Two days later.

The land of the southern demon.

At the foot of a barren mountain.

Shi Shuhong looked up at the towering mountains that reached into the sky with a complicated expression.

"Qinglian Mountain...I didn't expect that I would come here again."

The tall, beautiful, yet nightmare-like figure uncontrollably appeared in my mind again.

The three major sects and the Qinglian Sect have been fighting for hundreds of years, but there has never been a clear winner.

It’s not because the three major sects are not as powerful as the Qinglian Sect, but because they each have their own ideas and hinder each other.

However, the appearance of the peerless genius Xia Qinglian forced the three major sects to put aside their suspicion and selfishness and were forced to unite.

For the first time in hundreds of years, the two groups of experts worked together in full force and used many despicable methods comparable to those used by the Demon Sect, and finally wiped out the Qinglian Sect in one fell swoop.

Ironically, if there wasn't such a strong enemy as Xia Qinglian, the three major sects would not be so united, and the Qinglian Sect would not be destroyed.

In this way, it was Xia Qinglian who was too strong and brought harm to the Qinglian Sect.

Shi Shuhong shook his head and laughed: "No matter what, I will soon be able to advance to the state of incarnation and get rid of the demons in my heart."

In the battle of Tianlu Mountain, Shi Shuhong and the elders of the three major sects besieged Xia Qinglian, but was almost killed by the enemy at the first encounter.

From then on, the tall, half-red, half-white figure became his inner demon.

Even the Qinglian Mountain, which had become a ruin, he did not dare to set foot there easily.

Now, he was finally able to overcome his inner demons and come to Qinglian Mountain again.

"Innate top-grade spiritual roots, wait for me."

Shi Shuhong took a deep breath, raised his foot, and took the first step up the mountain.

At this moment, he finally set foot on Qinglian Mountain again.

"Haha, Xia Qinglian, you can never disturb my spiritual heart again!"

"Shi Shuhong, didn't you go to West Imperial City? Why are you here?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind him. Shi Shuhong turned around with a cold expression:

"Wei Shouyuan, how dare you go down the mountain without the permission of the Sect Leader?!"

Wei Shouyuan laughed loudly: "Shi Shuhong, don't pretend at this point. You are here for the innate top-grade spiritual roots, right? If you get the innate spiritual energy and advance to the spirit transformation, will I still take a mere Tan Tai Ming Yue seriously?"

Shi Shuhong's face was full of righteousness: "Wei Shouyuan, how dare you disrespect the acting headmaster! If the headmaster comes out of seclusion, will you still dare to be so presumptuous?!"

“Hahaha, Shi Shuhong, you are such a hypocritical person. You and I both know that if you advance to the God Transformation Realm, even if Chen Qingmo recovers from his injuries and comes out of retreat, you have to give up the position of the Sect Leader to me!”

The righteousness on Shi Shuhong's face disappeared, and a cold look appeared in his eyes:

"Junior Brother Wei, do you really want to snatch it from me?"

Wei Shouyuan sneered: "Brother Shi, what are you talking about? The capable ones come first. Why don't we compete? Whoever finds Xiaotang first will get her top-grade spiritual root."

"OK!"

Before Shi Shuhong finished speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared and he had already reached Qinglian Mountain!

"Shi Shuhong! You are still so despicable!"

Wei Shouyuan was furious, his body turned into a stream of light, and rushed up Qinglian Mountain.

Both of them had a clear destination, and they chased each other all the way to the back mountain of Qinglian Mountain.

According to He Zhiqiu, his mistress named "Xiaotang" lived in the lotus pond on the back mountain.

The two of them ran quickly along the way, and saw white bones everywhere, making the beautiful Qinglian Mountain look eerie and ghostly.

At the beginning, Chen Qingmo used a trick to lure away Xia Qinglian and her master. Qinglian Mountain was without two top masters, and the three major sects took advantage of the situation and attacked.

Then there was a massacre.

Thousands of disciples of Qinglian Sect as well as maids, cooks, servants, and children who had no cultivation were all slaughtered!

In that battle, corpses were everywhere and the blood dyed the entire Qinglian Mountain red.

Shi Shuhong and Wei Shouyuan also participated in the massacre. They were both extremely brave and fought bravely.

Because no one on Qinglian Mountain at that time was their match, this was a good opportunity to win credit, so they naturally would not let it go.

Hundreds of Qinglian Sect disciples died at the hands of the two men, including many women, children, the elderly and children who had no cultivation.

They are all villagers living nearby. Because the disciples of Qinglian Mountain often come down the mountain to help them treat illnesses, deliver babies, kill monsters, etc., they all regard Qinglian Sect as Bodhisattvas, gods and Buddhas, and often go up the mountain to thank the immortals.

These villagers were not cultivators and had never been outside of Qinglian Mountain, so they naturally did not know that Qinglian Sect was called the Demon Sect.

On that day, they sent eggs, wheat cakes and rice to the mountain as usual to thank the immortals for their help to the village.

These ordinary villagers were also killed together with the three major sects as accomplices of the Demon Sect.

Shi Shuhong killed more than a dozen villagers, including a pregnant woman. Wei Shouyuan killed even more, dozens of people, including children who were only seven or eight years old.

These innocent lives were counted as their achievements in protecting the people of the world and fighting the devil to the death.

And a high and mighty Nascent Soul cultivator would naturally not care about the lives of just a few dozen ordinary people.

To them, the path of cultivation is paved with bones and blood, so where does innocence come from?

At this moment, the two of them were flying, and there were piles of white bones under their feet, but it had no effect on their Taoism.

Now they only have the innate top-grade spiritual roots in their hearts!

The two of them ran at full speed, as fast as lightning, and soon reached the top of Qinglian Mountain, where they stopped at the same time.

This is a vast and lush grassland with rows of houses, all made of white bricks and green tiles. It is not as luxurious as the pavilions and towers in Zhenyang Mountain, but it exudes a strong breath of life.

When the people from the three major sects arrived here, they were all very surprised.

In the imagination of these righteous disciples, the core of this evil sect must be eerie and terrifying, with dark clouds everywhere.

But I didn't expect that it was no different from that of ordinary people's homes.

Shi Shuhong and Wei Shouyuan both remembered that at that time they saw clothes hanging to dry in the rooms of this extremely ordinary house, and even food such as bacon and sausages.

The women were squatting by a small river washing clothes. They were laughing and talking happily, having no idea that their men had all been killed at the foot of the mountain.

What followed was still a massacre. Shi Shuhong learned from the interrogations of several women before their death that the so-called core of the Demon Sect was actually the residence of the female relatives of the Qinglian Sect disciples.

The leader of the Qinglian Sect and the saint Xia Qinglian also live here.

The Qinglian Sect does not have a strict hierarchy like the three major sects, and the residence and use of the sect leader and the saintess are no different from those of ordinary disciples.

Later, they found quite a few children in those ordinary residences. These were the descendants of the Qinglian Sect’s disciples.

Naturally, he is the descendant of the Demon Sect and must not be allowed to stay.

Shi Shuhong came to a ruined building with charred walls. He remembered that this was where the children were killed.

Suddenly, a slight sound of breaking air was heard behind me.

Shi Shuhong was furious. He turned around and raised his hand to block a green sword energy, but he saw that Wei Shouyuan, who had just launched a sneak attack, was already flying quickly towards the back mountain.

"Wei Shouyuan! Stop! The top-grade spiritual root is mine!"