Chapter 127 Wiping the Sword 1 Entering the Game
When Xiang Yuquan woke up, he seemed somewhat surprised to see Wen Yao and Zuo Qiuxu beside him. He struggled to sit up, a pale smile tugging at the corner of his mouth, "So I'm not dead after all..."
Wen Yao had many questions she wanted to ask, but seeing his weak appearance, she couldn't say anything. She lowered her head, placed the medicine bowl beside Xiang Yuquan, and silently left the cave.
Senior Brother Xiang was in a coma for almost a month. Several times, Zuo Qiuxu thought that he would not make it. Fortunately, Wen Yao took out a life-saving pill that Xu Xu had once given her, which gave Xiang Yuquan a new lease on life.
Thinking of Xu Xing, Zuo Qiuxu wanted to cry again. He picked up the medicine bowl and fed it to Xiang Yuquan's lips, "Senior brother, you should take care of your health first."
"General Hao, my senior brother has awakened. You mentioned earlier that you could take us out..."
Wen Yao saw Ahao, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, walking this way and hurried to greet him.
Although it was safe to stay here for a month, it was still the territory of the demons, and Wen Yao always felt uneasy.
Fortunately, this demon general, who supposedly owed Xu Xing a favor, was very reliable. Apart from delivering medicine a few times at the beginning, he rarely appeared here, which greatly reduced her wariness.
The demon general, who had been expressionless the whole time, actually revealed a faint smile. "She has arrived."
He turned slightly to the side, revealing a smiling young woman behind him holding a small puppet.
Xu Xing raised the little puppet's right hand and waved it at the stunned Wen Yao with a smile, "A Yao."
"slowly!"
Wen Yao rushed forward.
Taking advantage of the moment when the two were embracing, Shen Du finally managed to escape. With a stiff face, he nodded slightly to A Hao and then entered the cave first.
Even the slender, short puppet's movements revealed a hint of impatience, and Shen Du thought to himself: He had never liked his original body so much...
"A teleportation array?" Wen Yao exclaimed in surprise. "You've even chosen the location for your future sect?"
I never expected that Xu Xing would do so much in just one month.
Ah Hao glanced around and said, "Fairy Xu, you two go inside and talk. I'll keep watch for you."
"Thank you, Ahao. I can consider what you said, but only if you can persuade Yuan Li to make a Heavenly Oath with me."
Xu Xing handed two bottles of Qi-boosting pills to Ahao.
Looking into Ahao's eyes, which were still clear despite being surrounded by demonic energy, Xu Xing suddenly understood why Tian Li had let him and Yuan Li go. Their presence in the Demon Realm was actually beneficial to the demon race.
"I'll need your help with setting up the spiritual energy imprint."
Seeing Ah Hao nod solemnly, looking as if he was determined to complete the mission, Xu Xing thought for a moment and picked out a smooth jade stone from his spatial storage.
She carved an "x" on it and left her spiritual essence, saying, "I am now in the Qingyun Sect. If you want to leave the Demon Realm and see the outside world in the future, you are welcome to come and visit the Qingyun Sect."
As for the fact that the Qingyun Sect doesn't even have a foundation yet...
Xu Xing naturally ignored it.
When Xu Xing and Wen Yao entered A Hao's cave, Shen Du had already returned to his body and took the little puppet that he had been playing with for a month into his storage ring.
Xu Xing glanced at his senior brother, who had already regained his indifferent and composed demeanor, and felt quite sorry for him.
"Senior Brother Xiang, do you know exactly how many puppet demon soldiers they've created?"
Xu Xing walked to Xiang Yuquan with a stern face and placed his hand on his arm. "Have you taken the Nine Yang Pill?"
Zuo Qiuxu nodded hesitantly. He was originally very happy to see Xu Xing, whom he hadn't seen for many years, but now that he saw her serious expression, he suddenly became uneasy and didn't dare to look at her.
Xu Xing didn't mind and took out a Mind-Concentrating Pill from his spatial storage, gesturing for Xiang Yuquan to take it.
The usually gentle Xiang Yuquan's expression was surprisingly similar to Zuo Qiuxu's. He silently accepted the pill and swallowed it without even looking at it.
Xu Xing then smiled and said, "Senior Brother Xiang, this is actually a poison. Once you take it, you'll be forced to obey me for the time being, understand?"
After a moment of stunned silence, Xiang Yuquan curved his bloodless lips into a smile, "Okay."
Xu Xing counted on his fingers and began to "question" each person one by one.
"What is the current strength of the Demon Lord who wants my body? Have you ever seen him?"
"I don't know, I've never seen him, but Xiao Mu in the early Mahayana stage is no match for him."
Xiang Yuquan once saw Xiao Mu punished by the Demon Lord, leaving him covered in wounds, because he had failed to do something properly.
To what extent have Xiao Mu and Yuan Li's cooperation progressed?
