With a casual flick, he sent down a flame, and the corpse was instantly burned to ashes.
Fang Xiao's gaze blazed as he kept his eyes fixed on Yao Ling.
The blow she had suffered was simply too great. It seemed to have affected her temperament as well, driving her to commit such an extreme act.
Logically, this had nothing to do with Fang Xiao, yet he vaguely sensed that something was amiss.
"This is your family matter. I have no need to interfere.
"But shouldn't you also fulfill your promise and help me open the Heavenly Sword Mountain inheritance trial?"
As he spoke, Fang Xiao had already taken out the inheritance sword artifact.
Back then, Yao Ling had sworn a Dao Vow to spare no effort in helping him complete the trial.
To put her at ease, Fang Xiao had also sworn a Dao Vow, but only within the limits of his ability.
Yet the Yao Clan had already been wiped out first.
He could not possibly bring the dead back to life.
That was clearly beyond Fang Xiao's capabilities.
Yet seeing the inheritance sword artifact in Fang Xiao's hand, Yao Ling did not seem surprised.
"So Senior has indeed obtained it.
"The Heavenly Sword Mountain inheritance—the technique unrivaled beneath heaven, the pass to the Mahayana Stage.
"How many had sacrificed life and limb for it? How many had seen their families shattered and their homes destroyed because of it?
"And now, it has finally fallen upon my Yao Clan.
"Ancestor! You truly should not have left it behind!"
Tears of blood streamed from Yao Ling's eyes as she howled toward the heavens, as though she had decided that the root cause of her clan's destruction lay in this inheritance sword artifact.
Listening to her own shrill cries echo