"Your true identity." Ji Chuan didn't care about Nine Serenities Hallmaster's reaction and just said calmly and hoarsely.
He stared intently at Qiu Shiyin's face, which still vaguely looked human, as if he wanted to see through something.
"Qiu Shiyin, toad, monster, and Hades Emissary." Qiu Shiyin slowly told Ji Chuan all her identities one by one.
"Actually, you already knew that I was a 'toad', right?" Qiu Shiyin said with a smile as she looked at Ji Chuan's calm eyes.
How could a white swan live with a toad? That was only used to scare children in fairy tales.
There was no white swan at all. From the beginning to the end, it was just a group of toads.
"The sword is born from the light. Green Waist, I felt the death aura of the underworld on you." Ji Chuan smiled.
Ji Chuan had known for a long time that Qiu Shiyin wasn't a normal human.
However, he didn't care and even felt sorry for her.
Ji Chuan's voice sounded a little weak because of the huge loss of blood.
Because his nascent soul was clamped in Qiu Shiyin's sharp claws, he couldn't use his spiritual power to heal his injuries.
"That's right, I'm a toad." Qiu Shiyin sobbed as she complained.
Qiu Ning's story was actually her story.
"You could have stopped the bewildering Origin Demon and saved those children." Ji Chuan whispered.
The children he was talking about were the toads that Qiu Shiyin adopted.
With the power that Qiu Shiyin displayed at this moment, how could the bewildered Origin Demon kill the children in her hands?
However, in order not to expose her identity, Qiu Shiyin just watched the Origin Demon wreak havoc.
"Do you still remember the question I asked you?" Qiu Shiyin slowly raised her head. Her yellow demonic eyes had the power to penetrate people's hearts.
"Lord Upper-Level Cultivator, can you save every child that is about to be abandoned?" Qiu Shiyin murmured the question again.
"No, I can't. So, what's the point of me saving those hundreds of children?" Qiu Shiyin's voice was incomparably calm.
"For thousands of years, do you know how many toads died on this land shortly after they were born?
This land was originally not suitable for humans to live in, but their greed allowed them to stay.
With the huge benefits of the Source Orchid mine right in front of them, who would give it up?
"No one can, including your Sword Sect." Qiu Shiyin's voice gradually became shrill as she answered her own question.
"Our Sword Sect has never known about the toad." Ji Chuan's voice was soft. His gaze was still in the shadows, and it was impossible to discern his emotions.
"That's right. The Dao Sect is high and mighty. Why would they pay attention to these mortals?" Qiu Shiyin giggled. "So, I have to solve this problem myself."
Qiu Shiyin's gaze swept across the crowd before finally landing on Prince Yuanyao, who was sitting powerlessly on the ground with his face covered in blood.
"Lord Upper Cultivator, do you know his identity?" Qiu Shiyin suddenly asked with a smile.
Seeing Ji Chuan remain silent, Qiu Shiyin continued, "He is the Demon Prince Yuan, the only bloodline of the Demon King Yuan. He was born with the Yellow Springs Death Meridian and can absorb countless amounts of life energy.
Thirty years ago, in order to give birth to the Demon Prince Yuan, Empress Yuanyao had all of her life energy devoured by the Demon Prince Yuan.
The enraged Demon King Yuan launched a massacre in the Source Orchid to vent his anger.
From then on, the Demon Prince Yuan became the Demon King Yuan's reverse scale.
Even if you're a Sword Sect disciple, if you kill the Demon Prince, the Demon King Yuan will launch an endless vengeance against your Sword Sect.
The Demon King Yuan chose Qiu Ning as the Demon Prince's dao protector because Qiu Ning's mind had always remained at that of a four or five year old.
It was also because of Qiu Ning's protection that the Demon King Yuan dared to enter closed door cultivation and the Demon Prince Yuan dared to leave the Source Orchid.
What they don't know is that Qiu Ning listens to me.
As long as I say the word, he'll allow you to attack the Demon Prince.
This was Hallmaster Nine Serenities' plan from the start. He wanted me to stop Qiu Ning and let the Sword Sect disciples kill the Demon Prince Yuan with their own hands.
Once you kill the Demon Prince, the Demon King Yuan will become an irreconcilable enemy of the Sword Sect.
