The fastest and most direct way to undo the curse is to fulfill the contract from that year!

Cang Tianji suspects my motives, and not without reason!

I responded blandly, "What do you want to say? Talk about righteousness, or about the concerns of the world?"

"Before you speak, I want to ask you a question. If what's being suppressed under the Burial God Snow Mountain is Houqing's corpse, would you give up?"

Cang Tianji couldn't help but grip his blind man's stick, and after a long while, he said, "No!"

"However, I believe Houqing's corpse isn't a vicious demon. Because a zombie with only a trace of Houqing's bloodline isn't worth the effort for a sorcerer to suppress."

I smiled, "I only need to hear the first two words."

"However, how can you be sure that what I'm going to do is release the vicious demon, rather than completely eliminate it?"

Before Cang Tianji could speak, I continued, "The reason the Ye family is plagued by a curse is because the descendants of Ye Qianyang didn't fulfill the agreement with the demon god."

"Demon gods have never been known for their magnanimity. Ye Qianyang and his descendants not fulfilling the agreement is tantamount to playing with the demon god."

"Even if we do our best to remedy the situation and let the demon god be born, there will be no good ending."

"The first to be killed by the demon god after it is born will be us. In the end, all it will do is change the method of torture to give us a quick death."

My voice turned cold, "In my opinion, death by slow slicing is death, and death by beheading is also death. With the same result, why should I risk my life to exchange it for a different way to die?"

"If you're going to risk your life, you might as well go all out and fight for immortality."

I said in a deep voice, "Do you think that if I wasn't aiming to slay a god, would I have needed to seize the Demon Suppression Tablet and turn against the Samsara Division?"

Cang Tianji frowned, "Isn't this part of your plan?"

I laughed, "You're overthinking it!"

"Cang Tianji, you've actually made a huge mistake. That is, it's not me unlocking the seal, but me resealing the vicious demon."

"Also, how can you be sure that the place I'm going to is definitely a node of the Demon Suppression Formation?"

Cang Tianji was stunned by my question, and then said with a hint of anger, "Are you being deliberately unreasonable?"

I said coldly, "Cang Tianji, I'm talking to you calmly now. If I wanted to argue, I wouldn't be acting like this."

"You're also a sorcerer, you should know the characteristics of Demon Suppression Treasures."

"Although Demon Suppression Treasures are only useful against demonic creatures, they won't turn into things that are specifically used to kill people."

After briefly recounting the legend of Qingyan Village, I asked in return, "If what the mountain herders of Qingyan Village brought down from the mountain back then was a Demon Suppression Treasure, how could the entire village have died without a single survivor?"

"And why would this place have turned into a ghost village that only eats people?"

Cang Tianji said unconvinced, "Maybe the Demon Suppression Treasure has fallen into the hands of that old merchant, and he turned around and slaughtered Qingyan Village."

I nodded, "It's not impossible for the situation you described to be true."

"Taking a step back, even if your guess is correct, doesn't it just prove that the pillars controlling the limbs of the vicious demon have long been broken?"

"This..." Cang Tianji was speechless for a moment.

I continued, "I must find out what happened in Qingyan Village."

"If, as you said, this place is a node of the Demon Suppression Formation, then I will repair the formation."

"If there are accomplices of the vicious demon hidden here, or things that are beneficial to the vicious demon, then I will start here and gradually slay the demons and kill the gods."

Cang Tianji said with surprise, "Are you really Li Po? As far as I know, you never talk about righteousness, and even despise the way of chivalry."

I sneered, "Righteousness is never something to talk about."

"People with a real bottom line never call themselves heroes, let alone act like heroes!"

"Heroes can save people, but they can't save the world!"

"Heroes can seal demons, but they can never slay them!"

"Only the demonic path can slay demons."

"You..." Cang Tianji was stunned for a long time before slowly saying, "Perhaps, you're right!"

Chivalry can be said to be a kind of character. However, chivalry is too righteous, and can only become a clear stream in a turbid world, but not a turbulent flood that washes away the turbid world. Those who can change the world and sweep away the universe are definitely not chivalrous people.

I looked at Cang Tianji and said, "Our philosophies don't align, so we may not be able to cooperate. Thank you for buying me time. Let's part ways here! You'll be more comfortable on the Samsara Division's side."

Cang Tianji suddenly slammed his blind man's stick on the ground, "Li Po, you tricked me into coming here, and now you say that our philosophies don't align? You..."

Before Cang Tianji could finish speaking, he suddenly turned to the door, "Killing intent, why did it activate ahead of time?"

As I followed his gaze to the door, Cang Tianji suddenly stood up, "The Samsara Division should be careful, after three quarters of an hour, disciples with the surnames Wang, Liu, and Zhao will die."

After Cang Tianji finished speaking, Cai Wenyan shouted, "All those with these three surnames, stand up now. Gather together, quickly."

"Wait!" Du Song said from outside the door, "Please tell us, Commander Tianji, where will those disciples with the three surnames die?"