly famous sword, Tianzhao Yunhai, dug deeply into Lu Xiao’s shoulder.
Lu Xiao didn’t fight back. He just closed his eyes. Then, his long, slender fingers loosened slightly and Xie Wanting fell limply.
“Xiao-er, I’m not…” Qiu Yutong only felt a lump in his throat and simply didn’t know how to explain. He was just about to withdraw his sword when Lu Xiao grabbed the blade, not paying any attention to the thick blood gushing out from his palm.
“Xiao-er, don’t do that…” Qiu Yutong said, unable to continue.
Lu Xiao squeezed his sword blade tightly, and his dark eyes looked quietly at Qiu Yutong, his voice was very soft, “Shizun, I didn’t hurt him at all, he was faking. Before he fell to the ground and said that the decree of the Immortal Alliance was fake, it was all pretend too; he just wanted to lure Wu Liu and Wu Qi over to kill him while he had the chance… Shizun, this Sect Leader of yours, not only is he highly cultivated, but also shrewd and cunning to the core; he does not need your protection at all.”
“I don’t understand… I can’t let you hurt him…” Qiu Yutong shook his head unconsciously and just felt like a mess in his head. He had stabbed Xiao-er, but Senior brother seemed to be hurt badly too… Xiao-er said Senior brother was faking, but how was that possible?
So many things had happened in these few moments; he was so shocked that his whole body was confused, what on earth should he do? What could he do?
Lu Xiao looked at his flustered appearance and smiled somewhat reluctantly, “Shizun, I have always known that cultivating the righteous path is very important to you, and I admit it. However, I now realize that apart from cultivation, there are surprisingly many things that rank ahead of me… Even this Xie Wanting, who is so hypocritical, ranks ahead of me in Shizun’s heart.”
“It’s not like that…” Qiu Yutong said dully.
Lu Xiao looked at him and suddenly said softly, “Shizun, I’m not just a demon now, I’m already the Heavenly Devil Emperor, ruling over the entire Devil Realm continent, are you going to execute me?”
Qiu Yutong froze.
After a long time, he said with extreme difficulty, “You… are really the Devil Emperor? “
Xie Wanting slumped to the ground and snapped, “Yutong, kill him!”
“Sect Leader Xie, if you don’t think of yourself, you should think of North Snow City, and think of your mentors and fellow disciples,” Lu Xiao said coldly.
Qiu Yutong’s heart suddenly sank, and he barely had time to think about anything before he hurriedly said, “Xiao-er, I’ve wronged you before, but it has nothing to do with North Snow City, nor does it have anything to do with senior brother, don’t be like this…”
Lu Xiao gritted his teeth and said, “Shizun, I’ve already said that this man is faking it! I didn’t even hurt him! You, how do you just ……”
As he spoke, he could not resist reaching out his hand as if to grab Qiu Yutong’s arm.
A teenager jumped out abruptly and shouted sternly, “Devil, stay away from my Shizun!”
Everyone looked at the sound and saw Chen Yuelin holding a thin spiritual sword; his face was very pale and his hands were shaking slightly as if he was terrified, but he still insisted and glared at Lu Xiao, “Let, let go of Shizun!”
“Your Shizun? “Lu Xiao glanced obliquely at Chen Yue Lin.
His gaze wasn’t very fierce, and it could even be said that there was little expression, but in this instant, Chen Yue Lin only felt his hair standing on end, and almost involuntarily, he took two steps backwards.
Qiu Yutong snapped, “Yue Lin, what are you mad about! Move it!”
Lu Xiao slowly turned back, he looked at Qiu Yutong’s anxious look and suddenly laughed, “So, I’m now a devil who does evil again. Instead of worrying about yourself, Shizun is worried about me hurting your senior brother or, hurting your beloved… new disciple? “
When he came to the end of his sentence, his voice became deeper and deeper, almost gritting his teeth. The hand that was gripping Qiu Yutong’s arm tightened and Qiu Yutong could almost hear his bones creaking.
Qiu Yutong was in great pain, but he still clenched his teeth and tried his best to control his struggles, he owed Xiao-er a debt of gratitude and a debt of love, and now all this was his due. However, it was only his fault, it had nothing to do with anyone else. It had nothing to do with…
He barely caught his breath and said stiffly, “Xiao-er, what happened before, it was all my fault alone, you, you must not hurt them.”
“What if I’m inclined to hurt them? “Lu Xiao stared at him, his gaze was cold to the extreme, “Shizun, you are an innate sword body, you should be able to feel it, if I want to slaughter this place, it will only take a moment, no one can stop it – except you. How about it, Shizun, trying to kill me again? “
Lu Xiao wants… to slaughter the place?
