While the city was in a state of celebration, Xian Li quitely came back to the carriage and replaced himself with the clone. Then, he quitely led the carriage to their destination and his final destination!
Yes!
After meeting with The Spirit Of The Celestial Blade, he felt that the entire curse had been uplifted though it was not the case and he knew it.
He still had to die...
He sighed and looked at the back, the group who was still sleeping, unknowm to the reality and enjoying their peaceful life. He took a glace at the sky and murmured.
"I will come back. This time, As a True Emperor. The Celestial Emperor!"
Just as they reached the boundry of their home city, Xian Li left them without even saying goodbye. They were still sleeping because Xian Li had made them, otherwise they would have long been awake. Which would make Xian Li's farewell difficult.
He found a village which was being attacked. But first, He met with the elder Zhurong who had always been following him from the shadows. Zhurong wished him farewell with true sadness visible in his eyes. Xian Li, after a moment with Zhurong, left to the village and abandoned his entire cultivation.
The village was being attacked by demons of various types. They had nearly annhilated it except for the reamining few people who were too scared to even walk. But due to the circumstances, The had picked up a weapon with trembling hands to save the village, on the cost of their own lifes even when they knw that they wouldn't be able to save it even if they died.
But this was the only way, they would atleast kill a few before dying.
They stood in front of the demons who wore cruel smile on their faces. The people were trmbling and shivering just from the horrible sight of these demons but they stood to protect their family, their home, the place they all lived from the beginning.
But before anyone could attack, a young man slowly walked towards the fight scene, while whistling. The people immediately tensed up in fury, thinking of him as one of the villagers.
They were fighting with their deaths for the villagers and the village, while this young man came to seek his death himself. They couldn't help but curse him. But what he did next shocked them to the core.
One of the demons attacked him, but he, without using any spiritual energy, defeated him with a...Stick?!!!
In one move!!?!
The demons were shocked too. Though they couldn't speak, but they could feel emotions like fear, anger etc.
The young man didn't say anything but continued to move forward with blood washed stick in his hands. There were 12 of them, and he knocked out 11 of them before standing in front of the last one who had immense fear on his face.
But the young man did nothing. Seeing this, the demon attacked him with all the strength it could muster before running for his life. It's attack landed on the young man but it knew that it would do nothing to the young man who could defeat them with one move. So he rushed back to the forest, not looking back and vanished deep.
But little did he know that the young man had not avoided his attack. It's attack lamded on the young man and killed it, severing his head off. The young man's body stood, lifeless and headless, as his head fell to the ground.
His face was finally visible-
The face belonged to Xian Li!