Grandpa, times have changed.

Chapter 653 The Tribulation of Dao Becoming a Demon in the Heart

In her memory, the Sword Master had always been a cold and aloof person, someone who kept strangers at bay.

As for his own master...

In short, as a junior, she naturally couldn't stay here and listen to her master 'slander' the Sword Master.

And so, Ji Yinxue turned and walked out.

Meizu was taken aback upon seeing this.

What do you mean?
Does Xiao Yinxue think that her master would deliberately lie and smear the Sword Master's image?!

There's not even this much trust between master and apprentice!

I've never lied before... I almost never... only occasionally...

emm...

Meizu fell into deep thought.

Bie Xuening glanced at her indifferently.

This guy actually tried to ruin her aloof image; he's utterly clueless.

After a while, Meizu, feeling somewhat unwell, suddenly looked up at Bie Xuening:
"It's all your fault!"

He's obviously incredibly irritable, so why does he have to act all high and mighty?

If I had known, I wouldn't have sent her the message when the Spirit Ancestor told her to go to the Spirit Sound Pavilion.

She should be kept in the dark like Yuanjun, knowing nothing at all!
However, Bie Xuening remained calm. After all, she had just won an argument with Meizu in the group not long ago, and her mind was now as still as water.

"Let's get down to business. What have you figured out?"

Xu Xing also looked at her.

It concerns me, but I know nothing about it...

He was actually quite curious.

"What I've figured out..." Meizu paused, "...would you mind stepping aside for a moment before I speak!"

"?"

"hurry up!"

"Do you think that's possible."

She made a special trip to the Hehuan Sect with her junior brother, but what if she came all this way only to find she knew nothing...

Wouldn't that mean we'd made a wasted trip?

Besides, when I mentioned in the group chat that I wanted to come along, she didn't object, did she?

This proves that she is aware of the progress of Meizu's research and will not affect her junior brother's condition.

"..." Meizu remained silent.

Usually, she's the one teasing the Sword Master, but today she failed and instead made Xiao Yinxue think she would lie and slander the Sword Master.

This made her a little depressed.

But this feeling of gloom didn't last long, and she soon smiled again.

That's what's interesting.

If the Sword Master were always so easy to see through, how unchallenging would that be!
"Wait a minute! Let me go get the wine I've brewed first, and we can drink and chat at the same time."

With that, Meizu got up and walked outside.

Bie Xuening watched her retreating figure, feeling a little disgusted.

Going out without shoes is so unhygienic!
Soon after, Meizu returned carrying a wine jar.

The jar, with its jade-like luster and soft glow, resembled a large-sized Xuanzhu fruit.

A wisp of chill was visible to the naked eye, causing a chill to rise in the room.

"Come on! Give it a try!"

Meizu took out three wine cups and poured one for Xu Xing and one for Bie Xuening.

The crystal-clear wine is pale red, like a rainbow, pouring into the glass. The shimmering light rises and transforms into a lifelike red maple tree on the glass.

The rustling of maple leaves could be heard clearly.

"..."

The Xuanzhu fruit has a translucent white skin and seven-colored flesh; how did you manage to turn it red?

Bie Xuening picked up her wine glass.

As the wine sloshed around, the crimson maple leaf formed by the rosy glow of the sunset vanished.

She took a sip; the cool liquor had a slightly sweet taste.

Although it has the flavor of wine, it also retains the unique fruity aroma of the aralia fruit, and most importantly, the wine is sweet.

she likes.

After all, I rarely had the chance to eat sweets when I was a child and was following my master.

It wasn't until she met her junior brother that he started preparing sweets for her in various ways.

"not bad."

Xu Xing also picked up his wine glass and tried it, then looked at Mei Zu:

"The brewing method this time seems to be different from the last one."

"Yes, yes! This time it's real kuchi-chiku sake!"

Ok? !

Bie Xuening's gaze immediately sharpened as she looked at Meizu.

Meizu blinked.

"Senior sister, she was just joking," Xu Xing said. "I drank it too, do you think I wouldn't be able to tell?"

"..."

Also.

Xue Ning is relieved.

"Oh dear, does Brother Dao find my chewed wine beneath you? That's truly heartbreaking," Meizu said plaintively, feigning sadness.

It's ridiculously fake.

Xu Xing: "..."

I should have never mentioned "chewed wine" to her in the first place.

"Alright," Bie Xuening interrupted, "We've had our drinks, let's not waste time and get down to business." "You're just blaming the cook after you've eaten your fill."

"Ok?"

"It's nothing." Meizu sealed the wine jar. "Come with me, it's not convenient to demonstrate here."

Demonstration?

Xu Xing and Bie Xuening were somewhat puzzled, but they still got up and followed.

……

……

Deep within the grotto of the founder of the Hehuan School.

A vigorous red maple tree stands tall, its branches as translucent as red jade, with divine light flowing within.

Every maple leaf on the tree was a flawless, bright red, a fiery spectacle that was exceptionally beautiful.

This is the core of the entire Ancestral Master's Grotto-Heaven, and it is itself a spiritual plant of extremely high quality, no less than the Mysterious Candle Fruit Tree of the Spirit Sound Pavilion.

