Yunxiao's Temperament Needed Changing

Even the two Demon Sages had been defeated so thoroughly. How could the accompanying demons dare remain on Wuyi Mountain any longer? In an instant, they scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing without a trace.

Lu Xuan paid them no heed. Those minor demons were not worthy of his intervention.

At this moment, Yunxiao spoke to Lu Xuan with a worried expression. "Martial Uncle, the Demon Race is powerful now. If we show them so little regard, will we form karma with the Demon Race?"

That was simply Yunxiao's nature. She always looked ahead and behind before doing anything, lacking Qiongxiao and Bixiao's decisiveness.

Some said this was planning before acting, the manner of a wise person. Yet Lu Xuan felt that Yunxiao lacked drive.

He directly asked Yunxiao, "The Primordial Unity Golden Dipper your master bestowed upon you—how far have you refined it?"

Though puzzled by Lu Xuan suddenly asking about the Primordial Unity Golden Dipper, Yunxiao still replied, "The Primordial Unity Golden Dipper is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and possesses forty-three innate restrictions."

"Yunxiao has now refined thirty of them. However, the remaining restrictions are increasingly difficult to refine. I do not know when I will be able to completely refine it."

A top-grade innate spiritual treasure could possess as many as forty-five innate restrictions. Although the Primordial Unity Golden Dipper had not reached the limit, forty-three was already exceedingly rare.

Moreover, Lu Xuan had not expected Yunxiao to refine thirty of them in such a short time. That was not something just anyone could accomplish.

He immediately said, "Then use the Primordial Unity Golden Dipper to take Ghost Chariot inside. Extinguish the Five Qi in his belly and shave away the Three Flowers above his head."

Yunxiao was greatly shocked upon hearing this. If she truly did that, would she not thoroughly offend the Demon Race to the death?

Seeing Yunxiao's hesitant expression, Lu Xuan could not help saying inwardly, This girl's temperament must change. Otherwise, it will bring her a hundred harms and not a single benefit.

In the original trajectory of the Primordial World, Yunxiao had been just like this. When Zhao Gongming lost the Sea-Calming Pearls and came to borrow a treasure from her, she repeatedly delayed and declined.

Later, when Zhao Gongming died beneath the Book of Seven Arrows with Nail Heads, even when avenging her elder brother, she had feared wolves before her and tigers behind her.

Had Qiongxiao and Bixiao not been there, perhaps Yunxiao would have swallowed the enmity of her brother's murder. She would have obediently hidden away on the Three Immortal Islands and taken no part in the Investiture of the Gods.

Conversely, if Yunxiao had possessed a decisive and ruthless temperament, coupled with her intelligence, she could have gone directly with Zhao Gongming to Western Qi when he came to borrow the treasure. Perhaps Zhao Gongming would not have died.

Thus, this was Lu Xuan's first step in changing Yunxiao. He gave her no chance to refuse and spoke directly.

"As a disciple of a Sage, you are actually so cowardly. If word spreads, will Tongtian's reputation not be ruined in your hands?"

"Even if you possess a body full of cultivation, without a heart capable of decisive slaughter, the Primordial World is not suited to you. Sooner or later, this will cost you your life."

"Go find a corner on Golden Ao Island and enter seclusion in one go until heaven grows barren and earth grows old. Only when your cultivation stands shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao may you emerge and venture through the Primordial World again."

Lu Xuan's words filled Yunxiao's eyes with tears, and she looked as though she were about to cry. Yet Lu Xuan showed not the slightest softness, merely waving his hand at Yunxiao.

Qiongxiao and Bixiao were frantic. They directly said to Yunxiao, "Elder Sister, if Martial Uncle had not been here today, do you think those two would have spared us siblings?"

"Leaving such a beast alive is already immense mercy. Are you truly going to anger Martial Uncle over this furred beast?"

Zhao Gongming had just wanted to plead with Lu Xuan on Yunxiao's behalf, but a single look from Lu Xuan stopped him. He could only sigh and step aside.

Yunxiao's hand began to tremble slowly. In the end, she still took out the Primordial Unity Golden Dipper and activated it against Ghost Chariot.

The next moment, Ghost Chariot was drawn into the Primordial Unity Golden Dipper. As the laws of reincarnation within the Golden Dipper reversed, Ghost Chariot, a mighty Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal at the peak realm, instantly had the Five Qi in his belly extinguished and the Three Flowers atop his head shaven away.

When Yunxiao released Ghost Chariot from the Primordial Unity Golden Dipper, he no longer even had the ability to assume human form.

At this moment, Lu Xuan spoke again. "Kill him."

Yunxiao was initially stunned, but this time she did not hesitate again, because she knew she could not defy Lu Xuan's command.

She immediately took out her immortal sword and walked toward Ghost Chariot. Just as Ghost Chariot was about to die beneath Yunxiao's blade, the Compliant Iron Rod flew out of thin air and blocked Yunxiao's fatal strike.

"Yunxiao, it is not that your Martial Uncle is cold-blooded and heartless, forcing you to do what you do not wish to do. It is to tell you that in the Primordial World, the weak are meat and the strong eat it."

"Even if you spare Ghost Chariot today, he absolutely will not remember your kindness. He may even summon reinforcements to avenge today's humiliation."

"Perhaps even this time, what Nine-Infant brought back will not be three drops of Golden Crow Blood Essence, but more great powers of the Demon Race."

"On the contrary, I, your Martial Uncle, am willing to apologize to you. From this day forth, I will never again force you to become someone decisive in slaughter."

Yunxiao was kind-hearted and somewhat timid in her actions, but that did not mean she lacked intelligence.

Therefore, Yunxiao naturally knew what they would face shortly. She immediately bowed to Lu Xuan.

"Thank you, Martial Uncle, for letting Yunxiao understand the foundation upon which one stands in the Primordial World. From today onward, Yunxiao will certainly strive to become someone decisive in slaughter and never again show a woman's soft-hearted mercy."

Lu Xuan nodded. "It is good that you can understand your Martial Uncle's painstaking intentions. Remember, in the Primordial World, you must possess both the ability to kill and the courage to kill."

"Never let others think you are afraid. Even if they fear the forces behind you, that will not do. Once such a situation is created, you will be constrained by others at every turn."

"Gongming, all of you remember this as well. In the Primordial World, there is no dispute over face; there are only battles of life and death. Once you determine that someone is an enemy rather than a friend, if you can kill him, leave no survivor."

"Of course, that is unless keeping someone alive brings greater benefits than killing them, just as with keeping Ghost Chariot alive now."

After speaking, Lu Xuan waved his hand and directly took the utterly cultivation-less Ghost Chariot back to his residence.

At the same time, Lu Xuan did not forget to call for reinforcements. After all, the current Lu Xuan was not yet qualified to face the two Demon Emperors.

Even Demon Master Kunpeng was not someone Lu Xuan could defeat at present. When it was time to ask for help, Lu Xuan would not hesitate in the slightest.

As the Immortal-Killing Sword shattered a jade talisman, Laozi in the Eight Scenic Palace on Shouyang Mountain, Primordial Heavenly Venerable in the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain, and Tongtian in the Azure Wandering Palace on Golden Ao Island all sensed Lu Xuan's summons at once.

They immediately rose and vanished from their respective sacred grounds, fearing that if they moved too slowly, their elder brother would encounter danger.

Meanwhile, Nine-Infant had already returned to the Demon Court and reported the course of events to Dijun and Taiyi.

Taiyi flew into a towering rage after hearing this. "What rat-like wretch dares speak such wild nonsense? This Emperor will go and cut off his dog head at once, so he may learn the consequences of opposing my Demon Race!"