Gu Zhan looked at Nangong Weiyang, with a sense of admiration in his heart,

Truly deserving of being Yunzhou’s most remarkable woman,

even after suffering such severe blows and now in a crippled body, her mindset remains remarkably stable.

These past few days,

although Gu Zhan hadn’t personally visited the two of them, he had been keeping an eye on them, understanding Nangong Weiyang’s condition very well, showing no sign of giving up.

Gu Zhan looked at Nangong Weiyang and slowly said, "Miss Nangong, I’ll be candid. The reason I risked saving you two was not because of loyalty.

To be honest, just for our friendship, I caused such an uproar in the Qianyu Sect, killed two Grandmasters in front of everyone to buy you time, was already going beyond the bounds of friendship.

Later, when Sword One fell into demonhood and became the enemy of the Martial World, I still helped, which was unrelated to loyalty—just because I saw the potential and strength in you both."

A faint smile appeared on Nangong Weiyang’s pale face as she said, "I indeed didn’t misjudge, Brother Gu is a person of great courage. I actually already guessed your intention, and I just wanted to see how big your vision was.

If Brother Gu had invited me based on loyalty, I wouldn’t have refused, after all, you saved both Sword One’s and my life. However, I would have only joined the Beidou Bang with Sword One."

Gu Zhan chuckled lightly: "And now?"

Nangong Weiyang struggled to sit up straight, slowly released Sword One’s hand, and then clasped her hands together in salute, saying, "Nangong pays respect to Lord."

Gu Zhan smiled faintly, saying, "Your choice won’t be wrong."

Nangong Weiyang laughed heartily, saying, "For the ambition of Lord alone, it can’t be wrong," after saying this, Nangong Weiyang looked at Sword One and said, "However, right now, Sword One’s demonic nature hasn’t been suppressed, but please rest assured, Lord, once he regains his senses, he will listen to me."

Gu Zhan nodded slightly and asked, "What’s Sword One’s current condition?"

Nangong Weiyang said in a deep voice, "I cannot leave him, whenever I get a little farther from him, his demonic nature flares up, but he is improving. In at most a month, he should regain his senses, but it’s impossible for him to return to his previous self, he can only be half-human, half-demon."

Gu Zhan frowned, asking, "Is there any way?"

"No," Nangong Weiyang said, "Sword One practices the Yellow Court Scripture. I heard from my master that although the Yellow Court Scripture is the most orthodox Cultivation Technique of the Daoist School, it actually shares the same root with the Demon Killing Scripture: in the case of the Yellow Court Scripture, it leads to a divine Daoist saint, while the Demon Killing Scripture leads to an extremely terrifying demon.

Sword One became a Fallen Demon to save me, triggering the Demonic Qi of the Yellow Court Scripture, breaking through two realms, and his demonic nature has completely dominated him, it’s impossible to eradicate the demonic nature."

Gu Zhan exclaimed in surprise, "The prestigious Yellow Court Scripture, is it such an evil Cultivation Technique?"

Nangong Weiyang said solemnly, "Very few know of it. My master knows merely by chance; in the entire Martial World, those who know probably don’t exceed a handful. My master once warned me to persuade Sword One to switch to another technique.

At that time, I thought Sword King City, such a large sect with so many experts, couldn’t be unaware of this issue, thinking my master was worrying unnecessarily. Now I realize my master’s reminder was right, this cultivation technique is indeed very sinister."

Gu Zhan suddenly furrowed his brow, saying, "No, Sword One’s physique is Sword Heart Clarity, straddling between righteousness and demonhood, which many people know about. Why did Sword King City still allow him to practice the Yellow Court Scripture, such an evil technique? Shouldn’t they have used an authentic Daoist orthodox technique to completely prevent him from becoming demonized?"