Jiang Minghuang stared blankly at the White-robed Youth on the High Platform who had uttered such astonishing words.
My mind, which had been relatively clear, went blank for a brief moment.
The buzzing in my ears was like the flapping of wings of a thousand cicadas.
"Tomorrow... leave Western Continent?"
Each word seemed like a shard of ice carved from her throat, and Jiang Minghuang's expression showed even more disbelief than before.
She even began to doubt whether her Nirvana Dao Body had truly been damaged by the other party.
Otherwise, how could one have heard such a seemingly unrealistic statement from this Baiyi True Lord: "[We will set off from the Western Continent tomorrow to hunt down Tengshe]"?
"Is it difficult?"
Ye Li assumed her injuries were too severe, so he tapped his fingers lightly on the table and calmly asked, "Doesn't your Flame Palace have any healing Treasure Medicine at the Creation Realm?"
Since it doesn't require the other party to recover much combat power, and they only need to be able to perform the Tracking Compass function, the recovery shouldn't be too difficult.
He had no intention of feeding Jiang Minghuang his Treasured Blood.
After all, blood loss is not a pleasant thing.
The two weren't even in a superior-subordinate relationship, so Ye Li naturally wouldn't treat the Palace Master of the Flame Palace the way he treated Zuo Qingyu.
At most, they would have the local Western Continent Director of the Celestial Observatory send some suitable healing Treasure Medicine, depending on the situation.
"No, if it's just healing Treasure Medicine at the Creation Realm, the Flame Palace's treasury still has a few more..."
Jiang Minghuang's tone grew softer and softer as she looked down at the ground in front of her, her breathing becoming increasingly rapid.
Dusk seeped through the Liuli windows outside the palace, casting distorted shadows on the gilded floor tiles.
The Divine Phoenix True Monarch suddenly realized how absurd this was—
All these years of misery and despair in the land of Shenzhou, with no interest in right or wrong, is precisely because they lack the assistance of this level of combat power.
If it were possible to so easily persuade a Creation True Monarch with terrifying strength to accompany them...
Then why am I still unable to avenge my mortal enemy?!
Three thousand years ago, she carried most of the Flame Palace's resources and traveled all over the Divine Continent, but still couldn't get even a decent help from a Creation Realm expert.
Jiang Minghuang was well aware of the reason.
Everyone knows the danger level outside of the Western Continent. Within the Divine Continent, even with abundant cultivation resources as a reward, it is difficult to persuade beings at the level of Martial Dao True Lord to risk their lives to seek revenge.
It's not worth it.
Yes, although Jiang Minghuang really didn't want to admit it.
However, for the vast majority of Martial Dao True Lord in Shenzhou, it is not worthwhile to venture deep into the [Abyss of Gods and Demons] outside the Western Continent just for revenge.
And now this fiend who crushed her Dao Heart to dust actually says he'll help her leave the Western Continent to slay demons?!
The situation changed too quickly.
It feels like a dream.
Jiang Minghuang was in a daze, even doubting that she had already died under the opponent's fist energy, which was enough to shatter the Nirvana Golden Body, and that everything she was seeing now was just her own delusional imagination.
"Do you... know what lies beyond the borders of the Western Continent?"
As she spoke, she suddenly gripped the hem of her dress tightly, the excruciating pain of her fingertips piercing her palms so real, gradually seeping out golden-red Nirvana True Blood.
He slowly raised his head.
Jiang Minghuang forced herself to look directly into the other person's indifferent and ruthless black eyes, and gritted her teeth as she said:
"The Teng Snake dwells in the east, the Mirage Dragon coils in the west... Although there are no concrete written records, it is highly likely that five True Lord- Great Demon at the Creation Realm reside there!"
Thud!
As the words fell, the crisp sound of Ye Li's knuckles tapping the table shattered the twilight drifting through the Liuli windowpanes.
Five heads?
His expression finally changed noticeably, but it was completely different from the panic Jiang Minghuang had expected.
In fact, there was more than just no panic.
A rare, slight smile even appeared on his fair face, "That's wonderful..."
Upon hearing Jiang Minghuang's statement, Ye Li's first reaction was that this person was bragging.
After all, where in the world is there such a good thing? Five Great Demon True Lord at the Creation Realm are entrenched outside the Western Continent. Do they really think the Western Continent's Heavenly Supervision Department and Demon Suppression Department are powerless?
But after seeing Jiang Minghuang's soul, which did not tremble in the slightest, and her solemn expression, which showed no trace of pretense, he was deeply moved.
Ye Li couldn't help but be shocked.
