Chapter 220 The Second Warmth "Oh, is it so." "It's absolutely true." Xie Feng affirmed. "Just assume that what you said is true." Ruan Xing said in an ambiguous tone. She released Shen Lingyun from the storage bag and ordered: "For the next period of time, you will stay in the City of Chaos and kill all the demon cultivators in the city and send their bodies back to me." She needed to replenish the supply of her self-destructive puppets. After all, her magical powers still have some limitations, and she can't control a living person to self-destruct. Shen Lingyun had no objection. Killing demon cultivators, especially some crazy ones, was not only a way to eliminate demons and defend the way of righteousness, but also gave these people relief. Xie Feng asked: "What if the body is incomplete? Moreover, with the strength of me and the fairy, I am afraid we are not qualified to clear the Chaos City, right?" He guessed that a complete corpse was needed to make a puppet, because Ruan Xing would have painted talismans all over the corpse in the past.
However, Ruan Xing's cultivation level was improving too fast now. Xie Feng didn't know whether her puppetry skills had improved, so he asked tentatively. Ruan Xing raised his eyes to the air beside him and said calmly: "Jian Lai will also help you. As for the integrity of the body... didn't I ask you when I came here, don't you mind?" "Really?" Xie Feng was a little surprised, but also a little skeptical. Ruan Xing nodded. We will still need Xie Feng when exploring the unknown small world. We can't let him practice like this all the time. We need to relax him occasionally and give him some sweet treats. It can be considered as a satisfying meal before death. She then said to Shen Lingyun: "You too, raise your current realm to Nascent Soul as soon as possible." The reason why Xie Feng's realm has not been improved is that Ruan Xing does not allow it, so even if he wants to absorb Yin Qi, he can only sneak into the Xumi Realm to collect some scraps. He will not easily touch Ruan Xing's bottom line, so he has never been able to break through. It was not until Ruan Xing was promoted to Guixu that he became anxious and suddenly launched an attack. His realm before his death was the God Transformation Stage. Now Ruan Xing gave him this opportunity. She was not worried at all even if she asked him to return to the God Transformation Stage using a puppet body. As for Shen Lingyun, Ruan Xing never restricted her. She had always stayed in the Xumi Realm and could absorb Yin Qi at any time. It was just that she was discouraged and unwilling to practice. Shen Lingyun nodded silently, and the three of them dispersed in the disorderly city. Ruan Xing found a relatively intact house, cleaned it several times using the dust-collecting technique, and then moved in to live there temporarily. When they delivered the first corpse, he began his work of replenishing the supplies. During this period, her spiritual consciousness was quietly attached to Xie Feng. However, what made Ruan Xing feel strange was that Xie Feng had neither peeped at her refining puppets and pondering ways to terminate the contract in the past few days, nor had he secretly run out of the City of Disorder to contact Xie Yao privately, and he had not even deliberately damaged the body of the demon cultivator to give himself more food. This is too good, not like him at all. Did he really accept his fate and behave himself? In the City of Disorder, although the number of demon cultivators is much less than that in the last simulation, there are still more than a thousand of them. More than 90% of them are Golden Core and Nascent Soul, and the remaining small part is in the God Transformation Stage. As for those below the Golden Core Stage, they can't survive more than a day in the City of Disorder, and they can't wait for Ruan Xing to come and deal with them. Every day, there are more than a dozen corpses sent to Ruan Xing, and she is almost working on an assembly line. On the thirty-ninth day, Chaos City had almost become a deserted city.
