"What kind of thing is your inner demon?"
Sun Buxiao asked Xiao Yi Xian curiously.
"I... can't really say."
Even Xiao Yi Xian's own sense of it was rather hazy... or perhaps the inner demon had already begun influencing her, and she simply hadn't realized it.
Faint, almost imperceptible whispers sounded beside her ears, tiny fragments of sound.
"The stronger your heart, the weaker your inner demon. This thing really does hinge on your state of mind-so no matter what, never believe you can't win, because your inner demon really will kill you."
Sun Buxiao's expression was exceptionally serious as he said this to the three of them.
The three before him were practically the people he relied on most within the Heavenly Poison Gate-Xiao Yi Xian was his lover, Hai Bodong was powerful and highly capable at coordinating operations, and Bai Kun was the Heavenly Poison Gate's greatest financial pillar. Losing any one of them was absolutely unacceptable to him.
He trusted them. That was why he had given the three of them Heart Demon Seeds and brought forth their inner demon tribulations: he believed they could overcome this ordeal.
Still, the necessary words of encouragement had to be said.
"Ugh."
Bai Kun swayed and dropped to one knee, his face contorted with pain.
Hai Bodong also began trembling, shaking like chaff in a sieve, his pupils contracting.
"...Forget it. Looks like this won't be resolved anytime soon. I'd better take you back first."
Shaking his head helplessly, Sun Buxiao grabbed the two men by their clothes and flew out.
All three needed time to overcome their inner demons. There was no rushing it-hadn't Yao Lao still failed to wake up?
Sun Buxiao turned to studying other things.
"Young Friend Sun, this inner demon art of yours is truly