Chat group: Among all the heavens, I am the Bull Demon King!

Chapter 40 Killing without Burying: Klein's Crisis!
Key members to connect with and invest in: Mysterious Klein (group owner), Extreme Demon Lu Sheng, Divine Tomb Tantai Xuan, Dragon and Snake Tang Zichen!

Key trading group member: Shen Gongbao (魔丸)!

Group members to be examined and monitored: Cthulhu Ying Zheng, expert Jimo Xi'er, and mythological Bai Suzhen!
Normal trading group members: Qin Yu from Stellar Transformation, Yang Jian from Lotus Lantern!
Niu Jun looked at the chat group member list and silently categorized the chat group members in his mind.

After all, as time goes on, the number of members in the chat group will definitely increase, and he can't possibly treat everyone equally.

What Niu Jun needs to do now is to use the chat group as a platform to continuously improve himself while selecting fellow Daoists who can form an alliance of offense and defense in the chaotic heavens in the future.

Instead of pointlessly showing off in front of a group of weaklings and trying to impress others.

Therefore, this applies to some group members who have little potential and low value.

Niu Jun would never waste too much time.

After all, as everyone knows, on the path of pursuing the Great Dao, there are only three kinds of people: ants, fellow Daoists, and seniors. No one cares about what happens to ants.

After mentally categorizing the chat group members, Niu Jun began quickly browsing through the hundreds of thousands of unread messages in the group's history.

There seem to be a lot of unread messages.

In fact, given Niu Jun's reading speed, he finished reading all the unread messages in less than ten breaths.

Even within those ten breaths, there is time for thinking and analysis.

"hiss!"

"The mortality rate in this chat group is higher than I imagined!"

Niu Jun originally thought that during his 120 years of seclusion, the chat group had welcomed 13 new members, and seven of them had died.

He continued reading until he finished scrolling through hundreds of thousands of unread messages in the group.

He then realized how terribly wrong he had been.

Because in the past 120 years, the number of new people joining the chat group has not been 13, but 35. Adding the original five group members, the total number of people joining the chat group has reached 40.

Of the forty people who joined the chat group, only eleven survived, resulting in a mortality rate exceeding seventy percent.

Tell me, isn't that scary?

Of course, Cthulhu Ying Zheng deserves a great deal of credit for the high mortality rate in chat groups, making him a veritable killer of newcomers.

Based on Niu Jun's deduction of the chat group's historical message records, at least half of the 29 deceased group members were killed by Cthulhu Ying Zheng.

The remaining half.

Most of them were ruined by chat groups.

Because this chat group truly doesn't care about the consequences of its actions, the items in the system store are sold without any processing whatsoever.

After the system shop opened, many group members excitedly sold items from their own world to earn chat group points, which they then used to purchase goods from other worlds.

Little did they know that different universes have different laws and rules.

Many rare and precious materials were originally treasures used to prolong life or enhance cultivation in the original world.

But in another world, it became a deadly poison.

This has led to many careless group members being ruined by what they thought was a chance to make a fortune in the chat group.

Of course, besides the two main causes of death being the "red envelope killing" by Cthulhu Ying Zheng and the chat group store's "killing without burying" policy, some group members also died due to their own actions.

For example, birth, aging, illness, and death.

Another example is being chased by an enemy or dying unexpectedly.

Or perhaps, after exposing their abnormality, they were imprisoned and killed by other powerful beings in this world.

However, compared to the Cthulhu-style "red envelope kill" and the huge pitfall of the chat group's system shop, the number of group members who died due to their own reasons was very small.

Niu Jun searched through all the chat group's history messages but only found two people.

These two are [Shenwu Daming Lan Yu] and [Shushan Li Yingqiong].

One was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang from the world of Divine Martial Ming.

The other was that after exposing his abnormality, he was hunted down by both the righteous and evil factions and died at the hands of his master, Master Miaoyi Qi Shuming.

The deaths of these two served as a good warning to the other members of the chat group, letting them know the true meaning of "keeping a low profile".

Of course, compared to group members who died due to their own reasons, there were undoubtedly more group members who were killed by Cthulhu Ying Zheng and the chat group store.

For example, novels like "Covering the Sky: The Great Emperor", "Wind and Cloud Emperor Shitian", "Eternal Life Xiang Yutian", "Snowy Xu Fengnian", "Marvel Iron Man", "Douluo Tang San", "Nordic Sigurd", and "Demon God Bai Zihua" were all ruined by Cthulhu Ying Zheng or chat group shops.