Incidentally, Meizu previously gave Zhang Yunlu and Chi Jiuyu a gift each, made from the red maple leaves of this place.

"Let me first explain what I have to say."

Meizu gently raised her hand, and a maple leaf fell from the branch, fluttering down into her palm.

"Sword Master went to Lingyin Workshop to help Spirit Ancestor optimize the 'Immortal Cleansing Pool', and I received a message from Spirit Ancestor shortly after that."

She paused here, then turned to look at Bie Xuening.

"I shouldn't have sent you that message!"

Bie Xuening remained calm.
"Keep talking."

"Let's finish explaining things first," Xu Xing also said.

He was very curious about what Ning Ruo had discovered, and even specially summoned Mei Zu to Lingyin Fang.

"Oh." After responding, Meizu continued, "Brother Dao should still remember that not long ago, you assisted Lingzu in transforming into a being and leaving the realm through the Immortal Network, and then the two of you studied the matter of the 'New Heavenly Will' of the Earthly Immortal Realm together, right?"

Ok?
It turns out it's related to this matter.

Could it be that what we're going to talk about this time is about the outer world, or the Chaos Sea?
There's no need to hide it from yourself.

“Ning Ruo is good at these things, so it’s most appropriate to ask her for help,” Xu Xing explained first.

For some reason, he felt he needed to explain something at this point.

"and then."

“Emm…” Meizu held the stem of a maple leaf in her hand and turned it gently. “It seems that you really didn’t notice, fellow Daoist.”

As she spoke, a peculiar entity, seemingly a combination of 'miscellaneous' and 'doubt', capable of arousing endless doubt and worry, was extracted from the maple leaf and quietly suspended in mid-air.

Xu Xing frowned, and then heard Mei Zu continue.

“This is the chaotic aura that the Spirit Ancestor brought back from the Chaos Sea. I extracted this component that is extremely similar to ‘Dao Wang’ from it.”

This thing is formless and intangible; it is a purely conceptual existence.

Ordinary objects cannot touch it, let alone 'carry' it, which is why the Demon Ancestor sealed it here.

"Based on our speculation, the sudden appearance of this component in the Chaos Sea that is so similar to 'Dao Wang' is very likely related to Dao Brother's current state."

Hearing this, Bie Xuening frowned slightly. She was clearly there at the time...

However, she didn't care about this little thing and continued to listen quietly.

"Because we were worried that if you knew about this, or if more people knew about it, it would affect your current situation, we kept it a secret."

"So you're now sure that knowing about this won't have any negative impact?" Xu Xing finally asked.

“Hmm.” Meizu nodded. “Just as we said before, ‘Dao Wang’ is the manifestation of past karma. For you, Dao Brother, knowing this is nothing more than ‘facing your true self’.”

She paused, then asked somewhat nervously:

"So? Now that you know, does it have any impact?"

"..." Xu Xing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slightly, "No."

"Actually, I've always known that taking another step forward would bring some changes to the Chaos Sea."

Ok? !

"But I don't know exactly what the changes are, and I didn't expect Ning Ruo to discover them first."

Xu Xing looked at the special component in front of him that was extremely similar to 'Dao Wang', and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"It should be different from the 'lost understanding' I encountered."

"As expected of you, Brother Dao." Meizu smiled. "At first, I also thought it was exactly the same as the 'Dao Wang' you encountered, but after some experiments, I found that it is still somewhat different from 'Dao Wang'."

She gently raised her hand, and several more maple leaves fell from the branches, fluttering down and hovering quietly between the three of them.

"More accurately, it is more like a variation of 'Dao Wang'."

Variety?

hum~
A warm, red glow appeared, covering the few maple leaves.

Visibly, several maple leaves began to melt and stretch, eventually transforming into four slender, tiny human figures with indistinct faces.

A woman in a red dress, a woman in a white coat, a woman with a light veil covering her eyes, a woman carrying a sword, and a woman with a little yellow duck on her head.

Their vital energy has just advanced to the Golden Core stage.

One can even clearly see the true essence circulating within, the Dao foundation floating and sinking above the spiritual sea, an immortal golden elixir shining and releasing, the elixir fire boiling.

Ignoring Bie Xuening's cold gaze, Meizu simply reached out and gestured.

That wisp of something that seemed to combine 'miscellaneous' and 'doubt' and could arouse endless doubt and worry instantly split into four parts and entered the bodies of the four little figures from between their eyebrows.

In an instant, the immortal golden core on the Dao Foundation was shrouded in a thin shadow, and the blazing fire illuminating the internal organs seemed to dim a bit.

In the low, murmured chants, the tiny figures seemed to be experiencing all sorts of great terrors, displaying a struggle.

In the end, the little man with the yellow duck on his head shattered, his vital energy dropped, and he dissipated.

On the contrary, the other few small figures withstood the erosion of the shadow with great perseverance. Not only did their aura improve to a higher level, but their perfectly round immortal golden cores also became more and more transparent.

Xu Xing's expression grew increasingly solemn.

It seems like……

Inner demons?!

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