A Demon King's assassination

"Really? It's just a simple deficiency of Qi and Blood?" Su Bai expressed his doubt.

"Really, I never lie," Ye Yaoling replied.

After weighing the interests of the Heavenly Star Alliance against his own, Su Bai decisively chose the latter.

"Fine, since that's the case, we'll see how things go tomorrow."

Su Bai turned to leave.

"You stinking Alchemist, are you kidding me?"

"Today, I'm going to forcibly take your Primordial Yang!" Ye Yaoling's amiable and seductive demeanor vanished. She gathered her Spiritual Power, and the Moonlight Essence in the sky converged, transforming into a Moonlight Prison that enveloped Su Bai.

At the critical moment, Su Bai activated [Instant Lightning Refraction]. Amidst the appearance of numerous afterimages, Su Bai's true body had already darted hundreds of feet away, escaping the constraints of the Moonlight Prison.

Dozens of figures rushed towards Ye Yaoling, and before she could react, a series of bombardments rang out.

Moments later, the island was leveled.

Ye Yaoling, her white dress blackened in several places by the electric shock, emerged from the sea in a rather disheveled state. Her eyes gleamed as she watched Su Bai's departing figure. "I was electrocuted! What a fierce Alchemist!"

However, after leaving the reef, Su Bai did not return directly to the Pavilion on the artificial island.

After skimming towards the Deep Sea for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, it stopped on the surface of the sea.

"This should be the place..."

Su Bai slightly extended his Divine Sense, and soon sensed a rather familiar Sea Tribe aura approaching.

Suddenly, the head of a Merfolk appeared on the surface of the sea.

"But what about Alchemist Lu Jiu?" the Merfolk asked, speaking with a distinct accent.

Su Bai nodded slightly. "I am Lu Jiu. Was it you who transmitted your voice to me earlier?"

Not long after leaving the Pavilion, Su Bai received a Transmit Message from the Sea Tribe saying that there was important intelligence and that they should not talk.

Su Bai had only befriended a handful of the Sea Tribe, and the only one with whom he had exchanged vital energy was the Merfolk Third Prince the Merfolk Cang Mingxiao.

Cang Mingxiao and Su Bai had a fairly good relationship, so he shouldn't have any reason to harm him.

Therefore, Su Bai came to keep the appointment.

The Merfolk nodded. "I am Cang Mingjue, a Third Prince's Bodyguard. First of all, I would like to congratulate Alchemist Lu Jiu on his advancement to the Golden Core stage on behalf of the Third Prince."

"It is quite inconvenient for the Merfolk Race to enter Heavenly Star City, so they were unable to present the gift to Alchemist Lu Jiu in person. This is Fifth-Rank Spirit Material, Merfolk Tear Pearl, a main ingredient in many Pill Formula formulas, Golden Core gift from the Third Prince to you."

The Merfolk handed over a gift box.

Su Bai reached out and took the gift box, opened it slightly to take a look, and indeed it was a special spiritual item worth over a million. He thought to himself that Cang Mingxiao had actually gone to great lengths this time.

He collected the Merfolk Tear Pearl into his pocket.

The Merfolk nodded and said, "Please Third Prince Highness the Third Prince for me."

This inner guard, named Cang Mingjue, is himself Demon General Level being with considerable strength.

After Cang Mingjue nodded in agreement, he said, "Besides the gifts, His Highness the Third Prince also brought some important information for you, Alchemist Lu Jiu."

"What intelligence?" Su Bai had a guess in his mind. The Old Ancestor Heavenly Star had warned him that the Demon Race race and the Sea Tribe were quite dissatisfied with the alliance between Heavenly Star City and the South Sea, and would try to trip them up.

The information we've obtained from Cang Mingxiao is likely related to this matter.

As expected, Cang Mingjue said, "The Demon Race has dispatched Demon King Tier being, and their primary target is to hunt down Alchemist Lu Jiu."

"Hunter me?" Su Bai pointed to himself.

