Xiao Xue understood that Fang Xing was trying to stall for time, so she did not expose him. Instead, she said calmly, "Back then, when I was in the Northern Region of the Divine Continent, in the Sea of Bitterness, I sparred with a genius swordsman from the Sea of Bitterness's Yun Family. In the end, I was suppressed by his cultivation, so I didn't have the chance to display my understanding of swordsmanship. Thus, my cultivation was crippled. When I returned to the Divine Continent, I was despised and chased out of the sect. I was left stranded in the Divine Continent, too ashamed to meet anyone. I wanted to gather a thousand taels of Spiritual Essence so that I could use the teleportation altar to return to my homeland. However, after visiting a few old friends of Nan Zhan, I was still unable to gather the Spiritual Essence. Feeling disheartened, I no longer wanted to go to the Northern Region to look for Li Hongyi. Instead, I began to have thoughts of her. However, I was fortunate enough to meet an old senior from the Central Region of the Divine Continent who was wandering in the Northern Region. He pitied my swordsmanship and gave me a thousand taels of Spiritual Essence before sending me back to Nan Zhan!"
"No wonder everyone said that they couldn't find you. So, you returned directly to Nan Zhan …"
Fang Xing, on the other hand, understood a little and nodded lightly.
Xiao Xue ignored him and continued, "After returning to the Xiao Family, I originally wanted to retire and not care about the affairs of the world. However, I didn't expect that my father and the other elders would fly into a rage at me. They blamed me for not appreciating the opportunity and ruined my bright future. I knew that they had placed the hope of the Xiao Family's rise on me, so I didn't blame them. After that, they found countless elixirs and invited countless doctors to treat me. Unfortunately, my Dao foundation was damaged. How could it be so easy to treat me? Gradually, their attitude towards me changed greatly and became worse and worse. They even deliberately concealed the truth that my cultivation had been crippled. They also placed me under house arrest, not allowing me to have any freedom! "
"Luckily, I don't have a family …"
Fang Xing muttered to himself, wondering if his nine uncles would be like this if they were still alive.
As she slowly spoke, the mocking smile on Xiao Xue's face grew deeper and deeper. "I originally planned to live in seclusion. If I was placed under house arrest, then so be it. However, I never expected that not long after I settled down, the seniors of my family would come up with a rotten idea. They wanted me to marry a genius from a side branch of the Xiao Family. They felt that although the Xiao Family had a Sword Celestial in the past, it had already been a long time and the bloodline of the Sword Celestial had already faded. Since I've already been crippled, then the only hope lies with the person who inherited my bloodline. In other words, they wanted me to …"
"We'll become their puppets to produce offspring!"
As she said that, a trace of killing intent flashed in Xiao Xue's eyes. The surrounding air became even colder.
Even Fang Xing furrowed his brows. If it was in the past, he would have already started thinking about killing someone.
"I didn't like their schemes. They had also underestimated my abilities after I was crippled. Therefore, they found an opportunity and I managed to escape. However, with just a mortal body, I couldn't escape anywhere. I wandered around in a daze and had to hide from the pursuit of my family. I suffered quite a bit …" Xiao Xue faintly wrinkled her brows. Clearly, this' quite a bit of suffering 'wasn't as easy as she made it out to be. It was just that she felt that these sufferings weren't worth mentioning. Indeed, as she continued to speak, Fang Xing's anger was ignited. "Until one day, when I was escaping from the pursuit of my family, I was extremely tired. In the middle of the night, I slipped down a cliff and fainted. When I woke up, I had already been saved by a farmer in a mountain village …"
"Junior Brother Fang, do I look good?"
Xiao Xue suddenly stopped her narration and asked Fang Xing in a soft voice.
Fang Xing was stunned for a moment. He nodded his head and said, "Good, good, your face is fair!"
Xiao Xue faintly smiled and no longer asked him. She only said in a low voice, "That farmer also thought that way!"
Gradually, an angry flush rose on her face. "Originally, I was extremely grateful to the farmer who saved me. However, I never thought that this damned farmer would think that because he saved my life, I had to stay behind to be his wife. He even wanted to take advantage of my weak body to forcefully possess me. Luckily, I managed to snatch a pair of scissors and pointed it at my neck. This caused him to not dare to make a move. I stumbled out of the door and begged for help from everyone I met, hoping that there would be a kind-hearted person who would send me off …"
"Hahahaha …"
Xiao Xue laughed and said in a low voice, "Junior Brother Fang, do you know what it feels like to be looked at with contempt by everyone?"
Fang Xing did not reply. He had already more or less guessed the rest of the matter.
"No one saved me, no one helped me. However, there were quite a few kind-hearted mothers-in-law who came to persuade me to stay behind and live a good life. They said that although Ada was crippled in one leg, blind in one eye, born with a face full of black spots, and had not taken a bath for ten years, he was a simple and honest person. After I followed him, I would give birth to a child in a year and a half. Then, I would be able to live a good life and endure it …"
Xiao Xue's silver hair danced in the wind like thousands of silver snakes dancing in the air. She looked like a crazy demon.
