Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 982 - 838 Demon Cloud

Chapter 982: Chapter 838 Demon Cloud

"So it is, if I wanted to use the Super Teleportation Array?"

Fang Xi asked another question.

"This city does not have a Super Teleportation Array, the nearest one is in ’Blood Refining City’..."

As the Demon Cultivator spoke, he looked at Fang Xi with a hint of suspicion.

Even an old monster who had been cloistered away for years wouldn’t be ignorant of such basic geography, right?

Fang Xi looked indifferent, signaling the Demon Cultivator to continue.

For some reason, the Demon Cultivator suddenly felt a sense of awe and continued, "Recently, in times of war, if you want to use the Super Teleportation Array in Blood Refining City, I’m afraid you’ll need the consent of the Great Integration Cultivator in charge of its protection..."

"I see."

Fang Xi nodded slightly.

’Persuading’ a Demon Cultivator at the Integration stage was hardly a big deal.

Just as he was about to leave, a clear voice rang out: "Esteemed senior, could it be you are preparing to go to Blood Refining City next?"

"Hmm?"

Fang Xi looked over and saw a woman in a purple dress, smiling at him.

Behind her was a convoy made up of peculiar black beetles.

On the convoy’s banners was the scene of a demon sun rising from the clouds.

"I am Yun Xin from the Demon Cloud Commerce Association. I would like to make a deal with you... With the roads being dangerous, if you could escort us to Blood Refining City, our Demon Cloud Commerce Association would be willing to vouch for you, and even at the Protection Cultivator’s side, communication might not be impossible..."

The woman’s cultivation was not high, merely at the Nascent Soul Stage, but she was protected by several Transcendent God stage cultivators.

Despite facing a near-Returning to Emptiness Demon Cultivator, she managed to speak confidently, exhibiting extraordinary temperament and manners, clearly of an exceptional background.

"..."

Fang Xi showed a look of contemplation, as if considering the proposal.

Seeing this, Yun Xin’s heart fluttered with joy, confident that the senior was tempted. She immediately said, "Of course, even if the journey to Blood Refining City is safe, my Demon Cloud Commerce Association would still offer a token of gratitude... If we encounter cultivation-robbers or other dangers, as long as the senior makes a move, the compensation will be according to the contribution..."

"It seems... your association has provoked some formidable individuals or powers."

After pondering for a while, Fang Xi uttered what caused Yun Xin’s expression to change.

She forced a smile: "The senior jests. Our association always prefers to make money in good faith... How could we attract hostility?"

"Even if you strive to make money in good faith, if you possess treasures, you naturally attract covetous eyes..."

Fang Xi shook his head: "Never mind... I can’t be bothered to explain."

He chuckled wryly, stomped his foot, and turned into a streak of demon light, vanishing into the sky.

For Fang Xi, his travel was incredibly swift. Why should he be burdened with an entire convoy?

As for the so-called rewards and guarantees for entering Blood Refining City, and the subsequent greasing of palms, it really didn’t matter.

He was quite confident about ’persuading’ Integration stage Demon Cultivators.

Of course, Fang Xi dared to do this not because he was rash, but because what he was doing was a one-off deal.

Once he arrived, he didn’t have to worry about the return journey.

Without the need to retrace his steps, there was no need to conceal his identity, secure connections for the future, or fear being ambushed and the like.

Watching Fang Xi’s escape light disappear, Yun Xin’s expression turned somewhat ugly.

"Miss, such high-level cultivators are fickle and hard to win over. There’s no need to be disheartened," said an old servant, bowing.

"Sigh... Elder Mo, there’s no need to console me. I only had such thoughts because I saw that person’s complete Returning to Emptiness strength, enough to rely on somewhat along the way," replied Yun Xin with a bitter smile. "I did not expect that he would not even ask about the rewards from our association..."

"That person’s Demon Skills must be at the pinnacle of Returning to Emptiness, only a step away from the great bottleneck of Integration... Unless it’s a Spiritual Object that aids in Integration or a treasure for transcending tribulations, it’s difficult to move him," Elder Mo shook his head.

His own cultivation was approximately at the early stage of Returning to Emptiness, already the highest among the Demon Cloud convoy.

Yet facing the Demon Cultivator they met just now, he was filled with trepidation.

He even feared that the other party would take action directly and teach the Miss a lesson...

Although the Miss had been trading for decades and had some experience, when it came to dealing with truly high-ranking Demon Cultivators, she still lacked some savvy.

...

"Esteemed senior, this is a map of the ’Demon Origin Domain’."

In front of the great array of a Demon Cultivation family.

An old family head at the late stage of Nascent Soul carefully presented a pitch-black jade slip: "Does the senior have any other requests?"

He had decided in his heart that even if this old Demon required any blood nourishment or souls, he would have to provide them, no matter the cost.

After all, the ’Li Family of Mo Yue Lake’ was merely a Nascent Soul family, how could they afford to provoke an old Returning to Emptiness Demon?

"Good..."

Fang Xi scanned the map, noting that it was incredibly detailed with Blood Refining City’s location prominently marked, including the dangerous areas along the road, which pleased him immensely.

As a high-level Demon Cultivator, doing certain things was naturally very easy.

After all, Demon Cultivators, by definition, are bold, unscrupulous, and prone to seizing what they desire...

He pocketed the jade slip and casually threw a piece of Immortal Jade to the astonished family head, then transformed into a beam of escape light and left swiftly.

...

For a Returning to Emptiness stage cultivator, traveling through various domains was possible.

Moving within a domain was even more effortless.

Especially... without any encumbrances.

’That Demon Cloud Commerce Association is interesting...’ Fang Xi thought.

