novelraw Chapter 113 : Can't Say We're Very Familiar, We're Extremely Familiar
Chapter 113 : Can't Say We're Very Familiar, We're Extremely Familiar
Lou Qing's gaze towards Qin Xixue was also quite complex. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
She withdrew her gaze and solemnly accepted the memory stone, nodding to Chu Sang and promising, "This matter is indeed very strange. I will faithfully report it to the Sect Leader, and this memory stone will also be handed over to him. Please rest assured."
With both testimonial and physical evidence present,
Qin Xixue couldn't escape the charge of colluding with the demon race.
But judging from Chang Yu's attitude of turning a blind eye last time, as long as he was around, no matter what outrageous blunders Qin Xixue made, he would cover for her.
Chu Sang's heart also sank slightly.
Not only did Chang Yu and Qin Xixue view her as a thorn in their side, wishing to get rid of her as soon as possible.
Coincidentally,
Chu Sang also vowed to uproot this good master-disciple pair sooner or later.
Once she finished her early-game development and got her god-tier equipment, she would blow up the heads of this master-disciple duo.
"Also, this is what I found on those demons," Chu Sang took out a disc-shaped demon tool. The spirit roots dug out from those children were stored inside.
Lou Qing shook her head and sighed lightly, "Even if we find these children's spirit roots, it's useless now. Their spirit roots have been dug out, and we have no way to restore them."
"Not necessarily," Mu Chihuai stroked his chin, a glint of cunning flashing in his beautiful phoenix eyes. "If those demons really had the idea of transplanting spirit roots, they must have a way to dig out these children's spirit roots, and naturally, they should also have a way to transplant them into others."
"...Transplanting spirit roots?!"
Lou Qing never imagined these demons had such an evil intention. She frowned, the disgust on her face evident, and pondered, "Now that you mention it, I recall something."
"When our sect's magic cultivation elder was teaching, he once mentioned some forbidden techniques that had long been banned in the cultivation world. One of these forbidden techniques was transplanting spirit roots."
"This forbidden technique was created by an unknown person a hundred years ago. Initially, its purpose was only to help cultivators transplant damaged spirit roots, so at first, the major immortal sects didn't pay much attention to it."
"But later, for some unknown reason, this secret technique spread to the common people and gradually evolved into an evil technique for stealing others' spirit roots, used and spread by many evil cultivators."
"More and more cultivators used this evil technique recklessly, intending to change their own aptitude by transplanting others' spirit roots. But others' spirit roots are ultimately not one's own and will produce a repulsive reaction with the body, so the success rate of spirit root transplantation is extremely low."
"Successfully transplanting one spirit root would cost the lives of many cultivators. Many cultivators were harmed by evil cultivators because of this, and the major immortal sects had to personally intervene to stop the spread of this evil technique. I heard that several elders from our Tianyan Sect also went at that time."
Lou Qing continued, "Before long, this forbidden technique was strictly banned throughout the entire cultivation world. Nowadays, apart from some unorthodox evil cultivators hiding in the dark who specialize in stealing people's spirit roots, no one uses this forbidden technique. The major immortal sects also strictly prohibit their disciples from using such forbidden techniques. Otherwise, they would be stripped of their cultivation base and reduced to mortals, and this is the lightest punishment."
A female cultivator beside them sighed, "But if the spirit roots can't be transplanted back, these children's immortal fate ends here."
Everyone present felt it was a great pity. For an ordinary mortal family to have a child with a spirit root, who knows how many generations of accumulated virtue it took to finally get one. Not to mention there were two children with three spirit roots, which was quite a good talent.
"Although it's a forbidden technique, when it was first created, it wasn't specifically an evil technique for stealing spirit roots. There should still be a sole copy remaining," Mu Chihuai thought for a moment and looked at everyone.
A white-robed male cultivator from Tianyan Sect looked at Lou Qing and spoke softly, "Senior Sister, I remember the magic cultivation elder mentioned in passing during that class that our Tianyan Sect's library keeps a sole copy."
However, such forbidden techniques are all sealed on the top floor of the library. Except for the Sect Leader and high-level elders, ordinary disciples cannot access them, let alone practice them. They could only try to bring these children back to Tianyan Sect for the Sect Leader and elders to treat.
While the Tianyan Sect disciples were racking their brains discussing, Chu Sang, who had been silent from beginning to end, suddenly spoke up lightly, "Don't look so gloomy. Why don't you go ask Elder Chang Yu?"
Lou Qing blinked, confused. "Why should we ask Elder Chang Yu?"
The others also looked bewildered, except for Qin Xixue, whose face turned deathly pale the moment she heard these words. She looked at Chu Sang with shock and fear, her heart racing as if she had done something wrong.
