The inside of Carefree Valley was still the same as before. Spiritual aura, devil aura, and filthy aura mixed together. Every step they took was filled with danger.
But for Nascent Soul cultivators, it was just a piece of cake. The five of them easily entered the valley.
Mo Tiange couldn't help but recall the strange spiritual beast, Ling Yunhe, when she saw the crack at the entrance of the valley.
"Fellow Daoist Ling, where's your spiritual beast, Little Black?"
Ling Yunhe searched his spiritual beast bag and released vulture Little Black. "Here."
Since Little Black hadn't advanced to the eighth rank, Little Black basically couldn't help them, so Ling Yunhe only looked at it for a moment before putting it away.
After looking at Little Black, Nie Wushang suddenly said, "Tiange, I remember you said the first person you saw practicing the Primordial Devil Technique produced dead aura?"
She was talking about Ren Yufeng. Mo Tiange nodded. "Yes."
Nie Wushang said, "… My master also started practicing the Primordial Devil Technique a long time ago. The reason why he ended up like this was because the cultivation technique he comprehended wasn't good enough."
Mo Tiange recalled Master Song Feng's ghostly appearance. How similar was he to Ren Yufeng?
Could it be that the Primordial Devil Technique really had a path leading to dead aura?
As she thought about this, she saw Nie Wushang take out a shiny black stone from her robe and throw it to the side of the crack next to the dead aura crack.
"Magic crystal?"
Mo Tiange recognized it at a glance. It was the magic crystal Mei Feng used to control them when they fell into his trap. It was said to be the main material of the Corpse Soul Technique. It could absorb people's energy and control their souls, turning them into walking corpses without them knowing. It was a first-class evil item.
Nie Wushang said, "Look, this thing can really absorb dead aura."
Everyone saw black dead aura being slowly absorbed into the magic crystal, making it look fuller and brighter.
"What do you want dead aura for?" Mo Tiange asked.
Nie Wushang smiled. "It's a secret."
After the magic crystal finished absorbing the dead aura, they were about to enter the valley.
Mo Tiange thought for a moment then released Little Feng and Feifei from the spiritual beast bracelet.
The biggest use of the spiritual beast bracelet given by Devil Monarch Night Frost was that she could carry several spiritual beasts with her without worrying about them delaying her cultivation, so Qin Xi also put Little Feng in her spiritual beast bracelet.
When the three of them saw Xiao Feng, their eyes widened, especially Ling Yunhe.
Jing Xingzhi and Nie Wushang were more or less used to it. From time to time, the two of them would come up with something that would make people envious, jealous, and hate them.
"Huh?" Nie Wushang fixed her gaze on Feifei. "This … doesn't seem to have an eighth rank?"
Mo Tiange said, "This is my spiritual beast, Feifei. You've all seen him before. He's only in the seventh rank, and he can transform because of other reasons."
Feifei casually cupped his hands at them and stood to the side.
Jing Xingzhi stared at him for a good while, then suddenly said, "So the remaining White Tiger's breath was subdued by you?"
When Feifei heard this, she turned her head and looked at him seriously for a while. Then, she suddenly realized, "So you're the person that the Pearl of the White Tiger recognized as its master. You've really lucked out."
Both of them had the aura of the white tiger on them at the same time, so it was very easy to sense them.
Jing Xingzhi curled his lips. "What a rude child. No matter what, I'm from the same generation as Qin Shoujing. Do you know that you have to address him as Martial Uncle?"
"Hmph!" Feifei turned her head. "Without me, would you have the Pearl of the White Tiger?"
"Without me, you would have the Pearl of the White Tiger?"
Feifei was speechless and retreated in defeat. The others laughed.
Little Feng saluted them. "Little Feng greets Fellow Daoists."
Although she was Qin Xi's spiritual beast, she was also an eighth rank demonic beast cultivator. In front of Nascent Soul cultivators, calling them Fellow Daoist was enough.
After exchanging greetings, the group of five people and two demonic beasts set out again.
