Quite terrifying.

"I won't do it; I'm just demonstrating it to you. The reason why I'm doing this is mainly because you and I are connected by fate. I can see your destiny. People have four destinies: white for peace, black for calamity, gold for celestial being, and red for slaughter," Sun Miaoxing said calmly, holding Qi Baiyu's Divine Soul.

Yuchi remained silent and did not reply immediately. He had heard similar words from Xun Yu before. At that time, the demon within Xun Yu had said something similar, claiming it could see the red mist above his crown and saying he was of the so-called Blood Fate. It babbled on, basically saying he would cause many deaths on his path, akin to the idea that a general achieves success over ten thousand dry bones, but Yuchi didn't believe such things at all.

"It seems you know about fate," Sun Miaoxing said unexpectedly.

"Yes."

Yuchi responded calmly, "But why does my fate matter to you? Why would you resonate with someone with a fate of slaughter?"

To a normal person, isn't such slaughter something to avoid? Isn't this world all about truth, goodness, and beauty? So my appearance should be a threat, and I should be making a getaway.

Sun Miaoxing replied with a broad smile, "I am the same."

Yuchi: "?"

What the hell, old man with your thick brows and big eyes, you're also of Blood Fate? Why can't I see it? Old man, making a joke like this is pointless.

Sun Miaoxing continued to smile as he carried Qi Baiyu's Divine Soul over to Ximen Baojian, placing the jade cup on his head. Meanwhile, his fingers twisted in complex gestures, as he spoke, "I certainly won't deceive you. Those of Blood Fate are obsessive and careless of small matters, but if truly provoked, and if someone harms those you care about, you really would go as far as to slaughter others for a single person."

"Just like earlier, if I had harmed Qi Baiyu, you would want to uproot me and my disciple, even causing trouble for my Medicine Master Valley, perhaps even wiping it off the map entirely. It's not scary to have simple thoughts, but to act on those terrifying ideas with intense obsession—this is Blood Fate."

"I am like you as well. Once, for my wife, I accidentally killed everyone across six mountain gates, not even sparing a bird within, inside and outside, all completely eradicated."

Pfft, because of your wife you wiped out six mountain gates? Yuchi looked in shock at the kindly-looking old guy in front of him, "Damn, what a vicious wolf you are."

"Hahaha, don't say I'm ruthless. When it counts, you would be more ruthless than me, but I know that doing such things is unnecessary and will only make you suffer. After all, when Blood Fate blooms, it inevitably harms the innocent. I've already done wrong in this matter, so seeing you, I'm sure I want to help you. So if you would have followed my arrangement just now, letting me adjust your Divine Soul…uh, I mean let me…"

"Wait… don't change the subject, adjust? You mean to adjust my Divine Soul?!" Yuchi glared.

And why imitate my sticking out the tongue?! Old man, are you acting cute? 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Haha, a slip of the tongue, didn't mean to say it."

Seeing Yuchi about to explode, Sun Miaoxing didn't mean to joke anymore, and added, "Indeed, as a senior, I surely wouldn't deceive you. I can indeed help adjust your character; I have a treasure, it's called the Heart Furnace."

Heart Furnace? Yuchi frowned slightly.

"The full name is the Ten Directions Evil Extinguishing Heart Guarding Furnace, but that's too pretentious, so I just call it the Heart Furnace."

"The only purpose of the Heart Furnace is to cleanse the heart, which means cleansing the Divine Soul. Both black fate and blood fate can be placed in the Heart Furnace for cleansing. The Heart Furnace will discard stubborn aspects of one's personality, while preserving your character as much as possible, allowing you to live anew after cleansing."

"Innate aspects can't be changed, but what develops later is due to the Divine Soul, a result of personality. So, when your Divine Soul changes, you won't harm all life anymore."

Sun Miaoxing was not just speaking empty words and had already taken out the Heart Furnace, from his Storage Ring—this thing resembling an Alchemy Furnace, standing three feet and three inches tall. This was the Heart Furnace, with many complex engravings on its surface, including paths that looked quite formidable.

While Yuchi marveled at it, Sun Miaoxing put away the Heart Furnace and casually remarked, "Of course, now is not the time for persuasion. Dealing with Blood Fate is really troublesome."

Aren't you the same?… Yuchi, speechless, held Qi Baiyu in his arms and wiped away the drool from her mouth. He said mildly, "As you said, if my Divine Soul is cleansed, would it still be my Divine Soul? If not, who would I be then?"

Hahaha, Sun Miaoxing casually replied, "There's no need to get caught up in this; have you ever washed clothes?"

Yuchi furrowed his brow, suddenly inspired, "No, it's always been my Dao companion and beautiful ladies who help me with that."

Sun Miaoxing: "Showing off your love leads to an early death."

Do you have one? Yuchi laughed softly, "After all, clothes are lifeless objects. Comparing washing clothes to cleansing a Divine Soul, isn't that somewhat inappropriate?"