Chapter 839: Demonic Cloud
Chapter 839: Demonic Cloud
"So that's how it is. If this venerable one wishes to use the super teleportation array?"
Fang Xi asked again.
"This city does not possess a super teleportation array. The nearest one is in 'Blood Refinement City'. . ."
As the demonic cultivator spoke, he cast a suspicious glance at Fang Xi.
No matter how long an old monster had been in secluded cultivation, they wouldn't be ignorant of such basic geography, would they?
Fang Xi remained calm and composed, gesturing for the demonic cultivator to continue.
For some unknown reason, the demonic cultivator's heart was suddenly filled with awe. He continued, "We are currently in a time of war. To use Blood Refinement City's super teleportation array, I'm afraid it requires the agreement of the Void Amalgamation Grand Cultivator guarding it. . ."
"So that's how it is."
"Persuading" a Void Amalgamation demonic cultivator isn't exactly a major undertaking.
Just as he was about to leave, a clear and pleasant voice rang out beside him: "Senior, are you perhaps planning to go to Blood Refinement City next?"
"Hm?"
Fang Xi looked over, and saw a woman dressed in a purple dress, gazing at him with a face full of smiles.
Behind her, there was also a caravan comprised of strange black armored beetles.
On the caravan's flag, an image of a demonic sun rising from clouds was depicted.
"This humble one, Yun Xin, is from the Demonic Cloud Merchant Guild, and wishes to discuss something with senior. . . The roads are currently unsafe. If senior would escort us to Blood Refinement City, our Demonic Cloud Merchant Guild is willing to vouch for senior. Moreover, we might even be able to smooth things over with the cultivators guarding the city. . ."
This woman's cultivation wasn't high, only at the Nascent Soul stage, yet behind her stood several Divine Transformation cultivators as guards.
Yet, facing a Demonic Cultivator at the Return to Void Perfected stage, she could still speak eloquently and calmly. Her temperament and demeanor were extraordinary, clearly indicating an unusual background.
"..."
Fang Xi's face showed a thoughtful expression, as if he were considering it.
Seeing this, Yun Xin's heart filled with even greater joy, knowing that the senior was interested. She immediately said, "Of course, even if the journey to Blood Refinement City is peaceful, our Demonic Cloud Merchant Guild will offer a token of gratitude. . . If we encounter rogue cultivators or other dangers, as long as senior takes action once, compensation will be calculated based on the effort. . ."
"It seems. . . your merchant guild has provoked some formidable individuals or forces," Fang Xi said, after a moment of thought, uttering words that caused Yun Xin's expression to change.
Her expression immediately became somewhat forced: "Senior must be joking. Our merchant guild has always sought harmony in business. . . How could we provoke hostile forces?"
"Even if you seek harmony in business, if you possess precious treasures, it will naturally draw covetous gazes. . ."
Fang Xi shook his head. "Never mind. . . I'm too lazy to explain it to you."
He chuckled to himself, stomped his foot, and transformed into a streak of demonic light, instantly vanishing into the horizon.
For Fang Xi, his travel was exceptionally swift; why would he burden himself with a team of encumbrances?
As for the so-called compensation, guaranteed entry into Blood Refinement City, and subsequently smoothing things over – these were truly matters of no concern to him.
He was quite confident in "persuading" a Void Amalgamation demonic cultivator.
Of course, the reason Fang Xi dared to act this way wasn't out of recklessness, but because he was conducting a one-time transaction.
Once he reached his destination, he wouldn't have to worry about returning.
Without needing to return the same way, he naturally had no need to hide his identity, prepare fallback routes, or fear being ambushed.
Watching Fang Xi's streak of light vanish, Yun Xin's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat sour.
"Miss, such Grand Cultivators are temperamental and truly difficult to win over. There's no need to be disheartened," an old servant-like figure bowed and said.