Chu Sang naturally noticed the female protagonist's uneasy gaze, but she was already too lazy to pay attention to it. She waved her hand, seemingly speaking casually, "It's nothing really. I just heard that Elder Chang Yu is the most capable elder in Tianyan Sect, second only to the Sect Leader. This forbidden technique shouldn't be difficult for him, right?"
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After the Tianyan Sect disciples left, Chu Sang and her group didn't plan to leave immediately. She went back to the village head's house once more to ask if he had sent the rescue letter to Lingqing Sect.
Unexpectedly, she received a negative answer.
How could such a small mortal village have the chance to contact immortal cultivation sects?
Even if the village head wanted to entrust someone to deliver this news to nearby immortal cultivation sects, the round trip for mortals would take at least several days.
The rescue letter in the village head's hand hadn't even been sent out yet, but surprisingly, so many immortal cultivators had come to help. Indeed, immortal cultivators were just like the legends said, able to divine good and ill omens and descend from the heavens to eliminate demons and exorcise evil.
The group looked at each other. After leaving the village, Tantai Ming asked, "Little Junior Sister, since the mission is completed, shouldn't we return to the sect?"
"Not yet."
Chu Sang would have to be a fool not to guess the ins and outs of the situation.
Qin Xixue and Yan Wangxing had hooked up again, just like in the original story.
That rescue letter was most likely sent to Lingqing Sect by the two of them, with the purpose of luring her in.
"The demon race has come to our territory so brazenly. Naturally, we should also go to the Demon Realm for a turn," These two had sent her a big gift, so of course, she should return the favor.
The big gift for Qin Xixue's side had already been sent back.
It was time to go to the Demon Realm to meet Yan Wangxing again.
Chu Sang's main play was turning from guest to host.
Big Senior Sister was confused. "...Go to the Demon Realm?"
Among those present, except for Wu Wo, everyone had at least been on a one-day tour to the Demon Realm.
Tantai Ming and the others had become immune to Chu Sang's occasionally peculiar thought processes.
Chu Sang comforted the somewhat incredulous Big Senior Sister, smiling confidently, "Big Senior Sister, just follow us boldly. It'll definitely be fine!"
The ones in trouble would be others.
As for the process of going to the Demon Realm, she couldn't say she was very familiar with it, but she was extremely familiar.
Flowing like water, they captured several isolated demons outside the city, quickly stripped them of their clothes, took their storage bags, searched for tokens, then disguised themselves as these demons and swaggered into the city.
However, their luck wasn't very good. As soon as they entered the city, they encountered demon soldiers checking people.
It was evident that after the previous malicious harassment, Yan Wangxing's vigilance had been raised to the maximum. This inspection was even stricter than the last time.
Soon, it came to their turn.
The demon soldier coldly swept his gaze over them. "Just entered the city? Where are you from? Show your identity tokens."
Everyone except Chu Sang held their breath. Only after all the procedures were checked did they finally breathe a sigh of relief, wanting to quickly leave this place of trouble.
As they turned to leave, the demon soldiers stopped and launched a sneak attack.
Mo Baizhou almost instantly swept out a wave of demonic energy to disperse it. The power of a Divine Transformation stage was extremely formidable. That demon soldier was sent flying several meters and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Chu Sang also simultaneously formed a demonic energy formation to protect her other senior brothers and sisters. She raised an eyebrow at the lead demon soldier. "What's the meaning of this, brothers?"
The leading Nascent Soul stage demon general never imagined there would be a Divine Transformation stage demon cultivator among this group. His previously arrogant expression instantly became extremely respectful. He bowed and said in a low voice, "We sincerely apologize. The Demon Lord ordered us to strictly inspect the human cultivators in the city. Just now, seeing your mannerisms, you didn't seem like demon cultivators from our side, so we became suspicious and wanted to test you... Please forgive us, great one!"
Fearing to offend a Divine Transformation stage powerhouse, the demon general hurriedly scolded his subordinates behind him, "You blind fools made a mistake. Human cultivators can't use demonic energy. You've offended these great ones... Let's go, we won't disturb your pleasures any further!"
Chu Sang held back the demon general, unable to help laughing, "Are the inspections always this strict now?"
The demon general wrinkled his face in distress, looking as if he had a long story to tell. "The Demon Lord specifically instructed that those cunning human cultivators not only hide their auras but also use demonic energy to disguise themselves as demons. He told us to be extremely careful!"
"I see," Chu Sang said, sharing the resentment. "These cunning human cultivators are truly detestable. You brothers must screen carefully. Absolutely don't let them escape!"
The demon general hurriedly said, "If you discover any suspicious individuals, you must report to us immediately. Under our inspection, forget about human cultivators, not even a bird can fly in!"
