498 I Actually Want to Experience the Awesomeness of the Poison-Extracting Physician (1/2)

The team eventually didn't leave.

Zhang Sheng stubbornly insisted that he should stay here and die with the poison-extracting physician. Even when Ouyang Shang came forward, he could not persuade him.

Regarding this nail householder1, Wang Lu was deeply impressed and was ready to give this nail householder a special package, which was the forced teardown, forced tear down, and forced teardown: You f*cking lovebirds don't want to break up? Believe it or not, I'll burn you two dogs?

However, soon Ouyang Shang gave him an explanation and Wang Lu had to regretfully put down the torch in his hand.

It turned out that Junior Brother Zhang Sheng has a unique talent—he was born with extreme temperament, and cultivated a matching method… Emotion Sword. This Emotion Sword was a sword art found by chance by an Elder of Spirit Sword Sect. The legend was that, this was an inheritance from an ancient immortal. In the glorious years before the Age of Chaos, there was a sword cultivator that ascended to immortality to build a whole immortal cultivation system based on this Emotion Sword.

The so-called Emotion Sword was a single-minded devotion to emotion and the sword—only with extreme emotion could this sword go to the extreme. If this set of sword art was cultivated by a person with extreme temperament, the sword power could be called as earth-shaking. Based on cultivation time, this Junior Brother Zhang Sheng was lacking, so he was fairly low in seniority within the golden generation, yet his cultivation base has reached peak Xudan Stage. This cultivation speed was even comparable to that of Ouyang Shang. If Wang Lu didn't have his rare encounter at Grand Cloud Mountain and his cultivation base boosted by the thousand years ripple of Grand Cloud Fairy, it was likely that his cultivation speed would be similar to that of him.

Of course, a talented disciple was not worth cultivating if he refused to obey the rules. But Zhang Sheng has always been diligent and conscientious, coupled with good talent that allowed him to cultivate fast enough, and his personal connection within the sect was quite good. This was his first incident of stubbornness in the decades that he joined Spirit Sword Sect.

Moreover, a character was stubborn because of emotion, and this was something that a person who cultivated Emotion Sword basically couldn't prevent. At this time, even if he was torched, he would remain stubborn till the end. Therefore, Wang Lu also felt a bit hesitant whether it was necessary to make such a decision. Although merciful people could not command a troop, and a team leader should act rationally and decisive, but a qualified leader could not be rough and simple. And Zheng Sheng's situation was complex, which did not allow it to be handled swiftly and quickly.

But just as Wang Lu was considering how to subtly make Zhang Sheng give up this absurd feeling, Zhang Sheng had already taken the initiative.

He bent his knees and prostrated himself in front of Ouyang Shang. ”Big Brother, you are always able to do anything, please help them!”

”Junior Brother Zhang, you!”

All of the people present were stunned. Zheng Sheng cultivated the Emotion Sword, so his personality was also icily arrogant like a sword. Even in front of his Master and Uncles in the sect, he would appear neither arrogant nor servile. But now, unexpectedly, he willingly prostrated himself in front of other people to ask for help. This was simply unthinkable! It was clear that regarding a cultivator of Emotion Sword, to be able to bend the knee of this sword-like man, the power of love was enough to bend a straight man2... At the same time, Zhang Sheng's kneeling caused the conviction of the present people to begin to waver.

Some time ago, they were really happy to get along with the desert demons. The temperament of these demons were gentle, generous, and warm, which completely dispelled the cruel and unruly stereotype from the time of the great war of immortal and demon. The Spirit Sword Sect wasn't strongly attached to the separation between immortal and demon, and these disciples would not treat the others as if they could not live under the same sky just because the others were demons. Compared to the enmity two thousand years ago, they were more concerned with the simple kindness that they felt in the short time that they lived among each other… Let alone in many ways, these demons have saved their lives. Now that they knew their situation, they had to leave and run away… This was really not the act of a gentleman.

Of course, for these ordinary disciples, it was enough to take this step into consideration. After all, they didn't have enough intelligence. And for the two people who could truly decide whether to stay or not, they had to consider the matter more thoroughly.

”Junior Brother Wang Lu, what do you think of these desert demons?”

”... In the present situation, it is impossible to see them as the culprit of the tragedy. I have experienced many things in my dozens of years of cultivation, so I do know some things. But the thing is… They are demon race.”

”You're right, they are, after all, demon race.” Ouyang Shang nodded. ”If it's just me alone, without you, a time traveler, giving me clues, I would've chosen to stand by. Actually, since Junior Brother Zhang Sheng cultivates Emotion Sword, the sect already had long thought that we may have to let him go one day. The other Junior Brothers and Sisters have yet to experience wind and waves, so they are soft-hearted, but it wasn't the first time for me to act as the villain.”

”In other words… leaving, would more likely bring us back to my historical line?”

”Junior Brother Wang Lu, have you ever thought about a possibility, perhaps because in your timeline, I have simply walked away, thus I let go of a certain risk?”

Wang Lu answered, ”You mean like the invisible devil?”

”Yes. Otherwise, based on these demons… I don't think they can push me to a dead end, even if the people in the whole city are in disguise.”

The number of demons in this desert oasis was more than a thousand. But the strength per person of this more than a thousand demons was just mediocre livestock-type. Even if they were to use the swarm tactic, it was impossible for them to stand against Ouyang Shang, much less wipe out the golden generation and the sect elders.

Throughout the Savage Land, no known existence could do this. Hundred years ago, when an Elder of Spirit Sword Sect picked herbs in the Savage Land, legend has it that he encountered an unusually strong monster, but it was also at most only at the level of Supreme of Unity Stage. Although the elder could not resist the enemy, he could withdraw safely. There was no absolute gap in strength.

Only the invisible devil might have such power.

Wang Lu said, ”The invisible devil is indeed the biggest questionable point, but do you think that it's a problem that a mere Jindan Stage like you and I could solve?”

Ouyang Shang said, ”Of course not… If it can be solved, there's no way I can't solve it in your timeline.”

”So do you want to consider calling for reinforcement from the sect?”

”In the original timeline, the sect elders were completely annihilated, right? If they could solve the problem, how could they be annihilated?”