I was waiting for the answer from my inner demon.

At the same time, I was rapidly recalling the legends that Gui Jiu had told me.

For a long time, I had always thought that inner demons were just a person's thoughts, or uncontrollable desires.

However, Gui Jiu told me that, in a sense, inner demons were another aspect of a person's personality.

They could coexist with a person, but they could also think independently, and when the inner demon grew and matured, it would devour the original owner's original personality.

After the original owner was devoured by the inner demon, not only would they not die, but they would become even stronger.

At that time, there would be no more distractions in their heart, only a single obsession.

If a person is willing to let go of everything and single-mindedly do one thing, even if they don't reach the peak, they will achieve amazing things.

To think of it from another angle, inner demons can devour people, but they can also make them succeed.

At that time, the reason I made this suggestion was not because I was thinking about Xu An'an, but because I was assessing Xu An'an's true strength.

Gui Jiu once told me: Everyone has evil thoughts, but not everyone has inner demons.

The greed and delusions of ordinary people are just thoughts; once they've thought them, they're done. They know they don't have the ability to realize their delusions, so they can't give rise to inner demons.

People who can give rise to inner demons are those who can be sure they can achieve their goals and realize their desires.

Such people are often the cream of the crop.

While the inner demon was weighing the gains and losses, my mind was completely immersed in Xu An'an's spirit, unaware of the danger that was approaching.

Lin Zhao, who was guarding above the earthen temple, suddenly heard a soft sound coming from the edge of the temple.

The sound was like someone moving slowly against the temple.

The other party seemed to be standing under the temple, close to the outer wall, deliberately making a sound to arouse Lin Zhao's vigilance, but then standing still, waiting for Lin Zhao to take the bait.

Lin Zhao had already half-squatted on the roof, but her body didn't move.

She and her opponent were both waiting for an opportunity, and both were looking for the other's flaws.

Whichever of them launched an attack, it could be a fatal blow.

Just as the two were poised and ready, Lin Zhao suddenly felt the tiles behind her vibrate slightly.

Lin Zhao's body instantly tensed up. She could feel that someone had landed on the roof and was standing right behind her.

At this moment, the person standing on the ground also moved, their target being my physical body.

Lin Zhao was under attack from both sides, and for a moment, she didn't know which opponent she should deal with first.

The person behind Lin Zhao suddenly said, "I told you long ago, there is a time to be born and a place to die. You shouldn't have run to the roof. This is where you should be buried!"

"Is that so?" Lin Zhao sneered, and simultaneously slammed her palms against the roof: "Qi Guan (Raise the Coffin)!"

Under the vibration of Lin Zhao's true energy, the tiles on the roof were simultaneously lifted into the air, and then scattered towards me and the other person.

In the blink of an eye, the dancing tiles formed a coffin around my body, sealing me alive inside. At the same time, less than a meter away from me, a layered coffin of tiles was erected.

The Strange Coffin Secret Art: everything can be a coffin.

Lin Zhao used tiles to make two coffins, one to protect my physical body, and one to seal the enemy.

In the next moment, a figure rose abruptly against the wall, revealing half of its body from the side of the roof—it was none other than the resurrected Old Smoker.

As Lin Zhao and the Old Smoker locked eyes, she suddenly leaned to the side and flipped into the air, slamming a kick against the coffin holding my body. As the broken tiles scattered, I was also kicked into the temple by Lin Zhao.

Without looking at what happened to me, Lin Zhao supported herself with one hand and swept her leg towards the other coffin. Broken tiles on the roof flew up with the tip of Lin Zhao's shoe, and were carried towards the target by the airflow.

Lin Zhao's leg shadow and the sky full of broken tiles simultaneously struck the coffin, also creating an earth-shattering roar.

As the broken tiles scattered like a rainstorm, Lin Zhao's expression changed—she didn't see the ghost that she had trapped in the coffin.

In the next moment, Lin Zhao's palm pressed against the roof and burst out a mass of true energy. As the true energy shattered the roof, Lin Zhao also fell into the temple.

As Lin Zhao lay beside me and opened her eyes, the Old Smoker was already standing on the exposed roof beam, looking down at the two of us.

At the same time, the figure that had been entangled with us all along also appeared in a corner of the earthen temple.

Lin Zhao had just broken the deadlock, and the two of us were once again caught in the middle by our opponents.

This time, it was too late for Lin Zhao to use the Strange Coffin Secret Art.

In the nick of time, the sword light erupted by Leng Yan (Cold Flame) suddenly rose into the air, sweeping across the broken roof and pointing towards the Old Smoker's brow.

The other party slammed his hands together, forcibly clamping Ye Yang's long sword.

As Ye Yang exerted his strength again, he used his sword to push the opponent off, and together they fell from the roof.

At that time, I didn't know that the outside world was in chaos. I was still waiting for the answer from my inner demon.

The inner demon pondered for a long time and said, "If you can kill Xu Yu Long, I can swear that we will be allies, and never betray each other. What do you think?"

I nodded slightly and said, "Okay, swear it!"

I didn't expect that as soon as I finished speaking, a crisis would arise unexpectedly.