Later, it was Klein, the group admin, who posted two reminders in the group announcements regarding chat group red envelopes and the chat group store.

Only then did the mortality rate among chat group members drop sharply.

However, Niu Jun guessed that the group leader, Klein, was probably not in a good state.

Because Klein, the group owner, appears very infrequently in the chat history of the large chat group, he is basically in a lurking state, and may not even pop up once every three to five years.

"Could it be that Klein, despite practicing the Supreme Heavenly Demon Mysterious Art, still hasn't escaped the influence of the Creator God of the Mysterious World?"

Niu Jun pondered for a moment, vaguely guessing what was going on.

This is not hard to understand.

Although the "Supreme Heavenly Demon Mysterious Great Law" in the Journey to the West world is incredibly mysterious and can borrow the seven emotions and six desires of all living beings to cultivate heavenly demonic powers and strengthen one's own spiritual will.

However, compared to the primordial outer gods of the mysterious world, it still falls short.

Therefore, even if Klein mastered the "Supreme Heavenly Demon Mysterious Great Art", he might not be able to resist the erosion of the will of the creator god of the mysterious world.

Not to mention, this technique might not be suitable for the mysterious world, and its exact power is unknown.

Therefore, it's not surprising that Klein's mental state would suffer as it did in the original story after he became the Lord of Mysteries.

Of course, this is just Niu Jun's personal speculation.

We'll have to wait and see Klein's message to find out the specifics.

Thinking of this, Niu Jun immediately closed the main interface of the All-Heavens Chat Group and opened the private chat message interface that Klein had sent him.

There were more than 800 private messages in total.

It can be summed up in four words: "Big boss, help me!"

That's right!

Over the past 120 years.

Klein sent Niu Jun more than 800 private messages, all of which were for help.

Just as Niu Jun had guessed, the Supreme Heavenly Demon Mysterious Great Law was not enough to resist the erosion of the primordial outer god's will in the mysterious world.

Klein is currently in a state of mental slumber, using this state to resist the erosion of the will of the creator god. It often takes him several years to regain consciousness.

Although there were many members in the chat group, few of them could help him.

So every time Klein woke up, he would send a private message to Niu Jun for help, and he even sent him more than a dozen exclusive red envelopes in the private message.

After reading Klein's private message, Niu Jun did not reply immediately, but instead accepted the exclusive red envelope that Klein sent him.

There were quite a few red envelopes, a total of eighteen. Klein must be getting anxious.

The special red envelope he sent to Niu Junfa contained not only the original power of the remaining eight of the nine original substances in the mysterious world, but also a complete set of twenty-two blasphemous cards, as well as several ancient original forces.

These things were not difficult for Klein, who had become the Lord of Mysteries, to obtain.

However, it was of great reference value to Niu Jun.

Once all these primordial forces are analyzed...

Even if Niu Jun couldn't deduce the complete mysterious external divine fruit, he could deduce eight or nine tenths of it, and then use his supreme wisdom to fill in the rest.

In this way, he would have two complete formulas for proving the Dao of Taiyi, which he could use as references to deduce a method of proving the Dao that suited him more quickly and easily, and break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: Sorry, I was in seclusion and didn't see your message. I've now emerged from seclusion and will try my best to find a solution for you.]

Having accepted Klein's bribe, Niu Jun immediately replied with a single sentence.

It's not that Niu Jun wouldn't act until he saw the rabbit; it's just that he really can't be blamed for this.

He never expected that it would take him so long to comprehend the Buddha's six-syllable mantra.

You should know that before he left home, he promised Princess Iron Fan that he would be back in just three to five months. Who would have thought that more than 120 years would pass in the blink of an eye.

He doesn't even know how to explain this to his wife, let alone to Klein.

To put it bluntly...

After receiving nineteen red envelopes from Klein, he had already obtained the greatest benefit from the mysterious world, and Klein's usefulness to him had greatly diminished.

Niu Jun didn't betray his benefactor; he even tried to find a way for Klein to solve his own problems, which is already very kind of him.

So when faced with Klein's more than 800 private messages, he didn't explain much, but simply replied with the truth, promising to find a solution for Klein as soon as possible.

pity.

At this moment, Klein seemed to still be asleep and did not reply to Niu Jun's private message. Otherwise, Niu Jun could have asked about Klein's specific condition and then prescribed the appropriate treatment.

However, one thing is certain.

Klein's problem is definitely caused by the erosion of the will of the creator god of the mysterious world. He only needs to deduce a solution suitable for Klein based on this.

Of course, the truly difficult part is not figuring out a solution to the corruption of will, but ensuring that this solution is effective against the creator god of the mysterious world.

