Demonic cultivators are indeed a bunch of idiots

What is the world currently like?

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and replied, "Did it evolve from the Great Dao?"

"Correct, it evolved from the laws of the Great Dao."

Lu Chenling paused before continuing, "The world evolved from the Great Dao, so the laws of the Great Dao are also a part of the world."

"Normally, it's from the Fifth Realm, the Dao Inscription Realm, that cultivators begin to comprehend the workings of the Great Dao and the mysteries of its laws."

"However, there will always be exceptional cultivators who comprehend the mysteries of the Great Dao's laws before the Fourth Realm."

"I am one of them. I comprehended the Way of the Sword, and eventually, during the Inner Scenery Map, I inscribed the laws of the Sword into it."

"If I fully activate my Inner Scenery Map, I can draw upon the amplification of the Sword's laws, making its power several times stronger than a typical Fourth Realm cultivator's Inner Scenery Map, enough to rival a High-grade Treasure Artifact."

A High-grade Treasure Artifact!

Jiang Chuan was startled.

He possessed a High-grade Treasure Artifact himself, the Flame Sun Needle, and was well aware of the power difference between High-grade and Low-grade Treasure Artifacts.

To put it bluntly, a High-grade Treasure Artifact, when fully activated, was at least five times more powerful than a Low-grade Treasure Artifact!

Jiang Chuan sincerely exclaimed, "As expected of Fairy Lu, the foremost prodigy of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect's younger generation!"

Lu Chenling retracted her Inner Scenery Map, a look of regret on her face.

"It's a pity I couldn't draw the Heavenly Diagram."

"What is a Heavenly Diagram?"

"Legend has it that peerless prodigies, when drawing their Inner Scenery Maps, can cause the heavens and earth to tremble, and the Great Dao to manifest auspicious phenomena. Hence, it is called a Heavenly Diagram."

Lu Chenling explained, "The power of a Heavenly Diagram is enough to rival a Top-grade Treasure Artifact."

"A Top-grade Treasure Artifact!"

Jiang Chuan's face showed longing. "I wonder if I can draw a Heavenly Diagram when I create my Inner Scenery Map?"

"Although no cultivator has drawn a Heavenly Diagram in nearly a thousand years, I believe fellow Daoist Jiang, you certainly can." Lu Chenling's voice was full of confidence.

"Thank you for your kind words, Fairy Lu." Jiang Chuan gave a sheepish smile.

He knew himself best.

Jiang Chuan was well aware that he was never a peerless genius; his aptitude and talent were at most above average.

Let alone comparing himself to Lu Chenling, he was significantly inferior even to his senior brother, Jing Hui.

Therefore, Jiang Chuan didn't have much attachment to drawing a Heavenly Diagram.

He had just said it casually.

[You and Lu Chenling continue your journey, arriving at Ant Mountain half a day later.]

[Ant Mountain spans thousands of miles and is occupied by Ant Demons among the Earth Demons.]

[Ant Demons have bodies of bronze and bones of iron, and their numbers are vast. They are considered one of the more troublesome types of Earth Demons.]

Splat!

Jiang Chuan cleaved down with his saber, killing the Ant Demon before him as dark green blood splattered.

"Fairy Lu, why are you here at Ant Mountain?"

"I made an appointment with my mother to meet at Ant Mountain," Lu Chenling replied.

Your mother?

Gong Suxin, the Vice Palace Master of Taixu Immortal Palace!

Jiang Chuan's heart plummeted as if into an ice cellar.

He could already imagine the furious reaction of the Vice Palace Master of Taixu Immortal Palace when she discovered a mere youngster clinging to her daughter, trying to poach her prize cabbage.

Jiang Chuan forced a smile. "Fairy Lu, you're not joking, are you? I recall you saying earlier that your mother hadn't come to the Underground Abyss!"

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you misremembered."

Lu Chenling corrected him, "I said my father hadn't come."

Jiang Chuan's heart sank to the bottom.

"Chen'er."

Just then, a gentle voice sounded.

The next moment, a beautiful woman in an exquisite palace gown appeared out of thin air before Jiang Chuan.

The woman was tall, her skin as luminous as white jade, and her black hair cascaded down to her waist.

Although her face was veiled by a light gauze, her exposed eyes shone like stars.

From afar, she resembled a fairy from the Jade Pool descending to the mortal world.

"Mother!"

Lu Chenling eagerly rushed into Gong Suxin's embrace.

Gong Suxin hugged Lu Chenling and whispered a few words before turning to look at Jiang Chuan, her brow furrowing slightly.

