Starting with summoning the succubus

"Is it about Mount Taixuan?"

Yun Muzhi straightened his expression and said in a deep voice, "Well, please wait a little longer. If I want you to be allowed to enter Tai Xuan Mountain to pass through and return home, you must have the status of a Dao Child. Otherwise, I will not be able to convince those eighth-realm elders. But if I want to become the new Dao Child, I must make the current Dao Child step down. As for the evidence to make him step down... I'm sorry, I need some time to collect and prepare it. So, please wait a little longer."

"It's okay, take your time. Just let us know if you need any help."

Qi Lin walked up to Yun Muzhi and smiled, "However, that's not what we're asking about right now."

"Oh? Then what do you want to ask?" Yun Muzhi asked curiously.

"Master Yun, do you know about the 'Eye of the Ancient Demon'?" Catherine asked. "It was brought by the extraterrestrial demons who invaded your Yuanqi Realm five years ago. It's a purplish-black prismatic crystal, shaped like an eyeball, with black patterns engraved on its surface. Do you remember it?"

"Um……"

Yun Muzhi pondered for a moment before nodding slightly. “I seem to have some recollection of these spoils, but not much. After all, when that group of extraterrestrial demons invaded our Yuanqi Realm five years ago, I had already been exiled to Stone Turtle Mountain for a year. Although I accepted the sect’s orders and participated in several small and medium-sized battles, I was not allowed to participate in important large-scale battles, so I did not achieve any great military merits. In addition, as an exiled person, I was completely excluded from the spoils of war rewards afterward. That is why I don’t know much about those spoils.”

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Elena was taken aback. "Exiled and still have to fight?"

“Of course.” Yun Muzhi smiled. “It’s only natural. Otherwise, Miss Elena, why do you think we Qi Refiners with decent cultivation levels would only be exiled instead of killed for violating the sect’s rules? It’s because we still have value. Such as participating in battles, exorcising demons, and disaster relief are the dirty and tiring jobs that exiles often have to do.”

"All right……"

Catherine nodded slightly, then exchanged a glance with Qi Lin beside her.

Qi Lin immediately understood and continued to ask Yun Muzhi, "Daoist Yun, now that you have officially returned to the sect, could you perhaps take some time to help us investigate this matter?"

"What do you want this for?" Yun Muzhi asked.

"That thing might help us improve our strength," Qi Lin said frankly.

"Let's go then."

Yun Muzhi smiled lightly and said, "Since this item is so important to you, let's not delay. Let's go to the sect's treasury immediately and ask around. Hopefully, we can get some good news."

"What is the sect's treasury?" Elena blinked curiously.

"It's actually a place to sell things," Yun Muzhi explained. "Generally speaking, spoils like these are stored in the sect's treasury, with prices clearly marked, and our Tianyuan Dao Sect disciples can exchange them using sect points. After I officially returned to the sect, all the points that were frozen back then were unfrozen. So, if the price of that 'Ancient Demon Eye' you mentioned is reasonable in the sect's treasury, then I'll buy them all for you... Let's go."

With that, Yun Muzhi walked towards the stairs.

Qi Lin, Elena, and Catherine followed closely behind.

Chapter 415 The Arrival of the Dao Child

Soon, Qi Lin and the other two followed Yun Muzhi to the location of the Tianyuan Dao Sect's treasury.

Given Yun Muzhi's status, he naturally didn't need to argue with the receptionists in the lobby.

As soon as he arrived at the main hall of the treasury, one of the treasury administrators personally came out to greet him.

After communicating with the administrator, Yun Muzhi quickly found the "Eye of the Ancient Demon" that Catherine had mentioned.

Five years after the war ended, Tianyuan Dao Sect, as the victor, did indeed seize a certain number of Ancient Demon Eyes from the defeated Three-Eyed Ancient Demon.

On the Tianyuan Dao Sect's side, this thing is named "Purple Crystal Source Core".

According to the administrator, Qi Lin and the others learned that the Tianyuan Dao Sect had not discovered the true effects of this thing, but only that it contained powerful energy that could be used as the energy core of a large-scale formation.

In short, since it's in the treasury, we can buy it.

The only problem is the price...

"what?!"

Yun Muzhi stared at the elderly administrator in front of him, and said in astonishment, "Say it again, how many?!"

"Ten million points per item," the elderly administrator replied.

"Why don't you just rob it?!" Yun Muzhi couldn't help but shout.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Yun is joking."

The administrator bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Although this item is small, the energy it contains is considerable. In particular, the eight-patterned amethyst source core that you requested, senior brother, can support an eighth-level sect-protecting array for a whole year with just one core. Senior brother, you can do the math yourself. Selling something like this for ten million sect points is perfectly normal. Besides, the prices of items in the treasury are all set by the higher-ups. I, your junior brother, am not qualified to give you a discount."

"..."

Yun Muzhi looked troubled.

"Master Yun, do you not have enough money?"

Elena leaned closer and asked hesitantly.

"Forehead……"

Yun Muzhi hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

His sect points are sufficient, indeed sufficient.

The problem is, it's such a large expense, I'm a little reluctant to spend it...

"Oh well, whatever!"

Yun Muzhi finally smiled helplessly and said to Qi Lin and the other two, "Without the strong support of the three of you, Brother Qi, I wouldn't be able to talk about returning to the sect. So what's wrong with giving up all these sect points?"

After saying that, Yun Muzhi looked at the warehouse manager in front of him and tossed out a platinum token. "Take it. I want all the purple crystal source cores left in the warehouse."

"Okay, senior brother, please wait a moment."

