Transmigrating to the Qi Cultivation Path, I became an outdated Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He Sheng was clearly overthinking things. Little did he know that although there were many great demons in Tiandu Mountain, it was divided into three parts: east, central, and west.

The central region is the largest, containing four great demons: the Jade Blood Python, the Golden-haired Giant Lion, the Thousand-legged Centipede, and the Star-backed Black Tortoise.

Now, the Star-Backed Black Tortoise has recognized Ye Shao Chen as its master, and the other three great demons have all perished at Ye Shao Chen's hands.

The powerful demons of the East and West regions had fought fiercely against the Black Jade Blood Python and the Golden-haired Giant Lion a couple of years ago because of the precious light of Black Vine Ridge, and suffered a great defeat. Now they dare not easily set foot in the central region.

Therefore, the central part of Tiandu Mountain is currently in a vacuum period, with no second-tier demons and no first-tier demons daring to easily venture into Black Vine Ridge.

Just like the Green Snake, even though it knew that the Black Jade Blood Python and the Golden-haired Giant Lion were dead, it stopped as soon as it approached the edge of the mountain and refused to go any further, letting He Sheng go on his own.

"It seems that the suppression of demonic beasts by their level is even more powerful than that of human cultivators. Even though a second-tier great demon is dead, the demonic aura emanating from its corpse still keeps ordinary demonic beasts away."

If even a sentient demon beast like the Green Snake is so weak, then it goes without saying that sentient demon beasts are even worse off.

He Sheng went straight into the mountainside and soon saw the huge stone platform. The corpses of the black jade blood python and the golden-haired giant lion still lay on the stone platform, emitting a strong smell of blood and demonic energy.

For three consecutive days,

He Sheng had just finished cleaning up the corpses of the two demons and obtained spiritual materials that were even better than the centipede.

Especially the Black Jade Blood Python, even though Ye Shao Chen took its inner core, this demon already showed signs of transforming into a dragon, with a fist-sized bump on its forehead containing a finger-sized hard horn.

Although the dragon horn has not yet formed, it is already quite extraordinary. When infused with spiritual power, it can generate a blood-red lightning, which is close to the quality of a third-tier treasure material.

He Sheng truly reaped a great harvest from this wave.

"With these spiritual materials, once things settle down, we can finally focus on improving our weapon-refining skills."

He Sheng nodded with satisfaction, then looked up at the top of the stone platform, where a faint blue vortex could be seen.

"Is this the entrance to the secret realm that the Green Snake spoke of?"

The Green Snake only mentioned the secret realm briefly, which was told to it by the Star-Backed Black Tortoise, but the specifics were unknown, and the Star-Backed Black Tortoise did not explain.

He Sheng probed into the vortex with his divine sense and immediately sensed nine spiritual energy pathways, which were connected to eight locations on the stone platform and a spiritual energy node in mid-air.

Then, he tried to inject mana into the spiritual energy node.

Once all nine spiritual energy nodes were filled with magical power, the radiance they emitted intertwined, projecting a mysterious symbol onto the Azure Vortex. Then, the center of the Azure Vortex opened outward, revealing a passage.

He Sheng did not enter immediately, but instead enhanced his divine sense with the subtle ripples of the artistic conception and carefully probed into the passage.

This time, he still didn't sense any danger, but instead faintly perceived a medicinal fragrance.

'Could this secret realm be a medicinal herb garden?'

He Sheng hesitated for a moment, but then he thought that this secret realm had been entered by the Black Jade Blood Python, the Golden-haired Giant Lion, and Ye Shao Chen, so there shouldn't be any problems. He then plunged into the passage.

Once inside, he discovered that it was a long and narrow passageway with ever-burning lamps on both sides and remnants of damaged defensive array patterns on the walls.

When he reached the end of the passageway, the view suddenly opened up, and he realized that he had come to a medicinal herb garden.

Outside the herb garden stands a memorial archway with the words "Beiyuan" inscribed on it.

