"You humans, just because you are the most intelligent of all beings, do you think you can disregard other life forms?" Liu Sanqing cried out in terror, "I have cultivated for hundreds of years and only now can I barely transform into human form."
"Does my hard work in cultivation go to waste just because of your words? By what right? By what right do you have?"
"Let me tell you why. It's because Heaven doesn't help the wicked." Ye Xingchen sneered, "You should know how you acquired your cultivation, right?"
"Over the years, how many innocent people have died at your hands? Don't you feel even a little bit of remorse for that?"
"That is the way of Heaven. I am the strong one, so their deaths are in accordance with the way of Heaven," Liu Sanqing roared.
“That’s right, that’s how things are, the strong prey on the weak. In our eyes, you are also a weakling, so you should have nothing to say about dying at our hands, right?” Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and slowly took a few steps forward: “You can die more dignifiedly by yourself.”
"Or you could say your century of cultivation is destroyed, and you have to start over, but at least this way your primordial spirit will remain intact, and your physical form and consciousness will be complete."
“That’s right.” Zhang Shih-hao nodded as well: “If we were to take action, you probably wouldn’t be so lucky.”
Liu Sanqing glared at the two people with resentment, and he began to have a problem.
Yes, neither of these two paths is easy, but if he doesn't choose one, he will face annihilation, both physically and mentally.
He looked at Liu Qingmei with pleading eyes: "Meiniang, I haven't forced you all these years, and I've done a lot for your Liu family."
"So what?" Liu Qingmei glanced coldly at Liu Sanqing.
"So I'd like to ask you for help to get them to release me." Liu Sanqing had a shameless look on his face. "I promise to live a secluded life in the mountains and never set foot in Jiyang City again."
"I'm sorry, I can't control their decision." Liu Qingmei said calmly, "Liu Sanqing, you know in your heart how many innocent lives you've taken over the years, don't you?"
“A demon is a demon. Even if you transform into a human, you cannot change your nature. As a celestial being, you have failed to fulfill your duties, so you deserve to die.”
"Are you really that heartless?" Liu Sanqing's eyes were bloodshot, as if he couldn't believe that Liu Qingmei could be so absolute, but he himself was a fierce person.
Even when she tried to force a few tears, she couldn't manage it convincingly. In the end, she could only stare at Ye Xingchen and Zhang Shihao with red eyes.
At the end of the road.
This is what Liu Sanqing is thinking right now. He knew this idiom before, but he didn't know what it meant. Now he does, and he's really at his wit's end.
"So? Have you figured it out yet?" Zhang Shihao said, "I haven't seen Ye Xingchen in so long, now I'm going to go drinking with him."
"So we don't have time, and you'd better hurry up, or I'll make you vanish into thin air."
"Okay, okay..." Liu Sanqing sighed helplessly. He shrank into human form, looking timid and hesitant. Beneath his handsome, almost demonic appearance, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.
Suddenly, he roared, and a flash of black smoke appeared around him, instantly revealing his true form.
His body continued to grow larger, and finally a gaping maw opened, devouring Ye Xingchen and Zhang Shihao.
This guy is going to make a desperate move.
"I knew you'd do this." Zhang Shihao sneered, flipping the bronze mirror in his right hand and shining it forward.
In the darkness, a golden light formed and struck Liu Sanqing.
With a hiss, a plume of black smoke rose up, and black gas, as if corroded, burned Liu Sanqing, causing him to scream in agony.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Xingchen pointed with his right hand, and Chi Xiao flew out of his hand. Then, Chi Xiao transformed into a beam of light in mid-air and slashed down hard at Liu Sanqing's neck.
*Pfft...* Liu Sanqing's head separated from his body.
The enormous snake body descended from mid-air and landed heavily in the forest with a loud thud, crushing dozens of trees the size of bowls.
A bloody storm arose, followed by a demon core soaring into the sky.
Ye Xingchen reached out with his right hand and grabbed the demon core. Then, he drew a series of lines in the air with one hand, and a mysterious symbol appeared out of thin air.
Layers of restrictions rose from his palm, and Liu Sanqing's primordial spirit roared in resentment before finally being sealed into the demon core.
"Impressive technique." Zhang Shihao put away the mirror in his hand and said with some envy, "This demon core is incredibly powerful. It will be very useful after it is refined into a magic weapon."
"I know, but this thing is useless to me." Ye Xingchen looked at the demon core in his hand and casually tossed it to Liu Qingmei.
"I don't want it." Liu Qingmei instinctively tried to throw the demon core out of her hand. After all, it belonged to Liu Sanqing. Now that she had severed ties with Liu Sanqing, she didn't want to have anything to do with him.
"The demon core contains Liu Sanqing's demonic power. Although your Liu family is scattered now, no one has died. If you want to regain control of the Liu family, you need this." Ye Xingchen said with a smile.
“I do not want to take control of the Liu family again, nor do I want to have any connection with the Liu family.” Liu Qingmei shook her head: “This demon core was originally something you refined, and it is attached to Liu Sanqing’s primordial spirit.”
"As for me, I don't want to have anything to do with Liu Sanqing anymore. Even with this demon core in my possession, I feel a chill down my spine."
"Alright, I'll keep this for now and see if it'll be of any use later." Ye Xingchen said helplessly, putting away the demon core in his hand.
At a street stall, five or six empty wine bottles were already piled up next to Ye Xingchen and Zhang Shihao.
It's all baijiu, locally brewed strong liquor. Locals are considered to be able to drink a lot, but even for those with similar alcohol tolerance, a pound at a time is enough.
There were five or six empty bottles in front of the two of them, each probably weighing an average of three kilograms.
“Awesome…” Zhang Shihao slammed the wine bowl he was holding onto the table and muttered to himself, “Since I went back to the mountains, my mouth has been so bland every day. So boring.”
"I don't believe you really followed the rules in the mountains. You must have eaten plenty of wild game in the back mountains, right?" Ye Xingchen bluntly exposed his lie.
“Well… it’s inevitable that we might catch a pheasant or rabbit once in a while, otherwise the mountains would be overrun with them.” Zhang Shih-hao didn’t feel embarrassed at all.
"I might need your help this time," Ye Xingchen said. "I must break into the ancestral land of the previous dynasty, but Na Yuanzhen's power is very strong in Jiyang City."
“No problem, otherwise why do you think I came down from the mountain this time?” Zhang Shih-hao said smugly, “By the way, your little fangirl is doing well on the mountain. She asked me to send her regards to you this time. She said she has achieved success in her cultivation and is going to find you, insisting on marrying you.”
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