Demonic Cult

"Who would write a letter to a Tiger Demon? Isn't this Tiger Demon always hiding from cultivators, not letting them know its whereabouts?"

None of the three could figure it out. Given the Tiger Demon's cautious nature, no one from outside the mountain should know of its existence.

"Niannian, what does the letter say?"

Meng Jingzhou cleared his throat and read in an emotional voice: "Brother Tiger, long time no see, how have you been lately?"

"Brother Tiger acts cautiously, unwilling to show his face, lest righteous cultivators learn of his existence, only preying on mortals. Such a step-by-step approach to cultivation fills this little brother with admiration, but this method of cultivation is ultimately too slow. Now that the Great Era is approaching, heroes are rising together, and forces from all sides are eyeing the Central Continent. Isn't Brother Tiger also seizing this opportunity, leaving his homeland, breaking away from the Qiongqi lineage, and sneaking into Songshan from the Yao Domain?"

"Careful and cautious... Hey, you two, stop squeezing me, can't I just read it to you?" Lu Yang and Man Gu sandwiched Meng Jingzhou between them, wanting to see the contents of the letter directly.

"You're reading too slowly."

"I'll read faster, you two get out of the way."

Meng Jingzhou pushed the two away and continued reading: "While caution is not a major flaw, in this Great Era that is reviving, one must be bold to seize opportunities, take a chance, purify one's Bloodline, and transform into a pure-blooded Qiongqi, to have a foothold in this Great Era."

"This little brother boldly suggests that Brother Tiger and his wife join my Yanjiang Branch together, using cultivators as prey, to plot great things together!"

"There is a token of this little brother in the letter. Brother Tiger can directly bring this little brother's token to the Yanjiang Branch to find this little brother, and this little brother can directly recommend Brother Tiger to become a deacon."

"From your brother, Qin Yuanhao."

The letter was not long, but it revealed a lot of information.

Lu Yang analyzed, "The letter says the Tiger Demon doesn't want righteous cultivators to know, which doesn't fit the usual speech patterns. The usual speech patterns wouldn't directly refer to 'righteous cultivators,' unless the writer of the letter is on the opposite side of righteous cultivators. Is this Qin Yuanhao a Demonic Dao cultivator?"

This could also explain why some cultivators knew about the Tiger Demon's situation but didn't report it.

In the Central Continent, the righteous path holds an absolute advantage. The Yao, Mo, and Gui are natural allies. Taking the Tiger Demon as an example, it doesn't directly attack people but instead has Ghouls lure them over.

The Tiger Demon has a Qiongqi Bloodline and is a confirmed Golden Core Stage cultivator, so it's reasonable for Demonic Dao cultivators to try to win it over.

"So, the Yanjiang Branch is a Demonic Cult stronghold?"

Meng Jingzhou nodded: "The Demonic Cult likes to use place names as strongholds. I just don't know which Demonic Cult's stronghold this Yanjiang Branch is."

Just as righteous cultivators have the Five Great Immortal Sects, Demonic Dao cultivators also have their own sects, called the Four Great Demonic Cults.

The Demonic Cult is a religion, not a sect. The biggest difference is whether they believe in a powerful being.

The beliefs of the Four Great Demonic Cults are not the same. Some say that the beliefs of the Four Great Demonic Cults represent four immortals, while others say that the four beliefs of the Demonic Cult are just four incarnations of a certain immortal. There are many different opinions.

The Demonic Cult reveals very little information to the outside world. Their movements are elusive. The Great Xia Dynasty and the Five Great Immortal Sects have repeatedly joined forces to search for them but have not found the Demonic Cult's main camp.

Whenever righteous cultivators eradicate a large number of Demonic Cult strongholds, the Demonic Cult members will spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain, impossible to kill completely.

The Demonic Cult is said to be mysterious, with strange methods, ruthless, and chilling, but in reality, it's just that the righteous path is too strong, causing the Demonic Cult to not dare to show its head and only dare to engage in clandestine activities.

