After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Although the storyteller's tale was somewhat embellished, the overall course of events was exactly the same as what happened back then.

Moreover, no one except Huo Yu knew that the Old Man of Heavenly Secrets died from the Three Divinations.

Both the righteous and the demonic paths believe that Huo Yu took this position by killing Tianji Laoren. How can this person act as if he witnessed the scene firsthand?

Huo Yu's heart was in turmoil, but his face remained expressionless.

He immediately used his Nascent Soul stage divine sense to examine the storyteller, but found nothing unusual, as if the storyteller was just an ordinary cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

However, the Heavenly Prism on his head betrayed him.

This person's Heavenly Dao Prism was as black as Huo Yugang's rebirth, and the annotation beside it read:

[Laughter, anger, and scolding are all interesting; worldly affairs and human relationships are all expressed through words.]

Throughout history, everyone has been caught up in the drama, yet none can truly understand their own sorrows.

This person is definitely not as simple as he seems!

Long Yucheng, oblivious to Huo Yu's unusual behavior, curiously whispered to Huo Yu:

"Senior brother, who is this Demon Lord? He shares the same name as you!"

He is currently at the fourth level of Qi Refining, but he has already mastered the ability to transmit his thoughts through divine sense.

After all, in cultivation novels, everyone communicates privately via telepathy at the drop of a hat. Long Yucheng felt that having to speak aloud was too unrefined, and more importantly, it would be overheard, leaving him with no privacy whatsoever.

So after cultivating his divine sense, he devoted himself to this sound transmission technique, and now he can finally transmit his voice to others within a five-meter range.

Unfortunately, during the Qi Refining stage, one's divine sense cannot leave the body; five meters is already the limit. In reality, it is extremely rare for a Qi Refining cultivator to actively transmit their thoughts.

Who is the Demon Lord?

Huo Yu didn't know how to answer this philosophical question, which was comparable to "Who am I?", so he simply didn't answer and went straight to the storyteller's stall.

Although the storyteller was dressed as an ordinary person, what he sold were not thread-bound books from the mortal world, but jade slips.

Huo Yu casually picked up one, and with his divine sense, he could only see the five characters "The Legend of Demon Lord Huo Yu," with the rest of the content hidden.

The storyteller kept talking, but Huo Yu received a telepathic message from him:

“Brother, you have a good eye for books! This book is only sold for ten spirit stones. It is protected by a restriction, and right now you can only read the title. The restriction will automatically lift when you are three miles away from me. This is just a small business for me, and I have no choice but to use this method to prevent book thieves. I hope you can understand.”

Huo Yu tossed out ten spirit stones without hesitation, which the storyteller pocketed with a flick of his sleeve.

"No refunds once sold!"

The storyteller communicated telepathically with Huo Yu throughout the entire story, recounting the romantic tales of the Xuan Tian Sword Sect leader. Only Long Yucheng noticed the silent exchange between Huo Yu and the storyteller.

Upon reaching Huo Yulong Yucheng's side, he saw the man staring at him in shock, and after a long pause, managed to utter a single sentence:

"Senior Brother Huo, so you're a fan of that Demon Lord?"

Huo Yu didn't understand, so he asked honestly:

What does "fans" mean?

Long Yucheng quickly explained:

"It means admirer! The word 'fan' is a term used in the mortal world, I just said it off the cuff."

Huo Yu answered Long Yucheng's earlier question:

"No."

"so."

Long Yucheng nodded thoughtfully, unsure whether he had believed it or not.

Huo Yu didn't think much of it. Since both of them had gained something from this trip, they returned to the inn.

Upon arriving at the inn, Huo Yu took out the jade slip containing the "Biography of Demon Lord Huo Yu." The place was already five miles away from the market.

Huo Yu probed with his divine sense, but could only see the five large characters of the title.

Huo Yu withdrew his divine sense and carefully examined the jade slip.

This jade slip is of a common size in the cultivation world, about two fingers wide and nearly three inches long. It is made of common Xiuyan jade, with a delicate texture and a warm, smooth feel.

However, Huo Yu did not find any restrictions on it.

In other words, either the storyteller's restrictions were so sophisticated that Huo Yu couldn't see through them at all, or there really were only five words in this jade slip.

Huo Yu pondered for a moment before putting away the jade slip.

In either case, Huo Yu currently has no desire to have any further contact with that storyteller.

In his previous life, Huo Yu had never heard of this person.

That's normal, though. In his previous life, Huo Yu was devoted to cultivation. After becoming the Demon Lord, he rarely left his cave unless there was something important to do. If this person's hobby in his previous life was telling stories among low-level cultivators, it would naturally be difficult for him to have the opportunity to meet Huo Yu.

As for this person's level of cultivation, Huo Yu couldn't fathom it.

However, Huo Yu knew in his previous life that he was not the only one in the Mahayana stage in this world.

Although he had not witnessed it firsthand, several powerful and mysterious auras had attempted to obstruct him when he was attempting to break through the Great Ascension Heavenly Tribulation.

On the day he failed to ascend and perished, he could feel the auras of six cultivators of the same realm coming from all directions, watching his every move.

In his previous life, Huo Yu was the only person in a thousand years to successfully advance to the Mahayana stage, and also the only person in a thousand years to attempt the Ascension Tribulation.

In other words, those old monsters in the Mahayana stage have been at this realm for at least a thousand years. Compared to them, Huo Yu, who has been in the Mahayana stage for four hundred years and ascended to immortality for a thousand years, is like a young junior.

The reason they remain in this realm is perhaps because their cultivation speed is far slower than that of the monstrous Huo Yu, and they have not yet reached the threshold for ascension after a thousand years of cultivation.

Or perhaps, they already knew their ascension was hopeless...

Thinking of the storyteller's head, which was as black as his own, Huo Yu felt that the latter was more likely.

Once a cultivator successfully breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, they can have a lifespan of up to a thousand years.

However, at the Mahayana stage, there are very few people who can reach such a realm, so there is a saying circulating throughout the cultivation world: Mahayana cultivators can live as long as heaven and earth.

However, Huo Yu knew very well that even a Mahayana cultivator would eventually die of old age.

Looking back on his previous life, Huo Yu was single-mindedly focused on ascending to immortality as soon as possible. He buried himself in cultivation all day long and had no time to care about other cultivators of the same realm. He knew very little about these people.

After his rebirth, Huo Yu understood that if he continued down the same path, he would inevitably face the tragic end of having no hope of ascension.

Therefore, he made up his mind to uncover the many mysteries hidden behind this world: the unspoken secrets of Mahayana cultivators, the Heavenly Dao that seems to have its own will, and the various doubts related to his own destiny.

However, before he could cultivate to the Mahayana stage again, he did not have the resources to make friends with other Mahayana stage experts.

Even in his previous life, they had tried to stop him when he broke through to the Mahayana stage, clearly not wanting another Mahayana cultivator in the world.

To have an equal dialogue with these old guys, Huo Yu first needs something to offer – that is, strength.