12dz Chapter 44 Trials 3
Chapter 44 Trials 3
"I've already sent a message to Senior Brother. How did this demonic cultivator emerge? I heard Master say before that there was a traitor among our human race! It's true!" Senior Sister Ying said with disgust when she talked about the demonic cultivator.
“But I remember there are ways to blockade,” Cheng Jiu said, feeling pessimistic.
"This demonic cultivator is only at the pseudo-Dao Integration Realm; he is completely unable to communicate with heaven and earth. Over the years, through generations of improvements, the communication jade slip, apart from sealing off heaven and earth so that messages cannot be transmitted, is still fine in this situation," Senior Sister Ying explained, knowing that she had been attacked by the demon race before.
The demonic cultivator grew increasingly indignant as he looked at the alchemy furnace. Damn the five major sects, they were so domineering. They made it impossible for them, as rogue cultivators, to obtain even a piece of Heavenly Heart Meteorite Iron without risking their lives, yet a mere disciple could casually produce such a large piece to make an alchemy furnace.
So he was resentful. Why should the disciples of the five major sects be able to enjoy the best in the world, while they, the rogue cultivators, had to fight to the death for such a small amount of resources? It was simply unfair!
He met his master, who taught him the techniques to kill these arrogant and privileged individuals.
The three people inside the furnace are the lackeys cultivated by the five major sects, who will contribute to their rule in the future.
The thought of this made him feel uncomfortable all over, and his attacks became increasingly fierce.
He was too exhausted to fight for a while, and he was worried that someone might come looking for him.
They tried to move the alchemy furnace but found it weighed tens of millions of pounds and was impossible to move.
He immediately broke down: "You bunch of cowards, get out here! What kind of heroes are you if you spend your whole lives inside!"
"I'm a girl, not a hero!" Cheng Jiu retorted slowly from inside, knowing everything was alright.
"What kind of hero are you, a demonic cultivator who betrayed humanity? It's laughable! If your parents knew, they would be ashamed of you! Three generations of demonic cultivators are despicable!" Senior Sister Yingyue's voice was filled with disdain.
"What do you know? What do you disciples of the major sects know about the hardships of us rogue cultivators? The five major sects control most of the resources in the cultivation world, and we rogue cultivators can only eke out a living in the gutter!"
You dogs carefully trained by the five major sects certainly can't understand the scene of us rogue cultivators fighting tooth and nail for a resource that you despise!
If it weren't for the powerful resources that forged your alchemy furnace, you would all be dead by now.
"You bunch of lackeys should have died long ago! Without you lackeys, the Five Great Sects would have been destroyed long ago, and we rogue cultivators would have had a bright and prosperous future. I'm willing to pay any price for that!" the demonic cultivator outside sneered.
"But you disciples are like cowards, staying in your sect and refusing to leave! I finally caught you three little rats, do you think I'd let you go?"
"...You, a demonic cultivator, are quite idealistic? Didn't you become a rogue cultivator after killing those people? Is this the bright and beautiful tomorrow you're pursuing?" Cheng Jiu retorted.
"I think you're just selfish. You're incompetent and greedy, you betrayed humanity, and you're even using the banner of justice to cover up your selfishness. Who in the world would believe that?"
The demonic cultivator roared, "I didn't! Those scumbags, despite being rogue cultivators, attacked fellow rogue cultivators. It's utterly despicable! They deserved to die!"
"Then shouldn't you, the former leader of that group of rogue cultivators, be even more deserving of death? Are you saying you didn't harm those rogue cultivators?" Cheng Jiu sneered.
"I don't want to argue with you. You bunch of guys who are about to die, what's the point of caring about your dying words!" The demonic cultivator attacked the alchemy furnace with all his might again.
"Hey, what about me?" A jade-white hand appeared on his shoulder.
The man froze, turning around to face an incredibly beautiful face. The next moment, he felt a sharp, piercing pain, as if a thousand needles were stabbing into his body, his soul burning in purgatory. He tried to open his mouth, but no words came out, only a groan: "Ah, ah..."
