Chapter 314: Chapter 140: Song Brahman Mirror and Jixia, Reunion After Decades! The Golden Page Trembles, Unity as One!

The figure that suddenly descended on the horizon wielded a long spear, radiating brilliance so intense that it pierced the eyes, causing searing pain, making it impossible to look directly.

Jixia, who was forced to call out a punch, as well as the two Primordial Pills, Xie Bridge and Zheng Zizhen, halted their actions, as if plunged into an ice cellar, cold pervading their bodies.

Invite the True Master to judge?

Looking at the former Baoping Grand General, the scrutinizing gaze fell upon their group.

Xie Bridge couldn’t hold back:

"General Baoping, this wretch is killing people, using human hearts as blood nourishment to supplement his cultivation. Even if a demon were to confront him, he is unmatched!"

"Is it wrong for us to kill him?!"

The taste of human hearts is bad, even demons merely suck blood essence, swallow Primordial Pills.

For ordinary mortals, unless they’ve cultivated some bizarre and evil martial arts or are not yet at the Great Innate stage, needing to absorb human ’Qi’ to establish their foundation.

Otherwise, demons generally wouldn’t even take a glance.

After emerging from the Celestial Abyss,

This former Military Commander of one prefecture, briefly the Wutong Prefecture Venerable Lin Shao, had killed countless Wutong Prefecture citizens. To call him a demon would be flattering.

Utterly disgracing this official robe he wore!

"..."

Dragon-slaying Marquis cast his gaze toward Jiang Xiao, after a long while:

"Killing people, indeed, is your mistake."

His words landed, letting hearts loosen slightly.

But immediately afterwards—

"During wartime, but you linger here in idleness. If not enough demons are slain, preventing the ’Black Mountain Ceremony’ from taking place as scheduled, what guilt should you bear?"

"Then, it would only be like this, using some ordinary prefectures’ or cities’ citizens to fill the gap."

Black Mountain Ceremony, using the lives of demons and prefecture citizens as tributes!

Whom do you plan to worship?

Zheng Zizhen, as the Wutong Prefecture Venerable, had his teeth quivering, his gaze moving from Jixia to Dragon-slaying Marquis, Lin Shao...

With demons invading, the situation shook repeatedly, he could no longer see the form.

Yet just at this moment!

"Dare I ask, True Master,"

"Are you now truly the former General Baoping Jiang Xiao, or..."

"A bizarre entity that resurrected from Black Mountain, borrowing the corpse of the former Dragon-slaying Marquis to walk forth?!"

Jixia stepped forward,

He looked at the desolation, and as the former governing place, seeing so many innocent civilians killed, he was ready to cease arguing with this ’Nirvana Corpse’ True Master.

Therefore, he visualized the ’Great Demon Hunter Master’ in his mind, fiercely speaking, while crushing the Jade Talisman given by Tantai Yao in his hand!

No one wishes to fall into a situation of certain death without reason.

But having fallen into it, they can only grit their teeth and withstand!

If the True Master is to unleash murderous intent,

It is an unforeseen catastrophe.

No matter how he eludes danger, can he escape unscathed?

Only in the crevices can one seek a glimmer of survival!

If unsuccessful, one must not lose one’s backbone!

Xie Bridge and Zheng Zizhen seemed not to expect that Jixia could be so ’daring beyond measure.’

Yet the more so, the clearer it became for the two to realize a thought.

Which is, this former acquaintance, and the ’Nirvana Corpse’ that emerged from Black Mountain Celestial Abyss, are indeed not of the same path!

"Jixia, you must leave first!" Xie Bridge clenched his sword, realizing this point, unwilling to see this ’Xie Family’s’ rejuvenating Celestial Pride meet downfall here.

Besides, within Black Mountain City, he still has his only daughter, ensuring he’s not without descendants.

Therefore, urging his True Qi to the utmost, Xie Bridge had prepared to face death, intending to withstand the first wave of the True Master’s assault.

"This young sir, upon first sight I felt you looked extremely familiar."

"You’re still young, with infinite potential, able to go farther than me and Xie Bridge."

"Expose these ’Nirvana Corpses’ affairs to the public, at the very least, within the Great Zhao, ensure they’re informed, so they cannot... act as demons under the guise of the past!"

Zheng Zizhen was also prepared to risk his life.

From the moment he was imprisoned in the government prison, he hadn’t thought he could walk out alive. But now he could fight for his former master and his own prefectural district, Wutong Prefecture, and die with honor.

And upon hearing Jixia’s inquiry,

Dragon-slaying Marquis ’Jiang Xiao’ had a severe expression, a cold arc forming at his lips:

"You..."

As if Jixia’s words touched a sore spot, with a sudden flick of his long spear!

"Do you even know what you’re saying!"

True Master’s magical power stirred a wave of energy, dragging out a cold glint, stirring murderous intent to roll.

’Jiang Xiao’ and ’Lin Shao’ both had waves surging in their hearts, recalling the True Monarch’s words who granted them birth opportunity upon emerging from ’Black Mountain’:

"Nirvana Corpses lack ’Divinity,’ you’re all corporeal beings attaining the Dao, unable to absorb ’Heaven and Earth Pure Qi.’

"Thus, you must incite slaughter among living beings, causing more deaths, to generate a ’Nirvana Tribulation,’ supplementing what’s needed for cultivation within this process.

"This world acknowledges your identity, but you know clearly you’re not ’yourself.’

"If not causing ’Nirvana Tribulation,’ or sacrificing the masses, or devouring their hearts, your cultivation will advance with difficulty throughout your life, corroding over time."

Just like Jixia said.

They are Jiang Xiao, are Lin Shao.

They were once Baoping Grand General, also once Wutong Military Commander for decades.

But!

It’s the identity assigned to them by their corpse!

If truly peeling back the outer garment...

They can clear and consciously recognize.

What kind of ’existence’ they truly are.

This is also why Lin Shao sees ’heart-eating’ as rightful indeed!

As they say, don’t expose people’s shortcoming.

Jixia’s act nearly uncovered both of their deepest secrets directly.