Chapter 626: Battle of the Heart
A night passed quickly. Duan Qing did not sleep all night and just sat there until dawn.
Shortly after dawn, someone knocked on the door.
What surprised Duan Qing was that the person knocking on the door was not the Si Wen'an sisters he expected, but the target he had been looking for last night, Xia Jili.
Seeing Xia Jili, Duan Qing was stunned for a moment, and then his face darkened. "Senior Xia is well-informed!"
Xia Jili looked at Duan Qing in front of him with a very complicated expression.
When he received a message from the sect leader Yu Youwei last night, asking him if he had met Mu Yu of the Shinto Sect, he was panicked and a little confused.
Who is Mu Yu of the Shinto Sect? He is one of the three law enforcement elders of the Shinto Sect and a legendary figure in the Middle Earth. How could he be acquainted with such a person!
The most important thing is that Yu Youwei, the sect leader of the Shengyue Sect, had an old grudge with Mu Yu of the Shinto Sect. This matter is known to everyone in the Shengyue Sect.
How could he not be terrified when Yu Youwei sent a message to ask about this in the middle of the night?
After meditating for a long time, he finally figured out some clues.
He asked himself, the only intersection between him and the Shinto Sect was Duan Qing.
Thinking of this, combined with the fact that his two disciples Si Wen'an and Si Wenjing had recently left the sect, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition.
So before dawn, he went to find Si Wen'an and his sister and asked what happened during this trip.
As a result, the answers of the two made him feel a little uneasy.
Duan Qing really came to his door!
Back then, he dared to attack Duan Qing because he was confident that he would be able to kill Duan Qing.
At the same time, he also felt that Duan Qing should not be a big shot in the Shinto Sect, and it was not a big deal. As long as he was killed secretly, there would be no trouble.
But he never expected that Duan Qing was actually related to Mu Yu.
No matter how stupid he was, he could roughly guess the interests involved when he thought about what the sect leader Yu Youwei sent him a message to ask him.
"It's been more than two years since we last met. I didn't expect to see you again!" Xia Jili forced a smile on his dry old face.
"Haha, Senior Xia seems very disappointed to see Duan again!" Duan Qing said with a fake smile.
"To be honest, it's a bit unexpected!" Xia Jili said with a wry smile.
Before Duan Qing could speak again, Xia Jili asked again: "I heard from my inferior disciple that you came to Shengyue Sect to visit me. I don't know why?"
When Xia Jili said this, he stared at Duan Qing, trying to find some clues from Duan Qing's face.
As for why Duan Qing came to Shengyue Sect to find him, he probably guessed that it was revenge, but he was not sure.
Duan Qing did not speak for a while, but stared at Xia Jili and fell into silence.
After a little silence, Duan Qing suddenly smiled.
"Xia Jili, you and I don't have to be so hypocritical. Don't you know why Duan came to you?" Duan Qing sneered.
"Oh! Please forgive me for my old age and stupidity. Why don't you tell me!" Xia Jili continued to play dumb.
He came here on his own initiative to find out Duan Qing's intentions and attitude.
"What you did in Dingzhou back then, do you want to deny it? Do you think that my Shinto Sect is easy to bully!" Duan Qing was angry, never mentioning Sheng'er's affairs, only talking about old grudges.
"So Duan Xiaoyou came here to seek revenge! Haha, this is Shengyue Sect. With only Duan Xiaoyou and a helper in the early stage of the Questioning Heart Realm, do you want me to surrender?" Xia Jili chuckled and glanced at Xuan Jing in the room meaningfully.
After figuring out Duan Qing's purpose, he felt that he could deal with it more calmly.
Duan Qing pretended to be angry and pointed at Xia Jili and cursed. "Old thing, killing your young master is enough!"
Xia Jili looked at Duan Qing's appearance and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Duan Qing's performance at this time was completely different from the impression he gave him at the beginning.
Considering Duan Qing's current cultivation, Xia Jili felt relieved again.
In such a short time, he broke through from the early stage of the Questioning Heart Realm to the late stage of the Questioning Heart Realm. With such talent, it is no wonder that he is impetuous and rampant.
After all, he is young and frivolous, and he can't keep his cool!
"Haha, if you want to kill me, you can try it, little friend Duan!" Xia Jili looked at Duan Qing with a smile on his face.
"Hmph, you are so brave! Old thing, do you dare to have a heart-swear battle with me, and never regret it in life or death?" Duan Qing was arrogant and stared at Xia Jili with contempt.
The heart-swear battle is unique to the world of immortal cultivation.
The cultivators practice against the will of heaven, and in order to compete for various resources, it is inevitable that they will have hatred with each other.
Therefore, there is such an unwritten rule in the world of immortal cultivation.
If two cultivators have irreconcilable hatred between each other, they can make a heart-demon oath and have a fair duel if both parties are willing.
Outsiders cannot intervene in the duel. No matter what the result is, the grudges between the two are settled, and no one can pursue it anymore.
In other words, no matter who wins or loses between Duan Qing and Xia Jili, both the Shinto Sect and the Holy Moon Sect cannot pursue the matter any further.
"Old man, do you dare to accept the challenge?" Duan Qing said arrogantly again.
Xia Jili was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed wantonly. "Haha, arrogant!"
"Since you are so anxious to die, why not let me fulfill your wish!"
Duan Qing was secretly happy and said immediately: "Okay, old man, you still have some backbone, you can choose the time and place!"
"Three days later, in this Holy Moon Valley, you and I will fight to the death!" Xia Ji said without thinking.
"It's settled. Whoever regrets will be punished by heaven!" Duan Qing's face was full of arrogance.
"Hehe, my friend, you still have three days to live. Take a good walk in my Holy Moon Valley. Maybe there will be a surprise!" Xia Jili left without looking back after saying such an inexplicable sentence.
Hearing Xia Jili's words, Duan Qing seemed a little puzzled on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly happy in his heart.
This old thing finally showed his fox tail!
He deliberately made such an arrogant performance just to make Xia Jili show his feet.
To be honest, Xia Jili took the initiative to come to him, which really surprised him.
In this way, it disrupted his plan to secretly investigate Sheng'er's news first.
Xia Jili took the initiative to come to him, leaving him with much less room for response.
He wanted to find out whether Sheng'er was in Xia Jili's hands. He could either confront Xia Jili directly or pretend not to know and continue to secretly inquire.
If he asked directly, even if Sheng'er was in Xia Jili's hands, he would most likely not admit it, at most not deny it.
Xia Jili knew that he had a grudge with him, so how could he easily give up Sheng'er's amulet.
If we continue to investigate, there will probably be no results.
Since Xia Jili already knows that he is in the Holy Moon Sect, he will definitely take precautions, and further investigation will be in vain.
Therefore, Duan Qing came up with the method of the Heart Oath Battle temporarily, and deliberately acted arrogant and conceited to lure Xia Jili into the trap.
The grudge between him and Xia Jili is almost impossible to reconcile, he knows this, and Xia Jili naturally knows it too.
He is equivalent to providing Xia Jili with a permanent solution.