Chapter 161: The common people of the world and the righteous path of the human world cannot compare to one's own awakening

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Wuwei looked at the three members of Yan Chixia's family, whose expressions were all different, and asked with a face full of confusion:

"Liuyun, what is going on here? Isn't it Senior Uncle Yan who asked you to come to Panlong Valley?"

"White hair and blue pupils, Liuyun has indeed fallen into a demonic frenzy!" Sima Sanniang's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yan Chixia kept observing the silver-haired young man:

"It must be that after falling into a demonic frenzy, his black hair turned completely white, and then his internal demon bloodline awakened, turning his eyes into blue pupils."

Zhuang Buran stood with his hands behind his back:

"I have already said that the Zhuge Liuyun from before is dead. Why must you persist in your delusions?"

"Liuyun, you have only fallen into a demonic frenzy. You must trust your teacher's wife's medical skills; I will definitely cure you," Sima Sanniang said firmly and powerfully.

"Usually, those who fall into a demonic frenzy do not have long to live." The silver-haired young man extended his hand:

"You can take a look and see whether I have truly fallen into a demonic frenzy."

Sima Sanniang did not hesitate at all. She stepped forward, took his pulse, and examined his physical condition, only to find that there was nothing abnormal.

Suddenly, as if she had discovered something, she grabbed Zhuang Buran's wrist and said:

"This is not right. With your cultivation level, how could you be like an ordinary person? I cannot detect even a trace of internal energy within your body."

Zhuang Buran smiled without a word. Sima Sanniang suddenly felt that what she was holding was not a body of flesh and blood, but sharp, angular edges like iron and stone. She couldn't help but let go.

"With my current attainment, I am no longer a mortal body. Although I have not completely escaped birth, aging, sickness, and death, and I do face the danger of a demonic frenzy, my grasp over my own life far exceeds that of any physician in the world."

"Therefore, stop deceiving yourselves. I have merely been reborn and have buried the self that was once single-mindedly devoted to goodness."

"The current me only wants to weigh whether the Xuanxin Orthodox Sect is worthy of the name of the number one righteous sect in the world, and whether the Yin Moon Dynasty is worthy of being the orthodox demonic path. Besides that, I am very interested in the Heavenly Demon Star."

"As for everything else, I truly cannot muster the slightest interest."

"This..." Yan Chixia's expression was indescribable:

"Are you really Zhuge Liuyun? The black-haired Liuyun from before would absolutely never be as cold-blooded and heartless as you, treating the common people of the world as a joke."

"You took the initiative to come to Panlong Valley and even lifted the demonic curse from Lan Mo," Yan Hongye stared at Zhuang Buran:

"And the way you were lazily lying under the old peach tree just now, all of these tell me that you are still the Zhuge Liuyun from before."

The silver-haired young man laughed in spite of himself:

"You don't think that to enter the demonic path, one must intentionally force oneself to be heartless to relatives and friends, severing all love and emotion, do you?"

"Such trash, what kind of demon could they become? They are nothing but weaklings who are strong on the outside but brittle on the inside, easily crushed."

He paused for a moment and said lightly:

"I just don't care. The common people of the world and the righteous path of the human world cannot compare to a single moment that I find interesting."

Immediately, several people felt a chill down their spines and their pupils shrank slightly, as they felt a profound and indescribable demonic nature.

"Liuyun, your demonic frenzy is not like the demonic frenzy of an ordinary person's body. It is clearly your Dao heart that has been covered in dust. It must be the demonic energy in the Yin World Ghost Spring that has eroded your state of mind," Sima Sanniang frowned.

Zhuang Buran shook his head:

"Your determination to cure me truly leaves me not knowing what to say."

"Since I am your teacher's wife, I must take on the responsibility of being your teacher's wife," Sima Sanniang said sternly:

"Liuyun, come back with me. I will definitely cure you."

"Uninteresting."

Zhuang Buran's figure became illusory and vanished instantly from where he stood. Except for Zhuge Wuwei, the other three leaped into the air, only to see the numerous men in black guarding a sedan swiftly moving away.

They hurriedly gave chase, but before they could leave Panlong Valley, they were blocked by a screen of light. Immediately, a soft, slow voice entered their ears:

"This barrier will dissolve on the day the Heavenly Demon strikes the Seven Killings. The three of you should just stay in Panlong Valley and enjoy some leisurely and quiet days."

Twelve days later.

A starry night.

A black sedan carried by eight men, guarded by a group of men in black, entered the quiet Nanguo Town in the dead of night.

Immediately after, they arrived outside a Yuelao Temple. Dozens of men in black suddenly formed hand seals and struck simultaneously toward a certain direction in the void.

With a 'Boom', it was as if they had blasted something open, and an extremely thick demonic energy suddenly emerged.

