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Chapter 238 Demonic Invasion! [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

Nascent Soul Old Monster Situ Feng?

"This is ridiculous! They're looking for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like me..." Ji Yuan subconsciously had this thought, but then Han Feiyu continued:

"Before he was possessed, he was a Nascent Soul cultivator. Now he has to start over and is still possessing Feng Yichen, who is in the Qi Refining stage. So I estimate that his cultivation level is at most Foundation Establishment stage, and it is impossible for him to reach Golden Core stage. With your methods, Brother Ji, it should not be difficult to take him down."

"A reincarnated Nascent Soul cultivator, who even came from the Nine Netherworld, Brother Ji, how many benefits and treasures do you think he could possess?"

"Of course, since you are cautious by nature, you might not necessarily do it, so you can ask your master, Master Wangyou, to do it for you."

"But remember... the sect leader cannot be trusted completely."

"That's all I have to say. Whether you take action or not, Brother Ji, please keep this a secret."

The sound ceased, and the phonograph was then lit.

Ji Yuan fell silent.

Dong Qian, who was already wearing the earrings, bracelets and other jewelry given to her by Ji Yuan, sat obediently to the side without making a sound or asking what the talisman was about.

Dong Qian has always been so sensible and knows when to advance and retreat.

Ji Yuan was able to relax and think things through here... Feng Yichen had already been possessed by the Nascent Soul old monster, which was somewhat unexpected for Ji Yuan.

But that's not entirely true.

When Ji Yuan first heard that Feng Yichen had returned from the Nine Netherworld Cave, he suspected that Feng Yichen had been possessed, but later he heard that he had met with the sect leader.

Master Xuanshui personally stood up for him, saying he was fine.

Ji Yuan was relieved.

Everyone knew perfectly well that when it came to matters involving the Nascent Soul stage, True Person Xuan Shui couldn't make the decision, and even the Elders' Hall couldn't make the decision. The only one who could make the decision was that Supreme Elder.

So if the Supreme Elder said Feng Yichen is fine, then it seems there really is no problem.

But now?

Han Feiyu gave a different answer, saying that Feng Yichen had been possessed.

So it seems that Han Feiyu really went all out back in the Nine Nether Cave Heaven, killing Feng Yichen, which is why he was so sure that Feng Yichen had been possessed.

No, if that were the case, he couldn't possibly know the real name of the Nascent Soul cultivator who possessed Feng Yichen's body... He could know... Is there any possibility of that?

Has Han Feiyu also been possessed?

Ji Yuan recalled Han Feiyu's behavior after he came out of the Nine Nether Cave Heaven. He had become a bit arrogant and domineering. Although he wasn't exactly haughty, he still looked down on some of his old friends.

But considering his original personality... it's not really a change.

The main reason is that after successfully establishing the Foundation Establishment stage and becoming a disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, one's status and position have risen.

That's impossible to determine.

Because Han Feiyu also mentioned another point: the sect leader, Xuan Shui Zhenren, is not trustworthy either... Is it because he was expelled from the sect and harbors resentment towards Xuan Shui Zhenren, or is it because Xuan Shui Zhenren has also been possessed?

The possibility of the sect leader being possessed is extremely small, but it cannot be ruled out.

For a moment, Ji Yuan felt that he had too many thoughts, and they were a bit chaotic.

He couldn't figure out several things; all he knew was that Han Feiyu knew a lot, but also kept a lot of things from him.

"He seemed to want to tell me something, but he was afraid to. He was scared. Who was he afraid of?"

Ji Yuan couldn't understand it, and he felt that he shouldn't be shouldering such a big responsibility on his shoulders as a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he stood up from his seat.

"Junior brother, what's wrong? Do you need my help?"

Dong Qian looked up at him, then gently raised her hand, and the six tails on the mountaintop transformed into a streak of blood-red light, landing on her shoulder.

"No need. The matter of Han Feiyu sending the message is quite significant. I need to go to Forget-Worry Island to see my master. Remember to keep this a secret."

Since the matter involved the reincarnation of the Nascent Soul Old Monster, Ji Yuan naturally had no choice but to go and find him.

"Alright, junior brother, be careful."

"Um."

After speaking, Ji Yuan immediately summoned the Wind Locust Flying Boat and left, this time sending messages as he went.

Having already formed her Nascent Soul, Hua Yaoyue seemed to have nothing else to do, so she naturally stayed within the sect.

When Ji Yuan found her, she was no longer fiddling with the wind chimes, and the sound of the wind chimes was no longer a natural melody, but rather a tune played by Hua Yaoyue herself.

