"Fellow Daoist Qin truly is a man of his word!"
Duanmu Ji smiled as he introduced them. "Let me make the introductions. This is Wang Qingyue, the Tongtian Tower Envoy dispatched by the Yin Yang Sect of Tiangang Kingdom, a Level 4 Cultivation Nation!"
Then he introduced Qin Hao to the middle-aged scholar. "This is Fellow Daoist Qin. He has quite a connection with the War God Temple!"
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Wang!"
Qin Hao cupped his fists as well.
Wang Qingyue said, "The War God Temple falls under my jurisdiction. If I return this time, I will certainly take good care of it!"
Not every Cultivation Nation had a Tongtian Tower. Only particularly special Cultivation Nations possessed one.
Take Zhao Kingdom, for example. If it had not been valued by the Yellow Springs Sect of a Level 5 Cultivation Nation, it would have been unable to construct a Tongtian Tower.
"Thank you!"
Qin Hao replied politely.
He had read the original novel, so he naturally knew that this man was merely a minor character.
As he recalled, Wang Qingyue would die before even entering the first trial.
Wang Qingyue glanced at Wang Lin and asked, "That place is fraught with danger. Why are you bringing along a Nascent Soul?"
Qin Hao pointed at Duanmu Ji and said, "Ask fellow daoist Duanmu. He said Wang Lin would be useful in the third trial!"
"That is correct!"
Duanmu Ji nodded. "He knows the legendary Death Curse Technique. He will be of tremendous use in the third trial!"
"The Death Curse Technique?"
Wang Qingyue's eyes lit up, but he soon sighed. "Unfortunately, you are only at the Early Nascent Soul stage. If you were at the late Nascent Soul stage, I would definitely ask you to teach me about this legendary Death Curse Technique and see just what makes it so extraordinary!"
Duanmu Ji urged, "Enough nonsense. Let's get moving!"
Wang Qingyue stared at Duanmu Ji and asked, "Old fellow, you said you went there a thousand years ago. What treasure did you obtain? And does the Infant Transformation Pill truly exist there?"
Duanmu Ji patted the gourd beneath him. "This Treasure Gourd of mine came from that place, and the Infant Transformation Pill does indeed exist!"
Wang Qingyue shook his head. "I'll trust you this once!"
At once, the group of four headed toward the Demon Cultivation Sea.
After traveling for some time, Qin Hao spotted Zhao Chuanliang, the Sect Master of the Corpse Yin Sect in Huofen Kingdom, ahead of them.
Besides Zhao Chuanliang, there were four other Nascent Souls and numerous Core Formation Cultivators.
"Zhao Chuanliang, Sect Master of the Corpse Yin Sect, greets Senior!"
Zhao Chuanliang looked at Qin Hao and bowed.
Then he pointed at Wang Lin beside Qin Hao and said, "Senior, this person is connected to an extremely important figure of my Corpse Yin Sect. Today, I must take him away!"
The reason he was so certain Xu Liguo was on Wang Lin was mainly because the Corpse Yin Sect had paid an enormous price to purchase information from the Heaven and Earth Elder in a Level 5 Cultivation Nation.
The Heaven and Earth Elder possessed unfathomable cultivation, capable of calculating heaven and earth alike. He was a famed Divination Calculator.
Back then, the Giant Demon Clan Old Ancestor had also purchased information from the Heaven and Earth Elder.
"Hmph!"
Qin Hao snorted coldly and shouted, "A handful of Nascent Souls dare demand someone from This Seat? Get the hell out of here!"
His voice sounded calm, but to the Corpse Yin Sect Cultivators, it was like thunderclaps booming in their ears.
"Pfft!"
In an instant, Zhao Chuanliang and the other five Nascent Soul Cultivators spat out blood, their bodies sent flying back as though struck by a tremendous blow.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
As for the Core Formation stage Cultivators, they exploded into Blood Mist one after another, dying on the spot.
"Is this the might of Soul Formation?"
Wang Lin swallowed hard.
Just a single shout had severely wounded five Nascent Souls, including a late Nascent Soul stage Cultivator.
The Core Formation Cultivators had been wiped out directly, like mere ants.
Such supreme might filled him with longing.
Duanmu Ji and Wang Qingyue exchanged a glance, both feeling a hint of wariness in their Inner Hearts.
Although they were also at the early Soul Formation stage, they knew they could not severely wound even a late Nascent Soul with a single shout.
"This person is of great importance. If your Corpse Yin Sect wants him, have them come find This Seat!"
With a sweep of his sleeve, Qin Hao wrapped up Wang Lin and sped toward the Demon Cultivation Sea at full speed.
Wang Qingyue and Duanmu Ji followed closely beside him.
