Chapter 63

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Seeing Ning Chen freeze in place, Xie Tingyun knew that the seduction was successful, so he said with a sense of accomplishment: "Then it's settled—"

Xie Tingyun raised the Chengfeng Sword in his hand slightly, pointed the tip of the sword at the ground, and said, "Come on? We haven't fought for a long time."

Ning Chen touched the tip of his nose.

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The setting sun slowly sank into the rippling water, leaving behind only a fading hint of warm yellow.

Ning Chen squeezed the muscles of his arm in a relaxed manner, ending the fight early.

Both of them were slightly out of breath, and their temples were wet with sweat.

The Chengfeng Sword turned a circle in Xie Tingyun's palm. He lowered his eyes, raised the sword and lightly touched the Ningchen blade with the tip of the sword. His voice was still unsteady with panting, and he said: "The more you use it, the more proficient you become."

Xie Tingyun usually accepted polite and friendly invitations to spar with others, but he was particularly excited when sparring with Tian Xiao.

Xie Tingyun originally thought that this was a friendly exchange, so he was only going to attack in moderation. However, Ning Chen preferred to kill with one strike, so when he swung his sword, he almost always aimed at Xie Tingyun's vital points, and most of the time he didn't care about the damage to himself. Even if Xie Tingyun wanted to force him to retreat with his injuries, he was helpless.

Tian Xiao's fighting style is very crazy, the kind that doesn't care about his life when he's ruthless. He doesn't care about his own life, and at the same time he specifically targets the opponent's broken points to suppress them. His momentum doesn't seem like a friendly sparring, so it's easy for Xie to stop Yunqi. The final result is often that both of them get angry together, and then become more and more ruthless.

Although the two of them are only one realm apart on the surface, Xie Tingyun has been training in the Mahayana realm for many years, so the gap between him and Tian Xiao is not as big as imagined. Even if it is a killing move that targets weaknesses, both sides can deal with it.

However, both of them have an unspoken bottom line: they don't care about minor injuries, and they will attack with all their might to kill the opponent with one strike, but they will always fail for various unknown reasons before they can really hit the opponent's vital points.

The swords separated at the first touch. Ning Chen watched for a while, from the clinking sound of the collision to the sharpening sound of each sword sliding away. He thought it was quite interesting, so he touched Cheng Feng with his own sword again.

It was getting late. Ning Chen glanced at the darkening sky and said happily, "Let's go."

Xie Tingyun sheathed Chengfeng and said naturally, "I'll give it to you."

“…”

"No need." Ning Chen was waiting for this moment. He said, "I have walked this way so many times. I already know the way."

Xie Tingyun laughed: "..."

As a person with a love for directions, finally recognizing a road that you often walk on is probably something to be very proud of.

Xie Tingyun expressed his full understanding of this.

Ning Chen suddenly thought of something and said to Xie Tingyun, "Isn't there someone waiting for you at home? Why don't you go home so late?"

Xie Tingyun uttered an "eh" and asked curiously, "How do you know someone is waiting for me?"

“…”

Ning Chen's heart skipped a beat, his mind working rapidly, but he didn't show it on his face, he said: "I am not a fool, that person is so important to you, when you came you even asked if one day was enough, I am not a fool, how could I not guess that someone is waiting for you."

Ning calmly emphasized: "Don't get me wrong, I have no objection to you wanting to go back and accompany him."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun held his forehead and said, "Tianxiao, I want to go to the demon world. Let me take you there."

It's so late anyway, a little more time won't matter.

Ning Chen: “…”

You are a human cultivator, why are you going to the demon world?

Ning Chen said unhappily: "I am serious. I have no opinion at all."

Well, actually only a little bit, but Xie Tingyun had been fighting with him all day and promised to refine his sword for him, so Ning Chen had already been coaxed into it.

Xie Tingyun is a person, not his exclusive property. No matter how fun it is, he cannot take the Demon Palace and occupy it for himself. After all, he has his own life.

Ning Chen also spoke without thinking and almost let the cat out of the bag, which made Xie Tingyun look like he owed him something.

Ning Chen threw the long sword into the storage ring, raised his hand to grab Xie Tingyun, and said seriously: "Go quickly, I will watch you go back."

Ning Chen originally wanted to send Xie Tingyun back, and show off that he really knew the way from the Demon Realm to the Liuyun Sect, but he couldn't appear in front of the cultivation world with Xie Tingyun in a peaceful state, so this was the only way.

Xie Tingyun confirmed again: "Do you really know the way? Are you trying to save face and refuse to let me take you there? Are you forcing your subordinate to come pick you up?"

Xie Tingyun said: "I still have a few jade talismans for transmission, which is very convenient."

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen said worriedly: "I am a road idiot, not a fool. Xie Tingyun, what do you mean? Do you look down on me? Why don't you follow me and see if it's true or not!"

Xie Tingyun said: "Okay."

Ning Chen: “…”

He hated his mouth that had blackened his brain.

Ning's face darkened, and he dragged Xie Tingyun back roughly, "Go back wherever you want, no room for negotiation."

Xie Tingyun was dragged along the way, sighing silently. Before leaving, he pulled Ning Chen and said, "Wait a moment, lend me some magic energy."

Ning Chen gave it to him expressionlessly and stood there watching Xie Tingyun leave.

Xie Tingyun had no choice but to do as he was told. Before leaving, he waved his hand at Ning Chen and said, "Goodbye."

Ning Chen: "Let's go."

After Xie Tingyun left Tian Xiao's sight, he approached the sect while deliberately using Chengfeng to make a few cuts on his silver-white robe. It just so happened that there was still some demonic energy on his body, so he used the Chengfeng to put the cuts on his body, making it look like he was stained with demonic energy.

