In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 384 I'm Fighting the Blood God Cult! Really?
On an uninhabited island near Longcheng County, Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi stopped in their tracks.

From the very beginning of the plan, they realized that finding a pirate fleet in the vast ocean would not be easy, but fortunately, Chen Nuoyi already had a solution.

On the shore, the girl stood on the sand, her beautiful eyes gleaming like flowing gold, and her dragon might surged forth like waves, penetrating deep into the sea.

Time passed second by second, and about fifteen minutes later, under the cool moonlight, the calm sea in front of Chen Nuoyi suddenly began to boil.

One after another, sea monsters with a certain level of intelligence emerged, including fish, shrimp, crabs, octopuses, and squid.

Even beneath the distant sea surface, one could vaguely discern enormous figures swimming about; they appeared to be whales or giant sharks, some tens of meters long.

This is one of the effects of the Dragon's Might, which can command the vast majority of sea creatures. This is a suppression that was rooted in the bloodline of sea creatures when dragons ruled the ocean in ancient times.

Of course, compared to ancient times, the dragon's might has become much less intimidating to the sea creatures.

It's fine to instruct them on things they can do, but if you order them to roast themselves and serve themselves on the table, the sea creatures will definitely resist.

Chen Nuoyi summoned them to inquire about the whereabouts of the Sea Yaksha Wu Sheng through the intelligence network among the sea creatures.

There are only a handful of human Golden Core cultivators in this sea area, so it's easy to get the answer from them.

After Chen Nuoyi's description, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals with Foundation Establishment cultivation quickly understood who Wu Sheng was, and then immediately questioned their fellow clansmen.

Before long, the sea creatures gave an accurate report.

Two days ago, Wu Sheng's fleet went to an island that was a gathering place for pirates and a den of iniquity.

They knew the exact location of the island, but didn't know its name. After all, they were just a group of seafood, and at most, they could only look at it from afar on the shore.

Having the island coordinates is enough.

Chen Nuoyi summoned a great white shark that knew the way and asked it to act as a guide, leading Su Yuan towards the island.

This time the journey was much longer; the two traveled more than two thousand miles before finally seeing a huge island in the vast sea.

It was shrouded in a thick, blood-red mist, making people instinctively want to ignore it.

Fortunately, the blood-red mist did not spread underwater, otherwise the seafood would have had no way to find their way.

"It seems that there is a powerful figure in charge of this pirate stronghold, and some kind of powerful illusion array has been set up on the island to prevent outsiders from spying on it."

"No wonder the previous efforts to suppress pirates in Shengyang Prefecture were not very effective."

Looking at the Blood Mist Island, which was roughly the size of two or three Longcheng counties, Su Yuan nodded in realization.

As for the powerful figure who set up this grand formation, what is his background?
A name involuntarily surfaced in Su Yuan's mind—the Blood God Cult.

This was the name of the power he heard from the local tyrants when he first took office; it was said to be overseen by a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

The crimson mist above the island is somewhat similar to the name of the Blood God Cult.

As Su Yuan was thinking this, a crisp 'ding-dong' sound suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Congratulations, host, you have discovered that you can subdue the Demon Sect.]

Sure enough, this blood mist is related to the Blood God Cult.

But... their leader is at the Nascent Soul stage, so who can subdue whom?
The Blood God Sect is one of the newly emerging top 100 demonic sects, with followers and branch altars scattered throughout the Law Sea Islands. Its leader has even reached the Nascent Soul stage, making it a formidable opponent to the Yuan Sect.

If this demonic sect can be subdued, it will greatly promote the development of the Yuan Sect.

Damn system! You always manage to come up with something new!

They tried to slander me before but it didn't work, so now they're trying to flatter me to death, huh? How could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like me compare to the Blood God Cult Leader, who is at the Nascent Soul stage?
Don't drag me into your bragging!
[The Demon Lord's quest has been updated!]

【Task 1: King of the Law Sea (In Progress)】

Conquer the Blood God Cult and spread your influence throughout the Law Sea.

[Mission Progress: Blood God Cult Submission Rate (0%/100%)]

[Quest Reward: Crown of Corruption Recipe!]

[Task 2: Stealing the Crown (In Progress)]

The Blood God Cult Leader always carries a tattered crown, which seems to belong to some demon lord. To defeat the Blood God Cult Leader, this crown must first be stolen.

[Mission Progress: Theft of the Crown (0/1)]

[Quest Reward: Divine External Elixir Forging Method!]

