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Chapter 306, One Hundred Thousand Mountains

"The power of merit?"

Tong Yao and Yan Zhenzhen both looked at Hua Changxi.

"It's hard to accumulate merit. To restore the Star Gazing Tower, you must need a lot of merit. How did you accumulate it?"

Even though she was clean, she was still full of curiosity. You know, it was only through the joint efforts of several generations of abbots that Xiangguo Temple cultivated this golden lotus of merit.

Hua Changxi: "...Do more good deeds?"

This answer left Tong Yao and the other two looking at each other in bewilderment.

If it is said that doing good deeds can accumulate merit, they undoubtedly believe it. But among the four of them, the one who has done the most good deeds should be the compassionate monk Jing.

Can cleaning it restore the Star Gazing Tower to its former glory?
Tong Yao and Yan Zhenzhen expressed doubts about this, saying that even if they purified themselves, they wouldn't have the confidence to believe it.

Therefore, simply doing good deeds is not enough to accumulate a lot of merit.

Although Tong Yao and the other two were still confused about accumulating merit, they did not continue to ask Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi had some guesses about her merits; perhaps she had done something to promote the development of the Four Spirit Realms.

Because he did something that aligned with the times and benefited everyone, he reaped a great deal of merit.
Seeing that Tong Yao and the other two didn't press the matter further, Hua Changxi didn't say much more: "By the way, do you know who the master of the Guangyin Tower is?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Hua Changxi: "I just saw three people on the Star Gazing Tower. Two of them are the Minister of the Heavenly Department and Lord Yuan. The third person is most likely the Lord of the Time Pavilion, but I don't know his name yet."

Yan Zhenzhen: "Guangyin Tower also has another name, Time Pavilion. All the previous heads of the tower came from the Shi family. The current head of the tower is Shi Yishi."

Tong Yao continued, "Among the prominent families in the capital, there are several that even the royal family would not easily provoke, including the Yuan family and the Shi family."

"The Yuan and Shi families have never broken their traditions. The head of the Yuan family has always served as the director of the Imperial Observatory, while the Shi family has always been responsible for compiling historical books."

Hua Changxi nodded in realization. No wonder Lord Yuan and the Minister of the Heavenly Department were so familiar with each other; they both had such important backgrounds: "You know so much."

Yan Zhenzhen laughed: "It's not that we know more, it's that you know less."

Hua Changxi smiled awkwardly; she was indeed somewhat out of touch with the world.

Yan Zhenzhen smiled at Hua Changxi: "Actually, you and the Yuan family have had dealings for a long time."

Hua Changxi was completely confused: "How come I didn't know?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "Yuan Tianchou of the Medical Department is Yuan Qi's eldest son."

Hua Changxi looked surprised: "So Yuan Tianchou comes from the Yuan family."

Yan Zhenzhen: "The network of relationships in the capital is very complicated. Not only are there many members of the imperial family and nobles, but there are also countless scions of powerful and influential families. You should pay more attention to this in the future."

Hua Changxi nodded, chatted with Tong Yao and the other two for a while, and then the four of them parted ways.

On her way back to the Medical Department, Hua Changxi remembered the three-headed Nascent Soul demon she had hunted down at the East Gate. It just so happened that she was about to begin cultivating the fifth chapter of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the Blood Refining Chapter, which required the blood of demon beasts.

Hua Changxi returned to the East Gate, intending to collect the corpse of the three-headed demon beast. Unfortunately, the corpse was gone. Upon inquiring, he learned that it had been taken away by the Demon Suppression Army.

After learning about this, Hua Changxi did not go directly to the Demon Suppression Army, but instead turned back to the Medical Department, intending to ask Huo Yunxiao for help in getting back the monster's corpse.

Hua Changxi found Huo Yunxiao at the No. 3 Qihuang Hall and explained her purpose. Huo Yunxiao agreed without saying a word.

"Go back and wait. I'll deliver the monster's corpse to Danyuan Peak for you first thing tomorrow morning."

Hua Changxi looked at him suspiciously: "Why are you being so agreeable this time?"

Huo Yunxiao smiled helplessly: "I've always been easy to talk to."

