Soon, four cultivators flew above the mountaintop on a giant fan.
One of them, a man with a goatee, looked down at Su Yi and asked, "Are you the half-demon who killed the Black Scale King?"
Su Yi narrowed his eyes. It seemed the Black Scale King's death had already spread far and wide, and he had become famous along with it.
"What do you want?"
Su Yi asked in return. The other man's haughty attitude rubbed him the wrong way.
"You saved tens of thousands of people, so you're a hero. We want to save you, too—to pull you back from the path of the demons."
A female cultivator spoke. Her face was kind, making it difficult for anyone to feel hostility toward her.
She paused, then continued, "We are the Four Elders of Great Wei. We can help you abandon your demonic cultivation and join Great Wei. We'll grant you the rank of fourth-grade general, and Great Wei will provide all the resources you need to cultivate."
Great Wei!
One of the Seven Dynasties!
Su Yi was stunned. He hadn't expected them to come from Great Wei.
From what he knew, Great Wei was of middling strength among the Seven Dynasties. It had many cultivation clans and sects under its influence, and it dominated its own territory.
"Is that true?"
Su Yi asked hesitantly. Great Wei had an excellent reputation among the Human Race. Even when Wu Qingyao spoke of Great Wei, she had nothing but praise for it. She claimed its current ruler was a once-in-a-generation prodigy, and that Great Wei might surpass Fierce Tang under his rule.
The female cultivator smiled and nodded. "Of course. Though Strange City's origins are unknown, you are all members of the Human Race, so Great Wei naturally cares about you. We'll send troops to your aid soon. Even the Black Leopard Emperor wouldn't dare wage war against Great Wei."
Her words brimmed with pride.
The other three elders were the same. As the Four Elders of Great Wei, they had been born when Great Wei was first established and had witnessed its every change. Great Wei had once been weak, but ever since its new ruler took the throne, it had flourished and won the support of many powerful cultivation sects.
"How can I be sure that I'll be stronger after abandoning my cultivation and starting over?"
Su Yi asked cautiously. He also doubted whether they were who they claimed to be.
After all, he didn't truly understand Desolate Ancient.
"May I examine you?"
The goateed cultivator landed in front of Su Yi and asked.
Su Yi hesitated for a moment, then raised his right hand.
He had chosen demonic cultivation in a moment of desperation. And since he had just founded the Emperor Su Sect, he hadn't wanted to make unreasonable demands for a cultivation method.
A human who cultivated demonic arts would be despised by both races.
The goateed cultivator grasped Su Yi's wrist and used his spiritual power to examine his bone roots.
Su Yi remained calm on the surface, but he was ready to fight at any moment. It never hurt to be wary.
If the other man made a move, Su Yi would kill him with the force of a thunderclap!
After absorbing more than two hundred Demon Cores and continuing his cultivation, he had reached a strength of one hundred and twenty dragons.
"Hm?"
The goateed cultivator suddenly frowned. The other three elders gathered around.
"He has the Five Elements Severed Pulse Body!"
"What? Impossible! How could he have the Five Elements Severed Pulse Body?"
"Are you sure?"
"Don't scare us. We can't afford to be careless about something like this!"
The Four Elders of Great Wei looked as if they'd seen something unbelievable. One after another, they grabbed Su Yi's wrist to examine him.
Judging by their expressions, Su Yi had a bad feeling.
"It's over... He really does have the Five Elements Severed Pulse Body. Does that mean he can't cultivate?"
The female elder's face fell, her expression full of the misery of someone who'd just lost a treasure.
He couldn't cultivate?
Su Yi nearly blew his top at that.
I'm a genius, damn it!
He had made tremendous progress in his cultivation lately, and his confidence had grown with it. Now the Four Elders of Great Wei were telling him that his constitution made cultivation impossible?
Are you messing with me?
Su Yi was speechless. Maybe your cultivation methods just suck!
"Forget it. Then he can only cultivate demonic arts."
