I Am the Heart Demon

Yun Zhi always felt that the things she feared would happen.

After all, this is the Ask Dao Sect; nothing is surprising here.

Lu Yang entered a very mysterious state. He felt that every acupoint in his body was filled with Spiritual Qi, and the circulation within his body merged with the Spiritual Qi outside. With each breath, he completed the exchange of Spiritual Qi.

His heart was at peace like never before. He focused on refining the benefits brought by the Kui Niu and could clearly feel his body growing stronger.

"It would be best to take a look." Yun Zhi glanced at Lu Yang, who was cultivating, but did not disturb him. She went to the pine forest alone and had the puppet protect Lu Yang.

It was late at night, and only Yun Zhi and Lu Yang were on Heaven Gate Peak. It was exceptionally quiet. Yun Zhi walked among the mountains, like an immortal walking on clouds.

Then Yun Zhi saw her noisy master and elders trapped inside the cave abode.

You could hear their voices even from a great distance.

Yun Zhi sighed; what was meant to happen would happen.

She went into the cave abode, wondering whether she should release them.

Inside the cave abode, the high-ranking members of the Ask Dao Sect gathered together.

"I knew you senior brothers and sisters were kind-hearted people who couldn't bear to see me here alone, so you came in to keep me company." The Silent Daoist was very grateful, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"Especially the second brother, on the surface he was breaking the formation, but actually he just saw I was lonely and dragged everyone else along to keep me company!"

Grandpa Ba immediately sensed the malicious looks from his junior brothers and sisters, and felt immense pressure.

He forced himself to remain calm and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. This is just a seal placed by my junior sister Yun Zhi. She didn't come in person. As long as we work together, we can definitely overcome this difficulty and break the seal!"

"Think of the nine disciples of the Ask Dao Sect in the past, and think of all of you who hold high positions now, what difficulties could possibly defeat us?"

In their youth, they roamed the martial world, slaying demons and monsters, leaving behind a formidable reputation in the Central Continent. They were known as the "Nine Disciples of the Ask Dao Sect" at that time.

Inside the cramped cave abode, the nine disciples of the Ask Dao Sect reunited.

"Old Ninth, tell me, how exactly can we leave here?" Old Ba glared fiercely at the Silent Daoist. He had come to watch the show, but instead, he had become the show itself.

The Silent Daoist chuckled, "Everyone has gone to so much trouble to come and keep me company, how can we leave so easily?"

He said seriously, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but Xiaoyun's cultivation level has already surpassed mine. The purpose of her setting up this seal was to make me work hard to cultivate and break through my own limits."

"Therefore, to break the seal, one must break through limits and surpass oneself!"

Everyone realized the seriousness of the problem; surpassing oneself is easier said than done.

The Silent Daoist had already planned out how things would unfold: first, everyone would step forward one by one to try to break the seal, and after being repelled, they would surely be disheartened. At that point, he would say that he had gained some insight and was about to break through, and that he needed to meditate for three days. After three days, he would pretend to have a surge in power and unleash a dazzling Swordsmanship to bombard the cave entrance. At that time, the seal would be broken, and his senior brothers and sisters would be amazed by his own comprehension.

A perfect plan!

"Since that's the case, then I, as the second senior brother, will not shirk my duty and will try first!" With the First Elder absent, Uncle Ba is the most senior, and he should set an example.

The others looked at Grandpa Ba expectantly. Grandpa Ba felt that he probably wouldn't be able to break the seal and would be very embarrassed, so he turned his head and said, "You all step back. I have a unique skill that I can't use in front of others."

The group obediently retreated to the depths of the cave, where they could no longer see the entrance.

Seeing everyone retreat, Grandpa Ba took a deep breath, shook out a few seeds from his sleeve, and with a muttered incantation, the seeds instantly transformed into thick vines that blasted against the cave entrance. The vines glowed faintly, and lightning burst forth, creating a deafening roar.

This is a rare purple lightning vine, said to be born after being bathed in lightning tribulation, bearing the mark of heaven and earth from birth, and possessing a portion of the power of lightning tribulation.

After a barrage of bombardments, the cave entrance remained unchanged, and the seal was not disturbed at all.

"Um?"

Grandpa Ba saw a beautiful figure in the thick smoke and frowned.

As the thick smoke dissipated, Yun Zhi's figure was revealed.

Grandpa Ba, with his wealth of experience, instantly understood what was happening before his eyes.

What I see before me must be my own inner demon. Didn't Lao Jiu say that to break the seal, one must break through oneself? And how to break through oneself? One must defeat one's inner demon.

"I thought I had let go of the past and that it was a good thing that each generation was stronger than the last, and that young people were stronger than the old. But I didn't expect that I still couldn't let go!" Grandpa Ba said with high spirits.

With this thought in mind, Grandpa Ba did not hesitate any longer and used all his strength to attack Yun Zhi.

Yun Zhi wanted to come in and see what the elders were doing, and consider whether to let them out, but she didn't expect to be bombarded by Grandpa Ba as soon as she reached the cave entrance.

Yun Zhi had no choice but to retaliate. She stretched out her slender hand, the bells on her wrist jingling, and struck out with her palm, sending Grandpa Ba flying.

Grandpa Ba was sent flying far away, where he was caught by the Third Elder and others.

"Second Senior Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Grandpa Ba coughed twice, a hint of fear in his eyes. He raised his hand tremblingly, pointing to the cave entrance, and said, "Be careful, Old Nine didn't lie to us. My niece Yun Zhi is incredibly fortunate. She set up a seal on her inner demons. If we want to break through the seal, we must resolve our inner demons!"

The Silent Daoist muttered to himself, "Inner demons? What inner demons?"

The Third Elder, not believing in superstition, stepped forward to try, and encountered Yun Zhi again. He was never good at using his brain, so naturally he believed whatever Grandpa Ba said.

When Yun Zhi defeated the five Sect Masters at the Immortal Sect Conference, she became a source of inner demons among the older generation, feeling that she had cultivated something worthless over the past thousand years. The Third Elder was no exception.

The Third Elder also immediately took a fighting stance upon seeing Yun Zhi, but like the Second Elder, he was sent flying by a single palm strike.

"What a powerful inner demon!"

The Fourth Elder, the Fifth Elder... the eighth elder, the elders tried one by one, but were all defeated by Yun Zhi.

The Silent Daoist arrived at the cave entrance, completely bewildered. Upon seeing Yun Zhi, he suddenly realized that this was not some inner demon at all; it was clearly Yunzhi herself guarding the entrance!

"Xiao Yun?" the Silent Daoist called out tentatively.

Yun Zhi replied expressionlessly, "I am a demon within myself."

Having said that, without giving his master a chance to react, he struck him away with a palm and turned to leave the cave abode.

Treating yourself as a demon and attacking it from the start, how can you expect to escape? You should just sit in meditation for three days straight.

Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes, feeling a warm current flowing through his body. He realized he was only one step away from breaking through.

Yun Zhi had already sat back down in her original seat. When Lu Yang saw Yun Zhi sitting opposite him, he wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that his senior sister seemed a little happy.

"Senior Sister, is there something to be happy about?"

"No," Yun Zhi replied in her usual indifferent tone.