"Feifei, lead the way." Feifei was the one who discovered the Black Tortoise Sacrificial Temple, so Mo Tiange ordered it without any politeness.
Feifei didn't object. Although it had a bad temper and was stingy, it wouldn't refuse work that needed to be done.
After taking a moment to identify the direction, they picked a direction to go.
Compared to their trip to Carefree Valley a hundred years ago, their lineup this time could be said to be gorgeous. All kinds of obstacles on the way weren't a problem at all. Soon, they arrived at the place where the three giant apes appeared.
"Follow me!"
Feifei snapped its fingers, picked a strange angle, and drilled into the bottom of the rocks between the trees. For this reason, it even deliberately revealed its true form.
After walking for a while and seeing that it was getting harder and harder to walk, Jing Xingzhi couldn't help but ask, "You're not deliberately retaliating against us, are you?"
Feifei rolled its eyes. "I'm free!"
Jing Xingzhi still wanted to say something, but the two of them suddenly stopped at the same time. "There's a situation."
The five people and two demonic beasts stopped in their spots. Among them, Jing Xingzhi was also in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Sword cultivators focused on cultivating a single sword, so their power was greater. Correspondingly, they didn't cultivate much divine sense and didn't have any special secret techniques, so their warning ability was inferior to that of traditional Dharma cultivators.
After a while, Jing Xingzhi also uttered an "Huh?" followed by Nie Wushang and Ling Yunhe.
"Why are there so many people?" Ling Yunhe was extremely astonished.
Everyone looked at each other. Their divine senses clearly sensed that many Nascent Soul cultivators were coming this way.
Inside Carefree Valley, the auras were mixed, so they couldn't sense far. However, as Nascent Soul cultivators, they couldn't be wrong about this.
It wouldn't be strange if there were only Core Formation cultivators. The spiritual plants and wondrous things in Carefree Valley were extremely attractive to Core Formation cultivators, but if there were Nascent Soul cultivators, Carefree Valley basically wouldn't be in any danger. If there was a need, it was enough for them to come alone. There was no need to invite helpers, let alone so many people …
"You guys find a place to wait for me. I'll go take a look." Ling Yunhe made this decision in just a moment.
The others looked at each other then nodded in agreement.
The four of them more or less had enemies in Yunzhong, especially Mo Tiange and Qin Xi. They had offended countless Nascent Soul cultivators during their trip to Sea of Returning Ruins, and every one of them was an influential figure in Yunzhong.
Only Ling Yunhe, as a native of Yunzhong, had a wide network and was quite popular, so the cultivators in Yunzhong would more or less give him face.
Ling Yunhe made some preparations. He gently waved the Moonlight Essence he was holding in his hand, scattering it into countless fragments that entered his sleeve. A lot of flowing Moonlight Essence then appeared on his cuff.
Then he followed his original path and went to the entrance of the inner valley.
Before long, Ling Yunhe stopped in front of the big tree where he rested when he first entered Carefree Valley. He had already seen the first person.
He was wearing a black cloak and was surrounded by devil aura. Next to him was a refined corpse — it was Demon Monarch Moon Shadow from the North Sea not long ago.
Ling Yunhe narrowed his eyes slightly. Could it be that the leak of Carefree Valley this time was caused by Demon Monarch Moon Shadow?
They stayed on the North Sea Coast for more than half a month, so it was possible.
However, what did Demon Monarch Moon Shadow see? Why did he have to make life difficult for them?
After Demon Monarch Moon Shadow, there were several cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, including Devil Cultivators and Dao Cultivators. For example, Nan Guitian from the Dawning Pill Sect, Daoist Ru Yi from the Five Elements Valley, and a few Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from the Jiuyan Sect. Following them were Demon Monarch Night Frost, Supremacy Xuxiang, Han Shizhi, Jue Wu, Old Donkey Ma, and others.
