Qi Yu looked at the man in front of her who, for some reason, suddenly started to redden his eyes and shed tears, and her lips twitched.
She said coldly, "Senior Sword Saint, could you please calm down?"
Qi Yan stopped crying halfway through her tears, clutching her wounded father's heart, and looked at Qi Yu's indifferent face, saying, "Xiao Yu, you're so fierce. I'm your father."
Qi Yu rolled her eyes again. "You think you're my dad just because you say so? Do we even look a little bit alike?"
She pointed to her own unremarkable face, then to Qi Yanhui's handsome, yet still dashing, face, despite his stubble.
Qi Yanhui wanted to explain further, but saw that Qi Yu looked unwilling to talk anymore.
“I was raised by only one mother since I was a child, and she passed away when I was a teenager. As for my father? I never even met him.”
After saying that, she turned and walked towards the Martial Arts Hall.
Qi Yanhui had never expected that his daughter would disown him as her father.
Moreover... Xiaoyu already knew he was the Sword Saint, yet she remained completely unmoved.
Qi Yanhui looked dejected, unsure how to make up for the lack of fatherly love in his daughter.
wrong……
Rather, it's more accurate to say that she no longer needs a father's love.
She doesn't care.
Qi Yan looked back at Qi Yu's departing figure, lost in thought for a few seconds, then mustered her courage and flashed back to Qi Yu.
He straightened his expression and said, "Xiaoyu, I've come here because I have something to tell you."
Qi Yu walked past him listlessly and said, "Get to the point."
Qi Yanhui flashed to Qi Yu's side again and said, "Little Yu, do you know that the gate to the Demon Realm is only halfway to open again?"
Qi Yu paused, turning her head to look at Qi Yanhui.
I've never heard of that before.
Seeing that she was interested, Qi Yanhui happily continued, "I also learned about this by chance. Xiaoyu should know that the gate to the Demon Realm has been opened once before. That invasion by the Demon Clan had a devastating impact on the cultivation world, the human world, and even the Boundless Continent."
Qi Yu nodded.
Previously, when I was at Wucheng Spiritual Academy, Dean Wu Rouwan had recounted this history.
The spiritual academies in various countries were also established to enhance the overall strength of the cultivation world and prevent the human race from being powerless to resist if the demon race invaded again.
Qi Yan replied, "Countless powerful beings perished, causing the spiritual energy in the world to become thin. In the end, the royal families of the four kingdoms of Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger summoned the Four Divine Beasts and used their power to block the gate to the Demon Realm."
Qi Yu tilted his head in confusion and asked, "A divine beast?"
The version she heard didn't seem to include any information about this.
The father, overwhelmed by his daughter's adorable tilt of her head, clutched his chest and answered with difficulty, "Yes, the royal families of the four kingdoms are descendants of divine beasts. Those who have gained the recognition of the divine beasts will awaken their divine beast bloodline, obtain the divine beast's mark, and accordingly, be able to summon the phantom of the divine beast to fight."
"However, generally speaking, the power of these summoned phantoms is not very strong. Only when the most talented in each generation can the divine beast descend in its true form to assist in battle."
Qi Yu thought of the white tiger phantom that Bai Huan had summoned and nodded, "So what does this have to do with the fact that the gate to the Demon Realm is about to open?"
Qi Yan replied, "At that time, in order to prevent the gate to the Demon Realm from opening again, the four kingdoms created four divine beast jade pendants, called divine beast tokens, which served as keys to the gate to the Demon Realm. Only when the four divine beast tokens are gathered together again can the gate to the Demon Realm be opened."
Qi Yu: "..."
What kind of thought process is this? If you want the gate to the demon realm to not be opened, why not just close it? Why bother making a key?
Seeing the obvious speechlessness in Qi Yu's eyes, Qi Yan smiled and said, "Actually, this is also a means of balancing between the royal families of the four kingdoms. It's just that it has been used by someone with ulterior motives. At this time, the White Tiger Token and the Black Tortoise Token have been collected by the Blood Fiend Sect's Holy Maiden. Only the Azure Dragon Token and the Vermilion Bird Token are missing."
He continued, "Logically speaking, these divine beast tokens should be kept by the rulers of each country, but for some reason, the Azure Dragon Token and the Vermilion Bird Token are not in the hands of the rulers of the Azure Dragon Kingdom and the Vermilion Bird Kingdom."
Qi Yan smiled and winked, saying, "Xiao Yu, as far as I know, the current ruler of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom was not originally the one in the current state. However, the original candidate for the throne suddenly gave up the throne for some reason, claiming that he wanted to marry a peasant girl and live a secluded life in the countryside."
"The royal family of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom naturally refused to allow it and imprisoned him. Not long after, the man died mysteriously. But strangely, the Vermilion Bird Token that the man took away disappeared without a trace."
Qi Yu's expression remained calm.
It was said to be a bizarre death, but it was nothing more than one of the prince's ambitious brothers or sisters trying to seize the throne and killing him.
but……
This story sounds familiar.
A small figure unconsciously appeared in Qi Yu's mind.
And a vermilion jade pendant.
Qi Yu's expression grew increasingly strange as he thought about it.
No way...
Could it be that the missing Vermilion Bird Token is currently lying in some hidden corner of her storage ring...?
Dog Egg's Vermilion Bird bloodline has been confirmed. Combined with the royal secrets Qi Yanhui recounted, the true identity of the Red Jade in Qi Yu's storage ring can be considered a certainty.
It seems that Gou Dan had no idea what the red jade was, and just casually gave it to her, someone he had only known for a short time.
But it saved her some trouble.
As long as the four Divine Beast Tokens are not collected, the gate to the Demon Realm will not be opened.
Although she doesn't feel a strong sense of belonging to this world, that doesn't mean she's happy to see her fellow humans being hunted and eaten by monsters.
Um……
Although she also met the Demon Lord Wei Lan, who claimed to feed on "emotions," in the small world of the Demon Lord Chen Yan.
Why are the recipes for demons and monsters different?
But judging from any perspective, the demon realm should be mostly populated by monsters that eat raw meat and drink blood.
Therefore, it's best not to open the gate to the demon realm if possible.
Let them stay quietly in their own world.
As for Fenxin... Fenxin probably never imagined that the Vermilion Bird Token would be in her possession.
After thinking through the pros and cons, Qi Yu replied to Qi Yan, "Thank you for the reminder, Sword Saint. I understand."
Qi Yan replied, "Xiao Yu, although you have already reached the Tribulation Transcending stage, you can come to me anytime if you need anything."
He pulled out a communication jade talisman as if he were promoting it, blinked his eyes pitifully, and said, "It's free, no money required."
Qi Yu: "..."
With a blank expression, she took out her communication jade scroll and exchanged contact information with Qi Yanhui.
Qi Yan was finally satisfied. "Alright, my dear daughter, you go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you anymore."
Qi Yu: "...You just called me..."
However, before she could finish her sinister words, Qi Yanhui shamelessly called out "Good girl goose" again and disappeared on the spot.
Qi Yu gritted her teeth, making a grinding sound: "..."
This person...
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