As the demonic energy dissipated, the sedan and the men in black outside the Yuelao Temple also vanished.

In a cold and dead city, a young woman dressed in blue robes, as ethereal as an immortal, suddenly sensed something. She walked to an empty, deserted street and saw a large group of mysterious men in black, with a sedan behind them.

"This world is truly worthy of being a world deeply favored by the demonic path. Everyone who enters the demonic path either creates a demon dynasty or turns a city into a demon, creating an alternative, immortal, and timeless cave-heaven world."

Zhuang Buran sat lazily in the sedan, his fingertips tapping lightly on the armrest:

"Su Tianxin, do you think Gan Jiang, who turned the City of No Tears into this state, is a demon, or are you the demon yourself?"

"The aura on you makes me feel a bit familiar," Su Tianxin frowned:

"Son of a human and a demon, you are Lan Mo's son, Zhuge Liuyun!"

Zhuang Buran said unhurriedly:

"Because of your reluctance, the City of No Tears did not kill Gan Jiang, who had already turned into a demon, resulting in the death of all the city's inhabitants. And the so-called Seven Generations of Resentful Couples and Seven Generations of Marriage were born indirectly or directly because of you."

"Yixi threw himself into the demonic path and created the Yin Moon Dynasty. Gan Jiang and Mo Xie threw themselves into the furnace to forge a sword; one became a demonic sword, wantonly creating slaughter, while the other became a divine sword. Only you, the culprit, have remained free until now."

"Now, the more I think about it, the more I feel that in the vast City of No Tears, Gan Jiang is only a demon on the surface; you are the monster who deserves to die the most."

Su Tianxin's pupils shook; the silver-haired young man had spoken of the thing she had never dared to face from beginning to end.

Back then, her cousin Mo Xie entrusted her with her death, asking her to use the Mo Xie Precious Sword to kill Gan Jiang, who had already become a demon. But because she couldn't let go of her love for Gan Jiang in her heart, she turned the City of No Tears into a dead city that constantly harmed people.

It was also she who obtained a piece of the world's hardest mineral called 'Six Harmonies Crystal Essence' and gave it to Gan Jiang to forge a sword, resulting in the birth of the Seven Generations of Resentful Couples. To make up for the mistakes she had made, she created the 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery', which even she could not successfully cultivate.

Yet, what seemed like an attempt to make up for her mistakes was actually an attempt to let the Xuanxin Orthodox Sect use this martial art to create the Seven Generations of Marriage she desired, in order to continue her love for Gan Jiang.

As she thought of this, her body stiffened, and a streak of violent, peerless lightning suddenly pierced through her heart.

"Su Tianxin, who claims to have attained immortality through martial arts, is ultimately just a claim."

A very peaceful voice reached outside the sedan:

"In just a few words, your state of mind was shaken. Being able to maintain a state of eternal youth is more because you have stayed in the City of No Tears for a long time."

"Today, I am doing a good deed for the first time, letting you, Gan Jiang, and this City of No Tears turn into ashes together."

Above the vast city, a fist force of raging flames suddenly emerged, and then poured down with the momentum to burn the heavens, boil the seas, and evaporate everything.

Amidst the heat of the flames, Su Tianxin, who was on the verge of death, saw her figure dissipate. Then, after a sorrowful cry asking why Mo Xie had to kill Gan Jiang, the entire City of No Tears vanished into thin air like a dream.

And the numerous men in black and the sedan had long since vanished from the spot.

Half a year later, Bingxin Caotang.

Yan Chixia and Sima Sanniang were speechless, looking at a side room from time to time.

"Sigh, in the end, Hongye practiced the 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery' again, just to break the barrier Liuyun set up in Panlong Valley."

"As a result, we have been out for more than a month, but we haven't found any trace of him."

After Yan Chixia finished speaking with worry, Sima Sanniang sighed as well:

"There are only seven days left until the day the Heavenly Demon strikes the Seven Killings. I don't know where Liuyun is. Hongye's 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery' might be because she is re-practicing it, but her speed of improvement has reached an unimaginable level. In just a few months, she has approached the Great Completion realm."

Yan Chixia pondered:

"Hongye has the fate of the Seven Generations of Marriage, and the fundamental intent of the 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery' is the word 'emotion'. Now that her cultivation speed has improved, it can be considered unexpected, yet within reason."

"Big Beard, if Hongye continues to push herself like this, I'm afraid something will go wrong. Cultivation must be balanced with relaxation. We must take her out for a walk tonight."

"I also want to take Hongye out, but she is now single-mindedly focused on practicing the 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery' to the highest realm."

Yan Chixia's tone paused, as if he had thought of a good idea, so he used mind transmission to say:

"There is only this one way that isn't really a way: let's just say we found traces of Liuyun in Nanguo Town."

Sima Sanniang: "..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 162 =====