The Evolution of Waste

Chu Xingchen stood in place and gently shook his head:

"Go and quickly search the surroundings. If there are still any of Xu Linglong's spies around, make sure to clear them out completely. Do not let Xu Linglong know my true condition."

"It's fine with Senior Huang staying here with me."

Yun Xiao looked a bit hesitant and did not immediately agree.

Chu Xingchen forced himself to wave his hand and said, "Senior Huang is here. Even if something really goes wrong, it is my choice and has nothing to do with you. Right or wrong, it's all on me. My specific situation absolutely cannot be known by Xu Linglong."

Hearing this, Yun Xiao exchanged a glance with the Tribulation Crossing cultivator of the Xiaoyun Hall. Then, the two of them fully opened their divine senses, sweeping the surroundings. At the same time, they triggered their tokens, and many elite disciples of the Xiaoyun Hall began to join the search.

The enemies that Donggua had previously let go were all being hunted down comprehensively, to ensure that it was better to kill by mistake than to let any slip away.

Xu Jin looked at Chu Xingchen's incredibly realistic expression. Although he knew there was a high chance it was a fake front, he still asked with some concern via voice transmission:

"Are you really alright?"

Chu Xingchen clutched his chest and rolled his eyes at Xu Jin.

Seeing this eye roll, Xu Jin finally relaxed.

Chu Xingchen took two deep breaths, slowly steadied himself, and began walking toward Donggua and the two Tianyan Sect disciples.

"Thank you for your trouble. Later, I will ask Sect Leader Lu to reward you," Chu Xingchen said with a slight cupping of his hands. "You two have worked hard. I will handle the situation here from now on. You may return to the sect to rest first."

The two Tianyan Sect disciples immediately cupped their hands in return:

"Martial Uncle-Grandmaster Chu is too polite. This is originally our duty as disciples. If there is no further need, we will take Donggua and return to the sect first."

Hearing this, Chu Xingchen shifted his gaze to Donggua, who was standing there. After a moment, he spoke:

"Leave Donggua here. I will take charge of watching over it."

"Yes." The two Tianyan Sect disciples responded without hesitation, then cupped their hands again, "Then we will take our leave."

After Chu Xingchen nodded in confirmation, the two Tianyan Sect disciples turned into streaks of rainbow light and departed.

"Donggua?" Chu Xingchen stood in front of Donggua, whose expression was a bit stiff. After scrutinizing it for a moment, he slowly said, "This face seems a bit familiar... Have we met?"

When Chu Xingchen had previously intimidated and spoken with Donggua, he had been wearing Cui Hao's face.

Pretending not to recognize it now was the normal thing to do.

After all, Donggua's hatred for Cui Hao had already reached astronomical levels; a little more or a little less wouldn't change anything.

However, his own favorability was completely fresh, and he might even be able to farm some goodwill.

Donggua didn't know how to answer for a moment. Naturally, it recognized and had met Chu Xingchen.

After all, thinking back carefully, the first time it met Chu Xingchen, he was holding the Myriad Forms and almost casually crushed it to death like a bug.

The only reason it wasn't crushed to death was perhaps just because this bug was a bit too small and annoying to look at.

It couldn't exactly answer—Oh, last time I was almost killed by your casual strike, but I was lucky. You just glanced at me casually while passing by to chop up my teammates, so you have some impression.

However, facing such a big shot, even a heavily injured big shot, Donggua still didn't dare not to reply.

After all, standing behind this big shot was another big shot.

Donggua lowered its head slightly and said with a humble expression:

"Perhaps I just look a bit like someone you know..."

Chu Xingchen chuckled and nodded, his tone gentle:

"I've heard Cui Hao mention you."

Hearing this, Donggua's heart sank halfway. It didn't think Cui Hao would say anything good about it in front of Chu Xingchen.

"Although humans and demons have been opposed since ancient times," Chu Xingchen sighed lightly and continued, "if we could find common ground between both sides, we might not necessarily have reached such a life-and-death situation. It's just a pity that we've passed the point where everything could be salvaged."

"Hatred spreads and becomes ingrained."

"However, if you are truly willing to forsake the darkness and embrace the light, this world is still quite large. It can always accommodate a demon who yearns for stability."

As Chu Xingchen spoke, he gently reached out and patted Donggua's shoulder, saying:

"I don't know if you will do so, but I am willing to trust you. This is also... a promise from the Tianyan Sect to you."

"If you are truly at a dead end, you might as well try walking a path you have never walked before."

Donggua felt Chu Xingchen's hand gently touching its shoulder.

In its mind, two trains of thought wildly intertwined.

Right now, Chu Xingchen was clearly heavily injured and unhealed. At this distance, if it could succeed in killing Chu Xingchen...

Although it might not necessarily succeed, this was perhaps its greatest opportunity.

Even though it would be impossible for it to escape afterward, it would still be considered a great merit for its race.

As for the other option...

Naturally, it was to listen to Chu Xingchen's words and choose to survive, whether to seek another opportunity later or to truly follow what Chu Xingchen said.

However, after only a moment of thought, Donggua made its choice.

The sun was very warm; it wanted to bask in it a little longer.

Xu Linglong probably wouldn't believe the intelligence it sent out anyway. It was probably truly out of options, leaving only the single path of survival that Chu Xingchen spoke of.

Donggua nodded gently: "I will."

Chu Xingchen revealed a relieved smile and slowly released his hand from Donggua's shoulder.

At the distance of physical contact, releasing a top-tier illusion with a crushing realm advantage meant that even if it probed with its divine sense to observe, Donggua truly couldn't react in time.

At the same time, as expected, the flower belonging to Xu Linglong inside Donggua's spiritual sea was still swaying, probably finding the words pleasing to hear.

This way, it wasn't a waste of effort to drive Donggua all the way to the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.

In addition, Donggua could still read the situation clearly. At least it didn't take this opportunity to actually attack him, meaning it could still be controlled somewhat.

Later, he would properly reform Donggua, and then entrust it with a matter that was crucial and mattered to life and death, letting it handle it well.

Even if Xu Linglong might not necessarily believe it, it could at least confuse her.

"Because of certain things, the Tianyan Sect has a natural aversion to demons. As for Cui Hao, I heard he wasn't too good to you either," Chu Xingchen chuckled. "Since you are willing, you can first do some things by my side, just treat it as relaxation. As for Cui Hao, I will speak up for you."

Donggua nodded again, then remembering something, immediately pointed to the residual ritual tracks to the side and said:

"They must be preparing to connect to the Heavenly Demon Realm again. I have some impression of this ritual."

"Good, but you don't need to do this personally." Chu Xingchen coughed lightly twice, his tone a bit weaker. "Let them do the preparatory work, adjust the ancient texts, make comparisons, and then hand the complete information to you for proofreading."

"Your abilities are beyond your imagination. Such tedious matters are not worth wasting your time on."

"Let's go, there is a bigger stage waiting for you to perform on."

Donggua was stunned, feeling a bit dazed for a moment.

Ah?

How did it suddenly seem to evolve from a piece of trash that was constantly being crushed... to being useful?

Chu Xingchen turned his gaze back:

"Let's start preparing for some big moves. Since Xu Linglong dares to cause trouble for us..."

"Then it's our turn to cause some big trouble for her."