Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 129 Endgame
As for the claim that inner turmoil and the devouring of humanity...

Outsiders couldn't understand it; in their eyes, Changsun Yu had simply misused the "right power."

If it were up to me, I would definitely be able to make good use of this Heart Flame, strengthen the sect, and bring blessings to Youzhou!

But if the Lingxiao Sword Sect can truly resist the temptation and be aware of the danger, then another question arises: as someone who possesses the Heartfire and even the entire Calamity Pig, will they allow Pei Xia to leave freely?
Not every sect is like Weishan, and not every senior is like a master's wife.

Xi understood the meaning behind Pei Xia's words. She lowered her eyelids slightly and asked softly, "What exactly is the demon within Changsun's body?"

Pei Xia didn't want to be mysterious, but on this question, he said, "Fundamentally, I can't explain it clearly either. I can only tell you that it originated from an ancient and powerful being called Huozhi. He was confined in the Liancheng Fire Vein of Yuezhou. For some reason, part of the fire vein was tainted by his power and flowed along the earth veins to the Nine Provinces. The fire in Changsun Yu's mind is one of those heart fires."

"When evil enters the mind, it will begin to torment one's spirit. Once one submits, those meaningless screams and madness will begin to distort one's mind. And Changsun Yu himself is not even aware of these things. No matter how heinous the act is, he will feel that it is the decision he made."

As she spoke, Pei Xia looked down at the two shocking bloody holes on Xi's ankle: "Just like what you did to you, to that female elder."

The dance leader sighed softly.

In fact, she was never angry about what she had experienced; she was only saddened by her disciple and felt sorry for Elder Xiaoyue.

Xi Chong then looked at Pei Xia: "When this so-called 'Heart Fire Calamity' affects a person, will it necessarily cause them to do something bad?"

Pei Xia thought for a moment and shook her head: "I don't know."

She then asked, "Do you also possess this power?"

Pei Xia did not answer, but her silence spoke volumes.

Xi thought for a moment and asked a very direct question: "Then how do you know that you are not already being controlled by the Calamity Pig?"

Changsun Yu also asked this question.

As Pei Xia himself said, perhaps his supposedly independent decision-making had long been influenced by the calamity.

From the early morning at the foot of Weishan Mountain, to Beishi City, to Quechao Mountain, to Lingxiao Sword Sect, is all of this really real?

Is it possible that Pei Xia is no longer Pei Xia, but he just hasn't realized it?

Ah, that's a really chilling possibility when you think about it.

Fortunately, Pei Xia doesn't like to dwell on things. He scratched his head and laughed, "As long as I'm still fighting against the Calamity Pig, it doesn't matter whether it's real or fake."

Xi looked at him and nodded silently.

Lu Li brought back four sesame cakes, gave one to Pei Xia, one to a stranger, and kept one for herself.

After finishing the meal with just water, it was time to rest.

Pear looked left and right, and after a while, she thought herself very sensible and ran to a corner far away from the fire to curl up.

The moon rose, and the chirping of insects and owls echoed through the woods.

With her legs bent and unable to move easily, Xi sat sideways by the fire, sticking out her little tongue and lightly licking the grease off her fingertips.

He said, "Thank you for telling me about the 'disaster pig' thing. I think there must be other reasons why you're willing to be honest, right?"

Whether it's a fiery heart or a cursed pig, Pei Xia can simply use "I don't know" as an excuse. If the dance master doesn't keep his mouth shut, it will only harm him if word gets out.

But Pei Xia still spoke up.

The fire crackled, and after staring at it for a while, he said, "I have an older brother... no, I have a friend named Xu Shangxin. She's quite talented and has a good personality..."

"Look, I've caused such a big commotion on the top of Qingfeng Peak. She and my other friend are probably under the watch of the Lingxiao Sword Sect by now."

“I’ve already been honest with you. We’re not bad people, so when I let you go back to the Lingxiao Sword Sect, you have to make sure you don’t make things difficult for them.”

"Besides, I've been thinking, since you just lost your apprentice, the Linlang music and dance needs a good successor. You could consider Xu Shangxin. That girl is really nice, much better than Changsun Yu..."

Xi sat with her legs bent by the fire, listening to Pei Xia's abacus beads bouncing off her face one by one.

