[Wutong Prefecture, within the Government Office, after dismissing others, you listen to Qin Changfeng's words and are instantly alert, then furrow your brows.]

["What is the meaning of these words from Qin Zhenchuan?"]

[Qin Changfeng shakes his head, not directly responding to you, but instead says: "During the four years of demon calamity, your cultivation has surged rapidly, your physique has increasingly transformed, reaching a level comparable to a Profound Body, almost astonishingly extraordinary."]

["And recently... as you broke through the 'top-grade Primordial Pill', within the Dao lineage aristocracy, a 'rumor' gradually began to spread."]

["That is..." At this point, Qin Changfeng looked at you with a complicated expression: "Some say that when you claimed the title of Wutong Leader and bowed to the Martial Temple, you had invoked the legacy of the Great Demon Hunter Master."]

["Furthermore, not coincidentally, in recent years a Grotto Heaven suppressed and sealed by the 'Great Demon Hunter Master' has begun to emerge. To open it, one would need the key of the Great Demon Hunter Master."]

["That key... is a symbol of himself, and the 'Demon Suppression Dao Qi' is one of the methods he used to set the seal!"]

["When these two matters are linked together, they incite curiosity from quite a few Fourth-Step Great Powers regarding your history."]

["Among them are State Lord Lan Jingyi, Baoping Grand General Dragon-slaying Marquis Jiang Xiao, and even the Master of Xuanbing Cave and the Fourth-Step Elder Ancestor of the State Mansion's Gu Family have turned their attention to you."]

["I have come this time under the orders of the Master of Xuanbing Cave, and also... with a request that I am personally reluctant to make."]

[Qin Changfeng's words become somewhat sincere as he speaks, causing a 'thud' in your heart.]

[Regarding the 'Demon Suppression Dao Qi', you once collaborated with the Martial Temple's will in the Divine Capital Martial Temple to conceal it, burying it deep within your heart, unwilling to let outsiders know.]

[Yet unexpectedly, today it is nonchalantly exposed by someone.]

[Which part went wrong?]

[Pressure builds in your heart, but no matter what, regarding this matter, it is absolutely impossible to admit. ]

[Because Dao Qi... can be seized. ]

[Many sects and Dao lineages cultivating 'True Sect Qi' and 'Dao Qi' occupy naturally endowed treasures, but]

[Most are cultivated post facto.]

[This post facto cultivation can be similar to Yang Xiu leaving the 'Green Blood and Red Heart Painting' in Zither Sword Pavilion, naturally... it can also be forcibly extracted from others as a strand of 'source Qi'. ]

[And Song Chai Xin deeply knows that the source Qi he received from the Great Demon Hunter Statue is only a strand, already casting his foundation. Forcibly extracting it and cultivating another 'Demon Suppression Dao Qi' is impossible.]

[Unless one willingly wastes the Primordial Pill, destroys the Yellow Court, and forces out this strand of Demon Suppression Dao Qi, then stabilize it in a prosperous land, allowing it to devour countless treasure Qi and continuously evolve.] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

[Perhaps doing so, through the passage of time, it can slowly grow and eventually give birth to strands of source Qi, from one to dozens, hundreds, providing the foundation for future generations as the 'Qi Collection Barrier', is not impossible.]

[But the Great Demon Hunter Master did not choose this path then.]

[And Song Chai Xin is not a saint who sacrifices himself. If the price is to waste himself, how could he accept this?]

[As your thoughts swirl, Qin Changfeng continued: "I have a brother, whom Brother Song should know."]

["Though I often say I don't care for him, he was maimed in Yunluan Mountain years ago and I once promised to mend his arms, but in the mundane world, no such medicine exists."]

["Unless... one can find a 'Grotto Heaven' with a Fifth-Step presence."]

["I am determined to find such a place within my lifetime, so..."]

["This time, I have come personally."]

["Xuanbing Cave is a prominent Dao lineage powerhouse in Baoping State's Jianghu, rich in capital and abundant resources, the 'Xuanbing Melting Furnace Qi' is a genuine 'Dao-level Qi collection legacy'!"]

["The Master dispatched me here intending to invite Brother Song to visit the cave, suggesting that to show sincerity, he can fully transfer the 'Mysterious Weapon Refining Pill Method', along with all sub-Dao level true transmission expertise from the Dao lineage."]

[Upon hearing the Master of Xuanbing Cave's intent, you laugh: "Invite me to Xuanbing Cave?"]

["The Master's intention is to personally investigate whether I truly embody the rumors, possessing 'Demon Suppression Dao Qi'?"]

["But how can I, a mere Half-Demon, merit recognition from the Great Demon Hunter Master for demon-slaying and expelling the Divine Blood Sect?"]

["Brother Qin, did the Master of Xuanbing Cave say what you should do if I refuse?"]

[Upon hearing your words, Qin Changfeng is somewhat conflicted, looking ashamed: "The Master said, if you are unwilling, then I should invite Song Guardian to discuss."]

["And what do you mean?" Song Chai Xin's tone turned cold upon hearing this.]

[Qin Changfeng shook his head: "Though I also wish for Xuanbing Cave to obtain the 'Demon Suppression Dao Qi', gain the key to open the Grotto Heaven, and search for the Spiritual Medicine needed to restore the weak,"]

["But... you and I fought side by side for four years on the Demon-Suppressing Great Wall battlefield, and you once saved my life. Regardless, whether you possess Demon Suppression Dao Qi or not, I cannot move against you."]

["Uncompromising, isn't it, switching the Dao Qi, though damaging to the foundation, but with Xuanbing Cave's vast resources, compensating for the defect is not..."]

[Song Chai Xin smiled faintly: "Brother Changfeng, I've said, I have nothing to do with the Demon Suppression Dao Qi, if you want to trace the source of rumors, go find whoever started them."]

[Seeing your heart as solid as stone, Qin Changfeng knew he couldn't continue the charade, so he sighed deeply: "Alright, alright, as long as Brother Song is here, unless you voluntarily, I will not touch the Dao Qi within you."]