"Didn't we already tell you? We were passing through and wanted a look at the Heaven-Defying Demon Slayer Art. Hand over the Divine Ability, and we might consider leaving you and your grandson with intact corpses!" a Demon Heaven disciple sneered.
Xiao Chen remembered him. His name was Long Qing, a King Realm Seventh Layer cultivator and a Second-Pattern Veteran Disciple. In private, he seemed especially close to Xiao Yuntian and belonged to the same faction. When Xiao Chen first arrived at the Marshland Killing Domain, Long Qing and several other Second-Pattern Veteran Disciples had paid him considerable attention, their hostility blazing.
At first, he had thought Long Qing would join forces with others to strike at him in secret during the merit expedition, so he had remained on his guard.
Who could have expected that the one who finally came would not be Long Qing, but Hui Bai, who had traveled day and night to follow him in secret?
All he could say was that Xiao Yuntian schemed deeply and acted with extreme caution to ensure nothing went wrong.
"The Heaven-Defying Demon Slayer Art is a secret never passed outside our Sword Spirit Sect, an unparalleled cultivation art left behind by Lord Sword God in years past. Forget outsiders-even members of our sect have no right to comprehend or practice it if their gifts are lacking or their hearts are crooked. How could I hand it over to the likes of you?" the old man rebuked furiously.
"The Sword God? Rumor has it the Sword God Lineage was uprooted and utterly subdued by the Star God Hall long ago. Its influence is now as insignificant as dust. As for this so-called Heaven-Defying Demon Slayer Art, I doubt it amounts to much either. Our willingness to look at it is