Sword Sect Little Demon Child, Three and a Half Years Old and Extremely Fierce

Wei Cangxuan thought for a moment, then continued:

"Later they came out and went home."

"The Demon Lord returned to the Demon Realm to quell the chaos, Qingmeng returned to the Qingyun Sect to take over. I, too, returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"I thought this matter was over and we could go our separate ways."

"However, some people don't want them to have peace."

"The strategist has devised another plan: to kidnap Fu Yan and threaten the Demon Lord and Qing Meng."

"For someone at the Void Refinement stage to capture a mere Qi Refining stage child is an easy task, simpler than crushing an ant."

"As it turned out, I was just passing by and happened to save him."

"When that Void Refinement stage thug saw me, he ran faster than a rabbit."

"In short, that's the whole story."

Wei Cangxuan's mouth was dry from talking, so he took another sip of tea.

Looking up, I saw three people happily munching on watermelons.

The sounds of people chewing cucumbers rose and fell, like a group of rabbits grazing.

"...Should I buy you some proper sunflower seeds?"

Wen Zhiya chewed on a cucumber: "If you have any, that would be best. Preferably spiced."

Wei Cangxuan glared at him

That look contained the anger of "I'm talking about something serious and you guys are just gossiping."

There's also the contradiction of "but I do kind of want to eat it."

Jingyuan coughed, bringing the topic back on track.

"Let's get down to business. What exactly are those old fogies trying to do? They've gone through all this trouble, going through hundreds of years of ups and downs, it can't all be for fun, can it?"

Wangji nodded:

"A plan that has been in place for over a hundred years, with decades of planning and decades of execution, that kind of patience could have grown into a forest if you used it to plant trees."

Wei Cangxuan also put away his joking expression.

The smile on his face was wiped clean as if it had been wiped away with a rag.

He said, "Their time is coming to an end."

Jing Yuan was taken aback, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

"Yes, those old fogies, the youngest of them has lived for five thousand years. The lifespan of a Mahayana cultivator is only five or six thousand years. If they can't ascend soon, then they should..."

Elder Wangji added for him: "vanished into thin air."

These four words were spoken very softly.

But to everyone's ears, it sounded as heavy as a stone.

Wen Zhiya tentatively asked, "So they want to..."

"Ascension." Wei Cangxuan nodded.

"But ascension requires undergoing tribulation. And undergoing tribulation requires preparation."

"The tribulations of the Mahayana period cannot be overcome simply by wishing to."

"It requires the right timing, the right location, and the right people."

"Most importantly: you need enough luck."

He paused.

"Luck is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is the hard currency for overcoming tribulations."

"If your luck isn't good enough, heavenly lightning will turn you to ashes; if your luck is good enough, the lightning can even help temper your body after striking you."

"The same tribulation can be called 'ascension' for those with good fortune, and 'cremation' for those without."

Wen Zhiya gasped.

"So, they've been creating a conflict between immortals and demons for over a hundred years just to refine the destiny of both realms?"

Jing Yuan slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"It would be best to have another war between immortals and demons, so that all the high-ranking figures, geniuses, and fortunes of both realms can be gathered together. Then, we can use a magic array to refine them together, and the fortunes of both realms will belong to them."

Wangji recited a Buddhist chant.

"One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand. How many corpses must they tread upon to ascend to immortality?"

Wei Cangxuan did not deny it.

Wen Zhiya then asked a very practical question:

"Sect Master, do you have any evidence?"

Wei Cangxuan shook his head.

"no."

Jing Yuan was stunned for a moment, then finally sighed:

"The Myriad Immortals Alliance is a place that follows rules. Without evidence, it's slander. If you slander a few Mahayana stage elders, the Heavenly Sword Sect will be scorned."

Wei Cangxuan leaned back in his chair, his tone as if he were talking about something rather pointless:

"If I have evidence, I'll flip the table today and utterly crush those old bastards."

Wangji shook his head:

"The four Mahayana schools. And that's just what's on the surface."

"Behind them are also old noble families from the demon realm, reclusive families from the cultivation world, and evil cultivation organizations..."

"These people are deeply entrenched, like the roots of a tree, you can't dig them all out."

"Furthermore, if the Myriad Immortals Alliance has already been infiltrated and controlled, we have no chance of winning at all. Even if you, Sect Master, are capable of fighting, can you take on four at once?"

The entire hall fell silent.

a long time.

Wei Cangxuan spoke frankly: "I can't beat them, but I can run away."

Wangji paused for a moment, then asked, "...And then what happened?"

Wei Cangxuan did not answer.

