#290 - Coming Soon

Xu Ming's long sword pointed at Ye Ye's neck.

The long sword gleamed with a faint moonlight.

But even with the long sword pointed at his neck, Ye Ye's expression remained very calm.

Ye Ye glanced at the long sword in Xu Ming's hand and said, "The sword forged by Master Wang of Westwind Street is of good quality, but it is ultimately just an ordinary sword. It's a bit too shabby for the Number One Scholar to use such a sword."

Xu Ming: "I had a good sword before, but it was lost when I killed Xia He, the Sect Master of the Tianxuan Sect. I just grabbed one at random. I don't know if it's enough."

The corners of Ye Ye's mouth slightly turned up: "Just an ordinary sword, that might indeed not be enough."

"Is that so." Xu Ming's expression was indifferent, "But I can only try it. However, I hope I won't have to use this sword tonight."

Ye Ye raised her eyes and looked at Xu Ming in confusion: "This humble one is a little curious. This humble one's demonic aura is very well concealed. Unless it's a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm or a martial artist in the Distant Wanderer Realm, it's difficult to detect this humble one. Why were you, young master, able to discover me?"

Xu Ming casually made up an excuse: "Perhaps I've been more sensitive to ghosts and demonic auras since I was a child. Maybe it's innate."

Indeed.

If it were just an ordinary person, Xu Ming felt that he really wouldn't be able to detect it.

But in recent years, he had added a lot of "sensitivity" attribute points.

So this faint demonic aura was detectable to Xu Ming.

"Does young master want to eliminate harm for the people? Subdue demons and eliminate evil?" Ye Ye tilted her head and asked curiously.

"The so-called 'eliminating harm for the people' first requires confirmation of whether you are actually causing harm."

Xu Ming lowered his long sword.

"I don't like meddling in other people's business, but since I've encountered it, I have to take care of it, not to mention that Li Han is my brother."

Ye Ye looked directly into Xu Ming's eyes: "Young master sincerely treats Li Han as a brother. This humble one is very grateful. That child Li Han has been naughty and mischievous since he was young, always getting into fights, and doesn't have many friends."

"Then can the lady explain?" Xu Ming said.

Ye Ye: "What does young master want this humble one to explain?"

Xu Ming: "What can the lady say?"

Ye Ye glanced at Li Han's bedroom, then retracted her gaze and looked at Xu Ming: "This humble one will naturally answer whatever young master asks."

Xu Ming was not polite and directly asked: "Where exactly does the lady come from?"

Ye Ye: "Baihe Kingdom, Three Immortals Cave."

Xu Ming shook his head: "Please forgive me for my ignorance, but I have never heard of this place."

Ye Ye smiled: "Naturally, young master has never heard of it. This Three Immortals Cave is a small demon sect created by a group of demons in Baihe Kingdom. It has already disappeared."

Xu Ming: "What is the lady's realm?"

Ye Ye: "I'm ashamed to say, but this humble one is only in the Nascent Soul Realm."

Xu Ming: "."

Although Xu Ming had long suspected the other party's realm, he really couldn't laugh after knowing the truth.

A cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm is already an existence capable of establishing a sect.

Although he had always been killing enemies across realms, he really didn't have much confidence in facing a demon cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Xu Ming: "If I'm not mistaken, it's not easy for a demon to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm. The years required are far more than those of humans."

Ye Ye nodded: "Indeed, it only takes five or six decades for a genius human cultivator to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, and usually five or six hundred years, while it takes us demons thousands of years."

Xu Ming smiled: "Then the lady's lifespan is longer than the lifespan of Baihe Kingdom."

Ye Ye nodded: "Yes, Baihe Kingdom had not yet been established when our Three Immortals Cave existed."

Xu Ming frowned: "The lady's status in the Three Immortals Cave must have been very high with such a realm. No matter where you were, you could be appointed as an elder. As a result, you came to Wu Kingdom to take in these children. Could it be that the lady truly pities these children?"

Ye Ye shook her head: "No, I am not a benevolent person. I take in these children not to do good deeds, but for my own purposes."

Xu Ming: "The lady is really straightforward."

Ye Ye: "If I said I was simply doing good deeds, would young master believe it?"

Xu Ming: "What is the lady's purpose?"

A hint of coldness appeared in Ye Ye's eyes: "To kill someone."

Xu Ming: "Can the lady tell me who it is?"

"Please excuse this humble one, young master, but I cannot say this matter." Ye Ye refused to answer.

Xu Ming: "A personal grudge?"

Ye Ye: "A personal grudge."

Xu Ming: "What if I insist on having someone investigate?"

Ye Ye smiled: "What young master wants to do is young master's business, and what I want to do is my own business, but I will not tell young master about this matter. In addition, the children in the courtyard are very lovely."

Xu Ming stared at Ye Ye, and Ye Ye did not avoid Xu Ming's gaze.

"Are you threatening me with the children in the courtyard?" Xu Ming smiled, "Do you think I would be held hostage by these children?"

Ye Ye shook her head: "This humble one did not say that, and young master's sword energy is so sharp, which means that young master is decisive in killing, and no one should be foolish enough to threaten a sword cultivator. But since Li Han is young master's brother, I believe young master cares about him."

As Ye Ye's words fell, the sword energy around Xu Ming was as sharp as the wind, tearing Ye Ye's body bit by bit.

Ye Ye's clothes seemed to be slashed by blades one after another, revealing her fair skin, with faint streaks of blood seeping from the wounds.

"If you want revenge, then go get it. What does it have to do with these children?" Xu Ming asked.

Ye Ye: "I cannot say this either."

Xu Ming: "Will these children die because of you?"

Ye Ye shook her head: "That won't happen. Although I am using these children, I don't want to harm them. I adopted them for my own purposes, and they have lived because of me. We are just taking what we need."

Xu Ming sneered: "What a 'taking what we need'."

Ye Ye just had a faint smile on her face and did not respond to Xu Ming's mockery.

"I won't interfere with what you want to do. Your personal grudges are your karma." Xu Ming said coldly, "But if anything happens to Li Han and the children in the courtyard, or if you sacrifice others for revenge, and I find out, I won't spare you."

Ye Ye bowed: "Thank you for your understanding, young master."

"It's not you I'm understanding."

Xu Ming sheathed his long sword and disappeared into the night.

Watching the direction Xu Ming flew away, Ye Ye continued to sit on the chair, looking at the silent night:

"Soon... soon..."