Jin Gui was killed by a single finger from Mo Hua.

The remaining demon cultivators in the field were all greatly shocked and pale. They scattered and fled, but none could escape the poisonous hand of the Sword Bone Head. It chased after them one by one and killed them with its white bone sword.

After the demon cultivators died, quite a few evil thoughts remained.

The Sword Bone Head looked envious, but in front of Mo Hua, it dared not make any move. It tried to disguise itself as an “honest person”.

After all, swallowing evil spirits is not what a proper evil spirit should do.

Mo Hua glanced at it and said:

“Eat it.”

“No, no,” the Sword Bone Head shook its head repeatedly, “Near vermillion one becomes red, near ink one becomes black. Since I am following you, I will certainly reform from now on and return to the right path, and absolutely not touch these demons and evil spirits.”

Mo Hua’s expression was somewhat subtle. He frowned and said:

“I told you to eat, just eat. Why so much nonsense?”

“I…”

The Sword Bone Head was still hesitating.

It didn’t know if Mo Hua really wanted it to eat, or was just “testing” it, to see if it could restrain its desires and withstand the temptation of the “evil spirit”.

Sometimes, the “superior’s intention” is very hard to guess.

The Sword Bone Head couldn’t decide for a moment. It secretly glanced at Mo Hua and saw that Mo Hua was already somewhat impatient. Its heart tightened immediately, and it hastily said:

“Yes! Yes! Thank you young master for the reward. I will certainly follow your orders.”

The meaning was, it’s not that I want to eat.

I am eating because I am following your command.

You must not turn your face and refuse to acknowledge me…

Then the Sword Bone Head no longer hesitated and began to suck the evil thoughts from the surrounding demon spirits little by little into its abdomen.

At first, it was still somewhat elegant. Every time it took a bite, it would lift its head and look at Mo Hua’s expression. As long as Mo Hua’s expression was slightly displeased, it would immediately stop.

But after eating for a while, it discovered that Mo Hua seemed to genuinely not mind it eating these evil thoughts. At once, its heart relaxed.

Once its heart relaxed, it felt the “hunger” was hard to endure.

Since transforming into a “Sword Demon”, it had never “eaten” a bit of thought power. At this moment, so many rich demon cultivators’ evil thoughts were laid out in front of it, appearing particularly “delicious”.

The Sword Bone Head couldn’t help but devour them greedily.

Mo Hua indeed didn’t care.

He truly looked down upon these evil thoughts.

Moreover, although demon cultivators were essentially already “half demon”, they still had human appearances. Mo Hua had no “appetite” for them.

He walked to the coffin on one side.

These three pitch-black coffins were engraved with demonic patterns, ice-cold and strange, exactly the same as the three small wooden coffins offered as sacrifice outside.

There were also indeed some array formations on the coffins.

Mo Hua casually made a gesture, broke the array formation, and lifted open the coffins.

Ling Hu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian were indeed locked inside.

Their faces were pale, their eyes tightly closed, and they were unconscious.

Mo Hua’s divine sense scanned them once and discovered that the divine thoughts of these three people were pure, without demonic magic qi.

It was just that their divine souls had left their bodies for the first time, so they appeared somewhat weak, but there were no major problems.

Mo Hua nodded slightly, then his heart relaxed.

On the other side, the Sword Bone Head had already eaten wildly and finished the evil thoughts of the demon cultivators.

The injuries left after being “tormented” by Mo Hua before were gradually healing.

At the same time, its demon qi, entwined around its white bones, became even denser. Its overall momentum was also gradually climbing.

A hint of scarlet, evil, and strange luster lit up in its eye pupils.

It felt its cultivation had greatly increased, and a surge of violent intent was born in its heart, capable of tearing everything apart, swallowing everything, and suppressing everything.

The arrogance of the evil demon was also gradually becoming arrogant…

The Sword Bone Head lowered its head and glanced at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua also faintly glanced at it.

Like a basin of cold water being poured over its head, the Sword Bone Head’s arrogant pride was immediately extinguished.

It bent its waist and awkwardly said:

“Young master, I, I have finished eating…”

“Um.” Mo Hua nodded, pointed at Ling Hu Xiao and the others, and said, “Carry them. We’ll go back first.”