The herb garden was arranged in a circle, with a second-tier spirit field on the outer edge. Now, nothing was left in the field except for the traces of the rampage by the black jade blood python and the large footprints of the golden-haired giant lion.

In many places, the soil was turned upside down, and the precious land was trampled beyond recognition.

In addition, there were scattered pieces of broken wood, which appeared to be some kind of puppet parts.

He Sheng picked up a piece of wood whose core still emitted a faint spiritual light and murmured:

"It seems that this medicine garden was originally guarded by some kind of puppet, but it was destroyed by the Black Jade Blood Python and the Golden-haired Giant Lion."

Seeing that the wood in his hand was of extraordinary quality, likely made from some kind of second-grade superior spiritual wood, He Sheng collected all the remaining fragments.

Further in, they found that the center of the herb garden was a third-tier spirit field.

From afar, He Sheng sensed a lingering aura. This aura was extremely powerful, far exceeding the Foundation Establishment level. If it wasn't Core Formation, it was at least Pseudo-Core Formation!

The cold, mechanical aura made He Sheng's heart pound.

He suppressed the pounding in his heart and carefully searched the center of the spirit field, only to find a huge crater. The soil around the crater was charred black and vitrified, clearly caused by some kind of extreme heat or lightning strike.

Perhaps there was originally a Xuanmu puppet at the Pseudo-Core Formation stage or even the Core Formation stage in this place?

But Ye Shao Chen killed him and took him away? He even swept away all the spiritual herbs in the third-tier spirit field?

This speculation caused He Sheng's expression to change again. He knew that if this were true, Ye Shao Chen's ultimate strength would be far too terrifying.

But at present, this is the only explanation, because there are no traces left by the Black Jade Blood Python and the Golden-haired Giant Lion in the third-level spirit field, which means that the two demons were blocked outside. Only puppets at the level of Pseudo-Core or even Core Formation could block these two great demons outside.

Although the herb garden had been completely ransacked, leaving He Sheng with only scrap metal, it further enhanced his understanding of Ye Shao Chen's strength.

What makes Ye Shao Chen so strong?

There's only one explanation: supernatural powers!

......

After He Sheng came out of Black Vine Ridge, he soon saw the Green Snake still waiting outside the mountain.

"Xiao Qing, do you know where the lair of the Jade Blood Python, the Golden Lion, and the Centipede Demon is?"

After leaving the secret realm, He Sheng was still somewhat reluctant to leave.

Considering that all the great demons in the central part of Tiandu Mountain have left, he naturally planned to plunder the lairs of these great demons.

Upon hearing this, the green snake hesitated, then finally said:

"I know the territories of these kings, but I don't know their specific lairs. I will lead the immortal master there."

After saying that, Green Snake led He Sheng on a long run through Wanchong Ridge, Poisonous Swamp, and Tiandang Peak.

As a result... when He Sheng had searched all three places and finally stood on the cliff of Tiandang Peak, blowing in the cold wind with nothing to show for it, he began to understand the Green Snake's earlier reaction.

It turns out that whether it's the Jade Blood Python, the Golden Lion, or the Centipede, each of them has a group of lesser demons under their command.

These guys have their own sources of information and had already found out that their king was dead.

Under such circumstances, sending them to Black Vine Ridge to investigate the truth would be absolutely out of the question.

But they have the audacity, and a great deal of audacity, to plunder the spiritual objects left behind by the various kings and then disperse in a chaotic frenzy!

"Enough. Water overflows when it's full, and the moon wanes when it's full. We've already gained quite a bit this time. It's time to take Kou Xiang'er north."

As He Sheng murmured softly, he prepared to fly away from the cliff.

But then, as my gaze swept over a puddle not far below the cliff, I spotted a small, gray-haired monkey.

The monkey sat on a large rock, staring blankly at the puddle.

"This monkey..."

Suddenly, He Sheng thought of something and immediately changed direction, heading towards the puddle.