"In the Central Plains, everyone wanted me dead, and the Central Plains aren’t the entire world either. There are even more terrifying forces beyond."
"Ultimately, ten years later, I was crushed by the claw of a suddenly appearing, fearsome demon beast. The dreadful beast poison spread throughout my body, almost reducing me to pieces right there and then. It was at that moment that the people of the Central Plains thought I had died."
"But I clenched my teeth and fought to survive, because I still wanted to see Wu Yan and our child."
"Severely injured, I was trapped in the domain of that terrifying demon beast’s claw, and it was only recently that I managed to escape from it...but outside that domain, there were still powerful foes standing guard."
"They kept searching for my body and treasures within the domain of the demon beast, and once again, I have been hunted down to this day."
Hearing this, Sikong Jing fell into a deep silence, while Sikong Ling’s tears had long since been unstoppable.
Suddenly, Su Old Demon looked up again and said, "It’s clear that Wu Yan’s injuries had not healed, and bearing a child after that led to a severe depletion of her vital energy and death. I, however, didn’t think of this at the time. I didn’t even consider it until I met you!"
"Who else could be to blame if not me? It’s all my fault, all my doing!"
With that, he once again plunged into deep self-reproach, as if he couldn’t find his way out...
Sikong Ling opened her mouth wanting to offer some comfort, yet she didn’t know what to say.
After a long silence, Sikong Jing suddenly countered, "Grandpa Su, what do you think I should do, then? Should I fight against the Willow Leaf Saint Manor like you and bring Yue Xi back, or should I hide away in this Small Domain like a turtle in its shell?"
Upon hearing this, Su Old Demon was violently jolted awake, his mouth gaping wide but without words.
Suddenly, he put his hand on Sikong Jing’s shoulder, and his body shook violently as he stuttered, "Non-combatant!"
After speaking, he collapsed onto the ground.
At this moment, Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi were so strikingly similar to him and Ye Wuyan back in the day!
That’s why he felt their pain so acutely, that’s why he was in such turmoil...
Should his son-in-law go and fight until the end? If he fights, he might walk the same painful path as his own. But if he doesn’t, could he really stand to see his wife marry another man?
How could that be possible?
Back then, he too had forcefully taken Wu Yan from her wedding.
A single probing question devoid of comfort from Sikong Jing snapped Su Old Demon out of his self-blame, leaving him bewildered.
Of course, even Su Old Demon could not discern what bloodline Sikong Jing carried, but he wasn’t wrong—Sikong Jing’s supposed Beast Battle Body simply did not exist; he wasn’t a War Body at all.
And Sikong Jing himself did not believe that Su Old Demon was necessarily weaker than a War Body; perhaps he had some fearsome bloodline hidden away.
It was only that such a bloodline was not acknowledged by the mainstream of the Central Plains.
Suddenly, Su Old Demon stood up again, saying grimly, "I’ll help you snatch Yue Xi back, I’ll take you to a safe place to go into hiding, I..."
But as he spoke, Su Old Demon vomited another mouthful of blood.
This time, Sikong Jing did not use his essence blood to cure the poison but instead sighed and said, "Grandpa Su, do you know how powerless we were when the Blood Refining Ancestor appeared above the Canglong Small Domain?"
"Is there really a safe place in this world?"
"If you don’t become stronger, the day might come when a powerful being passes by, and if his demon beast is hungry, it will mean death without a place to be buried."
"Moreover, the Willow Leaf Saint Manor will keep searching. Can you assure that they won’t find us?"
These words shook Su Old Demon violently. Indeed, how could there be a truly safe place in this world? To be safe, one must become stronger, and that would be a path filled with thorns and blood.
Because his son-in-law was just like him, a non-combatant not accepted by the world!
"I believe, Grandma Wu Yan never blamed you because her man was fighting for her."
"For her, he faced enemies everywhere."
"Perhaps she resents you only for the lack of time you spent with her, for not being willing to fight alongside her to the bitter end,"
After Sikong Jing spoke, he stared intensely at Su Old Demon.
Su Old Demon seemed to grasp something in this moment, his complexion wildly shifting.
Suddenly, he lifted his bloodshot eyes and stared blankly at Sikong Jing, finally speaking slowly, "You’re right, we must fight those despicable people to the end, even if it means being shattered to pieces."
The next moment, he asked another question, "My son-in-law, up to now, I still don’t know your name?"
Upon hearing this, Sikong Jing immediately reported his name.
Taking a deep breath, Su Old Demon’s eyes suddenly became resolute, as if he had made an important decision.
Out of the blue, his aura turned into one of towering righteousness, and then he fiercely flung out two paper-like objects that glittered with gold, speaking loudly again, "Ajing, this is the reason why all the major powers are determined to hunt me down."
"It is also why they searched for decades, even under the belief that I was crushed to death by a demon beast’s claw."
Upon hearing this, a gleam flashed in Sikong Jing’s eyes. Ye Wukui had mentioned that Grandpa Su had treasure in his hands.
They were pursuing him this time to seize the treasure from Grandpa Su’s hands.
"So, the reason I could invade Willow Leaf Saint Manor at a young age and abduct Wu Yan was because of this treasure?"
"It’s called... the Qianyuan Soldier Killing Map!"
"Upon reaching the Central Plains, every general and marshal capable of leading troops no longer uses ordinary soldier formations and military strategy, instead, they must have their unique Soldier Killing Formation."
"And a Soldier Killing Formation is what allows various soldiers and martial artists to converge and integrate, unleashing their greatest power."
Hearing this, Sikong Jing’s entire body shook violently. As the Invincible God General, he was very curious about things related to leading troops and exceedingly eager to learn more.
Su Old Demon’s words were unfolding a new world for him, a new set of rules for the battlefield.
"This Qianyuan Soldier Killing Map, I obtained by chance in my youth."
"With it, I gathered experts and formed the Qianyuan Soldier Killing Formation. Even though my individual Martial Arts Realm was inferior to the strong ones of Willow Leaf Saint Manor, I still managed to enter and leave their grounds seven times with the Soldier Killing Formation."
"Legend has it that the Qianyuan Soldier Killing Map was created by the ’Emperor of War’ three thousand years ago, and at that time, it swept across the Central Plains through its power."
Su Old Demon continued to explain, the endless Battle Intent of the battlefield emanating from him, clear and forceful.
Staring intently at the two pieces of paper in front of him, Sikong Jing felt a strong desire to possess them.
He also understood why the host of great powers wanted to obtain it so badly; this was the treasure that once swept across the Central Plains.
"Ajing, you now have two Qianyuan Soldier Killing Maps in front of you,"
"One is real, and the other is fake... now, try to see which one is the true one, and which is the fake?"
With Su Old Demon’s sudden statement, Sikong Jing was momentarily taken aback.
Then he realized with sudden clarity, Su Old Demon wanted to test whether he had the natural talent for the Military Dao.
Without any hesitation, Sikong Jing stepped forward and gently touched the first Soldier Killing Map.
Immediately, a terrifying Soldier Killing intent poured viciously into his mind, and Sikong Jing seemed to witness an appalling battlefield illusion, with various types of soldiers arranged in formations he could never have imagined.
Each type of soldier possessed a unique Cultivation Technique, and each one could mutually support and fuse with the others, greatly enhancing the strength of the Soldier Formation.
For Sikong Jing at the moment, it seemed chaotic and incomprehensible.