Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

If Shishi were just an ordinary fierce corpse, a fierce corpse without intelligence, the Demon Sword Sect wouldn't care so much.

The key point is that, according to the Demon Sword Sect's recent investigation, Shishi possesses sentience.

Most importantly, Shishi will be able to use her martial arts techniques, specifically those of the Longevity Sword Sect.

It should be noted that ever since the Longevity Sword Sect split up, the Demon Sword Sect and the Sword Inquiry Sect have become weaker with each generation, and have lost many of their cultivation techniques.

The Longevity Sword Sect used to have Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators in charge, but now the Demon Sword Sect, let alone Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators, even reaching the Integration stage is extremely difficult.

For the Demon Sword Sect today, Shishi is a living treasure trove of cultivation techniques, which can bring great prosperity to the Demon Sword Sect!
Moreover, for the Demon Sword Sect, all they need to do is welcome back their ancestor, Shishi.

Then they can legitimately proclaim to the outside world that the Demon Sword Sect is the true successor of the Longevity Sword Sect!
"Jian Yun, Jian Yan, who is your Ancestor Wen Bing? I don't know!"

Nangong Yan naturally knew that Wen Bing was Cao Meng's adopted daughter, Shi Shi, but she was just trying to fool Jian Yun and Jian Yan.

So what if they don't admit it? This is the Hehuan Sect, what can they do?
"Nangong Yan, stop pretending!"

Jian Yun was furious when he saw that Nangong Yan dared to do something but not to admit it.

“Fellow Daoist Nangong, our Demon Sword Sect is willing to offer three seventh-tier spirit swords as a price to welcome back Ancestor Wen Bing.”

Compared to the straightforward Jian Yun, Jian Yan was more polite.

Although the Demon Sword Sect suffered some setbacks this year, it still has some assets and can produce three seventh-tier spirit swords!

"I disagree!"

Before Nangong Yan could agree, Cao Meng spoke up first.

Shishi was brought back by him, not by Nangong Yan, so the other party has no right to claim ownership.

"Kid, who do you think you are? Do you have any right to speak here?"

Jianyun, with his fiery temper, immediately took a dislike to Cao Meng.

"Senior, the old bald monk from Jinfo Temple said something similar to me back then, and now the grass on his grave is all that tall!"

Cao Meng didn't tolerate Jian Yun either. Was the Void Refinement stage really that impressive?
I've even met powerful beings at the Tribulation Transcending stage, this old guy probably hasn't even met one yet!
"Cao Meng, stop talking nonsense! They don't have any graves at all. You released the Snow Maiden to eat them all, not even a scrap of flesh was left!"

"I, the princess, personally witnessed millions of bald monks in the entire Golden Buddha Temple being fed to the Snow Maiden by you!"

Hongqi, nestled in Cao Meng's arms, raised her paw and spoke, seemingly exposing Cao Meng, but inadvertently giving him a boost!
"Pink-furred fox, don't talk nonsense. I'm helping them return to the world!"

When Cao Meng was scolding Hong Qi, he also gave her a spiritual fruit.

Is this a reprimand? This is clearly encouragement!
"Fizz!"

Some guests gasped upon hearing this.

Although the top power, Golden Buddha Temple, was destroyed, everyone knows it was related to Cao Meng.

However, everyone thought that the people of Jinfo Temple were killed by that powerful being, but now they have learned that those hundreds of people were taken by Cao Meng to feed the Snow Maiden.

In addition, the corpse disaster in the Liuyun Dynasty was also caused by Cao Meng, with no fewer than several million dead and injured!

Cao Meng is so ruthless at such a young age. Who knows how many people he will kill in the future? He is a born devil!
"You are Cao Meng, the one who instigated the powerful to destroy the Golden Buddha Temple!"

Jian Yun then remembered Cao Meng's identity, but the threat Cao Meng posed made his expression turn sour.

"Senior, you jest! I was merely eliminating a scourge for the Eastern Dao Continent!"

Cao Meng felt that his destruction of the Golden Buddha Temple with the old living Buddha was for the good of the Eastern Region Daozhou, to prevent the ignorant masses from being bewitched by the evil monks of the Golden Buddha Temple.

