Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 549: Fake Dan Realm

Inside the Dao Alliance Law Enforcement Bureau.

A young man in a Taoist robe was on the phone.

"Patriarch Zhuge, two cultivators from Huangshan have come to the Dao Alliance headquarters to petition. Didn't you say before that if any cultivators from the Huangshan area came, I should intercept them and receive them personally?"

An aged voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hmm, well done. Let's see what these two are up to."

"I understand, you can rest assured and leave it to me... By the way, senior... what about the Foundation Establishment Pill you mentioned last time..."

"What's the rush? This kind of elixir isn't so easy to refine. Our ancestor refines elixirs every three years. If he has the resources, he'll definitely make a promise to you."

"Yes, yes." Qingfeng smiled apologetically: "Senior is right. I was too hasty. With my current cultivation level, even with Foundation Establishment Pills, I probably wouldn't be able to establish my foundation. I should settle down for a few more years."

"Then, Patriarch Zhuge, I'll go and see those two first."

After hanging up the phone, Qingfeng's smile vanished.

After a while.

In an elegant meeting room with artificial hills and flowing water, Huang Qianyun led Huang Zhiqi to a successful meeting with Qingfeng cultivator from the Tongdao Alliance Law Enforcement Bureau.

"Fellow Daoist Qianyun."

"Fellow Daoist Qingfeng."

After exchanging pleasantries, the cultivator Qingfeng began to inquire about Huang Qianyun's purpose in coming.

"Fellow Daoist Qingfeng, I want to report the Demon Lord of Huangshan!" Huang Qianyun got straight to the point, causing Qingfeng's pupils to shrink.

"But that great demon at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage..."

“Exactly.” Huang Qianyun said, “Yesterday, an unknown cultivator came to Huangshan and clashed with the Huangshan Demon Lord. My granddaughter and I sensed the battle fluctuations and secretly observed, and discovered some things.”

"That demon lord has been secretly eating people all along. According to the Dao Alliance's regulations, any demon beast that eats people should be killed immediately."

"There's such a thing?" The cultivator Qingfeng took a deep breath and asked, "What was the outcome of the battle between that unknown cultivator and the demon lord?"

"The Demon Lord is dead."

"What!" Qingfeng cultivator's pupils shrank again.

He knew very well that the Demon Lord of Huangshan was at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment and was also the sworn brother of the False Core Ancestor of the Zhuge Family.

He actually died at the hands of a passing cultivator?
What realm must these cultivators be at?

He suddenly realized that this matter was getting a bit tricky.

He wasn't surprised by what Huang Qianyun said about the Huangshan Demon Lord secretly eating people. If it weren't for this incident, the Zhuge family probably wouldn't have asked him to pay attention to the reports in the Huangshan area.

When faced with a cultivator as stubborn as Daoist Qianyun who wanted to report Zhuge Laozu's sworn brother, cultivator Qingfeng was also helpless. If it were just a stubborn whistleblower, it would be easy to handle. However, this matter involved the death of the demon lord and a cultivator of unknown origin, which made things complicated.

“Although the Demon Lord is dead, there has been no news of it eating people. There must be a cultivator secretly erasing its traces! Fellow Daoist Qingfeng, what I really want the Enforcement Bureau to investigate is who exactly assisted the Demon Lord in eating people!” Huang Qianyun said seriously.

"Understood." Qingfeng cultivator nodded: "Thank you for your report, Fellow Daoist Huang. This matter... is of great importance. I will try to contact Director Yi'an. Fellow Daoist Huang has come from afar, so let me prepare a place for you two to rest first. After the director replies, I will immediately convene a meeting and invite my colleagues to discuss this matter. At that time, I will also invite Fellow Daoist Huang to come."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Huang Qianyun clasped his hands in a fist salute.

...The news that the Demon Lord of Huangshan, Zhuge Laozu's sworn brother, had died quickly reached the ears of the current head of the Zhuge family, one of only two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhuge family.

