I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

Bai Qingyu was born with the ability to sense good or bad fortune, and as soon as she got home, she felt that something was not right.

This premonition helped her avoid a lot of trouble. The only problem was that she could never sense exactly what was going to happen. But thinking about it, that made sense. If she could know what was going to happen, it wouldn't be a premonition, but a prophecy.

"Is it Kiyohime and the others?"

"It's not them, it has nothing to do with them."

"Could it be Dongqing and the other kids who are outside?"

"I don't know either." Bai Qingyu shook her head and turned to go back into the house.

Anyway, as long as it doesn't interrupt her vacation, that's fine. Premonitions are just premonitions; she can't be sure when it will happen, so she might as well think about something absurd.

This time, Bai Qingyu is going to the seaside. She plans to go to the small fishing village where Zhen and Huang used to live. It is located by the sea, and she doesn't need to worry about where to stay. The demons from Black Mountain built her a very nice courtyard where she can stay.

Perfect timing, let's also find out where that kid Huang went.

Several years ago, when he was in Xishan, he helped the Fate Cult to organize the power of faith. Huang went to a certain place in order to become stronger. When he reappeared, it was during the final battle of the Fate Cult. After defeating the Fate Cult, he returned home. Huang did not stay at home for long before leaving.

When asked where he was going, he wouldn't say. He just told me not to worry about him, that he could take care of himself, and that we could meet again if there was a chance in the future.

Bai Qingyu didn't know where Huang had gone. The only thing he knew was that Huang was definitely at sea, perhaps in some kind of power, perhaps related to the legendary sea god, or perhaps he had gone to become a real god.

Of course, this deity is different from the deities spoken of in the mortal world; it is similar in nature to the Inari deity of Miketsu.

If Ara really becomes a god, it wouldn't be bad to let him take Miketsuhime around and teach this future Inari god how to be a qualified god.

The unpleasant feeling was just a minor incident; nothing more was said that night, and the next day arrived in the blink of an eye.

After everyone had chosen their swimsuits, the next step was to start making them.

The material of the swimsuit is different from that of the clothes we usually wear. It is elastic and soft, and comfortable to wear. In short, it should not become semi-transparent when it gets wet.

The task of making the swimsuits was naturally left to Bai Qingyu and Xiaodie. Unlike ordinary clothes, swimsuits are relatively easier to make, and it would take a maximum of five days to finish all the swimsuits.

These peaceful days weren't too boring. By the way, Bai Qingyu thought that since he had been back for several days, and wasn't afraid that the news of his return would be exposed, why not just invite Shuten back for a meal?

And the first thing Shuten-dōji said when he entered was...

"Auntie, something's happened!"

"What?" Bai Qingyu stood up from the table.

“It’s my brother Liu… it’s Liu Changsheng. I recently received news that Changsheng is trapped at sea because of some things, and a group of people are trying to kill him.”

"Immortality? Tell me more." Bai Qingyu frowned.

"It's probably been a month. The human race has kept the news very tightly under wraps. Even the Heavenly Cult didn't get the news for five days. They haven't informed Auntie yet, probably because they're planning to rescue Changsheng and the others."

Judging from Bai Qingyu's reaction, Shuten knew that the Fate Sect definitely hadn't informed her.

"I don't know exactly where Changsheng is right now. Aunt, you should ask the people from the Heavenly Cult."

Shuten was also quite anxious. He and Changsheng had a very good relationship. They had worked together for a long time to save Bai Qingyu, and it was no exaggeration to say that they had a life-or-death friendship.

Bai Qingyu's face darkened. Only now did she realize why her senses from yesterday had been so strange; clearly, someone had used some means to obscure the secrets of heaven.

The secrets of heaven are very mysterious. They are invisible and intangible, but they do exist. Not only can cultivators borrow them to predict major events in the world, but even mortals can do this, such as Xu Yuanqing and his master.

Bai Qingyu quickly contacted the Heavenly Sect, and the Heavenly Sect soon sent back a message.

Liu Changsheng and Ji Xuan were indeed trapped at sea, and the sects across the land were indeed preparing to surround and kill them.

Why wasn't Bai Qingyu informed of such a major event? The reason is simple: Changsheng is not currently in any immediate danger, and their Heavenly Sect is also trying to save him.

In their reply, the Heavenly Religion also mentioned an organization.