When the Sword Bone Head heard “go back”, it immediately nodded and said:

“Good! Good!”

It had eaten a large amount of evil thoughts and had greatly “supplemented” itself, which could be said to have yielded great benefits.

Now the people were also rescued, and it could safely escape from this dangerous Refining Demon Diagram. This was truly a win-win situation.

With fright but no danger, the harvest was quite rich!

The Sword Bone Head was greatly joyful in its heart.

Even Mo Hua, who was like a “great plague god”, appeared intimate and cute in its eyes.

The tall skeleton Sword Bone Head immediately carried Ouyang Mu and the other two, followed Mo Hua back the original way, finally left the valley, walked through the white bone passage, and along the divine path chains, returned to the blood pool.

All the way was peaceful without incident.

The Sword Bone Head was greatly relieved in its heart.

Finally “home”…

But as soon as it put down Ling Hu Xiao and the other two, it heard Mo Hua say again: “Follow me back again.”

“Go back?”

The Sword Bone Head was stunned.

“Didn’t we save the people? What are we going back for?”

Mo Hua faintly glanced at it, “The people are saved, the real business is just beginning…”

The “real business” hadn’t been done yet.

The real business…

The Sword Bone Head was startled.

What exactly does this little ancestor want to do?

The Sword Bone Head wanted to ask, but dared not. It wanted to refuse, but dared not. Fearing it would appear too “impolite”, it only drooped its head and said:

“Yes.”

The three small wooden people were still unconscious.

Mo Hua confirmed that the divine souls of the three people had no other problems, then left the three people temporarily inside the blood pool and drew divine path array patterns around them.

These divine path array patterns were both for “sealing” and for “protecting” them.

After preparing, Mo Hua returned to the Refining Demon Diagram along the divine path chains.

The Sword Bone Head hesitated for a moment, then could only grit its teeth and follow.

Entering the Refining Demon Diagram, the scenery was as usual.

But this time, Mo Hua had no more worries, and his actions were much more convenient.

“I want to see where the demons inside this diagram are exactly hidden…”

Mo Hua’s gaze flickered slightly, and he stepped towards the depths of the Refining Demon Diagram.

“My own divine sense has been stuck for too long.”

“This time, it should advance further…”

And at the same time as Jin Gui’s divine soul was obliterated by Mo Hua’s finger.

Ten Thousand Demons Valley, deep inside a certain great hall.

On a worship platform, a gust of阴 wind blew past.

The lamp in front of Jin Gui’s flesh body instantly went out.

In an instant, the more than ten managers and demon cultivators who were originally busy in the hall all quieted down, with a hint of daze in their expressions.

“What happened? The lamp… went out?”

“How could it go out?”

“People die like a lamp goes out. His divine soul… just died like this?”

Some demon cultivator managers immediately had cold smiles on their faces.

Some demon cultivators said sarcastically:

“Indeed a waste!”

“The young master assigned such a small matter, and he couldn’t even do it well, and even put his life in it.”

“The demons inside the diagram are all sealed and can’t come out. He was just asked to deliver three divine souls, and he still made a mistake…”

“How exactly did this stupid fellow die?”

Some demon cultivators laughed coldly, “He wouldn’t have just lost his footing for a moment, fallen off a cliff, and died from the fall, would he…”

The mocking voices of other demon cultivators also rang out.

In the center of the great hall, inside a bead curtain screen, a young master whose face could not be seen, only vaguely a handsome figure, was sitting there.

He was clearing the scrolls inside the Ten Thousand Demons Valley.

At this moment, upon hearing this, the young master frowned slightly, his expression turning cold.

A crowd of managers detected the atmosphere was not right and all stopped smiling, daring not to speak again.

After a moment of silence, an old manager said:

“Young master, I’m afraid something is fishy…”

“Jin Gui, this person, even if he is incompetent, after all, bears the Four Symbols Profound Tiger Demon Pattern. In a situation where there are no demons surrounding and killing him, it is absolutely impossible for him to die so easily in the Refining Demon Diagram.”

“I’m afraid it is…” the old manager paused slightly, then said in a deep voice, “The Refining Demon Diagram has been ‘invaded’ by something.”

“Invaded the Refining Demon Diagram?”

