No hope for eternal life

Chapter 453 Shangguan Qiong's Decision

"In that case, let's just cut it off." Yi Qianhuan said coldly. He obviously wanted to give up Mu Changsheng. He and the Black Demon had an irreconcilable hatred, so naturally he didn't want to see any situation that would encourage the Black Demon's arrogance.

"Not appropriate." Xiao Niansheng quickly persuaded: "I know that it is a dilemma to save him or not, but I am Mu Changsheng's master, I know that child, his future is immeasurable, it is absolutely worthwhile to use these spirit stones to save his life. As for what you are worried about, even if there is no Mu Changsheng, your worries will still exist. The black devil is in the dark, we are in the light, all we can do is to strengthen our precautions, there is no reason to sacrifice Mu Changsheng."

Mo Lianyue, who had not yet spoken, glanced at Xiao Niansheng, as if she was meeting him for the first time, and said to Xiao Niansheng in a voice transmission: "It's rare that I agree with you this time."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Niansheng immediately looked at Mo Lianyue with gratitude. She was finally no longer "fighting alone".

Then, Mo Lianyue said: "I also think that we should save Mu Changsheng. If we don't, the Black Demon will probably spread the news and use it to discredit the sect. In addition, in order to prevent the Black Demon from attacking the sect's disciples again, we can move around more often. Maybe we can take the opportunity to kill one or two of the Black Demon's clones."

Yi Qianhuan, Xiao Niansheng, and Mo Lianyue each expressed their opinions, but in the end they all looked at Shangguan Qiong. Whether to save him or not would ultimately be decided by Shangguan Qiong. After all, she was the only one who could afford 50,000 top-grade spirit cores.

Although Shangguan Qiong's face was calm, she did not speak for a long time, as if she was hesitating. After a long time, she finally said two words: "Then save him."

Xiao Niansheng heaved a sigh of relief in her heart. Perhaps influenced by the words of the Black Demon, for a moment, she really had a little doubt about Shangguan Qiong.

A moment later, Xiao Niansheng brought the good news to Mu Changsheng through his clone. The time and place of the transaction had been agreed upon with the Black Demon. Three days later, Mu Changsheng would be free.

Mu Changsheng almost cried with joy when he heard this, and at the same time he did not forget to bow to Xiao Niansheng and express his gratitude: "Thank you, Master, thank you, the sect, and thank you, Senior Brother Huang, for noticing Xiao Jingshan's abnormality so early."

At the same time, after Shangguan Qiong and the other three left the meeting, Mo Lianyue and Yi Qianhuan left together. Mo Lianyue suddenly said to Yi Qianhuan: "You have changed. You have become very strange to me. When did you become so indifferent to the life and death of others?"

Yi Qianhuan knew that Mo Lianyue was referring to his previous agreement to give up Mu Changsheng, and his answer was: "Over the years, I have been thinking about the four words that Master left before he died: Taoism dies and demons live. Gradually, I realized a truth: in this world of 'Taoism dies', only 'demons' can survive."

"Does it have to be like this?" Mo Lianyue closed her eyes in pain. She really didn't like this.

Yi Qianhuan held Mo Lianyue's hand and said softly: "Some things can be left to me."

……

In the Skyfire Realm, in the ruins of the Eternal City, Mu Changsheng himself was dragged out of the cave by the Black Demon.

"You are lucky boy. You really are not destined to die." The Black Demon smiled faintly.

Mu Changsheng remained silent. The only thing he could do now was to wait for the three-day deadline to arrive.

The Black Devil once again showed his signature sly smile and said jokingly: "Although I promised Xiao Niansheng to hand you over intact, you all think too highly of me. I am a demon, do you really expect me to keep my promise?"

Mu Changsheng looked up suddenly and felt something was wrong.

Seeing this, the Black Demon laughed uncontrollably, and then explained: "I will secretly leave some souvenirs on you to ensure that Xiao Niansheng and the others will not find out during the transaction. But I advise you not to tell them before the transaction, otherwise they will think that you are no longer worthy of redeeming them with four million top-grade spirit stones and fifty thousand top-grade spirit cores. If they cancel the transaction because of this, your life will be in danger."

At the end, the Black Demon once again showed his signature smile, because he had already guessed that Mu Changsheng would not dare to tell this matter to anyone, otherwise he would probably bring about his own destruction.

Mu Changsheng felt extremely cold inside after hearing this. He finally saw the true face of the Black Demon. Talking about business and credibility with such a person was simply a pipe dream.

Then, the Black Demon sealed Mu Changsheng's whole body again and started to attack him directly. Although Mu Changsheng could not speak, he did not lose consciousness. He could feel that the Black Demon was doing something to his soul, but he did not know what the Black Demon was doing, and he did not feel much pain.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng was struggling wildly in his heart about whether or not he should tell Xiao Niansheng about this matter.

"Even if I tell him, it won't stop the Black Demon from attacking me. On the contrary, it's possible that, as the Black Demon said, Master and Sect Master Shangguan will think that I'm no longer valuable and give up on redeeming me."

"No, Master is not that kind of person. Even if she knew, she would still insist on saving me..."

Mu Changsheng kept struggling until the black demon stopped, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

Seeing the Black Demon stop, Mu Changsheng asked: "What did you do to my soul?"

Mu Changsheng noticed that the black devil only touched his soul and did not harm his body at all. However, for a cultivator, the soul carries the cultivator's consciousness. Without a physical body, the cultivator can still live, but without a soul, the cultivator will only be an empty shell. Therefore, in terms of importance, the soul is absolutely higher than the physical body.

The Black Demon is an expert in the ways of the soul and specifically targets Mu Changsheng's soul. He definitely has no good intentions.

"Don't worry, I guarantee that your life will be safe." The black monster laughed and said, "As for the rest, I can't guarantee it."

Mu Changsheng's eyes widened with anger, and he instantly thought of many possibilities.

"Tomorrow is the day to redeem you." The Black Demon smiled faintly and said, "Before we part, I have one more thing to tell you. Back in Qingliu Town, I threatened Yi Qianhuan with the lives of all the cultivators in the town, including your parents, but Yi Qianhuan was not moved at all. If I hadn't been soft-hearted, you and your parents would have been separated by the Yin and Yang long ago. This is the righteous path you yearn for!"

Every word the Black Demon said was heart-wrenching, but Mu Changsheng's heart gradually calmed down. Regardless of whether what the Black Demon said was true or not, the matter had already passed. What was important was the present.

"You like to pretend to be someone else and travel around. Have you ever heard of this saying?" Mu Changsheng asked.

The Black Demon asked with some interest: "What?"

"You rose with this, and you will fall with this." Mu Changsheng said word by word: "You demons all advocate the ruthless way of being alone, thinking that this way you can have no weaknesses, and others are all weaknesses in your eyes. Little do you know that the Nine Realms have suffered from demons for a long time. You are ruthless and ungrateful people, and are destined to be spurned by the world. The Changsheng Emperor was able to be arrogant for 50,000 years because he was born early, but you are different. The people in the Nine Realms will never allow another Changsheng Emperor to come and harm the Nine Realms for another 50,000 years. Even if you are proud now, one day, your end will never be much better than that of the Tianshui Emperor and those demons."

“Pa, pa, pa.” The Black Demon clapped his hands and said with a smile: “Excellent, wonderful, what you said was really great and insightful, but you forgot one thing.”

The Black Demon kicked Mu Changsheng down, then stepped hard on his head, leaned over and said: "That means your life is still in my hands. I don't kill you because I don't see any reason for me to kill you. As for your great principles, when you see that I don't need to flee in panic, come and tell me these things."