Its name is Haiguo (Sea Kingdom).

Bai Qingyu had never heard of the Hai Kingdom organization before, but since this organization could preserve immortality, its strength must be considerable.

The Heavenly Cult also mentioned that the Sea Kingdom was not ruled by humans, but by monsters.

The subjects of the sea kingdom were all sea monsters.

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I'm back, sob sob sob

Volume Two: Journey Through the Demon Book: Chapter Twenty-Five - Rescue

Bai Qingyu had no prior knowledge of the existence of the Sea Kingdom, but he could roughly guess what kind of country it was. If it wasn't a human being from another land, then it must be a demon race living in the sea.

The problem is that the Heavenly Cult is saying that the Sea Kingdom is a large island, and even has mountain spirits.

This confused Bai Qingyu. Normally, even if the sea monsters formed a kingdom, they should live on the seabed. Why would they be on land? Perhaps, like in the Wild River Kingdom, the land is just a place for living and relaxing within the sea kingdom, and everyone usually lives in the sea.

"Sister, how is it? Is there anything we can do to help Changsheng?"

Seeing Bai Qingyu put down the communication talisman, Zhen Tian hurriedly asked.

Bai Qingyu did not answer for the time being, but instead took out another communication talisman. This communication talisman was the other half of the communication talisman she left for Changsheng. She could usually use this to make contact, but the problem was that the communication talisman in her hand had completely turned gray.

This means that Changsheng is either in a secret realm or within a barrier, or that his communication talisman has been destroyed.

"Chang Sheng's situation is currently alright. He is currently in a place called the Sea Kingdom in the sea, and the people from the various sects have not yet found him."

No matter how strong the Sea Kingdom is, it cannot withstand the encirclement and attack of the major sects. So the current situation is very simple: the major sects are all looking for the Sea Kingdom's location, for Liu Changsheng and for the Sea Kingdom's resources.

The Sea Kingdom suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. No one knew the truth about the Sea Kingdom before, which meant that the Sea Kingdom was a treasure land that had never been set foot in by cultivators.

To put it more seriously, the existence of the Sea Kingdom might allow them to further explore the ocean.

According to Bai Qingyu's understanding, there are many treasures in the ocean, especially some natural treasures and innate spiritual artifacts that are unique to the sea. However, when cultivators go deep into the sea, their strength will be greatly reduced, and cultivators in the Integration Stage and Mahayana Stage are too lazy to go into the sea to search for treasures, as it would only increase the danger.

The ocean is vast and teeming with sea monsters; no one can be certain that there are no Mahayana demons among them.

The demon race system in the ocean is no smaller than that in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. If the Hundred Thousand Mountains can produce Mahayana demon kings, then there is no reason why there shouldn't be Mahayana demon races in the sea. So this is an opportunity. Perhaps we can use the Sea Kingdom as a springboard to target the ocean.

This is a good thing for Changsheng, as the Sea Kingdom can help him share some of the pressure. The only problem is that the existence of the Sea Kingdom will attract more sects, and it remains to be seen whether Changsheng can get away this time.

“Perfect timing, we were also planning to go to the beach, so our plans might have to be put on hold for a while.”

"A plan?" Shuten asked, puzzled.

"Yes, I've been traveling the world lately, and since the weather's been nice, I was thinking of taking everyone on a beach vacation. Alas, it looks like that's not going to happen."

Bai Qingyu was also upset. The season had finally arrived, but then this happened. These sects didn't want to be idle for a moment.

There's no way around it; Changsheng's identity is indeed somewhat sensitive. I didn't really understand it before, but now I do.

The Demon Sword is not only powerful with top-tier combat strength, but more importantly, it is backed by a powerful force, a large demonic sect that thrives on chaos. If it were to lead the world, one can only imagine what the world would become.

"Auntie, do you need my help? Nanshan still has some strength."

"Not for now. Nanshan is just starting out and hasn't been around for very long. Don't be fooled by the fact that you have a lot of demons under your command. In reality, not many of them are actually capable of fighting. Let's talk about it after these demons have grown up. Leave the matters of the Sea Kingdom to me for now."

"Yes, Auntie, just ask if you need anything." Shuten nodded slowly without saying anything more.

Nanshan himself knew his own strength; he was not even good enough to add flowers to brocade for Bai Qingyu, let alone provide charcoal in snowy weather.