Ji Yuan had never heard of it before, so after arriving here, he listened carefully for a while.

The melody... is quite melodious, not like a gentle waterside tune, but more like a vast grassland tune.

Does Hua Yaoyue like this kind of music?

"What's the emergency?"

Hua Yaoyue asked casually.

She had naturally realized that Ji Yuan was sending her a message while traveling, which meant it must be something urgent.

"Master."

Ji Yuan realized what was happening and quickly stepped forward. He then recounted everything Han Feiyu had said in detail, without hiding anything, and even voiced his own doubts.

The secrecy that Han Feiyu spoke of was not a secret at all for Ji Yuan.

Hua Yaoyue lay on the soft chair, listening silently without saying a word, and her expression didn't even change. Even though Ji Yuanming said... there was probably more than just Situ Feng, a reincarnated Nascent Soul old monster, in the sect.

She remains the same.

After Ji Yuan finished speaking, he sat quietly to the side, waiting for Hua Yaoyue's orders.

With a master around, let alone a mere Nascent Soul reincarnation, even if the sky were to fall, the master would be there to help bear it.

"You don't need to worry about what's going on inside the Water Dragon Sect. With Kong Xifeng and me here, they won't be able to cause any trouble."

Hua Yaoyue's casual remark immediately put Ji Yuan at ease.

"As for what you suspect..."

Hua Yaoyue then turned her head slightly, looked at her closed-door disciple, and asked, "Do you think the Shang Clan can still unify the Canglu Continent?"

"Master, do you want to hear what's on your mind, or...?"

"Just say it."

"Yes."

Ji Yuan bowed slightly before saying, "This disciple believes it is impossible. However, breaking the current balance between good and evil on the Canglu Continent is inevitable. Therefore, this disciple predicts that the Canglu Continent will likely become a chaotic place in the future."

Hua Yaoyue looked at him approvingly.

"good."

"Then think about it. If even you can see this, wouldn't the Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong and those demonic sects of Shangxi see it too?"

Hua Yaoyue continued to offer her insights.

The fog that had been shrouding Ji Yuan's heart seemed to have been lifted, as if a ray of light had fallen from the sky. But when he tried to clear away the fog and find that ray of light, he couldn't grasp it no matter what he did.

So his brows furrowed even deeper.

"Everyone can see it clearly. The only ones who can't see it are those good-for-nothings who are still immersed in the prosperity of the Shang Dynasty."

Hua Yaoyue's words revealed the true meaning of the upcoming battle between good and evil, which enlightened Ji Yuan.

His eyes gleamed with excitement and anticipation. "So...so, the remnants of the Shang Dynasty are using the Six Immortals Sect and the Three Demon Sect, but in reality, the Three Demon Sect and the Six Immortals Sect are also using these remnants of the Shang Dynasty?"

Hua Yaoyue squinted at Ji Yuan and answered irrelevantly:

Do you know why I'm telling you this?

Ji Yuan calmed down and slightly bowed, "Because I am a disciple, and you are my dearest master."

Hua Yaoyue: "..."

In the end, Hua Yaoyue ignored Kuai Yuan's flattery, opened her eyes and looked at the wind chimes around her, and said slowly, "You are smart, but there is never a shortage of smart people in this world... and smart people often die quickly, because they like to be smart."

What sets you apart from them is that you are very clear-headed.

"So you understand what I mean now?"

Ji Yuan said softly, "Don't treat anyone like a fool."

"Especially those old monsters who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage and have lived for hundreds or thousands of years... No matter how stupid they were at the beginning, as long as they can live that long, they will become shrewd and cunning."

"The same goes for the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Merchant Court. Although these Nascent Soul cultivators seem to be using each other, those people from the Merchant Court... have lived a second life. Whether they are planning to rebuild the Merchant Court or to seek personal gain, no one knows."

"Furthermore, the business community is not monolithic; everyone has their own ideas."

"Yes, disciple understands."

"Well, go back and cultivate diligently. If I'm not mistaken, Shang west's group of demonic cultivators won't be able to hold back for long."

"Yes."

Having received confirmation, Ji Yuan finally felt completely relieved. "This disciple takes his leave."

I came with a heavy heart, but returned with peace of mind.

So after returning to Fox Moon Island, Ji Yuan and Dong Qian engaged in enjoyable dual cultivation activities day and night until their cultivation level no longer improved.

During this time, Ji Yuan also urged Dong Qian to cultivate diligently, because the great war between good and evil would begin soon.

Dong Qian readily agreed.

