Jiang Yining turned and left, saying as she walked, "What I want to become is none of your business, Qianyu. Remember what I said today. I can help you, so please don't lay a hand on me at a time like this. Goodbye!"
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Beneath the Taihang Mountains in the Northern Plains, Xiao Yuhan, carrying Nanmen's regret, arrived at the former Snow Frost Blade Sect. No trace of the human race could be seen here anymore. Although he did not remember the scenery here, he could infer from the traces of battle that a great battle had taken place here before, and it was an extremely fierce battle.
Nanmen regrets that he remains mentally unstable, but he does not attack Xiao Yuhan. In fact, he is willing to follow whatever Xiao Yuhan says. He only goes berserk when facing the demon race.
Passing through villages and towns at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, Xiao Yuhan witnessed a living hell. There were many demons who had occupied human villages and towns. They must have killed many people, but there were still many who had not been killed and were imprisoned in one place, with food sent to them every day, just like a group of domesticated livestock.
When Xiao Yuhan arrived, the demons were having a victory celebration. At the entrance of the village stood a statue of a goddess. Although it didn't look like her at all, Xiao Yuhan knew it was a statue of Jun Tan.
They were performing some ancient ritual, worshipping their great king.
Watching a group of demons escort a group of human children to the statue, and then slit their throats with their knives to bleed them, just like the slaughter of livestock during human sacrifices, Xiao Yuhan couldn't bear to watch and destroyed the statue with a single sword strike.
The demons quickly discovered him and Nanmen Yihen. Xiao Yuhan knew Nanmen Yihen's situation and that he wouldn't attack humans without reason, so he ignored him and took action on his own.
The appearance of the two caused quite a stir, and hundreds of demons surrounded them. However, these lesser demons were no threat to Xiao Yuhan. With a few casual sword strikes, he killed more than a dozen demons. Seeing that the two who had come were not to be trifled with, the leader of the opposing demon race immediately ordered a retreat.
Just as they were preparing to retreat, the demons scattered and raised their knives to slaughter all the humans they had captured.
Even if Xiao Yuhan is incredibly powerful, he couldn't possibly save so many people all at once. Moreover, if he were to use his lightning magic extensively at this time, many humans would likely be affected. These were all ordinary people, and even if they were affected, they would certainly not survive. Xiao Yuhan hesitated for a moment before drawing his sword and joining the battle.
Swords flashed and countless demons fell, but it was still too late to save everyone.
The slaughter quickly stopped; at least 70% of the domesticated humans were dead, leaving only 20 or 30 survivors.
Xiao Yuhan looked at the only survivor, the leader, and said angrily, "If you hadn't slaughtered the human race at the last moment, perhaps many of you could have escaped. Why? Why were you so ruthless?"
"Decisive? Why can't we dispose of our own spoils? This is how our demon race fights. If we know we're going to lose, we'll destroy everything we can't take with us before we retreat, so as not to leave it for the enemy. Isn't that normal? Those are our own food, why should we leave them for you?"
Xiao Yuhan frowned. He knew that this was the truth, but his stance was different from that of the demon race. However, at this moment, looking at the blood on the ground and the people who were still wailing but could not be saved, in pain and helplessness, his heart was more determined than ever before.
Perhaps because he had spent so much time with Jun Tan, he had originally thought that the demon race was just one of the living beings. But now it seemed that there was really nothing to say between the two races. Survival of the fittest. In the eyes of either side, kindness and compassion were things that only arose when one was in a superior position. Xiao Yuhan made a decision at this moment, said no more, and ended the life of the demon race leader with a single sword.
He turned to look at Nanmen Yihen, ordered the remaining survivors to follow him, and then headed south until they found the nearest human camp.
When Xiao Yuhan arrived at the human defense line, he realized that the war had never ended. The army of the Great Yan had already joined the battle, and the cultivators of the major sects in the world could no longer be relied upon. As a result, the rogue cultivators and people from some small sects also began to support the human front.
The soldiers here all knew very well that although a major battle had not yet broken out, it was only a matter of time.
He learned about the recent situation from these officers and soldiers. The demons of the Northern Plains have never been peaceful. They are inherently bloodthirsty. The demons respect the strong and follow only one rule: the weak must submit to the strong. The way to submit is to contribute their own people. Of course, there are also weak demons who will fight against the strong.
But things are different now, because they have another target group to hunt: ordinary human races.
This is the law of the demon race. Because ordinary humans are the weakest, and humans are more intelligent than ordinary demon beasts, they are also much better as food. Thus, the lives of humans become the balance point.
It was only at this moment that Xiao Yuhan realized that this was never a war between the demon race and the human race. This was a struggle among the lowest levels of the myriad races to avoid extinction. When the human race began to hate these demon races, they no longer cared which race the demons were slaughtering their own people; only killing remained.
This time, Xiao Yuhan felt that this was the right thing to do. If reasoning doesn't work, then fight. That's how it has always been.
So he made a decision in his heart in Taiping City, a hundred miles south of Taihang Mountain.
He stayed in the city for a few days and managed to stabilize Nanmen Yihen's injuries. He originally wanted to send him to the Heavenly Sword Sect because he knew that there was a person in the Heavenly Sword Sect who was known as the Immortal Physician, who was even his junior sister. Perhaps she could save him. After all, Nanmen Yihen was too dangerous. Although he would not attack humans, he was afraid that leaving him alone would cause trouble.
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