Dongfang Wuqing felt very helpless. If it really was like that, how could she seek revenge against the Demon Cult? It would be enough just to kill those who besieged and killed her father. In fact, being able to accomplish this much would already be quite sufficient - this was originally something that would require her entire lifetime to achieve.
"Welcome to join the Demon Cult. I'll be waiting for you to come seek revenge anytime. But I hope you won't die by my hand before then!" Tian He said calmly at this moment.
"I..." Dongfang Wuqing couldn't speak. She didn't know how to decide.
"Your heart actually already has a choice. Perhaps you should go check your family genealogy to see if there's something that will help you make a decision." Xiaoyao smiled. At this moment, he led everyone to a place and stopped, opening a mechanism. Inside immediately became brightly lit.
"..."
"I'm very suspicious, kid. Have you been here before?" Sister Hong finally couldn't hold back. Xiaoyao was too familiar with the way - she had originally thought there would be a difficult path of decoding, but the result was smooth sailing.
How ironic. What they originally thought would be the simplest main door had blocked them for a long time, while what they originally thought should be very difficult - the Demon Palace exploration - became unusually simple, at least so far it was simple.
"What do you think?" Xiaoyao didn't answer, just continued looking at the blueprints, then continued, "Where do you want to go? From here you can reach various other palaces!"
"To the Main Hall, then several of us will go to the Book Collection Hall." Hei Xue said.
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The Main Hall was designed as a place for daily activities in the Demon Palace, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people. This was still under comfortable circumstances - if they squeezed together, it could fit even more.
The Dongfang sisters were now completely stunned seeing this situation. They hadn't expected this underground Demon Palace to be so vast and magnificent, yet they had been living above it all along. How magical.
"Xiaoyao, I have to suspect, have you been here before?" Hei Xue finally couldn't help saying, because Xiaoyao seemed to understand this place too well. Everything had become too simple.
At this moment, Hei Xue and the others were already at the Book Collection Hall, the most important place they came to. There should be a large number of Demon Cult martial arts manuals here. What made them even happier was that there weren't just Demon Cult manuals here, but many from other sects that the Demon Cult had originally collected.
Perhaps among this collection were quite a few powerful methods. However, the results were here now, no one would ask about the methods or care about them.
After Xiaoyao entered, he also pretended to look around. But as he expected, he was stopped by people.
Although Hei Xue cared about Xiaoyao very much, after all Xiaoyao wasn't a Demon Cult member. And here, not to mention non-members, even Demon Cult members needed to have status to enter. Perhaps after some time, it would be open to ordinary Demon Cult members, but now it was definitely a privilege for high-ranking members.
"Then you take your time reading. I'll leave first," Xiaoyao waved his hand and left. At this time, no one asked him to stay - they all went to find the books they wanted to see, basically all looking at martial arts manuals.
At this moment, Hei Xue and the others still didn't know that when Xiaoyao left, he really left, directly departing. If they had known, they would definitely have kept Xiaoyao there, especially Hei Xue, who didn't want Xiaoyao to leave like this without even giving her a chance to say goodbye.
After coming out of the Book Collection Hall, Xiaoyao returned to the Main Hall, because this was a necessary return path. Some halls were in the outer areas and didn't need to go through the Main Hall, you could reach them just by walking the main path. But places like the Book Collection Hall that were related to cultivation and daily life all centered around the Main Hall.
"Xiaoyao, why are you the only one coming out?" Tian He asked. He hadn't entered the Book Collection Hall, not because he wasn't qualified, but because there was no need.
The Ghost Shadow Sect had an unbroken lineage. They only practiced their own techniques and martial arts, and their techniques had always been kept very complete without being lost. So there was no need to look at previous ones.
Even if Tian He looked at those techniques and martial arts, he would just understand them but wouldn't practice them. At the same time, he didn't want to understand other martial techniques because his martial way was very focused. He didn't want to be influenced by others, that would only have bad effects without any benefits.
"They're all reading books. I wanted to look, but they wouldn't let me, so I came out," Xiaoyao waved his hand.
"..." Tian He was silent for a while. "After all, you're not a Demon Cult member. If you joined, they would definitely let you look!"
"I know, but I don't like being constrained. I want to roam the martial world and be free and easy." Xiaoyao replied with a smile.
"Your personality is very interesting. I like it!" Tian He said.
"You're not bad either, but I only like women!" Xiaoyao smiled.
"..."
"Xiaoyao, thank you for today." Dongfang Wunian walked over at this moment.
"It's nothing. We're acquaintances after all, just a small favor." Xiaoyao replied.
"I want to talk with you. Is that okay?" Dongfang Wunian said somewhat hesitantly. She seemed to be making a decision, but she couldn't decide by herself immediately, so she wanted to talk with Xiaoyao.
