"Why are you here? Surely youâre not here for revenge?"
Li Hao frowned, feeling puzzled. He couldnât imagine having enmity with the other party to such an extent that would make them risk their life just to kill him.
Moreover, this is the Human Race border; how did the other party manage to infiltrate this place?
"I just happened to be leaving here, and before I go, I thought Iâd say hello to you."
Mi Xueyao laughed very casually and leisurely, gently curling the hair at her shoulder with her fingers, and said:
"I didnât get the chance to ask you before â you already knew my identity, were you planning to bring me in and then expose me?"
She asked seemingly nonchalantly, but her eyes narrowed slightly, and Li Hao felt a hint of danger. If he didnât answer well, she might angrily make a move.
"I had planned to. You know, Iâm of the Human Race, and the racial hatred is irreconcilable!"
Li Hao said.
A trace of coldness flashed in Mi Xueyaoâs eyes, and her lips curved into a cold smile. She said, "Yet you revealed your special ability to eat Ancient Demon Flesh to enhance your Primordial Spirit. If this power were exposed, the Ancient Demon Clan wouldnât just see you as a top target for hunting down â there would also be many among the Human Race who would envy you and might secretly assassinate you, wouldnât they?"
"Moreover, if the Emperor-level experts among the Human Race knew, they might investigate your secret and imprison you!"
"Anyway, you wouldnât leak the information. This matter is known only to us."
Li Hao said.
Mi Xueyao looked slightly stunned, her eyes moving as she gazed at Li Hao, saying, "How can you be so sure I wonât leak the information? Do you trust me that much?"
"I guess."
Li Hao said expressionlessly.
Trust... How can that be?
Just as the other said, if this matter were exposed, it would cause dread among the Ancient Demon Clan and unnecessary trouble among the Human Race. This all stems from human nature; similarly, if the other doesnât leak the information, itâs also out of human greed and desire for exclusivity. If it were him, he wouldnât publicize such a matter either.
Upon hearing Li Haoâs answer, Mi Xueyao raised an eyebrow slightly, yet a hint of softness appeared deep in her eyes. She chuckled:
"You indeed have courage, knowing Iâm an Ancient Demon, yet you dared to let me eat Ancient Demon Flesh and exposed your secret."
"As a cook, I never refuse any customer."
Li Hao said calmly.
"You are not a cook."
"What am I then?"
"Certainly not a cook wielding a sword."
Mi Xueyao snorted lightly, seeming to be in a somewhat cheerful mood, said calmly: "Iâve remembered you. If I have the chance, Iâll find you again to taste your skills properly. And donât think about exposing me, unless the Emperor among your Human Race takes action â otherwise, no one can trace me."
As she spoke, immortal power appeared all over her body, her toes leaving the ground.
She cast a gentle glance toward Li Hao and said, "Iâve already found out your identity, and I will look for you."
With the words falling, accompanied by a sound of bell-like laughter, her figure flickered away like mist before Li Haoâs eyes, disappearing through instant movement.
Li Hao stood there stunned, through fine control of the source of spatial paths, he could sense the other had torn a passage in an instant, transporting several tens of thousands of miles away, with her aura rapidly dissipating.
"She can come and go freely..."
Li Haoâs expression became serious, this border town is filled with Secret Array defenses, but as a member of the Ancient Demon Clan, the other can roam here freely, which is terrifying.
With the otherâs cultivation at the Immortal Monarch Realm, she could definitely not accomplish such a feat, not even at the King Realm.
Unless the other carries some unimaginable supreme treasure.
Li Hao thought immediately of what the other revealed when she departed earlier, attracting that Reincarnation King Clan Ancient Demon.
In his two years of eating and drinking here, he inquired of Gu Changming, who once said with a serious face, it was some kind of supreme True Realm treasure, the Reincarnation Fragment!
That thing has only ever been seen in the hands of the Immortal Emperor, with both the Ancient Demon Clan and the Immortal Emperor pursuing and fighting over it. Itâs said to have unimaginable abilities, even allowing one to truly enter reincarnation, and even reverse reincarnation!
Gu Changming couldnât provide too many details, only knew this matter was of great consequence, any clues had to be reported to the Immortal Emperor, which he already did to the Yan Chu Royal Family, passed on to the Supreme of the Heavenly Palace.
"Could she be using that thing?"
Li Hao frowned deeply, staring at the spot where the other departed, initially wanting to turn back and inform Gu Changming of this situation.
But thinking about it, the other dared to reveal herself in front of him, clearly not worried about exposing her identity, it would be meaningless to inform Gu Changming.
"That guy... Hopefully she wonât cause chaos among the Human Race, I must quickly enhance my strength, strive to capture her next time she appears in front of me."
Li Hao thought internally.
After all, an Ancient Demon of the Immortal Monarch Realm strolling casually in Human territory, yet unable to be traced, is too terrifying.
If the other indulges recklessly, entire towns could be rapidly drained, causing unimaginable casualties.
Despite the otherâs relatively nice attitude toward him, Li Hao wouldnât believe, if he were of no use, the other could still be so courteous in speaking to him.
After pondering for a while, Li Hao turned and left the alley, temporarily setting aside this little episode, and headed toward the border teleportation array.
He presented his Identity Token, under the guardâs shocked gaze at the teleportation array, stepping into the array, disappearing.
...
Yan Chu Immortal City.
Above the vast square, like a collapsing huge passage, within the Ancient Immortal Realm.
The ground was barren like being scorched by fire, desolate, filled with the aura of ancient Barbaric Wilds.
A towering black stele stood tall, with an imposing momentum piercing the sky, countless golden numbers on it flickering rapidly, like electric light, like golden flying insects, bustling and shuttling up and down the immortal stele, vying with each other.