The road is vague

Chapter 354 The Order of Evil Grass
More than twenty days later.

Wisps of spiritual light emanated from hundreds of totem poles on Wushan Island, converging on the altar.

A whoosh.

The newly appointed Grand Elder, Wuyoucao, once again summoned the power of the Starry Sacred Flame.

In the blazing firelight, he reopened the crack in the Seven Star Corridor, and the unique aura of the Seven Star Corridor Secret Realm emanated from it.

This fire is a great supernatural power passed down from ancient times on Wushan Island. It is never used lightly and can only be used as a key to open the Seven Star Corridor passage and for defending the island against enemies.

"Hahaha! My lads, let the sacrifice ceremony begin!"

As Wuyoucao raised her arms and shouted, the witch warriors, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately drove the captive humans to the foot of the altar.

These were all wild men without spiritual roots, purchased from a long-term partner slave-hunting group.

Some of them have even lived on the island for thirty or forty years. They came as young children, but now they are old men with graying temples. They have long adapted to life on Wushan Island and regard it as their home.

The crowd looked puzzled, but they followed orders and came here.

However, those witches who were usually seen as superior and only ate fruits and leaves suddenly shouted excitedly and began a massacre.

Centered around the altar, the corpses of tens of thousands of civilians formed a circle.

The excited and joyful warriors of the Wu tribe smeared blood on their faces to celebrate the end of the birthday festival, singing and dancing around the altar.

The first person to bring out the Spirit Cotton from the Seven Star Corridor was a human cultivator.

He excitedly approached the newly appointed Grand Elder, took out the spiritual cotton he had harvested from his storage bag, and when he saw the dense human corpses surrounding the altar, he was momentarily stunned before he couldn't help but vomit.

His legs trembled uncontrollably, and he looked at the Grand Elder of Wushan Island who was counting the spirit cotton with a look of horror.

"Why is this happening? Don't kill me, you must kill me..."

However, after counting the spirit cotton, Elder Wuyoucao walked over with a smile and paid the spirit stones as agreed.

"Don't be afraid, congratulations on completing your mission and regaining your freedom."

The pale-faced wild cultivator took a while to come to his senses.

Cold sweat poured down his face. Noticing that others were also emerging from the crack in the Seven Star Corridor, he hurriedly left the area.

As more and more wild cultivators, demons, and witch warriors emerged from the Seven Star Corridor, Wuyoucao couldn't help but reveal an undisguised smile.

"The elders of the past have been too conservative. Through this reform, we will surely be able to have more newborns and strengthen Wushan Island."

As he spoke, he placed the spiritual cotton containing the aura of the Seven Star Realm into the altar after the sacrifice.

The corpse beneath the altar was quickly absorbed by the soil.

Waaaaah...

The faint sound of a baby crying could be heard coming from the earth!
He grinned from ear to ear, nodding repeatedly, but when several witch warriors ran over and reported the strange events that had occurred in the Seven Star Corridor, he froze, his mind unsettled by the rumors of the upheaval in the Seven Star Corridor. He kept confirming everything that had happened in the Seven Star Corridor more than twenty days ago.

"The High Priest is in trouble! How could this be? How could this be? How could this be..."

Elder Wuyoucao was in a state of utter confusion.

He never imagined that this reform would cause such a huge disaster!

If all of this is true, he is undoubtedly to blame.

However, the birthday celebration was drawing to a close, and he was unable to investigate the specific situation inside. Only the clan leader could use divination techniques to investigate the cause and effect and decide whether to briefly enter through the inheritance mark, expending his power.

"No, we must report this to the clan leader as soon as possible. It seems we have to use Star Transmission at all costs!"

Each clan leader bears a star mark, a symbol of the profound history of Wushan Island.

……

the other side.

With the end of the disaster, Li Mo, who had been secretly recuperating on the island of Zhenhai, could finally be exposed to the light of day.

This was the price he paid for obtaining the Misty Box and learning the secrets of the extraterrestrial evil.

Li Mo looked at the money-stealing rat with gratitude in his eyes.

"Thanks to you."

"Squeak."

After responding, the money-stealing rat scurried into Li Mo's sleeve.

Although Li Mo is only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, his understanding of the order of heaven and earth is more profound than that of many Nascent Soul cultivators. Especially after experiencing the order of the Evil God Grass and the order of the Day of Calamity, and understanding the source of these two orders, the Mountain and Sea Realm in his eyes has become completely different.

The conflicts between the various countries in the Central Plains lie in the competition of their respective traditions, the momentum of great struggles, the gathering of popular support, and the desperate struggle for survival in the Dharma-ending Age.

"If the human race wants to maintain its rule over the Mountain and Sea Realm in the future, it will inevitably move towards unification. This is also the direction that the Great Qian Kingdom is striving for. It seems that Her Highness the Princess once subtly expressed this idea."

As for the conflicts between the various races in the Mountain and Sea Realm, they are mostly hidden behind a special order.

These orders are likely manipulated by ancient, powerful beings who are invisible and barely clinging to life. Although they cannot affect individual details, they can influence the overall structure and affect the development of a certain region for decades or centuries to come.

Among these ancient powerhouses, the Evil Grass Great Witch was likely the weakest of them all, and its demise would hardly cause any significant change to the overall structure of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Thinking of this, Li Mo couldn't help but sense the True Demon Avatar once again.

Not long after he left the waters off Wushan Island that day, his true demonic clone returned to Misty Peak. To Li Mo's astonishment, it seemed to transform into a humanoid seed, its feet firmly planted on Misty Peak, roaring towards the sky, and sprouting green shoots from its mouth. Now, after more than twenty days of growth, it has actually become a large tree.

