Xiao Yuhan returned to the Discipline Hall alone. As night fell, Jiang Yining came to visit. Bai Yao brewed tea for the two of them and placed it on the table before leaving the room.
"Xiao Yuhan, don't you have any questions for me?" Jiang Yining picked up her tea and smelled its aroma.
"What's there to ask?" Xiao Yuhan pretended to be indifferent.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Yining suddenly said, "Su Li is dead. You're very capable. She used that body for many years, but you were able to destroy it."
"How did you find out? Is it your divination and prediction methods again?" Xiao Yuhan wasn't very surprised.
"I just want to say that after I helped you deal with Su Li, the feud is over, and you can trust me."
Xiao Yuhan smiled slightly, "Who knows, maybe one day I can help Su Li deal with her enemies, but I will never trust her no matter what."
Jiang Yining paused for a moment, then blew on the tea floating in her cup. "You're so ungrateful. Even after all this, you still won't join forces with me?"
"Haven't you already joined the Dao Alliance? Why are you keeping an eye on me?" Xiao Yuhan was somewhat displeased, and his eyes turned cold and sharp.
"It seems like I've already said it once: you're different from others; you have the real ability to kill her."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuhan realized something, "Let me ask you a question, was it Yu Hui who possessed Miao Xiaodie before?"
"yes!"
"Who exactly is she?" Xiao Yuhan pressed.
"She is your enemy, and also the master of the Heavenly Demon Abyss."
Xiao Yuhan nodded, thinking that since Yu Hui was the master of the Heavenly Demon Valley, she was probably "it"—a transmigrator who was at odds with the system. From this perspective, perhaps Yu Hui had a chance to become a friend.
But now it's almost impossible. Xiao Yuhan tricked her once when she was with Miao Xiaodie, and this time with Tianjian Sect, Xiao Yuhan killed her again. It seems there's no chance for them to even talk anymore.
So Xiao Yuhan asked again, "Judging from what you said before, it seems that the Heavenly Demon Abyss is still suppressed by some kind of rule, but how do you so-called Holy Monarchs act? Also, why doesn't Su Li... oh no, why doesn't that Yu Hui show his true face?"
Jiang Yining thought for a moment, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Do you know of a kind of monster?"
"What's the meaning?"
Jiang Yining continued, "There are many things I can't explain to you directly. For example, the Southern Cave Demon Spider, this kind of demon can control its own offspring, and when this kind of demon is injured, it will hide. Even if it can't move, it can still command its offspring to go out and forage for food."
Xiao Yuhan understood that Jiang Yining was probably afraid of the backlash from the Heavenly Dao, which was why some fortune tellers spoke in a cryptic manner—because saying too much would be revealing heavenly secrets. So, based on her hints, Xiao Yuhan made a bold guess: "Since the Heavenly Demon Abyss has something like a seal, then Yu Hui is either injured or sealed. And you used a metaphor, the offspring of the Demon Spider. Offspring means inheritance, so your power is also related to that Yu Hui. Could it be that Yu Hui couldn't leave the Heavenly Demon Abyss at all? But I've never heard of so many experts in your Heavenly Demon Abyss before. How did you leave the Heavenly Demon Abyss?"
Jiang Yining was silent for a moment, "Indeed, we couldn't leave before, but the seal has loosened, so we can leave the Heavenly Demon Abyss. This happened two years ago. As for what the seal is and how it was loosened, I don't know."
"Why don't you do another calculation?" Xiao Yuhan said with a smile.
Jiang Yining snorted, "I can teach you the method so you can deduce it yourself, but whether you'll die or not, I don't know."
Xiao Yuhan smiled slightly. He knew that Jiang Yining was proficient in divination, but even she herself was unwilling to do so. He figured that the price of the answer behind it was not something she could bear.
Xiao Yuhan didn't trust this woman. Even though her attitude and actions showed her stance, he still felt that she wasn't that simple. So he simply didn't want to talk to her anymore. If he really wanted to make contact, he would do so as the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect. But right now, he was an elder of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
After a brief, casual chat, Jiang Yining chose to leave.
Xiao Yuhan originally intended to write a letter and instruct someone to send it to Zhang Chengfeng.
But not long after she left, Bai Yao suddenly pushed open the door and entered, "Master, Junior Uncle has come to see you."
Xiao Yuhan was a little puzzled. He had just met and parted ways with his junior sister. Why was she suddenly looking for him again? Could something have happened?
He quickly instructed Bai Yao to let his junior sister in. As soon as Nangong Ling'er sat down, she said, "Senior brother, there's something I forgot to mention."
"What is it?"
"Regarding this trip to the Northern Territory, since Senior Brother Liu is staying behind to wipe out the Demonic Sect disciples, it's likely that you will be the one going."
Xiao Yuhan nodded. In the current Heavenly Sword Sect, only he and Liu Jiantang could be considered to have the combat strength of the Dao Integration Realm. Since the enemy this time was one of the Ten Great Saints, it was probably a tough opponent.
"What does Junior Sister want to say?"
"I want to go with you this time."
Xiao Yuhan nodded. "Sure."
“I’m a little worried. The North used to be a grassland, and there was once a powerful people living on the grassland, but because of the war, it is now just a desolate wasteland.”
Xiao Yuhan carefully searched his memory for information about the Northern Plains, and then said, "Yes, I heard that it used to be the domain of the northern nomadic peoples. Later, a general nicknamed 'Man Butcher' led his army deep into the Northern Plains and massacred the city. Legend has it that the grasslands were stained red with blood, and the land was filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Now, the resentment lingers year after year, and the thirteen ancient capitals of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom have become ghost towns."
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