LGHTNOVELBOOK 55: Demon Realm Spy
Mu Chihuai politely declined, “I apologize, but I already have a sect. I’m afraid I must disappoint you.”
He glanced lightly to the side, his lips curving into a handsome arc, “Although my sect is an obscure small faction, fortunately I’m excellent and ambitious. Even someone from a trash sect isn’t much worse than disciples from your esteemed sect.”
These words were clearly directed at Mu Tu.
Mu Tu was nearly driven mad with anger.
His face alternated between green and white, his fists clenched tightly in his sleeves, veins bulging at his temples. Yet he couldn’t squeeze out a single word. He let out a cold snort and turned to leave.
Chu Sang clicked her tongue, “He’s leaving just like that? Seeing his unsatisfied expression, I thought he’d try some underhanded tricks.”
Mu Chihuai narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, “……Mu Tu isn’t one to give up so easily. Be careful.”
The top ten disciples all received generous rewards from the family. The first-place prize in the grand competition, besides an ancient pill refinement manual, also included the qualification to enter the family’s inheritance grounds to seek one’s supreme opportunity.
As the heavy, ancient stone doors closed, the scene in the light screen changed to the interior of the inheritance grounds.
The young man was walking among ruins when suddenly an attack came from behind him.
Bai Heng’s expression changed drastically as he stood up from his seat. The spectators all held their breath, extremely surprised.
“What was that just now? Did I see wrong?”
“So there’s even a trial after entering the inheritance grounds. As expected of a great family.”
Trial.
What trial.
The Mu family higher-ups were nearly frantic. There was no trial in the inheritance grounds; someone had secretly infiltrated to assassinate Mu Chihuai!
Even more terrifying was that judging by the aura…… it seemed to be from the demon realm!!
But the inheritance grounds had an array set up by the Mu family ancestors. Non-family members couldn’t enter. How did someone from the demon realm know how to get in?
In an instant, the venue was urgently cleared. The spectators were all confused as they were hurried out—The demon realm’s secret infiltration of the family inheritance grounds naturally couldn’t be known by outsiders. Otherwise, it would be a loss of face for the entire family.
Chu Sang’s palm pressed against her sword hilt as she frowned, “How long does it take to reopen the inheritance grounds?”
“The gates of the inheritance grounds have closed. There are heaven-grade arrays left by our Mu family ancestors both inside and outside. Even if we combined our strength to reopen it, it would take at least an hour,” an elder said, wiping sweat from his face.
It’s worth noting that pill refiners are all weaklings with no combat ability. An hour might not sound long, but killing a pill refiner is extremely easy. Even a single breath would be enough.
Fearing that Mu Chihuai might really die there, Chu Sang thought for a moment and took out a communication jade disc to call him, “Hey, Sixth Senior Brother, can you hear me?”
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That demon realm assassin was at the Nascent Soul stage, while Mu Chihuai was just a Golden Core stage disciple, and a pill refiner at that. Logically, it should have been as simple as crushing an ant. Yet somehow this kid had applied some talisman that allowed him to run quite fast.
The demon cultivator, unwilling to waste more time, wanted to end this quickly. However, he saw the young man ahead stop.
Overjoyed, thinking his target had finally run out of steam, he unleashed a blade of energy. Yet it didn’t even touch a hair on the other’s head before dissipating in the air.
Huh?
The demon cultivator was stunned for a moment, not believing it. He threw another attack, which was also blocked.
No joke, after Chu Sang returned from her adventure in the demon realm, she had upgraded her talismans overnight. Now all the talismans she produced were version 2.1. Even if Yan Wangxing came for revenge and assassination again, she would at least have the ability to escape, without false modesty.
Not to mention this demon realm assassin was far inferior to Yan Wangxing.
To say he could dominate a Nascent Soul stage cultivator might be an exaggeration, but at least Mu Chihuai wouldn’t be dominated.
The young man reached for the storage bag at his waist. This entire bag of talismans and magical treasures had been hurriedly made by Chu Sang and given to him before they came, in case of any unexpected events. He didn’t expect to use them so soon.
Mu Chihuai suddenly felt much more confident. He waved the talisman at his fingertips, “Come on if you dare!”
“Insolent brat!”
The demon cultivator’s face twisted with anger for a moment. Without another word, he charged forward with his blade, slicing through a talisman thrown at him.
The talisman was shattered by the fierce blade energy, its fragments touching his skin.
The next second—
“Hahahahaha!”
The demon cultivator suddenly began laughing uncontrollably. He laughed so hard he couldn’t even hold his blade, which clattered to the ground.
He was so angry his eyes seemed to shoot fire. He was nearly driven mad, “Hahahahaha hic what did you do to me!”
Mu Chihuai’s lips twitched downward. His little junior sister always liked to draw some strange talismans. Although they were a bit mean, they were…… indeed effective.
