The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

"It's from my elixir."

Chi Miao's words left everyone present completely bewildered, prompting them to exclaim in unison, "Huh??"

"The nascent soul pill ingested... wait, your nascent soul pill can even eat?"

The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect couldn't help but laugh, "Pfft."

It wasn't that they were deliberately trying to laugh at Chi Miao; it was just that this was the first time in all these years they had heard such an absurd statement.

So, your nascent soul is just a glutton?

And yet it can absorb demonic energy?

It's like the old lady crawling into bed made the grandpa laugh.

Chi Miao was too lazy to explain and simply released his nascent core.

The beautiful, star-like elixir was exceptionally stunning, making one want to rub their eyes and look at it repeatedly.

The devouring power above was more powerful and dazzling than ever before.

It almost made everyone want to touch it.

Chi Miao frowned and quickly put her nascent soul back: "What are you doing! Why do you always get handsy every time I show it to you? My nascent soul!"

Everyone then came to their senses.

Yan Ge immediately recognized that this item was extraordinary: "Your nascent soul core... it's something special?"

Chi Miao: "Of course, if it allows me to use Golden Core techniques before reaching the Golden Core stage, there must be something special about it."

Yan Ge's brows relaxed, and he laughed even louder: "You said you can only use Golden Core Techniques because of this Void Core? What's the origin of this thing? It's so powerful."

Chi Miao: "Right? This thing really lives up to its reputation as a Tantric Buddhist item; it works wonders!"

Yan Ge's eyelids twitched suddenly, and the smile on his face froze instantly.

"You...you said this thing is from somewhere?"

Chi Miao repeated, "It's from Tantric Buddhism, and it's only for the use of holy maidens."

Then, Yan Ge's expression completely collapsed, as if he had been petrified and shattered into pieces.

He immediately became cautious and serious, quickly grabbing Chi Miao's shoulders and saying, "No, my goodness! Why are you stuffing all sorts of things into your clothes? Do you think the Tantric Sect is easy to mess with? If they want to cause you trouble, even if the entire Nine Swords Mountain gangs up on you, we still can't protect you! Tell me honestly, how did you steal these things? Can you give them back?!"

That stupid Tantric sect is not to be trifled with. Although they don't usually fight or compete, they are the number one sect in Miaohua Continent.

But whenever something happens that involves their disciples, they stir up trouble faster than anyone else!

Moreover, this thing is exclusively for the holy maidens of the Tantric sect throughout history! The Tantric sect's attitude towards the holy maidens is like that of some cult, wishing they could worship them as goddesses!

If they find out that Chi Miao stole their Holy Maiden's exclusive pill, wouldn't they skin Chi Miao alive?!

Chi Miao honestly explained the origin of this thing, and the more Yan Ge listened, the more his vision blurred.

Finally, he delivered the decisive blow: "As for whether we can return it, it's probably impossible. I think this thing is quite useful... Let's use it for now. Maybe by the time the Tantric sect finds me, I'll have already become an immortal, and they won't be able to do anything to me."

Yan Ge had a headache: "Who gave you the courage?"

Chi Miao: "You."

Yan Ge: "Me???"

Chi Miao took out the letter Yan Ge had left for her: "Look, it's written in black and white. You said you would protect me."

Yan Ge: "..."

good good!

Good, good, good!

He said he would protect you, but he didn't mean you could offend anyone!

"You're truly my Goddess!"

A faint sadness welled up in Yan Ge's heart.

He was plotting how to save his reckless disciple's life.

"Let's not worry about that for now. It's still uncertain whether Chi Miao will live long enough for the Tantric sect to find her," Jin Shengfei said from the side.

Everyone: "?"

Chi Miao looked over as well: "What do you mean?"

Jin Shengfei said honestly, "None of the things you do every now and then seem like they're going to make you live. If you were going to die, you would have died long ago. If all else fails, just refresh yourself with a coffin. Why think so much? You even dare to absorb demonic energy."

Everyone: "..."

Ah, well, what Xiao Jin said makes sense.

Chi Miao: "..."

She continued staring at her Starry Void Core and said:

"But I genuinely felt at the time that I could devour the demonic energy."

Yan Ge: "Are you feeling unwell right now?"

Chi Miao shook his head: "No, on the contrary, I feel... I'm getting closer and closer to breaking through to the Golden Core stage."

Yan Ge asked in surprise, "You mean... not only can you absorb demonic energy, but demonic energy can also accelerate your cultivation?"

Chi Miao nodded: "Moreover, I can feel that the Dao essence on my body has become more solid. It seems that this demonic energy really does contain some Dao essence."

This left everyone completely bewildered.

"That shouldn't be the case!"

The Heavenly Dao has severed all paths to obtaining Dao essence, so why is there Dao essence within demonic energy?

Moreover... how could this demonic energy appear on the sword intent of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples?

Chi Miao boldly speculated: "Is it possible that... the Heavenly Sword Sect has long been colluding with the Demon Clan, and the source of the curse is demonic energy, hidden within the Enlightenment Stone Wall? Anyone who tries to comprehend sword intent through the Enlightenment Stone Wall will unknowingly be cursed! Is that why the Heavenly Sword Ancestor had Feng Yan and the others lead me into the Enlightenment Stone Wall?"

It was no secret that the Heavenly Sword Ancestor wanted to control her physical body.

Chi Miao's guess shocked everyone.

"The Heavenly Sword Sect is colluding with the Demon Race? This...this speculation is far too audacious!!"

"But if that's really the case, wouldn't the Heavenly Sword Sect have betrayed humanity? That's a crime punishable by the extermination of the entire clan!"

"But what Chi Miao said... is logically sound."

Everyone was shocked.

If that's really the case... then the matter of the Heavenly Sword Sect won't just be their problem anymore.

It concerns the entire cultivation world!

The Heavenly Sword Sect is one of the ten great sects that protect the human race!

Enraged, Yan Ge gripped his sword, ready to kill Feng Yan and the others on the spot: "What do you know?!"

Feng Yan and the others were so frightened they almost lost control of their bladder and bowels, and quickly explained, "We don't know anything!"

"You'd better tell the truth, or I'll have your heads chopped off!"

Yun Yao also stepped forward and spoke up: "Grandmaster, please wait. Even I don't know about this, let alone them?"

Yan Ge then calmed down.

Yun Yao's face darkened before she spoke: "Whether there is a problem with the Enlightenment Stone Wall is something that no one except my grandfather should know, but I set foot in that place when I was a child."

"I instinctively felt that the Enlightenment Stone Wall made me feel very uncomfortable, so I did not use the Enlightenment Stone Wall to comprehend sword intent back then."

"Perhaps it was because of that one act of rebellion that my father and grandfather regarded me as a disobedient abandoned child."

After saying that, her eyes dimmed.

Chi Miao squinted and said:

"I'll have to go there myself to find out what's going on with this Sword Enlightenment Stone Wall. Wasn't the Heavenly Sword Ancestor trying to lure me there? Well then, I'll turn the tables on him!"

Everyone was shocked: "You really want to go? What if there's a problem?!"

Chi Miao smiled, took out his Star Core, and said with great enthusiasm, "If there really is a problem, then... let it become my stepping stone to break through to the Golden Core stage."