From Baili Mu's voice, Saintess Xuan heard what demon nature truly was.
Her master, Abbess Miaoyin, once told her that demon nature arose from desire. Once desires arose, if they were not curbed and were allowed to grow wildly, they would transform into demon nature.
Her understanding of demon nature had been vague and muddled. Earlier, she thought Chen Shi was demon nature because Chen Shi killed with excessive ruthlessness, using the Nightmare Wood Talisman to kill over a thousand cultivators from the Banshan Sect and the Hundred Refinements Hall in succession, truly brimming with unpardonable crimes.
Yet now, for the first time, she clearly sensed what demon nature actually was.
Demon nature truly arose from desire, breeding, growing, and constantly expanding within a dark room.
The Book of Rites stated that a gentleman was cautious when alone and did not deceive the dark room.
Because when unseen by others, it was easy to breed all sorts of evil thoughts, and those evil thoughts would continuously demonize, evolving into demon nature.
Baili Mu was precisely like this.
Deep within Lake Danan, in a patch of land devoid of human footprints, it was unknown how far they still were from Nian Du. An injured woman, bound up in an extremely sensual manner, surrounded by writhing tongues—this scene caused the dark corners within his heart to breed unfamiliar emotions.
Here, crying out to heaven brought no response, and calling to the earth brought no answer.
If he handled it cleanly, no one would ever know what had happened!
The Young Master's woman, the Young Master can play with her, so why can't I...
Baili Mu's throat felt somewhat dry as he spoke in a low voice, "What am I? A bottom-feeder who does head-cutting work, lower even than the lowest nine trades.