Xie Feng raised his realm to the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and Shen Lingyun also recovered to the Nascent Soul Realm. However, Ruan Xing did not replace the new puppet essence for them. Although the original puppet essence was of low grade, it was not unusable. If it was replaced, it would be a waste. She just spent a lot of time every day refining self-destructive puppets, and waited for news from Xie Yao. Three more days later. Shui Linglong finally received good news from Xie Yao. An unknown little world that no one has ever set foot on has been found. Ruan Xing first opened the real-scene simulation, and then went to the underground palace with Shui Linglong. Xie Yao's voice was faintly heard through the veil. "The demon cultivators in the north don't like to leave records. I searched for a long time before I found some traces of small worlds. I found seven possible places. The first one is the ruins of a sect three thousand years ago. However, after I sent people in, I found that it had been looted. The second one is the product of spatial turbulence and fusion. My people went there and came back to report that it was a place without spirits, which should not meet your requirements. The third one is the reason why I called you here. I sent two groups of people, and none of them came back. I guess this should be the kind of extremely dangerous small world that no one has set foot in that you want, right?" I didn’t expect Xie Yao to reap the rewards so quickly. Ruan Xing was a little surprised. She had already prepared to wait here for at least half a year. The reason why she chose to come to Xie Yao to find the small world, in addition to weakening the strength of Xie Yao's subordinates, was also because she had a concern that compared with immortal cultivators, demon cultivators were much less enthusiastic about exploring secret realms. The secret space is a resource that can be controlled by immortal cultivators. To the demon cultivators, it is a deadly weapon that can save their lives. Many senior immortal cultivators in the sect who have reached the Guixu stage will consider the issue of their younger generations coming to the secret realm before Guixu, and will consciously reduce the danger level of their own Guixu land. If they are more protective and have a strong sense of belonging to the sect, they will also specially set up some opportunities that can only be obtained by cultivators of the same sect and the same origin of skills. Therefore, it has become a routine for immortal cultivators to enter secret realms. The mortality rate of entering secret realms is high except when the secret realms are just discovered and knowledge about them is relatively scarce. The survival rate is quite high at other times, which turns the secret realms into a recyclable resource. But it’s not like that for demon cultivators. The devil cultivator Guixu Demon Lord doesn't care who will come to his Guixu secret realm after his death. One's own Guixu land is equivalent to one's own grave, one's own resting place. If others come in and disturb his peace, isn't that tantamount to robbing his tomb? They wish to kill everyone who comes in, this is the consistent purpose of the devil cultivators. Ruan Xing thought that the probability of finding a small world among the demon cultivators was higher, and Xie Yao could help. As for the immortal cultivators... it was difficult to find an ownerless secret realm, let alone a small world that no one had ever set foot on. She asked cautiously, "Does Saint Demon Lord know anything about this small world?" "I don't know much. After all, none of the people sent out have ever come back. But I can tell you that the first group of people consisted of three Jindan-stage people, and the second group consisted of one Yuanying-stage person with five Jindan-stage people." Xie Yao said. Her way of exploring is the same as that of the immortal cultivators. Every time the immortal cultivators discover a new secret realm, they will let those in the Jindan stage enter first. After finding out a little about the situation inside, we will send cultivators in the Nascent Soul or God Transformation stage to deal with it specifically. After all, there is a hurdle from Jindan to Yuanying. Those above Yuanying are the face of the sect, so it is not too sad if Jindan dies. However, as far as Ruan Xing knew, almost all of Xie Yao's disobedient subordinates had been killed by her, and now the only four people left in the Spirit Transformation Stage were Chuan Zhen, Xizui, Cheng Huan, and Chen Xin. That's why Xie Yao didn't send in the third group of people. Ruan Xing thought for a moment and said to Xie Yao, "In this case, no one can predict the dangers in the small world. It would be better for us to enter it directly with us and find the Hongmeng Purple Qi as soon as possible."
