Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 317 Driving Fish into the Abyss
Zhou Qing thought to himself that this guy named Hungry Ghost was rather naive and innocent, speaking without any guile, and easily uncovered the truth by probing him.

Hearing him say that, the four Dao Palaces are truly unfathomable. I wonder how the Qingxu Dao Palace could unleash a sword aura capable of slicing through the flesh of a Nascent Soul Demon, and whether there were any restrictions on it.

The four major Daoist palaces also have their trump cards, and the Demonic Path is suspected to have even deeper trump cards. Compared to this, I realize that my current methods are still somewhat lacking.

If one were to heed the Demon Lord's words at this point and get involved in their struggle, the worst outcome would be becoming a pawn.

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Take the gift back with you and tell the Demon Lord that I appreciate his kindness."

Helpless, the starving ghost said, "There's no reason to take back a gift that's been given away. My Demon Lord said that even if True Monarch Tiantong doesn't agree, we can still be friends. Please accept these gifts without worry. If you have the opportunity in the future, please come to our Demon Cloud Ridge. Our Demon Lord will definitely treat you with the utmost hospitality."

After saying this, he cupped his hands to Zhou Qing, then left the White Eyebrow Mansion, and soared into the sky, flying towards the Central Continent.

Unlike the nomadic demonic path of the Western Continent, the demonic path of the Central Continent has a fixed base, located in the central Demon Cloud Ridge.

Although the Demonic Path's headquarters cannot compare to the Four Great Dao Palaces, it is not easy for the Four Great Dao Palaces to eliminate them, as it could easily result in mutual destruction. That is why they tolerated the Demonic Path establishing its headquarters in the Central Continent so openly.

It took the starving ghost more than half a month to return to Demon Cloud Ridge.

The area outside Demon Cloud Ridge is shrouded in a black mist all day long. This black mist is based on the natural poisonous miasma that originally existed in this place and was refined using special demonic methods. It serves as a barrier to protect the headquarters of the demonic sect.

This demonic miasma is thirty miles deep. Even a cultivator at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment stage, without a special protective magic treasure, can only penetrate ten miles at most before their flesh and skin dissolve.

Even a Golden Core cultivator, if they manage to endure thirty miles of poisonous miasma, will have their spiritual energy polluted and malfunction, leaving them with at most thirty percent of their cultivation.

Only Nascent Soul cultivators can repel all the demonic miasma by relying on the power of their Dharma Form.

As a member of the Demonic Path's headquarters, the Hungry Ghost naturally possessed methods to resist the demonic miasma. Therefore, he went straight through the miasma and entered Demon Cloud Ridge to report the details of his mission to the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord was nearly a thousand years old, yet he still looked like a robust and ambitious middle-aged man. His eyes seemed to possess a captivating, soul-stealing magic that inspired awe in those who beheld him.

The starving ghost respectfully recounted the whole story.

The Demon Lord's voice boomed like thunder as he coldly declared, "Fool, you've fallen for someone's trick!"

The starving ghost was bewildered.

The Demon Lord sneered, "I thought Zhou Qing was an arrogant and conceited person, but I didn't expect him to be so shrewd. His arrogant words were just a test to find out the truth about the Central Continent."

"Now that he knows the unfathomable depths of the Four Great Dao Palaces, why would he risk forming an alliance with us?"

The starving ghost cried out in panic, "Your subordinate has failed the Demon Lord's trust. Please punish me, Demon Lord!"

The Demon Lord said, "Fine, I chose you as my envoy. You are a reckless person, and I cannot get rid of the mistake of using the wrong person."

"Besides, this matter is not beyond redemption."

"Although Zhou Qing is strong, he is not strong enough to control the situation. Therefore, he will be coerced by the situation."

"The Hongfa Daocheng is the guardian of the Fire Jade Marrow for the Qingxu Dao Palace. It is an interest that the Qingxu Dao Palace cannot relinquish. If Zhou Qing wants to take control of the Hongfa Daocheng, the Qingxu Dao Palace will be the first to object."