Afterwards, Ji Yuan first went back to Wuyou Island, tidied up a bit, and then went to Wanwu Island with Dong Qian.

There was no other way; Ji Yuan had too many resources on him now, and keeping them wouldn't be of much use, so he had to put them to use.

So he and Dong Qian first went to the "Miracle Medicine Shop".

It was Shi Xiuer again, but she was no longer surprised to see Dong Qian and Ji Yuan who had come with her.

Ji Yuan was naturally busy with important business, so after counting the spirit stones he had earned from the previous sales, he provided a lot of goods.

During this time, he also noticed that the shop did indeed have more items than before.

Whether it's elixirs, magical artifacts, or spiritual weapons... there are also some rather familiar items among them.

It's likely that Dong Qian obtained it from the Wei family at the ancient battlefield.

Ji Yuan had a lot of things to sell this time, and this small medicine shop definitely couldn't handle it all. So after Ji Yuan put a batch here, he went to other shops to sell a lot more.

Ji Yuan only ate things like spirit wheat and spirit grain after arriving at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

Although there are many of these two items, they are not valuable. Even if Ji Yuan sells them all, the harvest will only be 12 mid-grade spirit stones.

It's not worth much, but considering it was grown in the fields, it's not so bad.

After spending several days selling everything, Ji Yuan and Dong Qian returned to Fox Moon Island.

The two enjoyed a few more days of cultivation together. Ji Yuan felt he had become a bit too indulgent, so he relied on his extremely strong willpower to bid farewell to Dong Qian and head straight for Misty Island.

When he returned, the giant toad and the ice dragon had already finished their fight. Both of them lay motionless in the dense forest like dead dogs, their bodies covered in wounds.

Ji Yuan scanned it with his divine sense.

Two spirit pigs are missing, and one of the second-tier spirit fish that ate the essence of the dragon is also missing... Oh ho, no wonder it's pretending to be dead here.

Ji Yuan examined the two bastards closely for a while and found that although their injuries looked serious, they were only superficial wounds, with no internal injuries whatsoever.

"Not bad, now they all know to team up and act against me."

Ji Yuan clicked his tongue in amazement, then raised his hand and put the Frost Dragon into his spirit beast pouch.

With the giant toad's brain, it certainly couldn't understand such a thing. If that's the case, then it can only be the Frost Dragon causing trouble.

After seeing this, Ji Yuan naturally went to the fishpond to see the second Frost Dragon.

It turned out that the Frost Dragon, which was only at the early stage of the first tier a few days ago, had now reached the middle stage of the first tier.

After observing for a while, he understood the whole story.

It's likely that when another Ice Dragon was eating a second-tier spirit fish, it shared a small piece with it, which is why its strength was able to break through.

However, these two ice dragons need to be given names, otherwise we won't be able to tell them apart.

Ji Yuan didn't spend too much time on this matter and simply named them. The larger one was called "Monday," and the smaller one, Gou Jiao, was called "Tuesday."

If it happens again, then it will be on "Wednesday"!

Everything was fine on Misty Island, and with Tu Yue there, all the buildings were operating smoothly, so Ji Yuan could return to the [Spirit Vein] to cultivate with peace of mind.

Ji Yuan's current cultivation level is just at the late Foundation Establishment stage. If he wants to continue to improve, he needs to study the "Sword Canon" and strive to condense the sword embryo of his sixth natal flying sword.

However, the further you go in the Sword Manual, the more difficult it becomes to comprehend.

Fortunately, Ji Yuan had some help from the Enlightenment Room, so the difficulty wasn't too bad; it just required a bit more time and effort.

Improving one's cultivation level is difficult, so Ji Yuan plans to fully refine the incomplete magic weapon, the Heavenly Poison Needle, given to him by his senior brother Ran Kui. By then, even if he reaches the peak of Foundation Establishment, the Heavenly Poison Needle will still be a powerful trump card.

Moreover, it is unknown what kind of poison was used when this poison needle was made, as it has an extremely potent toxicity. Although it is not exactly fatal upon contact, if you are pricked by it, you will basically be ruined for life.

When Ji Yuan first obtained it, he could only perform a small-scale refinement, and he didn't have time to familiarize himself with it.

Now it's much better; staying in the [spiritual vein] provides a continuous supply of spiritual energy.

That night.

Ji Yuan summoned the Heavenly Poison Needle, suspending it in front of him. He then formed hand seals, channeling spiritual energy from his hand gestures to continuously refine the magical artifact.

The process is ultimately tedious; it simply involves using one's own spiritual energy to nourish every part of the magic weapon until it reaches its peak, at which point it can be truly controlled with perfect ease.

