Chapter 462

His expression was calm, his voice without a ripple, yet it was deep enough to penetrate the nine heavens.

“I, Li Xuan, am guilty.” He said something shocking.

The Great Elder’s face was icy, and he suddenly shouted in anger.

“Li Xuan, if you know you are guilty, how dare you return!?”

“As a Shushan disciple, you actually dare to be close to the demon race; it is simply a great disgrace to our Shushan Sword Sect!” Several elders drew their swords abruptly, killing intent already in their eyes.

Li Xuan shook his head slowly.

“This junior returned today only to give my own heart an explanation.”

Ever since he could remember, he had grown up on Shushan.

To him, this was not just a sect, but home.

His master was like a father, his martial uncle like an uncle.

He had read through the Shushan classics since he was a child, knowing the etiquette and understanding the heart arts.

Therefore, he actually understood his rebellious actions better than anyone else.

The teachings he received made him clear in his heart that his master had been kind to him, so he could not hide or deceive.

That was why he chose to bring his wife and daughter back to confess to his master.

Subsequently, Li Xuan stepped forward, came before the Sect Leader, and knelt on both knees.

“Master, I only ask that you abolish my cultivation today and return my freedom.”

“I am willing to abandon my cultivation, be expelled from Shushan, and retire to the mountains with my wife and daughter, never again to hear of the world outside.”

“The sword techniques and cultivation I learned on Shushan can be returned to you in full today.”

His expression was flat, and there was not a hint of reluctance in his words. ===== CHAPTER 951 =====

Shushan Sect Leader Wei Tianhai stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Li Xuan.

His appearance was aged, his expression cold, his gaze as deep as frost and snow.

His Daoist robe fluttered in the wind, as if his heart, too, could not remain steady amidst the stabbing pain.

Wei Tianhai had long since raised Li Xuan as his own foster son.

Yet Li Xuan was willing to abandon his cultivation and leave Shushan.

To Wei Tianhai, every word in Li Xuan’s speech was like a sword piercing his heart.

But as the Sect Leader, he could not show the slightest bit of emotion.

His face remained calm, and all the emotion in his eyes turned into ruthlessness.

He could not make an exception.

Otherwise, if this gap were opened, the faith of the thousands of Shushan disciples in the future would no longer be pure.

The Shushan Sword Sect was not a simple sect, but a sword sect that maintained the balance between humans and demons, the protector of the entire human race.

With this great responsibility falling on his shoulders, Wei Tianhai had to act with the big picture in mind.

“Xuan’er.”

“Humans and demons are on different paths.”

“It is not too late to turn back now and kill those two demon monsters behind you.”

He said indifferently.

“If you do so.”

“Master… can just abolish your cultivation and expel you from the sect, without killing you.”

His tone was heartless.

The several elders on the side were also impartial and nodded secretly.

Once these words were spoken, the kneeling Li Xuan’s gaze narrowed.

His eyes were complex, with a hint of emptiness emerging.

He did not expect his master to be so cold.

His wife and daughter, two living people, were like two wild dogs in his eyes.

Li Xuan slowly stood up and turned to look at his wife and daughter.

The girl he dreamed of and loved deeply was right behind him.

Back then, although she was the daughter of a Demon Monarch, she had risked being killed by him to come and get to know him; what kind of bravery was that.

She even dared to bring their daughter and return to Shushan with him, facing thousands of sword disciples without fear of death; this was even more sincere and true.

Over the years, her kindness in using demon arts to save mortals and heal people’s injuries down the mountain could not possibly be faked.

“Li Xuan, what are you still hesitating for?” An elder noticed something was wrong and reprimanded him.

“Senior brother, hurry and kill the demon to redeem your great sin!” A disciple said loudly, advising the senior brother.

The words of those around him were ignored by Li Xuan, cast to the back of his mind.

At this moment, in his heart, there was only his own thinking.

Li Xuan looked around, his thin gaze gradually becoming firm.

Humans and demons are on different paths?

But among humans, there are also bad ones.

Among the demon race, there are also good ones.

How can one use such a simple judgment to deprive them of their lives?

At this moment, Li Xuan’s heart began to doubt the teachings and etiquette of the Shushan Sword Sect over the years.

This doubt was a gap that shook his blind faith in this place.

The old thinking that had bound him to the Shushan Sword Sect also broke free from the constraints of etiquette, becoming free.

Wei Tianhai saw Li Xuan’s eyes and knew the result.

He could not bear it in his heart, but he had to give the order.

His face was cold, and he shouted loudly.

“Li Xuan has fallen into the demonic path; there is no need to persuade him further.”

“All disciples of the sect, kill!”

With Wei Tianhai’s order, all the disciples drew their swords!

Countless flying swords and sword Qi transformed into a massive array, surrounding Li Xuan, capable of shredding him, along with his wife and daughter, in an instant!

“Senior brother, you…” Xiang Wuhui’s expression was slightly startled, and he looked at Wei Tianhai abruptly, a hint of complexity emerging in his eyes.

Several elders saw this scene and couldn’t help but be stunned.

They didn’t expect the Sect Leader to act so decisively!

Although the elders’ words were fierce and heartless, they were actually more soft-hearted; after all, they had watched Li Xuan grow up.

Now, there was no turning back.

They had no choice but to act, channeling their sword techniques, flying away, and joining the thousands of disciples to execute this senior disciple.

Looking at the brilliant sword Qi filling the sky, Li Xuan’s gaze was calm.

He turned into a breeze, stepped back, came to his wife’s side, and pulled her into his arms.

The demon girl Liu Die’er had a fierce gaze.

Since she dared to come up the mountain, it meant she had long known this might be the outcome.

Li Xuan had no sword in his hand, nor was there one on his back.

To show his sincerity, he had not brought a sword up the mountain.

Before coming up, he had thought that if he couldn’t leave the sect, dying here with his wife and daughter would be fine, as he could repay his master’s upbringing.

But now, his thoughts had changed.

All the red tape, all the debts of gratitude and hatred were tools that bound the human heart.

A person’s life only needs to rely on their own heart!

Whether the result is good or bad is irrelevant!

“Daddy… Yinyin doesn’t want to die…”

Li Xuan’s daughter said with a sad face and a crying voice.

She gripped her mother’s hem tightly.

“Mommy, turn into a butterfly and take little Yinyin away.”

She was only one or two years old, her big eyes crystal clear and red. Her chubby arms were as delicate as lotus roots. ===== CHAPTER 952 =====