Meng Zhibin and Chen Xiaohan also began to live lives fighting the Shitianzhu.
To the shame of those so-called righteous cultivators, although these two entered the infamous Heavenly Poison Sect, among their peers, they were the ones who killed the Shitianzhu most ferociously.
After Zhang Xiaohu and Shen Yingxue entered the world of Empress Wanhua, they found this world to be quite perverse.
People always liked to assign everyone a stance, the so-called righteous path and demonic path.
But in Shen Yingxue's opinion, there was little difference between the two.
She had seen those called demonic cultivators weep tears over accidentally killing an ordinary person.
She had also seen those who called themselves righteous cultivators secretly attack their own friends.
The so-called righteous and demonic paths were merely confirmations of a style of action. Righteous cultivators kept righteousness on their lips and used universal morality to restrain themselves.
Demonic cultivators were more free in their actions; they did what they felt they could do and killed whom they felt they should kill, never considering whether it conformed to righteousness.
Shen Yingxue sighed, "This world is really twisted."
Zhang Xiaohu also fell into thought. The two of them had been in this world for several years and had seen many things.
To be honest, he didn't like demonic cultivators because most of them just found excuses for their indiscriminate killing and evil deeds.
However, those so-called righteous cultivators were also disgusting.
Fortunately, the two of them had apprenticed themselves to a strange righteous faction.
The faction created by Empress Wanhua—the Wanhua Palace.
Of course, the Empress had long since left here to conquer all heavens, leaving behind only a clone to symbolically guard the Wanhua Palace.
And because Empress Wanhua grew up in a demonic sect when she was young, her style of action was very casual.
In the Ascension Tower, Shen Yingxue found it difficult to guess what the Empress would say next.
The tenets of the Wanhua Palace were even simpler: as long as you don't kill innocents, do whatever makes you happy.
Because Shen Yingxue possessed the "Wanhua Eye," the Empress had long told everyone in the palace that she was her personal disciple.
The elders wept, finally doing something proper for the sect!
Since creating the Wanhua Palace, this Empress had never managed the sect's affairs, acting entirely like a hands-off owner.
She herself had ascended to the heavens to fight extraterrestrial evil creatures, and the clone she left behind was also sightseeing across the continent every day.
Whenever someone wanted her to do something, she would simply disappear.
"Such a good seedling, I must cultivate her into a responsible empress heir with a sense of duty!" Elder Liu Ruoyi secretly vowed when she saw Shen Yingxue!
However, it was too late; this exceptionally talented sister had already been corrupted by the Empress!
Her terrifying killing intent aside, she also loved to argue.
"The Holy Son of Qingtian Hall, Ling Fei, is coming to visit us. You must dress appropriately to welcome him."
"I'm not going, I have a stomachache!"
"No, you're already at the Nascent Soul stage, and you're telling me you have a stomachache?"
"I need to cultivate peacefully. I love cultivating, I'm breaking through my bottleneck, I don't want to entertain guests!"
Liu Ruoyi's hands trembled slightly. Was this the attitude a Saintess should have? It was infuriating!
What she found most unacceptable was that she learned from Zhang Xiaohu that before Shen Yingxue met Empress Wanhua, she was a very quiet girl, like a lily.
"Empress! You are truly damned!"
"You're really not going?"
Shen Yingxue said with some annoyance, "Great Elder, this scoundrel has ulterior motives towards me. My eyes can tell what his little schemes are at a glance. Do you want to push your Saintess into a fiery pit?"
"But if you don't go, people will laugh and say you are arrogant and disrespectful."
"Let them laugh. You want to bully me when my master is not here? When she returns, I'll say you forcibly took me on a blind date!"
Liu Ruoyi: "???"
She angrily flicked her sleeves and turned to leave, "If you don't break through to the middle Nascent Soul stage, don't come out!"
After pondering for a moment, Shen Yingxue hurriedly called out, "Great Elder, I have a proposal!"
"You want to come out? Too late!"
"No, you let Zhang Xiaohu play with that Ling Fei. Tell him, Zhang Xiaohu is my boyfriend. Oh, no, just say he's my dao companion!"
Liu Ruoyi: "???"
"What are you trying to do? Tell me what you're trying to do?"
Shen Yingxue said with a righteous look, "Although my Brother Hu's aptitude is not as good as mine, his combat power is clearly stronger than mine, right?"
"Ah, this..."
"Then since he's so amazing, why don't you make him a Holy Son?"
Liu Ruoyi scratched her head. Of course, it was because Zhang Xiaohu's aptitude was not good. What Holy Son had only intermediate-to-high aptitude and was so unremarkable?
People with such low aptitude were generally not good in the later stages. Holy Sons received a lot of special resources from the sect. If Zhang Xiaohu were cultivated as a Holy Son, it would be a great loss.
"Look, look! Great Elder, is this aptitude discrimination? He is more amazing than me at the same level, doesn't that count as genius?"
"He is a genius, but why are you pushing him into a fiery pit?"
Shen Yingxue smiled and said, "Great Elder, with what you said, Ling Fei will definitely be furious and challenge my Brother Hu to a duel. My Brother Hu just lacks an opportunity to prove himself. To be frank, Ling Fei is not Brother Hu's match. Isn't this an excuse for you to crown him as Holy Son?"
Liu Ruoyi pondered for a moment. She suddenly felt that what Shen Yingxue said made sense.
If Zhang Xiaohu could step on a genius like Ling Fei, who would dare to say that their Holy Son was not good enough?
For a sect, having a top genius was potential wealth, showing how strong their foundation was.
"I need to discuss the matter of establishing a Holy Son with the elders. Oh, and by the way, you still have to stay confined and not come out."
"Damn it!"
"..."
Actually, the elders of Wanhua Palace liked Zhang Xiaohu quite a lot. This fellow had a very upright personality, and his way of thinking and acting was the purest justice.
Coupled with the combat power and effort he had shown over the years, it formed a strong contrast with Shen Yingxue.
It was just that his aptitude was lacking.
Now that there was an opportunity for Zhang Xiaohu to prove himself, they naturally would not miss it.
As for Qingtian Hall, what kind of crappy sect was that? Giving them face was showing them respect; if they didn't want to give face, they didn't have to, with the Empress present.
Thus, Zhang Xiaohu was inexplicably pushed out to meet Ling Fei, the Holy Son of Qingtian Hall.