Chapter 418: Chapter 411 Mayflies Climb the High Mountain

Compared to her group of good-for-nothing disciples,

Ye Wenxuan preferred to offer her patience to this unfamiliar young man.

“For someone as young and promising as you, I don’t want to preach too much,”

Usually, when someone denies something, they are quite likely to do something about it soon afterward.

Shen Yi stored the Purple Gold Dan Furnace into the Storage Treasure, patted his sleeves, and then stood up.

Although the previous statement meant he certainly didn’t have a fond regard for this woman, he admitted that it was her existence that allowed Great Qian to cling to life.

And there was the self that enjoyed yellow wine and sauce meat in the eateries of Baiyun County.

“You are much more courteous than Nie Jun.”

Ye Wenxuan smiled faintly, her voice softening a bit, “Actually, your thinking is not wrong, since you were born here. The only thing that’s slightly off is your vision being too narrow.”

She laid her hand on Shen Yi’s shoulder as if a senior imparting earnest teachings, “If cultivation is like a high mountain, now that you are already at the peak, you cannot use the perspective of someone at the foot of the mountain to think about problems.”

Li Qingfeng stood outside the courtyard, shaking his head with a wry smile.

Even he, as her disciple, hadn’t enjoyed such treatment in all these years at Wutong Mountain.

“You need to understand where the problem lies.”

Ye Wenxuan looked towards the heavens, “Just like these Thousand Demon Grotto Monsters, they are indeed powerful, but what are they compared to me? If I wanted to exert some effort, I could slaughter them all by myself.”

“But I cannot.”

“The reason is simple, if these demons die, that old dog won’t be able to sleep peacefully. If it can’t sleep, then this world will be in trouble.”

“Therefore, the only thing we need to do is find someone who can deal with it.”

Ye Wenxuan raised the corner of her lips, “The lives of mortals, compared to us, are like mayflies, unaware of dawn or dusk. If you can take care of the problem at its root, the rest they will naturally adjust over generations to come.”

“Do you now feel that what you’ve been doing is meaningless?”

Having said that, Ye Wenxuan slowly took out a stone emitting a faint glow from her sleeve, “I have a Precious Tool of the palace, which I could give to Nie Jun, or I could give to you. Once you open up Nanyang Sect, you’re free to roam the skies and the seas. If you don’t wish to leave, you could also stay at Nanyang Sect as an elder.”

“You have plenty of time. You can consider it slowly.”

Ye Wenxuan lifted the glowing Precious Tool, presenting it before the young man.

Qingfeng Zhenren was intently staring at that palace Precious Tool, his heart suddenly sinking. Only at this moment did he fully realize that his Master truly intended to replace Nie Shixiong, and it wasn’t just a spur-of-the-moment utterance out of irritation.

The disciple who had risked his life to search for the year fruit in the Thousand Demon Cave, trying every means to transplant the year tree.

It turns out he could be completely abandoned without hesitation if the conditions were right.

Li Qingfeng gazed vacantly towards Shen Yi.

Although it couldn’t exactly be called betrayal, Nie Shixiong was still in Jiuzhou, guarding against demons, and yet here they were, finalizing matters within the Imperial City.

“…”

Shen Yi stared at the Precious Tool before him and suddenly curved his lips upwards.

He brushed off his shoulder, “You might have misunderstood; I didn’t intentionally do anything.”

Under Ye Wenxuan’s slightly furrowed brow, Shen Yi took steps towards the courtyard entrance, “I’m just a mayfly that doesn’t want to die for no good reason, trying my best to save myself, that’s all.”

All this nonsense about the perspective from atop a high mountain.

He knew that if he didn’t kill the demons, he would die, so he just killed his way here.

His thoughts were simpler than Ye Wenxuan’s, nowhere near as complex.

Shen Yi exited the courtyard, casually took a piece of candied fruit from Li Qingfeng, and then disappeared into the sky in a flash of purple and white light.

“Why do you also snap up snacks, huh!”

Li Qingfeng’s face turned bitter, rolling his eyes as he watched the other leave.

