I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 628 Serious Business (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"With the situation so tense right now, is this really appropriate for you to do, Kujo?!"

"Bang! We can talk business over drinks, we can talk business over tea, so why can't we talk business while playing cards? Eight of them!"

"Danxi is right. We have been discussing matters in this way for the past few days and have not found anything wrong with it. Two of Bamboo!"

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister Suhua, I messed up!"

Long Ri pushed the cards, and the three looked completely bewildered. They had only played a few rounds?

Su Hua remained calm, Dan Xi appeared somewhat annoyed, and Long Ri's face was radiant, indicating that he had won quite a few rounds earlier.

"Come again!"

Danxi activated the array on the table, and the cards were shuffled automatically.

Jiang Yi shook her head speechlessly, and Dan Xi poked her with a finger, "Get your attitude right, what we're about to talk about is very serious!"

Jiang Yi looked at Su Hua, who slowly nodded in agreement.

Jiang Yi almost laughed. Was this serious?
As the card game continued, Jiang Yi suddenly felt the surrounding scenery flash by, and the area transformed into a lotus pond, filled with ethereal mist, clearly the Lotus Domain of Grandmaster Su Hua.

As Danxi rolled the dice, she said, "Two things. One concerns the Dream Immortal Sect, which I need you to know. The Dream Immortal Sect's old trick is to stir up conflict between mortals and cultivators, making mortals try to parasitize low-level Qi Refining cultivators or even Foundation Establishment cultivators. This is still ongoing. However, the Eastern Continent is different from the Northern Xuan. The Eastern Continent is vast and rich in resources, and the areas where mortals gather and where cultivators gather are relatively isolated, making it difficult for mortals to come into contact with cultivators."

"Moreover, the overall strength of cultivators in the Eastern Continent is high. Foundation Establishment is only the beginning of the path of cultivation, and only Golden Core cultivators are qualified to join major sects. Most of the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators in major sects are born within the sect or are children from nearby cultivator gathering areas. Their cultivation path before Golden Core is guided by close relatives and is not difficult. They rarely encounter problems in the Heart Tribulation stage."

"Therefore, the people from the Dream Immortal Sect can't cause much trouble among low-level cultivators, and they are not the kind of people we need to be wary of. The most troublesome ones now are like 'Xiao Jue'. In addition to those who died in Beixuan in the past, such cultivators have also appeared in Dongzhou, and they are disguised so well that it is impossible to detect when these cultivators became demons."

Jiang Yi paused in her grip on the cards. "Is the situation serious?"

Su Hua continued, "It's impossible to count for now because we can't identify them. These demons possess all the memories of that cultivator from before his death. Apart from the demon seed that grew in their bodies, they are no different from that cultivator before. Half a year ago, if Dan Xi hadn't discovered the clues, those demons would have infiltrated the Mountain and Sea Alliance."

Long Ri continued, "After that cultivator was captured alive, I tried to verify it with all kinds of insects and Gu, and it was really difficult to distinguish. Even insects that are usually sensitive to demonic energy could not sense the demonic energy on that cultivator's body."

Danxi solemnly played a card, "Thanks to the millennium spirit liquid you gave me, I was able to see the demonic seed. I have already reported this to Lord Cangyi. Lord Lianxu can identify it, but the Eastern Continent is so vast, we can't expect Lord Lianxu to investigate each one individually. Lord Cangyi has already sent people to search for similar spirit liquids and to find the eye techniques that can identify demons. He has also established monitoring rules, requiring at least three people from the Mountain and Sea Alliance and Dinghai Pavilion to enter and exit together, and to monitor each other."

Jiang Yi suddenly realized, "No wonder the three of you were playing cards together!"

Su Hua played cards, "Actually, it's not like we have no clue at all. Those cultivators didn't suddenly become demons. Something must have happened recently, or they reached a key point in their cultivation, and their mental state had a loophole. They were then bewitched by the Dream Immortal Sect through dream entry, and thus the demon seed was planted in them, turning them into demons."

Jiang Yi nodded, realizing that her master had called her back so that she could assess whether these cultivators who had become demons bore traces of dreams and whether they could be awakened and saved.

Her master knew what kind of cultivation technique she practiced, but Grandmaster Suhua and Longri did not.

