The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 221 - Pesky Scraps
Li Yong opened his eyes in panic, when soon they managed to seal the man. If they fail this time they have to repeat from the beginning again.
Wanting to dodge when Ho Xiuhan managed to remove a single chain around his neck, Xin Fai suddenly appeared in front of Li Yong.
"Don't get out of formation, Senior. Let me handle this."
Li Yong nodded. "Please help."
Xin Fai galloped, like a shadow of lightning and disappeared amidst the dim lighting. Ho Xiuhan gasped in one second as he realized a terrifying aura was eyeing behind him.
"You'd better sit down sweet, don't fight much, little devil." Xin Fai locked onto Ho Xiuhan's body until the man couldn't move at a time, Li Yong wasted no opportunity and simply moved the originally detached sealing chain to bind the man.
Shortly afterwards Li Yong opened his eyelids when he had successfully completed the Devil sealing formation. The six chains that tied Ho Xiuhan's neck loosened making him collapse to the ground.
Seen after the aura of darkness just came out of Ho Xiuhan's mouth, he looked up spewing evil energy in him, at the same time the scorpion tattoo in his body overflowed and disappeared among the darkness of the room.
Then Li Yong was somewhat surprised to realize that Xin Fai's words were proven, this sealing really worked. If only the Demon Blood Humans out there intended to return to the right path then the abilities of this Lotus Temple sect would be of great use to them.
Xin Fai laid Ho Xiuhan down for a moment letting the man take a breath, while Li Yong came closer patting him on the shoulder slowly.
"If the demon in this man's body can be expelled, it means the demon in your body–"
"No, Senior Li. I don't intend to take it out."
Li Yong swooped an eyebrow full of contention. "The devil is just a problem for all of us!"
As he digested his words back Li Yong looked regretful, he knew those words seemed to offend Xin Fai but as he turned his head the young man before him only looked ordinary. "If this demon is eliminated maybe he will rise again in another body. I don't want to take it out, I'll beat it."
A smile again rose on Li Yong's face, although defeating the demon lord figure was extremely difficult but Xin Fai said it was like lifting a paper. Li Yong understood it all, because he also had memorized it well if the child was a boy full of surprises.
"Uhuk! Uhuk!"
The gazes of the two turned to Ho Xiuhan who had regained consciousness, some priests immediately approached to give him some water. Ho Xiuhan then drank it like a man of loyalty.
"What is this, my body is so hot!" the man shook his hand a few times. He turned his head to the side where Li Yong and Xin Fai were staring at him. "What happened to me?"
"Over the story, the most important thing now is that the devil in your body is gone."
Ho Xiuhan widened his eyes in disbelief, he felt his chest and saw no more scorpion tattoos there. And also the mysterious whispers that later haunted his mind had disappeared without silence.
"You really did... Thank you very much! I'm really grateful to you!" Ho Xiuhan showed his respectful attitude, he ducked down several times with great pleasure.
"Hahaha you should thank the most handsome Senior Li."
Li Yong choked on his own breath, the few priests nearby chuckled softly as Xin Fai said that without shame. "Oh, Fai'er you never change."
Ho Xiuhan looked down at Li Yong. "I thank the most handsome Senior Li!"
Again Li Yong coughed at hearing that.
"Hahahaha it's not my fault, he himself called Senior that way!"
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The night air was cold as usual, Xin Fai chose to sit secluded under a tree where she always practiced as a child. Although he could not see clearly but the young man was able to recognize this comfortable atmosphere, the Lotus Temple did not change much he thought.
Lately, he rarely ate electric eels, Xin Fai took out some and immediately finished them. He took a deep breath, natural energy had continued to enter his body ever since arriving at this Lotus Temple. And unknowingly his inner circle of energy continuously grew even without doing anything.
In the darkness that was only illuminated by the crescent moonlight, the sparks on Xin Fai's forehead lit up brightly making his body warm up. The young man silently tried to enter the dimension of the subconscious to practice demonic-powers before a sound stopped his movements.
"Not at the dinner? Why?"
Xin Fai immediately turned around trying to see who was bothering her. It seemed that a young man slightly older than him was walking with heavy steps. It may have been caused by a deep stab wound that stuck in his stomach due to a fight in the last few days.
The young man sat down after taking pains to walk, letting Xin Fai stay dissolved in his confusion.
"You forgot your senior?" Finally he let out a voice after a long time in sight but not a single bit of his interlocutor showed signs that he knew her.
"Senior? Senior Huang!"
"Hehehe... Just remember you, uh, my name should be you remember well."
"Senior Huang, let alone your name, face only I can't remember."
Huang Kun was stunned to hear it and he tried to be self-conscious, those frontal words made his confidence plummet. "Bas with you..."
The two of them did not speak anymore but rather looked at each other at the vast sky, the eyes Huang Kun had changed for a moment, he tried to blink a few times as he felt his eyelids start to heat up.
"That day I was so stupid, letting you go to the Fog Forest and face it all alone. I promised I'd protect you."
Xin Fai did not immediately reply as he did not know what kind of words to calm Huang Kun down. The young man is indeed somewhat more crybaby, likes to complain and a lot of talk. But nothing could defeat the young man's determination.
"There's nothing to regret, Senior. Everyone has regrets, too" he said. A glimpse of Tao Wei's shadow appearing in his memories made the guilt come back.
"I'm still alive today anyway, so you don't have to worry anymore. With the return from the Fog Forest I made sure the criminals out there would feel my anger!"
"Hahaha your story is like a bad luck hero story! Don't tell me after this there'll be grannies who fall for you!" Huang Kun chimed in happily.
"Ck, just remember her grandmother's joke..." Xin Fai grumbled softly once, she was still not in thought. But how else, Huang Kun's laughter was contagious like an illness. That night they both shared their stories. Laughing until you sleep late.
Huang Kun shifted his body to be able to look to the side, addressing Xin Fai's late-goals. There was no sound, all was silent except the sound of the night wind that never stopped touching his skin.
"It seems like all this time I was wrong, it was you who always tried to protect the crowd. Whereas I can only take cover behind the sect gate, hoping that the enemy does not come to destroy us..." Huang Kun's voice was restrained. He folded his hands so he could support his head as a pillow. "Looks like you've been very difficult for me to catch up with, Fai'er."
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