302: Three Thousand Years Older and Ascending to the Immortal Ranks; Devilish Infection (Unconditional Extra Chapter)

"There's another force lurking deep in the ocean. That Devil Creature that escaped into the sea earlier might have been heading there."

Su Yan Yan's eyes shone with a brilliant blue light, and as expected, she used her Heavenly Eye to discover the clues existing deep in the sea.

According to the classification of the Heavenly Eye in the Immortal Celestial Lineage, she has almost reached the stage of touching the Eye of the Heavens, and in terms of insight, she is naturally stronger than Chen Dengming.

"I'll go down and check first. You all go stay on the beach. Elder Guan, keep an eye on Dao Child's safety."

Su Yan Yan gave an order.

Guan Chao immediately responded, while Chen Dengming felt a warmth in his heart. This Dao Child's treatment was as good as ever. He glanced at the dozens of shriveled corpses still floating on the sea and immediately reminded him.

"Uncle-Master, these corpses, and the corpse of that Devil Creature in the sea, haven't been dealt with yet. That Devil Creature's blood contains a very strong demonic energy."

"Okay! I understand!"

Su Yan Yan nodded, made a hand seal, and summoned a shimmering pearl from her Storage Bag. It looked like metal, yet it was also filled with misty water vapor.

"Water Dividing Bead!" Chen Dengming's eyes lit up.

Then Su Yan Yan drove the pearl toward the sea.

The seawater immediately caved in, and then, as the pearl submerged and dispersed, it created a waterless area about ten feet in diameter.

Su Yan Yan entered the waterless space constructed by the treasure, and the circular space constructed by the treasure transformed into a cone shape as she fell, quickly breaking through the seawater and diving deeper.

Guan Chao looked at Chen Dengming, who was weak and disheveled, even bald, and wanted to laugh, but he forced himself to hold it in.

The current Chen Dengming is no longer the junior Nephew Disciple Chen who needed his guidance in the Longevity Hall; in fact, his strength has far surpassed his. He smiled and said, "Your Highness Daozi, are you alright? I have Mysterious Cicada Supreme Pill here. Here, taking it will help you recover faster."

Chen Dengming declined, waving his hand, "Thank you, Senior Brother Guan, but I've already taken the pill myself."

"Take another one if you want, it's fine. Good medicine is never too much. Here, don't be shy, this is just a small token of my appreciation. It's like when Your Highness Daozi invited me to drink the Misty Rain Pavilion Spirit Tea, it's just returning the favor."

Chen Dengming couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it, though he was inwardly both amused and exasperated.

Last time, when I sent this Guan Chao of Misty Rain Pavilion Spirit Tea, the other party returned it untouched. Although it was for the good of both parties, it doesn't mean they drank the spirit tea I sent.

Seeing Chen Dengming accept and consume the pill, Guan Chao was overjoyed. He carefully considered his words and said with emotion, "Junior Brother Chen, your combat strength is getting stronger and stronger. Now even such a powerful Devil Creature is no match for you."

I've heard that when these Devil Creature appeared in other places, they directly led to the destruction of sects and the death of people. Sects like the Nine Phoenix Pavilion and the Black Eagle Island suffered terribly! Our Longevity Sect has you and Martial Aunt Su, which guarantees peace in this area."

"Nine Phoenix Pavilion and Black Eagle Island have been destroyed?"

Chen Dengming was surprised.

Unlike the Four Regions, the Four Seas do not adhere to the rule that only those at the Nascent Immortal Sect Dao Gate can establish a Nascent Soul, and many are even named after islands.

Although the Nine Phoenix Pavilion lacked Nascent Soul True Lord to oversee it, Black Eagle Island did. So how was Black Eagle Island destroyed?

Guan Chao was surprised, "Your Highness Daozi, don't you know? A Demon Whale crashed into Black Eagle Island, smashing the island to pieces, and devoured a large number of Demon Whale on the island."

He paused, then sighed, "It's a pity that Black Eagle True Lord wasn't on the island back then, otherwise Black Eagle Island wouldn't have been destroyed. Now, the entire sect is reduced to just Black Eagle True Lord and a few scattered disciples, a handful of them. Even the Spirit Vein are destroyed, leaving them homeless."

"So the island destroyed by the Demon Whale was Black Eagle Island?"

Chen Dengming sighed. He had heard the news, but he didn't know that the unfortunate force was Black Eagle Island.

Thankfully, it wasn't the nearby Iron Armor Sect.

Otherwise, if the Iron Armor Sect loses its territory, those two Nascent Soul Ancestor might cause trouble and could even start wars with neighboring sects to seize more land.

While the two were chatting about this gossip, Chen Dengming's injuries had almost fully recovered. The broken bones had been reconnected, and the skin and flesh had scabbed over and even fallen off quickly.

The Mysterious Cicada Supreme Pill) gifted by Guan Chao is truly extraordinary. This medicine is made by using the molted shell of a spirit cicada as a medicinal guide, making it extremely precious and remarkably effective in healing skin and flesh injuries.

At this moment, many more beams of light flew in from the direction of Evergreen Island, clearly alerted by the commotion from the previous battle.

Chen Dengming's previous battle broke out quickly and ended quickly; the entire battle probably didn't even last the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

Su Yan Yan and the others were the first to be drawn by the commotion of the battle, but by the time they arrived, the battle was already over, let alone those who came later.

"My dear Husband, are you alright?"

In a flash of inspiration, He Yingyu's tall and graceful figure appeared. Seeing Chen Dengming's slightly disheveled appearance, her heart tightened immediately, and she hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

Now that Chen Dengming has become Dao Child, she has changed her address again. She no longer dares to call him "Chen Dengming Junior Brother" in public, feeling that it would be beneath his status, and instead addresses him as "Husband."

