Embers of Sword

Chapter 178: Vermillion Bird Demon
"Stand still, stand still."

“…Don’t be distracted!”

A stern rebuke sounded from the back mountain. The little girl took a deep breath, took a horse stance, and held out her fists, maintaining this position.

It's cloudy today.

But above the Jin'ao Peak, it seemed as if there was a blazing sun hanging, and rays of divine light were falling on the ground.

Jiang Huang's forehead was covered with sweat.

She raised her head and looked at the place on the mountain where Xie Xuanyi had originally stood. It had been covered by clouds again and was hazy.

Ever since Zhao Chunyang came here, this demon-locking land has been "unbanned".

Within an area of a hundred feet in radius, there are dozens of stone pillars with densely packed secret patterns.

Zhuque transformed into a human form, wearing a red robe, sitting on the top of the stone pillar, silently watching the little girl in the center of the red earth practicing boxing. He frowned slightly, followed Jiang Huang's gaze and looked behind him, then said "Practice boxing well", and waved his hand to raise a barrier. The red cloud rose from the ground and turned into an inverted bowl, covering Jiang Huang completely.

"When I teach people to practice, I don't like outsiders to disturb me."

Zhuque stood up from the stone pillar and stared coldly at the direction where the clouds were flowing.

Tongtian Zhanglu brought Xie Xuanyi to the demon-locking land.

"..."

Tongtian Zhanglu looked at the giant monster expressionlessly.

After my senior brother came here once.

The great demon Suzaku has become much more obedient, and has not caused any trouble for me in the past two months. However, from its current words and actions, it is not difficult to see that... it is still not very convinced of me.

In the demon country, whoever has the stronger fist will be the boss.

Senior brother’s fist was indeed hard enough, so Zhuque lowered his head obediently.

Now, this guy’s attitude is so bad, does he want to have a good fight with me?

Buzz!
The purple bamboo forest was filled with waves of sword energy.

Hearing this voice, Xie Xuanyi suddenly got a headache. He just wanted to come and see Jiang Huang, but he didn't expect the environment in the back mountain of Jin'ao Peak to be so tense and harsh.

He quickly took a step forward and said with a smile: "Is this the Vermillion Bird left behind by Venerable Lian? I have heard of it for a long time..."

Many years ago.

The young Master Lian went to practice outside the Great Wall in the North and accidentally picked up a monster and brought it back to Lotus Peak.

This is a serious violation of the rules of the Sword Palace.

The descendants of great demons often become enlightened very early and have strong personalities.

For thousands of years, the Demon Kingdom and the human race have been incompatible and fighting each other, and the hatred between the two races is almost engraved in their bones.

Therefore, the monsters that are picked up are extremely difficult to tame and almost impossible to raise.

But after all, Venerable Lian is the little sister that Master Chunyang and Master Tongtian love the most...

So this demon beast made an exception and stayed on Lotus Peak. Fortunately, it absorbed the vitality of Xuanshui Cave Heaven and enjoyed the blessings of Lotus Peak, growing rapidly. If there had not been the battle of drinking poison sixty years ago, perhaps this Suzaku would have become the mountain guardian beast of Dasui Sword Palace. After so many years of getting along, Venerable Lian and the Suzaku demon had established a very solid bond and even signed a soul contract.

But a pity.

Venerable Lian eventually died in the northern battlefield.

The great demon Suzaku broke through the Yang God and was no longer controlled by the soul contract. It began to try to escape from the Dasui Sword Palace.

after that.

This is what the situation is today.

Tongtian Zhanglu "volunteered" to imprison Zhuque in the back mountain of Jin'ao Peak and use sword energy to polish the demonic spirit. However, he was unable to bring himself to do it. In addition, the great demon Yangshen was too thick-skinned and tough. After a decade, Zhuque became more and more violent, and his hatred for the Sword Palace became deeper and deeper.

The situation is getting worse.

