Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 110 Demon Lord?

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Before Su You could even begin the interrogation, black gas began to gush from the corpses beneath his feet.

With just a light touch, he could feel the chilling coldness and bloodlust contained within the black aura.

“Demonic energy!” Su You coldly uttered a single word.

Although he had never come into contact with demonic energy, he had read related texts, and this black gas was exactly the same as the demonic energy described in those texts.

The various negative states contained within demonic energy can gradually corrupt a normal living being if it stays in it for too long.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the towering World Tree, with just a gentle sway, caused all sorts of negative feelings to vanish from the depths of the heart.

The World Tree meditation method is the most effective way to control this negative state.

With each breath, Su You was filled with energy again.

He casually made a hand seal, blocking the demonic energy from his body.

Although I am not afraid of demonic energy, there is no need for me to get tainted by it.

"How could these Tu tribesmen have demonic energy on them? Have they all cultivated demonic techniques?" Su You wondered.

After all, in the observation just now, these earth tribesmen all maintained a high level of intelligence, unlike demonized beings. Only beings who cultivate demonic techniques can control demonic energy.

"Interesting. It seems there are other secrets hidden within this secret realm." Su You smiled slightly.

According to the information provided by the sect, this secret realm is just a very normal resource secret realm.

Although the Void Heaven Sect did not have complete control over the entire secret realm, they should still know it very well.

In fact, wiping out the local Tu ethnic forces inside would be an easy task.

The main reason for leaving these local tribesmen behind was to have them mine various spiritual herbs and minerals in peacetime, so that they could be harvested when their disciples entered.

After all, they could only stay in the secret realm for ten days, and it was impossible for them to plunder all the treasures in the secret realm. Only the power of the Tu tribe could do that.

The sects also impose significant restrictions on the Tu people.

Firstly, regarding cultivation methods, only the most basic aspects will be passed down. In case of any unexpected situation, someone will be sent to clean up the mess.

Therefore, the Tu tribe's power has always existed, but it has never been able to grow stronger.

But now, things have clearly taken an unexpected turn.

The sect wouldn't hide this information; the only possibility is that something new has happened in the secret realm.

"Could it be that some demon cub accidentally wandered into the secret realm?" Su You wondered to himself.

The secret realm is independent of the world, and there is usually only one normal passage. However, there are occasional unexpected situations where people accidentally enter the secret realm through various spatial distortions, spatial rifts, and so on.

To understand the situation, we can only start with the Earth Clan at the Golden Core level.

Now, this Jindan Tu ethnic minority member is smiling as he experiences a series of joyful events.

With the help of the illusion, Su You quickly got the information he wanted from him.

Compared to soul searching, obtaining information through illusions is easier and more likely to yield accurate information.

Of course, illusions also have some limitations; some deep, soul-deep information that cannot be revealed is also very difficult to obtain.

Fortunately, the Golden Core Earth Clan member was so engrossed in the illusion that he was completely unprepared, allowing Su You to easily obtain the answer.

“Black Abyss Demon Lord, Priest…” Su You frowned.

I initially thought it was just a demon cub who had wandered into the secret realm, but the situation turned out to be much more complicated.

According to the Jin Dan Tu tribe members, their tribe found a black Buddha statue more than two hundred years ago, which was emanating a powerful spiritual force.

They quickly subdued the entire tribe and taught them advanced martial arts techniques.

Their tribe also developed rapidly, acquiring better cultivation techniques and learning to utilize various rare and precious materials. The number of strong individuals in the tribe gradually increased.

From having no Foundation Establishment level experts among the worst clans, they have now developed to have more than thirty Foundation Establishment level experts, and one of them has even advanced to the Golden Core realm.

Of course, their development has always been very secretive, and the entire tribe has moved to a place tainted by demonic energy.

Their purpose in coming to Jiubai Mountain this time was to break the great formation of Jiubai Mountain.

And this process has been going on for several years.

This time they didn't hide anymore because they had accumulated enough strength, and their understanding of the secret realm was that outsiders who entered it were at most at the Foundation Establishment stage.

These people could easily deal with the external enemies, so they didn't hide this time.

