Embers of Sword

Chapter 9 One day, slay the demons
Yuzhu Town, Deng Mansion.

Deng Chicheng ordered the gates of the mansion to be closed and no one was allowed to go out.

What happened tonight was so horrible... Even without Deng Chicheng's order, the servants in the mansion did not dare to go out.

Everyone was waiting for Xie Xuanyi to come back.

But we waited until dawn and there was no news at all.

"That boy looks only fifteen or sixteen years old. Can he exorcise the demon alone?"

"You haven't come back for so long... Could something have happened?"

"I heard that not long ago, an immortal master passed by Yuzhu Town, provoked Tu Fei and his gang, and then was skinned and eaten!"

Several servants gathered in a corner, talking in low voices.

"Bang"——

There was a sudden loud noise outside the door, and several servants were startled.

"If you keep gossiping, get out!"

Deng Baiyi came back, full of murderous intent.

Everyone in the mansion was suddenly silent.

There are a lot of trivial things to do tonight. Tu Fei is dead and we need to dig a hole to dispose of the body.

Deng Baiyi arranged for the servants to get busy, then walked towards the main room alone. Without saying hello, she pushed the door open and walked in.

As expected, his father was packing his bags.

Deng Chicheng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw his daughter coming back, and quickly said, "Yier, you're back? Hurry up and pack up, and come with me to leave this dangerous place later!"

Previously, there were several big monsters guarding near Yuzhu Town.

If he escapes, he will definitely be discovered and eaten...

But it's different now.

The young man who crawled out of the coffin was extremely powerful. No matter what the outcome of killing the monster tonight was, at least no one would bother to follow him.

Now is a good time to escape from Yuzhu Town.

"I do not go."

After closing the door, Deng Baiyi shook her head and spoke softly, uttering three words.

"Don't go?"

Deng Chicheng was stunned for a moment.

He asked anxiously, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Closing the door of Deng Mansion is a delaying tactic.

This is an attitude and also a way of observation.

If the young man successfully slays the demon and returns, he won't mind offering him gold and silver to ward off disaster...

But the fear is that driving the wolf will swallow the tiger!

The young man who killed the big monster is more difficult to deal with and more violent than the monster itself!

No matter which side it is, Deng Chicheng can't afford to offend them.

Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy.

"Father……"

Deng Baiyi's expression was calmer than ever before.

She pulled over a wooden chair, sat in front of Deng Chicheng, and said softly, "I know exactly what I'm saying and what I'm doing."

Deng Chicheng looked at his daughter blankly.

It seemed that since half a year ago, he felt that... his daughter was a little different from before.

I can't tell what has changed.

It seems like it’s his spirit, it seems like his eyes, in short, his entire temperament has undergone a drastic change!
Deng Chicheng began to be unable to understand his daughter's absurd behavior.

A coffin was dug up from the wilderness!

Then, despite my own objections, I insisted on having a ghost relationship with the "dead person" in the coffin!

But what happened tonight made him understand a truth.

Maybe not everything my daughter did was wrong.

If that young man hadn't crawled out of the coffin, the entire Deng family would have been wiped out tonight!
"The 'dead man' will win."

Deng Baiyi looked into his father's eyes and said calmly, "It's not a wise move to run away."

"He can even kill those monsters... wouldn't it be easier for him to kill us?"

Deng Chicheng spoke subconsciously.

The sword that the young man had used to instantly kill Tu Fei was too fast and too efficient.

Even now, he was still terrified and shaking uncontrollably.

This is actually a normal reaction.

Faced with this situation, anyone would feel terrified... Of course ants would be afraid of giant elephants, and the gap between him and Xie Xuanyi was even greater than this.

"If they wanted to kill me, they would have killed me long ago."

Deng Baiyi continued calmly: "You are too afraid of death. This will make it easier for you to die."

Deng Chicheng opened his mouth and found that he could not refute.

"I know you've always been curious about why I want to bring back that coffin, and why I want to marry a 'dead person'?"

Deng Baiyi stroked her temples.

She sat in the dark room, thinking for a long time, and said seriously: "I met a person. A very strange person, a person whose words become prophecies and all come true. That person said that I survived a great disaster and will have good fortune in the future. That person said that I will have a great opportunity... I want to take a gamble."

"I'm going to stay here and wait for him to come back."

……

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As the night ends and the day dawns, the haze dissipates.

"Hua La La." In Yuzhu Town, paper money was floating on the long street.

Xie Xuanyi carried Jiang Huang on his back and walked slowly in this dilapidated town.

Because he had hit Jiang Huang too hard back then, both of his legs are still broken. Even after transforming, he is unable to walk freely.

