Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 762 Vulnerable

After Chen Xingzhou broke through, Morag actually provided him with a foot-long section of a mid-stage Nascent Soul level magical beast spine for him to refine, as well as a large amount of pure magical blood crystals from last time. It would be a waste to use these resources on a half-human, half-demon.

The other true demons stopped eating and looked curiously in the direction of the throne.

The resources bestowed upon Chen Xingzhou would make any mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator envious, and they would be even more so.

Although they didn't say it aloud, they were somewhat unhappy about the reward.

If Morag's forces hadn't been so powerful, people probably would have started a fight.

It's simply unacceptable to give precious resources to cultivators from other races instead of to one's own kind.

Morag smiled slightly and said:
"I have discovered that Chen Xingzhou, while cultivating demonic techniques in human form, has undergone a mutation in his skeletal structure, making him perfectly suited for nurturing into a demonic treasure using the blood refinement method. Do you all understand?"

He knew that his fellow clansmen had some complaints, so he simply spoke his mind openly.

"The Blood Refinement Technique!"

"hiss!"

The true demons gasped in surprise, their eyes filled with deep envy.

True demons have a method for cultivating magical treasures: they find suitable magical beasts, raise them using secret methods, and finally extract their spines for refining, thus obtaining treasures imbued with intense malevolent energy.

Such magical artifacts can devour the flesh, blood, and soul of enemies, refining them into pure magical power to nourish their masters.

Golden Core level blood-refined demonic treasures are easy to obtain, but Nascent Soul level blood-refined demonic treasures are hard to find.

Morag is already a top cultivator at the peak of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage. The Blood Refining Demon Treasure that the other party has their eye on has a high probability of being able to refine into a fourth-grade or even top-grade demon treasure.

The true demon who had just asked the question sighed inwardly and raised his hand in congratulations:

"Congratulations on finding such a talented person, sir. I wish you success in achieving your goal soon."

He secretly regretted not discovering Chen Xingzhou's extraordinary abilities sooner; otherwise, the good fortune would have fallen into his lap.

"Congratulations, sir! We wish you all your wishes will come true soon," the other true demons offered their congratulations.

"Haha, congratulations to you both, we're both contributing to the Holy Alliance."

Morag laughed happily, raised his glass, and said, "Let's drink!"

He lowered his head, bit the rim of the bronze cup, then tilted his head back and drank the wine in one gulp. No one noticed the glint of light that flashed in his eyes.

Chen Xingzhou's bones and soul have both mutated, making him a key material for crafting substitute puppets.

He will do his best to nurture Chen Xingzhou to the mid-Nascent Soul stage. At that time, he will not only obtain Blood Refining Magic Treasures and materials, but also refine other bones into defensive magic treasures, and sell the flesh and blood for high-level items.

The profits he gained after exploiting his opponent far exceeded his investment, especially the acquisition of the substitute puppet materials, which gave him the confidence to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

He also secretly gave Chen Xingzhou a defensive magic item that could be activated at any time to create a bone armor that would protect his body from all angles and could deal with attacks from ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

This magical artifact was originally prepared for himself, which shows how much he valued Chen Xingzhou.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Morag said:
"Everyone, please return to your respective areas of responsibility and come back here in ten days to exchange information."

The true demon army gathered in four places: Jiupan Mountain in the east, Nufeng Cliff in the west, Duanhun Ridge in the south, and Qinglu Mountain in the north.

Apart from Jiupan Mountain, the other areas are between twenty and thirty miles from the Jinling Sect's mountain gate, making them particularly convenient for attacking. The forces responsible for these large-scale troop assembly points are all True Demons.

A true demon said:
"I have something to report. Five or six hours ago, a patrol team belonging to Broken Soul Ridge discovered human cultivators."

Judging from its flight path, it came from the south and was heading to the Jinling Sect.

This place was already shrouded in black mist, so there shouldn't be any other forces here. I suspect it's cultivators from the Golden Spirit Sect probing something.

"Have you captured them alive? What level of enemy are they?"

"We didn't catch them. The enemy used a one-time magic weapon to kill some low-level demons, and then detonated the magic weapon to commit suicide. Their cultivation level was at the early stage of the Golden Core realm."

"If the enemy is prepared to die, they may be carrying out some mission."

This suggests the enemy did indeed have other plans, leading to the increased patrols.

"Reporting to my lord, I have doubled the number of personnel involved in the patrols, ensuring that no enemy escapes."

"Very well, let's dismiss the meeting."

Chen Xingzhou flew ahead with a smile on his face, followed closely by three Nascent Soul level helpers.

After meeting Morag several times, the other party greatly appreciated him and provided him with a lot of resources to help him break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Now his cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, and he can feel the progress every day.

However, this also made him wary, because there is no such thing as a free lunch, and everything comes at a price.

He still couldn't understand why Morag did this, but he knew he wasn't in a position to fight back, and he had to swallow the bait with a smile, even if it was just bait on a hook.

All he can do now is to strengthen himself as much as possible while continuing to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Transformation Scripture, so that he can escape when the True Demon Army retreats in the future.

He's a pro at taking the bait and spitting out the hook!

If the fish is strong enough, it can even drag the angler into the water!

After flying for about 35 minutes, Chen Xingzhou slowly reduced his speed and said:

"Crimson Flame Peak is just ahead. Everyone, take cover."