It was not until recently that Zhao Chunyang gave Zhuque a simple and rough slap in the face, and Zhuque's eyes became "clear".

"Who are you? Get away from me!"

The great demon Suzaku glanced coldly at Xie Xuanyi and spoke bluntly.

In his opinion.

A human cultivator in the Cave Heaven Realm, is he worthy of being called a cultivator?
If there were no restraints, I would only need a wisp of divine thought to kill it!
Earlier, he had seen this little human guy standing far away, greeting Jiang Huang and obstructing him from teaching boxing.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Lu raised his eyebrows but said nothing. He silently put his hands behind his back, wanting to see how Xie Xuanyi would deal with this big monster.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the big demon standing high on the stone pillar. He was not angry, but smiled and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. I am the new master of Xuanshui Cave Heaven, the 'lucky one' who inherited the mantle of Master Lian."

The three words "Lotus Venerable" came out of his mouth.

The great demon Suzaku narrowed his eyes again and looked carefully at the young man in black in front of him.

"My surname is Xie, and my given name is Xuanyi."

Xie Xuanyi took off his appearance as a living being and faced the great demon Suzaku with his true face.

The latter's pupils contracted slightly.

The divine consciousness sent by Zhao Chunyang flipped over the heart lake, shaking like thunder.

Suzaku recalled the familiar face.

It looked at the young man in front of it with a complicated expression, frowned and said, "Is it you?"

"it's me."

Xie Xuanyi put the image of all living beings back on and said calmly, "None of the above identities are actually that important. You only need to remember one: I am Zhao Chunyang's disciple."

The arrogance of the great demon Suzaku disappeared instantly.

"..."

The day Zhao Chunyang came to Jinao Peak.

For Suzaku, it is the darkest day in the past sixty years. It is no exaggeration to describe it as the darkest day.

It said unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

"Nothing... As a brother, I should always fulfill my responsibilities as a brother."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, "I will leave the Sword Palace in a while. I want to meet Jiang Huang and talk to her before I go on a long journey."

"Are you her brother?"

The Suzaku demon seemed to have heard an extremely funny joke: "Do you know what she is?"

"Descendant of Phoenix Blood."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said: "In a sense, Jiang Huang is more powerful than those of your bloodline." Boom!
The red-robed man standing on the stone pillar leaned slightly, and the red robe was instantly torn apart by the blazing flames. The originally thin body suddenly burst into thousands of red streams of light, and turned into a towering and ferocious monster bird dozens of feet tall. This was still the case with the suppression of the monster-locking formation. In just a breath, the huge monster bird's head was in front of Xie Xuanyi, and its huge vertical pupils burning with flames looked into Xie Xuanyi's calm eyes.

"She is a demon, and you are a human..."

Zhuque laughed sarcastically, "Do you really think you are her brother? What qualifications do you have?!"

The stone pillars inserted on all four sides of the Demon Locking Land all lit up with brilliant light at this moment.

These stone pillars shot out rays of red divine light, and the chain behind Suzaku turned into an aurora, instantly tightening, pulling its body to tremble. The Tongtian Palm Law also summoned hundreds of sword energies, hanging above the Demon Locking Land to prevent Suzaku from becoming furious and launching an attack.

In this regard.

Xie Xuanyi simply brushed off his clothes calmly, shaking off the sparks that had fallen on his diamond body.

"You should know that there are two souls in Jiang Huang's body."

Xie Xuanyi knew that the great demon Suzaku did not dare to take action.

Not because he knew Suzaku.

But it’s because… he understands his master.

Since Zhao Chunyang has been to the Demon Locking Land and confidently sent Jiang Huang to Suzaku's side, it means that all the troubles have been settled.

This is also the reason why he revealed his identity.

obviously.

The master has already explained his origins to the big demon. Given the master's style of doing things, there is a high probability that he will hand over the "control" of Suzaku's future to himself.

"..."

Countless streams of fire were flying, covering Xie Xuanyi and Zhuque.

