The Devil King? No, Please Call Me The Immortal King Xiaoyao.

In the back mountains of Gu Yue Village,

A figure sat with eyes tightly closed, mind focused and spirit calmed.

Within his aperture, silvery-white primeval essence occasionally shimmered with golden light. If any Gu Master from Qing Mao Mountain were present, they would surely exclaim:

"Rank three peak stage!"

And if they were to see the owner of this primeval essence, they would exclaim even louder: "Gu Yue Yi Xin!"

Indeed, after several months of diligent cultivation, Yi Xin's cultivation had reached the peak of rank three. This year, he was seventeen years old, marking his third year since transmigrating to Qing Mao Mountain.

For an ordinary person to reach rank two at this age would already be considered a genius, but Yi Xin was clearly no ordinary genius.

You might ask, wouldn't people find Yi Xin's rapid cultivation progress strange?

Of course not.

Because there was already a precedent.

Wasn't Bai Ning Bing also publicly claiming to have A-grade aptitude?

Moreover, as the young clan leader, he had access to more cultivation resources than others.

It could only be said that those who hadn't experienced it couldn't imagine it, and could only lament their own ordinary aptitude.

Now, one of these two with heaven-defying aptitude was sitting steadily on the fishing platform, while the other...

"Ugh..."

Bai Ning Bing had awakened at some unknown time. He lay on the soft bed, staring blankly at the rain outside the window.

Pat. Pat, pat, pat, pat.

Large raindrops fell from the dark clouds, striking the ground and bending the green grass and branches.

The weather was gloomy, and his mood was also poor: "You really called it, Gu Yue Yi Xin."

"So, will he really be able to advance to rank three so quickly next?"

The rain continued to fall, and this restless soul wondered what he was thinking.

Perhaps it was the confusion on the day he was adopted by the clan leader, perhaps it was the sadness and despair when he first learned that he possessed the Ten Extreme Physique, or perhaps it was the shock of his conversation with Gu Yue Yi Xin that night.

His eyes were constantly trembling, and his heart couldn't find peace:

"What, exactly, is the reason for a person to live?"

This question also troubled Fang Zheng. Finally, that night, he couldn't help but ask Gu Yue Bo.

Gu Yue Qing Shu's death had made Fang Zheng grow up a lot, and he had begun to think about the meaning of life.

Regardless of the conclusion he reached, it would ignite a flame in his silent soul.

Just as Gu Yue Bo was discussing the future with Fang Zheng, a hurried shout came.

"Report!"

Gu Yue Bo shouted: "What is it!"

The messenger Gu Master immediately saluted the clan leader: "Reporting to the clan leader, another member of the clan has advanced to rank three."

"Oh!" Gu Yue Bo was also taken aback, and quickly asked, "Who has advanced to rank three?"

The messenger Gu Master glanced secretly at Fang Zheng behind the clan leader, and said with his head lowered: "It's... it's Gu Yue Fang Yuan, he has broken through to rank three, and is currently in the clan hall!"

As he expected, upon hearing this name, both Gu Yue Bo and Fang Zheng were shocked.

Gu Yue Bo frowned and pondered, while Fang Zheng looked even more incredulous: "How could it be that brother has advanced to rank three! Why... why, why can you be so fast!!"

Not only him, but the various elders in the clan hall also felt it was unbelievable. They were constantly discussing, and some voices were so loud that they could be heard from far away.

But Fang Yuan, the person in question, sat in his seat with his eyes tightly closed and a calm expression, as if he didn't hear everyone's discussion about him.

Before long, a hurried footstep came. It was Gu Yue Bo who had arrived.

But before he could calm down, another even more urgent footstep sounded.

"Da da da da", faster than setting off firecrackers.

Gu Yue Bo turned his head to look, and Gu Yue Yao Ji's face was full of panic and unease, her dry wrinkles filled with sweat.

She ran quickly until she saw Gu Yue Bo standing at the door, then she slowed down in a fluster.

She suppressed her panting and saluted Gu Yue Bo: "Old... Old woman greets the clan leader."

Gu Yue Bo narrowed his eyes and smiled as he helped her up: "Elder Yao Ji, no need to be so polite." Then he looked puzzled, "Do you have something on tonight? Why do you seem so flustered?"

Gu Yue Yao Ji immediately became sorrowful upon hearing this: "Clan leader, you must seek justice for this old woman!"

"Oh? What grievance does the elder have?"

Gu Yue Yao Ji was now weeping and wailing: "This old woman is old and lonely, and not favored by the heavens. I only have one precious granddaughter to comfort my dying heart."

"Alas!" she cried miserably, "I don't know which thief, heartless and insane, has poisoned my child. Three days ago, my child disappeared inexplicably, and has not been found to this day."

Gu Yue Bo frowned upon hearing this, and pondered in his heart: "Three days ago, Fang Yuan disappeared. Three days later, Fang Yuan suddenly advanced."

When Gu Yue Yao Ji saw Gu Yue Bo's expression, she sneered in her heart: "Fang Yuan, do you really think everyone in the clan is dead? You disappeared inexplicably, how could the clan leader not know? Now, I will thoroughly investigate you!"