"Junior Sister, Junior Brother, you can come out now!" the woman called out.
"Senior Sister Ying, I think I heard Third Senior Sister's voice, could it be..." Wen Sishu came out first, and when she met her Third Senior Sister's half-smiling eyes, she said with a flattering look, "As expected of the peerless and incomparably beautiful Third Senior Sister, I knew it must be you who came to save us!"
"What a sycophant, junior brother." Yingyue jumped out of the alchemy furnace and rushed to her senior sister, speaking obediently: "Thank you for saving my life, senior sister. You are incredibly powerful, kind, beautiful, and peerless."
Cheng Jiu said sweetly from the side, "Beautiful senior sister, thank you for saving us."
The third senior sister pinched her junior sister's face, and waving her hand happily as she listened to the three of them praising her: "You're welcome. Besides, being able to capture a demonic cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm is a good gain for me as well."
Speaking of demonic cultivators, the group looked curiously at the demonic cultivator lying on the ground, tormented by poison and on the verge of death.
The secret technique he used was one that burned his life essence and consumed his lifespan.
His third senior sister sealed his vital essence, barely ensuring his survival.
"Third Senior Sister, I didn't expect there really to be demonic cultivators!" A senior brother who came with Third Senior Sister looked at the demonic cultivators with curiosity.
As mentioned earlier, tens of thousands of years ago, the five major sects joined forces to launch a devastating attack on demonic and evil cultivators, and no demonic cultivators have emerged in those ten thousand years.
Therefore, for these disciples, demonic cultivation was a novel concept.
"The spiritual energy he's using is actually black!" a senior brother exclaimed excitedly, looking at the gas emanating from his body.
"Junior brother, stay away. Who knows if this energy is harmful?" The senior brother next to him helplessly pulled his junior brother back, telling him not to be so impulsive.
The demonic cultivator suddenly convulsed, and the cultivators who had been observing him drew their swords, fearing he might suddenly attack.
Under everyone's gaze, the demonic cultivator's cultivation level rapidly declined, from the Dao Integration Realm all the way back to the original Golden Core stage. He let out a miserable cry as his cultivation level actually declined again, finally stopping at the Foundation Establishment stage.
His appearance aged rapidly, and in no time he turned into an old man in his seventies or eighties.
Although cultivators can maintain their youthful appearance indefinitely, this is only possible for those at the Golden Core stage or above, because their appearance is fixed and reshaped when they form their core.
As for the Foundation Establishment stage, it simply means aging more slowly than ordinary people. If you want to maintain your appearance, you can buy a Youth Preservation Pill to keep your looks looking good.
However, this does not mean that one will not age. The person in front of me is not only old, but also has had his vital essence burned away, making it difficult for him to maintain his youthful and vigorous body.
The gas emanating from his body lingered for a long time. The third senior sister was about to disperse the gas, but it slowly condensed and formed individual souls.
Judging from the appearance of these souls, they were clearly the souls of rogue cultivators who had been absorbed into the bodies of demonic cultivators.
The third senior sister looked at these souls and couldn't help but feel a headache: "I'm afraid the Ghost Realm won't accept these souls! I didn't expect that their souls were not annihilated by this demonic cultivator."
These souls, tainted by demonic energy, can no longer be considered souls, but rather demonic souls. The simplest solution is to kill these souls.
However, the Third Senior Sister has no causal relationship with these souls, and these souls have not yet committed any evil deeds. Directly killing them would be against the will of Heaven.
However, we can't just leave it here. Although it's relatively remote from the town, we haven't officially entered the outer perimeter of the Qingli Mountains yet.
Who knows which unlucky soul might come along? If they happen to encounter these demonic souls and get killed by them, the demonic souls will be in trouble once they bleed.
After expelling these souls, the demonic cultivator's body deteriorated further, and cracks even appeared on its surface.
His third senior sister fed him a pill, barely saving his life. As for anything more, she didn't have the humanity to do so.