Zhang Lu stood silently outside the fire, watching this young man negotiate with the great demon Yangshen.

"There is a soul among them, which is the one you are currently teaching. It has been with me since I was born."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "To her, I am her brother."

Zhuque laughed sarcastically again: "That soul? It's so weak... Just a snap of the fingers will turn it into ashes."

Xie Xuanyi stared at the monster in front of him seriously and said word by word: "If she is in trouble, your soul will be torn to pieces."

This statement came out.

There was a brief moment of silence in the Demon Locking Land.

"?!"

The Vermillion Bird's pupils shrank into a vertical line. It raised its head in disbelief, looking down at the tiny human in front of it. After a few breaths, it realized that this was a threat to itself? A mere caveman dared to threaten itself!
A sharp whistle burst out.

The great demon Suzaku, who was in the second stage of Yangshen, shook his whole body with demonic energy, and fought against the resistance of the demon-locking chain, and pounced towards Xie Xuanyi!

Zhang Lu was just about to step forward and use his sword energy to stop the giant monster.

He frowned suddenly and noticed a flash of light between Xie Xuanyi's eyebrows.

The sky and the earth were dark, countless flames were flying, and violent shock waves were splashing everywhere. Xie Xuanyi was still standing firmly on the red earth. At this moment, in his heart, he felt an unprecedented murderous intent. This murderous intent was countless times stronger than any assassination he had encountered after his resurrection.

The big demon in front of you is the Yang God!

Even if he is trapped by countless chains, he is still a Yang God!

A mere cave heaven is indeed just an ant in front of Yangshen.

But Xie Xuanyi still did not retreat.

He even took a step forward.

The boiling murderous intent swept to the heart lake, and the raging demonic fire poured out.

At this moment.

A ray of bright light appeared between Xie Xuanyi's eyebrows, and this ray of light slowly bloomed and turned into a lotus.

In fact, it was after the assassination of Special Envoy Qing Falcon.

The lotus then existed.

This is the "sword intention" that Zhao Chunyang silently gave to Xie Xuanyi.

So far.

There were only two people who saw this lotus.

One of them was Xie Zhisui, who set up the negotiation in the Prince of Jiangning's Palace.

The other one is the great demon Suzaku, the second level of Yang God at this moment.

Xie Zhisui was really lucky. He did not test the identity of "Xie Zhen"... Otherwise, he would have seen the true appearance of this sword energy lotus before Zhuque.

At this point, Tongtian Palm Law stopped moving forward silently.

next moment.

The Vermillion Bird demon, which was trying its best to crash into Xie Xuanyi, was as surprised as if it had seen a ghost when it saw the sword energy lotus blooming. It screamed and pounced forward, screamed and retreated, and stretched its wings to the maximum extent, fearing that a ray of red fire would accidentally hit the sword energy lotus floating between Xie Xuanyi's eyebrows.

This scene is absurd, both funny and ironic.

Even a dignified Yang God was so frightened.

Countless red flames came like a flood and then dissipated like the receding tide.

After a few breaths, the Vermillion Bird demon, who had shaken his body, turned back into the appearance of a man in a red robe. He was pale, and fell heavily to the ground. He sat down and backed away, not daring to look directly at the lotus between Xie Xuanyi's eyebrows.

"……I knew it."

Xie Xuanyi, who had never taken a step back from beginning to end, couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene.

He couldn't help but reach out and touch the sword intent between his eyebrows, and felt a faint warmth.

When the master left this trace of sword intent, it was very concealed, and it was obviously intentional.

But unfortunately, some things cannot be kept secret.

Zhao Chunyang understands Xie Xuanyi, and Xie Xuanyi also understands Zhao Chunyang.

The one who loves you the most is your master.

The whole mountain is silent.

Xie Xuanyi calmly looked down at the Vermillion Bird demon who was sitting on the ground. The latter had not yet recovered from the fear of the sword energy lotus, and his face was as pale as paper.

"Now, can I come in?"

(End of this chapter)