Chapter 21: Demon Seed
Su Huan couldn’t help asking aloud.
Liu Zhejun’s eyes suddenly turned red, and he said, “That was a corpse puppet refined from his remains by the demons.”
His voice choked with sobs: “My father died protecting Liu Fang City. He didn’t defect to the enemy! No one in Liu Fang City ever defected to the demons! I don’t know who guided them to sneak into the Central Continent…”
Liu Fang City was just a small city. Although it was under the jurisdiction of the Xuanji Sect, its terrain was remote and close to the border of Tingmeng Continent. Many things were hard to take care of, so the city change in Liu Fang City wasn’t detected at all.
When the demons quietly sneaked into the city, it was City Lord Liu who discovered something wrong first. He told Liu Zhejun to send Spirit-Nourishing Pills to Chi Jing.
Chi Jing’s main body had died ten thousand years ago. Now only a wisp of divine consciousness remained attached to the beheaded beast head. If one wanted it to continue existing, one could only feed it Divine Pills constantly.
And there were plenty of panaceas that could break realms and temper cultivation. The random opportunities were also full of uncontrollability. The cost of Spirit-Nourishing Pills for maintenance was also very expensive. The elder in charge of this matter in the Xuanji Sect back then looked down on this money-consuming beast head, so he let it stay in Liu Fang City and be worshipped by the Liu family for generations to provide illusion dream trials for their descendants. It counted as a small benefit given by the Xuanji Sect to the affiliated territory.
However, after Liu Zhejun sent the spiritual pills out, there was blood everywhere outside. The Liu family’s basement wasn’t discovered when the demons slaughtered the residence because of Chi Jing’s protection.
At some point, the entire city fell into the demons’ blockade, completely shielding any thoughts of transmitting messages outward.
Speaking of this, Liu Zhejun’s face was already covered in tears: “I remember there was fire everywhere that day. The people of the whole city were trapped in the city. My father fought to the death with that demon leader, but in the end, his chest was pierced by a demon tiger… Corpses piled up constantly, but no one rebelled…”
Liu Zhejun covered his face and squatted on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.
Xiao Jianming, who had been forcibly dragged over, sneered inwardly upon hearing this and couldn’t help mocking, “So you hid here alone, watching them die helplessly? Truly cowardly.”
Liu Zhejun broke down: “I wasn’t… I didn’t! I wanted to save them…”
Chi Jing suddenly let out a snort, blowing slightly white breath onto Liu Zhejun. The expression of grief on the weak scholar’s face stagnated, and he fell to the ground and fell asleep.
He was sent into the Heart Tribulation Illusion Dream by Chi Jing.
The beast head sighed, “I set up the barrier to prevent him from going out. He is just a small Foundation Establishment cultivator. Going out means death. Then Liu Fang City would become an empty city. But I didn’t expect that this became his nightmare, so much so that he hasn’t had a good sleep these days.”
The beast eyes as big as bronze bells rolled, “Now let him have a good sleep.”
Su Huan wiped his tears secretly, and Feng Jiangyue was also speechless.
After a long silence, Feng Jiangyue sighed, “It is my Xuanji Sect that failed Liu Fang City.”
The beast head exhaled heavily and snorted, “You bunch of wet-behind-the-ears brats coming here is also seeking death. Better escape early to find adults. ” Pausing, it said, “As long as you can take this kid out when you leave, it would be a good deed.”
It was just that now the demons had sealed the city, so it was probably easy to enter but hard to exit.
Xiao Jianming suddenly asked, “Since the demons sealed the city, who transmitted the message received by the Xuanji Sect?”
The beast head didn’t answer but closed its eyes instead, obviously unwilling to answer his question.
Xiao Jianming’s face sank, dark as ink.
Su Huan looked left and right, suspecting that the first thing the Black Lotus would do after unbinding was to destroy this beast head.
Feng Jiangyue frowned and asked Chi Jing, “How many demons are in the city? What is their strength?”
Chi Jing then opened its eyes: “There are three hundred demons in total. The highest cultivation is late Nascent Soul, mostly Golden Core. You have to be careful of that white-furred red-striped tiger. Its demon fire can incinerate a Nascent Soul cultivator.”
