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âIs what he said true?â Yu Wan asked Yan Jiuchao softly.
At this moment, they had already entered the orchard in the demon domain.
Although this was not the only path to the Earth Demon Palace, it was the fastest path for them. There was naturally no need to mention the risk, but who cared about this now?
âMost of it is true. About his identityâ¦â Yan Jiuchao sized up Jing Wuzhou, who was leading the way. âIâm afraid thereâs some exaggeration in it.â
âOh.â It was good that the information was right. Yu Wan did not care much about the identity of this middle-aged cultivator. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yan Jiuchao did not care, either. He cared if the other partyâs path was right.
âAre you sure you didnât go the wrong way?â Yan Jiuchao asked. âYou said that this is the Demon Clanâs orchard, but weâve been walking for a long time and havenât encountered a single guard of the Demon Clan. Could we have gone the wrong way?
âNo! I just came a few days ago!â Jing Wuzhou said confidently.
This was the truth. He had indeed been here, and he had come with a group of orthodox cultivators. They had attacked the Earth Demon Palace at night, but they were crushed by the demons and escaped from this orchard.
What he did not tell Yan Jiuchao was that after the news of the Earth Demon Palace reconstructing the demon seed was exposed, they were attacked by righteous cultivators more than once. However, not everyone came to eliminate the demons and protect the righteous path. Many of them wanted to take advantage of the chaos.
Those dead righteous cultivators had good things on them, right? Isnât there good stuff in the Earth Demon Palace? Any sum of money was enough to eat for a lifetime, okay?
Jing Wuzhou was one of the people who picked up the bargain.
The descent of the Demon Lord was imminent, so there would definitely be a huge battle in the Earth Demon Palace. He did not obtain any benefits last time, so he risked his life to try his luck again tonight. After all, he had been here once and was familiar with the terrain. He knew where to hide at the critical moment.
However, this person who called himself the Immortal Lord Jiuchao was right. Where did those demon guards go? Didnât they not start fighting yet? Why did it seem like the manpower here had been transferred away?
How could Jing Wuzhou have expected that the Demon Clan to have casualties before the battle would not start? The corpses of all the demon guards that Zhou Jin and Little Rakshasa had killed in the Earth Demon Palace had been found. There were a total of twenty to thirty of them. These had all happened without the others knowing. The demons guessed that the righteous experts above the Heaven Realm had probably infiltrated. At this moment, the entire Earth Demon Palace was on guard. Even the guards guarding the orchard had been transferred to guard the Earth Demon Palace.
âDo you think Dabao and the others will be in the Earth Demon Palace?â Yu Wan asked.
Yan Jiuchao held her hand. âWhat do you think?â
Yu Wan shook her head and covered her heart with her other hand. âI donât know, but I feel that theyâre very close to me.â Yan Jiuchao said, âThen theyâre in the Earth Demon Palace.â
Yu Wan asked, âWhat if my senses go wrong?â
Yan Jiuchao pinched her hand comfortingly. âItâs fine if theyâre wrong. At least we can eliminate the possibility that theyâre in danger.â
According to Jing Wuzhou, the most dangerous place nearby was the Earth Demon Palace. Yu Wan thought about it and agreed. She immediately stopped arguing and looked up at the branches above her head. âThese fruits look very
delicious. â
âDo you want some?â Yan Jiuchao plucked one. Jing Wuzhouâs expression changed. âNo! Itâs poisonous!â
Yu Wan blinked. âThese fruits donât look poisonous.â
Jing Wuzhou said tiredly, âItâs not the fruit, itâs the worm on the fruit!â
Hearing that, Yu Wan really saw a small black worm on the fruit. In fact, ever since she had Little Gu, she did not care much about insects, as no insects dared to bite her.
Jing Wuzhou said, âThis is a demonic insect. It sucks demonic energy for a living.â
Yu Wan poked the little insect with her finger. âItâs not moving. Is it dead?â
Jing Wuzhou was frightened by Yu Wanâs actions. Did he not express it clearly enough? Or was her brain led astray by that Immortal Lord Jiuchao? This was a demonic insect, a demonic insect. She would be half dead after taking a bite! She even dared to poke it with her hand!
Jing Wuzhou said, âItâs not dead. Itâs absorbing demonic energy. When itâs done, itâll start attacking the people who broke into the orchard.â
Yu Wan curled her lips. âItâs drinking demonic energy like this?â Then wasnât her Little Gu looking a little ugly?
Little Gu, who was sitting in Yu Wanâs sleeve and eating as if it was eating cotton candy, was speechless.
