Advancing Demonic Cultivator True Essence

What Su Xiangxue said sounded somewhat sarcastic, but it actually made a lot of sense.

Judging from the Projection recorded by the Recording Stone, this Ancient City and the monsters it created are not easy to deal with. As the two major organizations in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Sect Alliance are bound to have many internal conflicts, but when such things appear, it is their bounden duty to stand up and protect the established Order of the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou.

After Su Xiangxue finished speaking, the first to respond were her two colleagues from the Demonic Sect. Huangfu Feng, who was friends with the missing Yue Qianren, naturally wouldn't stand idly by and immediately replied, "Sect Master Su is right. Old Ghost, what do you say?"

The Yin Ling Sect representative, whom he referred to as "Old Ghost," pondered for a moment, then replied in a hoarse voice, "No objections."

"I support Sect Master Su's decision."

On the side of the Righteous Path Alliance, Bai Qiuran, representing the Azure Nether Sword Sect, responded first. Then, he looked around at his left and right and asked, "Where are the three of you?"

"I have no objection."

Elder Xu of the Profound Law Academy immediately said, "On the contrary, we at the Profound Law Academy are very happy to be able to study something that has never been heard of or seen before."

I have no objection either.

Battalion Commander Zhang Ruifei of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army replied, "The Divine Martial Heavenly Army was established to protect the Human Race Ten Lands of Jiuzhou."

The last remaining Li Pengfei, looked around and sighed, "Damn it, you've all said all the nice things, what else can I say... If our Immortal City Jade Tower hadn't agreed, we wouldn't have come here."

"Then there are no objections. Let's get started on this matter."

Bai Qiuran suggested, "Xiao Yue, besides this Recording Stone, did Elder Liu leave behind any other information?"

"No."

Yue Qianlian shook his head.

"Elder Liu was already unconscious when he returned. In fact, he had collapsed a few hundred meters outside the Mountain Gate, and a disciple happened to be returning to the mountain and saw him, so he brought him back."

There's nothing else we can do about it.

Bai Qiuran lowered his head and said, "Right now, we know almost nothing about that Ancient City. How it operates, when and where it came from, how it appeared and disappeared, how it transformed people into those strange forms... We know absolutely nothing about any of these things. We need more information."

Su Xiangxue, the Old Ghost, and Huangfu Feng exchanged a glance. Then Su Xiangxue said, "On the way here, we've already dispersed all the people we can from the sect and Earthly Advantage the intelligence network to gather as much information as possible. As long as that Ancient City reappears, we'll definitely be able to locate it quickly."

"We've also mobilized the sect's intelligence network."

Elder Li of the Immortal City Jade Tower and Zhang Ruifei of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army also answered.

In the cultivation world, the intelligence networks of the Cultivation World and demonic factions, Immortal City Jade Tower and Hehuan Sect, are unparalleled. After all, the most well-informed people in the world are always merchants, and among merchants, those who are most well-informed are often those from the Hehuan Sect who engage in the flesh trade. In particular, all disciples of the Hehuan Sect possess a passive charm ability; after a couple of drinks, customers will often reveal even their own ages and how they wet their pants.

"With your intelligence network, there shouldn't be any problems."

Bai Qiuran glanced at Su Xiangxue.

"Remember to prevent anyone from getting too close, and record the locations where they appear... there might be a pattern to it."

"I see."

Su Xiangxue responded tacitly.

At this moment, the representatives from both the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Sect Alliance looked at them with subtle glances. However, when Bai Qiuran's attention shifted from Su Xiangxue to them, these elites tacitly adopted a natural demeanor as if nothing had happened.

"Next are the things Huangfu Feng and I brought back. Elder Xu, has Qiu Yuxuan made any progress?"

Bai Qiuran turned to Elder Xu of the Profound Law Academy and asked.

"As soon as we received your item, the Dean and the Elder began studying it, but we haven't been able to analyze that trace of energy yet."

Elder Xu shook his head.

"However, we've already glimpsed the essence of that Formation. The Dean led us to successfully simulate the Magic Array using our True Essence and even deduced some things in reverse. It's amazing; the Formation seems to have fused two different Great Dao rules together."

"As for our side, I handed it over to Lingyun. I had her find people from the Hehuan Sect, Yin Ling Sect, and other Demon Sect who were skilled in these things, and gather them together to study them."

After Elder Xu finished speaking, Huangfu Feng added, "Coincidentally, we haven't made much progress in our research on Formation, but thanks to the deductions of one of our Direct Disciple from the Heavenly Demon Sect, we've successfully condensed an energy with properties similar to that energy."

What kind of energy is that?

Elder Xu asked curiously, and everyone else looked at Huangfu Feng as well.

"If our disciple's deduction is correct, that's the Immortal Essence obtained by Demonic Cultivator after achieving immortality... It's similar to the Immortal Spirit Power that you generate from the True Essence within your bodies after Ascension immortality."

Huangfu Feng said in a deep voice, "That energy was formed by her verbally describing the process, and I condensed it. Due to the nature of the Cultivation Technique, its properties are slightly different, but the basic properties are the same... So everyone, I think that the so-called [Earth Immortal] on the Stone Stele that Sword Ancestor and I created earlier may not be unfounded or just self-praise."

"That might truly be Earth Immortal, Immortals- level being who has remained on Earth!"

Upon hearing this, not only Yue Qianlian, but everyone present turned pale.

Although the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Sect Alliance have joined forces, even an ordinary True Immortal would be nothing more than easy prey. But... who knows the true strength and number of the Earth Immortal within that Ancient City?

What's truly terrifying isn't a powerful enemy, but an unknown one.

Okay, don't overthink it.

At this moment, Bai Qiuran the first to encourage everyone. He clapped his hands and said, "Since that Ancient City didn't openly attack us, it means they're not as powerful as us, or at least they're not confident they can defeat us. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better if they just crushed us and ruled the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou at will?"

"The Sword Ancestor is right."

Zhang Ruifei of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army said in a deep voice, "Besides, even if they have overwhelming strength, are we just going to surrender? We must at least resist to the end, otherwise people will laugh at us."

"Well, even so, we still can't underestimate the enemy."

Bai Qiuran added, "After all, they come from an era or region unknown to us. We know absolutely nothing about their abilities, what Divine Ability and Formation they manipulate... Therefore, I suggest we don't rush things. It's best to proceed steadily, step by step. We should spread out our intelligence networks from several sects first. Once we discover anything, we'll organize teams to investigate, and then... even if they can't return, we should at least ensure that enough information is transmitted back for the rest of us to study and analyze. Does everyone think this approach is acceptable?"