Embers of Sword

Chapter 64: Rewards from the Demon Country
The heart lake is turbid and black waves are surging.

The sound of Venerable Longmu's rebuke was like thunder.

Xie Xuanyi controlled the remnant soul of Jialiu, knelt on the ground, and explained in a low voice: "My lord, Lichao City is heavily guarded, and I was just in danger... It is impossible to respond."

Another cold snort sounded above the turbid heart lake!
Obviously he was not satisfied with this explanation.

Venerable Longmu turned around with a gloomy expression… This Jialiu had been on a mission, but there had been no news for three to five days. Now that he had taken the initiative to contact him, he had actually waited for nearly an hour.

"That's it, get up."

After a moment, Reverend Longmu asked in a deep voice, "How are you doing with the things I asked you to do?"

"Sir, please look!"

Xie Xuanyi looked up, and the scene of examining Bai Ze's finger bones was reflected in the lake of his heart.

"Ok?"

Venerable Longmu narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the strange phenomenon in the Lichao River that changed dramatically in an instant.

"The token resonates with the secret realm of the cave, and this strange phenomenon of heaven and earth has attracted countless people to watch!"

While reporting, Xie Xuanyi raised his eyes to observe the expression of Reverend Longmu: "Congratulations, sir, the Bai Ze Secret Realm... has been confirmed!"

The figure was shrouded in dark fog, and a gleam of brilliance flashed across his eyes.

"good."

Venerable Longmu, who usually had a gloomy face, smiled for a rare moment and praised: "You should be the first to achieve this! The Demon Country will reward you!"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi felt nothing in his heart, and even felt like laughing.

He felt a little sorry for Jialiu who was poisoned.

Those guys in the Demon Country are really good at making empty promises.

Venerable Longmu suddenly asked again: "What do you think of Jiang Qihu?"

This question is very interesting.

Jiang Qihu was the key figure in selling out Qingzhou intelligence... For a big shot of this level, Venerable Longmu actually asked for his opinion?

Xie Xuanyi became cautious.

"I don't know."

He replied honestly: "Jiang Qihu is a big shot who holds an important position in the imperial city. How dare I have too much contact with him?"

Venerable Longmu said calmly: "Jia Liu, there is no need to be restrained, just speak frankly."

Is this something that I must give a specific answer myself?

Xie Xuanyi thought for a moment and said slowly: "I only know that the three major forces in Qingzhou now jointly control the Lichao River... If Jiang Qihu hadn't given me the opportunity, I would never have been able to get close to the Bai Ze Secret Realm."

"Um……"

Venerable Longmu fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he said softly: "Very good, your mission is accomplished. Next, it is time for the Demon Country to fulfill its 'promise'."

This statement came out.

Xie Xuanyi in the real world had a solemn expression and his body was tense.

He knew that the real trouble was coming!
Venerable Longmu promised Jialiu that he would delay the onset of Hunhai Liexin Gu for Jialiu after the mission was completed...

"Place the 'Soul Jade Ring' on the Heavenly Spirit."

The voice of the Longmu Master was filled with irresistible majesty: "Give up your soul's resistance, and I will forgive you the 'heart poison'."

"Yes... Your Excellency."

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.

The Heavenly Spirit is the place that houses the spirit and soul!
Given the caution of this demon country's venerable, he would definitely check it first before "pardoning" the poison for himself...

Xie Xuanyi followed what Venerable Longmu said and took out the soul jade ring belonging to "Jia Liu" and placed it on his crown.

At the same time, he opened his waist bag.

"Dragon Blood Vine, Rose Iron, Flower Green Sand, Phoenix Feather Grass..."

There were dozens of materials prepared by Jiang Qihu, all of which were suspended in front of Xie Xuanyi and arranged one by one.

"Chichi!"

Xie Xuanyi waved his sleeves, and a wisp of golden energy swept out from his sleeves, igniting these materials. The sound of burning flames rang out in the void. These materials were firmly controlled and compressed by the powerful power of the soul, and finally turned into a ball of scarlet juice that swayed like blood.

Xie Xuanyi took out a brand new talisman paper.

He stretched out his index finger, dipped his fingertip gently into the blood, and wrote quickly on the talisman paper.

The second one, the third one...

The handwriting on each talisman is different.

After a moment, all the materials used to write the eighteen talismans were used up and they were all completed.

