Supreme Sword Exalt

Gu Han found the voice somewhat familiar. Who?!

He immediately went on alert. Turning his head back, he happened to see the man nearby, as well as the enchanting woman nestled in his embrace.

His expression turned cold. It’s him!

Gu Han had seen this man in the illusion; it was Mo Chenyin’s senior brother.

The demoness sighed faintly. The moment she heard the voice, she already understood everything, including why she had to be Gu Han’s human tribulation.

The human tribulation was also a killing tribulation. Since she was his human tribulation, the killing tribulation also came because of her.

The moment the demoness turned around, a trace of obsession and excitement flashed in the man’s eyes. “Junior Sister, you really are still alive. Do you have any idea how bleak the Emotionless Sect became after you left?! Our master, junior brothers, and junior sisters miss you so much! Even after a thousand years, you are still so beautiful.”

The demoness showed no expression. “Where is Ling Ya? Why didn’t he come? Is he dead?”

The man sighed as he stared sincerely at the demoness. “Junior Sister, don’t be like this. No matter what, you are still the junior sister that everyone cherishes the most—”

The woman beside him could no longer bear to listen. “Senior Brother, I am your junior sister now!”

Until now, she could be considered a rare, unparalleled beauty, born with a seductive physique. However, after seeing the demoness's appearance, she knew she had already lost. She couldn't compare to the demoness in any regard. The man’s behavior only caused her jealousy to burn fiercely. How she wished she could slap the demoness to death with one palm!

The man let her rub against him, but he had no desire toward her anymore. You? You aren’t even worthy of being a substitute! I’d rather have Junior Sister Leng as a substitute!

Covering her mouth, the woman chuckled, slightly bowing to the demoness. “Senior Sister Mo, I’ve long heard of your great name. My name is Hong Luan. I’ve only been apprenticed under our master for a little over a hundred years. By the time of initiation, you could call me junior sister.”

Jealousy and bitterness made her words extremely aggressive.

“I’ve heard that the old master treated you with deep kindness. He practically treated you as his own daughter, giving you the finest things the world had to offer. How can you detest him so much? That’s just wrong. Master is seriously injured and needs your profound yin qi to heal. Now is the perfect time for you to repay his kindness!”

The man smiled. “Yes. Master needs you now more than ever. You should quickly return with me.”

The demoness didn’t acknowledge her at all. Instead, she looked at Gu Han apologetically. “I’m sorry... It has nothing to do with you.”

Gu Han shook his head. “This is my own choice.”

To transcend his human tribulation, he had to face this killing tribulation. It was both inevitable and inescapable; it had nothing to do with anyone else.

Hong Luan glanced at Gu Han. “Oh? You’re truly heartless, Senior Sister Mo. You'd forsake Master for the sake of a mere mortal? Oh my...”

She deliberately gasped in surprise. “Right, I forgot that you have the Heavenly Demon Physique. Isn't playing with people's hearts what you're best at? Still, with a mere mortal? Anyone is good enough for you now, huh?”

The Heavenly Demon’s cultivation path itself was very unique. It used ultimate emotion to nurture emotionlessness, playing with people’s hearts and emotions in the palm of one’s hand.

Whether the other party was a cultivator or not didn’t matter. What mattered was making them fall completely in love with her, giving birth to a trace of ultimate emotion. Naturally, they both regarded Gu Han as nourishment for the demoness’s evolution.

As an Ascension realm cultivator, the man’s insight and vision naturally surpassed Hong Luan’s tenfold. “You don’t understand. For a mortal to make her deliberately suppress her own cultivation, hehe... He’s not an ordinary mortal.”

Though it was obvious to him that the demoness was extremely weak, he assumed she was doing it on purpose. After all, he couldn’t see through Gu Han’s indescribable aura. Likewise, Gu Han was no longer an insignificant ant in his eyes, but an ant worthy of notice.

For reasons even he didn't understand, a hint of jealousy welled up within him. Even knowing that the demoness couldn’t possibly develop feelings for a mortal, seeing the two standing so close together, he vaguely thought of replacing Gu Han.

Gu Han gently embraced her. The demoness played along, resting her head on his shoulder.

The man slightly narrowed his eyes.

Hong Luan’s jealousy burned fiercely. “Senior Sister Mo, stop putting on an act! It’s useless!”

Ironically, she was the one who felt unable to keep up the act before the demoness. Dissatisfied, she glanced at Gu Han with a seductive, thousand-charm look as pink light blazed in her eyes. “She’s been deceiving you all along, playing with your feelings—”

Gu Han crudely shot back, “It’s none of your fucking business!”

Hong Luan stiffened. Taking two steps forward, she casually lifted her sheer dress, revealing a large expanse of fair skin. Her voice was full of temptation, transforming into strands of pink mist that constantly assaulted Gu Han’s mind. “Young man~ Do you want to see what’s underneath?”

Gu Han remained unfazed, however. “No, I don’t want to go blind. What makes you think you can compare yourself to her? Don’t talk to me either. Hearing your voice makes me want to vomit.”

The demoness chuckled and gave Gu Han a knowing look. Her smile could topple cities, almost stealing the color from heaven and earth. Hong Luan truly had no face left.

A trace of obsession flashed in the man’s eyes. “Junior Sister, you really are very, very beautiful. If possible, I really wouldn’t want you to die, but there’s no other choice. We can’t disobey our master's orders. His injuries also cannot be left unattended any longer.

“You should come back with me. I know your methods are strange, but don’t even think about resisting. You'll just be making things difficult for me. Besides...” He took out a green jade talisman. “Resistance is futile anyway. Master has long left behind a contingency.”

Acting as if she hadn’t heard, the demoness softly told Gu Han, “I don’t want to go back.”

“Then don’t.”

The demoness nodded. “I’ll listen to you.”

The man frowned deeply as he vaguely sensed something was wrong.

Hong Luan stared venomously at Gu Han and the demoness. After hesitating for a moment, she turned to the man. “Senior Brother, can profound yin qi really heal Master’s injuries?”

“Of course!”

She bent over and tightly held his arm, not caring at all about the large expanse of exposed skin. Instead, she stared at the jade talisman with a strange look. “Then, what if we don’t give the profound yin qi to Master?”