No excuses for myself.

Gu Xingyun told Baili Changhuan in detail about how he picked up the Lingxu Mirror and his subsequent research process.

He just concealed the process of how he used it.

Even so, he still received a few slaps from Baili Changhuan: "You dare to use something you just picked up on him! No wonder, I was saying, after all, you have been in the Yuxu Sect for so many years, how could you become a demon cultivator just by going out?"

He was so angry that he punched Gu Xingyun in the face again: "So there is such a thing. You forcibly bound your soul to it. The evil energy couldn't find a place to live in it, so it all entered your body."

Baili Changhuan paused and looked towards the location of Gu Xingyun's dantian with a frown.

"You'd better not move." He warned and slowly raised his hand and placed it on Gu Xingyun.

He hadn't dodged when he was hit, but now Gu Xingyun dodged directly, his eyes alert: "Junior Master, are you trying to cripple me?"

"Oh, thank you for thinking so highly of me. I don't have that ability! I told you not to move, so just stay still. I won't fight you here."

He didn't have the extra energy to deal with his senior brother who was obsessed with his apprentice.

Gu Xingyun's body was tense, ready to resist at any time.

But Baili Changhuan was really just checking. The weak spiritual power only stayed in his body for a moment before quickly withdrawing.

"You swallowed the inner elixir of the ferocious beast." Baili Changhuan frowned and concluded. A moment later, the tip of the sword was against Gu Xingyun's throat.

"You still say this is an accident? Inner elixir, Lingxu mirror, the sacrifice of a thousand-year-old monster, a soul-bound person close to ascension, you are going directly for the position of Demon Lord, right?"

The tip of his sword moved forward a little, and drops of blood could be seen oozing out.

"What should we do next? Should we gather those scattered villains and turn the world of cultivation upside down?"

Gu Xingyun's face was filled with genuine confusion, as if he couldn't feel the pain. "What inner elixir?"

"No need to pretend in front of me." Baili Changhuan remained unmoved: "When did you start planning this?"

Gu Xingyun frowned and pushed away the sword in front of his neck: "Junior Master, there must be some misunderstanding here. I don't know what inner elixir is."

He closed his eyes and felt it, but didn't find anything wrong: "Did you see it wrong?"

Baili Changhuan stared at him for a long time, then dropped the sword on the table. "Do you think I can't see it just because it's dissolved? I've seen everything when I was traveling with my master. An ordinary fallen demon wouldn't have spiderweb patterns on his dantian."

He snorted, "I was wondering what was wrong. Even if there was a Lingxu Mirror, the demonic energy should have been absorbed by it. How could it all enter your body..."

"With the existence of this inner elixir, the Lingxu Mirror has completely become a medium for transmission. Not only have you fallen into depravity, but you have also implicated..." Baili Changhuan's eyes widened and he suddenly slammed the table.

"No wonder, when I was helping him investigate, I sensed another aura within him. It turned out to be you..."

The things that confused me before suddenly became clear, but instead of feeling the joy of solving the mystery, I became even angrier.

"Even though he was no good in the past, he still maintained the most basic bottom line and was irreconcilable with the demonic cultivators. You know this, right?"

Baili Changhuan looked at Gu Xingyun and asked.

Gu Xingyun nodded: "I know."

"Then you still..."

"Junior Master, I don't know the inner elixir of any ferocious beast. I really don't know. There's no need for me to lie to you at this time."

Gu Xingyun interrupted him, frowning slightly: "I don't have any relevant memory at all. I can't possibly take the initiative to eat something like this."

After a long while, Baili Changhuan spoke angrily: "I don't care whether you ate it on your own initiative or someone forced it in your mouth. If you hadn't picked up things randomly in the first place, none of this would have happened!"

Gu Xingyun lowered his eyebrows and said, "My junior uncle taught me that it's meaningless to say those things. What's important now is to quickly resolve this issue."

His cheeks, slapped several times, began to swell redly, and a line of blood flowed from the spot in his throat where the sword had pierced it. In the flickering candlelight, he looked particularly miserable.

Baili Changhuan didn't look at him, but just stretched out his hand to rub the Lingxu Mirror, not knowing what he was thinking.

Gu Xingyun looked up at him and said, "As long as Master can be safe, I will cooperate with whatever you do."

"What if I let you die?" Baili Changhuan stared at the dripping wax and said softly, "What if I exchange your life for his?"

The room became quiet, with only the sound of breathing being heard.

"Heh." Baili Changhuan snorted disdainfully. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a very light laugh coming from beside him.

Gu Xingyun's expression was calm: "Okay, I do."

"If this is Junior Uncle's method, then I am willing. My life was originally extended by Master."

That rainy night, if he had not been helped up and had not tied the cloak on, his life would have ended soon.

"I'm willing to exchange my life for Master's, but before that, can you give me some time? Just a month will be fine. I want to spend more time with Master."

He gently blew away the dust on his fingertips, hiding the trace of reluctance: "I have to keep more memories, then I can be willing to go to hell..."

Baili Changhuan swallowed back what he was about to say. He looked at Gu Xingyun with completely unfamiliar eyes, as if he had just met this nephew for the first time.

Until he was sure that those words were sincere and not a joke, he inexplicably felt a sense of guilt.

He bravely broke his nephew's fantasy: "He may not last a month."

Afraid that Gu Xingyun wouldn't listen, he explained in a different way: "Maybe I can't give you too much time. You are so powerful now. The higher your cultivation level, the faster his vitality will be depleted."

"His soul is already unstable, and if it's being consumed like this, I don't know what will happen over time..."

From the initial tension to the current hesitation, Baili Changhuan felt embarrassed for the first time.

Gu Xingyun was stunned for once: "Not even a month?"

There were huge waves surging in my heart, but I was worried about affecting the other person, so I forced myself to suppress my emotions and let the waves disappear deep in the sea.

He reached out and moved the Lingxu Mirror in front of him, muttering to himself, "Is this the retribution for my greed?"

Baili Changhuan turned his face away and didn't look at him.

"Junior Master." Gu Xingyun said, "So you know the solution, right?"

"I know, but I need to check the details of the specific operation." Baili Changhuan said softly: "This is the only way. Sorry."

"It doesn't matter. I deserve it." Gu Xingyun smiled and repeated, "I deserve it."

Baili Changhuan couldn't bear it any longer: "Keep this for now, wait for me..."

"Knock knock knock--" There was a knock on the door, and Gu Xingyun stood up instantly.

"Um...can I come in? It's already late, Junior Brother, can you hear me? I'll knock three more times and I'll be in directly. Are you setting up a shielding barrier to secretly attack my disciple?"