Take a Gamble, and Your Bicycle Becomes a Motorcycle

"Oh."

A strange smile appeared on the face of the person Yingzhao.

"What does Yang Immortal Venerable mean by this? Does he perhaps want to back out?"

"If I give you this, Yingzhao Shen should be able to regain his full strength."

Yang Immortal Venerable -Demon-Subduing Pestle tightly in his hand.

"I've heard that Lu Wu, one of the Heavenly Emperor's right-hand men, is no less powerful than the Immortal Emperor. I wonder what the power of Yingzhao, the Heavenly Emperor's other hand, is like?"

"So, would you like to give it a try?"

Yingzhao had a half-smile on her face.

"To be honest..."

Yang Immortal Venerable raised his head and looked at it.

"I'm quite interested."

"Yang Immortal Venerable, you..."

Upon hearing Yang Immortal Venerable's reply, the Adjutant exclaimed in surprise, but was immediately interrupted by Yang Immortal Venerable.

"Adjutant! Soldiers!"

He shouted, "Even if you don't join me in this rebellion, you're all doomed. Yingzhao and His Majesty won't let you, the ones in the know, off the hook. Why don't you join me in this rebellion... What do you think?!"

"Ha ha."

Yingzhao clapped his hands and laughed, "I never expected that the Yang Immortal Venerable, renowned for his integrity in the Eastern Immortal Realm, would resort to such petty tricks, especially against his own subordinates."

"Even if I leave them outside, you won't let them get away with it."

Yang Immortal Venerable gritted his teeth and said, "It would be better to let them die knowing what happened. Perhaps we can fight our way out... Besides, facing you with one soul missing, if we work together, we might not be without a chance of victory."

"Oh... then, Yang Immortal Venerable, do you know why the Azure Emperor sent you, an upright and incorruptible Immortal Venerable, instead of his most trusted and obedient Immortal Venerable?"

Yingzhao said calmly, "Your reaction now is entirely within his calculations."

Yang Immortal Venerable's face darkened, and countless golden Thunder bolts erupted from the Demon-Subduing Pestle, Reincarnation. The Five Paths of Reincarnation Seal slowly appeared behind him.

Seeing this, the other soldiers of the Immortal Imperial Army looked at Yang Immortal Venerable's Adjutant.

"I'll listen to the Immortal Venerable!"

The Adjutant thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and ordered, "All troops, form ranks and defend against the enemy!"

The entire Immortal Imperial Army quickly formed ranks and stood behind Yang Immortal Venerable. Their Immortal Power resonated with each other, combining with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Phantom behind Yang Immortal Venerable, enhancing each other's power.

Standing before the army, Yang Immortal Venerable held his Demon-Subduing Pestle aloft and said in a deep voice to Yingzhao, "Yingzhao, please confess!"

What kind of hellhole is this?

Bai Qiuran stepped into the thick black fog, muttering, "The Mount Huai River I remember doesn't look like this."

Within the black mist, countless wisps of vapor surged forth, coalescing into countless faces near Bai Qiuran. They cursed and howled, opening their mouths to tear at Bai Qiuran, but upon touching his body, these faces formed from the vapor suddenly screamed in terror and vanished.

"I don't know, but I feel a little unwell."

Wisdom Immortal's entire skull was filled with this black mist, which emanated from his eye sockets, cheeks, mouth, and nostrils, constantly emitting meaningless cries.

"Let's go, Old Bai."

Wisdom Immortal cried out, "These things make me feel so itchy!"

Bai Qiuran quickened his pace, weaving through the black mist. Suddenly, several Dark Shadows figures emerged from the mist beside him, howling as they lunged at him.

Bai Qiuran Consciousness slapped his hand, swatting the Dark Shadows and a patch of black mist nearby aside.

"What the hell is this?"

Bai Qiuran waved her hand and muttered to herself.

He slapped the several Dark Shadows to the ground, smashing them into a pile. Just then, he also fanned away some of the black mist, allowing Bai Qiuran and Wisdom Immortal to see the creatures that had been ambushing them from within the mist.

"Demon Race?"

After clearly seeing the corpse on the ground, Bai Qiuran pondered, "It seems we're getting close to our target."

"It's a newly born larva."

After analyzing the corpses on the ground, Wisdom Immortal said, "The origin of the Demon Race should be inside."

The two continued their journey inward, encountering numerous Mechanism Demon Race along the way, but Bai Qiuran overcame them all. After walking for more than an hour, Bai Qiuran and Wisdom Immortal successfully passed through the black mist and arrived at the mountainside.

Upon arriving here, the foothills become exceptionally beautiful, with the ground covered in Realgar, and the mountains filled with the fragrance of Cinnabar Chestnuts.

"That's right."

Bai Qiuran glanced around.

"This is what Mount Huai River should look like."

"That black mist must be the resentment left behind by the Heavenly Gods after their deaths, but why can it be controlled by humans to form a natural barrier near this mountain range...?"

Wisdom Immortal murmured, "I'm very interested in this."

Are there any traces of the Immortal Imperial Army here?

Bai Qiuran took the Wisdom Immortal down, and like holding some kind of detection instrument, he scanned the ground with the book while asking questions.

"Have."

Wisdom Immortal replied, "We went up the mountain path... Don't shake me, I'm feeling unwell."

"Oh."

Bai Qiuran responded, still carrying Wisdom Immortal, and swayed leisurely upwards along the mountain path.

Guided by Wisdom Immortal, he followed the trail of the Immortal Imperial Army and ventured deep into the mountain from the valley between the two peaks, where he saw the tanks filled with green liquid.

"What is this?"

Looking at the green, gel-like liquid, Bai Qiuran exclaimed in surprise, "The style is rather unique."

Wisdom Immortal examined it closely, then exclaimed in surprise, "This is Cultivation Vats for Demon Race!"

What is Cultivation Vats?

"I don't know either, but that's how the Great Wisdom system responds..."

Wisdom Immortal murmured, "This is probably a place where Demon Race are artificially cultivated. Old Bai, take me a closer look."

Bai Qiuran did as instructed, carrying Wisdom Immortal to the other side of the pool, where there was a black square stone with strange characters floating on it, emitting an evil black and red light.

"This is... Divine Script?!"

This time, without needing Wisdom Immortal to translate, Bai Qiuran recognized the black text at a glance.

"Hatred, Bone and Blood, Creation of Life... Wisdom Immortal, can you discern the effects produced by combining these Divine Script?"

"Able."

Wisdom Immortal explained, "The function of this Divine Script circulation system is to absorb the resentment from the outside, forming a restless, aggressive, and Hatred Consciousness, and then create a powerful physical body for it that can continuously evolve."

Its gaze shifted to the green liquid in the tank.

"This liquid, concentrated with countless rare and precious materials, can condense a physical embryo from nothing, much like a female's womb. Yes, that's right. The Heavenly Gods were destroyed by Human Race, and the resentment of those dead Heavenly Gods lingers in the mortal Mortal World. But no matter how powerful the resentment, it's difficult for it to give birth to such a vast race. Old Bai, your intuition is correct; the Demon Race is indeed being manipulated by the Heavenly Gods."

Bai Qiuran also silently watched the green liquid in the sink, within which a fleshy mass was slowly taking shape.

Suddenly, a huge explosion came from deeper into the mountain, shaking the entire mountain range.

As the earth and rocks continued to fall, Bai Qiuran and Wisdom Immortal's attention was drawn to it.

"It's the sound of fighting."

Wisdom Immortal said, "Could it be that they've fallen out?"