After gesturing for Jian Yun to shut up, Jian Yan turned to Nangong Yan and said:

"Fellow Daoist Nangong, what's your opinion on this matter?"

On his way to the Hehuan Sect, Jianyan had read Cao Meng's information and knew that this kid was no pushover, especially when it came to verbal sparring.

Therefore, Jianyan didn't talk to Cao Meng at all, but instead talked to Nangong Yan.

"That bastard rejected it for me!"

Although Nangong Yan was very tempted by the three seventh-tier spirit swords, she still refused them.

She knew Shishi's special status; if the Demon Sword Sect were to take Shishi away for the sake of three seventh-tier spirit swords, it would be disastrous.

You should know that the Demon Sword Sect's inheritance is incomplete now, yet it can already stand on equal footing with the Joyful Union Sect.

If the Demon Sword Sect takes Shishi away and completes the inheritance of the Longevity Sword Sect, the Demon Sword Sect might have several more Nascent Soul cultivators in less than a thousand years.

At that time, the Joyful Union Sect will probably not be able to stand on equal footing with the Demon Sword Sect.

The three seventh-tier spirit swords obtained through the trade will likely be snatched back by the Demon Sword Sect, and the Joyful Union Sect will even have to submit to them.

Moreover, Nangong Yan secretly observed Shishi and guessed that Shishi's previous cultivation level was at least at the Integration Stage.

With enough blood and food, one can quickly recover their strength.

Therefore, Nangong Yan and even the entire Hehuan Sect would not allow the Demon Sword Sect to take Shishi away.

Moreover, once the higher-ups of the Hehuan Sect are completely certain of Shishi's sense of belonging to the sect, they will arrange for blood sacrifices to help her recover her strength.

As fate would have it, Shishi also arrived at Yaochi Qiongtan at that very moment.

"Cao Meng!"

As soon as Shishi arrived, she hugged Cao Meng's arm.

In front of Jianyun and Jianyan, Cao Meng reached out and pinched Shishi's little face.

These two old bastards don't give me any face, so don't blame me for bullying your Demon Sword Sect's ancestor right in front of you.

"My two senior uncles are Ancestor Wen Bing!"

The Demon Sword Sect Master, Nine-Flower Sword Demon, recognized Shishi at a glance.

Jianyun and Jianyan also turned their gazes to Shishi. Seeing Cao Meng and Shishi being so intimate, they couldn't help but scold them:
"Boy, you must be Cao Meng, the one who bewitched my ancestor Wen Bing!"

"Releasing Ancestor Wen Bing right now!"

Although they had long heard that their ancestor had become very close to Cao Meng after turning into a living corpse.

Having witnessed this scene with my own eyes, I still couldn't help but get angry.

At the same time, they both harbored some resentment towards Shishi, the ancestor:

Ancestor Wenbing, you existed a million years ago, can't you be a little more reserved?

Your behavior makes us younger generation lose face!

Unfazed by Jian Yun and Jian Yan's reprimands, Cao Meng retaliated by saying to Shi Shi:

"Shishi, call me master, and I'll give you something delicious later!"

"Owner!"

Without hesitation, Shishi immediately called him "Master" in a soft and adorable voice, then looked at Cao Meng expectantly, ready to ask for a reward.

"So good!"

Cao Meng handed a jade bottle containing his own blood essence to Shi Shi as a reward.

Shishi was overjoyed when she received the jade bottle. If she drank it sparingly, it would last her for several days!

"You've gone too far, junior!"

Jianyun was furious when he saw his ancestor being raised as a maid by Cao Meng.

Shishi is the ancestor of their Demon Sword Sect, and now Shishi is calling Cao Meng "Master".

In name only, Cao Meng became the master of their Demon Sword Sect.

Just as Jian Yun was about to lose his temper, Nangong Yan spoke up and rebuked him, saying:
"What, does your Demon Sword Sect want to make a move against my Joyful Union Sect?"

As soon as Nangong Yan spoke, several Void Refinement stage elders of the Hehuan Sect, including Xi Feng, appeared.

