Hu Cang felt a pain in his chest, and his inner elixir was sucked out by a super strong force. He didn't expect this guy to be so cruel, and he was so scared that his face turned pale: "Wait wait! Don't kill me first!"

The eldest grandson Zijun stopped moving because Yi Xichen put his arm around his shoulder.

They were not heartless people. Before they took his demon elixir to exchange for the sword, they should have let him know why he ended up in such a situation. Yi Xichen said, "I'll ask you a question. Do you dare to tell the truth? I ask you, did you really not know that if you took the inner elixir, the Heavenly Fox would surely die, or was it really an unintentional mistake?"

Hu Cang's expression flickered. He knew that the life of the Sky Fox depended on the inner elixir. If the Sky Fox could be saved by taking away the inner elixir and returning to its original form, You Yun would have taken away the inner elixir long ago. But Hu Cang did not intend to kill. It was just that in his opinion, whether the Sky Fox lived or died was none of his business. His only purpose was to prevent You Yun from risking his life for the Sky Fox.

Yi Xichen said: "You dare not answer, because you know that if you take away the demon pill, he will die! You said you don't make excuses, but every word you say is to excuse yourself! Do you know why demon cultivators are often criticized? It's not because of the different cultivation methods, but because demons are ruthless! Selfish!"

Hu Cang immediately wanted to refute, but Yi Xichen did not give him a chance to speak.

"You must be dissatisfied. You should even think that you are very sentimental, right? Youyun and Tianhu have been a couple for fifty years. They come to see you every year. However, in your mouth, Tianhu is still 'that Tianhu', and you are too lazy to even mention its name!"

Hu Cang was startled.

"Then let me ask you another question! Before you killed Tianhu, did you ever think about Youyun?"

Hu Cang immediately said: "Of course! I..."

Yi Xichen interrupted him again, not giving him a chance to finish: "You don't want Youyun to sacrifice his skills and life for the Sky Fox. You want Youyun to live, but that's for yourself! It's you who don't want him to die! Not for Youyun! What I'm asking is, have you ever stood in Youyun's shoes, put yourself in his shoes, and thought about him?"

Hu Cang was confused by what he said and was at a loss for a moment. Standing in Youyun's shoes?

"What you just said was that you saved Youyun in the past, you accompanied Youyun to the sea of ​​fire to get the sword, and how you got along with him. But do you know how Youyun and Tianhu have been getting along for the past fifty years? You saved him once, but he and Tianhu have been through life and death together dozens of times! When Youyun was poisoned by the devil dragon, it was Tianhu who took a bowl of his own heart blood every day for several months to detoxify him!"

Hu Cang's pupils contracted and his breathing became rapid.

"And more! In the past, Youyun lost one soul and two spirits in a battle with the demon cultivators. It was also the Sky Fox that broke into the ghost world, endured the pain of being bitten by thousands of ghosts, and retrieved Youyun's lost soul. When he came back, both of his arms were bitten to the point of being reduced to bare bones!"

Hu Cang was shocked! He didn't know anything about these things!

"It took a full fifty years. Fifty years, not five days! How did they get along with each other during these fifty years? How did they spend their time in the mountains? How did they practice together? How close were they? Do you know these? Do you want to know?"

Hu Cang's face had already turned pale as paper, revealing a look of pain. His heart was in turmoil, and the sword energy of his eldest grandson Jun was threatening him, and he almost vomited blood. He said in despair: "I never knew what you said..."

Yi Xichen paused for a moment and said, "So, isn't it worth it for Youyun to sacrifice his own life to save the Sky Fox? You have never thought about Youyun. The person he risked his life to protect died at the hands of his best friend. Wouldn't he feel heartbroken?"

Hu Cang trembled and asked, "Did Youyun tell you all these things?"

"No." Yi Xichen said, "I made it up."

Hu Cang: "......!!!" The huge waves that were surging in his heart were stunned by Yi Xichen's words. Blind? ! Made up? ! Of? ? ! !

The eldest grandson, Zijun, looked at Hu Cang's wonderful expression and couldn't help but laugh. He knew from the beginning that Yi Xichen was making up stories, because those stories were all stories from the martial arts world that they heard from Yao Budu when they were young. Besides, they had never seen Master Youyun and didn't even know what Master Youyun looked like.

Hu Cang was stunned for a long time, and asked in an extremely confused tone: "Were you kidding me just now?"

"No. Even if I made up these stories, is it possible that they are true? I am just telling you a possibility. Since Youyun is willing to sacrifice his own life to save Tianhu's, it means that Tianhu is worth it. The things they have experienced together may be more dramatic and unforgettable than what I just said. But you don't know, and you never care. Or, you don't want to know!"