Then, she hurriedly guided the pondering Gu Yue Bo: "This old woman has been searching tirelessly for the past few days, but still has no news. That's why I rushed here upon suddenly receiving the news of Fang Yuan's advancement."

"This old woman is old and slow, so I'm late."

Gu Yue Bo also comforted her: "It's alright, it's alright."

Gu Yue Yao Ji continued: "But this old woman doesn't understand. Fang Yuan is clearly only a C-grade aptitude, how could he break through to rank three in just a few days? Before my granddaughter went missing, I heard her say that Fang Yuan was still rank two. In the blink of an eye..." Then she shook her head and sighed: "Forget it, this old woman doesn't want to care anymore, I just want to finish the assessment as soon as possible so I can go back and find my poor granddaughter."

Afterwards, the two of them composed themselves and entered the clan hall, during which they ran into Yi Xin, who had just arrived from the back mountain. The three of them went together.

By the time the three of them were seated, the clan hall was finally complete.

There were no problems with the assessment process, after all, no one thought that Fang Yuan would forge silvery-white primeval essence.

However, there were still many things to do after the assessment.

The elders in the hall looked at each other, clearly encountering the same problem again. There weren't enough clan resources to distribute.

Previously, when Yi Xin advanced, the clan leader made him the young clan leader, and everyone didn't object. After all, Gu Yue Yi Xin had no foundation, and his talent was extremely outstanding. He would definitely advance to rank four in the future, so being selected as the young clan leader was the best choice.

But this Gu Yue Fang Yuan...

Seeing the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, Gu Yue Bo could only sigh in his heart, "Although Yi Xin is strong enough, he still needs to hone his methods. Now, only I can preside over the overall situation."

He said to Fang Yuan: "Fang Yuan, your advancement to rank three is truly a surprise. Don't worry, the clan never mistreats talent. Your rewards will be given according to the regulations."

"However," he changed his tone, "What I'm wondering is, when did you advance, and how did you advance?"

Gu Yue Bo's question was also the common doubt of the elders present. They all looked at Fang Yuan, hoping he would reveal something.

Gu Yue Yao Ji's face was full of resentment, her eyes like knives, stabbing fiercely at Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan didn't care about their expressions, but instead looked at Yi Xin on Gu Yue Bo's left.

Yi Xin was different from the others. He was neither curious nor surprised, but sat steadily, with a calm expression, looking at Fang Yuan.

Yi Xin's eyes were indeed very beautiful, a pair of bright and captivating phoenix eyes, with clear and sparkling pupils, especially the beauty mark on his left eye, which added an inexplicable charm to his already cold temperament.

Looking at this face that was even more handsome than a woman's, Fang Yuan couldn't help but think of Bai Ning Bing.

He suddenly felt that these two were very similar, with the same outstanding appearance, the same extraordinary talent, and the same unfathomable nature.

"Gu Yue Yi Xin..."

Fang Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. Logically speaking, a person like Gu Yue Yi Xin should often appear in everyone's field of vision, the focus of everyone's attention.

But he always remained hidden and silent. The deepest memory he had of him was when he reminded him the night before his aperture opened. Other than that, it was as if he was a repeating tape.

Being defeated by himself, reluctantly handing over primeval stones, and being tied for first place with himself.

He behaved like a lonely and helpless person, with nothing but cultivation. He had no friends, no events, and even after becoming the young clan leader with a shocking performance and accepting the Devouring Toad, he was never seen interacting with anyone in the clan, nor did he compete for power and profit. Instead, he stayed in the back mountain for years, regardless of hardship.

Some even said that he was demonized after his mother's death, becoming a cultivation machine. So even after Gu Yue Qing Shu's death, he was clearly only one nod away from becoming the clan leader.

But he still chose to cultivate hard in the back mountain, so today's assessment was still presided over by Gu Yue Bo.

Looking at Fang Yuan's eyes, Yi Xin understood that his concealment had ended. He would no longer be able to be the Qing Mao Mountain cannon fodder in Fang Yuan's eyes, who had never opened his aperture in his previous life and was destined to die.

Instead, he would face this demon head who once made him fear, and compete with him head-on.

However, he was no longer afraid.

Coming to this world, he was destined to experience hardships. Losing one Fang Yuan wouldn't make much difference, and having one more Fang Yuan wouldn't matter either.

He was already on the road, and he would never regret it, even if his soul was scattered.

What, exactly, is the reason for a person to live?

There is no absolute answer to this question.

But Yi Xin knew that if he didn't dare to fight, to challenge, to persevere and go crazy for the desires in his heart.

Then this life would be as good as not lived.

Just like himself on Blue Star, from being picked up by the orphanage director, and being cared for by her like a mother, he studied hard all the way, only hoping that in the future, he could also help thousands of orphaned children, so that they could also have a warm home.

But after experiencing 17 years of cultivation in school, and entering the abyss called society, he was kneaded by all kinds of hardships in the world. But despite this, he never gave up on this dream that was ridiculed by countless people.

Dreams are not divided into noble and inferior, he told himself, people should not be defeated by the eyes and words of others.

