"You don't cultivate the Emotionless Dao, so why think about these things? Besides, do you think he is?"
Wen Xu actually hated the Heart Demon's way of speaking. "Isn't he? The Venerable could cut off contact with Siren, the junior brother he once cherished so dearly, just like that. After switching to the Emotionless Dao, he should have severed love and desire, yet he went looking for trouble and took in a disciple. Wasn't that ruining his own future?"
The Heart Demon suddenly split its lips in a smile. "Do you think the Emotionless Dao means severing all feelings and love?"
Wen Xu pretended not to understand. "I don't cultivate the Emotionless Dao."
"If you say something I like to hear, I'll tell you Wen Zhiyi's origins. How about it?" the Heart Demon coaxed. "You should know that if Wen Chishan were here, he definitely wouldn't tell you a single word."
Wen Xu: ...You two were cut from the same cloth, and you still had the nerve to argue over who came first?!
"Could it be that the Venerable is not Wen Chishan?" A spark flashed through Wen Xu's mind. He looked at the Heart Demon before him, and a reasonable guess surfaced. "Speaking of which, with the Venerable's Heart Demon still present, how did he cultivate to the Spirit Transformation Realm back then?"
The Heart Demon: ...This kid was truly sharp.
"Take a guess."
"In ancient times, if one wished to attain the seat of a sage, one had to slay the Three Corpses. Thus, the sage would know neither sorrow nor joy and naturally achieve the Emotionless Dao. The Venerable's Heart Demon remained within him, yet now it could split into two people, so..." Wen Xu sat upright, but his words sent chills down one's spine. "Back then,