The eldest grandson, Zijun, finally spoke up and said coldly, "If you really wanted to do this for him, you wouldn't have put him in such an unjust and unkind situation."

The words "unkind and unjust" hit Hu Cang again, causing his breath to stagnate. He remembered the only and last time he met You Yun after Tian Hu's death. That day, You Yun wanted to break the Cang Yun Sword, but he didn't do it in the end. He told him word by word in a cold tone that Hu Cang felt was extremely unfamiliar: "Hu Cang, you have made me unkind and unjust. From now on, we will be separated and will never reconcile!" Later, the Cang Yun Sword was taken out and put on the shelf in exchange for his demon pill.

"Unkind and unjust..." Hu Cang shuddered, "Why? I don't understand..." You Yun had close relations with demon cultivators. In the eyes of the righteous, he was originally unkind and unjust. Even Hu Cang had joked with him about this. But when did he care about benevolence and justice? What is the so-called benevolence and justice?

"You killed the Taoist partner who had made a contract with him. If he does not take revenge, it is unkind; you once saved his life and were his master. If he kills you for revenge, it is unjust." Yi Xichen lowered his voice, "Hu Cang, ask yourself, when you decided to do that, it was not that you chose to save one of Youyun and Tianhu's lives, but that you forced Youyun to make a choice between you and Tianhu."

He added: "As soon as you made your move, you pushed Youyun into a situation where there was no way out. You were alive, and the Sky Fox was dead. You bet that your weight as a living being must be heavier than the dead Sky Fox! When you dug out the Sky Fox's inner elixir, did you never think about what you would impose on Youyun?"

Hu Cang stared at the sky in a daze. He didn't seem to have thought about it, but what Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun said made him feel that the most secret part of his heart had been discovered. Even he himself suddenly realized that the reason why he felt a little bit of joy in his heart when he attacked the Sky Fox was because of this...

"Youyun did survive, but would he be happy that he was still alive? The one who was happy that he was alive was you! But he lived day and night in the pain of abandoning his Taoist partner and becoming an enemy of his teacher and friend. Do you understand that kind of heart-wrenching pain?"

He really had never considered how sad Youyun would be after losing the Sky Fox. When Youyun pointed the sword at him, he thought it was absurd that Youyun would ignore his friendship for a mere Sky Fox. He had always only known and cared about his own friendship, as if only his love was true, and he regarded other people's joys, sorrows, grievances, and hatreds as nothing.

It turned out that he was able to see the whole picture and thought that he was the world. However, the world is too vast and he overestimated his own capabilities.

"Am I wrong?" He murmured, still a little unconvinced. "If it were you, would you just stand by and watch?"

"Don't you understand yet?" The eldest grandson Zijun shook his head slightly. "If it was him who encountered this incident today," he looked up at Yi Xichen, "if he was willing to give his life to someone else, I would give him mine."

Yi Xichen believed it deeply, because if it were him, he would do the same. Hu Cang's biggest mistake was that he had no right to make a choice for Youyun. No one else had the right to do so. The only person who had the right to deal with him was himself. If he was too conceited, he would become a demon. Yi Xichen was about to say these words, but his eldest grandson Zijun's next words made him stunned.

The eldest grandson Zijun said calmly: "I will not put the person I like into an awkward situation. Never. Because what will embarrass him is not my friendship for him, but his friendship for me." Therefore, even if he has to suppress himself, even if he feels wronged, he hopes that this world will always be the way Yi Xichen likes.

Every word he said was like a knife stabbing into Hu Cang's already shaken heart, cutting it dry with blood.

Yi Xichen stared at his eldest grandson, Zijun, in a daze, his heart agitated. Even he himself could not understand what was growing in his heart at this moment...

The eldest grandson, Zijun, turned around and glanced at him, his face slightly red. "Humph! I'm not talking about you! Humph!"

Yi Xichen: “…”

A wave of spring water ended, and at this moment, the sound that Yi Xichen wanted to hear most was Yao Budu calling his grandson Zijun to take medicine.

"Ha...hahaha...hahahahaha!" Hu Cang suddenly laughed wildly. He held the broken wooden sword of his eldest grandson Jun, and his palm was injured by the sword energy, and blood was flowing, but he seemed unconscious. In just a short moment, his voice had become much hoarse, "Boy, whether you take my magic pill or kill me, I have only one last wish, I hope you can fulfill it. Take me to see Youyun, I want to hand over my magic pill to him personally."