It's just a pity that he encountered someone as unsolvable as Su You.

According to the Earth Clan member at the Golden Core Realm, they broke through the Nine Cypress Mountain Formation not for the Earth Milk Essence below, but to use the Nine Cypress Mountain to set up a new formation. As for what the formation was for, they didn't know.

After getting a general understanding of the cultivation techniques taught by the Demon Lord, and based on some information, Su You could roughly judge that the Demon Lord's strength was probably not too great.

The strength difference between a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Deity Transformation cultivator will never exceed the Deity Transformation realm.

After all, powerful beings who have reached the Nascent Soul stage do not linger in the mortal realm; they generally ascend to the Spirit Realm or the Demon Realm.

While the value of the secret realm may seem high, it's nothing to a powerful individual capable of ascension.

Moreover, the value of a secret realm lies not in its high returns, but in its continuous returns, which is the most valuable aspect for a faction.

As for the possibility that it might be a powerful being from the Demon Realm, the probability is even lower. Such a powerful being would not easily tolerate such a small secret realm, even if they were to invade, let alone gather such a small number of people for sacrifices.

It wouldn't take this long to break through even a third-tier high-grade formation.

Although I had a plan in mind, I still needed to be cautious when necessary.

The Gemini clone has many ways to protect himself, but he doesn't want to use them unless it's absolutely necessary.

Su You's spiritual power spread rapidly, forcibly enslaving the Golden Core Earth Clan before him.

His main body's spiritual power has reached its limit in terms of the number of people it can enslave, but his twin clones have not enslaved anyone else yet, and can easily control them.

Su You planned to use this Golden Core Earth Clan member as a pawn to probe the so-called Demon Lord. Regardless of whether the Demon Lord was sacrificed, he would be able to gather some information.

However, let's complete the task first, so that even if we encounter something difficult, we can leave calmly.

Su You took out the command talisman and then made a hand seal. Soon, a crack appeared on the outer edge of the formation.

A quarter of an hour later, he left with a smile. Mount Jiubai truly lived up to its reputation as the essence of the entire secret realm. The underground caves contained a large amount of stalactites, which, when accumulated, could produce a drop of earth stalactite essence every ten years.

Now, thirty years have passed, and three drops of earth milk essence have accumulated again inside, all of which he brought out.

"As expected, the Void Heaven Sect should not be underestimated." Su You shook his head.

The Void Heaven Sect has a very deep foundation, and it's unknown how many secret realms it has mastered.

With the essence of earth milk combined with the Golden Core technique, as long as the disciple's aptitude is not too bad and they also possess a superior cultivation method, it is easy to help them break through to the Golden Core realm.

For the Void Heaven Sect, cultivating a Golden Core disciple every ten years is absolutely no problem.

However, in reality, there are only a few hundred Golden Core disciples in the sect, which is not many. Most of the resources are probably stored away.

After all, an ordinary Golden Core cultivator is not very useful. Only by selecting disciples with higher potential and allocating resources to them can we cultivate more outstanding disciples.

For Luoxia Island to grow into a behemoth like the Xutian Sect, it has a long way to go.

However, seeing the secret realm controlled by the Void Heaven Sect, Su You was also tempted.

If one can fully master a secret realm, it will be a tremendous help in increasing one's wealth, and its effect will be no less than that of building a celestial city.

However, natural hidden realms are hard to find, and most of the known hidden realms are already owned, making it extremely difficult to find entirely new ones on your own.

There are methods for opening up secret realms in the wizarding tradition, but those are traditions that can only be accessed by wizards who have reached the third tier. He is still far from that level.

Otherwise, Su You would have already created a secret realm within his wizard tower.

After resealing the formation, the Golden Core Earth Clan took him to their tribe.

After flying for hundreds of miles, the Golden Core Earth Tribe spoke up, "Master, the valley ahead is where our tribe is hiding."

A valley ahead?

Su You looked into the distance but found nothing unusual.

They didn't notice a single trace of demonic energy leaking out.

This place is very well hidden, and it completely conceals the demonic energy in the valley.

