"Battlefield killer move..." Meng Hua mumbled under his breath, awe and fear mixed in his heart.

  For a minute, time seemed to have stopped as both sides stared at each other in silence.

  Moments later, they pounced. Both sides moved with speed that was impossible to see with the naked eyes. Their attacks were fierce, their killing intent was even fiercer.

  Both sides attacked with all they had, exchanging moves after moves, using all kinds of different Meng. Sometimes one side held the upper hand while sometimes the other was defending with his life on the line. Sometimes the table was turned and the winning side began losing.

  The battle was getting fiercer and fiercer the more time passed the more desperate it becomes.

  They fought for one night without rest from evening to dawn, until a figure of a man can be seen crawling on the floor with his hands and knees.

  This man was none other than Xiao Xi Xing. Before him stood a man with big stature towering over him, this was Meng Hua.

  Beside him stood two girls with great beauty, they looked exhausted and weary. The elegant air surrounding them previously was gone, their beautiful clothes from before were torn and ripped, stained with blood and dirt.

  They are Meng Hua's daughters Meng Yun and Yao Ming.

  The outcome of the battle was clear, Xiao Xi Xing lost and Meng Hua won, both sides suffered heavy injuries.

  *pant* *pant*

  "You are deserving of your reputation, Meng Hua. If you let me live, I promise to never forget this mercy and repay it a hundred times." Xiao Xi Xing spoke with difficulty, pain all over his body. Just merely speaking already took a lot out of him.

  "..."

  "..."

  "..."

  Towards Xiao Xi Xing's praises and pleas, the father and daughters trios only answered him with silence. Although exhausted and in pain, Meng Hua's eyes were resolute and firm while Meng Yun's eyes were full of disdain.

  During the fight, Xiao Xi Xing employed many plots and schemes, playing tricks and underhanded methods. Meng Yun was already fed up with them.

  Yao Ming on the other hand, thought otherwise as her eyes showed pity and admiration.

  Despite his demonic ways and underhanded tactics, Xiao Xi Xing is indeed a talented strong man who could fight three on one above his level. If anyone of them was careless for a moment, they would have died at his hands and the other two would soon followed.

  Xiao Xi Xing caught a look in her eyes, he saw hope. He continued to plead, offering them all sorts of favor and treasures. Be it rare treasures or killing people, he could do anything for them.

  However, he was met with silence once again as his opponents did not answer him. This however, did not disheartened him, but gave him confidence. The fact that they are not killing him proved that they were interested in his proposal and were mulling over it.

  Xiao Xi Xing did not wait another second and added more to his offer, even going as far as to be their servant.

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  Meng Hua's facial expression did not change, but his two daughters' surely did. Yao Ming was bought, but Meng Yun was not as sure. She was initially very interested, but upon closer consideration, she gave up on this idea.

  "Ok, if you promise to behave and not cause any trouble then we will spare you." Said Yao Ming with a gentle and cheerful smile.

  Xiao Xi Xing smiled back to her and replied: "I promise."

  "Then it's settl-" Before Yao Ming could finish her sentence, she was cut off by Meng Yun.

  "Wait a minute!" Meng Yun said loudly.

  "What's wrong sister?" Yao Ming asked with a puzzled look on her face.

  "I think we should kill him to avoid further complications. Think about it, he is a demonic path Meng cultivator who has targets on his head. He killed thousands of people and offended many many sects, the number of people after his life is thrice the people he has killed. We cannot accept him." Meng Yun spoke matter of fact, her eyes were resolute as she had made her decision.

  "But he's a rank five peak stage cultivator who can go head to head with rank six, he's even on par with father. Having such a person on our side would greatly help us in the competition for Heavenly inheritance, don't you think so?"

  Yao Ming had put it nicely, but every single one of them knew Xiao Xi XIng surpassed Meng Hua by a degree, he was not to be underestimated.

  "But you forget one thing, Yao Ming. You forget that he is a demonic path cultivator. He's not ordinarily rank five peak stage cultivator, HE IS a demonic rank five peak stage cultivator who can rival rank six. We all know that demonic path cultivators are vicious scumbags, the lowest of the low, they cannot be trusted. It took all of us to subdue him, but what if father was not here? What if we took him in and someday father was not there with us? What can we do? It took all of us to subdue him, even then it was full of difficulty, but what if he recovered and stabbed us in the back?" Meng Yun snapped back at her younger sister. Her kindness has always been a strong point of her sister and she as her older sister was always proud of it, but today she knew that her sister was too naive and her kindness got in the way of what should be done.

  "He wouldn't do that, I know it, I saw it in his eyes-"

  "Oh god, WAKE UP YAO MING!!. This is the real world and real life, he's deceiving you. He's not the same as Mo Lin Tain, do you think all demonic cultivators are as kind as him? Do you think he would keep his promise and be your servant just because he said so?"

  "I-i..." Yao Ming stuttered, but did not say anything else. She shut her mouth and looked down at the ground in shame and embarrassment.

  In truth, Xiao Xi Xing's words were half true and half lies. He was initially stalling for time for his Life essence to recover by consuming the remaining blood from the surrounding secretly and made his escape. He didn't expect Yao Ming to actually want to spare him and took him in as her servant.

  'So be it ' By this time Xiao Xi Xing has already resigned to his fate. He was tired and exhausted, not just from this fight, but from life as a demonic cultivator as a whole. He was moved by Yao Ming's kindness. By becoming her servant, he would turn into a righteous path cultivator with a stable life and safe place to live in. Ridding himself of his sins bit by bit.

  So he replied 'I promise '.

  However, fate likes to play tricks. Just as he thought he was gonna live, Meng Yun interrupted and the two sisters had an argument. Now his outcome would most likely be death.

  He could offer them more, but his heart won't allow him to. What other things could he move them with, other than his services and treasures? What he has left are his Meng and himself. Giving his Meng would mean betraying all his hard work, his commitment, his sins he has borne in acquiring them, and all the lives lost in the process.

  Most importantly, it would be no different than crippling himself. Selling himself as a slave was not an option either. Being a slave means putting a collar on himself and losing his freedom.

  Even worse, if they somehow have Slavery Meng and use it on him, he would be no different than a dog, might even be worse. He would have absolute loyalty and valued their orders over his life, he would think nothing was wrong with it as his life goal was to serve them to the best of his ability with no will of freedom and no thought to break free, that is the power of Slavery Meng.

  "Fine, if you won't do it then I'll do it myself." By this time Meng Yun has already walked forward with a blade in hand, ready to finish him off.

  Xiao Xi Xing looked at Meng Hua and saw no change in his expression, the man was as still as ever. He took a look at Yao Ming, their eyes met briefly before she turned her head away in shame.

  "So this is the outcome." Xiao Xi Xing sighed as he closed his eyes, seemingly accepting his fate.

  It was at this moment that Meng Yun swung her sword down towards Xiao Xi Xing's neck, but she was forced back on the ground!

  Xiao Xi Xing counterattacked!

  In a flash, Xiao Xi Xing was on her and was ready to strike. "If I'm going to die anyway, then I will at least take you with me to the afterlife!"