Besides, the little girl's soul was seriously injured. After saying a few words, she fell asleep again... Xie Xuanyi had no choice but to take off his coat, wrap her up, and carry her on his back.

After several hours, I returned to the "old place".

Only then did Xie Xuanyi realize that Yuzhu Town was indeed a town with a very gloomy aura.

This town is actually no different from a dead town. The long streets are littered with fallen leaves and paper money. Even when the sun rises, it still looks gloomy and eerie.

No one went out at all.

Most of the houses and mansions are dilapidated and deserted.

But, every household has big red lanterns hanging at the door, and several households have large paper figures leaning outside their doors.

What meets the eye is a bleak and gray scene, which makes people not want to stay any longer.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi sighed softly, feeling it was a pity.

Perhaps it is because his vital energy has been depleted and he is unable to practice.

Since Da Chu chose to recall the garrison commander, it was equivalent to giving up this piece of territory.

Since the royal family chose to give up, there was no reason for the common people to hold on.

"I am back."

Xie Xuanyi returned to the door of Deng's house, reached out to press the bronze door, and spoke at the same time.

This call was certainly not asking someone to open the door.

With a dull thud, the bolt of the bronze door was shaken off. Xie Xuanyi walked into the mansion calmly, watching the scene in the mansion quickly change from bustling to extremely quiet as expected, as well as dozens of fearful glances cast at him.

He first reached out to dust off his clothes, then picked up the teacup on the stone table and took a sip. Finally, he took the little girl off his back, handed her to a pale-faced nanny, and told the latter to go to the guest room to change Jiang Huang into suitable clothes.

After doing this.

Xie Xuanyi sat in front of the stone table, holding the teacup above his head, looking at it and waiting quietly.

The main room at the end of the mansion.

Deng Baiyi heard the noise outside, leaned against the wooden door, and took three deep breaths.

Deng Baiyi calmed down and pushed the door open. She sat opposite Xie Xuanyi and smiled, "Are you back?"

Xie Xuanyi put down the teacup and said nothing. He also smiled and looked at the woman.

Deng Baiyi raised his chin, looked outside the mansion, and asked again: "Have you finished killing them all?"

"of course."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "What about you, have you thought of a reply?"

Deng Baiyi did not answer this question directly.

"I've thought about it a long time ago."

She looked directly into Xie Xuanyi's eyes and asked seriously, "I just have a question. If I give you an answer, will you take me with you?"

"You should know that you have no bargaining power."

Xie Xuanyi took another sip of tea.

Although they had only been together for half a night, he already knew exactly what Deng Baiyi was planning.

Born in troubled times and in the desolate land of Northern County, having such a pretty face is actually a disaster.

If you have no one to rely on, you will become someone else's plaything.

Tu Fei is dead, but there will be another one.

This woman is no ordinary person. She dares to risk her life and property to marry a dead person in order to bet on an absurd prophecy coming true.

Now the first step has been successful.

Deng Baiyi certainly knew that she had no bargaining power.

However, this might be her only chance in this life...she needs to be brave before she can get what she wants.

"I want to leave here."

Deng Baiyi stared straight into Xie Xuanyi's eyes and said word by word: "I don't need anything else, I just want 'freedom'. Not to be trapped in Beijun, not to have to look at other people's faces, and not to become someone else's plaything."

Her voice trembled a little when she said this.

But when she spoke later, her voice became calm.

"There is no real freedom, and few people in this world can truly achieve what you call 'freedom'."

Xie Xuanyi glanced at the woman and said calmly, "If you just want to leave Yuzhu Town, you don't have to follow me. I can arrange a Feng Shui treasure land for the Deng family. In the next twenty years, they will definitely not be disturbed by monsters."

Hearing this, Deng Chicheng's eyes lit up.

Leaving Beijun, this is what many people dream of?
The border checkpoints are heavily guarded. Ordinary people who want to go south and enter the country "reasonably and legally" need to go through layers of review. Just the pass document today is something that the Deng family cannot obtain even if they spend all their wealth.

This is definitely a great opportunity!

But facing the conditions proposed by Xie Xuanyi, Deng Baiyi's expression did not change at all.

She just shook her head slightly and uttered: "This...is not what I want."

This one sentence wiped out all the smile on Deng Chicheng's face, and his expression was uglier than crying.

"So what do you want? What do you call freedom?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled faintly.

In fact, he had a clear mind, but he just deliberately didn't break the last layer of window paper.

"Practice!"

Deng Baiyi spoke in a deep voice, each word was sonorous: "I want to practice with you. If there is a chance one day, I also want to control the flying sword and kill demons!"

　Thanks to my good brother Zhihan for being the leader and strongly recommending "Wu Fu".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)