The eldest grandson Jun did not object and put away the broken sword.

True Man Youyun lived in Yunxiu Mountain, where he and the Sky Fox practiced cultivation together in the past. In the past three years, he had been waiting here for someone to come and take the sword. However, if the Tiger Cang came, he would close the cloud barrier and refuse entry.

When Zhangsun Zijun and others arrived outside the mountain, Master Youyun sensed the evil spirit of Hucan and did not open the barrier.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, said in a clear voice: "Master Youyun, we are here to take the Cangyun Sword."

After a while, the mist was blown away by the wind, revealing a path leading up the mountain.

The two men and the tiger climbed to the top of the mountain. There was a Taoist residence on the top of the mountain. The entrance was planted with foxtail flowers, which were in full bloom. A monk stood outside the flower field. His hair was covered with silver hair and his face was old. He almost blended in with the white flowers on the ground. The wind blew past him, and his wide Taoist robe fluttered in the wind, revealing the thinness of the figure underneath the robe.

Yi Xichen, his eldest grandson Zijun, and Hu Cang were all dumbfounded. The legendary Master Youyun was full of vigor and vitality, and could enter the Demon Realm like an unmanned place, but the one in front of him no longer had the demeanor of a Jindan cultivator. Jindan cultivators should be immortal, and there was only one possibility for Master Youyun to become like this - his elixir was about to break and he was about to die.

Although Yi Xichen had thought about it from Youyun's perspective, when he saw the person, he realized that he had underestimated the pain. Hu Cang and Tianhu were to Youyun what Yao Bu Du and Changsun Zijun were to him. Putting the two in opposition...their cruelty was so cruel that he dared not even think about it.

Hu Cang took a step forward: "Yun'er..." However, he only took this step. He did not dare to get any closer. He trembled and said, "You...how could...how could...you become like this..."

Master Youyun's eyes were as calm as water, but he looked past Hu Cang and looked at Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun calmly, and said gently: "Didn't you two say you wanted to take the sword? Why is this?"

Hu Cang said hurriedly: "I asked them to bring me here. My demon pill... I..."

He stared at Youyun, whose appearance had changed drastically. His body trembled violently and his eyes turned red.

Suddenly, he looked up to the sky and roared loudly, and the sound of the tiger roar shook the entire mountain!

He rushed forward, knelt at Youyun's feet, hugged his legs, and cried bitterly: "You killed me, please kill me! I am so sorry for you! I have made you like this! Ah!!!"

The stagnant look in Master Youyun's eyes was slightly disturbed.

"Your golden elixir, your golden elixir, what happened? You won't die, it's impossible. Tell me how to save you! Demon elixir!! Can my demon elixir replenish your golden elixir? I'll give it to you!"

"Hu Cang..." He opened his mouth, calling Hu Cang's name softly.

Hu Cang finally calmed down from his frenzy, looked up at You Yun in amazement. This was the first time You Yun had spoken to him in three years.

Youyun asked him, "Master, tell me, what is the right path in this world? What is benevolence and justice?"

Hu Cang was speechless.

Youyun said softly: "I have thought about this question for many years, but I still have no answer. Until that day, I finally figured it out. Perhaps the so-called benevolence and righteousness do not have so many rules and regulations, but just one sentence...'Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you'.

Hu Cang stood there in a daze, staring at him for a long while, tears streaming down his face, choking as he said, "Yun'er... I'm sorry..."

Master Youyun took off the Cangyun Sword from his waist. Hu Cang thought he was going to do it himself, so he just closed his eyes and waited for his sword to pierce his heart. However, Youyun handed the Cangyun Sword to his eldest grandson Jun and said, "My friend, this sword is a gift to you. I hope you treat it well."

The eldest grandson Jun silently accepted the sword and said, "I will."

Master Youyun nodded gently: "The grudge between him and I should be settled today. You two young friends, please go ahead. We will handle the rest... on our own."

After all, it was their business, and it was inconvenient for the eldest grandson Zijun and Yi Xichen to intervene. The two thanked him and walked a few steps down the mountain. Yi Xichen could not help but turn back and looked at Master Youyun and said, "Master...let yourself go."

Master Youyun did not comment, but smiled faintly and said, "Thank you, my friend."

Yi Xichen stood there in a daze. Although he knew that he had no right to interrupt other people's affairs, he couldn't bear it after seeing Master Youyun like this. He wanted to give him some more advice, but he didn't know how to start.

Master Youyun had turned his back, and Yi Xichen felt a force pushing him out of the mountain. It was Master Youyun's silent farewell.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, whispered, "Let them speak for themselves."

