Inner Demons

Chapter 86: Don't Go

Li Yunxin's words were a mix of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion. So when he said, "There's a ghost in this room," no one was surprised by the fact that "there's a ghost."

Because Li Yunxin himself... was already enough to overturn all their perceptions.

"He's not..." Shi Kuizi was dizzy from the killing aura just now, and at this moment, leaning against the railing by the window, she still felt her head buzzing, as if she had truly experienced a life-and-death tribulation. "He's not... still just a... teenager!?"

This was probably the question everyone wanted to ask... including Old Daoist Liu.

He knew that Brother Xin had a mysterious origin and was unfathomable. But ultimately, he was still just a teenager - although many people looked at his build and thought he was already eighteen or nineteen. But Old Daoist Liu knew that Li Yunxin's real age now was...

He would be fifteen years old in three months.

It could be said that he was exceptionally talented - Li Yunxin certainly deserved this evaluation - so under the diligent teaching of a master, his cultivation progressed rapidly.

It could also be said that he came from a prominent family and sect, and under deliberate cultivation, he had seen a lot of things, thus developing a calm demeanor. Moreover, because his mind was exceptionally intelligent, everything was under his calculations and strategies.

But none of these things could make up for the shortcomings brought by age - he lacked experience. And what this experience corresponds to is, "tribulation."

A teenager hears many small tricks of human nature and understands many truths and key points. But many things he has not experienced personally, so he cannot generate that hint of enlightenment. Without this hint of enlightenment, the tribulation will not come -This is like...

A young man reads many books and understands "that thing" between adult men and women. He has even witnessed it, and someone has demonstrated it for him.

But no matter how much he understands, he is not experiencing it himself and has never personally experienced it. He does not know what the feeling is. Since he does not know what the feeling is, even if one day someone gives him a Treasure Scroll or Precious Scroll of this type and asks him to immerse himself in it to experience it, although he may also "Transcending Tribulation", what he passes is a false tribulation like Huainanzi and Pu Nanzi.

But now he has created... a Precious Scroll!

That kind of ferocious and terrifying killing intent has exceeded the limit that anyone present can bear or comprehend!

No one can imagine... what Li Yunxin has gone through in his short life of over ten years to pass the Killing Tribulation, and to have such a profound understanding of killing intent!

And additionally, what made them even more unbelievable was...

A Precious Scroll...

In this secular world, there are no Precious Scrolls. Even in Grotto-Heavens and Schools, Precious Scrolls are rare treasures - above Precious Scrolls are Spirit Paintings, but there are only a few Spirit Paintings that have been passed down.

Moreover... it is a Precious Scroll so full of killing intent!

Either Li Yunxin has gone through a considerable period of life full of slaughter and bloodshed.

Or... he has reached the peak of the Manifestation Realm and can create a Precious Scroll!

According to Lingkongzi's knowledge, she could think of the latter point. But for Old Daoist Liu, Shi Kuizi, Xuan Chengzi, and those rogue Taoist priests, neither point was something they could imagine or accept.

Therefore, at this moment, Xuan Chengzi's astonishment had far exceeded his fear, so much so that he just sat on the ground, staring blankly at Li Yunxin, unable to say a word, watching him and Lingkongzi...

Sitting opposite each other and talking back and forth!

What was this young man's identity?!

How could he actually talk like this with the Head Disciple of the Sect Master of Langya Grotto-Heaven?!

At this moment, when he looked at Li Yunxin again, his mind was almost completely taken away by what had just happened. He only felt that every word, every action, every look of his had a profound meaning. He even felt that he saw something... he saw something, demonic energy or purple energy or whatever energy...

It was surrounding him!

This Xuan Chengzi, precisely because he knew a lot and understood enough, was finally shocked to the extreme by what had just happened...

He lost his mind.

On the contrary, the young Taoist boy beside him, who had only a partial understanding of these matters, only knew that the seemingly ordinary young man had done something astonishing, and did not almost die of shock like Xuan Chengzi.

He secretly got up, scrambled through the crowd, planning to slip downstairs.

But just as he was about to reach the staircase, he heard Li Yunxin say: "Hey, that one over there, from the Yu Family, don't leave."

"You act cool and then want to run? You're really damn exciting."

The young Taoist boy's body stiffened slightly, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He gritted his teeth and slowly turned to look...

Li Yunxin was indeed looking at him.

He saw Li Yunxin wave at him: "Come here."

At this time... almost no one spoke for him. This young Taoist boy had seen the world and knew that it was best to be obedient at this time - don't make things more annoying. So he walked over without a sound. His heart stirred slightly, and he put on a neither humble nor arrogant expression, lowering his gaze slightly, but not in a posture of admitting guilt.

Unfortunately, Li Yunxin didn't pay attention to his expression; he was putting on a show for a blind person. He heard Lingkongzi speaking to Li Yunxin at this moment - the other party was talking to this fairy while being distracted... and called him over.

"I said I would grant you one request, do you only want this one thing?" Lingkongzi looked at him seriously, not at Pei Juezi, "Catching a ghost?"

"Otherwise, what would it be?"

"Do you know why I came to Weicheng?" Lingkongzi met Li Yunxin's eyes.

"If I guess correctly, it doesn't mean much. If I guess incorrectly, I might be tricked. So I don't plan to say it."

Lingkongzi sighed: "You don't have to be like this."

"You have a treasure in your hands. I came for that treasure. I couldn't find you at first, but I knew that three cultivators had died, so I followed the trail and ended up encountering another surprise."

"You should know that I was originally going to take you back to the mountain. But I said before that I would do one thing for you, and I will definitely keep my promise - this is also a part of my cultivation. So now your request - is it really to catch that Ghost King?"

"Also. Why... didn't you try to escape?"

Li Yunxin had been sitting upright. At this moment, after hearing her words, his whole person suddenly became relaxed - as if he had given up on something. He shook his head, sighed, and his voice became helpless and low, as if he had made up his mind, but still felt wavering and extremely painful.

"Do you remember what I said to you when we first met?" Li Yunxin's eyes seemed to be filled with sadness and fatigue, like a martyr who had traveled thousands of miles and finally given up on his ideals.

"You..." Lingkongzi noticed Li Yunxin's abnormality. She frowned slightly, not knowing why the other party had suddenly become so dejected, "Are you talking about... Communism?"

Not only did Lingkongzi feel that he had lost strength, but anyone else who was observant also thought so.

But there was only one person...

Only Old Daoist Liu.

He recovered from the shock of the killing intent just now, and when he saw Li Yunxin like this, his heart skipped a beat.

Brother Xin, you...

How are you going to do something bad again?

This is the highly-favored disciple of the Sect Master of the Grotto-heaven...