Qiu Yutong looked at his little disciple and felt his heart slowly sinking and his body getting cold. He had always loved face and was especially afraid of losing face, but at this moment, he could not hurt Lu Xiao and he could not let Lu Xiao hurt others… he did feel sorry to his little disciple, but, but it had nothing to do with anyone else…
He was silent for a long, long time before he finally opened his mouth with great difficulty, his voice almost sounding pleading, “Xiao-er, it’s all my fault, please kill me… don’t hurt anyone else, it has nothing to do with them, just kill me. I won’t fight back, okay? I… I’m begging you.”
The large square was silent, the cultivation world had always had strict rules, and it was hard to speak of when a master was begging his disciples in front of a large crowd.
Lu Xiao said astringently, “You want to trade your life, for theirs? You’re so benevolent. …Fine, I promise you.”
He gripped Qiu Yutong’s arm in a death grip, gritted his teeth and suddenly let out a long whistle!
With this extremely clear and loud whistle, the deep ravine in the middle of the square made a strange clicking sound and cracked open wider and wider. The ravine was completely black, looking at it, it looked like an all-consuming abyss!
“Wu Liu, Wu Qi, let’s go! Lu Xiao said in a stern voice.
“Yes!” The two demons responded in unison.
“Wait a minute!” “Hold it!” With two stern cries, Bai Hanyuan and Sang Lingxi leapt out lightly at the same time and crossed their swords to block in front of Lu Xiao.
Sang Lingxi’s face was pale as he pressed his chest wound with one hand and held Green Mist with the other, saying sternly, “Devil, go away if you want to, but leave my little brother behind!”
“Leave him and get out,” Bai Hanyuan put it succinctly.
Lu Xiao stared at the two powerful cultivators in front of him and gently raised his eyebrows, smiling as if to say, “Shizun, it seems that your senior brothers, refuse to let you trade your life for their lives.”
At this time, Qiu Yutong had calmed down a little. He understood in his heart that at this moment, no one in this huge square was a match for Lu Xiao, and he could not really make a move against Lu Xiao. It would not do any good to argue at this time.
He was about to persuade the two brothers to leave when Lu Xiao suddenly said softly, “Shizun, let me ask your Sect Leader for you and see if he is willing to let me take you away.”
Qiu Yutong was slightly stunned, Sect Leader had always treated him extremely well, how could he agree to let Lu Xiao take him away under such circumstances? And the last thing he wanted was to see his young disciple get into a fight with his Sect Leader.
Without waiting for his reply, Lu Xiao had already bent down and whispered to Xie Wanting on the ground, “Sect Leader Xie, I will exchange the decree of the Leader of the Immortal Alliance for your little junior brother, I wonder what Sect Leader Xie thinks? “
Xie Wanting faintly stared and did not reply.
But the silence already said it all.
“Very good,” Lu Xiao seemed to have expected this, and gently cocked the corner of his mouth as he stretched his right hand backwards, and Wu Liu immediately handed the decree of the Leader of the Immortal Alliance, into Lu Xiao’s hand.
Lu Xiao gently placed the black alliance master’s decree in front of Xie Wanting, then tightly grabbed Qiu Yutong’s arm, and leapt into the abyss!
“Little Junior Brother!” Bai Hanyuan stomped his foot fiercely and rushed to the abyss and tried to jump down after him.
“Hanyuan, Lingxi, get back here!”
“Sect Leader!” Bai Hanyuan said sharply.
Sang Lingxi was also anxious, “Senior Brother, that demon has taken Little Junior Brother away! Is the decree of the Immortal Alliance really that important?!”
Xie Wanting caught his breath and his dark eyes stared intently at the two, “Remember, no matter what, you have to put the big picture first. If you stay in the mountains, you do not need to fear having no firewood… that devil, for the time being, will not harm Little Junior Brother.”
As the three spoke, the deep ravine in the middle of the square closed without a sound, and there was no longer a single gap.
……
Qiu Yutong woke up, still a little bewildered.
Where was he?
He… what happened to him?
It took a long, long time before he slowly recalled all that had happened before.
Xiao-er did not die and became the Heavenly Devil Emperor of the Devil World… He wounded Sect Leader and Qiu Yutong stabbed him himself. Xiao-er took him and jumped down into that abyss and then, he passed out…
Qiu Yutong stared blankly at the snow-white tent overhead. It was only at this moment that he came to his senses completely and utterly from the confusion he had previously felt. Xiao-er wasn’t dead, Xiao-er was still alive, still alive… Thinking of this, Qiu Yutong couldn’t help his eyes from heating up; he reached up and covered his eyes with the back of his hand.