Unexpectedly, Tian Xiao's demonic aura was very well behaved in Xie Tingyun's hands. It just quietly shrank in Xie Tingyun's palms and showed no aggressiveness towards him.

Just when it was released, its true nature was finally exposed. Some of its demonic aura was too active, sneaking from the silver-white clothes to Xie Tingyun's hand and rubbing against his fingertips. Some of its strands even secretly entangled on Chengfeng and hooked the tassel of Chengfeng's sword to play with it.

Xie Tingyun suddenly realized, and gentle spiritual power emerged from his fingertips, which were swallowed up by the devil's breath with satisfaction.

But Moxi stopped eating after taking a little bit, as if the taste was enough for him. He even tried to stuff the remaining spiritual power back to Xie Tingyun.

Xie Tingyun said with a smile: "It's okay, there are still a lot."

But Moxi didn't seem to believe it and didn't continue. He just rubbed Xie Tingyun's fingertips and didn't make any other moves.

Chengfeng, who was hanging on his waist, repeatedly pulled out his sword tassel from Moxi's hand when he was trying to grab it to tie a knot, and made pointing gestures at Moxi.

The smart Chengfeng has learned to ask his master for help, and let his master capture the evil spirit.

The demonic aura on Xie Tingyun's body was too active, and it was not offensive at all. He did not look like he was returning to the sect injured after a fierce battle with the Demon Lord, but rather like he was returning with an overly active troublemaker.

Before Xie Tingyun could think of a way to let the evil spirit play out for a while, he discovered that something had happened in the sect.

The colored glass lamps outside of Liuyun Sect were originally a warm white color due to burning spiritual energy, but now they turned into a rare light red.

What's even worse is that the light pink is now gradually and slowly turning into bright red.

When many glass lanterns turn red, it means blood will be seen and more than one disciple will be in danger.

The sect was quiet and solemn, there was no disturbance, and the sect's formation did not light up, so it was not likely that any of the sect's disciples had gotten into trouble. Besides, the sect still had the master and several elders in the Out-of-the-Order stage guarding it, so there was most likely no danger in the sect.

…Then they can only be the disciples who are away from home.

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After Ning Chen stared at Xie Tingyun's return, he rode back to the Demon Realm as fast as he could.

He did not return to the Demon Palace first, but first randomly found a territory ruled by a demon and then started to take action.

Demon Lord Tianxiao's whereabouts have become even more elusive in recent days. The demons in the Demon Realm have no idea what he is thinking, so they can only cautiously prepare more self-protection measures in an attempt to escape unscathed when the Demon Lord goes crazy next time.

If the Demon Lord wanted their territory and manpower, they could just give it up openly.

But the problem is that the Demon Lord probably doesn't want these at all.

What the Demon Lord wants... is their magic cores.

Ning Shen came and went without a trace. Within just two incense sticks of time after arriving in the demon world, he had already wiped out the leader of a small territory.

In Ning Chen's hands lay several bright red and translucent magic cores dripping with blood. He counted his spoils, two were at the Out-of-Immortality Stage, and four were at the Void Stage.

There are also seven or eight magic cores of the Yuan Infant stage. The magic cores of the Yuan Infant stage are not so pure and transparent, and there are also strands of black in the magic cores.

Originally, he could have obtained a magic core of a Mahayana demon, but catching a Mahayana demon was not that easy, and demons who had reached a higher level were very careful about their lives and were very thieves. They had specially reserved many means to preserve their lives, so Ning Chen did not keep him.

Ning Chen also specifically captured the demon elder of the local tribe and asked him to identify which high-level demons killed the most demons, and then captured them one by one to take their demon cores. Now the remaining demons in this territory are either enslaved residents or minions who have surrendered to the leader. Their levels are neither high nor low, and Ning Chen looks down on them.

Taking over this territory took a lot of Ning Chen's energy, and there were several deep scars on his body, and he was stabbed in the left side of his heart by the Mahayana demon.

But fortunately, the overall harvest was quite fruitful.

Ning Chen glanced at it nonchalantly, then pulled out a gilded coat from his storage ring and put it on, while continuing to rush towards Liuyun Sect.

There was a sudden noise coming from the vest, so Ning Chen switched back to the vest.

However, to his surprise, the movement on the vest side was not caused by Xie Tingyun.

Ning Chen opened his eyes in Yunfeng Pavilion and found that the surroundings were in chaos.

Ning Chen opened the door and saw that all the disciples of Liuyun Sect were rushing to the same place. Someone behind him bumped into Ning Chen's shoulder without noticing. The person apologized in a low voice and then said, "Why are you still standing here like an idiot? The Sect Master said to gather at the meeting hall. Let's go."

Ning Chen followed suit and asked, "What happened?"

The disciple said, "Dozens of fellow Jindan disciples in our sect have disappeared in the Vengeful Ghost Realm. Their soul lamps have all been...completely shattered."

Ning Chen was stunned.

He always felt that the name "Ghost Realm" sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where it was for a moment.

Ning Chen followed the main force towards the meeting hall. Not long after, Xie Tingyun Fengchen came back exhausted. Ning Chen couldn't help but frown when he saw the several scratches and demonic aura on his body.

Xie Tingyun wanted his own magic breath just to let it rub against his body?

The demonic aura on Xie Tingyun suddenly stagnated, and for a moment it seemed to want to move towards Ning Chen, but Ning Chen looked over sharply, and the demonic auras huddled together in fear, not daring to rub against Xie Tingyun anymore.

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