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Chapter 348: Retire after Success, Take Precautions

The easternmost place in the dark world, the East Desolate Hills.

A white shadow, like a streak of lightning, passed through the gaps between the low hills and disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

However, the next moment, the white shadow "swooshed" back to a valley, and the protective light converged, revealing the handsome and elegant Master Yi, holding a shining white jade folding fan.

When he passed by just now, there seemed to be a rare treasure below, which triggered Master Yi's instinctive perception.

The East Wasteland Hills were previously almost exclusively occupied by the Black Spirit forces. The area is vast and has many dangerous places. Even if the human and demon masters set foot there, they mostly did so secretly, fearing that they would be chased and intercepted by the Black Spirit masters.

Things are different now. The black spirit forces have been completely wiped out of the dark world. The demon clan needs to guard three node passages leading to the black spirit world and get 40% of the Qiuyuan territory.

In addition, there are large tracts of barren land, including several dangerous forbidden areas, which lie between the territories of humans and demons. Anyone can mine and dig there, but there are a series of rules and regulations to avoid large-scale conflicts between the two sides due to competition for resources.

Master Yi is not worried about his own safety.

With his natural speed and keen sense of danger, even three or two people of the same level would have no chance of stopping him.

Besides, the hill where he was located was not outside the demon clan's territory and belonged to the marginal area. There were many demon cultivators mining materials within a thousand miles.

Master Yi was a little curious. What kind of treasure could trigger his sense of this place?
He released his demon consciousness and carefully searched the valley and the surrounding area. Suddenly, his eyes looked under a rock at the entrance of the valley two miles away. There was a lump of black mud and a faint, unusual and chaotic aura fluctuation.

Young Master Yi was a little surprised. There was the aura of a seventh-level treasure hidden in the soil, something he had never seen before.

Then there were some surprises. Opportunities often appear inadvertently, so I still need to run around more outside.

He landed on the top of a short tree, ready to take a closer look, when the sky suddenly became shrouded in darkness. Master Yi was frightened, thinking he had been tricked, and he turned into several afterimages and fled in four directions.

Zeng Wanglou appeared from a nearby hilltop, holding a small tripod in his left hand that could conceal the secrets of heaven.

Once trapped in his black umbrella's little world trap, the speed that Yaohe was proud of became a decoration and was of little use.

He received a message from Xu Shengtian about Master Yi's movements, calculated the places the Demon Crane passed through, and set a trap specifically for it. He planned it without intending to, and with Xu Yuanchang taking out a piece of Erosion Mud that had been refined using the Divine Platform of Creation, which was something new even he had never seen before, it was hard for the Demon Crane not to be curious and be fooled.

Xu Yuanchang walked out of the bushes. His current illusion technique was good enough to make the fake look real.

Looking at the demon crane that was rushing around in the black fog and shouting in frustration, a ball of yin and yang phantom fire appeared in front of him and said, "Let's fight quickly and end it quickly. We can't leave any excuses for the demon clan."

Being in the hilly area under the jurisdiction of the demon clan, they were worried about attracting passing demon cultivators.

Don't underestimate any team of demon cultivators roaming the wild. As long as a message is sent out, even if all the demon cultivators are killed afterwards, it will still be a troublesome matter.

Zeng Wanglou stopped him and said, "Don't do it."

He waved his hand and released a black shadow. It was the decisive battle. He used a black umbrella to cover two sixth-level black spirits, and used his Dharma image and body to capture the complete soul of the Gray Scorpion King. Later, he spent several years refining the soul of the Gray Scorpion King into a soul puppet, retaining the talent of invisibility, which made him even more powerful.

He was worried that Xu would be careless and set fire to the beautiful wings of the crane.

"Who are you? When have I ever offended you? I want to apologize..."

Master Yi transformed into his true form as a white crane, but found that he could not get out of the strange fog. He was terrified and couldn't guess who was the master who did this.
Originally, he received a message from the younger generation of the Demon Crane Clan, saying that a sixth-level crystal mine was found deep in the East Wasteland Hills, and requested the ancestor to go there to take charge, so as to avoid being targeted by the human race or other demon forces.

He left his retreat in a hurry, his whereabouts secretive, so why was he ambushed halfway?
Could it be that there was a traitor who betrayed him?

Suddenly, I noticed a sky full of sharp spikes covering the black fog.

"Impossible... Grey Scorpion King, how could you be stranded... No, it's the Soul Puppet!"

Master Yi transformed into a human form and discovered the shadowy scorpion tail swinging. He quickly swung his crane-beak sword to defeat the spikes, then realized that he was not facing the real Gray Scorpion King.

"What do you want, rare natural treasures, or Tongxuan Stone? I have a lot of resources left at my residence, and any conditions are negotiable..."

Master Yi lobbied eloquently and kept on persuading people. He swung his Crane's Beak Sword, producing thousands of afterimages of cold light, and blocked several waves of attacks from the Soul Puppet in succession.

The black fog around it suddenly tightened, gravity and pressure increased several times, and the fast-moving demon crane paused.

"Clang", a huge purple gold tripod hit Master Yi's head hard.

The arrow caught Master Yi by surprise and made him dizzy, and then plunged straight into the valley floor.

"Mr. Mu..."

Master Yi's head was bleeding. When he saw the familiar cauldron and the awe-inspiring huge image, he recognized who was behind the plot and shouted in fear, "Spare my life!"

He knew that he had offended Mr. Mu too severely and that he would have no chance of survival if he fell into Mr. Mu's hands, so he struggled hard.

The gravity, pressure and the huge tripod that fell on his head made it impossible for him to resist and he could only passively take the beating.