"They are only superficially friendly; Yuan Li doesn't really respect that Demon Lord."
Yuan Li, the newly appointed Demon Lord, may have average cultivation, but his methods should not be underestimated.
As expected, it was clear from the struggle between Yuan Li and Zhi Yan back then that she was absolutely unwilling to be subordinate to anyone. For her, becoming the Demon Lord was merely the first step in taking control of the Demon Realm.
Xu Xing actually quite liked Yuan Li's personality, since she could be tempted by enough benefits, while someone like Xiao Mu, who was determined to follow the Demon Lord to the death, was impossible to sway.
Watching the two exchange questions and answers, Zuo Qiuxu slowly moved to Chen Du's side, his eyes pleading for help.
He whispered, "Senior Brother Shen, is Xu Xu really angry?"
Shen Du smiled slightly, "Do you think she gave Junior Brother Xiang poison?"
"Of course not!"
"Then you already know the answer."
Zuo Qiuxu was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood, and his heart finally settled down!
Xu Xu and Senior Brother Xiang are both my flesh and blood! If the two of them were to start fighting, he... he would have no choice but to close his eyes and not watch.
Fortunately, Xu Xu is a person of great principle!
Zuo Qiuxu looked relieved.
Watching him wink and make silly faces in his supposedly discreet manner, Wen Yao shook her head repeatedly, finding it unbearable to watch.
"One last question: are you going to go to Yujingzi's side now, or will you continue to stay in the Demon Realm?"
Xiang Yuquan looked up. Xu Xing knew about his relationship with Yu Jingzi so quickly?
"I can't leave now."
He had not yet fulfilled his promise to Fu Shuang and had to remain in the Demon Realm.
It's not that I don't want to leave, but that I can't leave...
Xu Xing nodded knowingly. It seemed that his senior brother Xiang still had quite a bit of affection for Yu Jingzi.
Unfortunately, that frivolous old snake is heartless and carefree; I'm afraid he can't offer Brother Xiang any maternal affection.
Judging by the time, it should be about time. Xu Xing stood up and gave each person a teleportation artifact and several bottles of pills.
"Let's go and cause some trouble for the demons."
...
"When spiritual energy is abundant, demonic energy is weak! These spiritual cultivators have such methods, no wonder our cultivation is difficult to improve!"
A Nascent Soul stage demon general, who had just retreated from the battlefield to replenish his demonic troops, was indignant. "I don't know where they got so many antidote pills! They can even easily neutralize demonic blood. It's truly hateful!"
"General, three hundred magical beasts and three hundred magical soldiers are ready and can go at any time."
His demonic soldiers soon brought a group of ferocious, snarling monsters.
"Very well! Let's see how arrogant they can be now!"
The Nascent Soul Demon General was in the lead directing how to deal with the enemy, while the demon soldiers at the rear were completely unaware that a vortex had quietly appeared behind them in a hidden spot.
Having taken the Forget-Me-Not Powder beforehand, Xu Xing manipulated the Thousand Threads, secretly weaving countless Long-lasting Hatred Pill powders between the puppets and demon soldiers.
In the game, the Eternal Regret Pill is a powerful tool for drawing the boss's aggro, greatly increasing the threat level. Its effect here is even more powerful than the Black Fragrance Inducing Pill.
With a flick of the finger, the powder on the transparent, traceless threads quietly adhered to each demon soldier.
After doing all this, Xu Xing did not leave immediately. Instead, he caught the Concealment Talisman and hid in a corner, silently observing.
Soon, the magical beasts that had been lurking around the demon soldiers, ready to pounce, suddenly smelled a scent that made them restless.
Suddenly, the pairs of ferocious beast heads turned to the demonic soldiers restraining them.
Just as the Nascent Soul Demon General was about to lead reinforcements back to the battlefield, the scene suddenly became turbulent.
Several demonic beasts, as if enraged, pounced on the demonic soldiers around them! Screams of agony filled the air.
The puppet demon soldiers are ignorant and unaware, but those responsible for controlling the demonic beasts are all flesh-and-blood demons!
"General! The monsters have gone mad!"
The demon soldiers tightened their grip on the black thread, but it was to no avail; the demon beasts had already set their sights on them!
Xu Xing watched the scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere, and frowned slightly, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
But since demonic cultivators showed no mercy when slaughtering spiritual cultivators, she naturally wouldn't either.
The first experiment was a success; now it's up to my senior and Ayao.
Xu Xing nodded slightly to Shen Du on the other side of the vortex. After witnessing the other party enter another space, she slowly retreated.
Wen Yao and the others, who were using the teleportation array to distribute the Eternal Regret Pills throughout the Demon Realm, only thought that Xu Xing was also creating chaos, unaware that she had quietly gone to another, more dangerous place.