According to Master Dai, this is a manifestation of the true demon clone inheriting the order of the evil grass. From now on, the true demon clone will surely make rapid progress and have a bright future.

"order?"

This is a level far beyond Li Mo's comprehension.

Without Master Dai's guidance, he would never have included this as a condition of the contract.

Wearing a bamboo hat, Li Mo strolled along Xianglong Street in front of Zhenhai Palace, truly inconspicuous among the various monsters.

"Master, what changes will occur in the future after the True Demon Avatar inherits the Order of the Evil Grass?"

The voice of the idiot master came from inside Li Mo's sleeve.

"The alternation of the sun and moon, the cycle of the four seasons, the rising of the pure and the descending of the impure, birth, aging, sickness, and death—these are the fundamental laws and order of heaven and earth. You are now a Golden Core cultivator, and you gradually need to comprehend this order and understand the Great Dao in order to advance. Otherwise, your cultivation of magical power will be extremely difficult to improve. For example, the Five Thunders Transformation into Dust Divine Power that you cultivate, and your True Spirit Eye, although they do not contain the order of heaven and earth themselves, are both divine powers that help you comprehend the order of heaven and earth, and are of great benefit to your advancement to the mid-stage of the Golden Core."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo seemed to be deep in thought and nodded.

The old man continued to answer Li Mo's questions.

"Your avatar directly inherited the order of the evil grass in the Mountain and Sea Realm. This almost guarantees the order comprehension he needs in his future Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, through the residual realm influence of that evil grass great witch, which is the evil god grass that keeps growing in this sea area, and the creatures affected by the evil god grass, he can receive the feedback of the Great Dao order. His magic power can be said to have increased by leaps and bounds, which is countless times faster than the slow accumulation of magic power as a low-level cultivator. That's why he is in such a situation now."

The true demon clone, which is currently receiving support from the evil grass's order, will likely be unable to provide Li Mo with any further assistance in the short term.

As a human, Li Mo found it extremely difficult to move around in the Lost Continent.

"I see."

Li Mo sighed.

This matter involves Xi, and Li Mo cannot try to understand it in any way, otherwise he will be tainted by the karmic consequences of heavenly secrets. He can only forcibly suppress his curiosity.

Over the past twenty days.

Aside from recuperating on Zhenhai Island, he spent his time trying to deduce his self-created formations, striving to become a formation master as soon as possible.

Li Mo's progress in creating his own formations is going very smoothly.

He believed that he possessed unparalleled, top-tier talent in the art of formations. Therefore, by utilizing the chessboard deduction method of his master, the Earthly Branch Fairy Wang Xiyue, he quickly made some progress. He believed that it wouldn't be long before he could complete his self-created formation and become a formation master.

However, given the major events that have occurred on Wushan Island, he naturally dared not linger on the island any longer. He planned to buy some basic materials that he might need in the future and then leave.

soon.

Li Mo arrived in front of a shop called Tianzhen Pavilion. The shopkeeper was a snake spirit who looked at Li Mo.

Although Li Mo was disguised and his true nature was unclear, the snake spirit did not take him seriously because human size is only medium to small compared to demonic beasts.

What would you like, sir?

Upon hearing this, Li Mo immediately informed the other party of all the basic materials needed to refine the matrix puppet.

After all, he had acquired a considerable amount of black dragon wood in the Seven Star Corridor. He planned to try to deduce and create a grand array on his own after leaving this place, and then use it as a basis to refine half a set of matrix puppets, that is, to refine a set of outer shells.

This place is extremely lacking in the essence of various metals.

Li Mo planned to wait until he returned to the Central Plains before figuring out how to complete the large array inside the Matrix Puppet.

In addition, the Hunchback Giant Combo Golem has many injuries, and its repair and maintenance require a lot of materials.

Upon hearing that it was a big deal, the snake spirit immediately perked up.

"These are all basic ingredients, but the quantity required by you is astonishing. We cannot produce so many at the moment and need to transfer them from the warehouse. Please wait a moment while we enjoy some of our spiritual tea."

"Alright."

Li Mo sat down after hearing this.

While summoning the burly rhinoceros demon and giving him detailed instructions, the snake spirit shopkeeper brewed tea for Li Mo, with spiritual light flashing among the various tea utensils.

Li Mo activated his spiritual eye and first looked at the large rhinoceros demon.

He couldn't help but think of the scene inside the Seven Star Corridor.

Just as they entered the Seven Star Corridor, a rhinoceros demon, oblivious to its own limitations, charged recklessly into the secret realm and was cleaved in two by a spatial rift, a truly tragic end.

This rhinoceros's cultivation level is clearly insufficient for human transformation.

However, its size is exceptionally large and its physique is so strong that it ranks among the top in the same level of demon race, second only to a few giant beasts.

Then he looked at the snake spirit shopkeeper.

To outsiders, all snakes appear the same, but in reality, the variety of snakes is endless. Simply put, there are snakes and pythons, as well as snakes that are non-venomous.

The snake spirit shopkeeper appears to be a non-venomous rat snake.

This type of snake poses the least threat to other species, but it has a natural advantage against all kinds of venomous snakes. As the saying goes, "If there is a mile of rat snake, there are no venomous snakes for ten miles."

The longer Li Mo lived in the Thousand Treasures Islands, the more complex his feelings became towards these ancient monsters.

The competition between humans and monsters appears on the surface to be a zero-sum war of generational change, a fight to the death.

However, after getting to know them better, he discovered that the two sides seemed to have formed a kind of fusion. For example, the pantheon here and the various spirit beasts raised by the sects of the Great Qian Kingdom were more like master and servant in a competitive relationship.

Behind these appearances, do they also represent the operation and influence of some deeper order?
(End of this chapter)