If they could find the Demonic Cult's lair, there would be no need for the Five Great Immortal Sects to take action. The Great Xia Dynasty would send troops and generals, and in five days, they could turn the Demonic Cult upside down, and in a month, they could eradicate all the strongholds.

This is the confidence of the righteous path.

The Demonic Dao is ultimately something that cannot be brought to the table.

Lu Yang shook the envelope and took out a bone token, which had a special true Qi left on it. It was a method left by that Demonic Cult member named Qin Yuanhao, which outsiders could not imitate.

Man Gu said, "Can we use this token to join the Demonic Cult?"

Discovering a Demonic Cult nest is a great achievement, far more valuable than eliminating two Tiger Demons.

Lu Yang shook his head: "No, if we take his token to join the Yanjiang Branch, Qin Yuanhao will definitely find out."

"And we don't know the location of the Yanjiang Branch, so how can we join?"

"Then what should we do?" Man Gu asked.

"Since it's called the Yanjiang Branch, it should be in Yanjiang Commandery. We can go to Yanjiang Commandery and inquire about whether there is anyone named Qin Yuanhao, follow him to find the Yanjiang Branch, and kill him. His cultivation shouldn't be higher than the Tiger Demon since he calls himself its little brother. That way, we can directly use the token and say we are old friends of Qin Yuanhao, who came to join him, but didn't expect him to be dead."

"Good idea." Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu's eyes lit up.

"Search again, see if we can find anything else good." Lu Yang enthusiastically urged Meng Jingzhou to work.

Meng Jingzhou found a Blood Jade Grass as red as blood, the size of a palm, with a somewhat demonic feeling.

"Blood Jade Grass, why are the veins red?" Meng Jingzhou was a little puzzled. The main function of Blood Jade Grass is to detoxify, and its leaf veins are cyan-blue, like rivers flowing on the ground. Why is this one red?

Lu Yang squatted down to identify it and then said, "You forgot, the main function of Blood Jade Grass for the Human Race is as a primary ingredient in detoxification pills, but it's not the same for the Yao Race."

"Blood Jade Grass has the effect of refining the Bloodline. It's possible that the Tiger Demon has been watering and ripening the Blood Jade Grass with blood for a long time, making the Blood Jade Grass adapt to the Qiongqi Bloodline. Looking at it this way, in a few months, when the Blood Jade Grass is fully mature, the Tiger Demon will refine its Qiongqi Bloodline after consuming it, and it will be able to form its Core."

The "Blood" in Blood Jade Grass is named because of this.

Lu Yang heard about the knowledge of Blood Jade Grass from the little Medicine King.

"Now this Blood Jade Grass can no longer be refined into detoxification pills, it can only be used by the Yao Race to purify their Bloodline," Lu Yang said.

"In that case, you should put it away and sell it at the sect's monthly market on the fifteenth. It should fetch a good price." Meng Jingzhou handed the herb to Lu Yang and Man Gu.

There are many people in the sect who raise Yao Beasts, and herbs that can enhance Bloodlines have a considerable market in the Dao Seeking Sect.

Lu Yang and Man Gu declined each other, and in the end, Man Gu didn't stand on ceremony with Lu Yang and accepted the Blood Jade Grass.

Meng Jingzhou reminded Man Gu: "Don't eat the Blood Jade Grass. The Ancient Barbarian Race is a branch of the Human Race, and the Blood Jade Grass is useless to your Bloodline."

Man Gu gave a regretful "oh."

Legend has it that the Ancient Barbarian Race originated from a romantic marriage proposal. In ancient times, the Human Race still lived in scattered tribes, and the strongest in the tribe was called a warrior.

One day, two tribes met, and a male warrior from one tribe took a fancy to the female warrior from the other tribe, so he proposed to her: "Little girl, give this爷 a smile, and if 爷 is happy, 爷 will marry you."

The female warrior chuckled, raised a stone, and swung it back. The two wrestled together, and in the end, the female warrior was better and dragged the male warrior into the house, where they didn't sleep all night.

Ten months later, the first Barbarian warrior was born.