Shi Xuan watched her breakdown for a while, then laughed and said, "What else do I want? Guess."
Even though Fan Mingzhu was not good at social skills, she could see through Shi Xuan's trickery at this moment.
But even now, she still wants to live.
Fan Mingzhu was afraid of death; she didn't want to die.
However, her life and death were in Shi Xuan's hands.
We are at their mercy, like fish on a chopping board, and could lose our lives at any moment.
“Shi Xuan, listen to me,” Fan Mingzhu suddenly lowered her voice, “What happened before was my fault. But at that time, my father insisted on it, and I had no choice. As the daughter of the sect leader of the Divine Cauldron Sect, I couldn’t even cultivate, and my father felt that I was disgracing him, so he had to give me a different spiritual root…”
Shi Xuan looked at Fan Mingzhu, who was tied up and slumped on the ground, pushing the blame onto her deceased father, and felt a chill run down his spine.
Although Fan Hongde was a man of questionable character, if one were to say that he had no debt to anyone in his life, it would undoubtedly be Fan Mingzhu.
Only towards Fan Mingzhu was he devoted wholeheartedly, to the point of giving his all without considering the consequences.
Fan Mingzhu's aptitude was too poor, so he recklessly changed her spiritual root. When Fan Mingzhu fell into demonic possession and fled, he abandoned his entire sect and searched for her all over the world. Since Fan Mingzhu was unable to turn back from her demonic possession, he followed suit, willing to become a demon himself and become an enemy of the entire cultivation world.
In the end, he gave up his own life because he wanted to send Fan Mingzhu away.
Fan Hongde has let down Shi Xuan, the Divine Cauldron Sect, and even the entire cultivation world, but he has done right by his daughter.
But look at Fan Mingzhu now, she actually pushed all the blame onto her father who died to save her. How can this not make people feel cold and disgusted!
"So, you mean all of this has nothing to do with you? I shouldn't have killed you?" Shi Xuan asked.
Hearing this, Fan Mingzhu nodded repeatedly, her gaze towards Shi Xuan pleading.
"Think about it, how old was I back then? I couldn't make the decision! Think about it!"
Shi Xuan didn't need to think; she knew exactly what Shi Xuan was planning at a glance.
She thought that by pushing everything onto Fan Hongde, she could be the innocent little princess, but Shi Xuan didn't buy it.
Shi Xuan nodded slightly. "I can spare your life."
These words gave Fan Mingzhu hope. She looked at Shi Xuan, a flame of survival igniting in her eyes.
“However,” just as Fan Mingzhu looked at Shi Xuan with hope, Shi Xuan smiled and said, “Consider it Fan Hongde’s repayment of his fate, but you still have to repay what you owe others.”
"What I owe...what is it?"
Shi Xuan suddenly declared emphatically, "Spiritual root!"
The sudden increase in volume startled Fan Mingzhu. When she heard what Shi Xuan was saying, she immediately opened her eyes wide in horror.
What is she talking about? Returning her spiritual root? What spiritual root does she have left to return to her?
"But don't you already have my spiritual root? You achieved your current success because of my five spiritual roots, so why... why do you still want to return my spiritual root!"
"You're not that old, but you've got quite the nerve," Shi Xuan retorted. "My achievements today are all thanks to my exceptional talent, what does it have to do with your pathetic spiritual root? If I still had that top-grade single-fire spiritual root, I might already be at the Nascent Soul stage!"
Fan Mingzhu felt something was wrong, but she didn't know how to refute it for a moment.
Shi Xuan didn't need her consent.
I just wanted to see her terrified, existential-doubting expressions.
Shi Xuan accepted the body's feelings and naturally bore the consequences.
Under Fan Mingzhu's horrified gaze, Shi Xuan placed his hand on the top of her head.
"Whether or not you have spiritual roots, let me search and I'll find out."
What do you mean by "search"? She had never heard of being able to search for spiritual roots!
Shi Xuan, however, directly injected the power of the Void Gale into her body, claiming it was to search for her spiritual root, something Shi Xuan had never considered.
She has been possessed by demons for far too long; her spiritual roots and such have probably long since disappeared.
All Shi Xuan needed to do was destroy her meridians.
Even demonic cultivators need to store their demonic energy through their meridians.
Having destroyed her meridians and demonic core, she was essentially no different from a cripple.
A fierce wind entered his body, carrying the power to shatter everything.
"Ah!" Fan Mingzhu screamed in pain and almost fainted.
Shi Xuan, however, showed no signs of stopping.
She increased the output of the gale once again. In an instant, gusts of blade-like gale entered Fan Mingzhu's body, raging and churning her meridians into chaos.
This was a gale-force wind that would be unbearable even outside the body, yet it was now being directly poured into Fan Mingzhu's body, demonstrating the extent of her pain.
Fan Mingzhu instinctively tried to use her demonic energy to resist the onslaught of the gale, but she was bound by the demonic rope and could not unleash any demonic energy at all.
"Ah!" The pain of her meridians shattering inch by inch caused Fan Mingzhu to scream, her facial features contorted in agony.
Shi Xuan stared at her expressionlessly, thinking of the original owner who had died because her spiritual roots had been replaced. She must have felt just as pained and helpless back then.
The cause and effect she took on when she first arrived has now been completely resolved.
Shi Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. His wish had been fulfilled, and the great grudge he had carried since arriving in this world had finally been avenged. However, he also felt a sense of loss.
What should we do next?
Shi Xuan thought for a moment, and since he had nothing to do, he might as well go and greet the sect leader.
Shi Mingxiu, who was in the main hall, sneezed again and suddenly had a bad feeling.
After an unknown amount of time, the raging winds within Fan Mingzhu's body finally subsided.
At this moment, Fan Mingzhu's face was as pale as a dead person, and she was so weak that she could not even sit up.
She slumped there, looking at Shi Xuan with resentment and fear in her eyes.
"Now...can you...let me go...?"
After such a huge commotion, Fan Mingzhu was finally free. Now she was like an ordinary person, completely powerless to resist.
When Shi Xuan heard her words, he was surprised that she still had the strength to speak.
Then he nodded to her and replied, "Let's put our personal grudges to rest here and call it even."
Fan Mingzhu remained silent; she understood that here, only Shi Xuan had the right to speak.
Whatever Shi Xuan said was law.
As for her, she could only keep her resentment to herself.
Fortunately, she had already said that the grudges should end there.
She's still too young. As long as she doesn't die, the magic core can be reconstituted, and her meridians can be reshaped. At that time, there might be a day when their roles are reversed.
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