The goateed cultivator sighed. His eyes darted as he added, "So what if he's a half-demon? He can serve as a contact between Great Wei and the Demon Race."
At that, the other three elders' eyes lit up.
Their main purpose in coming here had been to recruit Su Yi.
Even if he couldn't cultivate human techniques, there was nothing wrong with practicing demonic arts.
Great Wei had always been willing to break with convention. What was wrong with taking in a half-demon?
They just had to keep him out of sight of the common people.
The Four Elders of Great Wei grew more and more excited as they talked. Su Yi couldn't help interrupting them. "Hey, hey, hey! I haven't agreed to go with you to Great Wei!"
He was a half-demon. Going to human territory would be suicide!
Even with the Four Elders protecting him, he'd still face all kinds of discrimination.
At that, the Four Elders of Great Wei all turned to look at him.
The female cultivator spoke earnestly. "You killed the Black Scale King, so the Black Leopard Emperor won't let you off. You can survive only by joining Great Wei. The other six dynasties despise the Demon Race. If you run into them, they'll hunt you down."
Su Yi pursed his lips.
What was Great Wei to him?
Was it stronger than the Emperor Su Sect?
When the Four Elders saw that Su Yi remained unmoved, their expressions darkened.
They admired him for fighting tens of thousands of soldiers from the Demon Army alone, but Su Yi was still a demon. They had offered him a chance to return to the right path, and he had refused?
For a moment, the atmosphere turned strange.
Su Yi flipped his hand and drew the Zhouwu Sword, preparing to fight.
The moment the Zhouwu Sword appeared, the Four Elders of Great Wei stared at it, eyes wide.
"T-The Zhouwu Sword!"
The goateed cultivator stammered. All four elders hurriedly retreated, putting distance between themselves and Su Yi.
They looked at the Zhouwu Sword as if it were a bringer of doom.
"The Four Elders of Great Wei? Interesting. Their first ruler tried to subdue me back then, but I devoured him instead."
At that moment, the voice of Feng Long, the Sword Soul, sounded in Su Yi's mind.
Su Yi raised an eyebrow. So that had happened?
After thinking it over, Su Yi deliberately put on a cold expression and said, "Leave. My sword has a taste for the blood of Great Wei. You don't want to test its edge, do you?"
The Four Elders of Great Wei turned livid.
They were naturally furious at being threatened by Su Yi, but they also feared the Zhouwu Sword.
"Su Yi, I'll give you one last warning. The ruler of the Western Buddha Dynasty is about to send an army here. They hate demons more than anyone. You'd better think carefully—or leave this place. Otherwise, you'll regret it."
The only female cultivator among the Four Elders of Great Wei spoke. After saying this, they turned and flew toward Xiwan City.
The Western Buddha Dynasty?
Su Yi frowned, lost in thought.
Two of the Seven Dynasties had already set their sights on Xiwan City. For someone like him who practiced demonic arts, that was bad news.
"No! I can't just sit around and wait to die!"
Su Yi's eyes flickered. After witnessing the Black Scale King and Old Lord Qiyang, an ambition had taken root in his heart.
Now that the Four Elders of Great Wei had discovered he possessed the Five Elements Severed Pulse Body, that ambition began to swell.
He was going to become a Demon King!
The greatest Great Demon in the world!
No, wait!
"Demon King" didn't have enough presence!
If he was going to do it, he'd become the Demon Emperor!
With that, Su Yi set off at once.
He had run out of Demon Cores, after all, and absorbing them was much faster than drawing in the essence of the sun and moon!
He moved like the wind, running in the opposite direction from Xiwan City. Before long, he disappeared into the depths of the forest.
Meanwhile, a hundred miles away, on Laojun Mountain.
Old Lord Qiyang stood at the edge of a cliff, gloom clouding his sheep's face.
"The Four Elders of Great Wei have come, too. It seems I can't stay here any longer."
He muttered to himself. Though he was loath to leave, his life mattered more.
But what about Su Yi?
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