Chapter 38: Acknowledging a Brother

Su Xi saw that she had been discovered, so she simply rolled up her sleeves with an open manner, "In your dreams! If I were to take you as my Master, my Master would beat me to death."

Xie Guanyu caught her meddling hands, "Then there will be no Soul Banner."

Su Xi glanced at him sideways, a bright idea striking her as she said, "How about I acknowledge you as my brother? I don't have any brothers, and I was always bullied when I was little. Look at my forehead and see if there's a scar? That was from when Xue Mengying smashed a cup at me. She had a brother to protect her, but I didn't; even though I was the victim, I was still punished by Lady Xue by being made to kneel."

Xie Guanyu looked at her forehead; at a glance, it wasn't actually obvious, but looking closely, there was indeed an exceptionally pale mark, different from the soft, delicate texture of the surrounding skin.

"Then wouldn't my seniority be lower than Rong Shou's?" Xie Guanyu replied.

Su Xi said, "One thing at a time, let's treat each matter separately."

Xie Guanyu let her go and lightly flicked that scar, "Call me that once and let me hear it."

"Brother~" Su Xi was giving it her all.

Xie Guanyu let out a low chuckle, "Not bad. Give me your sound-transmission talisman; from now on, when Brother looks for you, you must be on call."

Su Xi immediately pulled out a stack of sound-transmission talismans, "Here, take them, take them; from now on, you are my own brother."

Xie Guanyu took the sound-transmission talismans, "Do you want me to remove this scar for you?"

"It's fine, it's fine. A young woman living between heaven and earth is bound to have a few bumps and bruises." Su Xi didn't care at all.

"Give me the scroll." Xie Guanyu reached out his hand.

Su Xi immediately put her hands behind her back, "What are you doing?"

"You just called me your own brother, and now you're on guard against me again." Xie Guanyu glanced at her with a calm expression.

Su Xi: "..."

"Do you know how to use a Soul Banner?" Several Soul Banners appeared in Xie Guanyu's hand.

【I don't.】 Er Miao helped Su Xi answer.

【He can't hear you.】 Only then did Su Xi hand all the scrolls over to Xie Guanyu.

Everyone was released by Xie Guanyu from the Space Scroll.

The sacrificial altar couldn't even hold them all, and there were still some on the steps outside the altar... The total number clearly already exceeded ten thousand!

"Can the Cannibal Demon race be wiped out?" Su Xi felt that the existence of this race was simply an atrocious crime.

Xie Guanyu said, "Extinguishing a race unnaturally incurs heavenly punishment, so without great destiny, no one would look for that trouble. I will freeze them over again."

"Then what if the temperature rises again and they thaw?"

"By the time they thaw again, I likely won't be here, so it will naturally be someone else's business."

"... Then you should set up more sealing barriers, preferably ones that even people from the outside can't enter, to seal them here for a long, long time."

"The Cannibal Demon race is an ancient demonic species, strong in body and capable of lifting a thousand catties. Their strength made them the rulers, and the weak human race at the time was treated just like poultry and livestock, used as a type of food.

Later, divine abilities and Dao arts appeared within the human race, becoming increasingly powerful, climbing from the bottom to above the Cannibal Demon race, and the status was reversed.

Survival of the fittest; no matter what world or what realm, it is actually all the same."

Su Xi was silent for a moment.

【That's true, isn't the host also constantly becoming stronger? You don't want to become food for Xue Fuyi.】

【I really want to go into seclusion right now.】

Xie Guanyu also saw it; Su Xi's spiritual power had become extremely active and was uncontrollably leaking out—she was about to advance!

He immediately set up an isolation barrier around her to prevent demonic Qi from invading her Dao Body.

Su Xi took a mountain-like pile of Spirit Stones out of her Storage Bag, then sat cross-legged in the middle of the pile, absorbing the spiritual energy from the Spirit Stones with all her might.

"Brother, help me guard against the tribulation; I'm about to advance to the Golden Core stage." After Su Xi finished speaking, she closed her eyes, cut off her perception of the outside, and cultivated with all her might.

