...How did it feel?
Xiao Se had originally intended to enter seclusion and cultivate for a while, to calm himself down for the time being. Yet his mind was restless, and for some reason, he could not return to his former tranquility.
An irritating sneer reached his ears, but when he finally opened his eyes in exasperation, everything before him had once again returned to calm.
Had it already become a knot in his heart?
Xiao Se was not particularly surprised by that, though it did leave him somewhat concerned.
Shaking his head to himself, Xiao Se was just about to close his eyes again and regulate his breathing when an unavoidable doubt rose in his heart.
If this was something so important that even he himself had never known about, how had the inner demon's illusion known it?
Or was it merely a coincidence, a lucky hit?
And if that was the case, was his current state what the inner demon had hoped for?
As he gradually calmed down, Xiao Se found himself thinking this.
If the inner demon intended to use him as a breakthrough point into the Endless Fire Domain, then naturally, it would hope for him to break with his parents.
And after that?
Xiao Se could not help recalling examples among those around him.
His father's teacher, his own Ancestral Master, the current head of the Medicine Tower, had once had another disciple before his father. The Ancestral Master had painstakingly nurtured him and treated him like a newly born son, only for that first disciple to be beguiled by an enemy and ultimately commit the unforgivable act of betraying his master and destroying his lineage.
At that thought, Xiao Se ignited his flames.
Inner demons could seep through every crack. Since the inner demon