With four Nascent Soul level cultivators present, the cultivator who had only recently entered the Nascent Soul stage would be dead the moment he stepped out. Zhu Changhe said, "I don't know why you've set your sights on this one place. Wouldn't it be better to spread fear in other areas?"

Yun Nianrong smiled without saying a word. She knew why: Crimson Flame Peak held a wish that the other party hadn't been able to fulfill when he was weak, and now he was trying to make his presence felt.

Chen Xingzhou smiled sinisterly, "This place holds decades of my memories; there's a special connection to it."

Okay, everyone hide, I'm about to begin.

Zhu Changhe and the other two separated from the True Demon and flew upwards for three hundred feet, then flew outwards for another three hundred feet, with Chen Xingzhou as the center.

Chen Xingzhou flew slowly for a moment before landing. He took out his magic weapon and revealed his true form as a fire ape, then heavily struck the protective array. Ripples spread across the light screen at the point of impact.

"You cowards of the Golden Spirit Sect, your Uncle Chen is here again."

Like a tap being turned on, all sorts of foul language poured out, and the curses echoed in the mountains below the light screen.

The disciples of the Golden Spirit Sect clenched their fists in anger, 'When will our patriarch make his move?!'

Crimson Flame Peak, at the summit

Ji An pursed his lips, made a hand seal, and released the hardness of metal and stone, with silver light covering his entire body.

He then summoned five magical treasures to form a defensive domain, and then rode the auspicious five-colored clouds to slowly fly upwards.

At Xiaguang Ridge, Liu Yu saw colorful auspicious clouds rising on the horizon and smiled happily.

Standing beside him, Liu Xin caught his smile and tentatively asked:

"Lord, what makes you so happy?"

This place is thirty miles away from Crimson Flame Peak. He is only a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage, and his vision is limited, so he cannot see that far.

Liu Yu's smile grew even more gentle. "There's going to be a good show."

Outside the protective mountain formation, Chen Xingzhou's eyes widened as he watched the approaching figures, and he roared with wild joy:

"Grandson, finally not a coward anymore? Do you dare to fight Grandpa Chen?"

Ji An slowly approached and stopped a hundred feet away from the magic array's light barrier.

His field of vision extended seven or eight miles, and after scanning the area, he indeed discovered several hidden enemies.

However, his gaze did not linger for a moment, and his focus was not on anyone.

'Three cultivators and one true demon, they don't seem to think much of me.'

Chen Xingzhou transformed into the appearance of a cultivator, and the enormous magic weapon shrank accordingly. He felt that his strong appearance had frightened the enemy, and that the enemy would be even less likely to appear out of fear.

Even in human form, his current defensive capabilities are not much weaker than those of the Fire Ape in its true form.

"So he's just a cowardly Nascent Soul cultivator, flying up here to get yelled at?"

His voice was as arrogant as ever, striking the hearts of the Golden Spirit Sect disciples within a hundred miles like thunder, and every cultivator's eyes flashed with ferocity.

At this moment, Yun Nianrong saw Ji An's appearance clearly, gritted her teeth in anger, and thought to herself:
'The one who broke through to the Nascent Soul level was actually him. Good, as long as he dares to show himself, we can settle both old and new scores!'

Even if the enemy doesn't come out, one day our army will trample this place and drag them out.

She wasn't present when Han Shanyue died; otherwise, she would never have dared to have such thoughts.

Zhu Changhe also saw Ji An's face clearly, and fear welled up in his heart. He shouted:
"escape!"

After saying that, his body transformed into a wisp of black smoke and flew eastward, using a secret technique to fly at top speed.

escape?
Chen Xingzhou was stunned, and so was Yun Nianrong. A thought arose in their minds: 'Why run away?'

The true demons and humans do not speak the same language and have not yet reacted.

When Ji An heard the word 'escape' reach his ears, he immediately released a golden light that seemed to leap from the ground, and at the same time released the Taibai Extinction Sword.

Now he can more precisely control his magic power to travel through the immortal veins, and the Golden Light of the Earth and the Taibai Extinction Sword can be released simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Doing so would put a great burden on the soul, but killing these few Nascent Soul stage enemies was more tempting.

Whether there are more enemies lurking in the shadows is no longer important; enemies that are too far away cannot affect the battle situation at all.

His body transformed into a rainbow of five colors, easily passing through the protective mountain array. His three-foot-long silver flying sword shot out, its speed increasing even further.

Silver light flashed in Chen Xingzhou's pupils. Before he could even unleash his true form as a fire ape, his sixth sense prompted him to activate the defensive magic weapon given to him by Morag.

The activation speed of this defensive magic weapon was extremely fast, covering his entire body the instant he activated it.

The silver flying sword pierced the enemy's chest without hesitation and exploded with a bang.

The force of the explosion ravaged the enclosed space; apart from his bones, Chen Xingzhou's entire chest cavity was reduced to a pulp.

Not only that, the rampant metal elemental energy invaded his brain along his neck, quickly extinguishing all his life force.

Chen Xingzhou's consciousness plummeted. He couldn't understand why his defensive magic treasure, which was supposed to withstand attacks from ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and his own body, which was comparable to a low-grade fourth-tier defensive magic treasure, were so easily defeated.

At this moment, Ji An felt extremely distressed. He had not expected that the enemy would actually activate such a defensive magic weapon. In this way, the enemy's flesh and blood would have much of their vitality destroyed by the metal element spiritual energy, and the fertility of the ashes would be greatly reduced!

(End of this chapter)