"Such kindness and leniency are not like your usual style."

A light laugh echoed through the wind and snow.

Xie Xuanyi did not respond.

However, Cui Zhen showed no signs of stopping, rambling on as he asked, "I heard that back in the day, you broke someone’s leg and took them back to the Great Chu Imperial City. Later, after a lot of twists and turns, you brought them to the Sword Palace. Are these things true?"

Back when traveling through Great Chu.

Cui Zhen heard many stories about Xie Xuanyi.

It wasn’t that he liked gossip.

But this man with the surname Xie was simply too famous; wherever he went, people would gossip about him, with rumors constantly circulating in every street and alley.

"...Hmm."

Xie Xuanyi, feeling quite harassed, responded.

"Tsk tsk."

Cui Zhen laughed and asked, "So, what is your relationship now...enemies, friends, or...?"

That last "or" was deliberately drawn out.

"Why are you talking so much..."

Xie Xuanyi frowned, wanting to counter with one of Cui Zhen’s sore points, "Before you ask me, what’s your relationship with Ye Ling?"

But Cui Zhen was unfazed and replied indifferently, "She is my maid."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi was rendered speechless, having nothing further to say.

"I thought you would have killed her outright."

Cui Zhen chuckled, "It seems you care quite a bit about the ’Second Divine Soul’ inside Jiang Huang. Don’t tell me you’ve really come to see that little Phoenix as a sister?"

The brief conversation on the mountain top earlier was all noted in his heart.

Cui Zhen could sense that Xie Xuanyi had developed killing intent.

But...

With this person’s decisive nature, it was unexpected that he could suppress the killing intent and restrain himself from taking action.

This behavior was very unlike Xie Xuanyi.

"The entanglement of cause and effect, winding and complicated, is not something easily resolved by a single kill."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head.

He was about to say more.

But suddenly, the wind and snow in the void became biting cold.

Xie Xuanyi squinted his eyes, looking forward.

"Someone’s coming."

Cui Zhen lowered his voice, the smile on his face vanishing instantly, as a stream of light slipped from his sleeve, condensing into a straight and narrow Demon Sword.

The two hovered in front of Falcon Wind Gorge.

Violent wind and snow roared and gushed in, countless Lin Ye fluttering with it, at the entrance of this snow mountain gorge, due to the powerful pressure from the biting heavenly wind, countless wind and snow scattered like lotus petals, revealing a vast vacuum territory.

Hundreds of radiant rainbow beams descended from the heavenly peak, spiraling and intertwining like a waterfall, washing over the entire land.

Within them, the faint silhouette of a graceful woman could be seen.

"Xie Xuanyi."

"You have some nerve to stay in the Demon Country!"

From within that waterfall of rainbow light came a woman’s ethereal voice; though delicate, it was full of charm, and with overwhelming pressure, sounding grand like a bell.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi’s expression remained calm.

The moment the radiant rainbow light descended, he identified who the person was.

There were only so many Great Divine Ability Users in the Demon Country.

Able to conjure this five-colored rainbow light, other than Peacock Venerable, it must be "Master Ni Yu".

This was a renowned Great Divine Ability User whose cultivation should be around the Fourth Realm, quite formidable. Yet, having been in seclusion for many years, indulged in the Artifact Refining Technique, and created numerous Spiritual Treasures, she had extensive connections in the Demon Country... If he guessed correctly, it was likely Heavenly Phoenix Palace that had used their favors to invite her over.

"Quite the spectacle..."

The two hovered outside the waterfall of rainbow light.

Cui Zhen fixated on Master Ni Yu’s figure, mocking with a laugh that didn’t reach his eyes, "Merely a Yang God, creating this much commotion, I thought it was the strongest coming."

"Merely a Yang God?"

Hearing this, Master Ni Yu’s demeanor turned gloomy.

Since when...

Had a Great Cultivator in the Yang God Realm been disrespected like this?

According to the intelligence provided by Wu Jiu, there was another Yin God cultivator beside Xie Xuanyi, and clearly, it was this one.

Master Ni Yu never took this Yin God ant seriously...

Her task was to stop Xie Xuanyi.

But for this Yin God ant to dare openly taunt her, such humiliation, she could not tolerate.

"This ant must be killed!"

Master Ni Yu’s voice was cold.

"Swoosh!"

She pointed a finger at Cui Zhen!

A streak of killing intent shot out from the waterfall, and in the void, five streams of light of different colors intertwined into one, like a narrow arrow, shattering the long sky, directly targeting Cui Zhen’s face!

Though their strengths were vastly different.

Cui Zhen, however, showed no sign of retreat.

He let out a cold laugh and clenched his Demon Sword, preparing to slash out, but was suppressed by an intangible Qi mechanism.

With a booming sound.

Xie Xuanyi stepped forward to take action.

In the vast snow, a young Sword Cultivator in black merely flicked his sleeve lightly, and the Life and Death Dao Domain instantly swept out, abruptly shattering the unified five-colored stream of light, like a burst of fireworks, exploding in the sky, fragmenting into pieces, perishing like dust.

"Fourth Heaven of Yang God..."

Master Ni Yu squinted, her expression turning serious.

Sun Eater Venerable’s death circulated wildly within the Demon Country.

Some said.

Sun Eater died at the hands of Mo Zhen, who once was the Demon Country’s top Great Venerable, successfully reincarnated, ascended through harmonization, returning to peak state.

Others said.

Sun Eater’s death also had much to do with Xie Xuanyi. Although Mo Zhen survived, his strength hadn’t fully recovered.

The two joined hands to kill Sun Eater.

The information released by Heavenly Phoenix Palace was not entirely accurate, and even a Great Divine Ability User like Master Ni Yu did not know the truth behind.

However...

This simple encounter made Master Ni Yu feel the pressure from Xie Xuanyi.

Both being Fourth Heaven of Yang God.

Her Taoist Intent was almost instantly shattered by Xie Xuanyi.

This meant... their Great Dao weren’t on the same level.

"This Xie Xuanyi, at least has the strength of Fifth Layer Peak! Fighting him alone, I cannot possibly hold him back!"