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Chapter 1029 - 859: Deal with the Demon Realm (Part 2)

But on the other hand, ever since the heart demon was dispersed, my mind has become clear, and it truly feels good.

"If I get hit a few more times every day, won’t the heart demon be unable to take shape?"

"I’m not sure. We’ll have to wait and see how long it takes for your heart demon to resurface after being scattered this time. Mainly because I’ve never seen such a severe heart demon before, and while it’s split from you, it’s probably not easy for you to act against it. It might tempt you to target me."

"Then I’ll trouble you to stay a while longer to find out how long it takes to mount a comeback once it’s been dispersed. Perhaps I can consider removing these layers of restrictive arrays so that the two can merge again. Then you just need to attack me, sir."

"Very well." Jiang Yuan took a sip of tea, thinking that with time to chat, he should figure out how to introduce the topic of collective ascension to complete the task early.

As soon as he spoke, there was a polite knock on the door, and Qu Luming’s voice rang out, "Mr. Jiang, Alliance Leader Du, may I come in?"

"So you know how to knock, huh?" Du Li responded, looking teasingly at the particularly disciplined avatar and jokingly asked, "How’s that business of yours going?"

"I’m just here to seek advice from Mr. Jiang." Qu Luming grinned, saluted, then sat down at the tea table, took a look at the barely noticeable spirit tea, and frowned.

Thought that my main body is really too shabby to use such lower-class spirit tea to entertain distinguished guests?

Du Li specially poured him a cup of tea rich in spiritual energy, "Here, Mr. Jiang and I have similar tastes. If our tea doesn’t suit you, use this."

Qu Luming was taken aback, looked at the tea in the other’s cup and then at his own, immediately seeing the difference, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Would someone as cunning as my main body let me drink good tea while he and the honored guest drink lower-class spirit tea?

Suspicious but unable to grab it, he just raised the tea, half-trusting, and drank half a cup, clasped his hands and said, "I want to ask, sir, if those two runaway demon cultivators have been captured?"

Capture demon cultivators, Operation Station 7, demon race invasion, alliance traitors... Jiang Yuan immediately thought that perhaps he could cut into the topic from here and learn about the so-called collective ascension plan from Du Li!

"Yes, the two of them have indeed been captured by Ling Di and Yan Xuan together. But this matter is secret, how did you, Daoist Qu, find out?"

Qu Luming had a "I knew it" expression, lowered his voice and said, "There are no outsiders here, so I’ll just say it. The other day, thanks to you, sir, we broke through Operation Station 7 and captured Luo Nanjia, who was in charge of the Book of Life and Death, and upon interrogation, found out that he couldn’t even understand the astronomical terms in the book!

He could use and interpret it entirely relying on the spell from that torn version of the Book of Life and Death.

Luo Nanjia confessed, saying that the spell for the divine artifact should have been established by the Demon King. He could control the divine artifact through the spell, and then teach others how to use it.

But whether that’s true still needs verification.

The upper echelons of Fengdu attach great importance to this matter; they must find out if the Demon King possesses such ability. But the Netherworld and the Demon Realm don’t have much to do with each other, and for some special reasons, they don’t have enough channels to gather intelligence. If you could provide some clues, sir, I would be very grateful!"

Jiang Yuan looked bewildered, thinking you still didn’t say how you knew I captured the demon cultivators, and my main concern is the safety of this courtyard.

"Oh yes, the one who took the task was actually Black Impermanence. He consulted a divination expert in the Netherworld, and the result was to seek your answer." Qu Luming quickly added, "As you know, Black Impermanence knows I am acquainted with you, so he asked me to come to consult."

"The divination specifically named me to inquire?" He was suddenly surprised, wondering if Ling Di and Yan Xuan’s actions were divined?

The other thought for a moment and shook his head, "That’s not it. To be precise, the original divination text was: ’Only the one who tied the bell can untie it.’ As you know, playing with divinations is like riddles, and the interpretation is that whoever captured Luo Nanjia should be the one to find the clues. After thinking it over, we realized there was no one else but you."

Somewhat relieved, Jiang Yuan hesitated, "I did hear some information about the Demon King from Jiu Mu, but I can’t guarantee it’s entirely true, let’s treat it as casual conversation."

He picked and briefly discussed some useful information. Du Li was a bit confused, "The Demon King has disappeared? When did this happen?"

This is exactly how to cut into the topic, so he immediately continued, "The specific time is uncertain. The Demon Realm Alliance sold the entire Wilderness World to the Demon King and later went back on their word, is this true?"

Caught off guard by the question, Qu Luming sensed something unusual and also focused on the main body to find out more about the inside story.

"This matter... it’s not that we reneged, but that the Demon King went back on his word!" Seeing that this person already knew roughly, Du Li, unable to hide it, frankly admitted part of it, and sighed, "Mr. Jiang also knows that the current situation in the Wilderness is not optimistic. In fact, obvious signs appeared tens of thousands of years ago.

One has to admit, Xuanyuan Yangguang saw through it clearly - the demon beasts breed excessively, wantonly destroying the Wilderness World day and night. Eventually, the world here will be unable to bear the burden. By then, the world will tilt and fall, and complete collapse won’t be far off.

Demon cultivators are not foolish; they understand this principle.

But first, demon beasts cannot be completely exterminated, and the bloody sins from killing are unbearable; second, demon cultivators come from various clans, with deep ties protecting mutual interests, so none are willing to streamline their clans.

On this point, demon cultivators are far inferior to human cultivators, having power but lacking wisdom.