Remould the Glory of Sword Art

Luo Hai left grumbling.

However, before departing, the young master of the One Strike Sect left a communication order.

Although relations between Chu and Li have not been as harmonious in recent years… the One Strike Sect and Da Sui Sword Palace have never been opposed to each other, and this communication order holds extraordinary significance.

After receiving it, Xie Xuanyi similarly gifted a "Lotus Token."

The reason for giving the token was not because Luo Hai had promoted to Yang God and was worthy of association.

Rather, it was because he sincerely wished to make this friend.

As the saying goes, "No fight, no acquaintance."

In the struggle of the Great Dao, water and fire are incompatible… Xie Xuanyi has seen many young prodigies, who collapse after experiencing a great defeat.

Luo Hai is the kind of "另类天才" who repeatedly battles and loses, yet still manages to successfully condense Dao.

Perhaps in the Chu-Li two dynasties, there has only been such a person in hundreds of years.

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After Luo Hai left, Xie Xuanyi did not return to the Sword Palace.

The great sun fades, night descends.

He stood alone amidst the mountains.

"Fellow Daoist, since you're here… why not show yourself?"

Xie Xuanyi suddenly spoke.

During these days, he had been uneasy.

Initially, he thought there might be trouble with the "Opening the Altar for Discourse."

But today, after battling Luo Hai, Xie Xuanyi dismissed this notion… The young master of the One Strike Sect, forthright and decisive, concluded this fight without dispute over the title of Ten Heroes. Clearly, the "unease" in his Heart Lake does not originate from this.

If that's the case.

The "unease" generated during the duel with Luo Hai comes only from elsewhere.

Xie Xuanyi had already encompassed a radius of five miles with his Divine Thought, where the entire mountain range fell within its scope for inspection…

Yet he did not sense the existence of anyone.

This was more like a probe responding to the Heart Lake sensing.

Unexpectedly, there was a response.

"Rustling—"

Not far away, the forest leaves swayed.

A soft and gentle laughter sounded.

From within the deep forest, someone smiled and spoke: "You truly are the once-in-a-millennium genius of Da Sui Sword Palace… can you really 'see' me?"

"…"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanyi's Divine Thought immediately contracted, focusing on a general location.

The Divine Thought shrank from a radius of five miles to a hundred feet.

Yet even so.

Xie Xuanyi still couldn't detect the person's whereabouts, with the opponent appearing as a "shadow" lurking in the void, entirely imperceptible to Divine Thought sensing.

Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly.

His instinct was to consider Lu Yuzhen, but he immediately dismissed this conjecture.

After all, that guy had indeed been beaten…

The last encounter at Carp Tide River merely involved mentioning the master's name, which scared the Paper Daoist Lord into fleeing in disarray.

Even with ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare personally venture into the Sword Palace domain to provoke.

"Seems I was overthinking."

A brief silence allowed the person in the forest to make a guess.

The person spoke with slight mockery: "However… you are indeed much stronger than that knife-wielding fellow."

Clearly.

The person in the forest was mocking the recently departed young master of the One Strike Sect.

Luo Hai had failed to notice anything amiss from the beginning to the end of the battle…

"Your excellency truly possesses vast Divine Skills."

Xie Xuanyi squinted, confirming the other was indeed the source of his Heart Lake's unease.

With the Primordial Swallowing Sacred Realm supporting him.

Xie Xuanyi's current Divine Thought intensity almost equaled that of the Initial Stage of Yang God.

While Luo Hai was a genuine Condensing Dao Yang God.

To evade the Divine Thought sensing of two Yang Gods, what kind of Divine Skills and means does this require? What kind of realm must the opponent be in?

"Not vast Divine Skills, just a bigger dose of courage."

A faint chuckle came from the forest, still maintaining a carefree demeanor: "I heard Da Sui Sword Palace has a rare 'Opening the Altar for Discourse,' and so I came… The three days of discourse were indeed remarkable, deserving my arduous journey… but like the previous person, I felt it was not very fulfilling."

Upon hearing this.

Xie Xuanyi's expression grew heavier.

Travel southward?

Is this guy from the Northern Territory… or further north?

"Are you… a demon?"

Xie Xuanyi frowned while staring toward the forest.

"Who else?"

The person in the forest replied calmly: "Coming south to Da Chu, besides demons, who else could it be?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanyi couldn't help but laugh.

A genuine Great Demon of the Demon Country——

This guy really possesses "bear's heart and leopard's gall," Da Sui Sword Palace has not only him but also the Book Tower, Law Enforcement, and the secluded master at Lotus Peak!

Even Lu Yuzhen doesn't dare act so recklessly!

The person in the forest also laughed along.

Moments later, the laughter gradually ceased.

"Logically, I shouldn't have come to Da Sui Sword Palace, with Zhao Chunyang overseeing it... it's considered the most dangerous place of Da Chu; however, I was too curious and wanted to see what the future inheritor of Zhao Chunyang's mantle would be like."

"Before heading south, I cast a trigram."

He spoke softly: "The trigram indicated that this southern journey would be eventful but safe. Therefore… I came."

"Your excellency truly has great courage."

Xie Xuanyi spoke softly: "Now… you've seen, haven't you? I hope you're not disappointed?"

"Disappointment is only known after exchanging blows."

Following a moment of silence, a sickly thin shadow emerged from the forest.

Though male, he had a feminine appearance, exceptionally beautiful, bound hair, clad in thin black attire exposing white collarbones, slender as bamboo, with a pallid face like long-suffering, lightly folding a fan across his chest. Observing just the outfit, it resembled the ordinary scholars of Da Chu.

Nonetheless, upon closer inspection, it's apparent that this Great Demon of the Demon Country possesses an utterly different aura from that of ordinary scholars...

His entire being seemed subjected to a wash of ink.

Emitting a faint, nearly deathly, gentle aura.

Yet this mood differed from Yan Xie's "filthy aura"; it was a rather pure dark essence.

Two figures clad in black stood opposing each other.

The night wind howled, the forest leaves swayed.

"…"

Xie Xuanyi silently observed the gentle Great Demon from the Demon Country before him, whose image was entirely unexpected.

More importantly.

His Divine Thought fell upon the demon cultivator, perceiving an aura belonging to the Yin God Realm.

This guy is akin to himself.

Merely a Yin God.

A Yin God Realm Great Demon daring to cross southward alone, entering the Da Chu Dynasty…

Able to evade Yang God Divine Thought sensing…

And, after witnessing his duel with Luo Hai, still daring to reveal himself.

Such a presence is almost certainly a reincarnated Great Demon.

"Reincarnator?"

Xie Xuanyi spoke softly.

"Naturally."

The Great Demon chuckled lightly: "Aren't you the same? To have come this far… hasn't everyone experienced 'reincarnation'?"

A sudden gust of wind blew in.

The young, beautiful demon's black attire and long hair were blown up like splashed ink.

This presented a truly beautiful scene.

Xie Xuanyi is quite handsome.

But compared with the Great Demon… still falls short.

The young Great Demon folded his fan, and, using Human Race etiquette, slightly bowed in courtesy.

Before starting the fight, he introduced himself.

"I am… Cui Zhen."

"Mo Zhen's Zhen."