There really are such wonderful things in the world!!
He looked up at Jiang Minghuang below again and asked, "Do you know what level of Great Demon they are?"
"..."
Hearing the arrogant words from the other party, Jiang Minghuang felt an unprecedented surge of emotion welling up from the bottom of her heart, which even shook the overwhelming hatred that had been festering in her heart.
Perhaps it was because Ye Li's previous heavy punch was so powerful that his words also possessed a corresponding characteristic.
"The lowest level is at the third level of the Creation Realm, and the highest... is probably close to the Seventh Level of Creation Realm."
Her eyes were lowered as she spoke plainly, "Even the Western Continent's Director of the Celestial Observatory could only stop it at the Western Continent's border with the power of [Empowered by Wishes]."
That's a truly unexpected delight...
Ye Li rose gracefully, even slightly revealing his newly restored Qi Sea, and addressed Jiang Minghuang below in a declarative tone:
"Go back and heal your wounds. We'll set off tomorrow morning. Any other questions?"
However, after a moment, seeing Jiang Minghuang still kneeling below, showing no intention of leaving, he frowned slightly and said, "Just say what your problem is."
"..."
Jiang Minghuang clenched her fists, feeling a lump in her throat.
She sensed no fear of Great Demon at the Creation Realm from Ye Li, only an intense Killing Intent emanating from him.
Could it be that he also has a grudge against these Great Demon beyond the Western Continent?
But that doesn't make sense, because if that were the case, Ye Li would have known about the situation outside of the Western Continent.
The fact that things have come to this point can only mean that the other party has absolute confidence in this trip.
Jiang Minghuang decided to call the bet.
Even if Ye Li's confidence stemmed mostly from the belief that she could regain her peak combat strength in a short period of time, it wouldn't matter.
She has tried many times so far.
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of you! The chance to avenge your sister is right in front of you!
Jiang Minghuang immediately abandoned her plan to persuade him, a strange light flashing in her fiery red eyes.
This completely unfamiliar Heavenly Supervision Department True Lord... seems Taiyi from those self-imposed isolationists in the Western Continent.
"I'm fine now."
Seeing Ye Li nod in satisfaction, she inexplicably asked, "I still don't know how to address you."
Ye Li was not surprised by this situation.
According to the file, Jiang Minghuang and her deceased blood relative suffered many hardships from childhood and had many experiences of going through hardships together... For example, when Jiang Minghuang was at the Sun Moon Realm, she offended many forces due to her personality issues, and was therefore hunted down by many parties until she was seriously injured and hid in a deep mountain in the Western Continent.
Just when she was at her wit's end, her sister risked her life to bring her a life-saving Treasure Medicine.
And so on, and many others.
Under these circumstances, it's understandable that Jiang Minghuang would still seek revenge for her sister even in dire condition.
It will likely spare no effort in serving as Tracking Compass.
"Elder Ye Li of the Eastern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department."
Ye Li composed himself and said calmly, "Ye as in 'leaf,' and Li as in 'etiquette.'"
Jiang Minghuang was taken aback at first, then slowly nodded.
He then rose, bowed, and left the Imperial Palace.
Ye Li... I had never heard of such a person existing in the Eastern Continent before.
His name is gentle and refined, but his incredibly powerful Daoist body and cultivation level are truly terrifying to the extreme.
He can be considered the number one person in the entire continent.
With the two working together, as long as they don't get unlucky enough to alert all five Great Demons on this trip, the success rate of killing True Lord Tengshe should be quite high...
But these five Great Demons are colluding with each other. If they want to kill one of them, how easy would it be to do so without alerting the other four?
Jiang Minghuang couldn't help but sigh, as images of the many treasures in the Flame Palace's treasury surfaced in her mind.
Besides recovering from his own injuries.
Considering the cooperative relationship between the two parties, she also planned to casually pick out some Treasure Medicine from the Creation Realm to give to the other party.
So, under the shade of a tree somewhere.
She successfully located Ying Xuanji, who had just finished dispatching the Western Continent law enforcement officers, and asked:
"Trouble me, what type of Treasure Medicine does Ye Li need right now?"
Fellow Daoist Ye, how come you managed to subdue one of them...?
Ying Xuanji frowned upon hearing this. "What do you want to do? If Fellow Daoist Ye lacks Treasure Medicine, I will directly obtain it for him from the Ziwei Hall."
"Can't I even send a small amount?"
"It's definitely not going to work out of principle..." Ying Xuanji's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, her mind filled with the extraordinary status of the Blazing Heaven Flame Palace in the Western Continent.