Moreover, the deeper the refinement, the less energy is consumed when activating it.

Once the refining process was complete, Ji Yuan went to the highest point of the Misty Island, to the mountain peak, and tried to integrate with it.

During this time, he also used the sword blanks of the five Azure Flying Swords to try to build the Azure Sword Formation.

Unfortunately, the effect was not as good as expected. If it were used for ordinary confinement... this sword formation would not be useful for confining those whose cultivation and strength were weaker than oneself, and it would not be very effective for those whose strength was similar to oneself.

Ultimately, there are still too few sword blanks. If we could have seven sword blanks, perhaps we could use them to fight enemies.

Its power should be extremely strong.

Currently, it can only be used against enemies on its own.

Even if Ji Yuan's soul were to use them individually, it would still require careful practice to control all five flying swords simultaneously in combat.

If it were any other Foundation Establishment cultivator, being able to control two flying swords simultaneously would already be considered an extremely powerful spiritual ability.

Just like when Ji Yuan fought Jiang Hong before, how could Jiang Hong be without any magical artifacts and treasures?

But why can only one or two items be used each time?

This is all because the strength of one's soul is insufficient; the more one tries to activate it, the more flaws one will create.

After completing the refinement of the Heavenly Poison Needle, Ji Yuan spent another month refining the magic weapon, Heavenly Net.

Unlike the incomplete Heavenly Poison Needle, the Heavenly Net is a "complete magical artifact".

Even with profound magical power like Ji Yuan's, and with cultivation reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage, activating the Heavenly Net still requires consuming half of one's magical power.

Therefore, this magic weapon is something that one dares not use unless absolutely necessary.

If we fail to win this time, the other side will win!

After refining both magical artifacts, Ji Yuan began to draw talismans and refine pills in his spare time. From this point on, he planned to stockpile the talismans he drew and the pills he refined.

With the invasion of the demonic forces imminent, no one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.

Of course, the main reason is that Ji Yuan has a level 3 [Spiritual Vein].

With a daily output of 100 mid-grade spirit stones, even if he used spirit stones for cultivation every day, he still couldn't spend them all.

Since spirit stones aren't that scarce, there's even less need to sell them.

So for the next six months or so, Ji Yuan didn't go anywhere except for occasional trips to Fox Moon Island and Forget-Worry Island.

He was single-minded and focused solely on his spiritual practice.

With the help of the Enlightenment Chamber, Ji Yuan finally managed to comprehend a portion of the Sword Canon once again.

In other words, it means that one can continue to improve one's cultivation level.

Ji Yuan had been planning to go out again to find a place to refine his sword embryo, but the information he received from Li Changhe kept telling him otherwise.

The demonic forces on Mount Shang are frequently mobilizing their troops, and a large-scale invasion is likely imminent.

Ji Yuan told Dong Qian about the news and asked her to help analyze it for a while.

As prudent as Dong Qian is, she still tells Ji Yuan to wait until the situation becomes clearer before making a move.

The difference between a sword blank and a sword embryo doesn't significantly improve Ji Yuan's cultivation level.

There's no need to go out at this time and take such a big risk.

Ji Yuan felt the same way, so after the dual cultivation was over, he returned to Misty Island.

He fed the Spirit-Devouring Bees, the Frost Dragon, and the Giant Toad. During this time, he also went out several times to attend a few auctions in nearby cities, where he purchased many protective items.

is the day.

A figure suddenly appeared on the mountains west of the Shangshan Mountains, which are always shrouded in dark clouds.

He was not tall, and was wrapped in a large black robe.

As soon as he appeared, the dark clouds overhead began to churn violently, and plumes of black smoke swirled and circled around the mountains.

He sat back, and white bones rose up like mountains, a true king ascending the throne.

At that very moment, a sword light suddenly rose into the sky from an unknown mountain peak in Shangshan, and then went straight west, cutting through countless clouds.

Finally, the sword light stopped before the throne of bones, transforming into a man in blue robes. He held the sword in one hand, looked at the person before him, and asked:

"What brings the White Bone Demon Lord from so far away?"

The Demon Lord, seated on the throne of bones, leaned forward slightly and smiled, saying, "Two things."

"First, to clear the mountain; second,... to kill!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly transformed into a purgatory of white bones.

The man in blue didn't say anything, but with a single sword stroke he cleaved through the Purgatory. Then his calm words almost echoed throughout the entire Shang Mountain.

"On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the year 2172 in the Sword Ruins Calendar, the demonic path... invaded."

(End of this chapter)