After three consecutive hits, a wooden thorn hit the demon's acupoint, causing the seriously injured Master Yi to fall into a coma. He was then pulled out of the ground by the Dharma Image, and thrown into the Nine Illusion Palace after being placed under multiple restrictions. Zeng Wanglou was reluctant to waste the sixth-level demon pill and the complete demon soul.

The pair of wings can be refined with rare materials to become a pair of magical flying weapons, which are prepared for Zeng Shanlang.

Physical cultivation has a flaw that people criticize: its flying speed is relatively slow.

It won't take him many decades to ascend to the upper realm, and Xu Yuanchang will leave the lower realm in a hundred years at most. It may take Zeng Shanlang three to two hundred years to slowly hone his skills from the fifth level to the sixth level of physical cultivation.

When traveling outside to gain experience, especially to other continents, you will definitely encounter unexpected dangers.

He has a pair of wings that can be retracted. With the strength of a fifth-level physical cultivator, he can even kill a sixth-level cultivator at close range in a surprise attack.

After I advance to the sixth level of physical cultivation, who in the lower realm will be my opponent?
There is no need to worry about the demons causing trouble. Strength is respected, and the demons are not a monolithic group.

"Solved, let's go."

Zeng Wanglou retracted the black umbrella, cleared away the few traces here, and disappeared into the air.

Xu Yuanchang followed like a shadow and disappeared. The two of them came and went without a trace, and no demon cultivators or monks noticed anything unusual.

The disappearance of Master Yi of Xiyuezhou caused quite a stir, and the news reached the ears of some people in Juzhou, scaring them so much that they dared not step out of the city. Later, there were rumors that Mr. Mu of Dingzhou had killed Master Yi, but there was no evidence, so Xiyuezhou sent demon cultivators to question him, but the matter was left unresolved. This is a story for later.

The day after returning to Bian Ning City.

Zeng Wanglou looked quite serious while drinking tea with Xu Yuanchang. He said, "According to Master Yi, he bought two doses of the Falling God Flower Poison from Juzhou through a monster broker. You should be careful of Wei Xiandeng and Xu Jingcen from Juzhou. They can do anything for their own benefit."

Xu Yuanchang nodded and sighed, "After expelling the black spirits, they started to make small calculations. Be careful. They will join forces with Hezhou, Laizhou, and even some people from Dingzhou. In the name of the irreconcilable relationship between the immortal way and the divine way, they will provoke all kinds of plots and sieges against you. It is easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. The holy places in various continents have thousands of years of heritage, and there may be all kinds of strange things that can plot against the cultivators of the gods."

Zeng Wanglou sneered, "This is why I don't recognize Shan Lang publicly. Shan Lang has already gone into seclusion, and you, as their master, have to worry about his marriage. I can retire now before any rumors arise."

He acted decisively, took out the small tripod and handed it to the other party, saying:
"The Nine Illusions Palace only has space functions left. When I go to the upper realm, I promised to compensate you with a better treasure. The Nine Illusions Palace is only an empty shell. I will keep some resources on me for now."

Xu Yuanchang pushed the small tripod back and said, "You can use the Nine Illusion Cauldron first. You can return it to me when I go to the upper realm. If you leave, the burden will fall entirely on my shoulders. I will have no rest for the next few years."

Zeng Wanglou was not polite and put the Nine Illusions Cauldron into his sleeve. He really needed the small cauldron's ability to conceal the secrets of heaven, so he had to be on guard against others.

He handed the person across the street a bag and said, "I have marked the betrothal elixirs and a few treasures I prepared for Shan Lang, and the elixirs I prepared for Shengtian, Fairy Liu, and Xueli. You can keep them and leave."

He drank the tea in one gulp, then stood up and walked towards the yard.

Xu Yuanchang put away the bag, walked out of the pavilion to see him off, and muttered: "Those who didn't contribute were given elixirs and resources, but those who worked hard and ran errands got nothing. It's disheartening just thinking about it."

Zeng Wanglou almost laughed out of anger, and said contemptuously: "You have that treasure with you, and you still look down on these junks in my hand?"

"That's different. As the saying goes, 'a small gift is worth a lot of thought'. Even the smallest gift is still a gift."

"Okay, okay. I'm afraid of you. I'll give you a few bottles of pills."

Zeng Wanglou took out a few bottles and threw them to the shameless guys who were asking for gifts.

The sentimental farewell atmosphere was completely destroyed. He leaped into the air and disappeared.

He has the authority to enter and exit the City Lord's Mansion and the city's restricted areas and will not alarm any monks guarding the city.

Xu Yuan let out a long sigh. Although he was used to separation, he didn't like his friends leaving one by one. It was lonely at the top and he had fewer and fewer friends he could talk to.

I clasped my fists towards the air and all my emotions turned into two words.

"treasure!"

At noon, Xu Yuanchang sent a message to Meng Shanhe, informing him that Mr. Mu had left the dark world.

About an hour later, Meng Shanhe, Wei Jingshu and Wen Yining came together and sat down in the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion to inquire about the reason why Mr. Mu left suddenly. They felt it was very abrupt as they were in need of people.

"But you blame us for not treating you well enough and not giving you a generous reward?"

"No, no, Mr. Zeng doesn't like to socialize with people. He said that the Dark Realm is peaceful now, and he has made a breakthrough in his cultivation. He will ascend to heaven soon, so he can't stay in the Dark Realm any longer. He will go back to Qianfang Realm to find a quiet place and make some preparations for his ascension."

Xu Yuanchang gave a plausible reason.

"The farewell banquet hasn't even been set yet. It's our fault."

"..."

(End of this chapter)