The crowd of demon cultivators below looked at each other.

Jin Yi Xuan’s gaze condensed, and he said: “Young master, could it be… that sneaky ‘rat’ in the dark?”

The young master’s expression was indifferent.

Jin Yi Xuan explained: “Before, those three little ghosts escaped. Obviously, someone helped them in the dark.”

“But when we caught those three little ghosts, there were no other figures around. Clearly, that ‘rat’ saw the situation was not good and escaped beforehand.”

“At this time, he secretly ‘invaded’ the Refining Demon Diagram, probably still to save back those three little ghosts.”

“This ‘rat’…”

Jin Yi Xuan’s expression sank slightly, “I fear he is more ‘cunning’ than we thought.”

He is skilled in hiding, proficient in the Yuan Magnetic Array, and can even roughly understand some divine path methods, allowing him to bypass the ‘ceremony’ and invade the Refining Demon Diagram with his divine thought… His means are numerous, and his tricks are endless.

The young master’s gaze condensed slightly, and he said in a cold tone:

“Find him out and kill him.”

Things had reached this point, and he was no longer patient.

This rat had obstructed his matters three or four times. Now there was no need to keep him.

From the crowd, one person stepped out and said arrogantly:

“Just a mere ‘rat’. I will light a lamp and enter the diagram now and kill him.”

This person was young master in appearance, with a handsome face and a trace of阴 evil, precisely Jin Yi Cai of the Broken Gold Gate.

Jin Yi Xuan frowned slightly, “You’re going?”

Jin Yi Cai smiled lightly and said: “Cousin, rest assured. I am not that waste Jin Gui. I won’t die so inexplicably like him.”

Jin Yi Xuan was somewhat uneasy.

In his eyes, Jin Yi Cai was actually also a waste.

But he was, after all, of special identity and noble bloodline. If something happened to him, he would have no way to explain to the clan elders back home.

“This ‘rat’, I fear, is not to be underestimated…” Jin Yi Xuan said.

Jin Yi Cai shook his head, “Cousin, you are mistaken. Only the weak will be sneaky. How can the strong be stealthy?”

“This ‘rat’, if he were really that strong, he would have killed all of us long ago. How would he be so cautious?”

“It’s only because he is not our opponent that he will act like a ‘rat’ in general, only daring to do these small actions in the dark.”

Jin Yi Xuan’s eyes revealed thought, nodded, and said:

“Bring a few more managers and go with you.”

Jin Yi Cai paused for a moment. He had originally wanted to say there was no need, that with his ability, one person was enough, and bringing more people would inevitably divide his merits.

But this was his cousin’s intention, and he could not refuse.

Moreover, this matter was, after all, the young master’s order. If he made a mistake, he would indeed have no way to explain.

Jin Yi Cai then said: “Alright, then according to cousin’s wishes.”

Jin Yi Xuan pointed out four “managers”. Together with Jin Yi Cai, they sat on the worship platform, facing a demonic wall painting, and lit soul lamps.

Their divine souls were led down and naturally entered the Refining Demon Diagram.

When the several people opened their eyes, in front of them was a gloomy valley covered with black clouds and blood mist.

Blood streams gurgled, and white bones piled up on the ground.

It was precisely the Refining Demon Valley inside the Refining Demon Diagram.

They walked along the fixed road of “offering” towards the inside of the valley, while also searching for clues along the way.

Soon, they found Jin Gui’s burial place.

“There was a fight…”

“The demon qi is very dense, mixed with sword qi. The enemy seems to be a ‘Sword Demon’.”

“There is also another kind of divine thought breath, but it is very weak. It seems to have not exerted much effort in the fight. Compared to the demon qi, its sense of existence is much weaker…”

Jin Yi Cai was slightly startled, “Sword Demon?”

Not human, not demon, but a Sword Demon?

Which Sword Dao sect raised it?

Jin Yi Cai was somewhat puzzled. He lifted his head and looked into the distance, continuing to say:

“Chase!”

A group of five demon cultivator managers continued to chase forward.

Probably an incense time later, they saw on the road a Sword Demon whose entire body was made of white bones and had turned into a sword. Its body was tall and its demon qi was stern.

Beside it was still a “small one”.

