The Vermilion Bird Great Demon's eyes flashed with a trace of fierceness. Gradually turning his head, he fixed a deadly stare at the robed, sword-bearing elder before him, his voice tinged with anger: "You just want me to be the guardian demon beast of Da Sui Sword Palace, don't you? Why beat around the bush? I'm sick of it already!"

Sixty years.

He had been trapped here for sixty years!

"This Sword Array does not suppress the person, but the intention."

Zhao Tongtian spoke calmly, "If you dissipate your killing intent and sit here peacefully, the Sword Array will not harm you in the slightest."

"Zhao, are you even a man?"

As if hearing the biggest joke in the world, the Vermilion Bird Great Demon scoffed and questioned, "After Venerable Lian's death, you didn't even dare to let out a fart! I want to return to the Demon Country for revenge. You won't help, fine, but to suppress me with a Sword Array... Did you even listen to what you just said? Asking me to dissipate my killing intent, are you serious? Have you started practicing Buddhist Law now, hoping to obtain Shariputra after death?"

These words landed with a resounding impact.

However, Tongtian Law Enforcement's eyes showed no anger.

Gazing at the red-robed Great Demon before him, he still spoke calmly, "I am saving you."

After the Battle of Poison, the major powers of the Demon Country welcomed a round of purges.

After Mo Zhen's death and the extinguishing of his path.

Several Great Venerables divided his heritage and each dominated a region.

Although the Vermilion Bird Great Demon had noble blood, having sought shelter under the Da Chu Dynasty, the various powers would not truly accept him... In their eyes, this Vermilion Bird was nothing more than a guardian demon beast nurtured by Da Sui Sword Palace; even though it shared the same demon blood as them, it was deemed an utterly despicable existence.

Once the Vermilion Bird returned to the Demon Country, it would only encounter one situation.

The powers would rise together to attack!

Just like... how Venerable Lian, in the Northern Border Battlefield, had been encircled and killed by the Demon Race, fighting until he was exhausted, ultimately falling.

Some say that he used the Sword Array to suppress the Vermilion Bird to grind away its bloodthirstiness and evil nature, so that it can serve Da Sui Sword Palace.

Others say that Zhao Tongtian was using the Vermilion Bird Great Demon to train with his sword.

Supressing the Vermilion Bird, as a means to sharpen his blade.

But actually, neither is correct.

Zhao Tongtian simply did not wish to witness such a tragedy unfold again.

"I have long been tired of living! Do I need you to save me?!"

The Vermilion Bird Great Demon sneered, "If you really have the guts, let me leave Da Sui Sword Palace. You dare not confront the dogs of Erosion Sun Swamp, but I will fight them!"

"Those who killed Venerable Lian weren't just from Erosion Sun Swamp."

Zhao Tongtian shook his head, "There are so many Great Venerables in the Demon Country; how many can you kill? Leaving Da Sui Sword Palace, it's uncertain whether you can even return to the Demon Country."

It was not only the Demon Country that kept its eyes on this Vermilion Bird Great Demon.

The Imperial Family of the Da Chu Dynasty, the Taoist sects, and other Holy Lands were all closely monitoring the back mountain of Golden Turtle Peak.

The look of mockery on the face of the Vermilion Bird Great Demon grew thicker, "So you came here today... to persuade me to abandon any thoughts of leaving from now on and obediently guard the mountains for you all at Da Sui, right?"

"No."

Zhao Tongtian spoke softly, "I simply wanted to have a chat with you."

Some words have been pent up in the heart for a long time, unspoken.

Even Zhao Tongtian himself found it ironic... these words, even to his Sect Leader elder brother, he could not easily confide.

But it was different when it came to this Vermilion Bird Great Demon.

"Chat my ass! I have nothing to talk to you about, get lost, as far as you can!"

The Vermilion Bird Great Demon waved his hand impatiently, "I've really given you enough face. I've only had a few days of peace and you're already looking to form connections? Just wait, in a couple of days, I'll tear apart your Sword Array."

"..."

Zhao Tongtian was silent for a moment.

Every month, the Great Demon would challenge the Sword Array once.

Come to think of it... in just a couple more days, it would indeed be the day of the Vermilion Bird's assault on the Array.

"When I say I want to talk to you, it's out of respect for you," Zhao Tongtian sighed softly, "This is not a discussion, but a notification."

"So?"

The Vermilion Bird Great Demon scoffed again.

He slowly rose to his feet, his robe igniting with a light fire, and a warlike glow flared in his eyes.