They would be leaving the orchard in a while. Yu Wan noticed that Jing Wuzhou would stuff a pill into his mouth every once in a while. She thought for a while and asked, âAre you sick?â
Jing Wuzhou, who had just swallowed a pill, almost choked to death! What did she mean⦠he was sick? Did she know how to speak? Was there anyone who hit on people like this?
Jing Wuzhou swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva before swallowing the pill in his throat. Then, he looked at Yu Wan and said, âIâm eating the Demon Prevention Pill to prevent demonic energy from entering my body. Have you never eaten it before?â
Yu Wan thought to herself, Yan Jiuchao doesnât have to eat it because he has the Longevity Technique to protect his body, and I donât have to eat it because I have Little Gu to eat away at the demonic aura. However, Iâm afraid Iâll expose something ifI say it out loud, so she said, âI have. The effect is better than yours. One pill will last for an entire day!â
She was talking about the pill, but why did Jing Wuzhou feel a little pain in his kidney! When Jing Wuzhou ate another pill, he braced himself and explained, âIâm not weak, really!â
As it turned out, Jing Wuzhou was also a dabbler in leading the way. He had followed the route he took when he escaped last time. The problem was that the path he took when he escaped might not be the most accurate path. As the three of them walked, they arrived under the Earth Demon Palace.
Looking at the endless cemetery, not only did Jing Wuzhouâs kidneys hurt, but his balls hurt too. âUm⦠I⦠Actually⦠Ahemâ¦â Before he could finish speaking, Yu Wan said, âWhatâs wrong?â
Yu Wan was asking Yan Jiuchao. Yan Jiuchaoâs expression was not right, as if he had discovered something. Yan Jiuchao walked to a grave, squatted down, and pinched the soil on the ground thoughtfully. Yu Wan came to his side. âWhat did you find?â
âSomeone has used sorcery here,â Yan Jiuchao said.
The Longevity Technique could not sense sorcery power, but the Soul Rakshasa could. The Soul Rakshasa that Yan Jiuchao had devoured was considered to be from the same sect as the Sorcerer Clan in terms of origin. Therefore, he quickly felt the power of his sect that was about to disappear into the air.
âCould it be Zhou Jin?â There were not many people around Yu Wan who could use sorcery, and it was very likely that Zhou Jin had come to this world. Yu Wan could not help but suspect this.
âItâs hard to say yet, but⦠look over there.â Yan Jiuchao pointed at a few small footprints on the grave.
Yu Wanâs eyes lit up. âItâs Dabao and the others!â She had personally chosen the three little fellowsâ shoes. She knew the patterns on the soles very well.
Yu Wan was very excited to find traces of them again, but at the same time, she could not help but feel worried. This was the Earth Demon Palace. Would the little fellows encounter any danger when they came here?
Yan Jiuchao stood up and looked into the depths of the grave. âIf theyâre with
Zhou Jin, they should be finding a way out by now.â
Yan Jiuchao was right. After Zhou Jin met the three little fellows, he had indeed started to figure out how to leave the Earth Demon Palace.
Of course, the three little eggs still had new companions. They could not leave them behind. They went to the beast garden.
The Sacred Luan was originally thrown into the beast garden as food, but the Sacred Luan was very smart. It also understood that although it was powerful, it was outnumbered. Therefore, it did not fight head-on. The moment it entered, it fell to the ground, looking like it was as dead as it could.
Exotic beasts did not like to eat dead things. Just as the Sacred Luan was about to run out of breath, Zhou Jin used his sorcery power again. He hypnotized all the mutated beasts and saved the Sacred Luan.
Zhou Jin, who had overdrawn his sorcery power, turned pale. The few of them rode on the back of the Sacred Luan and flew into the sky.
The white-haired old man, who was in deep trouble: â
Are you really sure you didnât leave anything behind?
The Sacred Luan originally planned to fly out of the Earth Demon Palace directly, but it never expected that halfway through, a rain of arrows would cover the sky and earth. Like a fine net, the Sacred Luan suddenly flew low and actually slid through this rain of arrows.
Seeing that the arrows were useless, the demon guard changed his spear. Each of them held a spear as fast as lightning. The Sacred Luan began its performance. It turned left, right, and spun in the air, perfectly dodging all the attacks.
At this moment, the Demon Clanâs Great Guardian walked out. He turned the energy in his body into a black spear and suddenly shot towards the heart of the Sacred Luan! The Sacred Luan felt a huge demon pressure. Its speed instantly slowed down. It flew low again. Just as it was about to dodge the energy spear, it twitched under the pressure.
âBe careful!â Zhou Jin pressed Dabaoâs head. The spear flew past Dabaoâs back and broke the strap of his bag.
Yan Xiaosi and his bag fell down..