She wanted to remind Pei Xia that her deceased apprentice was killed by him, and it wasn't "just in time".

But in the end, she listened to Pei Xia's rare, incessant chatter.

After a moment of contemplation, he nodded: "When we return to the sect, I will give her a chance."

Pei Xia breathed a sigh of relief. Although their contact was brief, both Pei Xia and Xi had noticed that beneath their contrasting outward personalities lay very similar underlying traits.

However, what Pei Xia used to cover up these traits was his casualness and dissoluteness, while Xi was indifferent and aloof.

Take Changsun Yu, for example. He was her disciple, but if the roles were reversed, Xi Wu would also choose to kill him.

This is probably the main reason why she was able to understand Pei Xia.

……

On this day, the Lingxiao Sword Sect experienced the most tumultuous day in its history.

The decisive battle of the sword-testing tournament, which seemed poised to see Changsun Yu win the championship, ultimately devolved into a chaotic brawl.

The turmoil it caused has not yet subsided.

Hearing the occasional whooshing sounds outside and the still bright lights, Xia Xuan couldn't help but turn around and look at Fu Hongshuang, who was sitting in the room eating honeydew melon.

"Master, why aren't you worried at all?"

Xia Xuan sighed and sat down next to Fu Hongshuang: "Didn't you say that Xi Wu's body is still weak and she hasn't recovered? What if Pei Xia does something to her?"

"Hey~ relax~"

Fu Hongshuang waved her hand, "That kid is bad on the surface, but he wouldn't do such beastly things as burning, killing, raping, and looting."

After finishing the melon, Fu Jianling wiped the melon seeds off his face and then sucked on his fingers.

Xia Xuan listened to her master's words and felt even more puzzled: "I feel like you have a pretty good impression of him?"

Fu Hongshuang tilted her head and thought for a moment, her smooth long hair cascading down her shoulders like flowing water: "It's alright, apart from being greedy, lustful, shameless, and reckless, she doesn't have any other flaws."

"..."

Xia Xuan didn't dare roll her eyes in front of her master, so she could only stick out her tongue: "Then you didn't hold back on Green Peak either?"

“He left without being asked, so he’s lucky,” Fu Hongshuang said, narrowing her eyes slightly. “I said your great master died because of him, so as his disciple, I have to stand up for him.”

Xia Xuan nodded at first, but after nodding for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "But I remember that Grandmaster died of illness caused by depression."

Fu Hongshuang said, "Yes, it's because of Pei Xia that I've been feeling depressed."

Back then, when Fu Hongshuang was traveling, she received a message from her master, urgently needing a Yuezhou earth vein fire seed for medicine.

It was during this search that I met Pei Xia.

At that time, Pei Xia was also searching for the seed of fire veins, as he wanted to cultivate the fire virtue body in the ancient method of "Supporting Heaven".

The two did travel together for a while, but one was a senior martial arts expert and the other was a time-traveling child. Each had their own ulterior motives, and they were constantly pulling and tugging at each other along the way, neither of them being very respectable.

At that time, Fu Hongshuang was already at the Transformation Realm, and her cultivation was far superior to Pei Xia's. However, she was unable to enter the depths of the Fire Vein. No matter how she threatened or tempted Pei Xia, he ignored her and forcibly extracted the Fire Seed using only the ancient method of physical body.

He once told Xu Shangxin that he had never worn any red bodysuit.

That's true. Fishermen from the Yuezhou Islands saw the East Sea Superman covered in red skin. It wasn't clothes; it was burns from being burned by fire.

When Fu Hongshuang found Pei Xia again, he had already reached the final step of refining, and only needed to be tempered with the water of the East Sea to achieve the Fire Virtue Body.

This refers to the rumored eruption of the fire vein and the dense fog over the East China Sea.

Xia Xuan suddenly realized, "Oh—so, it was because of the lack of this crucial fire-elemental elixir that Grandmaster's illness was not cured, and he died of depression?"

Fu Hongshuang scratched her head, her expression somewhat subtle.

"No, your great-grandfather was trying to cure his dog, but the dog died instead, and that's when your great-grandfather became depressed."

Xia Xuan stood there, stunned, and blinked at Fu Hongshuang.

Fu Hongshuang understood her feelings, and the current sword leader touched his nose and hummed in agreement.

(End of this chapter)