"You made the Demon Lord back down with just one sentence the other day, and he obediently stayed by your side throughout the entire match. It's only natural that I would be curious about your abilities," Qu Jin said lightly, as if he wasn't the one who was just a second ago at loggerheads with Ji Mo Fan.
"I originally thought you relied on your looks..." He looked Ji Mofan up and down, "but now it seems that there are no signs of demonic energy on you. I was mistaken."
"But you stirred up such a huge storm in the Demon Realm, and even lured the Demon Lord back to the Immortal Cultivation Realm. It really makes one wonder."
Ji Mofan narrowed his eyes.
What does the Venerable One mean by this?
His attitude made a complete 180-degree turn. If it weren't for the lingering sensation on his cheek, he would have thought the exchange just now was an illusion.
“It’s not that I harbored any malicious intentions.” Ji Mo Fan put away the Embracing Snow Sword. “Since the Venerable One has heard about the matter of the Demon Realm, he should also understand that I was only forced to do it.”
Holding a sword is only good for looking at it; it also takes up one hand.
The Snow Embracing Sword was still making a soft murmur in its scabbard.
The rumors portrayed Jimo Fan in a very negative light, but all the claims of "paying extra money" and "playing hard to get" are just rumors.
As long as there are channels in the Demon Realm, it can be found out that it was the Demon Lord who was being unreasonable from the very beginning.
He was the one who strangely wanted to make a righteous cultivator his demon queen; he was also the one who obediently followed Ji Mofan to the cultivation world with his Mahayana cultivation; and later, he was the one who listened to Ji Mofan's every word in front of everyone at the Dao Asking Tournament.
If we say that Ji Mofan betrayed the cultivation world, then it would be more accurate to say that the Demon Lord betrayed his own demon realm.
"When you were the chief of the Yun Cang Sword Sect, you should have known that there have been frequent frictions between the cultivation world and the demon realm recently." Qu Jin suddenly changed the subject. "Now the demon realm is in chaos because of the disappearance of the Demon Lord. At this critical juncture, in order to avoid further escalation of the conflict, I cannot let you continue to act recklessly."
The two sets of character settings are so disjointed that Ji Mo Fan doesn't even know which way to go to guess Qu Jin's thoughts.
“Your Excellency, we are currently in the midst of the Inquiry Conference,” he said. “As a contestant who has been the subject of much discussion, if I were to suddenly disappear, it would be difficult to explain to so many people.”
"What if the Demon Lord makes a move?" Qu Jin asked.
Ji Mofan thought to himself that this person was even more troublesome than Li Jinchu.
Anyone with eyes could see how much the Demon Lord cared about Ji Mo Fan these past few days.
Who would be so presumptuous as to lay a hand on the Demon Lord's people while he was by his side?
Who has the ability to put this seemingly absurd idea into action?
No one doubts the Supreme Venerable One, or rather, no one dares to doubt him. His public image is one aspect, but the main reason is that no one can defeat him.
What good would it do to have doubts? Could they force the Supreme Venerable One to hand over the person?
Is it a fantasy? No!
The only person capable of doing this is the Demon Lord, but while the Demon Lord might be unrestrained towards ordinary people, if he were to kill a Supreme Venerable so casually, it would incite outrage throughout the cultivation world.
He either has to swallow this bitter pill or escalate the conflict, which would lead to a war between immortals and demons.
Qu Jin and Xiao Wangyan have known each other for a thousand years. He must understand Xiao Wangyan. He is not the kind of person who would disregard the big picture for trivial matters.
However, after connecting all these events, Ji Mofan felt that this person's real purpose might be to provoke Xiao Wangyan.
He never felt that he had any ability to make people fall in love at first sight.
Even someone as popular as Qi Fengyu took many years to earn the unwavering loyalty of everyone in the Yuncang Sword Sect.
Love at first sight only exists in stories and lustful encounters, but he had no lust.
The only reason Qu Jin was interested in me was because he had a goal that he could only achieve through me.
What is the intention? It's obvious.
He has no other value.
At least not for Qu Jin at present.
Even if it was based on naive conjecture, and he just wanted to make things difficult for his longtime rival, he had a reason to take action against Ji Mofan.
They forgot this point when they used the Demon Lord to create momentum for themselves.
"This is a trivial matter, there's no need for him to know." Having figured out the key point, Ji Mofan felt more at ease. He took a deep breath and spoke again, "Venerable One, you cannot force me to stay."
As if anticipating something, Qu Jin suddenly raised his hand, his palm gathering spiritual energy, which quickly coalesced into a chilling force that touched Qu Jin's neck in an instant.
Ji Mofan's movements were not much slower than his.
This was the second time he had reached out and dissected his own immortal bones.
Before the old scars had completely faded, new blood appeared on top of them.
This time, without resorting to threats, Ji Mofan simply reached out and grabbed his immortal bone.
The human spine has thirty-three vertebrae, among which the immortal essence is sealed in the last vertebra of the cervical spine.
The sound of bones being pulled out didn't travel through the air, but directly into Ji Mofan's mind. The pain was overwhelming, as if his soul had been cleansed, and it spread throughout his limbs and bones.
But his hands did not tremble at all.
The bone, which had gathered a mass of Heavenly Dao power, instantly became spotless in his hands, while Ji Mofan's palms and sleeves were covered in crimson streaks.
In an instant, the spiritual energy transformed into a tangible sword blade, with immortal bones forming the hilt, held in Ji Mofan's palm.
Qu Jin seemed to have no idea that Ji Mofan would suddenly take such a decisive action.
But after a moment of astonishment, the emotion that rose in his eyes was full of interest. He looked at the Immortal Bone Sword in Ji Mofan's hand, and even unconsciously touched his cheek with the tip of his tongue.
“I’ve never faced a sword formed from a talent as great as yours before,” he said.
He referred to himself as an ordinary "I" at some point, and his tone clearly showed that he no longer regarded Ji Mofan as a person. In Qu Jin's eyes, there was only the sword that Ji Mofan had drawn from the immortal bone.
Ji Mofan felt very uncomfortable, even though Xiao Wangyan always treated him like a toy, he also respected his thoughts as an independent individual.
Qu Jin didn't see it at all; in his eyes, Ji Mo Fan was no different from the chess piece he used to set up the formation.
Ji Mofan never expected that he could fight to this extent.
However, when dealing with Xihe, he could hold onto his immortal bones and negotiate with her, but when dealing with Qu Jin, there was no room for negotiation at all; cutting him down was the only way out.
The speed at which spiritual energy is being consumed is unprecedented.
Ji Mofan could almost clearly sense that the sword moves, which were exactly the same as the previous ones, consumed an exponentially greater amount of spiritual energy.
After only a few moves, half of his mind was already empty.
It's only natural, after all, this isn't a simple challenge beyond one's level; it's almost equivalent to asking an ordinary person to break through several meters of rock with their bare hands.
If it weren't for that bit of Heavenly Dao power, he wouldn't even have had the chance to use such a move.
The effect was immediate; Ji Mo Fan actually managed to leave several deep, bone-revealing wounds on Qu Jin's body with his Nascent Soul cultivation.
But that's not enough.
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