Chapter 16: Paragon of Humanity

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Blood Tianjue laughed:
“Didn’t expect you little girl to be so loyal and righteous. Don’t worry, we will meet again someday!”

Feng Xi sighed:
“Alright then, how do we contact you? Also, if we meet any brothers or sisters from the Demon Clan, how do we prove ourselves to them?”

Blood Tianjue thought for a moment and handed Feng Xi a black jade token:
“This is the Blood Demon Token of our Blood Demon Clan. Although it’s a low rank, it’s enough to prove your identity.
Also, I’ll teach you a set of incantations. Once activated, you can contact me.”

Feng Xi solemnly took the Blood Demon Token with both hands and placed it in her storage pouch.

Blood Tianjue was quite pleased with her attitude. Unfortunately, if this little girl were from the Demon Clan, he could have kept her for his own use. But since she’s human—

Once she loses her usefulness, she can be disposed of!

After teaching Feng Xi the incantation, he led her and Jun Wen to the weak spot he had mentioned.

“This rock wall here is the thinnest, only a few inches thick. You can break through it with your swords and get out.”

Feng Xi hesitated: “Sir, I have a suggestion—don’t know if I should say it?”

“Speak!”

“You just said you want to stay here to recover, but I think that’s too risky.
Think about it, once we leave, the senior leaders of Xuantian Sect will likely collapse this place entirely to eliminate any danger. Wouldn’t that mean you’d be buried alive?!
And even if they don’t bury you alive, how would you leave here later?
Xuantian Sect is one of the Four Great Sects, and they have some tough fighters.
So I think you should take us hostage and escape!
That way, you can clear our names and also secure your own escape!
What do you think?”

Blood Tianjue pondered for a moment and nodded:
“You’ve thought this through more carefully. You’re quite capable. Work well, and I’ll promote you properly in the future.”

Feng Xi looked overwhelmed with gratitude:
“Sir, you flatter me! It’s my honor to serve you!
Shall we leave now?”

After saying this, she stepped forward in front of Blood Tianjue, acting as if ready to be sacrificed.

Jun Wen thought: “...”
What on earth are you doing?
Wouldn’t it be better to just slip away quietly?

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You have to be taken hostage?
What if this old devil doesn’t hold back and squeezes the life out of us?

But he couldn’t go against it, so he reluctantly imitated Feng Xi and stood in front of Blood Tianjue.

Blood Tianjue glanced at him disdainfully:
“Your brain is far worse than this girl’s! From now on, listen to her and don’t hold us back!”

Jun Wen: “...”
Hope you say the same when you realize you’ve been duped!

Blood Tianjue held both of them hostage and broke through the rock wall!

It was already midnight.

Even so, many people still guarded the place, with numerous torches lit.

Why no magical lighting devices? Because they were broke.

Xiao Baidao was still here, afraid of missing any useful clue.

In theory, Blood Tianjue could have slipped away using the time difference, but he was holding two hostages (dead weight), so Xiao Baidao discovered and blocked him.

Xiao Baidao was first delighted to see his two precious disciples unharmed.

Then shocked: “Blood Tianjue? You’re not dead?”

Blood Tianjue sneered wildly: “I wanted to personally destroy your human race; how could I be dead?!
Enough nonsense. If you don’t want them dead, then respectfully escort me out of Xuantian Sect!”

Xiao Baidao didn’t reply immediately.

Privately, he wanted to save his disciples.

But the other was a notorious demon lord; letting him go would be inviting trouble!

As he wrestled with this internally, Feng Xi said:

“Old devil, words mean nothing. How do we know you won’t cheat?
Release my senior brother first to show your sincerity!”

Xiao Baidao’s heart ached!

This girl Feng Xi was so sensible it was heartbreaking!

She was willing to sacrifice herself to protect Jun Wen!

Blood Tianjue thought this girl was a good actress, making it seem real!

He hesitated a moment, then threw Jun Wen to Xiao Baidao and soared into the air, riding the demonic energy.

Xiao Baidao caught Jun Wen, set him down, then summoned a flying sword to give chase.

Other senior leaders of Xuantian Sect who had been alerted also followed closely behind.

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As they neared the mountain gate, Blood Tianjue had no choice but to land on the ground.

The heavy pressure from the gate plaque prevented him from flying.

Just as he landed, Feng Xi suddenly broke free from his grasp and unleashed a spell!

Not the fire spell she had shown off before the golden-maned suanni, but a wood-element spell: the Binding Spell.

It wrapped around Blood Tianjue’s legs.

In Blood Tianjue’s eyes, Feng Xi was one of his own—and a useless one at that.

So he let down his guard.

Though he broke free within moments, he now faced Xiao Baidao and the others.

Moreover, he hadn’t fully recovered his strength. A few moments could determine the battle’s outcome.

Suddenly, light swirled, and various spells and sword lights all attacked Blood Tianjue.

In an instant, Blood Tianjue was gravely wounded and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Feng Xi thought this old devil was done for, but suddenly several “Blood Tianjues” appeared.

After the crowd killed the illusions, they realized the real Blood Tianjue had long since escaped.

Feng Xi was furious!

Are you all useless? I even helped you this far, and you still let the old devil escape!

She had wanted to eliminate him completely to prevent future troubles, but now the old devil surely hated her to death—and might come for her life someday.

If she had known this, she might as well have let him stay in the second mining cave.

Feng Xi didn’t want him to stay there for two reasons: one, she didn’t want anyone to know about the act she and Jun Wen had put on.

Though their intentions were good, there were always stubborn people in the sect, which would harm her reputation.

Secondly, even if they collapsed the second mining cave, there was no guarantee of killing Blood Tianjue. Better to lure him out and kill him in one strike.

Of course, there was another important reason: she feared accidentally destroying the high-grade spirit stone mine when collapsing the second cave, which would be a huge loss!

She just hadn’t counted on the Xuantian Sect’s senior leaders being ineffective enough to let the old devil escape.

However, the urgent matter now was not this. She needed to build her reputation and find a chance to coordinate with that fool Jun Wen.

Thinking this, she fainted.

She had overexerted herself using the Binding Spell, causing bleeding from her nose and mouth. Passing out now moved everyone present.

Feng Xi had first risked herself to save Jun Wen, and now risked shattering her dantian to ambush Blood Tianjue.

She was a model disciple of Xuantian Sect!

A paragon of humanity!