Xie Xuanyi exhaled lightly, and waved his sleeves to disperse the talismans. Eighteen talismans flew over his head like a canopy, covering him completely. This formation, like the "Nine Bright Phoenix Fire Refining Void Formation", was recorded in the Lotus Peak Taoist Canon.

This is a talisman formation named "Huan Meng Li".

In the talisman array, the array master can create the illusion of a heart lake... This array pattern does not have the same powerful killing ability as the Phoenix Fire Array. To be precise, this is actually an illusion array.

But at this moment, the effect of the "Huan Meng Li" talisman array was highlighted.

Xie Xuanyi immersed his soul into the Soul Jade Ring...

The talisman formation is activated!

The illusion of a turbid heart lake appeared around Xie Xuanyi, and he seemed to be in the midst of a dark tide.

The magic weapon was placed on the sky spirit, and the soul connection was established again——

Venerable Longmu, who was thousands of miles away, slowly walked towards him from the other end of the Heart Lake.

It didn't notice anything unusual.

Keep walking until you reach "Jia Liu".

"I said before that I would forgive you one year of the 'heart poison'." Venerable Longmu said calmly: "I will not break my promise, but before I forgive you the heart poison, I must first check...did you try to remove the heart poison during this period of time?"

Xie Xuanyi sneered in his heart.

He knew—

How could a cultivator who was dragged into the spy network by the demon country have a good ending?

Chen Jingxuan obtained the information about the Hunhai Liexin Gu through divination...

Jialiu only knew that he had been poisoned.

As for what kind of poison it is and how to cure it, the Demon Country will definitely not let her know!

Say it.

A big hand covered Xie Xuanyi's head.

A huge shadow fell on Xie Xuanyi's heart... This time they met, it was not with the remnant soul of Jialiu.

Instead, Xie Xuanyi used "Huan Meng Li" to disguise his own heart lake into the appearance of Hun Hai Lie Xin Gu!
"Ah, very good."

A smile appeared on Venerable Longmu's face again.

This piece of heart lake was pitch black and dull... The Hunhai Heart-Splitting Gu was about to reach its late stage, and it was very sure that without the antidote from the Demon Country, Jialiu would not be able to break free from the control of the Heart-Splitting Gu.

"You did a great job. The Demon Country needs such loyal and righteous people."

Reverend Longmu smiled and said, "As an extra reward for your obedience to orders, from today on, I will remove the 'heart poison' for you. Not only for one year, but you will never have to suffer from the heart poison again in your life."

Hearing this, Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly.

Completely eradicating the heart poison, is this still the style of the demon country that I am familiar with?

next moment!
A powerful force swept over——

As the master of the Hunhai Heart-Splitting Gu, Venerable Longmu actually wanted to "destroy" the Heart Gu!

Xie Xuanyi quickly cooperated.

The turbid heart lake returns to clarity at an extremely fast speed!

However, the good times did not last long.

After the Hunhai Liexin Gu was removed, a ray of emerald green color was injected into Xie Xuanyi's heart lake.

"Congratulations, Jialiu. From now on, you are a member of my Xishi Lake."

Reverend Longmu spoke in a gentle voice: "You have passed the test of the demon country and completed the most difficult task."

"???"

Xie Xuanyi lowered his head in surprise.

After the Venerable Longmu removed the Hunhai Crackling Heart Gu——

Using the Soul Jade Ring, he injected the new poison into his sea of ​​consciousness!
Since it was a meeting between the souls of the original bodies, Xie Xuanyi accepted the reward from the Demon Kingdom on behalf of "Jia Liu".

The poison injected into his soul at this moment spread in his heart, and a tingling sensation also spread to his limbs and bones.

"Venerable Sir, what does this mean?"

Xie Xuanyi spoke in a hoarse voice, pretending to be confused.

"As a hero who has made great contributions to the Demon Country."

Venerable Longmu smiled and said, "I hope you can leave this turbulent land of the human race and return to the Great Marsh. This is a gift from me on behalf of the Great Sun Swallower. It is also proof of your identity. When you come to the Demon Country, you can start a new life at any time."

"Of course, you have the freedom to choose."

"If you want, you can stay in Dachu."

Xie Xuanyi smiled coldly in his heart.

Sure enough... this is the style of the demon tribe that I am familiar with!
What do you mean, if you want, you can stay in Da Chu?
This clearly means that if you dare to escape from the control of the Demon Kingdom, you will be dead!

(End of this chapter)