"Now return to your tribe, destroy that demon lord statue, then kill everyone in the tribe, collect their souls into this magical artifact, and bring out the tribe's wealth," Su You instructed.

If the first task is accomplished without any unexpected incidents, it means that the Demon Lord's control over this place is not very strong, and it also means that the opponent's strength is not too great. Otherwise, why would such a small secret realm require so much preparation to be invaded?

As he spoke, Su You placed a pair of Wizard's Eyes on his body.

He wasn't planning to go there, but he still needed to keep an eye on the situation inside.

Hiding at the absolute limit of the Wizard's Eye's effectiveness, Su You began to observe the actions of the Golden Core Earth Clan.

Upon his return to the tribe, he was immediately surrounded by a large group of people. He made a few perfunctory remarks and then went to the tribe's treasury.

The statue has been kept in the vault ever since.

Only the most loyal and strongest members of the tribe can access this secret.

Of course, outside the tribe, there is still a black stone statue for the tribespeople to worship.

Entering the treasure vault alone, the Golden Core Earth Clan member did not hesitate at all and directly used his greatest strength to strike the small statue.

Cracks immediately appeared on it.

"What's going on?" The remnant soul inside the statue was immediately awakened, and the situation outside shocked him even more.

"Uz! Stop! Are you defying the great Demon Lord?" roared the remnant soul within the statue.

He never expected that his previously loyal subordinate would do such a thing.

After all, he personally selected these subordinates, and during their upbringing, he had planted psychological suggestions in them that they could not escape.

But now, an unexpected event has clearly occurred.

Without pausing for a moment, Uz poured all his magical power into the statue.

Although the statue is made of hard material, it is not a magical artifact. After being attacked many times, it has developed numerous cracks. It is estimated that after being attacked dozens more times, it will probably crack open.

"Damn it, you forced me to do this!" Hei Yuan's eyes were bloodshot.

He had been lurking in this secret realm for hundreds of years, and finally, when he was only one step away from success, this happened.

Originally, his plan was to cultivate a group of capable subordinates, then forcibly break through the formation of Jiubai Mountain, and then use the special status of Jiubai Mountain to establish a sacrificial formation to summon the true Demon Lord to descend.

When the time comes, as long as the entire secret realm is successfully sacrificed, it will be able to help him reshape his physical body, restore his soul, and even raise his cultivation level to the next level, breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Unfortunately, all their efforts have now failed, and they have no choice but to forcibly seize the body of this foolish Tu tribe.

However, if he wanted to possess another body, he could have done so hundreds of years ago. He knew that once he possessed another body, not to mention the ugly body, the aptitude of the Tu tribe was far inferior to that of a true human.

Even the Golden Core Earth Clan member before him, who was the most talented in the entire tribe, was forcibly elevated to this level by him using secret techniques and rare treasures. Although he possessed the strength of a Golden Core cultivator, his foundation had been completely exhausted, and his lifespan was only half that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

Even if the entire secret realm were sacrificed, it would probably only help him return to the Nascent Soul realm.

However, given the current critical situation, no matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to forcibly seize the body, otherwise his life would truly be in danger.

After all, he is currently in the state of a remnant soul. The reason he has been able to survive these years is not only because the statue can protect his remnant soul, but also because he has absorbed some of the tribe's priests, which has allowed his remnant soul to survive until now.

However, once the statue shatters, his remnant soul will be exposed to the world, and it probably won't last long.

Whoosh!
A remnant soul instantly emerged from the statue and entered Uz's sea of ​​consciousness.

Remnant Soul!

Su You saw everything clearly from the outside and realized that the so-called Demon Lord was nothing more than the other party pretending to be a god.

Based on his perception of Uzi's rapidly being consumed, Su You could roughly estimate that Uzi was at least at the Nascent Soul stage in his previous life.

"So it was just a remnant soul!" Su You grinned, his entire figure transforming into a streak of light as he swiftly flew towards their tribe.

If it were a true Nascent Soul expert, even with a complete soul, he wouldn't rashly go there.

However, the opponent was merely a remnant soul, and even the attack on and devouring of Uz's soul was a slow process, indicating that its soul was not particularly powerful.

This is his opportunity.

(End of this chapter)