Yi Xichen sighed, shook his head, and finally followed his eldest grandson Jun down the mountain. The matter between Youyun Zhenren and Hu Cang inevitably made them a little depressed, but then he thought that his eldest grandson Jun had ridden a snow tiger in his memory, so it might not be untrue. Maybe if they opened their hearts this time, they could get through this disaster. Thinking of this, his steps became much lighter.

The two walked out of the gate of Yunxiu Mountain, then activated the precious sword and began to fly. The mountain master's land does not go into the air, which is a respect for high-level monks.

The eldest grandson, Jun, had just obtained a precious sword. He injected his spiritual power into the sword and felt a new sense of comfort. He jumped onto the sword and used his mind to drive the sword. In an instant, he flew several miles away, leaving Yi Xichen far behind. He was also startled and quickly stopped to wait for Yi Xichen to catch up.

The two returned to their residence and rested for a while before they came out of the various emotions in the Cangming Cave. Yi Xichen began to carefully count the spiritual stones and immortal materials he had picked up from the demon cultivators and the cave, while the eldest grandson Jun began to observe the Cangyun Sword.

Yi Xichen was cheerful by nature, and soon he put aside the unpleasant things and counted the money until his mouth was watering. He had several Qiankun bags, in which he sorted out the spiritual stones, immortal materials, and magic tools. The Qiankun bags originally had the seals of the users, but Yi Xichen added ten more seals to each Qiankun bag.

Feiji was walking around the room with a bulging belly. When he noticed Yi Xichen's actions, he knew that he was targeting him, but he turned his head away with a squeak, showing his disdain: You think you can stop him with just a few seals? Humph!

Yi Xichen frowned and said, "Fei Ji, if you dare to eat my food again, I will pluck out all your hair!"

Feiji's round black eyes rolled around, and he twisted his body and pointed his butt towards him.

“Chi!!!”

Fei Ji suddenly let out a miserable scream! Yi Xichen really pulled out a hair from his butt!

Yi Xichen took a bird feather and looked at it, feeling quite curious: "Hey, the outer feather is black, but why is it a little red near the root? Did it bleed? Or is it sick?" He looked worried, "Zijun, if Feiji is sick, we won't be able to sell it for a good price!"

Feiji's tail feathers were insulted, and he lost all his face. He was so angry that he flapped his wings and flew up, rushing over to peck Yi Xichen! However, before he touched Yi Xichen, a sword flashed in front of him, scaring him so much that he flapped his wings wildly in the air and retreated, and the sword energy cut off half of his feathers.

The eldest grandson Zijun gave him a warning look, and Feiji got so angry that he started barking and chirping, then flew to the top of the cupboard and hid there.

While Yi Xichen was counting the money, his eldest grandson Jun was also observing his new sword. The fine iron obtained from the sea of ​​fire, the sword has a sharp blade, the fire is scorching, and it is indestructible. However, each sword has different uses in the hands of different users. People with different spiritual roots will choose to strengthen different attributes. Master Youyun is a three-yang body, and the sword-making fine iron is originally of fire attribute. He specially strengthened the fire attribute when forging the sword. As for the eldest grandson Jun, he has a natural spiritual root, so Master Youyun's forging method is naturally not a bad thing for him, but it has some shortcomings.

After counting the money, Yi Xichen came to his side and admired the sword with him. He also exclaimed in admiration: "It is indeed a precious sword."

The eldest grandson, Jun, said: "I want to make it into a Rainbow-chopping sword."

The Rainbow Slashing Sword is not the name of a sword, but the name of a type of sword. In the past, Master Fenglian's beloved disciple, Master Yunchang, made a precious sword with fine iron, named "Fenghou". Master Yunchang was also a person with a natural spiritual root. He refined the five elements of the Fenghou Sword and killed countless demons with the sword. He even cut a rainbow with one sword during the battle with the Wuxiang Heavenly Demon. Since then, the best swords with all five elements are called "Rainbow Slashing Sword".

However, in the past thousand years, there have been only a few Rainbow-Chopping Swords in the world. One reason is that the Rainbow-Chopping Sword is only suitable for people with natural spiritual roots, and it is just a waste for others to hold it. The second reason is that the Rainbow-Chopping Sword is very difficult to refine. First of all, the sword being forged must be an extremely tough sword, otherwise the sword body will not be able to withstand the continuous forging during the strengthening process and will be damaged and broken. Secondly, if you want to strengthen the sword to perfection, although you don’t have to use immortal materials of the level of heavenly materials and earth treasures, the expensive and rare immortal materials will also consume a lot. If you are not a high-level cultivator, it is naturally difficult to bear.