He didn't want to give up, he wanted to persevere.

This was the reason he saw this book.

He didn't know how others viewed Fang Yuan, he only knew that no matter how cruel Fang Yuan's actions were, and how despicable his methods were, he was a living person. He had abundant and fervent emotions, he would cry, laugh, get angry, and be shocked.

He was no different from others, he could succeed only because he never gave up, perseverance was the biggest foundation of his being, and it was the reason he lived.

To what extent can a person persevere?

Fang Yuan could answer with actions,

And so could Yi Xin.

In this world, he still had people he cared about, and unfinished business. He wanted Gu Yue Qing Yao to be reborn, he wanted himself to no longer be bound by the rules of the world, he wanted freedom, he wanted to live a life of clarity, he wanted the world to obey his heart!

He understood that the current him was no different from Fang Yuan, both were thorough demons, but also people with flesh and blood!

Fang Yuan, the road ahead will be very exciting.

Fang Yuan quietly looked at Yi Xin, and suddenly, he smiled. He didn't know why he was smiling, he just wanted to smile. In his vision, Yi Xin almost smiled with him.

Yi Xin also didn't expect Fang Yuan to smile. So after staring at each other for so long, Fang Yuan couldn't hold back.

Gu Yue Bo also frowned in confusion, looking at the two of them in incomprehension, "Cough! Fang Yuan."

Hearing Gu Yue Bo's voice, the two of them separated their gazes.

Then Fang Yuan answered calmly: "This is of course thanks to Senior Chi Lian's guidance."

As soon as he said this, the whole place was in an uproar.

They all whispered to each other, looking in the direction of Gu Yue Chi Lian.

Gu Yue Chi Lian's face was gloomy at this moment, but he didn't refute Fang Yuan, but instead said: "This matter is indeed like this. Fang Yuan has been in closed-door cultivation in my mansion's secret chamber these days, and I can testify to this."

Everyone sighed in their hearts: "So it was the Chi lineage who made a move."

Gu Yue Bo took a deep look at Gu Yue Chi Lian, his eyes deep.

Gu Yue Yao Ji's face was even more pale. When she heard Gu Yue Chi Lian nod in agreement, she was shocked and took a step back, her whole body trembling slightly.

"Could it be that the Chi lineage is dealing with me! Yao Le was captured by them!"

The power of the Chi lineage in Gu Yue Village was pivotal, and Gu Yue Yao Ji felt terrified at the thought of having such an enemy.

While she was in shock, Fang Yuan added fuel to the fire: "Elder Yao Ji, I heard that while I was cultivating, you have been spreading rumors about me, saying that I am vicious and harmed your granddaughter, Gu Yue Yao Le."

"Hmph! I would like to ask, what evidence do you have to slander a member of the clan like this!"

"I think you are resentful because you didn't get my Liquor worm, and you wanted to seize my Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass before. Old woman, you want everything, does Gu Yue clan belong to you?"

"You! Don't spout nonsense!" Gu Yue Yao Ji was furious. Although what Fang Yuan said was true, how could she admit it in public?

"I'm spouting nonsense? Heh! As far as I know, you have gathered an unknown number of people to find your granddaughter who doesn't know whether she's alive or dead, wasting a lot of manpower and resources."

"As the leader of the medicine hall, you have used your power to this extent, you have sent all the healing Gu Masters of the medicine hall out to search for your granddaughter, and ignored those injured and disabled Gu Masters, our clan members!"

"Indeed, Yao Le's disappearance is a loss to the family, but you shouldn't make this loss even greater. In my opinion, you are not worthy to be the elder of the medicine hall!!"

As soon as Fang Yuan said this, everyone looked at Gu Yue Yao Ji.

Gu Yue Yao Ji couldn't refute, because she had indeed done these things.

Afterwards, Fang Yuan spoke again: "Elder Chi Lian also strongly agrees with my suggestion."

Everyone was shocked again, "Is the Chi lineage really going to deal with Yao Ji?"

Even Gu Yue Bo asked Chi Lian: "Elder Chi Lian, is that really what you think?"

Under the gazes of everyone, Gu Yue Chi Lian simply said, "Revoking Yao Ji's position is just Fang Yuan's personal opinion. With the wolf tide imminent, a sudden replacement is not appropriate. However, this old man does believe that Yao Ji has excessively and biasedly used the healing Gu Master's powers due to personal emotional reasons. If these powers were used where they should be, it would reduce many losses for the clan."

"No rebuttal," Gu Yue Bo's gaze was deep.

Just as Gu Yue Bo was pondering, a "噗!" sound came.

Gu Yue Yao Ji vomited blood and fainted.

The hall was instantly in chaos.

Yi Xin, however, watched all of this with a calm expression, "Make a fuss, make a fuss, the surprise is coming soon."

In the end, Gu Yue Yao Ji still lost her position. She was old, and her heir, Gu Yue Yao Le, was missing. The position ultimately fell to Gu Yue Chi Zhong.

The farce ended, and Yi Xin didn't even celebrate with Fang Yuan like the others. Instead, he left directly.

Next, he had more important things to do.