Chapter 87 Turn him into a corpse demon
Xiao Sui's figure appeared in Huaguang Sect, and his undisguised demonic aura immediately attracted the attention of the guarding cultivators.
Seven or eight people immediately surrounded him, drew their swords, and formed a defensive formation.
Xiao Sui completely disregarded them and casually said, "Take me to Xie Jingyan."
The group exchanged glances and attacked Xiao Sui, but they couldn't even get close before being blasted away by the demonic energy and falling to the ground.
The cultivators exchanged glances, and one of them ran off at what they thought was a very fast speed to deliver the message.
Xiao Sui dealt with the group as if swatting away annoying flies, and finally Xie Jingyan arrived.
He was followed by Yan Chongyan and Xie Xiyue, as well as his former confidants, numbering at least thirty.
"What do you want from me?" Xie Jingyan asked, still with his usual arrogant attitude.
Xiao Sui raised his hand, demonic energy lingering between his fingers, and suddenly attacked Xie Jingyan's heart, "I've come to take your life."
Xie Jingyan hadn't expected him to attack so directly without any hesitation, and hurriedly drew his sword to defend himself.
Yan Chongyan stepped in front of him first, blocking the demonic energy for him, and said angrily, "Xiao Sui, it's not enough that you've harmed ordinary people and cultivators in the mortal realm, now you don't even care about cultivators in the immortal realm? Aren't you afraid that the immortal and mortal realms will unite and completely wipe out your demon realm!"
Xiao Sui couldn't help but laugh. "The mortal realm is too busy to take care of itself, and the immortal realm is afraid of getting burned, so it's just sitting by and doing nothing. Where do you get the audacity to say such things?"
Yan Chongyan clenched his fist.
Xie Jingyan pushed Yan Chongyan away, "It is my fault for failing to discipline this rebellious disciple, which led him astray. Today, I should discipline you again on behalf of Huaguang Sect."
“Fine.” Xiao Sui’s dark eyes swept over the restless cultivators behind him, and he sneered, “But for the sake of fairness, I must take some measures.”
After he finished speaking, the demonic group behind him surrounded all the cultivators around Xie Jingyan.
“Anyone who tries to launch a sneak attack will be killed by the Demon Clan,” Xiao Sui said.
Xie Jingyan's face darkened considerably, but the words had already been spoken, leaving no room for repentance. He stepped forward with his head held high, pointed his sword at Xiao Sui, and said, "Come on."
Before he finished speaking, his figure vanished abruptly, and in the next instant, a cold light flashed as his sword was already close to Xiao Sui's neck.
No one saw how he moved, except for Xiao Sui.
He tilted his head slightly, and his hair was cut off by the sword energy, turning into black mist.
"Too slow," Xiao Sui commented.
"Before making boastful claims, one should know one's own limitations." Xie Jingyan suddenly changed the direction of his sword and thrust it towards Xiao Sui's throat.
At such close range, he had absolutely no chance of escaping.
Xie Jingyan smirked with satisfaction.
A surge of powerful spiritual energy flowed from his body to his sword, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Xiao Sui.
The moment the sword tip pierced Xiao Sui, he turned into black mist and disappeared.
Before Xie Jingyan could finish glaring at his face, almost at the same moment, a dark shadow appeared behind him, demonic energy clinging to his face and entering his mouth.
He was shocked and raised his hand to try to drive away the demonic energy, but he couldn't grab anything.
He reacted extremely quickly, turning around to stab Xiao Sui, whose body once again dissipated like mist.
A large amount of demonic energy surged into his body, and Xie Jingyan's eyes widened in horror as he let out a painful cry.
"Xiao Sui!" Yan Chongyan drew his sword, broke through the suppression of the demonic group, and rushed over, wanting to help Xie Jingyan.
Xiao Sui appeared not far from them, his demonic energy condensing into a long sword, which he slashed at Xie Jingyan's neck.
Yan Chongyan raised his hand and used his sword to block the demonic energy, and then engaged in a fierce battle with him.
