Had things truly been as Zhou Xi said, Sun Yao's cultivation would have become unstable after her breakthrough, rising and falling unpredictably. That meant she had certainly used some demonic method to break through. Even if it had not been a demonic method, it had still been some unorthodox technique.
Although quite a few people in the Demon Realm used demonic methods and unorthodox techniques to break through their cultivation realms, everyone knew that once one became tainted by demonic methods, it was tantamount to stepping onto a road of no return. It was like being poisoned but not seeking an antidote, instead trying to suppress the poison in one's body with another poison. As the poisons within one's body grew more numerous, one would seek out yet another poison to suppress them. In the end, there was only a dead end.
The martial artists of the Demon Realm were naturally ruthless and merciless, but those who chose to use demonic methods to break through their cultivation realms were generally people with nowhere else to turn, or people too eager for quick success. Comparatively speaking, ordinary people would not choose demonic methods to break through, even in a place as cruel as the Demon Realm, where the weak were prey to the strong.
"Did Sun Yao say where she was going to train this time?"
Lin Bai hurriedly pressed him for an answer.
Zhou Xi shook his head. "Before Miss Sun Yao left, I told her not to go out for the time being. The master had instructed us that, during his absence, he was worried someone might attack the Sword Hiding Hermitage. If she went out to train and encountered an enemy, she might suffer greatly."
"But she said there was no need to worry. She had friends traveling