"Su Yie!"
As Su Yie was descending from the mountain of corpses, Nan Xiaopao burst out of the crowd. Unmindful of the filthy blood on his body, she embraced him and began to wail loudly.
Earlier, watching Su Yie single-handedly combat an army of hundreds of thousands of Demon Beasts, her heart had nearly shattered, especially upon hearing Su Yie's roar. It felt to her as if the sky had darkened and the world had lost its color.
Before the mountain of corpses, everyone was cheering and shouting for Su Yie, looking at him feverishly.
Seeing Nan Xiaopao hold Su Yie and cry, they all smiled, feeling a closer connection to Su Yie.
This half-Demon was actually human, having his own girlfriend, not some cruel, heartless monster.
Tan Quanming took the lead in clapping for Su Yie. The sound of thunderous applause resonated across the battlefield. Even some of the older men had tears in their eyes.
Surviving such a calamity was most exhilarating.
"Silly, I'm so strong, nothing will happen to me,"
Whispered Su Yie laughingly by Nan Xiaopao's ear. He wanted to stroke her hair to comfort her, but his hands were smeared with blood, and he was afraid of dirtying her.
Nan Xiaopao looked up, wiped her tears and huffed, "Next time, you must tell me first, do you hear me!"
Su Yie smiled and nodded.
At that moment, Tan Quanming walked up, bowed to Su Yie, and with a strong effort to restrain his emotions, exclaimed, "On behalf of everyone in Xiwan City, I thank you!"
Without Su Yie, he would have become a sinner; even if he had survived, he would have carried the burden of his sins, unable to find peace in life.
Su Yie waved his hand and said, "Instead of thanking me, you should focus on your cultivation and rely on yourselves next time."
The men gathered in the back, upon hearing this, all clenched their fists and nodded in agreement.
Tan Quanming looked up and reminded, "You should collect the spoils of war first."
The entire battlefield was littered with the bodies of Demon Beasts, nearly ten thousand in total. The fangs and fur of the Demon Beasts could be used to make equipment.
Su Yie surveyed the battlefield and said, "I suppose everyone knows my identity by now. I am now a half-Demon and need the Demon Cores of these beasts to cultivate. Except for the Demon Cores, you can have everything else."
He wasn't afraid that anyone would secretly keep a Demon Core. If a human swallowed a Demon Core, most likely they would explode and die; even if they didn't die, they would likely turn into monsters.
Unless they followed the Demon Path like Su Yie.
The people of Xiwan City had received the cultivation method from Xuanyuan Human Emperor, and the method stated not to consume Demon Cores orally, so no one dared to take the risk.
Besides, Su Yie was, after all, their savior.
Thus, Tan Quanming mobilized everyone to search for Demon Cores for Su Yie.
It took a full hour to complete the search.
They found over two hundred Demon Cores.
In the cultivation of Demon Beasts, the realms are delineated as Demon Qi Condensation, Demon Power into Pill, Shape-Shifting Great Demon, and Divine Power Demon King. The majority of the vast army of hundreds of thousands of Demon Beasts had barely cultivated their demonic power. Those capable of transforming their demonic power into a core could speak human language and possessed significant spiritual wisdom, thus they were very rare.
Two burly men enthusiastically took off their clothes, wrapped up the Demon Cores, and handed them to Su Yie.
Under the admiring gazes of the people, Su Yie led Nan Xiaopao into the city.
No one dared disturb Su Yie since he was their benefactor, and after having just been in battle, he needed to rest.
"Alright, let's quickly clean up the battlefield, collect the fur, teeth, and bones of these monsters, and be careful, everyone,"
Tan Quanming began ordering people to clean up the battlefield, the war having made them realize the true cruelty of the Ancient Wilderness.
Even though they had obtained a cultivation method, they needed to stay united, or else survival would be difficult.
Who knows how many inhabitants Xiwan City would have left in the end?
Certainly not as many as now.
As Su Yie and Nan Xiaopao entered the city, they encountered citizens cheering for them along the way. Seeing Su Yie covered in blood, the citizens didn't dare to embrace or touch him, making way for him instead.