"So..."

Zhao Tongtian straightened his sleeves.

"The words I say, whether you want to hear them or not, you're going to listen."

...

...

Xie Xuanyi led Jiang Huang by the hand, walking through the Purple Bamboo Forest on the back mountain of Golden Turtle Peak.

The forest was thick with Sword Qi and Primordial Power.

This place was none other than the "Refining Sword Pond" of Tongtian Law Enforcement.

Zhao Tongtian would sit here all year round, practicing daily, breaking a large number of swords, and those shattered sword pieces, unusable by anyone else, would all be thrown into this forest.

Along the way.

Xie Xuanyi saw countless broken and bent swords, densely packed, inserted on both sides of the bamboo forest path.

These swords grew along with the purple bamboo.

For a long time, the Sword Qi was so rich that it had already become a Pocket World, a Blessed Land.

Just promoted Xie Xuanyi, just needed these "Essence Sword Qi" to fill his Dan Tian Cave Heaven.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh."

Accompanying the two on their journey.

On both sides of the path, pure white Primordial Energy streaked out of the broken swords.

Xie Xuanyi quietly called forth the Martial Arts Divine Embryo.

Devouring tirelessly along the way.

Jiang Huang, however, was bubbly as she recounted her experiences during this period. Due to her unique identity, she needed to minimize going out before being able to freely suppress her demon energy... Therefore, she had been following the Vermilion Bird Demon in the back mountain of Golden Turtle Peak for her cultivation.

"Although the fist training is hard, big brother Ci Jing treats me well."

Xie Xuanyi did not expect it.

That this fierce and fiery Vermilion Bird Demon actually had such a "gentle and restrained" name.

Ci Jing.

If not mistaken, this should be named by "Lian Venerate."

"Big brother Ci Jing looks fierce on the surface, but he's actually really nice. I don't know how he does it, but every time I wake up, he is somehow able to conjure up steaming hot Chen's buns."

Xie Xuanyi was startled.

How did Vermilion Bird Demon, who has been kept locked up at Golden Turtle Peak, manage to buy buns?

The answer was obvious.

Although suppressed by the Sword Array, Ci Jing is, after all, a Yang God Realm Great Demon... It must be that since Jiang Huang entered the back mountain, the Law Enforcers of Golden Turtle Peak had been descending the mountain at night to purchase her favorite buns from the city.

"Ah."

The braids girl sighed: "Actually, there is something I don't quite understand."

"Hmm?"

Xie Xuanyi patiently stopped walking and looked at Jiang Huang.

"I heard teacher Sect Leader say that big brother Ci Jing has too much Killing Intent and always wants to solve problems through fighting and killing."

Jiang Huang raised her head, looking at Xie Xuanyi seriously, and said, "Is there something wrong with that?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi couldn't help but laugh.

It was hard to imagine that such words came from the mouth of Law Enforcement.

In Da Sui Sword Palace, which Sword Cultivator wasn't of this nature?

But the next moment, he probably understood the reason.

"Big brother Ci Jing told me, the only family he had in his life, was 'Lian Venerate' from Lotus Peak."

Jiang Huang's voice was childish, but very earnest: "Lian Venerate is dead, and he wants to take revenge on his behalf. The Cultivators involved in the surrounding and killing back then, he will not let any of them go in the future."

The ones who surrounded and killed Lian Venerate back then was the entire Demon Country.

Xie Xuanyi silently retracted his smile.

He didn't know how to answer the braids girl's question.

"A while back, I had a dream."

Jiang Huang raised her little face, speaking earnestly, "I dreamed that you were being chased and killed by many people, fleeing and fleeing... Until you reached a very distant place, a vast sea."

"And then?"

Xie Xuanyi squatted down to be eye-level with the little girl.

"Then you died."

Jiang Huang's voice lowered, tinged with a hint of sadness, "You sank deep into the sea bottom. I was crying by the side, very upset."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi's eyes grew complex, looking at the little girl in front of him, at a loss for words.

Was it the influence of the Main God Soul?

Jiang Huang dreamed of the scene where she was chased to her death and buried in the North Sea...

Fate is the world's most absurd thing.

In the last life, Jiang Huang and Xie Xuanyi were sworn enemies.

But in this life...

She would grieve and shed tears over his death.

"I think, big brother Ci Jing must not be wrong,"

Jiang Huang took a deep breath and spoke softly, "If you died, I won't let any of those people go either."

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