At this moment, Xie Jingyan's eyes turned completely black, his teeth grew longer, he made a deep sound, and his skin turned bluish-purple.
"You turned him into a corpse demon?!" Yan Chongyan exclaimed in disbelief. "He's your master!"
“It’s all in the past.” Xiao Sui didn’t even lift his eyelids. “He deserved it.”
"You've lost all humanity," Yan Chongyan commented with a look of disappointment.
——
Ning Xi couldn't find out where Xiao Sui had gone, so she took Zhi Zhi and went straight to the dungeon. She found the Right Protector and asked him to release Qian Yu.
She hadn't held out much hope, after all, she had no power or influence in the Demon Realm. Unexpectedly, the Right Protector opened Qianyu's cell without saying a word.
Qianyu already knew her identity, and immediately rushed to Ningxi's side and burst into tears.
Ningxi remembered her as always being calm and composed; she had never seen her so emotional before.
Qianyu sobbed and apologized, saying that she was the one who delivered the message to Xie Jingyan, which almost caused her to get hurt. She then talked about what had happened in the past ten years, telling her that Aying and Ashen had all become corpse demons in the Demon Realm.
Zhizhi glanced at her. "Why are you telling the princess all this?"
Qianyu realized she had spoken out of turn and shut up.
"Are they around here too?" Ning Qi pressed. "Who turned them into corpse demons?"
Zhizhi quickly said, "It wasn't Young Master Xiao; they must have been infected by other corpse demons."
Ning Qi then thought of Zheng Xinyu, who was the Corpse Demon King outside the Demon City. She must know the situation of the Corpse Demons in the vicinity. So she said to the two of them, "Come with me to the outside of the city."
With Xiao Sui and the Demon Clan absent, no one dared to stop Ning Qi. She left the Demon Palace without hindrance and quickly found Zheng Xinyu at the usual spot.
Qianyu and Zhizhi dared not approach her, watching the two of them talk from a distance in astonishment.
They couldn't understand what the Corpse Demon was saying at all; they could only hear the broken bellows-like sounds coming from her throat.
The princess, however, was able to communicate with her freely.
Ning Qi quickly approached them, her face beaming with joy. "Xin Yu said she seemed to have seen them before, but there are too many corpse demons around here, so she needs to confirm again."
"That's great!" Zhizhi said happily.
Qianyu, however, could not be happy. "What's the use of finding them? They have already become corpse demons and lost their will as humans."
Ning Qi pursed her lips. She wasn't sure if her spiritual power could reverse the state of the corpse demon. She'd wait until there was more progress before making a decision.
Then she remembered something else: she hadn't yet completed the task she was assigned to in Yandu.
Since it was still early and Xiao Sui from the Demon Palace was not around, she took out the teleportation array from her storage bag and took the two of them back to the mortal realm.
The teleportation array was still some distance from Yandu, so they flew on their swords, passing by Huaguang Sect.
The sky was cloudless, and the scenery below was crystal clear.
Qianyu lowered her head and said in surprise, "Such strong demonic energy."
Ning Qi and Zhi Zhi also sensed it coming from within the Hua Guang Sect. She immediately said, "Let's go down and take a look."
The three lowered their flight altitude and sensed that the demonic energy was most concentrated at the mountain gate, so they moved closer.
Ning Qi felt that the demonic energy was very familiar. She squinted her eyes and sure enough, she saw Xiao Sui's back.
"Xiao Sui!" she called out.
Xiao Sui dodged Yan Chongyan's sword energy, turned to look at Ning Qi, and suddenly disappeared.
The next second he appeared in front of Ning Qi, "What brings you here?"
Ning Qi looked towards the mountain gate, where dozens of cultivators were being suppressed by the demonic group, while one was struggling desperately, uttering the voice of a corpse demon.
She asked, "What are you doing?"
"Kill Xie Jingyan," Xiao Sui said.
Ning Qi's eyes widened, and she finally recognized that the struggling corpse demon was Xie Jingyan. "How could you..."