The hall fell silent again.

Wen Zhiya broke the silence: "Then what should we do?"

Wei Cangxuan thought for a moment.

"I gave them a piece of my mind today, so they shouldn't make any big moves anytime soon."

"But this peace won't last long."

"They need to ascend to immortality and undergo tribulation; time waits for no one."

"The deadline is fast approaching; we can't afford to delay it."

Jing Yuan raised his head: "So, Sect Master, what are we going to do?"

Wei Cangxuan stood up, walked to the palace entrance, and looked at the moonlight outside.

"I'll go investigate. I'll check the evidence."

He turned around and looked at the three elders.

"You three, stay here. Protect Xiao Pin'er."

Wen Zhiya was taken aback: "You mean...they'll target Xiao Pin'er?"

Jing Yuan also realized what was happening:

"They originally intended to refine the fortunes of both realms to ascend. However, refining the fortunes of both realms was too troublesome; it required war, death, planning, and waiting for the right opportunity. But... the appearance of the Chaos Spiritual Root gave them a second option."

Elder Wangji took a deep breath:

"If I were them, I would think: instead of going through all that trouble to refine the fortunes of two worlds, why not just refine the greatest fortune holder of this era?"

He paused, then continued, "The Chaos Spirit itself is a vessel for the destiny of this era. Refining one of her, or refining two realms... which do you think is easier?"

No one answered.

But everyone knows the answer.

Wei Cangxuan's gaze swept across the faces of the three elders one by one.

"So, I'll go investigate. You three, stay and guard her."

"No matter what happens, no matter who comes, no matter what the reason... Fupin cannot leave the Heavenly Sword Sect."

The three elders stood up at the same time.

"Yes."

Moonlight streamed through the windows of the main hall, drawing a white square on the floor.

Wei Cangxuan stood in the moonlight, his white hair as white as snow, his back straight as a drawn sword.

A 2,800-year-old sword.

It's still lit.

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By the time the sect leader and the three elders came out of the main hall, we had almost finished eating.

Upon seeing the sect leader, Yan Chuan immediately went into the kitchen and heated up a large pot of braised pork.

Wei Cangxuan sat at the table, picked up his bowl, ate three bowls of rice, and ate three plates of braised pork.

Then put down your chopsticks.

"I will personally investigate the case tomorrow."

He looked at me.

"You stay in the sect and cultivate diligently."

Then he took out a jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to me.

The jade plaque is pure white, smooth and lustrous like jade, and is covered with densely packed runes.

"It can withstand an attack from a cultivator at the Fusion Stage."

I took the jade pendant and held it in my hand; it felt warm.

"Sect Master, does this kind of protective talisman consume cultivation points?"

Wei Cangxuan was taken aback: "How did you know?"

"My senior brothers told me," I said. "The protective talismans the elders gave us before were all made with their life essence and cultivation. Once they're broken, they're gone; they're gone after one use."

Wei Cangxuan paused for a moment, then rubbed my head.

"My cultivation level is high, so a little consumption is no problem."

"High cultivation level is still cultivation level."

"My cultivation is extremely high."

"……All right."

I gripped the jade pendant tightly and said nothing more.

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That night, I returned to my cave.

Sitting on the swing that Murong Zhuo had built, he swung out, looked down at the bottomless abyss, and then swung back.

The moonlight was very bright.

It was so bright that you could see every crack in the opposite mountain wall.

I took out the Demon Realm Token and infused it with a wisp of magic.

Shadow Seven emerged from underground.

"Your Highness."

"Shadow Seven, please give this letter to my brother."

I handed him a slip of paper with a few lines of writing crookedly on it.

(Gu Chenguang helped me write this; my handwriting isn't quite good enough.)

"Brother, someone's trying to steal my luck."

Be careful when you investigate.

"I'm safe in the sect. With the sect leader here, no one dares to come. Don't forget to buy candy."

Yingqi took the note.

"Is there anything else you want to convey?"

I thought about it.

Tell him: "Don't work yourself to death. If you work yourself to death, no one will make money for me."

Ying Qi's lips twitched slightly.

"……yes."

He transformed into black mist and disappeared into the moonlight.

The swing continued to swing.

I took out the book "The Overbearing Demon Lord's Forced Love" that Gu Chenguang had lent me.

Flip to the place where you folded the corner last time.

The moonlight wasn't bright enough to see the words clearly, but I still tried my best to read them.

The demon lord said to the female protagonist, "Woman, you are playing with fire."

The female protagonist said, "No, I'm reading. You're blocking the light."

I think the female lead has a lot of personality.