The situation was far worse than Shen Daochen had anticipated.
"Ling Xiao! Wake up! Everything you're thinking about right now is your inner demon. Don't let your inner demon control you!" he shouted at Ling Xiao Zhenren.
"You are True Immortal Lingxiao, the number one cultivator in the cultivation world. Your talent is unmatched. How can inner demons possibly harm you?"
Those who have experienced inner demons are prone to losing themselves. Shen Daochen spoke many words in a row, trying to awaken Lingxiao Zhenren's mind.
Seeing that it had no effect, he could only grit his teeth and continue:
"Ling Xiao, think this through. If you fall into demonic possession, how can Sang Ruo ever come back? How can you possibly take her as your disciple?"
His cultivation level and his position as the number one cultivator—things he once cared about—have no meaning for him anymore.
Now we can only start with the content of Lingxiao Zhenren's inner demons.
"Just for Sang Ruo's sake, she's still waiting for you to break through so she can come back and become your disciple again! Ling Xiao, wake up!"
Upon hearing the name "Sang Ruo," the murderous Lingxiao Zhenren finally showed some reaction.
“Sang Ruo…”
His youngest apprentice was also his most talented disciple.
She is the one most worthy to be his disciple, and he will pass on everything he has to her!
Make her shine, make her dazzling.
All for the sake of getting her to call him "Master".
What is he doing right now? What is that awful voice saying about fallen demons?
Lingxiao Zhenren's expression was one of struggle as he tried to think, and two words seemed to float into his mind—inner demons.
He seemed to remember.
Shen Daochen and the elders were overjoyed, knowing that Lingxiao Zhenren would surely overcome his inner demons.
However, things didn't go as planned, and his inner demons certainly wouldn't let him off so easily.
The next moment, Master Lingxiao suddenly looked ahead, staring intently at the empty space.
His expression was a mixture of surprise and a hint of nervousness.
“Disciple…”
A figure appeared in his eyes. Although it was only a back view, he was absolutely certain that it was Shen Sangruo.
Did they come back specifically to congratulate him because they knew he had broken through to the Void Refinement stage?
"You're back. Your master will go and bring those who harmed you before you. Please wait a moment, your master will be here soon..."
He was anxious, fearing that Shen Sanruo would turn and leave, and was about to step forward to grab her.
Suddenly, "Chen Sangruo" in front turned around.
Contrary to his expectations, she wore a bright smile, instead her eyes were filled with cold indifference and icy disdain as she looked at him.
Lingxiao Zhenren's heart felt as if it had fallen into an abyss, enveloped by countless icy frosts, and he was instantly filled with panic.
“You are not my master. My master is Immortal Lord Changli.”
"Didn't Feng Heyun and the others tell you? I have no feelings for you anymore, and I will never come back."
At this moment, his inner demons began to amplify the things he feared.
Even the fact that Shen Sangri had no feelings for them, which he had never believed before, was brought up by his inner demons.
"Impossible, this is impossible! You're lying to me, how could you be without emotions?" Lingxiao Zhenren shook his head, trembling.
Shen Sanruo seemed not to hear him and continued, "You want me to come back? Fine, kill someone for me and I'll come back."
"Who? Tell me, and I will tear him to pieces! Is it Lu Shiqing? Shen Daochen? Or... Bai Mumu?"
"You don't need to tell me; I will kill them all myself!"
Lingxiao Zhenren stared intently at Shen Sangruo.
Shen Sanruo said, "The person I want to kill is you."
Upon hearing this, Master Lingxiao was struck dumb, his voice filled with disbelief, "You want to kill me? Are you mistaken? I am your master, Master Lingxiao!"
"The things that hurt you were all done by others. I am the one who wants to avenge you!"
"No mistake, it's you." Chen Sangruo's expression gradually turned ferocious. "Don't you know in your heart? If you hadn't been so indifferent, how could I have suffered so much?"
"I hate you, I can never forgive you, I want you dead!"
"Go to hell! I don't want to see you again!"
Shen Sangruo's words were like knives; with each word, she stabbed Lingxiao Zhenren in the heart.
The inner demon wanted to break Lingxiao Zhenren, so it attacked his most vulnerable point.
Lingxiao Zhenren knew that everything Shen Sangruo had experienced was related to each of them, but he was unwilling to admit it.
So they shift all the blame onto others and absolve themselves of all responsibility.
He used this to numb himself, hoping that Shen Sangri would understand.
At this moment, "Chen Sangruo," or rather, his inner demon, stripped away his disguise, completely exposing his dark, disgusting, and hypocritical nature.
Lingxiao Zhenren was indeed deeply mired in it, suffering immense pain.
"Kill yourself, and I can return, Master." Shen Sanruo smiled, her voice seductive.
Lingxiao Zhenren's expression was twisted; he wanted Shen Sangri to come back, but he also didn't want to die.
"No, that's not it! It wasn't me who did it! It was them!"
In the end, he chose to continue numbing himself.
"I will go and kill them right now. No matter what, I will bring you back!"
"Damn it, you all deserve to die!"
Driven by his inner demons, Master Lingxiao completely lost control and walked towards the elders not far away.
Within the Ninghua Sect.
As Shen Sangruo looked in the direction of the Flying Cloud Sect, a strange red hue appeared on the horizon.
The intertwining of red light and darkness was not a good omen.
"The tribulation of inner demons," said Immortal Lord Changli.
Having nothing else to do with Wuwei Daoren, he also came to Chensangruo Cave to watch Lingxiao Zhenren's breakthrough.
"When did that kid develop inner demons? He's still too young, his Dao heart is unstable, tsk tsk tsk." The Daoist Wuwei chuckled, making no attempt to hide the schadenfreude in his eyes.
Seeing everyone looking at him, he said, "What's wrong? It's too hot, I just let my teeth air out."
"Inner demons?" Shen Sanruo asked in confusion, having not noticed anything unusual about Lingxiao Zhenren before.
After a moment's thought, he recalled the apprenticeship ceremony. "He vomited blood and fainted during the ceremony, which might have been a premonition."
"Could that inner demon be related to Junior Sister?" Su Xiyu asked, as if she had just realized the truth.
"No wonder he looked at Sister Sang Ruo so strangely later," Fang Yu said.
Shen Sanruo raised an eyebrow; she actually had some doubts as well.
As expected, every cause has its effect; your retribution is me.
Immortal Lord Changli jokingly said, "Your former cheap master is probably doomed to fail this time."
"Then I'll take your kind words, Master," she replied with a smile.
Almost the entire cultivation world saw that strange red light on the horizon.
Other sects, such as the Heavenly Sword Sect, are no exception.
The Alchemy Sect and the Weapon Forging Sect, in particular, marveled at Lingxiao Zhenren's inner demon tribulation and discussed it extensively.
If these two sects get together, even the dogs on the street will get bitten.
As a result, the news that Master Lingxiao was driven to inner demons by anger because his former disciple had become the master of another quickly spread throughout the cultivation world.
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