Leaving the sect to join another?

  Lin Hao didn't feel a strong sense of belonging to the Xuan Yi, but the thought of leaving made him somewhat relut. The master of Great Bamboo Peak, Feng gyue, had truly cared for him, treating him as a personal disciple.

  People are not made of stone; who be without feelings?

  "Are you here as a spokesperson for the Hehua?"

  Lin Hao raised an eyebrow and tinued, "If you want to leave with me, I rescue you."

  He expected the woman to agree to leave with him, but her respoook him by surprise.

  "Thank you, but there's no need," Cui Qing'er said.

  Seeing Lin Hao's surprise, Cui Qing'er tinued, "Lin Hao, you should know that both the righteous sects and the Demon are hunting me. Only by following Senior Sister Gu and joining the Hehua I have a ce to survive."

  In truth, what she said made sehe Hehua was bhteous and evil, and it owerful. By joining them, she would at least avoid being hunted.

  Lin Hao remained silent. Everyone has their own choices, and he wouldn't force others to follow his ideas.

  Moreover, with his current strength, although he was fident he could rescue Cui Qing'er now, he couldn't provide her with a good pce afterward.

  Seeing him silent, Cui Qing'er seemed to remember something and transmitted her voice, "Don't worry, I won't bee a Dao panion with any other man. The Hehua's teiques are special; they allow for dual cultivation and also absorb Yang energy externally. Senior Sister Gu is still a virgin."

  A hint of surprise fshed in Lin Hao's eyes. It seemed his guess was correct; this Hehua fairy was indeed pure.

  "Lin Hao, have you made your decision?"

  Gu Qingg softly parted her lips, her voiting and persuasive.

  "Thank you for your kindness, but for now, I don't pn to switch sects," Lin Hao replied with unusual crity.

  "Alright, it seems there are people in the Xuan Yi you 't leave behind, so I won't force you to join the Hehua now."

  "How about this, I'll give you the cultivation teique I've been practig."

  Lin Hao's pupils tracted, his heart greatly shaken. This woman was willing to give him the top dual cultivation teique of the Hehua?

  Saying this, Gu Qiossed a scroll of the teique to Lin Hao.

  He quickly caught it and exami.

  It was a geeique!

  He had thought she was just speaking casually and wouldn't offer anything substantial, but she was so generous.

  Seeing the man's expression, Gu Qingg couldn't help but smile. She didn't believe he wouldn't be tempted by the teique.

  After all, the dual cultivation teiques of the Hehua were famous throughout the world.

  Every cultivator wanting to walk the path of dual cultivation desired this teique!

  "But this is only the first half. To get the sed half, you o join the Hehua and then e find me..."

  Gu Qingg wasn't foolishly generous; the teique she gave was only half.

  But even this half, she believed, was enough to ensnare him.

  She bet that Lin Hao would be led by the nose by the teique, and when he sought the Hehua, she would use the remaining teique to trol him.

  Hearing Gu Qingg say it was only half, Lin Hao was relieved.

  He never believed in free lunches.

  She was using half the teique to lure him into the Hehua!

  Even though it was only half, Lin Hao gdly accepted it, knowing it was a Hehuaeique, and a top one practiced by a prodigy like Gu Qingg.

  After giving the teique, Gu Qingg extended her slender hand and patted Cui Qing'er, "Let's go."

  Cui Qing'er immediately transformed into her lynx form and followed.

  As they left the cave dwelling, Cui Qing'er gnced back, her unspoken words turning into a sigh.

  ...

  Demon King's Valley.

  A house over thirty meters tall occupied an area of one square mile.

  This was the resting pce of the Green Mountain Demon King.

  Unlike human emperors who liked to build paces, it only required a pce it could enter.

  Mainly because it always maintais demon form and disliked transf into a human shape.

  In the spacious room, there was a-meter-long stone bed, engraved with plex divitering an eerie glow.

  A fox the size of a green ox y reed oone bed, its eyes as rge as bowls, shooting out beams of light as they opened and closed.

  In the grand hall stood six tribal leaders, all high-ranking members of the Qingqiu demon .

  inally there were eight, but when the Xuan Yi's demon disaster erupted, two tribes didn't want the little fox to return and incited Cui Qio harm it. After the i, these two tribes were scattered by the Green Mountain Demon King, nearly exterminated.

  "The princess has returned!"

  A e demon shouted.

  Soon, the ailed celestial fox gracefully ran into the hall.

  The Green Mountain Demon King, who had been wearing a gloomy expression, softened his gaze, patting the stoo signal the little fox to e up.

  The little fox leaped and sat beside the demon king.

  "What did you gain from this trip? Did you see your sister?"

  A hint of surprise fshed itle fox's eyes.

  "Father, did you know all along that the one ing to tact our was my sister?"

  The Green Mountain Demon King heended a hoof to affeately stroke the little fox's head.

  "Your sister is proud and wants to avenge your parents in her own way, so she hasn't seen you.

  But she always keeps you ihoughts. I wao surprise you, so I didn't tell you in advance."

  Really? That ice block thinks of me? A trace of doubt flickered itle fox's eyes.

  But she quickly set aside her doubts and focused on the main issue.

  She reted everything Ning Qingxue had told her to the Green Mountain Demon King, word for word.

  Before the old demon king could respond, the tribal leaders below jumped out.

  A white tiger with a hanging forehead walked to the ter of the hall.

  "Demon King, my poor son believed Ning Qingxue's words and was besieged and killed by human cultivators.

  I suspeing Qingxue has betrayed the demon . Please, Demon King, seek justie!"

  Hearing this, the little fox furrowed her brows. She couldn't figure out what her sister intended, so she remained silent.

  The Green Mountain Demon King spoke, "Old chieftain, Xue'er hasn't betrayed the Qingqiu demon . Tiger Zhan's death urely an act."

  "This blood debt should be ted on the humans!"

  The old white tiger's eyes filled with tears, his emotions agitated, "Please, Demon King, allow me to go to war and kill those damned human cultivators to avenge my son!"

  "No!" a wolf demon stepped forward.

  "Demon King, the humans are strong now. Rashly going to war will only cause greater losses to our . It's better to endure for non for the long term."

  "Old wolf, what do you mean? If we don't kill the humans, will my son have died in vain?"

  The old white tiger, with his fiery temperament, was furious.

  The old wolf, however, remained calm and reasoned, "The human cultivators came here mainly to save face.

  But this is ultimately our demon 's territory, the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, with many demon s, not just our Qingqiu lineage.

  The humans won't stay here long. Ohey withdraw some of their forces, we strike and achieve a great victory!"

  "Old wolf, I think you're afraid of war!" The old white tiger's eyes burned with anger.

  "Who's afraid of war? I'm just using a more reasohod to seek revenge on the humans. If everyone charged blindly like you, our Qingqiu demon would be dragged down sooner or ter!"

  "You're just a coward with no guts!"

  The old wolf, too, rovoked, his eyes fshing with malice.

  "If you want to avenge your son, go kill them yourself!"

  "Then I will!"

  The hall was filled with noisy arguments, divided into two fas, debating whether to fight or not!