In other words, this solution must be effective against Taiyi Golden Immortal level experts, belonging to the Taiyi level of supernatural secret techniques.

This was undoubtedly a huge challenge for Niu Jun.

After all, he is currently only a Golden Immortal, and although he is only half a step away from the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, he cannot truly understand the mysteries of the Taiyi realm until he has truly reached the Taiyi realm.

Even if one uses the Enlightenment Mirror to deduce Taiyi-level divine abilities and secret techniques, it is only theoretical data and cannot guarantee that it will have an effect on Taiyi-level experts.

Theory is theory, and practice is practice.

These two should not be confused.

Therefore, when Niu Jun replied to Klein's message, he did not pat his chest and guarantee that he would definitely find a solution for Klein, but instead used the words "as much as possible".

He replied to Klein's message.

Niu Jun then opened Lu Sheng's private chat interface and read the messages Lu Sheng had left for him.

Lu Sheng left him only a few dozen messages, and most of them were inquiries about Niu Jun's situation.

The remaining small section describes Klein's predicament and his hope that Niu Jun can help him find a solution.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: Sorry, I was in seclusion before and didn't see your messages. I've now emerged from seclusion and seen your and Klein's messages. I'm trying to figure something out.]

[Lu Sheng, the Supreme Demon King: Congratulations, Brother Niu, on your successful completion of seclusion and mastery of your divine skills!]

[Lu Sheng, the Supreme Demon: Did Brother Niu break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm during his seclusion?]

Lu Sheng replied quickly, almost instantly, and sent Niu Jun a congratulatory message.

He then asked Niu Jun about what he had gained from his retreat.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: It's not that easy. Although I'm only half a step away from the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, that half step is still farther than a mortal reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: This time, I only secretly sneaked into the Five Elements Mountain. While studying the six-character mantra left by Buddha on the Five Elements Mountain, I was fortunate enough to enter a state of enlightenment and made some progress. I am still far from truly breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.]

In response to Lu Sheng's congratulations, Niu Jun replied humbly and explained the reason for his sudden seclusion.

Unlike his previous nonchalant replies to Klein's messages, Niu Jun was undoubtedly very patient when replying to Lu Sheng's messages.

Even though Lu Sheng didn't ask him why he was in seclusion, Niu Jun still offered some explanation.

You could say he's playing favorites against his audience.

You could also say that he was opportunistic and sycophantic.

But it is what it is.

In Niu Jun's eyes, Klein's value was nowhere near that of Lu Sheng.

Even though Klein is currently stronger than Lu Sheng, in terms of potential, Klein is absolutely no match for Lu Sheng, who has the Deep Blue cheat engine.

Because of Niu Jun's speculation.

Klein's ability to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal-level Outer God is already the limit; whether he can even break through the ancient level and become an Outer God is still a question.

Because the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods of the Cthulhu type are born powerful, do not cultivate the Great Dao, and do not comprehend supernatural powers, they are more like beasts than gods.

In the past, breaking through to the Outer God realm was hundreds or thousands of times more difficult than a Golden Immortal breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Therefore, in Niu Jun's view, the possibility of Klein ascending from the Old Ones to become an Outer God is extremely small, let alone becoming a Great Immortal of the Azathoth level.

On the contrary, Lu Sheng, with the help of the Deep Blue Modifier, has truly broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and has the potential to become Niu Jun's "senior".

What Niu Jun needs to do is select fellow Daoists in the chat group who can form a future alliance, rather than coming to the chat group to help the poor.

Therefore, his attitude towards Lu Sheng and Klein is definitely different.

[Lu Sheng, the Supreme Demon Lord: Is the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm really that difficult?]

Lu Sheng asked curiously, indicating that he didn't quite understand.

Hearing Lu Sheng's question.

Niu Jun's lips twitched involuntarily.

Is it difficult to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm?

Damn it, Lu Shengshou asking this question is like Sima Zhong asking his ministers, "Why don't they eat meat porridge?"

After all, someone like Lu Shengshou, who breaks through his realm directly through his own "supreme wisdom," simply cannot understand how difficult the cultivation of ordinary cultivators is.

If he could, he really wanted to swap his cheat system with Lu Shengshou's Deep Blue Modifier, so that Lu Shengshou could also experience the down-to-earth feeling of being a "top student".

[Niu Jun in Journey to the West: The realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal, equivalent to a complete universe.]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: For an ordinary person to cultivate to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, you can think of it as a mortal creating a universe step by step. Just tell me, how difficult is that?]

(End of this chapter)