"Sigh. . . Old Mo, there's no need to persuade me. I merely saw that man's Return to Void Perfected strength was enough for us to rely on somewhat along the way, which is why I conceived this idea," Yun Xin said with a bitter smile.
"I didn't expect that he wouldn't even deign to look at our merchant guild, not even inquiring about compensation. . ."
"That one's demonic cultivation has likely reached the Return to Void Perfected stage, just a step away from the Grand Void Amalgamation bottleneck. . . Unless it's a spiritual item that aids Void Amalgamation, or a treasure for overcoming tribulations, it would be difficult to impress him," Old Mo shook his head.
His cultivation was around the early Return to Void stage, already the highest among the Demonic Cloud caravan.
But facing the demonic cultivator from just now, he was filled with a sense of trepidation and fear.
He was even somewhat afraid that the other party would directly attack and give the young lady a hard time. . .
Although this young lady had been engaged in business for several decades and gained some experience, she still lacked experience when it came to truly high-level demonic cultivators.
...
"Senior, this is a map of the 'Demonic Yuan Domain'."
Before the grand formation of a demonic cultivation family.
The old family head, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, tremblingly presented a pitch-black jade slip: "Might I ask if senior has any other requests?"
In his heart, however, he had already decided that even if this old demon wanted blood food or soul offerings, he would grit his teeth and provide them.
After all, the 'Ink Moon Lake Li Family' was merely a Nascent Soul family; how could they possibly afford to offend a Return to Void old demon?
"Not bad. . ."
Fang Xi glanced at it, seeing that the map was quite detailed, with Blood Refinement City clearly marked, and even dangerous areas along the path indicated. He couldn't help but feel very satisfied.
As a high-level demonic cultivator, accomplishing certain things was naturally very simple.
After all, demonic cultivators primarily operate with unbridled ruthlessness and unscrupulous plundering. . .
He put away the jade slip, casually tossed down a piece of immortal jade, and under the other party's surprised gaze, transformed into a streak of light and departed.
...
For Return to Void cultivators, it was possible to travel through various domains.
Moving within a single domain was, naturally, even easier.
Especially. . . without any encumbrances.
"That Demonic Cloud Merchant Guild, quite interesting. . ."
"It's just that, even if they offered a Void Amalgamation opportunity, it wouldn't move me. . . If it were a Mahayana opportunity. . . then I might agree. Although I don't need it, others certainly would, and I could exchange it for many good things."
...
Several months later.
A demonic dragon with three heads was subdued by Fang Xi, who wielded his demonic cultivation, transforming it into black-red demonic blades that directly severed its heads.
Rumble!
The colossal demonic dragon's corpse crashed to the ground, black-red blood spilling out.
"Beyond this Demonic Dragon Ridge, we'll reach Blood Refinement City," Fang Xi said, looking at the jade slip in his hand.
By this point, through unscrupulous plundering along the way, he had already acquired a general map of the Demon race's territory.
Even the approximate location of the Zizai Tianmo Wang's hiding place was now known.
"It should be in the 'Blood Cloud Domain'!"
Fang Xi mused to himself.
Once he knew the approximate location, he only needed to take a super teleportation array once to reach the 'Blood Cloud Domain' directly. Then, naturally, he would go and seek trouble for the Zizai Tianmo Wang.
"For my own cultivation and the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, I've truly poured my heart and soul into this," he thought.
He transformed into a streak of dark light and flew forward for hundreds of thousands of miles.
Finally, a patch of blood-red appeared before his eyes.
It was an endless sea of blood.
Within the sea of blood, there was a massive Demon race city, also heavily guarded.
Fang Xi formed a hand seal with one hand, and his streak of light immediately became elusive, seemingly there and not there.
Blood Refinement City, at the city gates.
A Demon with ox horns and a human body approached the city gates.
"Halt! Do you have credentials?"
The patrolling Divine Transformation demonic cultivator immediately snapped coldly.
The ox-horned Demon immediately cupped his fists: "Yes. . . I am a consecrator of the Green Mountain Tu Family; this is my guarantee!"
