Soul Emperor Martial God-Chapter 1655: You Don’t Understand

"There’s no need." The elder waved his hand.

"Let him wait outside for a while, I’ll call him later."

"You can leave for now as well."

"Yes." Tang Yin bowed, saluted, and slowly withdrew.

Inside the hall, only three elders remained along with Xiao Yi.

The eyes of the three elders once again focused on Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi frowned slightly but also took a glance at the three.

Among the three elders, the one seated at the table was an elder with an ordinary appearance.

At first glance, there’s nothing striking about the elder’s appearance.

The elder wore a large grey and white robe and sat upright and solemn.

On the ordinary face lay a stern expression.

Clearly, the elder was a serious person in daily life.

The other two elders sat upright and solemn on chairs beside the table.

The one on the left wore a fiery red robe.

Not the bizarre kind of red robe but one as bright as fire.

This elder’s stature was relatively tall and sturdy, with a face showing determination and authority.

The one on the right wore a black robe.

This elder’s physique was much like the elder seated at the table.

The black robe wasn’t purely black but had traces of fiery red patterns.

On the chest area was a pattern of a medicine furnace.

At a glance, it gave a sense of nobility, superior to a Monarch Emperor, yet without any discomfort, only a feeling of comfort and ease.

The three Hall Masters were evidently the Masters of the Demon Hunting Hall, Flame Hall, and Medicine Venerate Hall.

And at this moment, the eyes of the three Hall Masters were fixed on Xiao Yi.

After glancing at the three, Xiao Yi withdrew his gaze.

Though the three held no malicious intent in their gaze, merely a simple stare,

Xiao Yi still felt a shiver down his spine.

Such legendary figures of their time, under such scrutiny, ordinary people would have crumbled long ago.

"Three Hall Masters." Xiao Yi first broke the silence.

"May I ask why you’ve sought me?"

Xiao Yi had no interest in continuously enduring that feeling of sitting on pins and needles.

"Hmm, not bad." The three Hall Masters didn’t reply to Xiao Yi but nodded instead.

Xiao Yi was momentarily taken aback.

At this point, the elder at the table smiled faintly, "It’s nothing significant."

"We’ve merely heard of your name, Purple Flame Yi Xiao."

"With such an extraordinary Heavenly Talent emerging within our Three Halls, naturally, we wanted to meet you."

"Uh..." Xiao Yi frowned slightly, about to say something.

The elder at the table interrupted him, "Of course, we have a matter we’d like to ask you."

"Please go ahead, Hall Master." Xiao Yi bowed.

Though the three Hall Masters hadn’t introduced themselves, Xiao Yi recognized at a glance which Hall Master each was.

Of course, this wasn’t difficult.

This was inside the Demon Hunting Hall Main Hall.

The one seated at the sole table in the hall was naturally the Demon Hunting Hall Master.

The Demon Hunting Hall Master spoke in a calm tone, "These days, you’ve swept through, exterminating numerous evil cultivators."

"Do you harbor a grudge against the evil cultivators?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi frowned, "Hall Master, why do you ask this?"

"Slaying evil cultivators is the duty of the Eight Palace Martial Artists, merely a matter within our responsibilities."

"Whether there’s a grudge or not is irrelevant."

In truth, Xiao Yi’s answer held some reservation.

He had no direct animosity with the Evil Lord Mansion, only because they besieged Yiyi.

But these reasons, he couldn’t possibly reveal.

If the Three Halls wished to investigate Yi Xiao’s identity, they probably wouldn’t find it difficult.

Therefore, many excuses and lies were meaningless.

It was better to leave some room by stating it was a matter of duty.

"Duty?" The Demon Hunting Hall Master’s tone remained calm.

"You should know that all evil cultivators are infamous for their cruelty, killing with abandon."

"Encountering evil cultivators is inherently dangerous; yet you proactively hunt them down, besieging evil cultivation branches one by one."

"Do you realize this is extremely dangerous?"

"I do." Xiao Yi nodded.

"Yet you continued to sweep through—knowing the danger yet choosing to proceed directly?" The Demon Hunting Hall Master suddenly stared at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi spoke in a detached tone, "Danger; I’m naturally aware of it."

"But if everyone feared them, shunned them, wouldn’t the threat of evil cultivation remain unaddressed?"

"If everyone thought this way, the Evil Lord Mansion would become even more rampant, wreaking havoc in the Central Region."

"I only know that a Demon Hunter’s duty is to hunt demons."

"And the Evil Lord Mansion, in my eyes, is no different from demon beasts, hence killing them is my duty."

"A fine ’duty’, spoken quite lightly." Beside him, the Flame Hall Master dressed in fiery red robe snorted lightly.

Xiao Yi lowered his previously raised hand, straightened his back, and confronted the Flame Hall Master.

"If you do not understand the word ’duty’ of a Demon Hunter."

"I don’t understand?" The Flame Hall Master narrowed his eyes.

To his right, the Medicine Venerate Hall Master’s previously indifferent gaze suddenly turned sharp.

The Flame Hall Master scoffed, "It’s said that you, Purple Flame Yi Xiao, are arrogant beyond measure; Today, it’s proven true."

"Or perhaps you, the Fire Control Genius, believe your fire-controlling skills give you the qualification to challenge me? And even disregard me?"

"I dare not." Xiao Yi’s tone was detached.

"The Flame Hall Master is the current continent’s foremost in fire control. In terms of fire control, I’m naturally not yet at liberty to compare."

"But in terms of the duty of a Demon Hunter, I doubt the Flame Hall Master understands more than an ordinary Demon Hunter."

"You..." The Flame Hall Master’s tone turned cold.

He naturally caught the implication of the word ’yet’ in Xiao Yi’s speech.

At this moment, the Demon Hunting Hall Master at the table waved his hand, his previously indifferent expression now showing a hint of a smile.

"And do you understand exceptionally well?"

"Somewhat." Xiao Yi replied.

"But I know well that the ancestors of the Ancient Eight Halls, back then, were not afraid the slightest for the last hope of the human continent."

"Demon beasts, even more ferocious, more bloodthirsty, more terrifying."

"Yet the Eight Palace ancestors did not retreat an inch, fought bravely, fearless unto death."

"I am one of the Eight Palace Martial Artists, the evil cultivators today are no different than demon beasts, hence I kill them, exterminate them."

Xiao Yi’s gaze was extraordinarily steadfast.

"And can you fight bravely like the ancestors, fearless unto death?" The Demon Hunting Hall Master asked.

"I can." Xiao Yi answered with decisiveness.

Discussions on evil cultivators held no interest for Xiao Yi.

But when it came to a Demon Hunter’s duty, Xiao Yi would not yield an inch.

Back then, in the battle at the East Sea Fortress, he watched as the Demon Hunters of sixteen nations stained the Black Sea with blood, the battleground stretching thousands of miles.

Watching Demon Hunters one by one, battling fearlessly.

Blood, severed limbs, shattered bodies, could be seen everywhere on that battlefield.

Though humans numbered a million strong, under the count of ten million demon beasts and their terrifyingly fierce appearances and massive bodies, humans were clearly insignificant.

Yet the human warriors did not retreat at all.

When each nation’s warriors, each Demon Hunter shouted their words of oath to protect his identities, the tragedy remained vivid in Xiao Yi’s mind.

The path of retreat almost paved with the bodies of Human Martial Artists, Xiao Yi remembers exceptionally clearly.

Some things, unexperienced, remain unknown.

But having experienced them firsthand, one cannot forget.

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