Zhuge Ping never expected that the cultivators from Huangshan would bring such important information. If his ancestor hadn't been in seclusion refining pills, he would have rushed in to report it.

"Damn it, who is it? That snake demon's cultivation is only ten years away from maturing. At that time, its snake gall will be an important material for the ancestor to refine pills. Who is it that beat us to it?"

Zhuge Ping was furious, already imagining the patriarch's rage upon emerging from seclusion. However, a cultivator capable of slaying a snake demon, regardless of his origins, was not someone he could afford to offend.

"Whether these two guys from Qianyun Temple are truly stupid or pretending, we need to deal with them properly. Fortunately, their report was intercepted by Qingfeng. If it had been reported to someone else, it wouldn't have affected anything, but it would have caused a lot of trouble."

He immediately summoned his flying sword and headed to Penglai Immortal Island overnight, intending to meet the two of them in person.

The next morning.

Huang Qianyun and Huang Zhixin were startled awake and sensed a terrifying aura hovering above them in the courtyard.

The two quickly put on their clothes and went out. In the courtyard, an old man with a mustache was watching them calmly.

"Greetings, senior."

"I am Zhuge Ping, the head of the Zhuge family. Were you two the ones who tried to report my ancestor's sworn brother for cannibalism?"

“It’s us…but…” Huang Qianyun’s heart skipped a beat. Sure enough! Before the matter could be thoroughly investigated, it had already reached the ears of the Zhuge family.

He said that this matter should not be reported.

Even if the report is successful, why would the Dao Alliance truly punish the Zhuge family, which has two Foundation Establishment cultivators, for the sake of some ordinary people?

"This is a misunderstanding." Zhuge Ping smiled slightly and said, "The demon lord consumes only the most vicious death row inmates, who cannot be considered human. There are legal documents that will be shown to you both. I believe you can understand."

"Let's leave this matter here. I have a question for you two: you say that the Demon Lord was killed by a passing cultivator, is that true? What were the characteristics of that cultivator? Can you tell me?"

Hearing Zhuge Ping's words, Huang Qianyun remained silent, but Huang Zhixin, who was beside her, took a deep breath and said, "If they were really death row inmates, that would be one thing, but you're lying. Among those eaten by that snake demon, there were clearly children, four or five-year-old children. Were they also death row inmates?!"

"It seems that your Zhuge family is the protector of that snake demon!"

Huang Zhixin witnessed Lin Jing using Buddhist light to purify and deliver the resentful souls of the dead!
"Little girl, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want." Zhuge Ping's face darkened. Killing two cultivators with considerable strength would only cause more trouble. He originally wanted to let them go and let them know that it was not advisable to interfere in this matter, but he did not expect the two to be so tactless.

hum.

He reached out his hand, intending to teach the girl a lesson and intimidate her, letting her know that not everything is daring to be touched. However, Huang Zhixin showed no fear when she saw Zhuge Ping make his move.

Just now, the ball of light that Lin Jing placed inside her body spoke.

It's a mushroom.

"I am here to protect you temporarily on the orders of the Mushroom Master," said the Magical Spirit Mushroom. Of course, it also had another task: since it did not need to go into seclusion to break through to the Void Profound Realm, it could go and see if there were any immortal treasures at the Dao Alliance headquarters, so that the other two guys could not get there first.

There really are treasures here!
boom.

The magical elemental mushroom materialized into a fake pill, the "Sun Fake Pill," temporarily borrowing it from the Qi Refining girl. Her magical power surged instantly, and the terrifyingly high temperature of the magical power directly repelled Zhuge Ping, causing the old man to vomit a mouthful of blood in shock, which evaporated in mid-air.

At the same time, the temperature on Penglai Island suddenly increased, and the sunlight became scorching, startling the many powerful figures residing there.

"Who is this Pseudo-Core Formation Realm expert?!"

(End of this chapter)