Then he turned around, silently staring at his Master.

Ye Wenxuan remained in the posture of holding up the Precious Tool, the warmth on her face slowly fading into indifference.

“That,”

Li Qingfeng opened his mouth, wanting to explain something.

Like how he and his brother never had the intention of betraying their Master, they had simply come out to take care of something and afterwards, planned to figure out how to persuade Nie Shixiong to return.

But it seemed like the Master didn’t care much about these matters.

So he let it be.

“Disciple takes his leave.”

Li Qingfeng nodded and also turned to leave Courtyard A.

Ye Wenxuan slowly put away the Storage Treasure, anger flickering in the depths of her eyes.

It had been many years since she had felt such emotion.

Even in the face of Nie Jun’s betrayal, Ye Wenxuan managed to stay rational, but now, she truly felt a surge of rage.

The cultivators of the Nanyang Sect were all dead.

The elder, who happened to return to the clan to select disciples, was the reason a Dao Plate had been left behind.

The legacy passed down through generation after generation had cost countless lives in guarding the Dao Plate.

It was all to see the Nanyang rise again.

She was merely an inconspicuous member among those people, surviving to this day purely by luck, but the Precious Tool she held was nearly all the hope of the human cultivators who had struggled to live on.

Yet, that young man scornfully dismissed the object, not even willing to spare it another glance.

Utterly arrogant!

As for the ephemera that he mentioned, Ye Wenxuan saw them only as sharp-tongued children, using her own words to seal her lips.

What ephemera could reach such a well-known boundary without relying on Wutong Mountain.

…

Outside Great Qian, two figures hid in the clouds.

Shen Feng, the Demon Emperor, watched the mountains of corpses and seas of blood below with a mix of shock and anger.

The turn of events was completely opposite to what it had imagined.

According to its plan, at this moment, the Thousand Demon Cave should have already destroyed the land of Jiuzhou, sparing only the Great Qian Imperial City, and then hand over that cultivator named Shen Yi to the Spirit Emperor for disposition.

But now, they hadn’t even truly set foot in Great Qian!

“It’s time to act.”

The Shen Feng Demon Emperor let out a breath.

Up to this moment, despite sacrificing so many demon lives, it still had not obtained Shen Yi’s whereabouts.

Once the Thousand Demon Grotto Monsters died out, and Nie Jun freed his hands to act together with Shen Yi,

even it might face a threat to its life.

“I’m not going.”

The Great Horned Demon Emperor fanned its wings twice, feeling increasingly uneasy.

It even had the illusion that Shen Yi was lurking nearby, watching it.

The feeling of being enveloped in crisis made its skin crawl.

Its premonitions had never been wrong.

“You go and try first, I’ll report to the Spirit Emperor. With the strength of the Shen Feng Demon Emperor, even if Shen Yi personally came, he might not be your match.”

Having said that, the Great Horned Demon Emperor turned to leave.

“You motherfucker…” The Shen Feng Demon Emperor suddenly received a compliment but felt no joy, feeling as if it had been set up by that foxy bastard.

Just then, it felt a sudden tightness around its neck.

The Great Horned Demon Emperor was also pulled back by the shoulder.

“Hiss!”

The two demons tensed up as if facing a great enemy, turning their heads in unison to look.

They then saw that familiar and handsome face.

The scorching golden flame between the brows was dazzling.

In those pitch-black eyes, swirling flames emitted endless murderous aura.

The Shen Feng Demon Soul stared blankly at Shen Yi, who had grabbed both it and the Great Horned Demon by the shoulders; it had failed to notice him from the very start, and what was more disturbing… it actually felt as if it couldn’t break free!

Around the two demons,

the Qingqiu ancestor and the Profound Abyss Spider Emperor vied for credit: “My Lord, it was I who found them; I know this scoundrel Great Horned the best.”

“It’s not familiar with Great Qian at all, I chose this place, my Lord, please see clearly!”

The two demon souls had been trailing behind them ever since two days ago.

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