Remould the Glory of Sword Art

However, Xie Xuanyi still had a question in mind that was unanswered.

If Hong Da had been the one to act, throwing out the Bronze Immortal Gold to save him...

Then why is the destination of Crossing the Void here?

This Lushui Cave Heaven belongs to the Heavenly Phoenix Palace’s territory.

Logically, taking him back to the Primordial Immortal Hall would be the best choice.

"Swish."

As Xie Xuanyi was pondering, a cold wind swept past, and the flickering candle flame in the ancient temple suddenly became erratic.

"Someone’s coming?!"

Ao Ying’s expression instantly turned serious.

Having hidden and practiced in the Ruins for so many years, her ability to sense external energies had reached an extreme acuity.

The first thing she did after entering this ancient temple was to set up a talisman to guard against external enemies—

Now the flicker of the Primordial Fire indicated that a Demon Spirit was entering the vicinity of the ancient temple!

In this desolate wilderness, how could it be so coincidental that a Demon Spirit appears now?

No time to think further.

Ao Ying immediately concealed her energy and extinguished the Primordial Fire.

She silently released a strand of Taoist Intent, enveloping both under the large Buddha statue.

A few breaths later.

With a bang, the wooden door of the ancient temple was crudely kicked open.

One tall and one short, two distinct silhouettes appeared amidst the swirling wind and snow.

The two carried lanterns.

As the wind and snow poured in, the lights of the two lanterns were wildly scattered by the wind, illuminating the surrounding.

The ancient temple was instantly lit up as bright as day.

"Qi San."

The taller Demon Spirit complained, "In my opinion, Lord Mao Que is overly eager for credit. What’s worth patrolling at this damn ’Outer Wall Ridge’... And this broken temple, which hasn’t had incense offering for eight hundred years, could someone really come to pilgrimage here..."

"Long Si, speak cautiously."

The shorter Demon Spirit was relatively calm.

He gazed forward without expression, frowned, and said, "Do you smell blood..."

"Blood scent?"

Upon hearing this, Long Si took a deep sniff.

The ancient temple fell into a brief silence.

"..."

Ao Ying’s expression was grim in front of the Buddha statue.

Xie Xuanyi had lost a lot of blood.

This blood was burned away by {Karmic Fire}, evaporating rapidly, but some of its scent must remain in the air.

Even though she used a Formation to gather and control it,

it might still be detected by the keen sense of the Demon Spirit’s smell.

Hidden in the darkness, she silently poked her head out, staring at the two figures, large and small at the ancient temple’s entrance, her eyes slowly filled with Killing Intent.

These two Demon Spirits were not high in Realm, only in the Foundation Establishment Realm...

From their conversation, they seemed to be patrol Demon Spirits from Lushui Cave Heaven.

With her cultivation in the Eleventh Realm of Yin God, she could finish them off in an instant if she acted. Just as the Essence Blood of the {Feng Mou} Secret Treasure was exhausted, killing these two Demon Spirits could replenish the treasure’s Blood Qi.

Just as the thought of killing emerged,

a hand gently placed on her shoulder.

Ao Ying turned back.

Xie Xuanyi looked at the Demon woman with firm but weak eyes.

He slowly shook his head, conveying his intention.

Not to act now.

"Indeed there is a blood scent."

After deeply sniffing, Long Si gave his judgment, "But... this blood scent is very faint, it should be from several days ago, so it shouldn’t be a big deal."

This is the Demon Country.

In the Demon Country, there has never been stability.

The strong eat the weak, mutual slaughter.

The Great Cultivators of the Demon Race are like this, low-level Barbaric Beasts even more so... Around this Desolate Ridge, there are many beasts without Spirit Wisdom, tearing and eating each other.

Smelling a blood scent in the ancient temple is not a surprising matter.

"Indeed."

Qi San said lightly, "The blood scent is indeed very faint..."

Upon hearing this reply, Ao Ying’s tense heart relaxed.

The Killing Intent in her eyes also dispersed considerably.

Although her Formation might be simple, it’s sufficient to deceive these two Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Spirits, as long as they don’t enter the ancient temple, nor worship the ancient seat in front of the Buddha statue, then she and Xie Xuanyi’s forms should remain perfectly hidden.

However.

Something laughable happened.

"Let’s take a rest."

The Great Demon Long Si turned around, facing away from the ancient temple, sat down, stretched his body comfortably, and complained, "We’ve been patrolling for three to four hours and only covered half of it... this damn ridge stretches over several tens of miles, and only two of us are assigned to patrol, it’s really unfair."

"..."

Qi San also put down his lanterns, accompanied Long Si in sitting down, comforting him, "Let’s patrol properly, don’t mention these things when we return, in a few more days, the Foundation Establishment Pill promised by Lord Mao Que will be distributed, when we reach late-stage Foundation Establishment, we won’t have to do this dirty and tiring work anymore."

"Difficult."

Long Si sighed, "Lord Mao Que isn’t doing well under Venerable Chi Lu, our situation... is also tough..."

Perhaps exhausted from patrolling.

The two Little Demons sat at the ancient temple’s doorstep, chatting leisurely, uttering trifles and fragments of the day as if sieving rice.

Venerable Chi Lu, as the Lushui Cave Heaven’s lord, manages all resources within this Cave Heaven.

Chi Fu Dragon Lord’s disciples spread across the world.

As a disciple of Venerable Chi Lu, it’s naturally an aspiration.

After gaining possession of the Lushui Cave Heaven, a prime land of feng shui, he eagerly recruited disciples, desiring to emulate his master and become the "Master" of this Lushui Cave Heaven, only to find... although Lushui Cave Heaven has Spiritual Energy, it doesn’t yield geniuses. Over these years, no second Yin God Great Demon has been born.

Venerable Chi Lu accepted many disciples, yet few of them could be called "geniuses".

Mao Que is one of the many disciples under Venerable Chi Lu.

According to the rules of Lushui Cave Heaven,

Each disciple under Venerable Chi Lu receives resources based on their cultivation and contributions to the Cave Heaven.

Mao Que’s talent is average.

Practicing Dao for years, he’s only reached the Middle Realm of Cave Heaven.

At this rate of cultivation, there’s no hope of reaching Yin God in a lifetime...

Among the many disciples under Venerable Chi Lu, such talent is not significant for nurturing.

For this reason, Mao Que is particularly "diligent".

Recently, Venerable Chi Lu wanted the White Paper Ashes, hearing this, Mao Que dispatched all Demon Spirits under him, almost turning the northern part of the Cave Heaven’s outskirts upside down.

Unfortunately.

No useful clues were found.

Now, there’s a new task... but compared to "White Paper Ashes", it’s really trivial, arduous without benefits.

Just today.

Among a group of disciples, the most favored Yun Mei little junior sister detected signs of ominousness in the northern part of the Cave Heaven.

For Mao Que, this was indeed an unsolicited bad hat.

The outskirts of Lushui Cave Heaven, northern Outer Wall Ridge, is his post.

Little junior sister said there are signs of great evil here, doesn’t it mean his guarding has been inadequate?

Thus.

Yun Mei passed Venerable Chi Lu’s inspection patrol order down to Mao Que, layer by layer, until it resulted in this situation.

Two Little Demons, lantern in hand, patrolling the mountain.

As long as the Outer Wall Ridge remains peaceful without the so-called ominous signs.

Then Mao Que must express his hardships to his master, to "repay" the "favor" of his little junior sister.