Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 476 Speculation about the Demon Lord

"Demonic energy?" Daoist Yanqi asked, frowning.

“Demonic energy!” Master Jingfeng affirmed.

"But she didn't practice demonic arts?" Daoist Yanqi asked. "If she had practiced demonic arts, with her cultivation and power, she should have already become a demon, and we wouldn't have killed her so easily."

“It’s not tainted by demonic energy.” Daoist Yanling’s eyes flashed with a sharp light, and the Taiyi Divine Light scanned the crimson scorpion once more.

Ordinary beings tainted by demonic energy, like the water monsters in Ink Lake that day, will have demonic energy lingering after death, but it will never disappear in a flash like it did just now.

This situation is more like...

“Some demon has planted a thought or mark on her,” Master Jingfeng said in a deep voice.

He was quite familiar with this practice because the Fengyue Sect was in charge of catching ghosts, and the "Northern Yin Fengdu Method" also contained similar talismanic spells such as the "Wind and Thunder Dark Catching Talisman" and the "Fengdu Distant Catching Talisman".

However, he usually doesn't need to use it; he just kills ghosts and monsters when he encounters them.

"So this thought or imprint allows that demon to sense her location and condition?" Changyi led Yang Shuo and Xiuming back into the courtyard, peering at the dead scorpion on the ground.

Yang Shuo's eyes narrowed slightly. "This female demon must have over a thousand years of cultivation. How powerful must a demon be to be able to plant a thought imprint on her without her noticing?"

Hearing this, everyone nodded in unison.

"At least it won't be worse than the Lord of the Netherfire Sect." Daoist Jingchun put away the Slaughtering Divine Prison and stroked his beard.

"So, will that demon come looking for us?" Xiu Ming asked.

"But there's still one question: why did that demon leave a mark on her?" Changyi asked again.

Everyone thought about it, but they hadn't expected it.

"I don't know." Master Jingfeng shook his head, then reached out and caught the painting that had fallen to the ground in his hand.

Upon opening it, one finds hundreds of tails of various kinds densely packed in the scroll, enough to trigger trypophobia in anyone looking at it.

Master Jingfeng closed the scroll, and the Yin energy in his hand transformed into a rune, which he imprinted on the scroll, sealing the untamed, violent killing intent within it.

"She just called this picture the 'tail picture'?"

“Heart Imprint, Eye Sword, Tail Diagram.” Master Yuanhe clicked his tongue. “The names are quite simple and unpretentious.”

"But its power is indeed extraordinary." Daoist Jingchun looked at the scroll in Daoist Jingfeng's hand. "Neither the centipede demon nor Li Chiwang refined the magic weapon, yet they were still able to unleash power exceeding their own."

This scorpion demon had clearly refined the treasure; if my two senior brothers hadn't arrived, the three of us wouldn't have been able to defeat him.

Master Jingchun, Master Yuanhe, and Master Yanqi were not weak either, but even when the three of them joined forces, they could not stop Xie Zhihan, who was holding the tail map, and she almost broke through their encirclement.

"This is still because her cultivation level is insufficient, and she cannot unleash the true power of this magic weapon." Master Jingfeng sensed the magical power contained within the painting.

"No wonder the Heart Wheel Cult Leader was able to establish his cult using the Heart Wheel. Li Chiwang's last trump card was also the Eye Sword."

"Could it be that the demon who planted the mark on Xie Zhihan also wanted the Tail Map she possessed?"

The group exchanged glances. "That's very possible!"

"Let's go back to the mountain first." Master Jingfeng put away the tail map. "This thing is in the Daluo Palace. Even if that demon comes, he won't be able to get it."

The protective array of the Great Luo Palace was already incredibly powerful, and now the Myriad Spirit Dragon King has taken refuge in Ink Lake.

Even if a powerful boss with ten thousand years of cultivation attacks the Daluo Palace, as long as the old Taoist priest in the palace uses the Thunder Seed to transmit his voice to the old Taoist priest in Pingjiang Prefecture, and then invites the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Spirits, the problem can be solved.

……

"Tail image? Demonic energy?" In the Great Luo Palace, Gu Zhao, who was cultivating, received a divine sense transmission from Daoist Jingfeng before everyone else returned.

They then went to the backyard and retrieved the painting.

"She wants to offer you tea and ask you to retrieve something from the palace?" Gu Zhao asked Chang Yi.

Changyi nodded. "But she didn't say what it was."

“That must be the Eye Sword.” Master Jingfeng looked at Gu Zhao. “She doesn’t know that we killed that centipede demon and obtained the Heart Chakra.”

"It must be that the Eye Sword in Li Chiwang's possession was exposed. She knew that Red Moon Valley had been destroyed and that we had obtained the Eye Sword," said Daoist Yanling.

“She didn’t dare to break into the Daluo Palace, so she set her sights on Changyi and the others, wanting to control them and steal the Eye Sword,” said Daoist Yuanhe.

"The only uncertainty is the fleeting demonic energy that appeared after her death," said Daoist Yanqi.

“We suspect it’s also related to the magical artifacts left behind by the Six-Headed Divine Lord, and we’re after the tail diagram in her hand,” said Daoist Jingchun.

The old Taoist priests, one after another, basically guessed Xie Zhihan's and even the unknown demon's purpose.

"Understood." Gu Zhao nodded. "Put the end image in the warehouse as well."

At this time, the Great Luo Palace had already obtained the Heart Wheel, the Eye Sword, and the Tail Diagram—the six magical treasures passed down by the Six-Headed Divine Lord; they had already acquired half of them.

"It just so happens that we are still investigating the demon lord. If a demon lord comes to us on his own initiative, that would be a good thing!"

"If it's a powerful demon, it might even be able to get in touch with that Great Sun Demon Ancestor and ruin his plans."

"Hopefully that demon will find us soon. If he kills the other disciples of the Six-Headed Divine Lord, we won't be able to get that evil energy!" Xiu Ming said worriedly.

Although he was just an observer in that battle, he still absorbed some of the killing intent.

For a small-time Karami like him, even just this little bit of malevolent aura was enough to satisfy him.

Everyone, "..."

Gu Zhao was speechless and waved his hand, saying, "Let's disperse. The most urgent matter right now is not this devil, but Zhan Qing's wedding. We'll be setting off in a few days."

"Yes!" Everyone dispersed.

Changyi, Yangshuo, and Xiuming approached Zhan Qing again to share their recent gains, which made Zhan Qing quite envious.

On the other hand, because of this ancient demon, Gu Zhao also obtained a Thunder Seed.

Upon learning that another thousand-year-old scorpion spirit had been captured, Master Mingchong hurriedly returned from Wuya Ridge to prepare for refining another batch of pills.

Although a demon was lurking in the shadows, the entire Daluo Palace did not take the matter too seriously, and all affairs continued to be carried out in an orderly manner.

……

Ten days later, the day for Zhan Qing to welcome the bride arrived.

Master Shenhao led the group, with Master Mingyu and Master Mingchong on the left, Master Jinghong and Master Jingfa on the right, accompanied by Yihuo She Ye Ruyan and Weiyue Yan Miaoyun Ji, and Zihuo Hou Hao and Shenshui Yuan Lin.

Sending out nine top experts at once is truly putting on a show of strength.

In addition to the Lingbao, which has the number nine and five, there are two boxes of blue and white porcelain, two boxes of silk and satin, two boxes of high-proof liquor, two boxes of traditional gold and jade discs, and two boxes of jewelry imported from Blue Star Modern.

I managed to collect ten boxes of five different categories, which is perfect.

Master Shenhao changed into a festive red robe. "Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)