Xiao Jianming’s face became darker and darker.
Su Huan caught a glimpse and felt his heart skip a beat. He coughed hurriedly and repeated his question, signaling the silly beast head with his eyes to stop opposing the Black Lotus. He is the protagonist, you can’t beat him!
Xiao Jianming glanced at him and sighed inwardly. He really loves me so much.
Chi Jing snorted upon hearing this. Its two big eyes scanned over, a glint flashing in its vertical pupils. Its large mouth full of beast mane opened to scold: “Stinking brat, wasting a chance for me to let you into the dream. You are so infatuated with this bastard, but do you know that although your romantic entanglements are constant, it’s hard to have a good result? You will die by his hand sooner or later! A piece of advice: find a cup of Water of Oblivion immediately after you go out to cure your brain!”
Xiao Jianming looked at it as if looking at a dead person: “Meddling in others’ business, talking nonsense.” He wouldn’t kill Su Huan.
Chi Jing snorted heavily: “You are the one full of lies. Previously you…”
Feng Jiangyue looked at the two abruptly. Su Huan hurriedly interrupted it: “Hey Grandpa Divine Beast, don’t talk about these illusory things. You have such great magical powers, you must know who that person is, right? Just tell us!”
Even to hide the awkwardness, he analyzed seemingly seriously: “Didn’t Liu Zhejun say there was no one left in Liu Fang City? Since it wasn’t him who sent the message, it couldn’t be the demons, right?”
Chi Jing was indeed led astray by him and chuckled, “Wrong, it really was the demons who sent the message.”
Su Huan: “?” What’s the situation? Calling people to beat themselves?
The confused look on the youth’s face was too easy to guess. Chi Jing explained, “They wanted to lure the disciples of the Xuanji Sect here, plant Demon Seeds in your bodies, and then release you back, thereby burying the demons’ pawns within the Immortal Sect.”
Feng Jiangyue looked grim: “No wonder they only knocked us out but didn’t kill us.”
If she hadn’t adhered to the habit of never eating outside, she probably would have fallen into the demons’ trap too. Not to mention going out to explore at night later and meeting Liu Zhejun who risked death to save people.
Once a Demon Seed was planted in the body, the host would gradually get lost in various negative emotions such as greed, anger, ignorance, resentment, and jealousy, eventually losing their mind and exploding to death.
Su Huan was secretly shocked. He never expected that the first mission he went on since transmigration into the book would be so difficult.
Suddenly, a voice transmission rang in his mind: I have a way to save everyone.
Su Huan was stunned and looked at Xiao Jianming. Feng Jiangyue noticed immediately, giving birth to a trace of anger. She grabbed Xiao Jianming’s collar and said angrily, “What are you doing! Don’t think about bewitching Junior Brother again!”
When she saw Su Huan lying in a pool of blood, Feng Jiangyue regretted it endlessly. If she hadn’t misjudged that the two were truly in love, Junior Brother wouldn’t have had an accident…
From then on, Feng Jiangyue swore she would protect Junior Brother well in this life and would never let him suffer any harm again.
Xiao Jianming chuckled, raising his eyebrows. “What is Senior Sister Feng afraid of? I was just telling Senior Brother that I have a way to save everyone.”
Feng Jiangyue was unmoved. She gritted her teeth and said, “Don’t think about playing tricks to escape. Junior Brother is pure-minded and easy to trust, but I won’t believe you. If you dare to bewitch him again, be careful I’ll cut your tongue!”
Su Huan said weakly, “Senior Sister, how about… listen to his method first? What if he can really save the Junior Brothers and Sisters?”
Feng Jiangyue cast a look like looking at a “fool” and sighed.
Su Huan: “…” No, he really wasn’t stupid, really.
Although the Black Heart Lotus had a black heart, he would rather enter the Cold Pool Sin Prison than leave the Xuanji Sect. In the end, he definitely wouldn’t want to bring a bunch of Demon Seeds back, right?
Hearing his words, ripples rose in Xiao Jianming’s heart again. He looked at Su Huan and compromised, “I can take an oath.”
