I am the villain in the book

A quarter of an hour later.

A jet-black longsword, blood纹 covering the entire blade, a man with an expression of utter terror, and an aged, eerie laughter.

It had been more than half a year since Wei Changtian last saw this scene. Except for the change in the death row inmate, everything else was so similar.

“Heh heh heh heh!”

“Boy, long time no see.”

The voice from the black longsword made the man in shackles widen his eyes instantly. He scrambled to the corner of the room, his eyes full of fear.

Wei Changtian turned a blind eye to this, only staring at the Xuantian Sword and slowly saying:

“Senior, can you still mobilize the Kui Dragon people?”

“I want to make another deal with you.”

The last time Wei Changtian summoned the remnant soul in the Xuantian Sword was in the Tianluo Sect.

At that time, he had just returned from seeing Wei Yanyu in Jizhou, and he had unexpectedly obtained a token engraved with "Kui Dragon" from Old Zhangtou.

This incident made Wei Changtian eager to know the truth about Kui Dragon, so he made a deal with the remnant soul.

Five death row inmates, a total of three hundred years of life, in exchange for some information about Kui Dragon.

From the remnant soul, Wei Changtian learned that Kui Dragon was actually a mysterious organization that had been established thousands of years ago and was still in operation today.

Kui Dragon's original intention was to pursue the First-Rank realm that no one had ever reached, and to make many attempts for this purpose.

They would search all over the world for all kinds of cultivation geniuses, and then cultivate them from an early age to take various cultivation paths, attempting to find a way to break through the shackles of the First-Rank.

But unfortunately, until two thousand years ago, this great cause had never made any substantial progress.

However, Kui Dragon had thus possessed Second-Rank experts far surpassing any other force, which could be regarded as an unintentional willow that had grown into shade, and inexplicably became the number one sect in the world, enjoying unparalleled glory for a time.

And perhaps because they had failed too many times on the road to pursuing "one step further," or perhaps because of the expansion of this worldly power.

So, fifteen hundred years ago, the first split occurred within Kui Dragon.

Simply put, there was a group of people who were unwilling to explore the distant First-Rank realm anymore.

They didn't want to be "test subjects" anymore, losing their cultivation levels or even their lives in vain. Instead, they felt that being the "number one in the world" was not bad.

Conversely, another group of people still wanted to firmly pursue that initial goal.

As time passed, the conflict between the two sides intensified, and finally reached a point where it could not be reconciled.

Thus, a great war, almost unknown to the outside world, quietly broke out.

This was a war of attrition, spanning decades.

And the final result was naturally that the "abandonment faction," which controlled more external forces, won.

Kui Dragon was thus divided. The "adherence faction" was beaten from the ground into the underground, completely disappearing from everyone's sight.

Until a thousand years ago, the appearance of two figures once again completely reversed the situation.

These two people belonged to the "adherence faction."

One was a First-Rank, and the other was a True Immortal.

The appearance of the First-Rank realm, and even the True Immortal, undoubtedly proved the success of the "adherence faction," although no one knew how they did it.

But anyway, this group of people was quite vindictive.

They began to comprehensively clear out the "abandonment faction" of Kui Dragon through assassinations, killing hundreds of Upper Third-Rank experts in a few years.

Unable to resist the True Immortal, the "abandonment faction" had to bow its head and admit defeat, returning to its initial state as an "underground organization," and continuing in this form to this day.

However, the "adherence faction," having avenged their great revenge, disappeared, leaving only a mystery about "becoming an immortal" to a few insiders.

No one knows how to break through the First-Rank, how to become an immortal.

Everyone only knows that this can indeed be done.

In this way, in the hundreds of years that followed, the "abandonment faction" began to continue trying various methods on their own, while trying to find clues about the "adherence faction," and then unravel this secret.

The five experts who died in Yanyun Mountain that night were selected by Kui Dragon under this circumstance, so that they could become Second-Rank.

They cannot participate in any worldly power struggles, and they need to work for Kui Dragon while they are alive, searching for all clues about the "adherence faction," and then try to break through the First-Rank as "test subjects" before their lifespan is exhausted.

And if they unfortunately die due to other circumstances before this, then Kui Dragon will not avenge them.

Because the current "abandonment faction" is like the previous "adherence faction," except for becoming an immortal, they are no longer interested in anything else.

The above is all that the remnant soul told Wei Changtian about Kui Dragon, and it is also the reason why Wei Changtian no longer worried about revenge from Kui Dragon after that.

As for the origin of the remnant soul, the original book only mentioned that it had been in the Xuantian Sword for thousands of years.

Calculating in this way, it should be one of the earliest people to establish Kui Dragon.

Since it has been staying in the Xuantian Sword, why can it know what happened later?

How can it mobilize the experts in Kui Dragon?

Wei Changtian had asked such questions, but the remnant soul did not answer.

And the reason why he awakened the remnant soul again now is not to ask these questions.

What First-Rank True Immortal, is too far away from him.

Borrowing a few experts to use is the real deal.

“Senior, I need to borrow five Second-Rank experts to help me do something.”

Under the astonished gaze of the death row inmate in the corner, Wei Changtian said calmly: “How many years of lifespan? You name a price.”

“Five...”

The remnant soul paused slightly, then laughed: “Boy, I can find people for you, but I have to make it clear to you first.”

“It's okay to do things, but if it's to kill people, they won't help you kill emperors and generals.”

Is this the so-called not interfering in worldly power struggles?

“Don't worry, Senior, it's not killing people.”

Wei Changtian shook his head: “It's to save people.”

“That's fine.”

The remnant soul was also straightforward, and immediately gave the condition: “One thousand years of lifespan, pay first, then do business.”

“One thousand years?”

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes.

One thousand years, even if a death row inmate can live for thirty years, it would take more than thirty people.

It's not that Shu Prefecture doesn't have so many death row inmates, he just felt that this remnant soul was asking for too much.

Although he didn't know how much lifespan Xiao Feng paid as the price in the Battle of Yanyun Mountain, anyway, in the original book, he only used twenty years of lifespan to exchange for three Second-Rank experts.

How come it's one thousand years when it comes to me?

“Okay, one thousand years it is.”

Although he was a little unhappy, Wei Changtian was too lazy to bargain, turned around and prepared to let Chen Bo arrange people.

However, just before he pushed the door out, he couldn't help but ask a question.

“Senior, you also helped Xiao Feng find five Second-Rank experts last time. I wonder how much lifespan you asked him for at that time?”

“Thirty years.”

The remnant soul gave the answer very simply, and then sneered as if guessing what Wei Changtian was thinking: “What? Do you think I'm being biased?”

“Then how about this, if you are willing to pay with your own lifespan like Xiao Feng, I only need thirty years, how about it?”

“Forget it.”

Wei Changtian curled his lips and rejected the suggestion without hesitation.

However, the remnant soul suddenly became interested.

“Heh heh heh, boy, I'm suddenly curious about something.”

“If I have to take your lifespan this time, I wonder if you would be willing to give it?”

“...”

His figure paused slightly, Wei Changtian didn't hesitate too much.

“Yes.”

“Heh heh heh! Are you really sincere? You weren't like this when I saw you last time.”

“Senior.”

Wei Changtian looked back at the Xuantian Sword.

“People always change.”