This is bad!

Jiang Chuan thought to himself.

He was a cultivator who practiced demonic arts.

While the Void Devouring Scripture was grand and majestic, pointing directly to the essence of the Great Dao, it was still a demonic art, and a trace of demonic influence remained.

Otherwise, the Ghost Rain Sword wouldn't have thought Jiang Chuan was a demonic cultivator in the Treasure Mountain.

Gong Suxin had a daughter with the Sect Master of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect, and they must have cultivated together. Her understanding of demonic arts was likely even greater than Abbot Kong Ming's.

Gong Suxin then spoke, confirming Jiang Chuan's thoughts.

"Who was it that had you approach my daughter? Tell me, and I'll spare your life."

"Mother, what are you doing? Friend Jiang was kindly leading the way for me, why do you want to kill him?" Lu Chenling was very displeased.

Gong Suxin explained, "This kid is from the demonic path, disguised as a monk. He must have ulterior motives for approaching you."

"Impossible for someone from the demonic path. Friend Jiang, if you were cultivating demonic arts, you couldn't hide it from me." Lu Chenling didn't believe it.

"Chen'er, it's normal that you can't tell."

Gong Suxin stroked Lu Chenling's head.

"If your father hadn't shown me all the scriptures and texts of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect, I would have almost missed that this kid actually cultivated demonic arts."

Jiang Chuan: "."

He suddenly felt that the Ghost Rain Sword was very right.

The demonic path was full of idiots!

The Sect Master of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect had given all the scriptures and texts of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect to his wife for the sake of beauty.

If he were an ancestor of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect, he would have been so angered that he would have come back to life and strangled Lu Jinglin to death!

"Friend Jiang, have you really cultivated demonic arts?" Lu Chenling still found it hard to believe.

Under Lu Chenling's gaze, Jiang Chuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

A hint of surprise appeared in Lu Chenling's beautiful eyes. "You've actually cultivated demonic arts!"

"What is your purpose in approaching my daughter?" Gong Suxin narrowed her eyes, a hint of coldness appearing in her voice.

"I want your daughter to be my Dao Companion!"

Jiang Chuan felt that if he told the truth, this simulation would likely end.

"Let's try anything, even if it's a long shot!"

Jiang Chuan gritted his teeth and started to fabricate.

"Senior Gong, after I left Bodhi Temple, a powerful expert divined two hexagrams for me, which led me to the Underground Abyss to search for Fairy Lu."

"The first hexagram said I had a connection with the demonic path, and if I abandoned Buddhism and entered the demonic path, I would become a giant in the demonic path. Then, I found a demonic art according to the hexagram."

As Jiang Chuan spoke, he took out the Ruyi Heart Sutra from his storage bag.

"If Senior doesn't believe me, you can use your Divine Sense to examine this scripture and know."

"This scripture!"

Gong Suxin's gaze flared, and a hint of unconcealable surprise appeared in her calm voice.

"What a great demonic art! This demonic art is not inferior to the Seven Kill Sword Canon, and compared to our Taixu Immortal Palace's Taixu Immortal Scripture, it's only slightly weaker!"

"The one who could guide you to such a demonic art must be an extraordinary mighty being. May I know his name?"

"That senior only said his name was Divine Calculator." Jiang Chuan brought up Divine Calculator again.

"Divine Calculator?! Senior Divine Calculator from the Chiming Realm?!"

Gong Suxin exclaimed.

"How did he come to the Qingyuan Realm? That's right, it's rumored that he obtained part of Kun Tian Immortal Venerable's inheritance. He must want to open the Kun Tian Immortal Mansion."

"Does Divine Calculator really exist?!"

Jiang Chuan was also a bit dumbfounded at this moment.

He had just casually made up a name, and he didn't expect it to actually exist.

Moreover, from Gong Suxin's words, this Divine Calculator was likely a formidable existence.

After all, Gong Suxin was the Vice Palace Master of Taixu Immortal Palace. If the Palace Master were to die unexpectedly, she would be the new Palace Master.

Her strength, even if weaker than Abbot Kong Ming, wouldn't be much weaker, likely an Eighth Realm cultivator.

She called him Senior.

This Divine Calculator was very likely a Tenth Realm, or even a being above the Tenth Realm!

"Your luck as a little monk is quite good, to have encountered Senior Divine Calculator by chance!"

Gong Suxin's face was filled with envy, and she then asked, "What did Senior Divine Calculator predict in the second hexagram?"