As he spoke, he took out a black iron token.
The token was also inscribed with special restrictions, rendering it useless even if outsiders seized it.
The Divine Transformation demonic cultivator took the token, and a scroll of a book suddenly appeared in his hand.
A light flashed in his hand, and immediately, a figure appeared on the scroll, surprisingly the image of the ox-horned Demon: "The aura and appearance match. You may enter. . ."
"Many thanks!"
The ox-horned Demon cupped his fists once more and entered the city gates.
At that moment, a slight breeze seemed to sweep past, startling the Divine Transformation demonic cultivator.
Then, he looked at a silver mirror in his hand. Seeing no abnormality on its surface, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself, "Perhaps I was overthinking things. . ."
After entering Blood Refinement City, the ox-horned Demon went directly to a shop. Above the shop, a flag depicting a demonic sun rising from clouds was hung.
After a brief chat with the shopkeeper, he entered a secret chamber.
Within the secret chamber, several alien races were actually seated cross-legged!
One of them, surprisingly, had an aura reaching the seventh-stage Void Amalgamation level.
"Senior Long."
The ox-horned Demon immediately bowed in greeting.
"Mm, is everything proceeding smoothly? Have you brought the items?"
Senior Long had completely transformed into a human form, making it impossible to discern his original race. His voice carried a steady and profound tone.
"They're all here."
The ox-horned Demon took out the storage pouch from his waist.
Senior Long took it and swept it with his divine consciousness, feeling immense satisfaction: "Your 'Heart Clan's innate divine ability is indeed extraordinary. . . After seizing a body, you can still maintain the original host's soul aura and conceal yourselves. Truly wondrous. . ."
"Senior Long overpraises us. Our Heart Clan's innate divine ability can only be used once in a lifetime. . . This time, for the sake of the alliance, we have truly exhausted all our strength," the ox-horned Demon replied with a bitter smile.
"The Heart Clan" was a very mysterious race within the Alien Alliance. Their members were extremely few, and they didn't even have a concrete form.
Their sole innate divine ability was this imperceptible "Body Seizing Secret Art"!
Generally, Heart Clan members would meticulously select a host, only willing to unleash this innate divine ability on a "furnace cauldron" with exceptional talent.
To cooperate with the alliance's plan, he had no choice but to casually select a Demon race member, truly sacrificing his path.
"Our Alien Alliance will naturally not forget the Heart Clan's contributions," Senior Long smiled slightly.
With this divine ability, the Heart Clan was the main force for embedding high-level spies among humans, Demons, and even the Yao race.
It is said that some have even climbed to the Void Amalgamation realm.
They normally remain deeply hidden, waiting for a crucial moment to suddenly achieve a great feat and stabilize the world.
"This time, with our inside and outside coordination, after we take 'Blood Refinement City,' this Demonic Yuan Domain will entirely fall into our hands."
"At that time, we will sandwich the Demon race army with the Yao race, and we are sure to achieve a great victory. . ."
Senior Long's expression turned solemn as he began to assign tasks one by one.
Outside the shop.
Fang Xi's eyes flashed with sharp light, and his expression was slightly strange.
"Alien spies?"
"Who would have thought that randomly choosing a demonic cultivator would yield such a discovery."
"However, this is none of my business. . . At most, I'll give a heads-up to the Void Amalgamation cultivator of this city; that would already count as me being deeply righteous."
His figure blurred, and he walked towards the depths of the city.
...
Blood Refinement City, in the deepest part, within a secret chamber.
A Void Amalgamation demonic cultivator with long blood-red hair and exceptionally pale skin was seated cross-legged, cultivating demonic arts.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a look of extreme terror flashed across his face.
Buzz!
Streaks of emerald green chains descended, passing through his body.
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, exuding a terrifying aura.
"Mahayana Rogue Immortal. . ."
The blood-red-haired Demon's throat bobbed, his expression one of extreme dread.
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