Chapter 882: Faith of a Lifetime

"I possess a body of pure Yang, and my Yang energy has never leaked out. Ordinary demons and monsters simply cannot withstand the Yang energy contained within my body!"

Hearing Sun Wukong speak this way, Xia Hou said with a rather proud expression.

Unlike Yan Chixia, Xia Hou had practiced the sword for his entire life. It could be said that the sword had become an inseparable part of his life, and it would not be an exaggeration to say it was the faith of his lifetime.

Now, hearing Sun Wukong speak this way, even though he was a Sword Immortal of the world, Xia Hou dared to refute him.

Sun Wukong did not say anything in response to this; instead, he took out three jars of wine from behind him.

"To eliminate this great demon that has harmed the human world for so long, and to avenge those who died unjustly, one should drink a jar of fine wine..."

As Sun Wukong said this, he threw a jar each to Xia Hou and Yan Chixia.

This wine was naturally no ordinary object; it was brewed by Sun Wukong using the thousand-year-old tree heart of the Tree Demon Granny.

If consumed directly, even Yan Chixia, who had a cultivation base, would be burst open by the thousand-year-old tree heart, let alone a mortal like Xia Hou.

Therefore, Sun Wukong used this gentler method instead.

At this moment, Sun Wukong looked at Yan Chixia and said: "Hey, Big Beard, I see your cultivation is messy and chaotic, without any system. I wonder..."

"Senior, you may not know, but I once obtained the inheritance of an unnamed senior in a blessed land. It is just that this inheritance is only a part, so..." Yan Chixia slowly recounted his fortuitous encounter.

Hearing this, Xia Hou was astonished!

Originally, Xia Hou thought that Yan Chixia's sword Dao cultivation was on par with his own, and that he must be like him, forgetting to eat and sleep for the sake of practicing the sword.

He did not expect that Yan Chixia actually had spare time to cultivate Daoist methods.

"Are you willing to learn the sword from me, to uphold humanity, pacify the world, and return a bright and clear universe to the human world?"

Sun Wukong stated his purpose directly.

"This?"

Yan Chixia did not expect things to develop to this point. Originally, he had come this time only hoping to receive guidance from this senior, Sun Wukong.

However, what he did not expect was that this senior seemed to want to take him as a disciple.

"I am only teaching you sword Dao; I do not intend to take you as a disciple."

Sun Wukong had no intention of taking disciples. In his view, doing so was nothing more than a transaction.

Sun Wukong would teach Yan Chixia sword Dao, and in return, Yan Chixia would guard Guo Beixian.

"With your talent, it would be a great pity if you stopped here. I will guide you, and you will guard Guo Beixian for me."

"Of course, I am not asking you to guard it forever, just for a period of one hundred years."

Hearing this, Yan Chixia had a look of hesitation.

For cultivators in the Primordial World like Sun Wukong, one hundred years was merely the snap of a finger.

But for the Liaozhai World, one hundred years was already a lifetime.

Sun Wukong naturally saw through Yan Chixia's thoughts, so he spoke again: "Do you think you are drinking ordinary wine? This jar of wine, not to mention how much it can improve your cultivation, just in terms of lifespan, can extend it by three hundred years!"

"Ah!?"

Hearing this, Yan Chixia was completely stunned.

Over these years, Yan Chixia had traveled far and wide and had seen many things, but he had truly never seen a treasure that could extend one's lifespan by three hundred years.

On the other side, Xia Hou, upon hearing this, did not say a word, picked up the wine jar in his hand, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Alright, I, Old Sun, giving you this stuff is not without requirements. You must guard Guo Beixian for me for one hundred years."