With Xi Feng and the others plus Nangong Yan, there are exactly eight people, who were the previous eight peak masters of the Hehuan Sect.

If they wanted to make a move on the territory of the Hehuan Sect, it wouldn't be because Nangong Yan looked down on Jian Yun and Jian Yan, let alone them.

Even if the Demon Sword Sect were to unleash its full power and have its Nascent Soul stage ancestor appear, they would still suffer a loss!
"Seniors, if you give me 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones, I will not interfere in Shishi's affairs with you!"

"As long as Shishi is willing to leave with you, I will not stop her!" Cao Meng was planning to make a quick buck with the spirit stones. As for Shishi, he absolutely trusted her and knew she wouldn't run away.

Cao Meng estimated that as long as he could collect 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones, the difference in spirit stones needed to upgrade his Nascent Soul stage cultivation would not be significant!
"really?"

Upon hearing this, Jianyan thought it was feasible.

Five hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones may sound like a lot, but for the two Void Refinement stage elders, it's just a tiny bit!

Moreover, these spirit stones were not provided by them personally, but by the sect.

"Seniors, who in the entire Eastern Dao Continent doesn't know that I, Cao Meng, am a man of my word!"

Cao Meng patted his chest and assured everyone that everyone knew his character.

Jian Yan's lips twitched involuntarily. Putting aside everyone in the Eastern Region Dao Continent, he knew that Cao Meng was a bad person and a pure demonic cultivator.

"You damned brat, you've stolen my thunder!"

Nangong Yan flashed to Cao Meng's side and gave him a few roasted chestnuts.

Doesn't he know that Nangong Yan is here? Does this bastard have the right to speak?

"You rebellious disciple, are you confident?"

Consort Duanmu came to Cao Meng's side and asked him a question via telepathy.

What Consort Duanmu wanted to ask was actually what Nangong Yan also wanted to ask.

"rest assured!"

Cao Meng gave Duanmu Fei and Nangong Yan a reassuring look. After all, would he have dared to say such a thing if he wasn't confident?
Nangong Yan feigned hesitation for a moment, then said:

"No, you need to add another seventh-tier spirit sword!"

Nangong Yan felt that since she was going to slay the Demon Sword Sect, she should do it ruthlessly, since the opportunity was rare.

When Jianyan and Jianyun heard that they were to add a seventh-tier spirit sword to their bets, they hesitated.

They brought three seventh-tier spirit swords with them to redeem Shishi.

Using it as a bet now is indeed too risky.

It would be great if we won, but I'm afraid of losing!

Since it concerned a seventh-tier spiritual weapon, Jian Yun and Jian Yan discussed it for a while and then took out a communication jade talisman to ask the patriarch of the Demon Sword Sect for instructions.

"it is good!"

A moment later, Jian Yun and Jian Yan received a reply from their sect's patriarch, who agreed to the Hehuan Sect's request.

It's a bit risky, but every little bit helps.

"But we demand that your Hehuan Sect swear an oath!"

Before the delivery, Jianyan asked the Hehuan Sect to swear an oath, since they were all demonic sects and everyone knew each other's ways.

After the Hehuan Sect also swore an oath, Jianyan took out a blood-red seventh-tier spirit sword and handed it to Nangong Yan.

Jian Yun gave Jiu Hua Sword Demon, the sect leader of the Demon Sword Sect, a look, and the latter wisely took out 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones from his storage ring and handed them to Cao Meng.

After receiving the spirit stones, Cao Meng began to count them to avoid being fooled.

Nangong Yan then began to examine the seventh-tier spirit sword. After her examination, she exclaimed in surprise:
"This demonic sword must have been sacrificed to tens of millions of people to possess such ferocity!"

It's no secret that the Demon Sword Sect likes to sacrifice living beings to their swords.

According to the Demon Sword Sect's theory, humans, the spirit of heaven and earth, and the most intelligent of all things, are the best objects for sacrificing to the sword.

Therefore, humans are often used to sacrifice to the sword to increase its power.

However, the cost of having millions of people sacrifice themselves to forge a single sword is indeed quite high!