Xie Yao said: "I will send someone to assist you." Ruan Xing was at a loss, "Isn't Saint Demon Lord coming with us?" "It's not convenient for me." Xie Yao said lightly. "Is that so?" Ruan Xing lowered his eyes with some worry. "Saint Demon Lord's words really make me panic. Saint Demon Lord is very powerful, but he refuses to enter the secret realm with me. If I die in the secret realm by accident, your cooperation with our sect master... I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue." There was a hint of threat in her words. Xie Yao's eyes moved slightly, and he looked up and said, "In that case, you don't have to go in. Didn't you bring an attendant with you? Let him go into the secret realm with my elder." Ruan Xing glanced at Xie Feng, who had no expression on his face, and said calmly, "Please don't blame me, Saint Demon Lord. I just don't understand why you are inconvenienced." "Why should I explain to you?" Xie Yao asked impatiently. As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Xing had teleported in front of her and attacked with lightning speed. Xie Yao was startled, and the vines around her instantly danced wildly. She opened her mouth and spit out a ball of green smoke, and coordinated with the vines to attack Ruan Xing. After Ruan Xing made his move, he quickly teleported back to his original position. "You..." Xie Yao was so shocked that he couldn't speak. She probably didn't expect that Ruan Xing would take such a bold move just to lift the animal skin blanket off her body. As she lay on her side, her long skirt could not cover her smooth calves and feet. Vines grew from the skin under her legs and entangled themselves around her. Xie Yao's face was as dark as blood. Ruan Xing was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that the green soft couch Xie Yao was lying on was actually woven from the vines on her own legs. The vines spread outward from her as the origin, covering the entire underground palace. But, in the simulation, the Xie Yao she saw in Fengtian City was standing normally? Ruan Xing dropped the fur blanket and said calmly, "Excuse me." "How outrageous." Xie Yao gritted her teeth. She stood up, and the vines tore off her body, leaving a trail of red, winding bloodstains that flowed down the hem of her skirt. She waved her hand to calm down the vine that had just jumped up, but she had no intention of killing Ruan Xing. She is really patient... Ruan Xing thought, and asked curiously: "What is this?" There were only three people in the room: Xie Yao, Ruan Xing, and Xie Feng. Xie Yao stretched out her hand, and the vine became her crutch, carrying her forward, blood flowing on the ground. "If you were so bold in front of me a few hundred years ago, I would definitely kill you." Xie Yao said, "But now, I don't care about the Xianyuan Continent or the Northern Territory." A vine quietly climbed up Ruan Xing's body, and its slightly cool leaves stuck to the exposed skin on her neck. Ruan Xing still had a smile on her face. This vine posed no threat to her at all. She could teleport away at any time. Xie Yao continued, "When I was in the Nascent Soul stage, I encountered a vine. Plant monsters are very rare, but it has its own consciousness. I wanted to devour it, but unexpectedly let it coexist with me. Thanks to it, I became stronger, my vitality is more vigorous, and my life span is longer, but at the same time, I was trapped by it. Even when I was in the Spiritualization stage, my soul left my body, and I saw countless vines in my soul's body." At that time, the previous generation of Saint Demon Lord had just died a few hundred years ago, and all the demon cultivators were gradually driven to the northern border and were not allowed to appear in the other four states.
The over-expanded population is squeezing the North. They are fighting head-on for scarce resources, facing life and death challenges every day. Under such circumstances, the City of Chaos appeared. All the demon cultivators who are not accepted will be "exiled" to the City of Chaos. With her cultivation level just reaching the Nascent Soul stage, she would definitely not be able to survive in the City of Chaos, so she hid from place to place, concealing the strangeness of her body, and enduring the severe pain every day to use a knife to remove the vines growing from under her skin. It was she who took Xie Yao in and gave her a place to stay. She was a demon cultivator who practiced the way of desire and kept many male favorites in her cave. When she left Xie Yao behind, Xie Yao felt uneasy, fearing that this demon king had suddenly changed his taste. However, everything she worried about did not happen. She took Xie Yao in not only because she felt a little pity for Xie Yao, but also because she was pregnant. There was no way she would let a group of lowly male favorites take care of her bloodline, so Xie Yao became the nanny. In the cradle, the baby who was more fragile than ordinary people was brought up little by little by her. She watched the baby grow from babbling to a graceful young lady, calling her sister with an innocent smile on his face that was not suitable for a demon cultivator. She felt warmth for the second time in this world. The first time she felt warmth was when her master was killed by her senior brother the day before he was about to devour her. Although her senior