Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest

In the office, Ye Tianyi and Shang Yu sat facing each other.

"Ye Tianyi, right?"

He knew there was a scumbag named Ye Tianyi in Heavenly Water Holy City. He had only heard of him and did not know him personally, but he also knew Ye Tianyi was trash. So, in his eyes, the Ye Tianyi before him merely shared the same name. Clearly, Sister Hong had not told him Ye Tianyi's identity.

Ye Tianyi nodded.

"The interview on my end is quite simple. As long as your realm is Enlightened Aperture Realm Stage Five or above, that will do. Naturally, the higher your realm, the better. If you complete the mission, the reward will increase accordingly. Release your realm for me."

Ye Tianyi released the power of Enlightened Aperture Realm Stage Five. Although he had Body Refining Realm Stage One, he did not want to reveal too much. No one knew his realm—not even Ye Xian'er.

"What's your attribute?"

"Fire."

"Fire Attribute—not bad. An offensive attribute. You can serve as one of the main damage dealers when the time comes. As long as you meet the requirements, I naturally agree to let you join. The key is that I don't want to hide anything from you. This mission is very dangerous. Our Blood Legion Eighth Squad originally had thirteen people, but five withdrew from the mission. Including me, there are only eight of us now. My realm is Spirit Refining Realm Stage Five, which is decent enough. Of the remaining seven members, five are in the Enlightened Aperture Realm and two are in the Body Refining Realm. That is our lineup. If you think it's fine, welcome to Blood Legion Eighth Squad."

Shang Yu was fairly loyal, directly telling Ye Tianyi some of the real details. Spirit Refining Realm Stage Five was quite high! In the Demon Beast Domain, as long as one did not go to a few extreme places and their luck was not terrible, there would not be much of a problem. Of course, at his age, his talent was rather ordinary. Ye Xian'er had probably reached Spirit Refining Realm Stage Five in her teens. Talent really was important.

"How dangerous is it? What's the mission?" Ye Tianyi asked.

"The mission... is to find Purple-Gold Silver Flower."

Ye Tianyi had exchanged for the Cosmos Saint Art, and his mind had fused with thousands of years of medical knowledge. Of course he knew Purple-Gold Silver Flower. It was a Spirit Herb, neither low-grade nor particularly high-grade, but quite rare in this era. Ordinary people would not possess such a Spirit Herb.

"Where?"

"Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest!"

Ye Tianyi: "..."

"Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest? Isn't that a forbidden land for the Human Race? There are only ten of you, and the strongest is merely in the Spirit Refining Realm. You dare enter Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest?"

Ye Tianyi's brows abruptly furrowed!

Among the Human Race, every martial artist knew of several places they absolutely must not go. Going there meant courting death. Those who survived were either powerful experts or truly blessed with incredible luck. That was right—Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest was one such place! Why?

According to records, Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest was the largest forest on the entire Azure Star, and it was a Demon Beast forest. Countless Demon Beasts dwelled within, a motley mix of dragons and snakes. There were Demon Beasts as weak as the Qi Foundation Realm, all the way up to the most terrifying Heavenly Dao Realm Demon Beasts. Half of it came down to luck—whether one encountered those powerful Demon Beasts or not.

More importantly, ancient texts recorded that the five strongest Demon Gods of the Demon Race lived in Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest. They were the five most supreme Kings recorded by the Demon Race. However, there seemed to be no record of them ever being hostile toward the Human Race. Mainly because the ancient texts contained pitifully little information about them; it was almost impossible for them to appear before the world.

But even without those five Demon Gods, the innumerable powerful Demon Beasts there were enough to make people stop in their tracks.

"Yes, but according to the information we obtained, Purple-Gold Silver Flower has only appeared there within the last three years. One day. We only need to enter for one day. If we find it, we come out; if we don't, we still come out. We absolutely won't linger. If we find it, everyone gets a reward of 1.5 million. Even if we fail, everyone can still get 500,000! Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest is indeed dangerous, but we're only going to the outskirts. The strongest Demon Beasts in the outer region are only in the Spirit Refining Realm. I can handle them, and we also have spirit artifacts to assist us. Unless our luck is atrociously bad, we won't encounter anything stronger."

Shang Yu looked at Ye Tianyi as he spoke.

Ye Tianyi fell into slight contemplation after hearing Shang Yu's words.

Yes, under normal circumstances, the strongest in the outer region would only be in the Spirit Refining Realm. But accidents could always happen, so this was gambling with one's life. Yet there was a reward of 500,000 for only one day, and 1.5 million if they found it... That might be nothing compared to the Ye Family's debts, but in such a dangerous place, there would surely be other rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects besides Purple-Gold Silver Flower. If he could gather even one plant, it might sell for tens of millions. To Ye Tianyi, this was also an opportunity.

"But I don't understand. Purple-Gold Silver Flower is rare, but its uses are only so limited. Is it really worth having over a dozen people risk their lives to search for it?"

Ye Tianyi asked in confusion.

"This..."

Shang Yu hesitated, then said, "Fine, I'll tell you. A viral outbreak has occurred in Heavenly Peace City next to Heavenly Water Holy City. Even martial artists in the Enlightened Aperture Realm can die from this virus. The situation is extremely grim. There may already be infected people in Heavenly Water Holy City as well. Experts in Heavenly Peace City discovered that Purple-Gold Silver Flower, as the main medicinal ingredient, might be effective against the virus. Therefore, this matter concerns the entire Empire more than anything else. If it spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"So whoever obtains Purple-Gold Silver Flower can receive countless rewards from the Empire, right?"

Shang Yu glanced at Ye Tianyi. "Only forty million. That's my company's profit for two years. Very few people know about this virus. This matter is confidential. They think spreading the news would cause panic, but in truth, that would push things in an even worse direction. They think only five confirmed cases are no big deal. They're thinking too simply. Even the Emperor doesn't know about this yet. I only learned of it through unofficial channels."

"Sister Hong?"

"How did you know?"

Ye Tianyi shook his head. "Nothing."

Sister Hong's information network was truly impressive. Was she All-Knowing?

After speaking, Shang Yu paused before continuing, "And the place we're going is Ten Thousand Demons Heaven Forest. How many people do you think are willing to risk their lives there? Far too few. Forty million cannot attract many people to sell their lives. After all, it's only a guess that Purple-Gold Silver Flower is useful; it hasn't been confirmed. So they won't spend a fortune on it. I only want to give it a try. Think about it—I'm the strongest, so I'll play the biggest role. There's forty million total. If we find it, giving you all your shares will come close to Twenty Million. It's not a problem for me to take a little over Twenty Million, right?"

"Alright! I'm in!"

Ye Tianyi nodded.

"Good! But this matter must be kept strictly confidential. Since the Heavenly Peace City City Lord and the others don't want word to spread, let's not spread it either. After all, it's only a rumor that someone contracted this virus. Before we have confirmed it, we can't let rumors grow wings and fly. Gather here at nine tomorrow morning, and we'll set out directly. Here's the contract. Read it over, and sign it if there's no problem."

Ye Tianyi nodded. After signing the contract, he left. He took out his phone and checked Shi Jiayi's home address, then hailed a taxi and headed over.