The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 102 - Holy Sword

"They informed him that what actually helped Emperor Ziran was the Thousand Tree Mountain, saying the man had not kept his promise, as soon as the Thousand Tree Mountain School's good relationship with the Eternal Valley deteriorated."

"What was the issue sounding to the ears of the evil group from Mount Qin?" asked Xue Zhan. Xiang Yi Bai drew a cursory smile, "Of course. That carelessness made the news sound very fast. The earth has eyes, the sky has ears. The news ultimately caused chaos a second time and directly dragged the Thousand Tree Mountain college into serious trouble ... This is the end of our history of the College. Until the Thousand Tree Mountain School vanished from the martial world."

For a moment there was silence. Xiang Yi Bai stared long into the sky.

A while later Xiang Yi Bai finally continued.

"The mysterious group from Mount Qin descended from the mountain and slaughtered one of our colleges overnight. I was framed by a college traitor, they made me leave my college for a fake mission. When I get back ..." A bitter laugh came from his lips.

"Teachers, Elders, College Brothers, College Sisters and everything I know have been murdered."

"Only Elder Xiang was left in that massacre?"

"We were killed without knowing their true appearance. It was just me and my dying friend left, and then I took her away."

After his home and family disappeared, Xiang Yi Bai was hit hard and lost his trust in humans. He hated everyone who caused this to happen, but his teacher once told him that no war could be solved by war. Even his dying friend said the same thing.

His friend was so happy to help the crowd. After they hid the Earth Ruler Element Stone countless how many lives the people of Diqiu Empire saved. But as payment they had to lose three hundred disciples and successors of the Thousand Tree Mountain. Xiang Yi Bai did not want to lose his only remaining fellow student and tried everything he could to save him.

Until finally the messenger soldier Ziran Zhao came. Ziran Zhao advised that if Xiang Yi Bai wanted to keep the Earth Ruler Element Stone for longer he would hand over one of the 100 World Miracle Treasures belonging to one of the Universities in Diqiu Empire, he would give up one of the 100 World Miracle Treasures, The Forest of the Healers Sakti.

The heirlooms offered were the Seven Healing God Methods that possessed two of the greatest abilities in healing and medicinal science. One of the abilities of the book is to heal dead, destroyed, deformed or diseased bodies can on one condition, the soul of the owner really wants life.

Xiang Yi Bai did not think twice about accepting the offer. He carried the Earth Ruler Element Stone and the corpse of his friend until he was in a cornered situation.

"It's the same as you went through when you fell in here." Xiang Yi Bai glanced at him with a tail of eyes. "At that time ... Hundreds of warriors pointed guns at me. They accuse me of wanting to master great heirlooms alone and bring disaster later. Not just black warriors, even those on the path of truth cornered me."

In fact, whether good or evil is the same, they attach importance to selfishness and want to master the great heirloom alone under the pretext of blaming it for doing evil.

"Someone once asked, when an jing bites you, are you going to bite him back?" He answered his own question, "I will not avenge them but just wait for them to die killing each other. Let them bite each other, I don't want to merge into one of those crazy g anjin like them."

Then after that Xiang Yi Bai laughed while drinking wine. Long enough Xiang Yi Bai laughed at his state back then, he shook his head several times, although he laughed the sadness was still visible in both of his eyes. Xiang Yi Bai downed the wine in the jug until not a single drop remained.

"I began to hate everything about the world and finally decided to leave my position as the Supreme Chief of the Martial World, abandoning the Thousand Tree Mountain School that was on the verge of collapse, making my name tarnished as a fugitive. After my house and family were destroyed there was nothing I wanted to do in the world."

Mirically enough, all the pain he felt due to human greed. Xiang Yi Bai never looked for trouble on purpose. But what made Xue Zhan inexhaustible was how Ziran Zhao had easily bestowed this matter on someone as honorable as Xiang Yi Bai. The man lost everything, friends, teachers and students just to help him. It was not at all to defend that Sacred Sword Saint before others that everyone considered Xiang Yi Bai a traitor.

Perhaps there was another intent Ziran Zhao had reached. With the Earth Ruler Element Stone in Xiang Yi Bai's hands, the stone would be forever safe without being touched by dirty hands. Thanks to that Xiang Yi Bai swallowed all the suffering alone, and to his surprise the man did not resist.

"Why doesn't Elder Xiang defend himself? Or at least return the stone and rebuild the Thousand Tree Mountain School?"