brother said that he did not mean to save her, Xie Yao still kept it in mind. When she finally reached the Spiritual Transformation Stage and was able to dominate a region, the battle for the position of Saint Demon Lord in the North also finally came to an end. The struggle that lasted for nearly eight hundred years came to an end. She was ambitious to help that woman win the title of Saint Demon Lord, but what she never expected was that the woman died at dawn on the day she became Saint Demon Lord. She was like a madman, and for the first time she released all her strength, letting the vines sweep across the entire underground palace, slaughtering all the demon cultivators inside. From that day on, she no longer had to worry about others discovering that she was different. Because everyone who has seen the vines under her skirt is dead. The saddest thing for her was that after killing those demon cultivators, no one remembered the woman who had only been the Holy Demon Lord for one night. Xie Yao was determined to protect the woman's bloodline. Her daughter was well raised by Xie Yao and had a sunny and innocent look that did not belong to a demon cultivator. Because she was afraid that her daughter would be hurt, she only allowed the other party to appear within the range of her vine. Unfortunately, the sister she had protected for thousands of years was deceived by a man from the Tianjian Sect and taken to Nanzhou, where she died. When Xizui found her sister's child, she felt both distressed and hateful towards the child. She named the child Xie Huai, and then said: "If he has the ability to come back to the Northern Territory, let him come back. If he doesn't have the ability, let him die in the Southern Province." So that she wouldn't be hurt again. Xie Huai did not disappoint her expectations. Not only did he come back alive, he also made great contributions. He brought back a secret realm and the lives of hundreds of disciples of the Immortal Sect for her. Xie Huai's personality is not like his innocent and lovely sister, but his face is very much like hers. Every time Xie Yao sees him, he will think of his sister spinning in front of him with her skirt lifted up, braiding her vines into small braids as if they were her hair, and then curiously asking Xie Yao: "Sister, why do you send people to Nanzhou every few decades? What is it like outside? Is it very different from the underground palace? Is Nanzhou interesting? Are there a lot of delicious food there? Sister, why don't you send me next time? I also want to go to Nanzhou to take a look!" It was her blind protection that harmed her sister. As his thoughts returned, Xie Yao shook his head and forced himself to forget the past and focus on the present. The dancing vines formed a chair behind her. She sat down, leaning as if she had no bones, with a hint of fatigue in her expression.
"I will leave the underground palace, but not now." "I understand." Ruan Xing nodded in understanding. Over the years, Xie Yao's vines have spread throughout the entire underground palace. It is impossible for her to take them all out, but cutting off the vines would cause her great pain, after all, the vines have already taken root in her soul. Only when the Xiantai tree grows again and opens the path to heaven, or when her life span ends, will she come out of the underground palace and see the light of day again. Ruan Xing reached out and pinched the vine at his neck, stroking the leaves on it. Xie Yao's eyes narrowed dangerously. Ruan Xing said: "What if I tell everyone about the alien vines on your body? Will you kill me?" "I would have killed you even if you hadn't told me. Do you think you can survive after what you've done these days? I'm only sparing your life temporarily. When the fairy tree reopens its gate to heaven, that will be your death." Xie Yao said coldly, "I hope you can live to see that day." "You don't care?" Ruan Xing was surprised. If she didn't care, why would she keep covering herself with a fur blanket? She suddenly had an idea, "The raw materials for the longevity pill refined by Demon Lord Cheng Huan may not only be mortal children, but also have another main ingredient, which is your vine." There was a flash of surprise in Xie Yao's eyes. Although she was very surprised why Ruan Xing suddenly changed the topic to the unrelated longevity elixir, she did not deny it. Her attitude proved that Ruan Xing's guess was correct. No wonder... the recipe of the longevity pill is not passed on to outsiders. Apart from the unscrupulous use of humans as medicine, the most important other ingredient is actually the almighty Holy Demon Lord! This was what she had just guessed from what Xie Yao said, that after Xie Yao merged with the vine, he gained a longer lifespan than the cultivators. To put it another way, if all the immortal sect cultivators had eaten the longevity pills made by Demon Lord Cheng Huan, wouldn't that mean they all had Xie Yao's blood essence in their bodies... If Xie Yao mastered a control method similar to her magical power, with the help of the guidance of essence and blood, most of the high-level cultivators of the Immortal Sect would probably be caught off guard and turn against them in the middle of a battle. Fortunately, in those simulations, Ruan Xing did not see Xie Yao use this method. Thanks to Qingmeizi1996 for the monthly ticket~