“However, Zhongzhou has never taken the four border continents seriously, nor has it paid attention to news from there, so Qingxu Dao Palace is still unaware of the details.” “You should immediately spread the word that something has happened in Xiji Continent, and the Hongfa Daochang has broken away from Qingxu Dao Palace.”

“The Qingxu Dao Palace will push Zhou Qing to our side on its own.”

The starving ghost hurriedly replied, "Yes, sir! I'll do it right away to atone for my sins!"

After saying that, he hurriedly left Demon Cloud Ridge.

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Qingxu Dao Palace is located in the Floating Mountain in the southwest of Zhongzhou, about 100,000 li away from the border between Zhongzhou and Xijizhou.

This floating mountain is a unique scenic spot in Qionghua Continent because it contains the only inverted spiritual vein in Qionghua Continent.

Most of the spiritual veins in this world originate from the earth and gush forth, but the spiritual veins here in Floating Mountain are the opposite; they flow down from the sky.

The unique natural conditions in the sky here, the combined forces of the surrounding mountains and the thunderstorms, have formed a huge funnel. This funnel can gather spiritual energy from thousands of miles around and let it leak down from a channel about two miles in diameter, forming a waterfall of spiritual energy cascading down from the sky.

This waterfall is the convergence of spiritual energy from thousands of miles around, boundless and magnificent. The ancestor of Qingxu Dao Palace used an array to raise a mountain range here, which is located right below the funnel to receive this boundless spiritual energy.

This mountain range is called Floating Mountain, which covers an area of ​​nearly a hundred miles. The most core disciples of Qingxu Dao Palace live there.

The spiritual waterfall cascades down on the floating mountain every day, enveloping the entire mountain in auspicious clouds. A disciple there can absorb more spiritual energy with just a breath than most Golden Core sect disciples in the world can in a month of arduous cultivation.

This is what made Qingxu Dao Palace so powerful.

After the Demon Descendant Rebellion, Qionghua Continent was unable to produce any new Nascent Soul level experts. Later, even the rare treasures and Heavenly Spirit Pills needed for Nascent Soul transformation gradually became scarce. As a result, the highest level of combat power in Qingxu Dao Palace, the number of Nascent Soul level experts, dwindled generation after generation, and by this generation, there were only three Nascent Soul level experts.

However, those below the highest level of combat power remain strong, so Qingxu Dao Palace currently has hundreds of Nascent Soul True Monarchs and countless Golden Core True Monarchs.

Most importantly, a small portion of the Nascent Soul True Monarchs in Qingxu Dao Palace have already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and they are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to break through to the Divine Transformation stage.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to gather all the rare treasures needed for the Heavenly Spirit Pill.

The seven rare treasures are monopolized by the four major Dao Palaces. Among them, Qingxu Dao Palace controls the Fire Jade Marrow and the Trumpet Flower. If they want to obtain the other five rare treasures, they need to exchange their surplus Fire Jade Marrow and Trumpet Flower with the other three.

Unfortunately, in recent years, the production of rare treasures has become increasingly low, making it extremely difficult to gather enough materials.

A few years ago, Zen Master Zhiyuan of Dajue Temple was preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and wanted to exchange his Bodhi fruit for Fire Jade Marrow.

The Qingxu Dao Palace was in dire need of Bodhi Fruits, so they were naturally very willing to exchange them. However, the Fire Jade Marrow would take another hundred years to mature, so they couldn't offer it in exchange.

The only agreement was made with Dajue Temple that they would exchange the Fire Jade Essence once it matured.

It will be about fifty years before the Fire Jade matures, and the Qingxu Dao Palace is eagerly awaiting its arrival.

Especially those Nascent Soul Peak True Monarchs who have a chance to compete for this Heavenly Spirit Pill.

(End of this chapter)