The question made him laugh at a glance, "If I had promised, I wouldn't deny it to death. Emperor Ziran gave me the Book of Seven Healing God Methods, I keep the Earth Ruler Element Stone for as long as I can."

A few minutes of silence Xue Zhan watched Xiang Yi Bai closely. The world is not fair to him. He wanted to straighten all of this out by meeting Ziran Zhao because here Xiang Yi Bai was innocent in the slightest. In the void bear the death of his college brother. Xue Zhan knew as strongly as Xiang Yi Bai there must be regret and sadness that never disappeared in the heart of the man.

When a bad person commits a crime he can still be forgiven for changing. But when a good man makes a mistake, everyone judges him and kills him. The rules in this world are unfair.

After falling into the Gorge of Regret the people thought it was dead at the bottom of the Gorge called the Gorge of Regret. On the other hand there were rumors that Ziran Zhao was spreading the news about a great swordsman who had committed suicide in the Gorge of Regret. Threatening anyone who falls into that abyss would die in mysterious ways.

The news was further exaggerated by another rumor that said a terrible monster was residing in the Gorge of Regret.

Xiang Yi Bai himself tried desperately to save his friend with the sky heirloom book of the Seven Methods of Healing Gods. For months trying to save his best friend, finally his efforts were in vain.

Xiang Yi Bai was unable to save his best friend just because of one thing, his friend no longer had the desire to live. Unlike the time to heal Xue Zhan, the young man had a strong life desire, therefore Xiang Yi Bai was still able to save him.

It made him hate everything about the world. Since then Xiang Yi Bai has never again shown himself in the martial world and kept his promise to Emperor Ziran until he died. He studied one of the greatest of the Seven Methods of Healing Gods that made heirlooms contested, namely the way to live eternally and stay young.

Twenty years of living alone in the Pit of Regret, Xiang Yi Bai's human side was eroded. There is one tomb in the ravine which is the tomb of his college colleagues where he often told himself in times of loneliness. Xiang Yi Bai passed through the void for 20 years and each night remembered all his fellow students from the Thousand Tree Mountain School who had died.

Laughing at his own destiny, just a single matter was able to make him end up miserable like this.

Loss of property, position, family and home. All he could do was accept and endure regret without resolution. Xiang Yi Bai smiled bitterly, he told her until the early hours of the morning, Xue Zhan was still listening to her story with focus.

"Elder Xiang endured more suffering than me and being able to behave this calm, Elder Xiang is indeed admirable."

"I look more like a madman when I'm stuck here alone than you."

Xue Zhan looked down.

"Thus ... Elder Xiang will not return to the outside world and will stay here forever?"

"Most likely."

Xiang Yi Bai immediately stood up, unwilling to give the boy a chance to ask further and directly cut in.

"Sleep there, tomorrow you have to practice the same movement a thousand more times."

Xue Zhan clenched both of his hands over his thighs, he raised his face looking at Xiang Yi Bai's back who started walking away from him.

"Chairman Xiang, let me be your disciple!"

Xiang Yi Bai flinched and immediately turned around to see that the boy was already prostrating behind him.

"I want to train under your guidance!"

Xiang Yi Bai frowned afterwards. "you can die twice, rotten boy. I'm not guaranteeing you'll survive."

"No problem, whether to die or not I will try my best to be the strongest and make up for my regrets during my time in the world ... Including your regrets, Elder Xiang."

Xiang Yi Bai sanctions. "My regrets?"

Xue Zhan nodded. "i want to restore Elder Xiang's good name. Not as a criminal, but as a savior."

He continued confidently, "Whatever it takes, I'll find a way. We feel almost the same suffering and I don't want to let Elder Xiang endure this until the end of life."

The young man's gaze stared fixedly at Xiang Yi Bai's narrowed eyes. "You said yourself you wouldn't get out of here. Therefore once I get stronger, I will come out and prove that Elder Xiang is innocent and make Emperor Ziran Zhao admit what really happened 20 years ago!"

Xiang Yi Bai smiled, his leg complexion looked fake but Xue Zhan felt warmth back then.

"Well if you do insist on giving me my good name back, I appreciate it."

Xue Zhan raised his head in disbelief. "Y-so? Elder Xiang accepted me as a disciple?"

"From now on call me Master politely and don't defy me if I don't want to break your collarbone."

"B-well, thank you Master!"