"A pair of scissors couldn't protect me, so the strong young man in the village took a hunting net to catch me. Fortunately, although I was weak at that time, I still had some sword skills. Perhaps I was afraid, so I used some of my strength and used the scissors as a sword to break the hunting net and hurt a few of them. I stumbled into the forest, but they took the hunting dogs and chased me all the way. My legs were sore and I saw stars. I couldn't escape at all. Listening to them getting closer and closer, I couldn't find a way to escape, and my heart was filled with despair …"
"Luckily …"
"Heaven never bars one's way. Before I fainted, I fell into this valley and saw this altar. I also coincidentally saw the method to refine the Life Spirit Pill. Haha, I didn't hesitate at all. When those people who were chasing me barged in, I used my own blood to activate this cauldron and used those people as the medicinal ingredients for my first Life Spirit Pill … I never thought that killing a few ignorant villagers would make me feel so happy … And from then on, I couldn't stop myself!"
Xiao Xue's voice gradually faded away. Fang Xing also didn't say anything.
It was unknown if it was because Xiao Xue's emotions were too agitated, but it caused the weather to change. Within the valley, there was actually snow falling.
When the snowflakes landed on Xiao Xue's hair, they seemed to have fused together and couldn't be distinguished.
An indescribable killing intent enveloped the entire place, causing the heaven and earth to become silent.
"Junior Brother Fang, do you think that these people should be killed?"
After a long time, Xiao Xue suddenly spoke.
"They should be killed!"
Fang Xing's reply was resolute and decisive.
"Do you think that I should recover my cultivation?"
"Yes!"
"Then do you think that I should refine this Life Spirit Pill?"
"… You shouldn't!"
Fang Xing's answer to the last question was a little hesitant, but he still answered it.
Xiao Xue, who seemed to have calmed down after her explanation, released an indescribable killing intent at this moment. She turned her head to look at Fang Xing with an indifferent expression. Her words were as cold as ice. "I originally thought that you were different from others, which was why I told you those things. I never thought that you would also be such a stubborn hypocrite. Since the world bullies me and hates me, what's wrong with me using their Dao Source to replenish my Dao Foundation? Junior Brother Fang, although you say it lightly, I don't believe that you don't know what it feels like to lose your cultivation. Now, I'll ask you one last time. I want to give you a chance and bestow this supreme evil technique to you. Together, we can refine the Life Spirit Pill to replenish your Dao Source and help you return to your peak. Are you … willing to consume the Life Spirit Pill with me … "
The strands of white hair were like sharp swords fluttering in the air, as if they would slash down at any moment.
However, under this life-threatening situation, Fang Xing knitted his brows and hesitated for a long time. In the end, he still shook his head and said, "No!"
After saying that, he bitterly smiled and muttered, "It really doesn't suit my taste …"
"You …"
Xiao Xue seemed to be enraged. Her silver hair danced wildly and her killing intent whistled out, as if she wanted to slash down. However, in the end, the killing intent on her body receded like a tide. She sat down in exhaustion and said in a low voice, "Forget it, you can leave. People who walk different paths can't make plans together. After all, you've done me a favor and I can't kill you …" As she spoke to this point, she paused for a moment and bitterly smiled. She looked at Fang Xing in confusion and said, "I just don't understand … Junior Brother Fang, you were originally a little devil with a notorious reputation. You've committed arson, murder, and pillage countless times. Why did you lose your cultivation and change your character? You'd rather become a cripple than …"
Seeing that she had retracted her killing intent, Fang Xing also heaved a sigh of relief. He removed his hand from the ivory tower and patted Xiao Xue's shoulder with a grin. "Senior Sister Xiao, you've wrongly accused me. I'm not looking down on you for cultivating the demonic path. In any case, I'm not a good person. I've done many bad things in the past and I'm afraid that I won't be able to quit in the future.
"Then you …"
Xiao Xue could tell that he didn't seem to be lying and knew that he was speaking the truth. However, she still had some doubts.
In reality, if she hadn't known that Fang Xing wasn't a good person and that his situation was similar to hers, she wouldn't have said so much to him.
Originally, when she saw that Fang Xing wasn't willing to eat people, she thought that he was looking down on her. Thus, a sense of disgust rose in her heart. However, at this moment, she was at a loss.
"It's not that I'm kind that I don't eat people. It's just that I can't bring myself to eat them. I don't know where you obtained the method to refine the Life Spirit Pill, but I don't need to refine the Life Spirit Pill. I can still use the Yin and Yang to condense my Dao foundation. I can't do this. Think about it, how disgusting is it to suck the things from other people's bodies into your own body?"
Fang Xing smiled bitterly and stood up. He pointed at a villager who was kneeling on the ground and peeing his pants. "Especially when the people you found are all so smelly. Look at that one. He's already peeing his pants out of fear and it's dripping down his pants. Do you still have any appetite for people like that? And that one, his body is crawling with lice. Just looking at him makes me feel itchy all over. And that one's teeth are yellow like shit. He probably hasn't bathed for thirty years, right? How can you bring yourself to eat people like that? "
Enduring the disgust, Fang Xing frowned and sighed. "You really don't feel disgusted?"
"Err …"
"… I didn't feel it at first, but now that you mention it, I do feel a little disgusted!"
These words made Xiao Xue silent. Her expression became strange and her brows were tightly knitted together.
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