Looking at the two tasks that appeared in quick succession, along with their accompanying rewards, Su Yuan's gaze sharpened slightly. Putting aside the sheer audacity of these tasks, the rewards and descriptions alone gave them a strong sense of déjà vu.

The epitome of corruption?

It sounds like it has a significant connection to the Corrupt God Kingdom and the Corrupt Demon Lord.

A tattered crown, and it belongs to some demon lord? This has some overlap with the Crown of Corruption.

Therefore, Su Yuan couldn't help but make a bold conjecture: the so-called broken crown in the hands of the Blood God Cult Leader was an incomplete version of the Crown of Corruption.

Once you have completed Task 1 and Task 2, you can try to reforge it, and there is a chance to obtain a magic weapon of the Nascent Soul level.

This reward is indeed very tempting.

But what is this 'divinely created external elixir'?
Su Yuan was familiar with the concept of external alchemy, which referred to a method for condensing a golden elixir.

Cultivators can fuse their cultivation with various rare and precious materials to refine an indestructible golden core. Once a golden core is swallowed, one can directly advance to the Golden Core realm.

The opposite of external alchemy is the normal method of foundation building to break through to the Golden Core stage, where the Golden Core is condensed within the body itself, also known as the method of internal alchemy.

Whether external alchemy or internal alchemy is superior or inferior depends mainly on the quality of the method used to condense the elixir.

Based on this attempt, Su Yuan guessed from the literal meaning of "divinely created external elixir" that it might be a top-level method of external elixir condensation, otherwise why would it dare to use "divinely created" as a prefix?

However, this method of refining the Golden Core seems out of place with the other task reward and task description.

Or perhaps... the divinely created external elixir is also related to the Crown of Corruption?

interesting.

After carefully studying the two tasks, Su Yuan silently closed the task panel.

To be honest, it would be impossible for him not to be interested in these two tasks.

Unfortunately, reason told him that some tasks should be abandoned, because he really didn't have the ability to deal with a Nascent Soul True Monarch, unless he could summon his teacher, Tai Bai Tianji, or Wu Luo True Monarch.

But how could these two Nascent Soul stage experts possibly descend upon the Heavenly Law World? They would be too conspicuous!

Gathering his scattered thoughts, Su Yuan placed his hand on Chen Nuoyi's shoulder, entered stealth mode, and instantly disappeared into the thick crimson fog.

Through the thick fog, a brightly lit port town built by the sea came into view.

At the city's port, pirate ships of various styles and sizes are moored.

Of course, these pirate ships were not ordinary sailing ships like those in the medieval period of Su Yuan's previous life, but rather contained all sorts of immortal techniques, making going to heaven and going to sea a piece of cake.

The two secretly landed in a dark alley in the port city.

Stepping out of the alley, a reasonably laid-out but extremely noisy market came into view.

Here, cultivators dressed in distinctly pirate attire can swagger across the streets, while numerous burly merchants and vendors set up stalls along the roadside to sell their wares.

Su Yuan glanced at the stalls and found a large number of rare and precious materials on display, as well as some low-level magic weapons that he didn't know who had obtained them from.

Although their ranks are not high, it is enough to illustrate one point—this city is mostly inhabited by cultivators, and mortals basically cannot survive there.

It's just like the cultivation market in some novels.

It's a pity that Su Yuan didn't trigger the much-anticipated lucky break plot; he just watched the show.

After leaving the alley, Su Yuan had already entered stealth mode and was not detected by anyone.

However, the appearance of Chen Nuoyi, a girl with delicate skin, stunning looks, and who looked like a rich young lady, attracted the attention of those around her, including some with evil or greedy eyes.

However... the much-anticipated scene of showing off and getting slapped in the face didn't happen.

After a few glances, the people around them obediently looked away; the Foundation Establishment stage cultivation was enough to calm most of the people present down.

Su Yuan silently followed the girl, watching her actions.

Then Chen Nuoyi casually approached a passerby and politely inquired in the language of the Heavenly Law World:
"Excuse me, do you know where Wu Sheng, the Sea Demon, is?"

The person being questioned only had a Qi Refining cultivation level. Faced with Chen Nuoyi's question, he was initially nervous, but then hurriedly pointed ahead:

"Lord Sea Yaksha and his crew are drinking at the Cloud Whale Tavern. Why...why are you asking this?"

Chen Nuoyi remained indifferent and calmly uttered two words:
"kill."

(End of this chapter)