Chapter 212: Blood Debt and Confrontation

No one knew how long he had been crying.

Bai He felt terrible inside, but Zhou Yifei had already slowly walked forward.

The child said nothing as if he had found the only warmth left.

He threw himself directly into Zhou Yifei’s arms.

Zhou Yifei did not dislike the dirty child.

Instead, she reached out and gently patted his back. "It is alright now. Do not cry."

At that moment, Zhou Yifei seemed to recall her past self.

Back then, she had also been this sorrowful and despairing, needing a warm embrace to soothe her heart.

But at that time, there was nothing, only rain, endless rain beating down on her.

Even now, the memory remained vivid.

No one disturbed them.

Bai He felt a sense of guilt.

He wondered if it was because he had seen the snake demon last night and failed to stop it.

If he had stopped it then, would everything now not have happened?

The people in this village, the parents of this child... perhaps he would not be crying in such sorrow now.

"Host, this is not your fault. Do not be sad."

Bai He knew it was not his fault, but he still could not help thinking this way.

Last night, this place had been attacked by the snake demon.

Now it was in ruins.

The disciples of the Lingguang Sect carefully checked the area.

There were no survivors.

Only this little boy remained.

In truth, this was not a coincidence, but...

Zhou Yifei clenched her fists, filled with anger.

This was what the snake demon liked to do most.

If it suddenly felt like it, after killing everyone, it would always leave one child alive.

But how could a single child survive?

Yet there were exceptions.

Zhou Yifei herself had survived.

Right here.

Bai He slowly walked forward and heard Zhou Yifei murmuring something.

When he listen to it carefully, he finally could heard the words. "Kill him. Kill him..."

Bai He wanted the snake demon’s core, so of course he wished for Zhou Yifei to kill the snake demon.

But in her current state, how could she deal with it?

"Third Senior Sister, this child..."

"Take him back."

Zhou Yifei had already decided to bring the child back.

Bai He did not say anything.

After all, she had the authority to do so.

"Third Elder, we found this..."

At that moment, a disciple ran over carrying a stone.

Words were carved into it, bold and forceful, showing just how terrifying the one who carved them was.

The message was extremely provocative.

The snake demon had long known that Zhou Yifei had arrived.

The deaths here and all this cruelty were a greeting gift for her.

It was meant to tell her that this time, it still would not die.

Zhou Yifei still would not be able to capture it.

It could still toy with her as it pleased.

When Zhou Yifei saw the words, her fingers began to tremble.

She raised her hand and sent out a stream of spiritual energy.

Instantly, the stone shattered into pieces on the ground.

"Everyone stay here. Perform rites for the dead and take care of this child."

After saying that, Zhou Yifei turned around and left.

No one else knew where she was going.

Bai He instructed Xu Feng to temporarily look after the child and then he followed after her.

In Zhou Yifei’s current state, he naturally could not feel at ease.

When a person is in extreme anger or fury, it is very easy to do things they themselves cannot control, things they might regret for the rest of their life.

Sure enough, he saw Zhou Yifei take out a magical artifact of the Lingguang Sect.

The artifact immediately reacted, emitting a strange light and pointing toward the direction where the snake demon was.

Zhou Yifei did not hesitate in the slightest.

Her figure disappeared rapidly.

Even Bai He did not react in time.

"Host, if the Third Elder goes to face the snake demon in this state, the danger is extremely high. There is a great possibility that she may fall."

Zhou Yifei had always been a calm person.

Today, this snake demon was truly detestable to have provoked her to such a state.

Bai He quickly chased after her.

No matter what, he had to follow and see first.

This was the tallest mountain nearby.

Halfway up the mountain, there was a cave.

Zhou Yifei landed easily at the entrance.

With a wave of her hand, the Buddha’s Light Sword in her hand flew into the cave.

Very quickly, a mass of black mist surged out.

Zhou Yifei immediately cast a spell to block the poisonous fog from invading.

After the poisonous mist dissipated, the Buddha’s Light Sword returned to Zhou Yifei’s hand.

At the same time, a massive snake body appeared before her.

The snake demon slowly transformed into a handsome man in black robes, yet filled with evil.

He then looked at Zhou Yifei with a sinister expression.

His tongue flicked like a snake’s tongue.

From a distance, even though Bai He was not that close, he still felt goosebumps all over his body and shivered.

"Host, do not run. We are here to save the Third Elder."

Right, he still wanted the snake demon’s core.

What was there to be afraid of?

Why run?

Bai He bit his lip and still forced himself not to leave.

Shi Gui’s lips curled into a soul stirring smile, yet it sent chills down one’s spine. "Long time no see, Feifei."

Although Zhou Yifei’s age might seem somewhat older to ordinary people, to a thousand year old demon, she was indeed very young.

In front of Shi Gui, the current Zhou Yifei was nothing more than a child.

"Why?"

"You came to kill me again? Of course I have to give you a bit of a lesson. Look at you, is it not good enough to be an elder of the Lingguang Sect? What happened back then was already so long ago, why are you still so obsessed and refuse to let it go? Do you not have a saying among cultivators. Once you step onto the path of cultivation, all past grievances are written off. But look at you, so much time has passed, yet you still cannot forget it."