Jin Yi Cai’s arrogant eyes only saw the “powerful” Sword Demon and fundamentally did not care about Mo Hua. He immediately stepped forward and laughed coldly:

“You killed Jin Gui?”

The Sword Bone Head was startled in its heart.

What was Jin Gui?

Where would it know…

But on the surface, it didn’t say a word, sullen and cold.

Jin Yi Cai saw it was so “arrogant” and his eyelids twitched slightly. He immediately laughed coldly and said:

“Killing only a waste, are you very proud?”

With Mo Hua at its side, the Sword Bone Head maintained politeness and still dared not utter a sound, treating Jin Yi Cai’s mockery as if it had not heard it.

Jin Yi Cai’s gaze condensed.

This Sword Demon, perhaps a “puppet”?

He looked at Mo Hua beside him again.

But Mo Hua’s figure was smaller compared to outside, so Jin Yi Cai fundamentally didn’t recognize him for a moment and ignored him again.

“Although Jin Gui was a waste, this Sword Demon seems not entirely useless. No matter what, let’s probe it a bit first…”

Jin Yi Cai said silently in his heart, then without further nonsense, he immediately manifested sword qi and attacked the Sword Demon.

The Sword Bone Head was helpless in its heart.

These people, why are they so fond of seeking death…

If you’re going to seek death, at least find the right way.

If you make a move against that little kid beside me, you’ll die in an instant. What’s the point of wasting effort on myself, this “flower rack”…

Although the opponent had already attacked, the Sword Bone Head couldn’t possibly not fight back.

It took out its white bone demon sword and fought with Jin Yi Cai.

It was just that the Sword Bone Head couldn’t guess Mo Hua’s thoughts and wasn’t sure whether to go all out or not for a moment, so it half-heartedly fought with Jin Yi Cai for a while.

For a time, the two sides fought back and forth.

Jin Yi Cai was slightly surprised in his heart, “This Sword Demon indeed has some skills. No wonder Jin Gui died in its hands…”

After fighting several rounds, when it was still difficult to determine the winner, a wisp of golden light suddenly flashed.

Jin Yi Cai was alerted in his heart, detected something was wrong, swung his sword to open the Sword Bone Head, and turned his head to look.

Under this look, he immediately felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

He only saw that the four managers behind him, who were originally watching with cold smiles, had been chopped into pieces by some unknown power at some point.

What happened?!

Jin Yi Cai’s pupils shook violently.

Just at this moment, a clear but not too happy voice said: “Sword Bone Head!”

“Yes!”

The Sword Bone Head hastily responded.

It knew that this little ancestor was impatient and unwilling to waste any more time on these small fry.

The Sword Bone Head also no longer held back. Two groups of demonic fire ignited in its pupils. The white bone long sword in its hand suddenly enlarged and chopped down fiercely.

Jin Yi Cai fundamentally could not block it, and a deep blood mark was instantly chopped out on his shoulder.

Only then did he realize that his own Broken Gold Sword Technique was fundamentally unable to withstand a single blow in front of this Sword Demon.

“Not good!”

He roared, the demonic pattern on his back lit up, and his demonic power gradually condensed.

This was a dog pattern.

The Sword Bone Head smiled contemptuously, without the slightest hesitation. With a backhand strike, another sword easily stabbed into Jin Yi Cai’s left chest, nailing him to the ground.

“The pattern is a dog, what are you pretending to be a big wolf?”

Jin Yi Cai’s face turned pale.

Something was wrong. The divine thought battle, why was it completely different from what he had imagined?

This Sword Demon, why was it so powerful?

And how exactly did those four demon cultivator managers die?

In his shock and fear, he again heard a clear voice beside him asking:

“In Ten Thousand Demons Valley, raising ten thousand demons, so many demons, where have you hidden? Why can’t I find you?”

Jin Yi Cai again sized up Mo Hua beside him. He saw that although his figure was much smaller, his face and demeanor were very familiar. He was suddenly enlightened and thought of it, “You, you are…”

Jin Yi Cai was shocked into silence.

Mo Hua shook his head, “Forget it. I’ll go find them myself.”

“Sword Bone Head, eat them all.”

Eat?!

