The Yong Kingdom was a long-established power. In its early years, it had once gone north to contend with the Jing Kingdom for supremacy. Unfortunately, it ultimately failed and had no choice but to retreat.
The mighty ruler who had led the Yong Kingdom to its peak had unfortunately died in battle in the Jing Kingdom, directly leading to the decline of the Yong Kingdom.
The mighty ruler of the Yong Kingdom had been in the prime of his life when he personally led the expedition. Although he had established a crown prince in advance, he had not relinquished too much power.
As a result, something even worse had happened.
He had died on the battlefield, while the crown prince had died in the Eastern Palace.
Soon after, the Struggle for the Throne between the Three Princes occurred. The entire country had been divided, with the three princes each occupying a territory and attacking each other. At that time, the great general of the southern border expansion, Zhuang Chengqian, had seized the opportunity to divide the land and establish the Zhuang Kingdom in the Qichang Mountains.
The Yong Kingdom should have encompassed the Qichang Mountains and the Zhuang Kingdom's three thousand square kilometers of land. If it had had enough time to unify the western and northwestern regions, it might have been possible to once again contend with the world's great powers.
Unfortunately, due to the Struggle for the Throne and Zhuang Chengqian's betrayal, its ambitions were destroyed.
Later, the Rebellion of the Three Princes was quelled, and the Yong Kingdom was once again unified. However, due to the terrible international situation, it had been unable to reclaim the Zhuang Kingdom.
Time had passed, and the current Yong Kingdom was no longer the same as before. However, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse, and it still retained a certain amount of prestige in the western and northwestern regions.
Now that the Zhuang Kingdom had been established for more than three hundred years, it had long since been stabilized and difficult to change.
Other than the occasional provocation on the border, the Yong Kingdom could only watch helplessly most of the time. After all, regardless of whether it was the Jing Kingdom, which the Zhuang Kingdom had latched onto from afar, or the Jing Kingdom, which had interrupted the Yong Kingdom's supremacy, neither wished to see the emergence of a hegemon-level Yong.
Lingbei Prefecture, Canglin County, a small mountain with beautiful scenery.
A group of disciples from the Green Flame Sword Sect were resting here.
The eldest disciple, Situ Jian, was currently narrating the "secrets" of the jianghu. His eloquence was excellent, and his narration was brilliant and complicated.
"Do you know what … demons are?"
His junior brothers and sisters listened with rapt attention.
Situ Jian's gaze swept over his prettiest junior sister.... saw her pale complexion and expression of both fear and anticipation...........
"Look at the word 'demon'."
Situ Jian drew his sword and carved words in the world. His movements were elegant and smooth, and his voice was low and deep.
"It's the Ghost Cloak, a ghost that takes human life! ........... and..........
"As for the nine great demons …"
Situ Jian explained for a while before suddenly asking, "Do you know who the Ninth Human Demon is?"
"I know!" Little Junior Sister said timidly, "Heart Swallowing Demonic Bear Wen was killed by Zhu Wei."
Situ Jian frowned. As a Yong cultivator, he naturally didn't have a good impression of Zhu Weiwo, whose name had even spread to the Tianjiao of Yong. However, he wasn't unconvinced, and it wasn't his place to be unconvinced.
"What is Xiong Wen?" Situ Jian scoffed. "He doesn't live up to his name!"
Little Junior Sister twisted the corner of her clothes. "But I heard that he eats people's hearts …"
When the words "eat people's hearts" came out, the junior brothers and sisters who had never seen blood were all a little nervous.
"He wasn't evil enough, nor was he strong enough. There's nothing to say about him dying under Zhu Wei's spear." Situ Jian gave a perfunctory reply before changing the topic. "The ninth Human Demon I'm talking about isn't him, but … the Heart Demon of Hatred!"
"Heart Demon of Hatred?" One of the junior brothers couldn't help but ask, "Does he also eat people's hearts?"
Situ Jian glared at him in dissatisfaction. You don't know anything. I'm the grand senior brother of the Green Flame Sword Sect. How can I have the time to answer a stinky man's question? Just wait for the junior sisters to ask!
However, since the question had already been asked, the junior sisters cast inquiring gazes over.
Although it was right to favor one and discriminate against the other, it wasn't good to be too obvious.
Situ Jian reluctantly replied, "He doesn't eat people's hearts."
"But!" Situ Jian changed the topic. "He will first make people answer a question, then dig out their hearts to determine whether the answer is true or false. In a sense, he's much more vicious than Xiong Wen. Because Xiong Wen likes to eat people's hearts, it's reasonable to kill and dig out hearts. However, the Heart Demon of Hatred only wants to torture people. "
The junior brothers and sisters all sucked in a breath of cold air, trembling in fear of such a terrifying existence.
Situ Jian moved closer to Little Junior Sister without leaving a trace. He was very satisfied that his junior brothers and sisters were trembling in fear because they hadn't seen the world. This was the effect he wanted. However, from the corner of his eyes, he suddenly saw that one person hadn't moved.
Who was so daring?
Situ Jian casually looked over, but he was shocked.
This was because he didn't recognize this person at all!
A person had suddenly appeared in the middle of the junior brothers and sisters listening to the story, but he hadn't noticed at all!
Moreover, before he saw this person, none of the trembling junior brothers and sisters had noticed.
"Who are you?!" Situ Jian suddenly gripped his sword tightly and asked in a stern voice.
"Don't be nervous. Continue," the person said.
"I'm asking you who you are!" Situ Jian yelled.
How could he not be nervous? Sword Qi burst forth from his sword, and the sword techniques passed down in his sect started to activate. However, this didn't give him any confidence at all.
His junior brothers and sisters all stood behind him. Although they were nervous and confused, they were still full of vigor. They drew their swords and faced him … However, this still didn't give him any courage.
He tried his best to look at that person's face. That person's face was clearly exposed, but he always ignored all other details and only saw those blood-red eyes!
"Who am I?"
The person with the blood-red eyes seemed to be asking himself.
However, he quickly found the answer. He revealed eight neat rows of teeth and smiled. "Weren't you all talking about me just now?"
Clang!
This smile had a ferocious and bloodthirsty feel to it.
Someone behind him was so frightened that his sword dropped from his hand and fell to the ground.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. It's nothing serious."
The Hateful Heart Demon seemed to be comforting them, but as he slowly stood up, everyone's fear reached a critical point.
"Die, Human Demon!"
A junior brother stabbed forward with his sword.
The sword stabbed forward like a blazing blue flame. The tip of the sword was the tip of the flame.
Situ Jian didn't know why, but his heart seemed to be empty at this moment, free from the fear and nervousness. He actually had the leisure to judge his junior brother's sword technique.
This sword technique was called Sending Off Ten Li.
His master said that when it was practiced to a high level, the blue flame would burn ten li.
His junior brother's sword technique was very well done, but the angle was not practiced enough. If it was him …
Situ Jian's mind couldn't help but wander. He saw a hand suddenly appear in his field of vision and crush that junior brother's head.
Red and white splattered everywhere. Some of them even splashed on his face. They were warm.
Then, he seemed to hear screams. However, they weren't very clear.
He wasn't sure if those cute junior sisters had screamed, and he wasn't sure if those brave junior brothers had cursed.
However, there was one sentence that he would probably never forget.
"I want to ask you all a question."
The person with the blood-red eyes seemed to ask, "Am I a piece of trash?"
Situ Jian was very confused.
That should be the Hateful Heart Demon's question. However … who was he asking?
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