He turned and ran towards the gates of the inheritance grounds, seizing the opportunity. Seeing the demon cultivator pick up his blade and give chase again, he casually reached into his storage bag and scattered over a hundred talismans, as if they cost nothing. They were impossible to dodge, and even if sliced apart, they still had an effect, making them very troublesome.
The demon cultivator inevitably fell victim again, throwing himself onto a rock and giggling foolishly, about to kiss the innocent stone with dubious intent.
“Good grief.” Mu Chihuai was shocked by this eye-searing scene, his whole body breaking out in goosebumps. He rubbed his arms and continued running forward.
Thus, the subsequent journey became extremely long.
The demon cultivator chased, stopped, chased, stopped. Although there was a huge gap in their cultivation levels, he somehow couldn’t catch up to Mu Chihuai.
Finally reaching the gates, Mu Chihuai found the stone doors still tightly closed, immovable.
He retreated, his back pressed against the cold, hard stone wall. With nowhere left to run, he was cornered.
It would take at least the time it takes an incense stick to burn for the stone doors to open.
Seeing the demon cultivator catching up again, Mu Chihuai gritted his teeth and threw out more than a dozen explosive talismans.
The talismans in his storage bag were almost depleted after this journey.
With more than a dozen thunderous explosions, falling stone blocks blocked the path. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a streak of demonic energy cut through the ruins. The demon cultivator had broken through again.
This was bad.
To think that he, a genius all his life, would meet an early demise.
Mu Chihuai prayed that his little junior sister would burn plenty of spirit money for him after his death. Even as a ghost, he wanted to be a carefree young master. He didn’t want to be a penniless spirit like that fellow Tantai Ming.
Perhaps it was his life flashing before his eyes, but he actually heard his little junior sister’s cheerful voice, “Hey, hey, hey, Sixth Senior Brother, can you hear me?”
“Little Junior Sister?” The young man’s eyes widened.
Chu Sang stared intently at the changing situation on the light screen, “Quickly take out your pill furnace.”
What was he supposed to do with a pill furnace?
Refine pills one last time before dying, to leave without regrets?
That was a bit thoughtful, but not much.
Mu Chihuai had no time to think further. In his urgency, he obediently summoned his pill furnace. “Screech—” The demon blade clashed against the furnace, sparks flying. The grating sound was enough to set one’s teeth on edge.
Mu Chihuai timidly peeked out from behind the pill furnace. Seeing that it had actually nullified the full-force attack of the Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator, he had to admit, it was quite effective.
Even more effective than the defensive spiritual tools he had used before.
If Chu Sang remembered correctly, Sixth Senior Brother’s pill furnace was specially forged by a renowned equipment refining master for the Mu family. Its quality was equivalent to a quasi-immortal tool. Although on the surface it was just a noble and elegant pill furnace, the materials used in its forging were all ten-thousand-year-old frost iron, which wouldn’t be corroded even after ten thousand years of fire. One can imagine how strong its defensive capabilities were.
Mu Chihuai finally understood his little junior sister’s intention.
From then on, whenever the demon cultivator attacked, he would hide inside the pill furnace, refusing to come out no matter what.
The other side unleashed his full demonic power, yet couldn’t do anything to him.
The demon cultivator gnashed his teeth, “You coward, come out if you have the guts.”
Mu Chihuai, “Come in if you have the ability.”
The demon cultivator was nearly driven mad with anger. He had been in the assassination business for over a hundred years, but this was the first time he had encountered someone so shameless.
He gathered all the demonic energy in his body into his demon blade, about to use brute force to drive this person out.
The next second, the stone doors opened. Over a dozen sword energies like rainbows slashed towards him. His expression changed drastically as he hurriedly dodged most of the sword energies. A large net then fell over him, trapping his entire body. He didn’t know what material it was made of, but he couldn’t break free no matter how hard he struggled.
“Indeed, people need to be pushed. Fifth Senior Brother’s recently refined magical treasures are getting better and better. They can even trap an early Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator.” Chu Sang thought that it shouldn’t be long before he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
“Someone come and seize this demon, take him to the disciplinary hall for interrogation,” Bai Heng waved his hand and said sternly.
“Hehe, don’t even think about getting any information out of my mouth.” The demon cultivator was about to bite his tongue to commit suicide the next second, but Bai Heng stepped forward and gripped his jaw, preventing his action.
“This kind of assassin should have taken poison before the assassination. If the mission fails, the poison will activate and kill them,” Mu Chihuai frowned.
Bai Heng produced a pill from somewhere and forced the demon cultivator to swallow it. After a fit of coughing and his face turning red, the demon cultivator tried to activate the poison in his body, but found that he couldn’t use his demonic energy at all.
His face filled with horror as he shouted, “What did you do to me! I will never let you off! One day, our demon realm army will trample your culti—”
Mu Chihuai went up and kicked him, “You’ve been caught, don’t you know when to shut up?”
