Xuan Xin seemed to hear such a statement for the first time, and it was also the first time someone told her that Yu Ju was not a demon, but a living person.
"Even if the demon race ate raw meat and blood, and killed like flies?"
"I don't know about the past, and I have no right to comment. All I know is that the Yu Ju I know now is a person who would go through fire and water for his friends, a person of deep emotion and righteousness." Xiao Man's gaze did not leave the demon heart in Xuan Xin's hand. She was afraid that if Xuan Xin squeezed it lightly, she would destroy Yu Ju's heart.
"The demon race can live without a heart. Even if I destroy this heart, he will not be in mortal danger. Why do you care so much about this demon heart?" Xuan Xin asked softly. "Could it be that you are seeking eternal life?"
"I have cultivated to the perfection of Nascent Soul, and my lifespan has reached three thousand years. With my talent, I will surely go further in the martial arts in the future. Why would I need this demon heart?"
"Since you don't need it, why do you care so much?"
"Because I don't want to turn a living person into an emotionless puppet!" Xiao Man looked into Xuan Xin's eyes. "I heard you are friends with Yu Ju?"
"Friends?" There was confusion in Xuan Xin's eyes. "What counts as a friend?"
"A friend is someone who is always there when you need him."
Xuan Xin thought carefully: "Then what does it feel like to like someone?"
Xiao Man instinctively looked at Nangong Yu, then quickly withdrew her gaze. "What did it feel like when you liked the Human Emperor back then?"
"I felt more at ease when I was by his side. I always felt that he wouldn't harm me," Xuan Xin thought carefully and said very seriously.
"Anything else?"
"Anything else?" Xuan Xin tried hard to recall. What else was there?
"Oh, and when I was with him, I could always see Yu Ju stomp his feet in anger. I liked to see him looking both angry and annoyed."
Xiao Man's mouth twitched. How did she feel that Xuan Xin didn't like the Human Emperor at all? She was ambushed by the Human Emperor back then. Could it be that because she thought the Human Emperor, a mere mortal, could not possibly harm her, she let her guard down and suffered a great loss!
"What did it feel like when you were with Yu Ju?" Nangong Yu suddenly asked.
"Yu Ju..." Xuan Xin's expression was a little wistful, as if recalling something. "When I first met him, I thought he was like a dog. Wherever I went, he could sniff me out."
"And then?"
"His cultivation was very high, and he always sparred with me. Moreover, I didn't have to worry about hurting him."
"Anything else?"
"He always found many strange and delicious things for me," Xuan Xin's eyes were filled with confusion. "Although I felt very safe when I was with him, I am of the God race, and he is of the Demon race. Gods and demons are destined not to be friends."
Nangong Yu whispered something in Xiao Man's ear. Xiao Man's eyes widened in disbelief. "You... the person you truly love is Yu Ju!"
Xuan Xin seemed to be hurt by this statement. Her gaze turned cold, scaring Xiao Man into taking half a step back. "The Xuan clan is no longer the God clan, but a fallen god race, existing the same as the Demon race. Moreover, for tens of thousands of years, the Demon race has been protecting the remnants of the Xuan clan from the Heavenly Demon race. You and he are no longer enemies. The chasm that blocked you has disappeared."
Xuan Xin fell silent. Did she love Yu Ju? She didn't know. Back then, the people of the Xuan clan said she actually liked the Human Emperor. A mere mortal with a lifespan of only a hundred years. As a Heavenly God, she had fallen so low as to like a mortal!
But the person in front of her said that she truly loved Yu Ju!
"How could I possibly love Yu Ju?" Xuan Xin retorted. "I love the Human Emperor. They all say I love the Human Emperor."
Xiao Man pondered for a moment, then suddenly hooked Nangong Yu's neck and kissed him. "When you see me kiss him, how do you feel?"
"An eyesore."
"What if I kissed Yu Ju?"
A surge of anger rose in Xuan Xin's chest, and she blurted out, "You're looking for death!"
"See? I say you love Yu Ju, and you still don't admit it. Just thinking about me kissing Yu Ju makes you want to kill me, but you don't feel anything when I kiss him!"
Xuan Xin looked at the beating heart in her hand. Tens of thousands of years had passed, and this heart was still beating, just as it had been when Yu Ju dug it out for her.
She had only said that she wanted to know what the seven emotions and six desires felt like, and Yu Ju had dug out a heart for her.
Xuan Xin looked at Nangong Yu. "Can you give me your heart?"
"No," Nangong Yu said without hesitation. "My heart has already been given away. It belongs to her. As for digging out my heart, I'm sorry, I can't do that. I'm human. Without a heart, I will die."
Xuan Xin was silent for a long time, then looked at Xiao Man. "Can you give me your heart?"
Xiao Man shook her head. "Under the heavens, only those who truly love you are willing to give you their heart. You didn't understand back then, do you understand now?"
Xuan Xin suddenly felt that the heart in her palm was beating even more vigorously, as if sensing her presence, beating excitedly, wanting to break into her chest.
Xiao Man stepped forward and sacrificed a drop of her heart's blood, dripping it onto the demon heart. "Your body cannot withstand the demonic energy brought by the demon heart. My blood can suppress the demonic energy. Back then, Yu Ju gave this heart to me, probably so that I could give it to you."
Xuan Xin held the heart in her hand, feeling a little lost. This heart suddenly began to beat so fiercely that she felt a little unaccustomed to it.
Xiao Man took the demon heart from Xuan Xin's hand and sent it into Xuan Xin's body with spiritual energy. The expression on Xuan Xin's face changed slightly, seeming both joyful and pained. After a moment, she dropped Xiao Man and the others and turned into a stream of light, leaving.
Yan Yuqing sat leaning against a pillar, thinking about when Xiao Man would come out. Who knew that a figure would fly out of the passage rapidly and stand in mid-air? Yan Yuqing's eyes almost bulged out in shock!
"Dugu Man!"
Mo Mo was also shocked. She never thought that she would see Dugu Man again. However, after a moment, she calmed down. The person in front of her was not Dugu Man. The real Dugu Man was Xiao Man!
"Jun Ru, greetings to the Divine Master." Jun Ru bowed excitedly when he saw Xuan Xin. The Divine Master had truly resurrected.
Xuan Xin looked at Jun Ru and Mo Mo, then smiled. "Jun Ru, I am no longer a Heavenly God of the Xuan clan, and naturally, I am no longer the Divine Master. Now, I am just myself."
Seeing Xuan Xin about to leave, Jun Ru hurried forward. "Divine Master, where are you going?"
"To see someone," Xuan Xin said seriously. "Someone I've missed for tens of thousands of years. Jun Ru, from now on, you are also free. Go and pursue what you desire."
With that, Xuan Xin turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the sky. Jun Ru smiled and returned to Mo Mo's side. What he wanted, he had already found.