Finally, there was a skinny young man dressed in black. A ghost-faced banner floated behind him, and the devil aura around him was faint. If not for his shocking aura, he did not look like a Devil Cultivator at all.
Ling Yunhe recognized them one by one. As he was once the sect master of the Jiuyan Sect, he basically knew all of them.
The last one was Yang Chengji. Back then, during the change in the Returning Ruin Sea, Guifang Demon Monarch died, and Yang Chengji disappeared. Guifang City was occupied by another Devil Cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. A few decades later, Yang Chengji appeared again. He had already formed a Devil Infant and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Seeing Yang Chengji appear, the practitioners in the cloud all thought that he would go to take back Guifang City. Unexpectedly, Yang Chengji returned to Guifang City, but he did not take back the position of the city master. Instead, he asked to take back his personal belongings.
How shocking was the inheritance of a Devil Cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm?
The new Guifang City Master naturally would not agree. He was an experienced Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, which was higher than Yang Chengji by a small realm. Moreover, he controlled Guifang City, so he had nothing to fear.
Under such circumstances, Yang Chengji could only choose to take action.
With a wave of the ghost-faced banner, the flag of Guifang City automatically submitted to him. With the appearance of the Heavenly Demon Tower, the middle-stage Devil Cultivator admitted defeat without much action.
He could not defeat the items of the Demon Venerable. With the difference in realm, he could only comfort himself in this way and admit defeat. It was just going to Guifang City. No matter how precious the items were, they were not as important as his life.
However, Yang Chengji did not take back Guifang City as everyone thought. Instead, he did as he said at the beginning. He took back his personal belongings and left Guifang City again.
The new Guifang City Master was overjoyed. In the end, because of this defeat, he lost face. Not long after, he was defeated by another middle-stage Devil Cultivator, and Guifang City changed hands again.
And Yang Chengji did not care about all these. He left Guifang City and disappeared.
And now, Yang Chengji actually appeared here.
Ling Yunhe's gaze froze. He stood under the tree and did not move.
All the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators stopped under the tree and gathered silently.
The first to walk out of the line was a cultivator from Jiuyan Sect. He said, "Junior Brother Ling, why are you here?"
Ling Yunhe nodded at this person and said, "Senior Brother Yuan, I was entrusted by someone to come here to settle a karma.
What are you guys doing? "
This Senior Brother Yuan was a middle-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. He looked like he was in his thirties. He said, "We received news that there is an ancient sacrificial temple in Carefree Valley, so we came to take a look."
Ling Yunhe paused when he heard that, and his gaze slowly shifted to Demon Monarch Yue Ying. "Did Senior Yue Ying say that?"
Senior Brother Yuan nodded. "Yes."
Ling Yunhe smiled and raised his voice. "Senior Yue Ying, after we parted at the North Sea, although you were defeated, it was normal for the five of us to team up. Senior, you don't have to be so petty, right?"
He said this deliberately for the others to hear. As expected, when they heard that, all the cultivators shifted their gaze to Demon Monarch Yue Ying.
They all knew Ling Yunhe's background. He had only formed his Nascent Soul for a few decades, and his cultivation had just stabilized. He said that the five of them would team up so calmly. Presumably, his companions' cultivation would not be too high. Demon Monarch Yue Ying actually lost to such a person?
Everyone found it unbelievable. Demon Monarch Yue Ying was one of the three Great Demon Monarchs in Yunzhong. Besides his cultivation, his strength was also top-notch.
"Humph!"
Under the cloak, Demon Monarch Yue Ying's voice was still very steady. "Don't talk so fast. Ling Family's boy, we are all here for the treasure today. It is useless for you to say all this."
"Why is it useless?"
Ling Yunhe's smile was very perfect. "If not for the battle at the North Sea, I'm afraid Senior would still be chasing after Fellow Daoist Tiancan to snatch the Primordial Demon Great Technique. Why would you appear here?"
Just as Ling Yunhe finished speaking, Yang Chengji, who was the last to leave, suddenly looked at them with a flash in his eyes.