Chapter 95

Hearing Li Xiu finish speaking quietly, Meng Su asked in confusion: "Your Li family can't even understand that treasure map. Could it be that their Miaoshou Sect can understand it? They stole a map that no one can understand, just to alienate the relationship between you and the family? This is too far-fetched, isn't it?"

Li Xiu said helplessly: "Master Meng should know what the foundation of our Demon Sect is?"

"What is it?"

Li Xiu: "Demon Intent."

Meng Su: "I know this. Practicing a demon art to the extreme will produce Demon Intent. What does this have to do with the treasure map?"

Li Xiu said helplessly: "Master only knows one thing, not the other. The Demon Intent cultivation Master mentioned is only the early cultivation method, and the success rate is extremely low. Advanced Demon Intent requires a Demon Heart. And the cultivation of a Demon Heart comes from slaughter and demon combat. If you want to cultivate a Demon Heart, you must be heartless and ruthless. The purpose of survival is to defeat other demons. This is what people often say: 'The demon is one foot tall, the Dao is ten feet tall.' You defeat the other party, your Demon Heart increases by one point, and your Dao Heart will grow by ten points. Finally, you achieve the Supreme Demon."

At this point, Meng Su finally understood why the Demon Capital reacted so slowly when he went on a killing spree in the Danmo Sect. That was because they were all busy with internal strife. Even if a demon cultivator of his level was defeated, it wouldn't improve their Demon Heart much, so they couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him. If one grew to a certain level, they would become a target of public criticism.

Meng Su thought for a while and asked: "Do you think Dao Yi You Dao wants to defeat you through the treasure map?"

Li Xiu: "Not so. Dao Yi You Dao is using the demon combat between our Li family's elites to defeat me, and then they can occupy this Phantom Crystal mine."

"Then what do you want us to do?"

"Help me find the treasure map. Although Dao Yi You Dao specializes in the Stealing Heart technique, she is not a member of the Li family after all and does not understand the mystery of the Phantom Demon Scripture, so she doesn't know that she has already been branded by the Phantom Demon Great Array and has been added with a mark on her body. Now, I only need to restore the array eye of the Phantom Demon Great Array, and I can find Dao Yi You Dao and take back the treasure map."

Meng Su shook his head: "This Dao Yi You Dao can make a demon cultivator of your level fall into her path; how can a demon cultivator of my level deal with her? I can't do it, not to mention we have our own business."

Li Xiu smiled: "The greatest enemy of the Stealing Heart technique is the Innocent Heart. She can steal all intentional hearts; as long as your heart has desires, she can steal them. But for the unintentional heart, she is helpless. Not to mention that I won't let Master work for nothing. After the matter is successful, you can copy the treasure map. I only want the map; as for the content on the map, it is up to Master to dispose of it."

"Does Master mean that I have an Innocent Heart?"

"Yes, to tell you the truth, I came here for you. Yesterday evening, when you and my brother Li Bai fought, I was there. After your fight ended, I returned to the Imperial Palace and learned about Master's past through the pill cultivators of the Li family in the Danmo Sect. The demon art Master practices is different from the demon arts in our Demon Realm; it is the Thought Demon, the demon among demons. Thought Demon cultivates thought, and cultivating thought requires cultivating the heart. Without an Innocent Heart, one cannot cultivate into a Thought Demon, so Master has an Innocent Heart."

Meng Su felt funny in his heart: "What Master said might just be the appearance. I have never had any Innocent Heart; I am just an idle fish who doesn't think about progress. However, since I have already let your brother protect us on our way east, as a return, I can help you find that Dao Yi You Dao."

Li Xiu: "Deal. Master, come with me to the Imperial Palace. I will host a banquet to treat you two, and by the way, give Master the mark of the Phantom Demon Array."

Seeing that his Imperial Brother did not punish him, Li Mo stood up cautiously and hid to the side.

Li Xiu found it funny: "Don't pretend. Don't I know what you are thinking? This matter is not aimed at you, so I won't punish you. In the future, cause less trouble for me outside. If Master Meng were bloodthirsty, you would have already died eight or ten times."