Cang Mingjue nodded. "You are the representative of the Heavenly Star Alliance's Alchemist this time, and your reputation as an alchemy genius is already quite renowned among the Demon Race."

Therefore, you are the Demon Race race's primary target.

"If you die in the South Sea, the Southern Sea Cultivation World there will be held responsible, and it might even disrupt the alliance between the Heavenly Star Alliance and the South Sea."

Upon hearing this, Su Bai felt a chill run down his spine. "The Demon King is lurking in the shadows, trying to assassinate me? Am I in grave danger right now? It's safer to get back to the artificial island."

There are nearly ten Nascent Soul Cultivator on the Artificial Sea Island; that Demon King probably can't do anything about it.

Cang Mingjue said, "Don't worry, Alchemist Lu Jiu. According to the intelligence we've received, that Demon King will attack you again on your return journey when there's only one Nascent Soul Cultivator with him. You should still be safe during the event."

"That's good." Su Bai relaxed, but his Divine Sense was still spread out. Something was wrong, so he immediately activated the source of the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm and teleported back to the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm.

Facing the Demon King, even with the Secret Realm Origin providing the means to teleport at any time, a slight delay could result in the Demon King's Divine Ability power forcibly interrupting the attack.

Cang Mingjue added, "In Sea Star City, His Highness the Third Prince overruled objections and persuaded various factions within the Sea Tribe to withdraw from this matter. Alchemist Lu Jiu can rest assured regarding the Sea Tribe's situation."

"Oh? The Third Prince is righteous." Su Bai nodded slightly. This was good news. Otherwise, if the Demon Race produced a Demon King and the Sea Tribe produced a Demon King, wouldn't his entire group be doomed?

Cang Mingxiao probably did contribute something, but it's unlikely he could have overruled everyone's objections; Cang Mingxiao doesn't have that kind of power.

Ultimately, the Black Sea Tribe and the Human Race Cultivator have not yet experienced a great war, so their hatred is not that deep yet. Since the Demon Race race has taken action, the sea Sea Tribe can simply watch from the sidelines. It would be best if there were another great war between humans Demon Race. Most of the Sea Tribe's high-ranking officials probably hold this mentality.

"I have delivered the message, Alchemist Lu Jiu. Be careful on your return journey," Cang Mingjue said, his figure gradually sinking towards the bottom of the sea.

"Wait a minute," Su Bai said.

Cang Mingjue resurfaced from the sea. "Does Alchemist Lu Jiu have anything else to say?"

Su Bai asked, "Do you know what kind of background that Demon King has, and what Divine Ability he is skilled in?"

Cang Mingjue shook his head. "We only know that they are skilled in assassination, but the Demon Race naturally wouldn't fully reveal their origins to the outside world, so we have no way of knowing."

Su Bai nodded. "I see..."

Cang Mingjue swayed and gradually sank towards the seabed.

"Wait!" Su Bai said again.

A moment later, Cang Mingjue resurfaced from the sea. "... Is there anything else, Alchemist Lu Jiu?"

Su Bai stroked his chin. "Do you think the Ancestor Tian Xing can handle this unknown Demon King?"

Cang Mingjue shook his head. "I don't know, but since the Demon Race has sent Assassin, they must be confident in dealing with Heavenly Punishment, or at least have a way to temporarily bypass him and kill you, Alchemist Lu Jiu."

"You're right." Su Bai nodded.

"If there's nothing else, Alchemist Lu Jiu, I'll take my leave now."

"Go ahead, be careful on your journey..." Su Bai waved his hand.

Cang Mingjue sank to the bottom of the sea, and after a moment, it resurfaced.

Su Bai was slightly taken aback. "I didn't call you."

"Sorry, I might have been hallucinating." Cang Mingjue sank into the sea again, and this time she didn't resurface for a long time, so she was probably really gone.

After pondering for a long time, Su Bai returned to the Artificial Sea Island with a heavy heart.