That's an important character in the book, the mentor who helped the male protagonist become the Celestial Venerable.
“He hurt you, he deserves to die,” Xiao Sui said.
As the two were talking, a chilling sword aura suddenly arrived. Xiao Sui did not turn around; the demonic energy entangled the newcomer's longsword and flung him off.
Ning Qi saw it clearly; Yan Chongyan had actually launched a sneak attack.
“Let’s go.” Ning Qi glanced at the cultivators below. “Xie Jingyan has become a corpse demon. You’ve avenged me. There’s no need for you to stay here. Let’s go to Yandu together.”
Xiao Sui lowered his eyes, glanced calmly at the cultivators, and said, "Alright."
After he left, the demonic group followed him, releasing the cultivators and Xie Jingyan as well.
He suddenly lunged at the nearest cultivator, who was terrified. "Immortal Lord, it's me!"
Xie Jingyan's teeth had ruptured his carotid artery, and blood gushed out.
Yan Chongyan realized the seriousness of the situation and shouted, "Come with me and tie up the Immortal Lord!"
Everyone hesitated, but Xie Xiyue threw the rope to Yan Chongyan and said to the others, "If we don't control him now, the entire Huaguang Sect could fall, and none of you will escape!"
That's when people surrounded him.
Another person was unfortunately bitten by him, but fortunately everyone worked together to tie him up tightly.
"Sect Master, what do we do now?" a cultivator asked.
Yan Chongyan pondered for a moment, "Let's find an empty room and settle the Immortal Lord down."
Xie Xiyue frowned, wanting to say that she should kill him completely to prevent future troubles, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. After all, Xie Jingyan was the father she had recognized for more than ten years.
“Xiao Sui actually listens to that woman.” Yan Chongyan frowned and said to her, “He has completely forgotten the princess. I really feel sorry for the princess. If I could, I would really like to bring her body back from the Demon Realm.”
Xie Xiyue looked up. "Did you hear what that woman called the Demon God just now?"
"Xiao Sui?"
Xie Xiyue nodded. "Only one person would call him that."
Yan Chongyan's eyes widened. "Impossible! This is absurd!"
——
Ning Qi went to Yandu to complete her mission and received a reward of two spirit stones, but her mind was no longer on that.
“You shouldn’t have gone to Huaguang Sect,” she said to Xiao Sui on the way back. “What if they hurt you?”
Xiao Sui smiled, seemingly pleased with her words, "You're worried about me."
Moreover, the princess didn't even glance at Yan Chongyan.
"Of course I'm worried about you." Ning Qi tapped his forehead. "I have no more grudges with the Huaguang Sect. You're not allowed to go there anymore."
Xiao Sui nodded obediently, "I understand. Would you like to know what medicine I'm taking today?"
It was clearly a change of topic, but Ning Qi was genuinely interested.
That night, Xiao Sui locked himself in the iron cage again, waiting for Ning Qi to come in.
"What's today?" Ning Qi threw herself into his arms. "Can you tell me now?"
Xiao Sui grunted, grabbed the long, thin object in his hand, and handed it to Ning Qi. It was a shiny black whip.
Ning Qi took it with a puzzled look.
"Today's medicine is one that will cause unbearable itching all over my body if I don't draw blood." Xiao Sui pursed his lips. "Please punish me as you see fit."
"Does it have to draw blood?" Ning Qi swallowed hard.
"Hmm." Xiao Sui's throat bobbed, he opened his clothes to reveal his strong muscles, and grabbed the iron railing behind him with both hands.
"I'm not a pervert, what if I can't bring myself to hit him?" Ning Qi hesitated, holding the whip.
"Then I'll feel terrible." Xiao Sui's breathing was a little rapid, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was enduring something.
With a "crack," Ning Qi drew her whip, the sound of it cutting through the air was very loud.
A red mark was quickly left on Xiao Sui's body, but his brows relaxed a little.
"Princess, please continue."
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