The administrator took the token, turned around, and entered the treasury.

Soon, he returned to the crowd, now holding a brocade storage bag.

"Senior Brother Yun."

The administrator handed the storage bag and token to Yun Muzhi and said with a smile, "There are only four eight-patterned amethyst source cores left in the treasury. Each core costs ten million points, so the total cost is forty million sect points. The source cores are already in the storage bag. Please check them."

"There are only four left in the entire treasury?"

Yun Muzhi took the storage bag and casually asked a question.

“Yes.” The administrator nodded slightly. “In fact, we didn’t have many eight-patterned amethyst source cores five years ago, only about twenty in total. And in the past few years, we’ve sold about ten of them… But strangely, in the last two or three days, the purchase volume of these things has suddenly increased.”

"What do you mean?" Yun Muzhi pressed.

"Just in the last two or three days, several array masters suddenly came to buy these. They bought a total of ten, so there are only four left in the treasury now," the administrator said. "Normally, array masters rarely buy amethyst source cores to charge their arrays, let alone eight-pattern amethyst source cores. To be honest, the cost-effectiveness of this thing is really not that great."

"You know this thing is overpriced, huh..." Yun Muzhi said helplessly.

"By the way, do you have any with nine stripes?" Catherine asked the administrator.

The eight-patterned Ancient Demon Eye can be used to advance to the eighth rank.

The ninth-tier Ancient Demon Eye can be used to advance to the ninth tier!

"Nine-patterned?" The administrator shook his head. "I've never seen a source core with nine patterns before."

"All right……"

Catherine nodded gently.

This answer was actually within her expectations.

After all, there is only one ninth-level Supreme Elder in the Yuanqi Realm.

If the group of three-eyed ancient demons who invaded the Yuanqi Realm five years ago had actually possessed a nine-patterned ancient demon eye, they would have used it to advance one of their three-eyed ancient demons to the ninth rank long ago. And a three-eyed ancient demon with a ninth-rank demon would probably not have lost this cross-realm invasion war five years ago.

Therefore, it is obvious that since that group of three-eyed ancient demons lost back then, it means that they did not have a ninth-tier demon in charge, so there is no reason for them to possess the nine-patterned ancient demon eye.

At the same time, this is enough to prove that the group of Three-Eyed Ancient Demons that invaded the Yuanqi Realm five years ago were probably just a medium-sized clan that was not considered powerful within the entire Three-Eyed Ancient Demon race.

After all, the Three-Eyed Ancient Demon race has a long history, and several of the race's most famous large clans are basically headed by ninth-tier demons.

"Brother Qi, all four source cores are yours."

At this moment, Yun Muzhi handed the storage bag in his hand to Qi Lin.

"Thank you, Daoist Yun."

Qi Lin accepted it with both hands.

In fact, all Elena and Catherine need to advance to the eighth rank is two Ancient Demon Eyes.

However, the more of these materials that can help demons advance, the better, because they might come in handy someday.

"Alright, we've bought everything. Brother Qi, let's go back to Baiyun Pavilion."

Yun Muzhi turned around and walked towards the exit of the treasury, laughing as he went, "This morning, one of my junior brothers brought me a golden-horned rhinoceros. This beast is rare and hard to find, but its taste is absolutely divine. Tonight we'll roast it and eat it. Brother Qi, I guarantee that after you take a bite, you'll definitely... um?"

Before he could finish speaking, Yun Muzhi stopped in his tracks, and the smile on his face vanished instantly.

He frowned slightly, staring coldly at the gate of the treasury.

Qi Lin and the other two also looked in that direction.

At the gate of the treasury, many Taoist disciples bowed and saluted, greeting each other with "Taoist disciple" and "senior brother".

Surrounded by numerous disciples, a handsome young man dressed in a purple-gold robe slowly stepped across the threshold of the treasury gate and walked straight toward Yun Muzhi, Qi Lin, and the others.

Daozi!

Qi Lin narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the approaching purple-robed youth.

This was the first time he had seen the Daoist disciple of the Tianyuan Dao Sect in person. However, he had already known about the man's appearance over the past few days, since his portrait was displayed in many places within the Tianyuan Dao Sect—because there was a record board.

The Tianyuan Dao Sect has set up trial grounds in many locations within the sect, and has also placed corresponding disciple record rankings, which display the names and portraits of the disciples on the list.

Qi Lin discovered that, almost without exception, the top spot on the leaderboard for any trial related to combat was held by this Daoist Master named Duanmu Yao.

It can be said that Duanmu Yao was truly capable to become a Daoist Master back then.

As for Yun Muzhi, he consistently ranked second, third, or fourth on the leaderboards for every trial, including combat, racing, puzzle-solving, and formations. Although he couldn't be number one in almost anything except divination, he was still among the top in almost everything, making him quite well-rounded.

Duanmu Yao and Yun Muzhi joined the sect at the same time.

Now, Duanmu Yao's cultivation has reached the peak of the seventh realm, and he is only half a step away from the eighth realm.

Yun Muzhi, on the other hand, had just entered the seventh realm, and was only at the initial stage of the seventh realm.

"Junior Brother Yun, how have you been?"

At this moment, under the watchful eyes of many disciples, Duanmu Yao slowly approached Yun Muzhi and said with a light smile, "These days, I've been too busy with sect affairs to come here. Only after learning that you had returned to the sect did I finally have time to visit you today. These six years of exile must have been very difficult for you."

"Senior brother, it's been a long time."

Yun Muzhi put his hands behind his back, smiled, and replied softly.