As the teleportation vortex disappeared, Shen Du, who had returned, lowered his eyes, his expression unreadable.
Why keep it from him?
Xu Xing had already learned from the message sent by "Yunxi" that after the turmoil in the demon realm back then, although his master had successfully regained his freedom, he had also taken the lives of most of the demons and monsters who had harmed her.
However, she did not have the ability to completely kill the Demon Lord at that time. In order to preserve the bloodline of the demon realm, both sides compromised.
The injured Demon Lord returned to the Demon Realm to recuperate and never attacked again. Fu Shuang and Sheng Qing also made a heavenly oath never to set foot in the Demon Realm.
Without Fu Shuang as their biggest threat, the Demon Lord and Feng Zhun naturally felt emboldened.
"You're bolder than I imagined."
When Feng Zhun noticed the vortex that had appeared beside him, he looked over with a half-smile.
"Who's helping you? Yuan Li? Xiang Yuquan?"
Feng Zhunwei raised his hand, and several demon generals instantly surrounded Xu Xing. He let her escape, but she actually delivered herself to his doorstep...
Thinking that Fu Shuang couldn't come to the Demon Realm, Feng Zhun was uncertain again. Or was Xu Xing just a fool?
Xu Xing raised his right wrist, revealing faint pink scars. "With this, you'll be able to catch me again sooner or later."
Feng Zhun's smile deepened. He had said long ago that Xiang Yuquan was very useful.
"I'm here to make a deal with you."
Xu Xing remained calm, seemingly unconcerned that she was surrounded by a group of demon generals whose cultivation levels she could not discern.
She drew her Flowing Cloud Sword, the golden threads on its blade flashing with a chilling light. "With such sincerity, you should be qualified to let me see that Demon Lord, right?"
"sure."
This time, Feng Zhun's smile was genuine.
When prey comes to you willingly, why turn it away?
Regardless of why Xu Xing suddenly came, as long as they are certain that Fu Shuang cannot come to the Demon Realm, they have nothing to fear. The Heavenly Oath cannot be broken by cultivators.
"You're playing with fire."
In the ethereal space, the golden dragon swam restlessly, "You think your little tricks can really fool them? Feng Zhun couldn't possibly not see through it!"
Does Xu Xing truly understand that her weak cultivation level is her most fatal weakness?
Xu Xing remained unmoved. She was a casual player, refining pills and crafting weapons, and her days were filled with joy.
Unfortunately, because of her special body, she was always getting involved in a lot of trouble. She was already extremely annoyed with it. When she successfully escaped from the blood pool, she knew that she would eventually fall into Feng Zhun's hands.
Rather than doing that, she might as well come over on her own initiative, since only by seeing the true face of that Demon Lord would she have any chance of touching the last dragon scale.
She was also curious about why the Demon Lord had gone to such great lengths to become a dragon. Since a true dragon body was required, why couldn't it belong to her?
Looking at Xu Xing, whose expression was unusually calm, Jinlong suddenly realized that their identities had been completely reversed.
Xu Xing used to know nothing; she guessed the intentions of the dragons and everyone else. Now, however, it is the dragons themselves who cannot see through Xu Xing's thoughts or predict her next move...
Despite Jinlong's anxious attempts to dissuade him, Xu Xing ignored him and obediently allowed his spiritual power to be suppressed, and the two storage rings on his hands were also taken away.
At this moment, Xu Xing felt a slight warmth beneath the newly added scar on her right wrist, where her senior brother had hidden those life-saving sword energies. As if sensing something, she quietly touched her wrist and pursed her lips.
Senior brother, I will definitely succeed.
Upon noticing the additional soul entity on Xu Xing's body, the Golden Dragon was utterly speechless.
Seeing that the situation was beyond repair, it simply curled itself up into a ball, burying its head inside its body, trying to avoid seeing the problem altogether.
It thought defiantly: Since Xu Xing is keeping it from it, then it won't tell her that a certain sword cultivator has secretly followed us!
Soon, Xu Xing followed Feng Zhun through the underground cave and entered an extremely secluded space.
Looking at the darker, more intensely dark demonic aura before him, Xu Xing's expression shifted slightly. This was the Demon Lord?
No wonder it wanted a body so much; it turned out it was already a very weak remnant soul. The demons must have expended a lot of resources to preserve this last bit of its will.
Looking at the rare and precious materials piled up around the black mist, used to nourish the soul, Xu Xing felt a pang of heartache, quite inappropriately.
Using so many treasures on this remnant soul is a terrible waste!
If Jinlong were in human form right now, he would definitely roll his eyes. What kind of time is this? Is this the time to be worried about his baby?!
Sensing Xu Xing's presence, the quiet, dormant black energy surged, and two points of red light suddenly lit up.
"You've finally arrived..."
Wisps of dense black energy clung to Xu Xing's body, and he sighed in a low voice—
"We will eventually be one."
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