"Mom, I want to be like him when I grow up,"
a seven-year-old boy earnestly said, holding his mother's hand, his eyes pure, even having witnessed the cruelty of war.
His mother smiled and patted his head, saying, "Mom believes in you."
This battle made tens of thousands in the city remember Su Yie, an unforgettable sight as he stood proudly atop the mountain of corpses.
"I don't want to stay in the city."
Walking on the street, Su Yie spoke up. He was fully preoccupied with the anomaly of the Zhou Wu Sword and naturally wanted to find a place to study it.
"Can I come with you?"
Nan Xiaopao hastily asked since Su Yie had been missing these days, and she had been worried every day.
Pointing towards the city outskirts, Su Yie smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm going to cultivate at the mountain peak. You're safer in the city, and I can be at ease as well."
At the end of the day, human intentions can sometimes be scarier.
Although the citizens had started cultivating, none could rival Nan Xiaopao's Strength of One Dragon, so Su Yie was not worried about her encountering danger.
This girl refraining from bullying others was already good enough.
Upon hearing this, Nan Xiaopao could only pout and say, "Alright, then you must come back to see me often. I'll be at my aunt's house."
"Understood."
Su Yie gave a slight smile and then waved his hand, signaling that Nan Xiaopao could go back.
Nan Xiaopao nodded, turned away, and kept looking back every three steps until she disappeared at the street corner, only then did Su Yie leave.
After he left, Nan Xiaopao stepped out from the corner of the street again, watching his departing figure with a complex expression.
As Su Yie sprinted rapidly, his eyes closed, now he could avoid obstacles along the way relying solely on his senses.
At that moment, a page appeared in his mind.
Please invite any of the following beings to join Emperor Su's Sect:
Feng Lie!
Daoist of the Gentle Breeze!
Tang Qingtian!
White Fox Queen!
Night Poison Willow King!
...
A total of twenty-six names, some of which had appeared more than once.
Not recognizing these names, Su Yie could only choose based on the impression the titles gave.
Currently, inside Emperor Su's Sect, there were three factions: Human Clan, Demon Clan, and Demon Race, with Xia Tianyi, Wux Qingyao in the Human Clan, Elder Lord Qi Yang, Black Tiger Emperor in the Demon Clan, and Demon Lord Qing Yan in the Demon Race.
The weakest among the three forces was not the Demon Race but rather the Demon Clan.
Since Xia Tianyi joined the sect, Demon Lord Qing Yan and Black Tiger Emperor seldom teased Wux Qingyao, creating a rather delicate atmosphere within the sect.
Eventually, Su Yie chose a name that seemed both demonic and monstrous.
Demon Wolf Star!
Immediately after, the scene changed.
Emperor Su invited Demon Wolf Star into Emperor Su's Sect.
Wux Qingyao: Another demon lord.
Black Tiger Emperor: Hiss—Demon Wolf Star! How did this guy get in!
Elder Lord Qi Yang: Could it be the Demon Wolf Star who plundered the Seven Dynasties?
Demon Wolf Star: Who are you? Why are you in my mind? Dare to play tricks on grandpa, are you seeking death? Grandpa has ten thousand ways to torment you to death!
Demon Lord Qing Yan: Hmm?
Sword Saint Xia Tianyi: Hmph!
Demon Wolf Star: My goodness! Demon Lord Qing Yan! Xia Tianyi! Can I take back what I just said?
Su Yie was speechless as he watched, it seemed that Demon Wolf Star was also quite a joker.
However, according to what Elder Lord Qi Yang said, Demon Wolf Star should not be weak.
Having plundered the Seven Dynasties!
After peeping at the screen for so many days, Su Yie learned a lot of information, such as to the north of the Land of Qiling lay the land of the Human Clan, with the Seven Dynasties standing there, namely Tang, Jin, Zhao, Wei, Xuan, Western Buddha, and Great Yuan, with the strongest being the Tang Dynasty, hailed as the Mighty Tang. In those days, Xia Tianyi had ventured alone into the Mighty Tang, unstoppable and stunning the world, earning the title of Sword Saint.