His heart was filled with joy, sourness, worry, and guilt… he was sorry for his little disciple; his little disciple was still alive, yet he had become a devil emperor… But no matter what it was good to be alive, it was good to be alive, even if he hated him, even if he wanted to kill him.
It took a long, long time before Qiu Yutong settled down and reluctantly climbed to his feet, and then he froze.
In front of him was a very exquisite room with layers of snow-white gauze hanging from the ceiling, an exquisitely carved rosewood bed, a thin screen painted with mountains, sea and clouds, and dozens of thick shark oil candles lit on top of a brass candlestick in the shape of a vermilion bird… Everything looked very comfortable, very luxurious, and very careful.
The only downside was that the room was surprisingly devoid of doors and windows and the walls were made of large blocks of dark, dull granite, making it very depressing to look at.
Qiu Yutong got out of bed in confusion and walked around the room again, not finding any gaps.
Could it be that this was a cell in the demon world?
But as a prison cell, the conditions were a little too good. Didn’t Lu Xiao want to take revenge on him? Then he should be locked up in a watering hole or something and tortured, that was the way to go…
Qiu Yutong was puzzled for a while, and then he leaned over the wall, trying to feel the huge granite, trying to find a little gap, and as he was feeling around, he suddenly heard a soft sound and a heavy stone door suddenly appeared on the wall and Lu Xiao walked in.
Qiu Yutong looked dumbly at Lu Xiao, his whole body still maintaining the position of leaning against the wall and fumbling.
Lu Xiao gave him a glance and said indifferently, “Want to go out? “
Qiu Yutong immediately withdrew his hand, remembering his status as a prisoner, and hurriedly sat back down on the edge of the bed, trying his best to look honest, “Ahem, I was just touching, nothing more.”
Lu Xiao didn’t say a word, walked slowly to him, looked down at him for a moment, and suddenly said: “Shizun, I’ve been wanting to ask you a question… at Blood Prison Secret Realm. Why did you do that?”
Qiu Yutong blinked, he did not expect that Lu Xiao would suddenly ask this question. Although he no longer remembered, it was still something he did, and he could only bear the consequences himself, he thought for a while, and said hesitantly, “I don’t know… At that time, I was probably confused.”
Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, then laughed to himself, his voice so soft that it almost sounded like he was talking to himself, “Confused… so it is. I actually had a glimmer of hope that… that’s right, Shizun is always focused on the righteous path; I was just a demon, it’s understandable that Shizun wanted to refine my devil core.”
Qiu Yutong’s heart felt unpleasant, “Xiao-er, I…”
He couldn’t say any more.
Lu Xiao looked at him with downcast eyes, and his voice gradually became cold, “Shizun wanted to cultivate, so he dug up my devil core, and I have accepted it. But, until today, I never knew that Shizun could come back with me for North Snow City, for his own brother, for his… new disciple, and for those who don’t matter. It turns out that apart from cultivation, there are so many people and things that are more important than me.”
Qiu Yutong simply didn’t know how to explain, he was silent for a moment and could only say in a soft voice, “It’s really none of their business, it’s all my fault, I’ll make it up to you…”
When he said this, Qiu Yutong paused, he wanted to tell Lu Xiao that Chen Yuelin wasn’t his own disciple. Although it wasn’t important and Lu Xiao probably did not care, but he still wanted to tell Lu Xiao that he only had one disciple, and he was his only disciple.
However, before he could speak, Lu Xiao had already gently crooked the corner of his mouth, “You dug up my devil core and sunk me into a cold pool… You have no idea, how I have survived these twenty years. Now, you say you want to make it up to me, how are you going to make it up to me? “
Qiu Yutong gritted his teeth and said stiffly, “You can take my inner core and I will not resist.”
“Inner core?” Lu Xiao said indifferently, “I don’t need it.”
“So, what do you want? I, I only have my inner core… Could it be that you want Tianzhao Yunhai? “
Speaking of the Tianzhao Yunhai, Qiu Yutong gave a slight pause as he loved this superb spiritual sword like his life depended on it…
Lu Xiao did not reply, but just looked at him in silence, his eyes dark and heavy, as if he was some kind of bloodthirsty beast, quietly watching his fallen prey. Qiu Yutong was almost a little creeped out by this odd gaze and could not help but swallow gently. He was trying to find something when Lu Xiao suddenly lowered his head.
Something cold and soft, very lightly and gently, touched his own stiff lips.
And then, he heard his young disciple, whispering dully in his own ear, “What if I said… I want this? Is Shizun willing to give?”