’But even if they offered an opportunity for Integration, it would not move me... If it were a chance for Mahayana... then I would consider it, even though I don’t need it, others definitely would, and I could trade it for a lot of good stuff.’

...

Several months later.

A three-headed Demon Dragon was subdued by Fang Xi using his Demon Skills and turned into black and red Demon Sabers, decapitating it with one swift chop.

Craaash!

The massive corpse of the Demon Dragon fell to the ground, its black and red blood spreading everywhere.

"Once we pass Demon Dragon Ridge, we’ll arrive at Blood Refining City,"

Fang Xi glanced at the jade slip in his hand.

By then, through clever plundering along the way, he had acquired a general map of the Demon Clan territory in his possession.

Even the hiding place of the Carefree Sky Demon King had an approximate location.

"It should be in the ’Blood Cloud Domain’!"

Fang Xi calculated in secret.

Once he knew the general location, just one use of the Super Teleportation Array would take him directly to the ’Blood Cloud Domain’. Then, naturally, it would be time to trouble the Carefree Sky Demon King.

"For my own cultivation and the Treasures of All Heavens, I really poured my heart and soul into this," Fang Xi thought.

He turned into a jet-black Escape Light, flying tens of thousands of miles forward.

Finally, a crimson expanse appeared before his eyes.

It was a boundless Sea of Blood.

And within the Sea of Blood, there was a huge Demon Clan city, equally heavily guarded.

With a single hand, Fang Xi performed a seal, and the Escape Light immediately became barely visible.

Blood Refining City, at the city gate.

A member of the Horned Demon Race approached the gate.

"Halt, do you have a token?"

The patrolling Transcendent God Demon Cultivator immediately shouted coldly.

The Horned Demon Race member immediately clasped his fists in salute: "I have... I am an enshrined cultivator of the Green Mountain Tu Family, this is my guarantee!"

With that, he took out a Black Iron Token.

On the token, special Prohibitions had been refined, rendering it useless even if taken by others.

The Transcendent God Demon Cultivator received the token, and a scroll suddenly appeared in his hand.

A flash of light from his hand, and immediately, an image appeared on the scroll, and it was indeed the figure of this Horned Demon: "The spirit and appearance are correct, go on in..."

"Many thanks!"

With a fist clasp, the Horned Demon entered through the city gates.

At this moment, a gust of wind seemed to blow by, startling the Transcendent God Demon Cultivator.

He then looked at a silver mirror in his hand, only to see nothing unusual reflected in it, and he couldn’t help but smile at himself, "Maybe I’m just being paranoid..."

After entering Blood Refining City, the Horned Demon headed straight to a shop where a flag emblazoned with a demon sun emerging from clouds was hanging.

After a brief conversation with the shopkeeper, he entered a secret chamber.

Inside the secret chamber, several members of an Alien race were sitting cross-legged!

One of them even had a cultivation aura at the seventh-order Integration level.

"Elder Long,"

the Horned Demon immediately paid his respects.

"Hmm, has everything gone smoothly, did you bring the stuff?"

Elder Long had completely transformed into a human form, making it impossible to tell his original race, his voice carrying a hint of solemn stability.

"I brought everything."

The Horned Demon took out his Storage Bag at his waist.

Elder Long took it over and swept it with his Divine Consciousness, and couldn’t help being very satisfied: "Your ’Heart Tribe’s’ Divine Skills are indeed remarkable... After Soul Possession, you can still retain the original host’s Divine Soul aura, and to hide it, it’s truly exquisite..."

"Elder Long overpraises. Our Heart Tribe can only use our Divine Skills once in a lifetime... This time, for the sake of the alliance, I gave it my all,"

the Horned Demon said with a bitter smile.

The ’Heart Tribe’ is a very mysterious race within the Alien Alliance, with very few members and no specific form.

Their only Divine Skill is this imperceptible Soul Possession Skill!

Typically, members of the Heart Clan would carefully select and finally choose a highly talented body to perform this Divine Skill.

For the sake of coordinating with the alliance’s plans, he had to randomly pick a member of the Demon Clan, which truly was a sacrifice of his Taoist Path.

"Our Alien Alliance will naturally not forget the Heart Tribe’s contribution," Elder Long said with a slight smile.

With this Divine Skill, the Heart Tribe was the main force in placing high-ranking spies among humans and demons, and even Monster Clans.

Reportedly, some had climbed to the Integration Stage.

They hid deeply, waiting for the critical moment to establish meritorious deeds and stabilize the heavens and earth.

"This time, with internal and external cooperation, after we take down ’Blood Refining City’, the entire Demon Origin Domain will fall into our hands,"

"Then attack the main Demon Clan forces in concert with the Monster Clan, and we’ll surely secure a great victory..."

Elder Long’s expression was solemn as he began to assign tasks one by one.

Outside the shop.

Fang Xi’s eyes glittered continuously, his expression slightly peculiar.

"An Alien race spy?"

"I didn’t expect to come across such a discovery by randomly choosing a Demon Cultivator."

"But, this is none of my concern... At most, I’ll remind a Integration Cultivator in the city, and that will count as my profound understanding of righteousness," Fang Xi thought.

His form blurred as he headed deeper into the city.

...

In the depths of Blood Refining City, within a secret chamber.

A Mahayana Individual Immortal with blood-red hair and unusually pale skin was sitting cross-legged, cultivating his Demon Skills.

Suddenly, his eyes shot open, a look of extreme terror flashing across his face.

Buzz, buzz!

Chains of verdant green descended, piercing through his body.

Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, a terrifying aura emanating from him.

"A Mahayana Individual Immortal..."

The Demon with blood-red hair swallowed hard, his expression filled with dread.