After he took the oath, Feng Jiangyue put away the Immortal-Binding Rope on him.
Su Huan asked him, “What is your method?”
Xiao Jianming moved his stiff wrists unhurriedly and loosened his bones before speaking slowly, “Since the demons drugged us, we can naturally return tooth for tooth and eye for eye.”
Su Huan’s eyes lit up. That’s right!
Although this method was a bit insidious, it didn’t take much effort!
It was just that demons were poisonous themselves. He didn’t know where to find drugs that could poison them?
…
Perhaps the Heavenly Dao was also helping the Xuanji Sect. Tonight happened to be the celebration banquet set up by the Demon General to celebrate the Second Highness’s first victory just out of the Barren Lands, successfully taking down a city of the Xuanji Sect.
The Demon Second Highness sat at the highest seat, combing two small braids. His fingertips stroked the proud tiger head of the white-furred red-striped tiger under his seat lightly. In an instant, a deafening tiger roar resounded through the entire hall.
The demons below the seat raised their cups one after another and congratulated in unison: “Congratulations to the Second Highness on the first victory!”
The sounds passed along the steps, like a heaven-shaking tiger roar.
The Second Highness smiled arrogantly, raised his cup to these subordinates who trusted him from afar, and drank it all heroically.
If Su Huan were here, he would be surprised to find that this person looked exactly like the Demon Sovereign’s son in the illusion!
Unfortunately, it was Feng Jiangyue and Xiao Jianming who sneaked in. The former didn’t know the content of the illusion, while the latter raised his eyebrows upon seeing the character who had appeared in the illusion.
He didn’t know which of those people and things in the illusion were real and which were fake.
In the magnificent hall, Yin Rong put down his wine cup. Just as he was about to pick up the golden chopsticks to taste the fresh fish slices he liked, he suddenly felt a strange pain in his abdomen. He couldn’t hold the chopsticks in his hand, and they fell onto the table abruptly.
His pupils contracted instantly. Someone poisoned the wine!
But he grew up eating ten thousand poisons. How could this poison work on him?
Crackling—
All the demons who drank the wine fell to the ground clutching their bellies in pain, pushing over wine pots and overturning tables. The celebration banquet was thrown into chaos.
Yin Rong gritted his teeth in anger. But the angrier he was, the more the pain in his belly spread throughout his body, like boiling. All his blood burned. He hurriedly circulated his energy to suppress the poison, but it was useless.
While he was sweating blood from pain, the white tiger beside him, sensing his pain and spinning anxiously, suddenly looked fierce, roared, and spewed demon fire in a certain direction!
Xiao Jianming, who was about to take advantage of the chaos to kill, swayed and dodged the oncoming demon fire, but his tracks were exposed because of this.
Yin Rong recognized him. It was the stinky cultivator who didn’t eat anything at the banquet and disappeared after stealing away!
“Damn human cultivator, actually daring to disrupt my banquet… Big White, tear his throat apart for me!”
Xiao Jianming stood calmly on the spot, not dodging the pouncing white tiger. Just as the tiger teeth were about to touch his flesh, a long sword pierced into the tiger’s neck from the side!
The white tiger roared in pain. Yin Rong’s eyes split with rage: “Big White!”
Xiao Jianming bowed to Feng Jiangyue with a smile: “Many thanks to Senior Sister for saving me.”
Feng Jiangyue snorted coldly: “If you seek death, don’t do it in front of me. I won’t save you next time.”
At the same time, several wisps of demonic energy emerged from the white tiger, actually forming a vortex underground!
Yin Rong stared at Xiao Jianming’s face, hating, “Damn human cultivator, next time I will definitely cut you into a thousand pieces and make you into a side dish for wine!”
A vortex of demonic energy also appeared beneath him, and he disappeared in an instant.
Feng Jiangyue was startled: “Not good, they got away!”
Xiao Jianming stopped her: “No need to chase.”
He had seen the Demon Sovereign use the same spell in the illusion.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help frowning. Could it be that the Demon Sovereign also sneaked into the Central Continent?
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