“I remember there is a method of salvation, it seems like there is…” The third senior sister thought for a moment, then slowly looked at her junior brother: “Junior brother, I remember you seem to be from the mortal world.”
Wen Sishu quickly shook her head: "Senior sister, I can't do it. I was sent to the cultivation world by my family because I couldn't cultivate any literary energy no matter what I tried."
"Then you're pretty useless." She then looked at another junior brother: "Go to Chengdu and invite people from the Tianji Sect to come and perform the ritual."
The eldest brother received an affirmative reply from his third senior sister.
His heart was in his throat. When he received the message from his junior sister, he thought it was some fool who dared to attack a disciple of the Guiyuan Sect in the Guiyuan Sect's territory.
He was unimpressed by her description of the demonic cultivator. After all, how could one not have appeared in tens of thousands of years? How come one appeared as soon as they began their training?
Just then, the third senior sister finished refining pills and had some time to spare. Upon learning that her junior brother and junior sister were in danger, she immediately led a group to rescue Yingyue and Wensishu.
He was now glad that he had sent his third senior sister; who would have thought that an extinct creature could reappear!
He hurriedly went to report to his master. The old master was also stunned. If he didn't know that his third disciple was reliable except when refining pills, he would have thought that someone was joking with him.
Finally, as the news reached the sect leader, he felt his hair stand on end. The demon race was already a problem, and now demonic cultivators had emerged.
He couldn't sit still any longer, and remembering that there were disciples of Venerable Qingxu among them, he sent a message to Venerable Qingxu when he went to the back mountain to ask for help.
Upon hearing that a demonic cultivator had been captured, the people in the back mountain were completely agitated. Not only did five Mahayana Immortal Lords emerge, but the sect leader even met an immortal from the Upper Immortal Palace.
My level of concern about this event has once again reached its maximum.
After receiving the message, Venerable Qingxu ended his seclusion. Although Venerable Qingyang's disciple was not present, he was a close friend of Venerable Qingxu and was not in seclusion either.
Although the target was a Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivator, powerful figures such as immortals, Mahayana stage cultivators, and Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators also came.
The scene was spectacular, and for that demonic cultivator, it was a death without regrets.
The group moved very fast; powerful beings could teleport thousands of miles in an instant. The disciple who rode the crane to invite the Heavenly Mystery Sect had not yet set off.
The first thing they saw were those demonic souls shrouded in black mist. Their eyes were lifeless, their human consciousness completely gone, and they could only roar like beasts, trying to attack those outside the formation.
The third senior sister led her disciples to set up an array to trap these demonic souls and prevent them from escaping.
The leading immortal stepped forward, and took out a beautiful zither that shimmered with light. His slender, jade-like hands moved across the zither, and clear, melodious music flowed out.
Not only were the people around them immersed in the music, but the souls that heard it also gradually quieted down. As the music rose higher and higher, the demonic energy on their bodies slowly disappeared, and their souls gradually became clear.
Lingzhi slowly recovered and watched as the immortals who were playing the zither knelt down and kowtowed. As a black gate opened, these souls lined up and entered the ghost realm.
Cheng Jiu and the other two felt as if a cool aura had calmed their sea of consciousness, which had been swollen and painful due to the attack by the demonic cultivators.
Is this the power of Le Yidao? Cheng Jiu couldn't help but sigh, he was truly too strong.
After dealing with the soul, a small cloud of merit descended from the sky, which the immortal accepted without hesitation.
The group's gaze slowly turned to the Foundation Establishment cultivator who was on the verge of death.
The other party looked like he was about to die, after all, he was poisoned and his cultivation technique had backfired. The fact that he was still alive meant that he was hanging half to death.
However, the only use for someone at the Foundation Establishment stage like him is to be subjected to soul searching.
Perhaps wanting others to know what was going on, the immortal did not directly extract his memories to examine them himself, but instead displayed his memories for everyone to see.
This method is even more ruthless and sophisticated. The human soul is very complex, and if one is not careful, the other party's soul can be destroyed.