Chu Sang waved, watching them leave.
She clapped her hands and looked at her bewildered senior brothers and sisters with a smile. "Alright, crisis averted. Let's continue forward."
"......"
Having witnessed their Little Junior Sister's solo performance throughout, the group was left speechless.
Mo Baizhou became even more silent. How could she be more like a demon than the demons themselves? Perhaps he understood why the inheritance would choose her.
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Demon Palace.
In an underground cavern,
The ground was filled with giant stone figures three to five meters tall, standing in rows throughout the underground palace, motionless and somewhat eerie.
On the most important stone platform, a completely black-red demon sword floated silently in mid-air. Beside the demon sword sat a person, none other than Yan Wangxing, attempting to refine this demon sword.
This demon sword was the life-bound demon sword left by the old Demon Sovereign, also the inheritance sword of successive Demon Sovereigns, symbolizing the identity of the Demon Sovereign.
As long as he could contract this demon sword, he would naturally be the worthy new Demon Sovereign.
Just as he was concentrating on refining this ancient demon sword,
A demon attendant rushed forward to report, "My Lord, there's an urgent matter to report!"
"What is it?" Yan Wangxing asked irritably. Couldn't they see he was busy with important matters? He had instructed these people not to bother him unless it was urgent.
"It's about that female cultivator you ordered to be hunted down..."
Yan Wangxing, who had been indifferent before, suddenly opened his eyes. He could hardly contain his wild joy. "Is she dead?"
It seemed that Qin Xixue was somewhat useful after all, finally removing this great concern from his mind.
"No, she's come to find you!"
A familiar light voice sounded the next moment.
In the span of a single second, Yan Wangxing experienced great joy and sorrow, ups and downs, heaven and hell. He looked with shock at the demon attendant before him as they tore off their human skin mask, revealing that terrifying little face he couldn't forget even in nightmares.
"Why is it you again??" Yan Wangxing was on the verge of collapse. He thought for a moment that his heart demon was acting up and he was seeing illusions again, but reality slapped him hard in the face.
Not only had she come alone, but she had also brought several other helpers.
How the hell did she get in? Were those demon soldiers and generals all useless? They couldn't even stop a few Golden Core stage human cultivators??
Chu Sang spoke in a cheerful tone, as if meeting an old friend she greatly missed, "Did you like the turtle I carved for you last time? It seems you must have liked it since you want another one?"
It would have been better not to mention the turtle. The mention of the turtle made Yan Wangxing's anger surge, and he showed signs of his heart demon acting up again.
His originally handsome and cold face twisted fiercely. "Since you've delivered yourselves to my doorstep, then die!"
As his words fell, the motionless stone figures' eyes flashed with a red light. They moved like living beings, wielding stone knives and axes, frantically attacking the group.
Having been tricked twice before, Yan Wangxing had been extremely vigilant during this seclusion.
These hundred stone figures were Filthy Earth Demon Soldiers, specially refined from dead demon cultivators. They were immensely strong, indestructible, and could easily kill a few mere Golden Core cultivators.
Chu Sang's smile also faded. These stone figures were indeed troublesome. There were too many of them, making it overwhelming to fight. Even if they managed to shatter a stone figure with their combined sword intent, the next second it would reassemble. They felt no pain, making the fight endless and impossible to win.
Seeing the group trapped in the stone figure formation, Yan Wangxing's lips curled into a disdainful cold smile.
But given Chu Sang's previous outrageous actions, he didn't act rashly. He waited for them to exhaust their strength and become completely spent before capturing them all at once!
Yan Wangxing wanted to calm down and continue refining the ancient demon sword, but in the next instant, a terrifying wave of demonic energy rushed towards him------
"Who?!" His expression suddenly changed as he dodged the attack. He narrowed his eyes and coldly looked at the masked man in black before him, a flash of shock passing through his eyes.
Who was this now?
Did he come with Chu Sang and the others?
No, this person's energy was demonic, and his strength was on par with his own, clearly a Divine Transformation stage demon cultivator.
But there were only a few Divine Transformation stage demon cultivators in the demon race. Why had he never seen this person before?
In a brief moment, thousands of thoughts raced through Yan Wangxing's mind. From within the stone formation came Chu Sang's jubilant voice, "Hey hey hey, Fourth Senior Brother, we've already helped you lure the trap away. Quickly knock down this Demon Lord with a few punches and kicks!"
As the young woman's clear voice fell, Mo Baizhou's figure moved, flashing behind Yan Wangxing like a ghost. His dual blades fell, the terrifying demonic energy making even the arrogant Yan Wangxing greatly fearful and unable to resist for a moment.