Chapter 219: The Thousand-Year Demon Core Incident

"Alright, I agree. No matter what demon core it is."

"This will be a secret between us. You cannot tell anyone. Of course, you also cannot tell anyone about the existence of the Tree’s Coreflame. Even to senior brothers and sisters, you must not say anything."

Since Bai He kept Elder Yao’s secret, Elder Yao would naturally keep Bai He’s secret as well.

If the existence of the Tree’s Coreflame were to spread, countless people would covet it.

Elder Yao then brought Bai He to the into his room in the Alchemy Pavilion and opened a hidden compartment.

Inside were more than a dozen bottles of various sizes, each labeled with the name of a demon core.

There was only one thousand year demon core.

The rest were all hundred year ones.

If it had been anything else, Elder Yao might not have been willing to trade, but the Tree’s Coreflame held a completely different value for him.

Even being able to use it for just half a month was extremely rare.

Bai He happily took the bottle and returned to Baize Peak.

He took out the Sky Cutting Sword and the sword spirit immediately sensed it.

It then transforming into its spirit form and appearing in front of Bai He.

"Here, this is what you wanted."

The sword spirit glanced at it and immediately said, "Eat it."

"Eat... are you mistaken? You want me to eat this thing? I... I will definitely run into problems."

A thousand year demon core.

He had never eaten a demon core before.

"If I tell you to eat it, then eat it. Or do you expect me to eat it? I have told you before, you can withstand it. Otherwise, this trial would not count as passed."

Bai He looked at the green demon core on the table.

He truly had no appetite for it and found it hard to swallow.

But he gritted his teeth, held his breath, and put the demon core into his mouth.

Without even tasting it, he swallowed it whole.

"Cough, cough..."

After coughing a few times, Bai He quickly drank several mouthfuls of tea.

"I ate it. Does that mean I passed?"

"Not yet."

"That is not what you said earlier."

"You must digest this demon core. As for what comes next, I wish you good luck."

After saying that, the sword spirit returned to the Sky Cutting Sword and disappeared from in front of him.

Bai He felt like he had been tricked.

He had actually been tricked by his own sword spirit.

Was it still possible to spit it out now?

Suddenly, his lower abdomen began to heat up.

It felt as if something inside his stomach was gathering into a mass.

The undigested heat brought intense pain, causing his entire body to tremble.

Bai He was completely stunned.

It hurt.

It hurt so much.

He had definitely been tricked.

The most infuriating part was that the sword spirit who looked so beautiful actually had such a vicious heart.

After tricking him into eating the demon core, it disappeared without a trace.

He was left here all alone, calling out to the heavens with no response, calling out to the earth with no answer.

A sense of despair suddenly surged up from deep within his heart.

His breathing became uneven, one breath failing to follow the next.

"Help... help..."

He was going to die.

He must be dying.

Even breathing had become difficult.

He had never imagined that he would leave this world in such a way.

Unwilling, Bai He slowly closed his eyes.

...

Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

Alive?

No, had he not already died?

"Xiao Bai, how do you feel now?"

When he heard Zhou Yifei’s voice, Bai He felt an overwhelming sense of warmth.

He could not help but hug her. "Second Senior Sister, mm..."

"Alright, alright, everything is fine now."

"What do you mean everything is fine. For no reason at all, he went and ate a thousand year demon core. If his disciple had not discovered him in time and found him collapsed on the ground, would he even still want his life?"

Gu He scolded angrily.

Before, he had only thought Bai He was young and did not understand many things, but he had never expected that he would be so ignorant as to dare to eat a thousand year demon core.

Fortunately, nothing major had happened.

The thousand year demon core had successfully transformed into his own original power and did not let demonic energy run rampant within him and completely ruin him.

"Fourth Senior Brother, you are here too."

Bai He did not care whether he was scolding him or not.

In any case, no matter what they were saying right now, he felt extremely happy.

"Yes, I came as well. Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother also came before. After confirming that you were fine, they left."

Bai He grabbed Zhou Yifei’s clothes. "Third Senior Sister, Fourth Senior Brother, I did not do it on purpose. It was all because of this sword."

Bai He pointed at the Sky Cutting Sword not far away.

Now it was pretending to be dead, was it?

If it had the ability, then come out.

"It?"

"It said that if I ate the demon core, I could complete its trial. Before Master left, he ordered me to complete the Sky Cutting Sword’s trial. I had no choice, so I ate one."

"Where did you get it?" Gu He pressed on. "Since when did you become so capable that you could even obtain a thousand year demon core? When you followed Third Senior Sister to hunt demons, was it also for the demon core?"

Bai He had no way to refute it.

Gu He had guessed everything correctly.

He lowered his head.

At a time like this, staying silent was the most correct choice.

"That is enough, Gu He. It is fine as long as nothing happened. Let this matter go. Do not blame him. It was Master’s requirement. He only followed orders."