347: Chapter 79: Iron-Fisted Measures 347: Chapter 79: Iron-Fisted Measures Xie Xuanyi wrote this “lenient” soul oath because
he did not want Ao Ying’s path to ascension to be cut short.
This Dragon Girl had received two great fortunes; if she could safely return to the Demon Country, ascending to the Demon Venerable was a certainty.
Given time, even reaching the status of Great Venerate was not impossible.
“Becoming a Great Venerate…”
Ao Ying took a deep breath.
She shook her head, dismissing these distant concerns.
Her immediate priority was to escape from the Great Yue Kingdom.
“The Ruyi Dao is about to seal off the entire ancient country; what are you planning to do next?”
Ao Ying looked at Xie Xuanyi.
Having made the soul oath, she felt much more at ease for some reason, perhaps because she knew Xie Xuanyi wouldn’t turn on her right now.
Her tone was considerably more relaxed when she spoke.
“Have you ever heard the name Yan Xie?”
The Flying Sword swiftly ascended.
Xie Xuanyi carried Ao Ying, climbing to the apex of the sky.
Whizz, whizz, whizz—
Streaks of light shot from the ground below, the Ruyi Dao turned into iron cavalry, firing arrows at them.
“Yan Xie…
The name seems familiar.”
Ao Ying frowned and spoke slowly, “The Demon Country Venerable once collaborated in posting a golden list within various parts of the Demon Domain, seeking the arrest of human Cultivators.
This person seems to have appeared on the list.”
“Oh?”
Xie Xuanyi smiled.
“Cultivators from the Demon Domain emerge from bloodshed.”
Ao Ying said earnestly, “As they say, ‘great rewards bring out brave men’.
The cultivators on the list, once killed, would yield enormous rewards and might even catch the attention of the Demon Venerable, or be chosen by the Great Venerable for special cultivation.
This list was drafted by Divination Masters of the Demon Domain peering into the heavens, covering two dynasties and many geniuses.
Some possess profound realms while others specialize in Magic; killing any of them would deal a heavy blow to the Human Race.”
“A Demon Domain list encompassing thousands?”
Xie Xuanyi, intrigued, asked, “Is the ‘Top Ten’ also included?”
“The ‘Top Ten’…
naturally.”
Ao Ying shook her head, saying, “Those cultivators of high caliber appearing on the list are nothing more than spectacle, something for others to watch for fun.
Those who can rank among the human ‘Top Ten’ titans could not easily be apprehended even by the Great Venerate, and unless the two races go to war, it’s unlikely such high-level cultivators perish at the borders.”
She paused, then continued, “This list was only revealed ten years ago.
At the time of its first release, the news of your death hadn’t yet reached the Demon Country.
Back then, the Divination Masters placed you at the top of the Yin God List.
Aside from the elusive ‘Top Ten’, Xie Xuanyi was the one all cultivators in the Demon Domain sought to kill.”
“And after that?”
Xie Xuanyi chuckled.
Years apart, hearing this news felt like a past life.
“Death extinguishes life like a flame going out.”
Ao Ying looked troubled as she said, “The Demon Domain magicians, through various means and channels, verified the authenticity of ‘Xie Xuanyi’s’ death.
Who would offer a bounty for a dead man?
You thus fell from the top of the list…
The prime position on the Yin God List was taken by Chen Jingxuan, the Great Chu National Master.”
“As for Yan Xie, he was also likely among the top five then.”
The Dragon Girl rubbed her temples, lost in memories: “What happened next, I don’t know…
The Demon Domain magicians updated the list, and Yan Xie was dropped from the Yin God List, with Chen Jingxuan also temporarily removed.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi thought for a moment, then understood the reason.
The Demon Domain magicians must have stolen some part of Da Chu’s fate.
Yan Xie was dropped from the list because he was confiscated by the Taoist sect, his vital energy gone…
A criminal locked in the Taoist Grotto Heaven has no need for a bounty on his head; Yan Xie had no chance of leaving the Taoist fold, let alone encountering Cultivators of the Demon Domain.
As for Chen Jingxuan’s removal,
he didn’t fully understand…
Could it be that the Demon Domain magicians, through divination, had deduced the character of this Little National Master and speculated that he wouldn’t leave the Imperial City for decades to come?
“This Yan Xie, although he joined the Taoist sect and practiced the Longevity House magic, does not count as a traditional Taoist Cultivator.”
Xie Xuanyi said with a smile: “This person’s cultivation philosophy is opposed to that of the Taoist path, and the magic he studied includes a wide variety from all over, as you’ve seen with the Three Dust Incense Fire Array.
The reason why only a few can understand it is not because it’s rare and precious but because such an Array is considered in the Taoist sect as a lowly ‘Concealing Breath’ technique.”
Taoists generally hold themselves above the fray, untainted by dust.
Enshrouded in incense amidst the dust,
this Array is deemed vulgar and unbearable.
“So what?” Ao Ying didn’t quite follow Xie Xuanyi’s point.
“If he has shown himself, he must have left measures in place.”
Xie Xuanyi said slowly: “If Yan Xie can leave a trace of Divine Thought on Qin Wanyang, he can do the same with others.”
With that, Ao Ying’s eyes brightened slightly.
She understood what Xie Xuanyi meant!
Just now, that young lord of the Qin Mansion, hiding within the Three Dust Incense Fire Array, used talismans to observe Xie Xuanyi killing, and then revealed his true body…
All were part of Yan Xie’s scheming through his Divine Thought.
“As long as he leaves a trace of Divine Thought to escape, he would consider it a great success.”
Xie Xuanyi sneered.
The main body not being present,
it was highly difficult for Yan Xie’s remaining Divine Thought to switch masters.
A fish out of water, if without it, would die almost instantly.
Even if he practiced the Demon Sect’s possession technique,
having been imprisoned by the Taoist sect for years, even with powerful Divine Thought, the residual left on Qin Wanyang being exterminated would surely be severely injured.
In light of this, the remaining Divine Thought of Yan Xie had almost no chance of successfully possessing another.
Xie Xuanyi said expressionlessly, “Those from the Qin Mansion who came here with Qin Wanyang, as well as those from the Taoist sect, must still be carrying Yan Xie’s thoughts.”