Terror was revealed in Jin Yi Cai’s eyes. Before he could think carefully, the omen of death arrived.

In his pupils, the last reflection was a ferocious white bone sword, as well as a pair of ice-cold, empty white bone eye pupils.

The Sword Bone Head killed Jin Yi Cai with one sword strike, shook its head, and muttered in its heart:

“The cultivation world is dangerous, and the divine path is even more savage. It’s not something you, this young master, can play…”

Even I, this dignified Sword Demon, am still walking on thin ice, let alone you, an arrogant fool who understands nothing.

Jin Yi Cai died instantly.

Inside the great hall of Ten Thousand Demons Valley, the five soul lamps had all been extinguished.

The surrounding demon cultivators fell silent.

Even the young master inside the screen bead curtain also had his pupils slightly shrunk.

They also detected that the situation seemed a bit off.

Jin Yi Xuan also frowned tightly, fundamentally not expecting such a situation.

He knew that his cousin was a waste, so he had not originally placed hope in him.

But those who followed his cousin, lit soul lamps, and entered the demonic diagram were all demon cultivator managers with rich experience and a certain amount of experience in divine path killing.

The soul lamps of these four people were extinguished in an instant.

That is to say, these four managers were almost simultaneously killed by something.

Jin Yi Xuan’s heart sank, and he then realized that what entered the Refining Demon Diagram was possibly not a “rat”, but very likely, a man-eating “fierce tiger”.

Moreover, this “fierce tiger”… if it only wanted to save people, it could have left after killing Jin Gui.

But it did not.

After killing Jin Gui, it still stayed in the Refining Demon Diagram.

Even the several managers who went to support, including Jin Yi Cai, were all killed.

Its killing intent was deep, its heart savage, and it must… have a big plan!

After all, inside the Refining Demon Diagram, a great secret was hidden…

Jin Yi Xuan’s expression was grave. He bowed to the person above and said:

“Young master, whether it is a person, demon, or magic that has invaded the Refining Demon Diagram, it must be killed as soon as possible!”

The young master’s expression was cold, and he did not comment.

Jin Yi Xuan thought slightly and said again:

“The biggest taboo in using troops is to disperse. If we go in batch by batch, it will be very easy for it to defeat us separately.”

“Therefore, it is better to make a move all together, with the power of thunder, thoroughly surround and kill it, otherwise it will leave endless trouble!”

The young master pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded: “Only so…”

Jin Yi Xuan bowed to the young master, then turned and said: “All people, light your soul lamps, and follow me together into the diagram to exterminate the external enemy!”

“Yes, leader!”

“Obey orders!”

More than ten managers all bowed their hands and said.

Then they followed the convention, each lit a soul lamp, sat cross-legged, closed their eyes, and their divine souls entered the Refining Demon Diagram.

Their expressions were solemn, knowing that the situation was a bit serious.

But they did not know how serious the situation was exactly…

After the crowd of demon cultivators entered the diagram, the great hall instantly quieted down.

Only a few already extinguished soul lamps, with white smoke curling, as well as more than ten yet to be extinguished soul lamps, swayed slightly.

Inside the screen, the young master was still doing his own things.

Ten Thousand Demons Valley was destroyed, time was pressing, there were too many things to transfer out. They could not be left in the valley, lest they give a handle to others.

Every major event requires calmness.

This was the teaching of the old ancestor to him.

The more at the critical moment, the more one must be able to calm down and compose oneself, only then can one have the pattern to do great things.

He wanted to use the Qian Xue State boundary and the four major sects as a springboard to stand at the high level of the entire Dao Court in the future, high above, controlling the fate of countless cultivators in this cultivation world.

The young master’s mood gradually calmed down.

He sorted out the cultivation scrolls, array diagram drafts, pills, evil tools, as well as other cultivation materials one by one and prepared to pack them into storage bags to take away.

His expression was focused as he cleared them one by one.

He didn’t know how long had passed, or as if not long…

A gust of阴 wind suddenly blew over.

The young master seemed to have a feeling in his heart. His fingers trembled, and his body stiffened.

After a moment, he slowly lifted his head. A pair of clear eyes looked towards the great hall, and his pupils trembled violently.

Inside the great hall.

The soul lamps… had all been extinguished…

(End of this chapter)