“You think you can kill this young master? Who sent you?” He casually took out several bottles of poison, his beautiful phoenix eyes curving into crescents, his tone light and gentle, “Someone take him away. This young master will personally entertain him, and see who the mastermind behind this is, daring to be so bold.”
For this demon cultivator to enter the Mu family inheritance grounds, it was obvious without thinking that there was a traitor within the Mu family.
It was most likely Mu Tu’s doing.
Chu Sang rubbed her chin and looked up at the sky, feeling that something was off.
Would the demon realm be so willing to go through fire and water for Mu Tu? In her impression, were demons so loyal and enthusiastic? They even specially sent a Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator to help.
To be honest, such a Golden Core disciple might not even be worth the demon realm’s attention, unless…… the demon realm’s target was the entire Mu family!
Her heart suddenly jolted.
This was bad!
It wasn’t that the demon cultivator was being used as a pawn by Mu Tu, but that he was being used as a pawn by the demon realm.
Her spiritual sense was naturally strong, and having crossed paths with Yan Wangxing, she was more sensitive to demonic energy.
Just at that moment, Chu Sang detected another trace of demonic energy. This demonic energy didn’t come from the Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator who had just been taken away, but was even more powerful. The direction was—
“Does anyone live on the back mountain?”
The guard was startled by her urgent tone and hurriedly replied, “The back mountain, the back mountain is where the family head resides. She has been in seclusion in the back mountain cave dwelling for the past few years, trying to break through to the Divine Transformation stage. She has never stepped out.”
“Quickly, go to the back mountain. The real demon realm expert is on the back mountain!”
So it was a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The demon realm’s true target was indeed the Mu family.
To obtain the Mu family, the first step was to kill the current Mu family head!
Chu Sang flew on her sword to the back mountain ahead of everyone else. Bai Heng hurriedly led the others to follow.
Sure enough, Mu Tu, who had already left, was now on the back mountain. Seeing Chu Sang and the others hurrying over, he first showed panic and confusion, seeming to want to explain himself.
Chu Sang coldly interrupted, “You brought the demon realm to the Mu family.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I don’t understand,” he said, his eyes shifting, his hands behind his back.
“He has already confessed everything. Is there any point in continuing to quibble?”
Mu Tu had intended to cover things up, not expecting these demons to be so untrustworthy. He finally tore off his mask and sneered, “So what if it was me?”
“Why did you do this?” The gentleness in Bai Heng’s eyes was filled with cold anger.
“Shut up,” Mu Tu roared. “It’s all because of you outsiders. If it weren’t for you and Mu Chihuai, the position of family head should have fallen to me and my father!”
Chu Sang knocked him to the ground with one punch, breaking the dagger hidden behind his back in passing. “You’re the one who should shut up.”
If he was really that great, he should speak with his strength. Unable to defeat Sixth Senior Brother, yet still rambling on here, it was pure impotent rage.
“Take this traitor away.”
As Mu Tu was being escorted away by several guards, he couldn’t help but make one last threat, “It’s too late. I’ve already told those demons how to enter the array. You can’t stop them!”
Chu Sang, “Damn.” Calling this person stupid would be an insult to the word stupid.
The clear sky suddenly filled with dense clouds. Rolling black clouds obscured the heavens, dimming the light as if it were deep night. Golden dragons and dancing snakes appeared—it was the arrival of the thunder tribulation.
It was the Divine Transformation stage thunder tribulation for the Mu family head.
“……Yan’er’s tribulation shouldn’t be for about another year,” Bai Heng said, his expression solemn.
“The early arrival of the thunder tribulation means something must have happened in the cave dwelling. You all stay here, don’t go over,” Chu Sang turned and said to the group behind her.
“You want to go? It’s dangerous there!” Mu Chihuai, who had hurried over after hearing the commotion, said. The Divine Transformation stage thunder tribulation was no joke. It could easily kill a Nascent Soul cultivator.
He knew his little junior sister was usually very cautious, but now was not the time for reckless behavior.
“Trust me, you’ll live forever.”
She turned and went to the back mountain.
Mu Chihuai followed closely behind.
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So this was the legendary Divine Transformation stage thunder tribulation. But its power didn’t seem much different from her Golden Core stage thunder tribulation.
Moreover, after her body had been tempered by the previous tribulation, it was obviously more resistant to lightning strikes. Chu Sang actually felt…… it was tolerable.
The surrounding rocks and trees had already been struck by stray lightning to the point of being unrecognizable. Chu Sang’s Dao robe was also tattered and torn. On her way here, she had consumed nearly a hundred talismans and several lightning-resistant spiritual tools, but it was still within a manageable range of resistance.
She moved a few more steps towards the cave dwelling. The demonic energy became even more dense.
Something seemed to move in her storage bag. She looked down and saw a grimy pearl fly out.
What was…… this?
Before Chu Sang could recall what this object was, the scene before her eyes suddenly changed.