Bitter Realm: Otherworldly Gods and Demons

Chapter 158 I've always been ruthless when it comes to killing people.

Tengxie poured himself another cup of wine before speaking, "In principle, I'm just visiting the City of Immortality. What kind of guest is it to stay forever? Besides, I'm the Demon Realm's War Commander, and I've accumulated a lot of work these past few days."

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Priest thought to himself that there was a chance, and then asked, "When will the War Commander return to the Demon Realm to prioritize its affairs?"

Well—if ten medicine-using beings and ten portions of the Undying Source suddenly appeared in the Demon Realm, I'd be very interested in going back and investigating them.

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Priest thought to himself, "As expected of a Demon Realm War Master, he has quite the appetite. He just asked for ten medicine men—the Hall of Longevity has been sealed since then and has not yet captured any experts. There are not even ten high-level medicine men in total."

However, there are still some medium and low-grade ones. Moreover, the low-grade ones—or even lower-quality inferior medicine people, which are the consumables used for research—are not difficult to produce. Furthermore, the exact amount of the so-called "one portion of immortality source" is determined by the Hall of Longevity.

The other party is unaware of the situation, so they should be able to get away with it.

But some bargaining is still necessary.

"General, you may not know this, but the production of the medicine man and the refining of the Undying Source are extremely difficult and require countless precious materials. The Hall of Longevity has been closed for a long time and there are not many medicine man left. The Hall of Longevity can provide a maximum of three medicine man, but it can provide ten portions of the Undying Source."

Heh, the Ancestral Priest probably doesn't know me very well. When I negotiate with people, I never give them an easy deal. Bei Chen Yuan Huang, Ye Chong Sheng, Gui Liang Tian Xia, and Zhao Mu Zun were all ripped off by me. I don't want to ruin my reputation here at the Hall of Longevity.

The ancestral priest couldn't help but mutter to himself, "What else can a shady merchant do to improve his reputation?"

"I hope you can understand, General, that the Hall of Longevity simply cannot provide so many medicinal human figures."

"I understand, High Priest, there's no need to rush. Even if a deal falls through, goodwill remains. Even if the negotiations fail, the Demon Realm will maintain peaceful relations with the Palace of Longevity; that's guaranteed. High Priest, you can rest assured. However—how about this, High Priest, go back and discuss this with Emperor Gossamer, and then give me your reply?"

Upon hearing this, the ancestral priest thought to himself that this was the only way. "In that case, I will return to report to Emperor Gou and give a reply to the war commander as soon as possible."

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Okay, that's settled then. Oh, one last thing—your mental strength is quite strong. Even with two of the Three Mysterious Sounds of the Northern Martial World working together for so long, they still couldn't break through your mental defenses.

"Um?!"

The ancestral priestess was immediately startled. She was indeed skilled in spiritual sense techniques. Upon hearing this, she quickly activated her spiritual power to examine herself and found that there was indeed a problem with her soul!

"you!"

The ancestral priest glared at Teng Xie with a mixture of shock and anger, but then he saw...

call.

A bright flame ignited between Teng Xie's brows, and a beam of light shot out from the flame, instantly entering the Ancestral Priest's forehead. The Ancestral Priest felt a great bell resounding violently in his mind and was immediately dumbfounded!

moment.

The music of the three Five-Colored Enchantresses stopped, and the Five-Colored Enchantress walked over and bowed deeply, saying, "Your subordinate is incompetent, and the War Commander must personally intervene."

Teng Xie waved his hand. "If you wanted to act secretly, the Ancestral High Priestess's spiritual power is very strong, yet you haven't been discovered yet. Controlling her is only a matter of time. I just did it casually. Ancestral High Priestess, how many medicine people does the Hall of Longevity have now? And how many Undying Sources do they have?"

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Priest stared blankly and said, "The Hall of Longevity currently has eight high-level medicinal humanoids—the Undying Source is made from the blood of the Venerable Serpent, supplemented with various materials. The Hall of Longevity has a sufficient stock."

Tengxie nodded, then asked, "And what is this 'Huizun'?"