Li Mo followed behind the few people sheepishly, still not giving up and glancing at Shi Xiaoxiao from time to time. But at this moment, Shi Xiaoxiao was like a lively little bird, holding Meng Su's arm and chattering non-stop.

The group arrived at the Imperial Palace. Meng Su had visited the ruins of the Imperial Palace in his original world, but he was still stunned by the luxury before him. It was almost resplendent with gold and jade everywhere, and it carried traces of array power. Clearly, this was an Imperial City guarded by arrays. The Demon Realm was not good at arrays, but there were also a few cultivators who practiced arrays. They were not demon cultivators, but descendants of immortal cultivators captured during the last Immortal-Demon War.

The lunch banquet began. Meng Su was in a trance. He, a little beggar, was actually eating a royal state banquet. Even though Meng Su was mentally prepared, he was still stunned by the dishes before him. There were hundreds of main dishes and dozens of side dishes. The snacks and fruits made Meng Su dizzy.

Meng Su did not stand on ceremony at all and began to bury his head in eating. In a short while, everyone was stunned by Meng Su's superhuman appetite. More than half of the hundreds of hard dishes were finished by Meng Su alone, and the side dishes were almost wiped out. Finally, everyone stopped their chopsticks and watched Meng Su eating wildly alone. After finishing the main meal, Meng Su began to eat snacks, and several more plates of snacks went into his stomach.

After eating, Meng Su burped. Seeing that no one else was eating and were looking at him, he pretended to be startled: "Why is everyone not eating? The dishes here at Brother Li's are truly delicious. I still have an appetite."

Li Xiu smiled: "Brother Meng has a good appetite. If you like the dishes of the Imperial Palace, I can arrange for the Imperial Kitchen to make some for Brother Meng to take away. What do you think?"

"That would be excellent. I have troubled Brother Yang."

Shi Xiaoxiao had long since seen Meng Su's appetite. When he couldn't get food, he could go without eating for a month or so, but once there was food, he could eat the amount of dozens of big men. The key was that his belly was still flat after eating, which made people suspect that Meng Su had used some supernatural ability.

After the meal, Li Xiu led everyone to the archives and then opened the Great Array guarding the treasury.

As the array began, a powerful sense of oppression struck Meng Su. This was the pressure brought by the array. Meng Su suddenly had the feeling of facing Yinzhu, who was at the Demon Venerable level. This array had the power of a Demon Venerable.

As Li Xiu opened the array, countless energy lines intertwined into a barrier, presenting itself before everyone. Li Xiu pinched a bright spot at the intersection of the barrier with his hand and then struck that bright spot into Meng Su's brow. In Meng Su's mind, a graceful, charming woman in official attire appeared.

The woman had a long body and a thin waist. At first glance, she seemed very plump, but upon closer inspection, she was very slender. Her face was near perfect, and there was a trace of timidity in her eyes, making people feel pity.

She was indeed a beauty.

Li Xiu sighed: "Master Meng should know what Dao Yi You Dao looks like now. Don't be deceived by her appearance. A heart-stealer has a thousand hearts and a thousand faces. This is just one of her faces. This array eye carries her aura. As long as you are within a hundred zhang of her, no matter which face she changes into, you will be able to recognize her."

Meng Su: "The world is vast and the sea of people is boundless. Where can I find a Stealing Saint who constantly changes her face?"

Li Xiu smiled: "If you were a Stealing Saint, what would you do after stealing something?"

Meng Su: "Of course, I would sell it for cash. But this Stealing Saint wants to use this treasure map to provoke the Li family's demon combat, so to find the treasure map, one must go to the Li family to search. The Li family is in the Demon Capital, and we are going to Xuanwu Island. The directions are exactly opposite."

Li Xiu: "I have already thought of this, so I have already greeted the Li family. The Li family will not move my position as the Tang Principality. As long as I am here, the Tang Principality will not be in chaos. She will have no opportunity. Without an opportunity, will she keep the item in her hand forever?"

Meng Su: "Even if she wants to sell it, I don't know who she will sell it to or when she will sell it."

Li Xiu: "Has Master Meng heard of Wangmo Corner?"