There are many demons in Nanshan, but almost all of them are weak monsters whose strength is not even at the Golden Core stage. These monsters cannot even fully transform into human form; they either retain a monster head or some parts of their body.

Bai Qingyu is also an incomplete human form; her hands are still wings. However, the problem is that nearly half of the bodies of these little demons in Nanshan are still beasts, at most only having human forms, unless they use illusions or grow into Golden Core or higher.

The lowly demons are useless; they're not even good enough to be cannon fodder. There are too few demons at the upper levels, especially those above the Nascent Soul stage, like the great demons at the Divine Transformation and Void Refinement stages.

To put it bluntly, it's a matter of foundation. Shuten-dōji's Nanzan sect started too late and can't compare to the sects outside.

At noon, Bai Qingyu had a meal at her home with Jiu Tun. The atmosphere at the dinner table wasn't very good. Apart from the three youngest girls, everyone had their own worries.

Kiyohime and Shinten were worried about whether Bai Qingyu would encounter any danger, while Higanbana was wondering how long her peaceful life could last.

This world is no safer than the underworld. In fact, without Bai Qingyu's protection, this world is even more dangerous than the underworld. The problem she faces now is that Bai Qingyu is bearing the storms of the mortal world alone, while the underworld is stirring up trouble.

She escaped, and once Yama finds out, he will most likely send someone to capture her and take her back, because she is a member of the underworld, and the underworld cannot interfere with anything in the mortal world.

In this slightly oppressive atmosphere, Bai Qingyu handed Xiaoya over to Zhentian in the afternoon. After giving her a few instructions, she told Zhentian not to worry too much at home, as her trip was only to investigate the location of the Sea Kingdom and would not cause any conflict with the cultivation sects.

After leaving Tongzhou, Bai Qingyu flew towards the sea.

The ocean is much larger than the land, but fortunately, nature has given us a general direction.

However, she was not in a hurry to go, and began to observe the actions of the cultivators below along the way.

Changsheng is the one being targeted. Since these useless people can't find her, they will naturally turn their attention to her. Even if they don't learn about Changsheng today, they will be able to get the news from other places within two months at most.

These cultivators deliberately leaked the information in order to lure me to the search for immortality.

Just because they can't find it doesn't mean I can't find it myself.

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I apologize for the inconsistent updates these past two days, as I've been quite busy. I've been taking care of my own medical needs, taking an elderly family member to the hospital for a gastroscopy, and also needing to find some time to look at houses.

However, tomorrow is the last day. If I finish everything tomorrow morning, I can resume my usual updates the day after tomorrow!

thank you all!

Volume Two: Journey Through the Demon Book - Chapter Twenty-Six: Inugami, Hana-cho-maru, and Hotaru-gusa

Places that once took a whole day to fly to can now be reached in less than half an hour. In the sky, Bai Qingyu hovered above a vast sea, with the small fishing village where Zhen and Huang had lived just below.

I remember when I first arrived here, on my first night I encountered a conflict between the fishing village and the demon race led by the Black Wolf Demon. After the incident, Huang was surrounded by a group of villagers who wanted to sacrifice him to the sea, because they had been bewitched by the village cultivators.

A group of poor villagers could not resist the monk's seduction, and disaster ensued.

In the fury of the wilderness, the fishing village was almost swallowed up by the sea.

Bai Qingyu didn't rush to search in the sea, but instead landed in front of the fishing village.

The fishing village is now completely abandoned. In just a few years, no one lives there anymore. Just as we thought, the men in the village were swallowed by the sea, and the old, weak, women and children who were lucky enough to survive could not stay. They had no hope of living in this vast sea.

The only option is to leave this place and go to other relatively wealthier villages, towns, and counties to beg for food.

The old man who raised the poisonous bird and the black wolf demon has also passed away. If he were still alive, he might be the only one still willing to stay in the fishing village.

Just as she was thinking this, Bai Qingyu suddenly realized something.

Her figure vanished and she arrived in the fishing village, where a tiger demon was walking through the abandoned village, opening and closing doors one by one, seemingly searching for something.

Bai Qingyu appeared silently behind the monster. "What are you looking for?"

The sudden sound startled the monster. Almost instinctively, it tried to attack, only to find that its body was completely immobilized, suppressed by an extremely powerful force.