At this moment, she didn't go talk with Dongfang Wuqing, not because she cared more about Dongfang Wuqing, but because some things still needed to be discussed with other people.
"Sure, right here?" Xiaoyao asked.
Dongfang Wunian shook her head and said, "Find a quiet place."
"Then follow me!" Xiaoyao led Dongfang Wunian to a section of the Main Hall. This Main Hall was really very large. Even without reaching the edges, there was already no one around, and they were separated by a great distance.
"Say what you need to say. I might be leaving soon." Xiaoyao said.
"You're leaving?" Dongfang Wunian was stunned.
"Yeah! I was originally going to leave anyway. What's strange about that? First tell me what you're looking for me about?" Xiaoyao said unconcernedly.
"I want to ask you, what should I do?" Dongfang Wunian said.
"What should you do about what?" Xiaoyao couldn't understand what Dongfang Wunian wanted to say for a moment.
"Now Heavenly Gate is gone, my father has also passed away, and my sister wants revenge, but I don't want to. Am I being very unfilial like this?" Dongfang Wunian asked.
"If you can let go of hatred, that's best. Actually, when will grievance and revenge end? Originally you killed quite a few Demon Cult members too, they could also be said to be coming for revenge. But if you really want revenge, that's fine too. Since there's already this cycle of revenge, it doesn't matter if you add one more!" Xiaoyao said lightly.
"..." Dongfang Wunian was somewhat speechless. She hadn't expected Xiaoyao to explain the cycle of revenge like this, but Xiaoyao's explanation helped her see things much more clearly.
That's right - whether she wanted revenge or not was fine. What did it matter? It just depended on her own intention.
"But I don't know how to walk the path ahead. I'm a bit confused..." Dongfang Wunian said. Sometimes, having no thoughts or desires wasn't a good thing, because such people often couldn't find direction and didn't know what they wanted.
"Confused about what? Just do whatever you want to do. What things did you want to do before that you didn't do?" Xiaoyao said directly. Even someone without thoughts or desires would have things they wanted to do.
"I wanted to see the outside world before." Dongfang Wunian's thoughts were very simple, and her wishes were also simple.
"If you want to see it, then go see it. The outside world is more exciting than here. People should walk around and have fun while they're alive!" Xiaoyao said. "What your life goal is doesn't matter - you still need to see this world, otherwise what's the meaning of coming to this world?"
"Mm, I want to go see this world!" Dongfang Wunian was now more determined about this idea. "Thank you!"
"Why thank me again? Actually, I also want to walk around everywhere, but it's not convenient to be with you." Xiaoyao said. He had just considered going with Dongfang Wunian, his roaming the martial world and her seeing the world didn't conflict and they could team up together. However, if he went with Dongfang Wunian, he felt he would lose some freedom.
Almost without thinking, Xiaoyao immediately made his decision, he wouldn't lose this freedom for Dongfang Wunian. If it were Guxing, there would be no problem of course. The Young Miss would also be fine, but Dongfang Wunian wasn't there yet.
"Then do you have any places you can recommend for me to relax?" Dongfang Wunian said.
"I don't know much about this. How about this, you can find my boss. She's in the Great Tang Empire's capital." Xiaoyao said.
"Your boss? I'd better not. It's not convenient." Dongfang Wunian shook her head. She thought Xiaoyao's boss was a man and felt it should be a great family, so she refused.
At this moment, Dongfang Wunian hadn't had time to wonder why Xiaoyao would have a boss.
"It won't be inconvenient. I'm just asking you to find my boss, not saying you have to live with her. Also, my boss is a woman!" Xiaoyao said.
"I see. That's good then. Going to see the Great Tang Empire's capital would be nice too. The largest empire, the largest capital, it should be very good!" Dongfang Wunian said.
"Then good, I'll leave first! See you when fate allows!" Xiaoyao said.
"Alright, see you when fate allows!" Dongfang Wunian said.
"Goodbye!" Xiaoyao waved his hand and then left.
Xiaoyao's departure didn't attract everyone's attention. At this time, almost everyone's attention was attracted by the Demon Palace's contents, and some were also concerned about the direction of the Book Collection Hall.
"Why did he leave?" After Dongfang Wunian returned, Dongfang Wuqing casually asked.
"He wanted to leave this place. Originally he had come to bid me farewell before, but because these Demon Cult people appeared, it was delayed until now!" Dongfang Wunian said softly.
At this moment, Dongfang Wunian suddenly felt that life was impermanent and circumstances changed too quickly for people to accept.
At the moment when Xiaoyao came to find her, how could Dongfang Wunian have imagined that subsequent events would turn out like this? Without any warning, her father and Heavenly Gate were gone, and this place was occupied by the Demon Cult.
(End of Chapter)