Hua Changxi: "Then I'll trouble you to make the trip. I'll give you some demon blood when I get there."

Huo Yunxiao chuckled: "Forget about the demon beast blood, can you tell me what you did in the Star Gazing Tower tonight?" Hua Changxi scoffed and turned to leave.

Upon seeing this, Huo Yunxiao craned his neck and shouted, "Let's just chat."

Meanwhile, deep within the Ten Thousand Mountains, a snow-white beast with a dragon's head and a lion's body lay prostrate on the ground, crimson blood flowing from its mouth. Its unstable aura caused the surrounding land to shake and birds and beasts to scatter.

After a while, the deep mountain area finally quieted down.

"My Lord Demon Master"

The patriarchs of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, Tiger Clan, Turtle Clan, Snake Clan, Bird Clan, and Fox Clan all looked at the white demon beast with worried expressions.

A bright white light shone forth, and the dragon-headed, lion-bodied monster transformed into a handsome white-haired man dressed in white.

Bai Li wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth: "Clan leaders, don't worry. Just now, the snake clan, who were sent to infiltrate the capital, activated a forbidden technique and extracted some of the merit power of the demon clan. I suffered some backlash."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of all the demon clan leaders present changed.

Dragon Clan Chief Long Teng looked at Snake Clan Chief with displeasure: "What kind of business is your Snake Clan doing? You don't even give us a heads-up before you start using forbidden techniques?"

The snake clan chieftain Teng Liu glanced at Long Teng and said sarcastically, "Your dragon clan is indeed powerful, but I've never seen you dare to go and infiltrate the capital."

Long Teng's eyes blazed with fury; the dragon race truly did not wish to lurk in human settlements.

There's no way around it; to humans, dragons are a powerful tonic from head to toe. Whenever humans encounter a dragon, they go crazy and want to pounce on it and take a bite.

The dragons have tried to infiltrate, but unfortunately, each time it's like throwing good money after bad—they never come back.

Just as the two were about to start arguing, Bai Li spoke up.

"It seems that something has happened in the capital. The Green Serpent sent there must have been forced into a corner, and had no choice but to activate the forbidden technique."

Although Bai Li comes from the Lion Clan, she possesses the bloodline of Bai Ze, and the degree of bloodline atavism is extremely high. She inherited Bai Ze's supernatural abilities of understanding Yin and Yang and divining all things, and thus holds a very high position in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Long Teng and Teng Liu both fell silent.

Bai Li looked at the snake clan chief: "What exactly happened in the capital? Why did the Green Snake activate the forbidden technique ahead of schedule? Chief Teng needs to investigate carefully."

Teng Liu readily agreed: "Don't worry, Demon Master, I will definitely send someone to find out the truth."

Bai Li nodded and looked at the eight patriarchs of the demon races: "Since the rise of the human race in ancient times, the Hundred Thousand Mountains have been the best training ground for the human race."

"With the establishment of the Demon Prison, the human race directly trampled the demon race underfoot."

"After the Great Annihilation, spiritual energy revived, and everything started anew."

"Currently, the Ten Thousand Mountains are still in a sealed space. This is both protection and restriction. Once the seal is lifted, the demon race will have to face the human race head-on."

"The demon race and the human race, it's either the demon race overwhelming the human race, or the human race overwhelming the demon race."

"The conflict between the demon race and the human race is unavoidable. Clan leaders, the training of demon soldiers and generals must not be neglected. Whether the demon race can regain its former glory depends on this."

Upon hearing this, the patriarchs of the eight most powerful demon clans in the Ten Thousand Mountains all became serious.

Bai Li: "The Southern Elephant City is about to appear. Whether the demon race can surpass the human race and become the master of the Four Spirit Realms depends on the ownership of the Southern Elephant City."

"I'm all settled here. You clan leaders, please go back and attend to your respective clan affairs."

After the eight clan leaders left, Bai Li looked up at the starry sky, a deep sorrow on her face.

In an attempt to divide the human race, he did not hesitate to extract the merit power of the demon race, but his plan went wrong halfway through.

The stars are visible tonight, but they are not being drawn to the demon race. Could it be that this era will still be one of great prosperity for the human race?

(End of this chapter)