Moreover, these cultivators are different from 'Xiao Jue'. Xiao Jue was resurrected after death, while these cultivators have suddenly changed. Perhaps they will be like those who were parasitized by the Dream Immortal Sect, with their true consciousness trapped in a dream. There is still hope for them.

Danxi did not continue the topic, nor did she proactively reveal Jiang Yi's cultivation technique despite the importance of the matter.

"You must be careful with these demons from now on. The one I captured alive was a Nascent Soul cultivator; the damage he could cause is terrifying. We must be vigilant." Jiang Yi nodded. "Master, do you want the 70,000?"

Su Hua and Long Ri squinted. Jiang Yi saw that Dan Xi had no expression, so he changed the card and showed the edge of it. Dan Xi raised an eyebrow slightly, and Jiang Yi directly played the card in front of Dan Xi.

"fifty thousand!"

"Confused!"

The master and apprentice exchanged glances, while Long Ri bared his teeth in anger.

Su Hua flew into a rage, "You two bastards! This round doesn't count!"

The two men, their heads drooping after being disciplined, watched the cards being shuffled at the card table.

Su Hua, feeling refreshed, continued with the important matter, "Another important matter is that we are also undecided and have no clue what to do, so we have not reported it to the alliance. We called you back in the hope that you can make a decision after listening to our report."

Jiang Yi immediately straightened her posture and attitude. The matter that she could make a decision about... concerned the Demon Tide and the Nine Emperors!

"Did Hua Luosha tell you whether she experienced any abnormalities after she formed her Nascent Soul?" Danxi suddenly asked.

Jiang Yi shook her head. "She's always been cautious. Maybe it's something that concerns her own secrets, so she hasn't told me anything?"

Danxi continued, "And you, have you had any strange dreams in recent years?"

Jiang Yi smiled awkwardly and shook her head. For the past few years, she had been sleeping all the time, using the special properties of her cultivation technique to completely block out dreams, so she wouldn't have any ghost dreams.

Danxi, Longri, and Suhua exchanged glances, clearly puzzled by this.

Long Ri said, "Not long after Shi Xu formed his Nascent Soul, he dreamed of Bei Xuan and heard the voice of the Insect Emperor. Moreover, the Formless Gu left by the Insect Emperor in his body was extremely restless. In the past few years, it has controlled his body three times, attempting to return to Bei Xuan. Now I have locked it up."

Danxi's expression also became more serious. "The same goes for the others who received the Nine Emperors' inheritance, including Shen Puning. She was originally supposed to stay in the Southern Wilderness as the successor of the Barbarian King to stabilize the tribes there, but she also heard the voice from Emperor Kun, so she returned to Cangling Sect to ask you about the situation."

Danxi did not explicitly state that the Kun Emperor's legacy should, in principle, belong to Jiang Yi, and Shen Puning had only cultivated one of the techniques.

Su Hua continued, “Of the Nine Emperors of the Northern Profound Realm, the Azure Emperor’s lineage is with you, the Kun Emperor’s lineage is with Shen Puning, the Insect Emperor is with Shang Shixu, the Pill Emperor is with Bai Shengjie, the Ghost Emperor is with Hua Luosha, the Talisman Emperor is with Yan Kongqing, and the Heavenly Craft lineage is with Mo Ling of the Mo family. Currently, we only know of these seven lineages, and the last two lineages have not yet appeared.”

Jiang Yi blinked somewhat guiltily; there was also a Qin Emperor whose legacy was with her.

Danxi glanced at her and said, "Currently, all of these people have entered the Nascent Soul stage. There is also a lineage in the Northern Xuan White Hidden Valley. I heard from True Monarch Tian Shou that they found the exact location of the ruins but were unable to open them. They do not know which emperor was inside or what legacy he left behind."

“Yi’er once gave me a mural depicting the Nine Emperors hunting the Xuanwu. Judging from that painting, the last two were known as the Qin Emperor, named Xiao Tianyin, and the other was dressed in animal skins, commanding all the beasts. They should be the ones from Bai Cang Valley.”

Jiang Yi asked, "So now these people, after forming their Nascent Souls, are having strange dreams, hearing voices, and being summoned back to Beixuan?"

(End of this chapter)