Yi Xichen hummed.

The eldest grandson Jun put away his sword and said, "Take your time."

The two of them went out to the market again. Now that Yi Xichen had money, he was much more generous and bought all the immortal materials and protective gear they needed. He also finally completed his half-finished magic tools.

Everything is ready, the only remaining trouble is - Fei Ji.

Ever since that day when Fei Ji ate a bag of spirit stones from Yi Xichen, his spiritual power has grown at a speed that is simply jaw-dropping.

The so-called high talent means that after absorbing spiritual energy, it can be used for one's own benefit. The higher the spiritual energy retained, the higher the talent. Even low-level cultivators can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth or the spiritual energy of things, but for those with false spiritual roots or mixed spiritual roots, there is little difference between absorbing and not absorbing. Those with single spiritual roots have higher talents. They can absorb 100% and transform 30% for their own use. The three-yang body is very rare. They can absorb 100% and transform 90%; and the once-in-a-century heavenly spiritual roots can absorb 100% of spiritual energy and circulate it in the body, and can transform 20%! This is already very amazing, but after Fei Ji ate that bag of spiritual stones, his spiritual power increased three times in a short period of time! Even the heavenly spiritual roots are ashamed of themselves!

Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun sat at the table, discussing the matter with each other.

"Zijun, what on earth is this Feiji? Even if it is a natural spirit beast, it's too scary, isn't it?"

"Hmm."

"I asked the know-it-all about it, but I've never heard of any particularly powerful spirit beast that looks so... gray. It's really strange."

Fei Ji hid half of his body in the Qiankun bag. Being stared at by the two men with fiery gazes, he felt very proud and twisted his chubby body to get out.

Yi Xichen said: "How much can such a powerful spirit beast be sold for? I feel like I must have been blessed by the God of Wealth recently!"

As soon as he heard the word "sell", Feiji dived back into his Qiankun bag.

Yi Xichen held his chin in his hand in distress.

Keep Feiji to raise? Not to mention that he has little interest in cute little animals, and he and Zijun have a lot of things to do next. Finding the murderer who killed his parents and Yao Budu is the first thing to do. Maybe it's roadkill. They don't have the spare time and energy to protect a spirit beast. Of course, the most important thing is that this natural spirit beast is a spendthrift and eats spirit stones!

But if he sold it, there would be many problems. He didn't know what kind of relationship he had with this fat bird. It was obvious that Feiji liked him and was dependent on him and would not leave. Even if he sold Feiji, this fat bird would probably peck the buyer half to death and then fly back to him. The more important question was, how much would be the right price to sell it for?

After seeing Feiji's extraordinary talent, he has fully realized how precious Feiji is. He has never done such a big deal before! Treasures of this level can no longer be measured by spiritual stones, but should be exchanged for natural treasures. But spiritual beasts are rare, and natural treasures are also rare. Neither of them can be bought with spiritual stones. It takes opportunity and patience. Only with enough patience and waiting for a long time can you meet someone who has the natural treasures they need and wants to buy Feiji. Such a big deal often takes several years to complete.

Yi Xichen sighed: "Or... let's keep it for now. The opening of the Void Boundary is coming soon, and we have to leave. It won't be easy to sell it in such a short time."

The eldest grandson, Jun, pouted and frowned to show his dissatisfaction.

Yi Xichen was amused by him and consoled him, "Think about it, Feiji's cultivation is improving so fast, he's small, and he's already understood human nature. Besides, don't I still need five kinds of natural treasures to refine my body? There are always things that he can help with that we can't do. Let's take him with us first."

What could the eldest grandson, Zijun, say? He glared at Feiji, who had a head sticking out of his bag, and turned away.

On their last night in Xialin Town, when they were about to go to bed, they suddenly felt a fluctuation of spiritual power. They both stopped moving and stood there in a daze.

After a while, the monks outside were talking in a noisy manner.

"Someone died!"

The eldest grandson, Zijun, slowly walked to the window. The direction from which the spiritual energy wave came was Yunxiu Mountain.

Yi Xichen stood behind him and murmured, "It's Master Youyun."

The eldest grandson, Zijun, whispered, "There is also Hu Cang."

The golden elixir shattered, the stars fell, and the spiritual energy scattered. And in this spiritual energy, there was a demonic energy, which dissipated between heaven and earth.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, silently looked at the falling stars in the sky, feeling confused.

Reality and memory once again diverge.