"Such speed... and there are no less than three Soul Formation Experts!"
Zhao Chuanliang's pupils contracted.
If it had only been Qin Hao, the Corpse Yin Sect above them might still have dared to provoke him.
But with three Soul Formation Experts, even the higher-ranking Corpse Yin Sect would have to think carefully.
Qin Hao and the other three sped onward without concealing their auras in the slightest.
Along the way, countless Cultivators changed expression.
Especially when they saw Duanmu Ji's gourd, they all bowed reverently in the direction of the four.
Wang Qingyue said blandly, "The Eight Extremes Demon Lord certainly has quite the reputation. Even so many Cultivators in the outskirts of the Demon Cultivation Sea recognize you!"
"Heh!"
Duanmu Ji chuckled. "Once we reach the Inner Sea, even more people will know Old Man!"
Wang Qingyue could not help asking, "We've been flying through the Demon Cultivation Sea for over a month now. How much longer do we have to fly?"
"Soon."
Duanmu Ji said, "To reach that place, we must use an Ancient Teleportation Array. We are heading to the nearest Ancient Teleportation Array from here!"
That day, an enormous mountain appeared before the four of them.
Beyond the mountain lay a mountain valley.
Duanmu Ji landed in the mountain valley with practiced ease.
"Whoosh!"
With a sweep of his sleeve, a fierce gale arose and dispersed the mist in the mountain valley.
Before long, a huge Teleportation Array appeared before them.
"This Ancient Teleportation Array is convenient, but it consumes far too many spirit stones!"
Duanmu Ji took out a Supreme Grade Spirit Stone with a pained expression and placed it in the center of the formation.
"A Supreme Grade Spirit Stone?"
Upon seeing the diamond-shaped crystal, Wang Qingyue's eyes gleamed as he asked in a deep voice, "Could this Supreme Grade Spirit Stone have also been obtained from that place?"
"Yes!"
Duanmu Ji nodded. "Back then, Old Man obtained three Supreme Grade Spirit Stones there. Later, I paid a tremendous price to trade for several more from elsewhere. Only Supreme Grade Spirit Stones can be used to enter that place!"
"I heard that the most fundamental currency in the universe is Supreme Grade Spirit Stones!"
Wang Qingyue licked his lips. "As long as there are enough Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, the trip would be worthwhile even without an Infant Transformation Pill."
Duanmu Ji formed several hand seals. The Supreme Grade Spirit Stone within the Teleportation Array shattered, and its terrifying spiritual energy activated the formation, carrying the four away from the place.
When they appeared again, they had already reached the Inner Sea of the Demon Cultivation Sea.
"As expected of an Ancient Teleportation Array!"
Wang Qingyue sighed with emotion. "I heard that traveling from the Outer Sea of the Demon Cultivation Sea to the Inner Sea would take hundreds of years by flight. There is even a Red Mist Zone in between, which can only be crossed during a special period once each year."
"But this Ancient Teleportation Array can cross an endless distance in but a moment!"
Qin Hao stepped out of the Teleportation Array and looked ahead.
There was a circular region of shattered rocks roughly a hundred miles wide.
"This is Shattered Star Chaos, isn't it?"
Qin Hao said, "I heard that anyone who tries to force their way through will almost certainly die. Even a Great Divine Ability Cultivator from Vermilion Bird Country vanished here."
"Fellow Daoist Qin is truly well-informed!"
Duanmu Ji looked toward Shattered Star Chaos with considerable wariness. "Back then, it was not just Vermilion Bird Country. Experts from many Level 5 Cultivation Nations all vanished within it."
Those people had probably all become Tuo Sen's puppets, hadn't they?
Over countless years, Tuo Sen had lured in who knew how many Experts in order to escape. As long as they entered this place, Tuo Sen would forcibly enslave them.
"I would like to see what is so unusual about this place!"
Wang Qingyue flashed forward and entered Shattered Star Chaos.
"Crackle!"
As he entered, a bolt of purple lightning appeared and gathered several shattered rocks together, forming a duplicate identical to Wang Qingyue. Yet the aura it emitted had reached the middle Soul Formation stage.
"He won't get far!"
Duanmu Ji sneered. "A duplicate one realm above him is impossible to defeat. Once he travels fifty miles, two more duplicates will appear."
"If someone enters directly from above or below, ten duplicates will appear at once, completely eliminating any possibility of forcing their way through!"
Wang Lin could not help asking, "Then isn't this a dead end? How are we supposed to get in?"
Duanmu Ji pointed to the Teleportation Array beneath their feet and said, "Of course, we'll use this Teleportation Array again. With the power of the array, we can cross over!"
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