An eighth-rank Demon King is willing to risk everything and hide in the shadows just to take revenge on your Sword Sect. You should know how terrifying that is, right? "
The barefoot didn't fear the barefoot. When the Demon King Yuan set his sights on the Sword Sect, all he had to do was hide in the shadows and wait for an opportunity to attack the Sword Sect disciples who left the sect. That would be a huge headache for the Sword Sect.
If he succeeded, Hallmaster Nine Serenities would've found an eighth-rank helper for the Hades to target the Dao Sect of the human race.
"I don't care about the conflict between the Sword Sect and the Hades," Qiu Shiyin said softly.
"I only know that when the Demon King goes all out to take revenge on your Sword Sect, you'll definitely wipe out the Source Orchid as a warning to others.
The Demon King Yuan can borrow the yellow springs death energy in the Source Orchid to become almost indestructible. He can even hide in the Yellow Springs with the Geomancy Map of the Nine Serenities. In order to kill the Demon King Yuan, the Sword Sect must seal off the spatial rift leading to the Yellow Springs.
Once the Demon King Yuan dies and the spatial rift is sealed, the yellow springs death energy will naturally disperse.
This is the only way I can think of to save every toad. "
As she spoke, Qiu Shiyin glanced at Hallmaster Nine Serenities. "Hallmaster, this is also why I joined the Hades.
Why would I want to be on the same side as a bunch of scum who betrayed the human race like you?
Although you're targeting the Sword Sect, I'm targeting … but it just so happens that we're both trying to achieve the same goal … "
Qiu Shiyin's gaze returned to Ji Chuan's face, which was gradually turning pale due to blood loss. She said apologetically in a small voice, "Although I know the Demon King Yuan values Prince Yuanyao greatly, I can't guarantee that he'll go against a colossus like the Sword Sect for Prince Yuanyao.
However, I do know that if the Sword Sect learns that their chief disciple, Ji Chuan, died at the hands of the Demon King Yuan, given their temperament, they definitely won't let the Demon King Yuan go. This is double insurance, so … "
Qiu Shiyin's sharp claws tightened slightly, and the dense yellow springs death energy within them seeped slightly into Ji Chuan's nascent soul. "Lord upper cultivator, I'm sorry."
Not only did she want Ji Chuan to kill Prince Yuanyao and incur the wrath of the Demon King Yuan, but she also wanted to kill Ji Chuan and incur the wrath of the Sword Sect.
… …
Hallmaster Nine Serenities' eyes were unreadable.
He thought he'd calculated everything, but he didn't know that everything was within Qiu Shiyin's calculations.
"You've calculated everything." Lu Qingshan, who'd watched everything from the sidelines, slowly stepped forward. He looked at Qiu Shiyin and suddenly interrupted, "You've calculated everything, except for one thing."
Qiu Shiyin, who was about to destroy Ji Chuan's nascent soul in one fell swoop, pausing in surprise.
"Senior brother Ji Chuan didn't just know you were a toad. In fact, he already knew Prince Yuanyao's true identity when he attacked him."
Lu Qingshan said softly, "Therefore, senior brother chose to attack Prince Yuanyao despite knowing his identity. It's just as he said, it's not that the Sword Sect can't abandon the Origin Stone Orchid mine for the sake of mortals. It's just that the Sword Sect didn't know about the toad."
Qiu Shiyin's icy pupils abruptly widened as she exclaimed, "That's impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible. Do you think we can't guess his origins just because Hallmaster Nine Serenities deliberately avoided addressing him as Prince Yuanyao?"
Lu Qingshan's voice was like a low murmur, each word chiseled into Qiu Shiyin's heart. "In the Origin Land, the four great Yuanyao lords lead the masses of monsters. Prince Yuanyao is only at the fourth rank, but he's able to command so many Origin Monsters.
Apart from that, he also has a peak fifth rank Origin Monster as his bodyguard. Even Hallmaster Nine Serenities has to address him as' Lord '. We can't think of any other possibility apart from the fact that he's the son of the Origin Monster King. "
"I immediately transmitted to senior brother that Prince Yuanyao is most likely the son of the Origin Monster King. If he's killed, it'll cause a huge conflict between the Origin Monster King and the Sword Sect."
"However, senior brother didn't hesitate in the slightest. He risked his life without hesitation and attacked Prince Yuanyao."
"The reason you think the Sword Sect will ignore mortals for the sake of the Origin Stone Orchid mine," Lu Qingshan sighed. "That's because you don't understand sword cultivators."
"Why aren't you willing to give the Sword Sect a chance and see how they perform?" Lu Qingshan asked.
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