"She really does treat me as a brother." Xie Guanyu's voice was light and low.

Snow suddenly began to fall from the pitch-black sky.

Da E Mo Dao began to quake, and cracks several meters wide spread everywhere like spiderwebs.

The temperature grew lower and lower, and some weak Cannibal Demons were frozen directly into ice blocks and fell into the cracks.

Seeing this scene, the Cannibal Demons seemed to remember something and began to flee in a panic.

But they were frozen while running.

The long spear formed by spiritual power in Sheng Hong's hand vanished, and he directly used Teleportation to reach high altitude to check what was happening.

From afar, he saw a massive sacrificial altar.

Standing upon it was a man like the dark night.

Powerful demonic power surged directly into the sky, forming thick clouds that transformed into extreme ice and snow.

Xue Fuyi held her spirit sword and caught a snowflake, her spiritual sense probing into it... Instantly, she felt as if she were in a world of water elemental energy.

"Fuyi, watch out!" Cui Cong had one arm broken and his spiritual power was actually exhausted, but seeing a Cannibal Demon General raise a giant hammer at Xue Fuyi, he instinctively lunged toward her.

Ji Fu, who was nearby, was just about to swing her long whip at that Cannibal Demon General, but seeing Cui Cong's action, she immediately retracted the whip.

A hero saving a beauty—she couldn't miss this classic scene.

And Xue Fuyi, who was about to enter a state of epiphany, was sent flying by Cui Cong's good intentions!

The Demon General's giant hammer landed on Cui Cong's shoulder, instantly shattering the bone!

"Wow—" Ji Fu's eyes were full of excitement and joy.

Da Jin was protecting Cui Tongling; most of the other Imperial Guards were already dead, and the few remaining were being protected by cultivators from the Heaven Sword Sect.

A snowflake landed on the tip of Da Jin's nose.

The extreme icy cold made his sensitive nose very uncomfortable, and he sneezed coldly, "Which great expert has made a move?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered that there was currently only one great expert on this island—the Demon Lord Xie Guanyu.

"Oh no, Young Sect Master!" Da Jin immediately ran toward the place where Su Xi had been hiding.

But that place had already been swallowed by a crack, leaving only a massive trench.

"Young Sect Master—" Da Jin shouted loudly.

When Sheng Hong arrived at the altar, he saw that Su Xi had entered seclusion.

The Qi within the barrier was frantically drilling into her body; it was clear she was about to advance.

Xie Guanyu had not only refrained from harming her but had also set up a Defense Barrier for her.

"Many thanks, Demon Lord," Sheng Hong said, offering a salute.

Currently, the Southern Dao Sect and Mo Yu were like well water and river water—they did not interfere with each other; they were not exactly friendly, but neither side was willing to start a conflict.

"You're welcome," Xie Guanyu said, tossing a black scroll to Sheng Hong. "These are the kidnapped humans. Take your people and her and leave immediately; Da E Mo Dao is about to sink into the earth."

Sink into the earth? Sheng Hong was astonished, then solemnly cupped his hands again. "My deepest thanks."

At the same time, he sent a telepathic message to Ji Fu: 【Afu, take Da Jin and the people from the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Imperial Court and leave Da E Mo Dao immediately. I will bring the Junior Martial Uncle off the island.】

【Understood, Hong-lang.】 Ji Fu put away her ghost whip and shouted to Da Jin, who was still yelling: "Let's go, the Junior Martial Uncle has already left the island with your big brother."

Upon hearing this, Da Jin nimbly grabbed Cui Tongling and flew toward the outside of the island as well.

Xue Fuyi was truly annoyed and depressed; a perfectly good opportunity to comprehend the Dao had been ruined by that collision from Cui Cong. Yet, she still had to be grateful for the favor of his collision.

She couldn't help but sigh inwardly, then lifted the heavily injured and unconscious Cui Cong, and together with the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples and the two remaining Imperial Guards, she also left Da E Mo Dao.