"You call the Patriarch a fiend all day long, but I think you're much the same," Huang Xiao said, shaking his head.
"What's so bad about being a fiend? Aren't I called Demon Phoenix?" Demon Phoenix said as though it were only natural. "If anyone dares threaten me, I'll wipe out their entire household. Carve out a fearsome name through slaughter, so that no one under heaven dares even think of resisting when they hear it. That was exactly the sort of man Huo Lian was back then. He betrayed the Demon Hall, but who in the Demon Hall dared touch him? Even Pang Ji could only negotiate terms with him. Now that's the life I want."
"There's no point talking about that now. Let's survive this Thousand-Year Period first," Huang Xiao said.
"Alas, if you were still the Demon Hall Master, I wouldn't have to worry about this. But now look at us-we've both become targets for the Demon Hall to wipe out," Demon Phoenix sighed. "Then again, who knows? If you were still the Hall Master, you might end up disowning even your closest kin. Demon Hall Masters all seem to be like that when they unleash a massacre. If you ran into me, you might try to kill me too, wouldn't you?"
"It probably wouldn't come to that, unless Demonic Qi invaded me and I lost my reason," Huang Xiao said with a smile.
"For now, Demonic Qi hasn't affected you too much. Your urge to kill isn't that strong," Demon Phoenix said. "I hope you can keep it that way. I don't want to die at your hands one day without even knowing what happened."
"Then you'd better watch out. I don't know when Demonic Qi might invade me either," Huang Xiao said.
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