Jianyun and Jianyan ignored Nangong Yan and instead turned their attention to Shishi.

"Ancestor Wen Bing, the Hehuan Sect are all ruthless, heartless, and profit-driven people!"

Jian Yun had barely uttered half a sentence when Nangong Yan interrupted him, warning him:
"Jian Yun, watch your mouth!"

Is it okay to just fool people? Why resort to verbal attacks against the Hehuan Sect? Do you want to get beaten up?

"Ancestor Wenbing~"

Jianyun spoke again, but was interrupted once more. This time, the one who interrupted him was none other than Shishi.

"I am Shishi, not Wen Bing!"

Because of her inquiry into the Daoist ladder, Shishi already knew about her relationship with Wen Bing.

In addition, she has also regained some of her memories during this time.

But she didn't want to be Wen Bing; she just wanted to be the carefree Shi Shi.

Shishi's words left Jianyun speechless, unsure how to respond.

Jianyan felt fortunate that he had come; otherwise, with Jianyun's personality, what could he possibly handle?
"Ancestor, the people of the Joyful Union Sect abandoned you for a mere fifty million low-grade spirit stones and a seventh-order spirit sword. It is clear that the Joyful Union Sect is not your place!"

"Ancestor, our Demon Sword Sect is the Demon Sword lineage of the Sword Sect, and is your sect. Please come back to our sect with us!"

Jianyan distanced Shishi from the Hehuan Sect by belittling it, and solemnly explained the relationship between the Demon Sword Sect and the Longevity Sword Sect, attempting to awaken Shishi's sense of belonging to the sect!

"No return!"

Shishi's answer to Jianyan was just two words: her sense of belonging was with Cao Meng, and had little to do with the Hehuan Sect or the Wenjian Sect.

"Ancestor, our Longevity Sword Sect split into the Demon Sword lineage and the Sword Inquiry lineage in its early years. Our orthodox Demon Sword lineage is in dire need of rebuilding and needs you to take charge and lead our Demon Sword lineage to restore the glory of the Sword Sect!"

As Jian Yan spoke, the Nine-Hua Sword Demon quickly led the others in echoing his words:
"Please, Ancestor, return to take charge and lead our Demon Sword lineage to restore the glory of the Sword Sect!"

Jianyan and his group are trying to use moral blackmail to force Shishi to return to the Demon Sword Sect with them.

"No return!"

"Wherever Cao Meng is, I will be there!"

Moral blackmail? Shishi won't fall for that at all.

As long as she has no morals, Jianyun and his men cannot kidnap her.

"Whee!"

Consort Duanmu chuckled, then smiled at Cao Meng:

"You rebellious disciple, your master, no, your junior sister, is quite loyal to you!"

Consort Duanmu suspected that Cao Meng had given Shishi some kind of drug to make her so devoted to him.

"necessary!"

Cao Meng was very proud, after all, he had raised Shishi himself and nurtured her with his own life essence.

"Ancestor, as long as you come back with us, we guarantee you three meals a day, each meal containing at least one Nascent Soul stage blood food, and one Deity Transformation stage blood food per month!"

"Ancestor, as long as you come back with us, we will immediately refine several first- and second-rate forces with the blood essence of hundreds of millions of living beings as a gift to celebrate your return!"

When Jianyun and Jianyan realized that moral blackmail was ineffective, they tried to lure him with blood offerings.

According to what they knew, although Shishi possessed intelligence, she was essentially a living corpse, and bloodlust was one of her seven inherent traits.

As long as the Demon Sword Sect provides enough blood offerings, I don't believe they can't bring Shishi back.

The stakes offered by Jianyun and Jianyan startled the guests.

"Hehehe!"

Nangong Yan sneered, then reminded the Demon Sword Sect of something:
"Jian Yun, Jian Yan, you should tone down your words. I'm afraid that if your Demon Sword Sect's affiliated forces heard this, they would rebel!"

If the Demon Sword Sect were truly providing food for Shishi, they certainly wouldn't be feeding her with their own disciples and followers.

They will inevitably seize power from among the subordinate forces and use those forces to feed Shishi. (End of Chapter)