Sitting on the flying vessel heading to Ten Thousand Dao Sect.

The red-dressed woman named Xue Kui was drinking wine at the bow of the ship.

Xiao Mo and Jiang Xin sat on the other side, watching this woman warily.

Just two hours ago, Crimson Sun Sect had been completely destroyed.

Besides Crimson Sun Sect, all the cultivators of Mountain Ghost Sect, except for the sect master, had also been killed without leaving a single survivor.

From the fragmentary conversations between Mountain Ghost Sect's master and Xue Kui, Xiao Mo pieced together what had happened.

Basically, Mountain Ghost Sect and Crimson Sun Sect had grievances, and the two sects were at daggers drawn, with war being only a matter of time.

Crimson Sun Sect's master wanted to strike first and break through to Nascent Soul realm ahead of time, so he used ninety-nine boys and girls with decent bone structure to refine pills, attempting to break through this way but unexpectedly, Mountain Ghost Sect's master had encountered Xue Kui by chance.

Xue Kui just happened to need the souls of at least three thousand cultivators for blood sacrifice pill refining.

At that time, both sects would surely suffer countless casualties, and she could easily obtain cultivator souls.

Mountain Ghost Sect's master only wanted to join Ten Thousand Dao Sect and become a steward.

For Xue Kui, an Immortal realm cultivator, destroying small sects like Crimson Sun Sect and Mountain Ghost Sect was just a casual matter that didn't require Mountain Ghost Sect master's allegiance at all but Xue Kui found it interesting, so she agreed.

Afterward, Mountain Ghost Sect invaded Crimson Sun Sect, which was what Xiao Mo had experienced.

Another hour passed, and Xue Kui's flying vessel entered Ten Thousand Dao Sect's territory.

Ten Thousand Dao Sect was one of the ten great demonic sects of the Western Region, located among towering mountains and peaks, with extremely vast territory.

Each mountain peak was shrouded in immortal mist, with cranes flying back and forth.

From the surface, this didn't look like a demonic sect, but rather like a righteous orthodox sect.

"Ten Thousand Dao Sect, as the name suggests, doesn't specialize in any single immortal path in this sect," Xue Kui leaned against the bow, explaining to Xiao Mo.

"In Ten Thousand Dao Sect.

Some prove their dao through drunkenness.

Some prove their dao through dual cultivation.

Some prove their dao through killing.

The dao has myriad paths, this is Ten Thousand Dao Sect.

And in Ten Thousand Dao Sect, there are no particular rules.

Everything is decided by strength.

You can do whatever you want in Ten Thousand Dao Sect, but the prerequisite is that you must survive after doing these things.

As my disciple, no one dares to touch you, so you can be as arrogant as you want.

I will protect your dao.

However, the condition for my intervention is that the opponent must be at least two major realms higher than you.

If someone only one major realm higher than you wants to kill you, I won't intervene.

If you die, you die, and dying means you're useless!

Master has said this much, do you understand?"

"I understand," Xiao Mo replied coldly.

Xue Kui's mouth curved up as she tilted her head back to drink wine, the liquid running down her fair chin and neck, finally sliding into the valley of her snowy peaks.

She walked forward and looked at Xiao Mo, "Master knows you find me unpleasant, but I don't care. I teach you immortal cultivation because I don't want to break the lineage. If your strength surpasses mine, you can do whatever you want to me, even kill me, if you have that capability."

Xiao Mo: "..."

While speaking, the flying vessel landed on a mountain peak.

The vessel gradually shrank, and Xiao Mo and Jiang Xin stepped onto the broken stones at the mountaintop.

"This place is called Karma Blood Peak. The entire mountain peak has only me alone, but now with you two added, there are three people," Xue Kui threw a storage bag into Xiao Mo's arms, then strode forward, her voice echoing across the mountaintop:

"You two go wash in the northern spiritual spring, you're stinking terribly and it's making master uncomfortable.

From now on, you'll live in the side courtyard.

Xiao Mo, you'll begin cultivation tomorrow.

Xiao Mo, remember, you are my disciple, but Jiang Xin is not.

Jiang Xin is alive because she's the person you want to protect.

If you don't meet my requirements, I'll kill you.

If you die, I'll kill her too."

Just as Xue Kui finished speaking, she walked into the courtyard and closed the door.

Looking at the tightly shut door, Xiao Mo said nothing, just led Jiang Xin to find the spiritual spring, then let her bathe first while he waited in the distance.

After Jiang Xin finished bathing, Xiao Mo also entered the spiritual spring and washed himself clean.

This spiritual spring was extremely effective.

In less than half an incense stick's time, Xiao Mo felt much of his body's fatigue lifted, and even many impurities in his body were cleansed away.

When Xiao Mo climbed out of the spiritual spring, he felt his whole body was light as a feather.

After they both finished bathing, they returned to the courtyard.

Before Xiao Mo could return to his room to rest, Jiang Xin pulled him to sit on the stone bench in the courtyard.

Jiang Xin fetched a bucket of water, took a handkerchief, and kept wiping Xiao Mo's hands.

Over and over again.

Jiang Xin wiped Xiao Mo's hands countless times, changing basin after basin of water.

At first, Xiao Mo was puzzled about what Jiang Xin was doing but gradually, Xiao Mo understood what she was thinking.

"Ah Xin, it's useless, they can't be wiped clean," Xiao Mo shook his head and said. "Once you've killed someone, the blood on your hands can never be washed clean."

Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Jiang Xin's movements gradually slowed but she still didn't stop, still earnestly wiping Xiao Mo's palms.

As she wiped, Jiang Xin's crystalline tears gradually fell.

Her small hands trembled slightly, her soft sobs heartbreaking.

Xiao Mo reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, "Ah Xin, I killed your Sister Zi, do you hate me?"

Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Jiang Xin was stunned for a moment, then vigorously shook her head, "Xiao Mo, how could I hate you? You did it all for me...

If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been captured either.

It's all my fault, all because of me..."

As she spoke, Jiang Xin pressed against Xiao Mo's chest, crying louder and louder, her falling tears warm.

"You did nothing wrong."

Xiao Mo gently patted her back.

In Xiao Mo's view, she was just a nine-year-old little girl.

What could a nine-year-old little girl understand?

On the contrary.

As a nine-year-old little girl, she had endured too much.

"Ah Xin, you must remember, the one at fault isn't you, it's this world."

Xiao Mo stroked her long hair.

"The people I must kill in the future, I will kill; the blood I must stain myself with in the future, I will bear.

Ah Xin, you just need to be like before.

You don't need to bear any burden, nor do you need to change at all because only this way, when I walk farther and farther, not knowing where I'm heading, when I look back, I can at least still see a lighthouse.

Perhaps this way, I won't be completely lost in the dark night."

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