"It's alright, my injuries have mostly healed; they're just superficial wounds."

Chen Dengming let He Yingyu hold his arm and patted the girl's soft hand with a smile.

Seeing that more and more cultivators and disciples were approaching from the edge of the distant island, he looked at Guan Chao.

Before he could even speak, Guan Chao understood. He nodded and smiled, then immediately flew forward to organize a patrol team to maintain order and prevent anyone from entering the sea at this time.

"Senior sister, let's go over there first. I'll send a clone to check here later."

Chen Dengming patted He Yingyu's hand and laughed, then pulled He Yingyu onto the back of the Black Cloud Leopard, and the two rode together.

He knew the other party was worried. At this moment, his injuries had not fully recovered, and his Dao power was also severely depleted, so he couldn't do anything. It would be better to return to the shore, observe the situation first, and interrogate the Devil Creature's soul at the same time.

After half a cup of tea.

Chen Dengming conjured two Heavenly Immortal Clones on the shore.

Send a team to the location of the Devil Creature they previously killed, dive hundreds of feet into the deep sea, and guard the Devil Creature's corpse.

One of them personally went to retrieve dozens of mummified corpses that were submerged in seawater.

These mummies were all once controlled by Devil Creature, who even devoured their life essence, so they may very well harbor demonic nature within them.

To prevent being infected by the demonic energy, no one except Chen Dengming's clone, who possesses Daoist power, is allowed to approach freely.

At this moment, aboard the Golden Spirit Boat, bathed in backlight, on the shore.

Chen Dengming stared at the Soul Guiding Banner floating in front of him with a grim expression.

However, once the banner was taken out of the Storage Bag, it was filled with Devil Qi energy, eerily cold, and insane.

Within the Soul Banner, many restrained spirits have been corrupted by demonic energy, their states becoming bizarre and their expressions crazed. Some have even rebelled within the Soul Guiding Banner, roaring and howling, and beginning to attack the restrictions that confine the Devil Creature souls.

"I never imagined that this Devil Creature's soul was already filled with demonic power, allowing it to infect other spirits even through the barriers. The power of demonic energy is truly insidious!"

Chen Dengming frowned, sensing trouble.

Now that these spirits are all infected, the only option is to destroy them along with the Soul Guiding Banner.

It's a pity about these spirits that could have been used as Soul Reaping Arrow.

"Gah--!"

Zhu Xun, the Ghost Old Man standing to the side, made a sound with his lips and gestured as if he were grabbing something to show Chen Dengming.

Seeing this, Chen Dengming laughed in exasperation, "Old Zhu, these spirits have been infected by demonic energy, so you can't eat them unless you want to be infected by demonic energy too."

Upon hearing that he couldn't eat them, Zhu Xun immediately became anxious, as he felt a strong attraction emanating from these spirits.

In particular, the Devil Creature's spirit was extremely powerful, and he had an urgent feeling that if he ate the Devil Creature's spirit, he could break through to become a ghost general.

At this moment, Chen Dengming stopped him from eating, and the Ghost Old Man Zhu Xun's eyes immediately turned red. He roared impatiently on the spot and stopped barking.

Chen Dengming frowned. "I'm doing this for your own good. If it were edible, wouldn't I be giving it to you?"

Soul House, the Little Array Spirit solemnly and stammered, "Fellow Daoist, these spirits infected by Devil Creature are called devils in our ghost cultivation path."

The power of demonic energy is immense. After transforming into a demon, the vengeful spirits will be even stronger than before. If Fellow Daoist Zhu were to devour them, there would indeed be hope for a breakthrough."

Chen Dengming was surprised, "Even if you can break through, the threat of this demonic nature cannot be ignored."

The Little Array Spirit stammered, "To both ensure the lingering spirits don't dissipate and expel the demonic nature might be very difficult."

However, if one disregards the life or death of the spirits, expelling the demonic nature is not difficult; there are many methods, one of which is Thunder Method.

After a lightning strike, a very pure Soul Power remains in the world for a short time. Although some of it is lost, it's better than wasting it.

As the Little Array Spirit explained in detail, Chen Dengming gradually understood how to operate it, and immediately relaxed.

Indeed, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

A woman three years older than her husband is considered auspicious.

Three thousand women were granted the title of immortals.

Chen Dengming didn't know exactly how old this Little Array Spirit was, but since it had once been Nascent Soul expert, it was probably over a thousand years old, but it still looked like a timeless beauty.

This beautiful woman from over a thousand years ago not only serves as his dancer every night, but also helps him devise strategies on weekdays—it couldn't be more comfortable.

Now that he knew how to properly deal with these wandering spirits, Chen Dengming was no longer in a hurry.

They immediately summoned the Devil Creature spirits from the Soul Guiding Banner and interrogated them.

However, communicating with such Devil Creature spirits, which are not very intelligent or rather stubborn, is extremely difficult.

Chen Dengming wanted to ask how the Devil Creature was infected by demonic energy, where the infection originated, in which sea it had lived, and whether it had encountered other Devil Creature.

After asking several questions, I only got a vague answer—the source of the demonic infection is in the seabed.

As for the exact location on the seabed, Chen Dengming couldn't understand the place name the Devil Creature mentioned. It was probably a territory known only to intelligent creatures on the seabed, so how could a human cultivator understand it?

Just as Chen Dengming was at his wit's end, his clone, who had submerged in the sea, sent a warning message.

This warning actually came from Su Yan Yan, the Third Martial Uncle, who lived even deeper in the ocean abyss.

"Nephew Disciple Chen, I have discovered the source of the demonic power, which is not far from our Evergreen Island. You must immediately evacuate all disciples and cultivators around the island. I am preparing to attempt to destroy the source of this demonic power."

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