"Ah? What harebrained scheme have you come up with this time? Think it through carefully. We've already spent quite a lot of time, and the Tiancheng Mountain Master Tournament is drawing closer by the day. Don't be late. I told you that seclusion wouldn't last beyond the tournament." Xue Qingcheng's face was filled with worry. After spending this time with me, she had seen far too many instances of me disregarding the rules.
"Don't worry. We'll go take a look and come right back. It won't delay us for long." I reassured her, but Xue Qingcheng clearly didn't believe me. "I'm not so sure about that."
Fenglan City still had to head to the mining area. I gave disciple Bai Cheng the location of the mineral vein I had obtained in Tiancheng and ordered her to summon everyone to discuss the matter. I also explained how to cultivate and harvest the Earthblood Fruit. Only after everything had been properly arranged could I begin preparing to venture deeper into the Demon Realm.
"Feng Zhen found the Earthblood vein that Wufeng City discovered before. It lies deep within the Tianyuan Mountains, but demonic cultivators are guarding it now. Apparently, their cultivation isn't very high because the Earthblood reserves there aren't particularly large. After driving the demonic cultivators away, they began collecting quite a bit of Earthblood and prepared to return. However, on the way back, the demonic cultivators who had escaped brought a group of powerful demonic cultivators after them. Feng Zhen fled back to the city, but the others weren't so fortunate. Later, that group of demonic cultivators tried to force their way into Fenglan City, but after four of them died, they retreated to summon even more demonic cultivators." Zhi Lin explained.
"That's right. More than a hundred demonic cultivators