"The Venerable One is an ancient and strange insect, which was revered as a totem by the ancient Longevity Palace. Later, the Longevity Palace gradually discovered the peculiarities of the Venerable One's blood and gradually developed the secret art of immortality."

"Hmm, where is the Venerable Serpent in the Hall of Longevity? Draw a structural diagram of the Hall of Longevity."

"The Venomous Serpent Lord resides in the Blood Spider Poison Forest behind the Hall of Longevity. The layout of the Hall of Longevity is as follows: this is how it is, and this is how it is—"

After a long while, the Ancestral Priest revealed all the information she possessed about the Hall of Longevity. As the second-in-command of the Hall of Longevity, she knew almost all of its secrets.

Very well, when I snap my fingers, you will forget this memory.

Snapped.

Tengxie snapped his fingers, and the ancestral priest snapped out of his daze. Tengxie then spoke, "Well, that's settled then. I'll await good news."

"Ah, okay."

The ancestral priest sensed that something was amiss, but couldn't quite put her finger on it, so she simply said, "This old woman will take her leave now."

I'll see you off sometime, please."

With a wave of her hand, Teng Xie caused the Ancestral Priestess to feel the surrounding space distort. In the blink of an eye, she noticed the scene around her had changed, and she found that she had returned to the entrance of the Hall of Longevity.

"Truly unfathomable!" the Ancestral Priestess exclaimed. Before she could think any further, the mission had made progress, and she needed to hurry and report to the Emperor.

The next day, it was still night, but the latter half of the night.

Teng Xie was in the workshop, studying the Tearful Sun Array of the Immortal City. He didn't want to fully understand the principles of its core technology; he just wanted to be able to copy the array.

Ren Chenfu suddenly came to see him. "General, rumors have spread in the martial arts world that Xi Mie Tian Lai is the evil form of Yi Bu Lian Hua, and that Yi Bu Lian Hua is a deep schemer who released the evil form to wreak havoc in the martial arts world."

Teng Xie raised an eyebrow. Such tasteless news couldn't possibly have been spread by demons—but Wan Sheng Yan might be starting to suspect the Demon Realm again, right?

So, General Zhan, you should cooperate with the demons and destroy Wansheng Rock. Ren Chenfu naturally dared not instruct General Zhan on what to do, so he quickly dismissed the sudden thought and said, "According to our spies, this news came from the Zigong family."

Tengxie nodded. "Zigong Xuanye, ah."

Zi Gong Xuan Ye is the son of Zi Gong Tong Lin and the grandfather of Zi Gong Tai Yi. Back then, he overheard some talk about the evil body of a Buddha from somewhere, and then went to Wan Sheng Yan to investigate. Because he went too far, he caused a lot of trouble for Wan Sheng Yan, which led to that strange man called Che Che Lao stealing martial arts manuals from Wan Sheng Yan and accidentally eating the relics of a high monk. As a result, both of them were identified as the most heinous criminals and imprisoned in the deepest part of Wan Sheng Yan's prison.

Teng Xie thought to himself, "This guy is just an arrogant old playboy who's all talk and no action. He's used to being a local tyrant. Even after escaping from Wansheng Rock, he still can't swallow his anger and has to cause trouble for Yibu Lianhua."

Now that this has happened, Xi Mie Tianlai has room to cause trouble. Didn't the Zi Gong family say that he was Yi Bu Lian Hua's puppet?

Then he'll go to the Zigong family and cause a huge scene to prove that you all guessed correctly.

Sure enough, not long after Ren Chenfu left, Tunfo Tongzi secretly transmitted his thoughts: "Commander, the demon is on his way to the Zigong family. He encountered temples along the way, caused a great disturbance, and left behind the words 'Death to the One Step Lotus One'."

The demon is full of energy, but it keeps the master busy. — Devouring Buddha, if Lotus Flower is seriously injured again this time, notify me in time.

"As you command—is the War Commander going to intervene in the conflict between Buddha and Demon?"

"Buddha, tell me, in this battle between Buddha and demon, who is right and who is wrong?"