Chapter 801: Obedient Disciple Enters the Embrace 35

But how could Fei Mian give him this opportunity?

Taking advantage of the Flame Demon's power being suppressed by pressure, he leapt up, Dark Spirit Mystic Power flaring, instantly dashing to its rear as his blade flashed out.

The Flame Demon was practically being held down and beaten.

Under Jin Chen's terrifying pressure, he had almost no strength to fight back.

Moreover, whenever there was an opening to attack, the pressure surged, instantly making it bleed from mouth and nose as demonic qi scattered.

This was a one-sided massacre of the Flame Demon.

Fei Mian channeled all his longing for his mother over the years into his attacks at this moment, his movements showing no mercy, each strike drawing blood.

His expression grew ever colder, his pupils devoid of warmth, filled only with killing intent that filled the sky.

He did not know how long he had fought, until the Flame Demon lay paralyzed on the ground, breathing its last, its blood nearly drained.

He lay alongside the human corpses he had once treated as food, himself reduced to meat on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.

And Fei Mian, at this very moment, was the one who held his life and death in hand.

Only one final blow remained, and the Flame Demon would die.

"Five years ago, you killed my mother. You were stationed in Southridge—why did you make a special trip to my hometown just to kill my mother, yet spare so many others?"

Recalling that adult's orders, the Flame Demon let out a hoarse roar at him, refusing to speak.

Fei Mian curled his lip, delivering the final killing blow.

Actually, he didn't absolutely need an answer; even without thinking he knew the final truth must be related to himself.

As a child he didn't understand, not grasping the crux of it, but now looking back, his mother's death, the existence of that Daoist priest, and even his own exceptional admission into Xuanzong Sect—

This was originally a huge conspiracy.

But what was the purpose of the person who arranged all this behind the scenes?

At the moment he watched the Flame Demon's corpse vanish, Fei Mian could clearly feel his body lighten considerably.

He touched his chest, sheathed his blade, and looked helplessly at his Master behind him.

Jin Chen stepped over, wiped the blood from Fei Mian's hands, and gently kissed his forehead to soothe him.

"Mianbao is amazing."

"Master… my body feels changed; has the soul corrupted by demonic qi been healed?"

"Let me see."

Jin Chen followed this posture, pressing his forehead to Fei Mian's, probing into his soul's meridians to observe.

His soul was no longer as damaged as before, yet the demonic qi still lingered, not cleared away as expected.

Looking at the boy's eyes, Jin Chen lowered his lids to hide his worry, merely soothing: "It's already much better."

"Then that's good."

Fei Mian felt much more at ease, leaning into Master's embrace and rubbing gently.

"I have finally avenged my mother."

"If my mother knows in the afterlife, she would surely be delighted."

"She used to always say, Xiaobao would grow into someone formidable, even if Mother—"

Fei Mian suddenly felt a chill run through his body.

He abruptly lifted his head from Jin Chen's arms, repeating a sentence his mother had once said when he was young.

"Mother once said, I would become someone formidable, even if she were not by my side."

"This saying isn't particularly special, but every time she said it was his birthday, so even if he heard it, he didn't take it to heart at the moment, his mind full of the delicious food his mother had prepared today."

Jin Chen frowned, also feeling something was off about those words.

"If it were an ordinary blessing, the follow‑up should have been that Mother would also stay by his side."

"That really is strange."

"Could it be that Fei Mian's mother knew from the start that she would die, or… someone told her that if she wanted Fei Mian to succeed in cultivation, the price would be her own life,"

"so she firmly believed it, even repeatedly reassuring herself by speaking it aloud, clinging to this baseless rationale."

"When Fei Mian was born, his mother learned she had to die to send him into cultivation; after she was killed, Fei Mian's soul became tainted with demonic qi, allowing him to be exceptionally admitted into Xuanzong Sect—yet now the Sect Leader of Xuanzong Sect is entangled with the Demon Clan."

"During his growth, Fei Mian was sowed discord by Luo Yi Ping, giving rise to inner demons, leading to fellow disciples slaughtering each other, and he successfully fell into demonhood."

"After falling demon, he was nevertheless slain by the combined forces of Xuanzong Sect and other sects, dying alongside tens of thousands of cultivators and Demon Clan members who fought in the great war on the night of the full moon."

"According to the original plot, Fei Mian's entire life had been pushed along, but in this life he constantly deviated from that track, so Luo Yi Ping could no longer contain himself, repeatedly slipping up."

"【0731, what happened in the original plot after Fei Mian's death.】"

"【Let me see…… after the villain's death, the Xuanzong Sect Leader claimed he would purge the sect, removing all disloyal disciples to prevent another Fei Mian, almost replacing half the disciples, and then somehow brought in a batch of highly talented newcomers, leaving Xuanzong Sect still a major cultivation power in the world.】"

"【After the Demon Clan's first defeat, they remained quiet for a long time, but the world began to suffer constant strife, flames of war spreading everywhere; Luo Yi Ping and Xie Xi, to protect the people's peace, started traveling between nations, selecting talented disciples on one side and urging peace on the other, and then they vanished, with no further records.】"

Jin Chen, looking thoughtfully at the inscriptions on the cave wall, seemed to grasp something as his thoughts flowed.

But he still needed to verify this speculation.

"First go back, don't overthink it—I'll investigate."

Jin Chen took his hand and left, his fingers brushing over the forehead, a gentle, soothing motion.

With Master's comfort, Fei Mian's anxious heart eased considerably; he tilted his head up for a deep, lingering kiss and clung tightly to Jin Chen's arm.

Who would have thought that just as they stepped out of Shan Lin, they would see Luo Yi Ping and Xie Xi waiting at the cave entrance.

Upon seeing Fei Mian emerge, Xie Xi immediately drew his sword and charged, without even a word of nonsense.

Jin Chen frowned, his eyes cold, and flicked his sleeve lightly.

A burst of air flung out, blocking Xie Xi's attack, forcing him to roll several times; his shoulder was injured but he did not cry out in pain.

Something's off.

Fei Mian tilted his head in puzzlement; previously, that childish brat would surely spout a lot of nonsense before a match, but today he was unnaturally quiet.

He and Jin Chen both looked toward Luo Yi Ping, who was standing behind the tree.

The latter also seemed to have no intention of hiding.

He simply reached out and pointed at Jin Chen's back.

An attack came from behind Jin Chen, a demon tribe more fearsome than the flame demon.

Jin Chen reacted instantly, holding Fei Mian as he flew to dodge the attack, and gave the newcomer a cold stare.

That demon tribe had no intention of coming down, merely waving at Jin Chen, holding in its hand the Jade Pendant that Jin Chen's master used to wear close to the body.

Everyone in the cultivation world knows that the previous Sect Leader of the Xuanzong Sect died of unknown causes, leaving only shattered remains with no soul; it is suspected that even to this day his soul remains imprisoned by the demon tribe.

Jin Chen, however, showed no reaction, was not led away by that demon tribe, and continued to stand by Fei Mian's side, protecting him.