Chapter 27 Elder Brother_3
The resources given that year, Xie Xuanyi repaid to the Sword Palace tenfold, a hundredfold.
And the once-struggling Da Sui also ushered in an era of revival.
Yet, the Tongtian Law Enforcement Officer still opposed allowing Xie Xuanyi to take over Lotus Peak.
The reason he gave for opposition was simple...
Da Sui Sword Palace had maintained its traditions for a thousand years.
Though Xie Xuanyi had exceptional talent, hailed as the Sword Dao Leader of the young generation, he never abided by the rules.
It was because of these very rules.
This Law Enforcement Officer and Xie Xuanyi had clashed, had conflicts, more than once.
"Foolish, the Law Enforcement Officer has always been at odds with our senior brother."
Huang Su suddenly stood up and spoke coldly, "How could Qi Lie inform the Law Enforcement Officer of the contents of the letter?!"
"What happened after that?"
"What happened after that... I don't know either."
Si Qi's expression was complex as he spoke softly, "...Because of the matter of passing the message, I was punished by my master, confined to True Hidden Peak until the Sealing Mountain, only then was the ban lifted."
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After Huang Su left,
Xie Xuanyi returned to his room and found a pair of eyes, burning with red flames, staring at him.
"Awake? You've got guts."
He calmly looked at the girl in front of him and said, "Although the Sect Leader is in seclusion, there's still one Law Enforcement Officer... The talismans I've set up may not be able to block their sight."
"Everyone dies eventually. Demons... are no different."
Jiang Huang's voice was hoarse, "If I dared to come back to the Sword Palace with you, then I'm not afraid of death."
"You're just a kid, don't keep talking about death, it's bad luck."
Xie Xuanyi sat down, "The Sword Palace Law Enforcement Officer will absolutely not permit a Great Demon with phoenix blood to set foot in Da Sui... once you're exposed, even ten lives wouldn't be enough."
"Heh..."
The girl suddenly smiled charmingly, posing as if frail and powerless, "Brother, didn't you say by calling you brother once, you could protect my life?"
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Xie Xuanyi silently looked at Jiang Huang.
To combat the Nine Death Forbidden, this Great Demon had split her Divine Soul in two.
The main Divine Soul was deeply hidden beneath her skin.
During normal days, it would be in a slumber.
But whatever the secondary Divine Soul experienced... for the main Divine Soul, it was like a dream. Once the souls switched, it would only take a moment to fully comprehend everything.
"Stirring up the Law Enforcement Officer, calling me brother would be useless; he might even slay me alongside you."
Xie Xuanyi said with a teasing smile, "But you could try calling the Law Enforcement Officer 'brother'; perhaps he might save you."
"Tsk."
Jiang Huang dropped her smile.
She spoke coldly, "I heard the words you asked her to convey to me... When will you take me to the Sword Washing Pool?"
Xie Xuanyi still wore that same smile, "You still distinguish between you and her?"
"I am me, she is her."
Jiang Huang said, "You should know, she's just a piece I used to counter the 'Nine Death Forbidden'; the day the seal breaks, this piece will no longer have any reason to exist."
"Sounds nice."
Xie Xuanyi said mockingly, "Although the divine soul is split in two, you and him have long been indistinguishable from each other... Even if one day the Nine Death Forbidden is lifted, you might not get what you wish."
He was very clear about it.
That seemingly harmless Jiang Huang was also a part of the Great Demon's phoenix blood.
No one can escape their karma.
If you want to use such means to evade the Nine Death Forbidden, you must bear the consequences... As the pure divine soul grows bit by bit, the longer that harmless Jiang Huang stays in the outside world, the greater the alteration to the main divine soul will be.
Let alone that Jiang Huang has not yet cultivated to the pinnacle.
Even if the Demon Country Venerable, who has cultivated to the utmost, cannot escape this karma.
"You..."
Jiang Huang's expression darkened, and without further arguing with Xie Xuanyi, he simply ordered in a low voice, "Mr. Xie, take me to the Sword Washing Pool now!"
"The wheelchair is there, I've given you the map, you can go by yourself."
Xie Xuanyi pointed to the corner of the room and said leisurely, "Since you like the Sword Washing Pool so much, why not try stepping into Jade Screen Peak at this critical juncture and see if you'll be killed by the Sword Qi Decree?"
Jiang Huang was once again left speechless.
She knew Xie Xuanyi had returned to Da Sui Sword Palace this time under a changed name, an identity not to be seen in the light.
The Sword Washing Pool is a forbidden area of the Sword Palace!
She was essentially a demon... Should she wish to use the power of the Sword Washing Pool to cleanse her soul, she would have to ensure all others were cleared away.
But how could that be possible?
Now, even if Xie Xuanyi, under the name of Xie Zhen, were to borrow the Sword Washing Pool from Jiang Miaoyin, the whole process would not be able to escape the watch of the Sword Qi Decree... The moment Jiang Huang leaked any demonic energy, she would certainly be detected.
"Just wait a bit longer, in a few days, once I'm more familiar with Jade Screen Peak, naturally there will be a chance to help you cleanse the death aura from your divine soul. Just wait..."
Xie Xuanyi was halfway through speaking when he glanced over.
The little one's complexion was very poor, his small face paler than usual by several degrees, and those Flame Eyes had also become unusually dim.
Xie Xuanyi realized something was wrong.
When he had previously traveled north, he had checked Jiang Huang's divine soul aura; the main soul was hidden very deeply, almost completely still...
He had believed that after the backlash of the soul from that incident at South Border, the main divine soul had fallen into a deep slumber.
But looking at it now, it seemed that was not the case.
"I... might not be able to wait any longer."
Jiang Huang's main divine soul struggled to squeeze out this sentence.
She stretched out her hand, using the last bit of strength to grasp Xie Xuanyi's sleeve.
Those Flame Eyes gradually faded away.
In their place appeared a pair of innocent and pitiful eyes.
"Brother..."
The little one moved with difficulty, leaning most of her body against Xie Xuanyi, her voice filled with a thick aura of death, "Jiang Huang... so cold..."
Xie Xuanyi was suddenly taken aback.
The Jiang Huang now leaning close to his chest, with her skinny little frame, felt like a block of ice that had been frozen for a thousand years.
This coldness was simply too severe.
Even a Body Refiner who approached would feel bone-chilling cold.
Over the years, the main divine soul had been trying every means to delay the backlash from the Nine Death Forbidden, but the backlash had still come.