Chapter 485: Chapter 485: Crisis in Beiliang City, The Rescue Spanning Tens of Thousands of Miles
The person who had spoken hurriedly bowed his head and cupped his fists, “The Hall Master is absolutely correct, it was my lack of insight.”
The Grand Hall Master waved his hand and said, “In the following month, select a small country nearby, slaughter a million people, form the Blood Sacrifice Array, and on time, summon the Grey Vine Goddess after one month.”
“Hall Master, which unfortunate country should we pick?” a Spirit Sea Realm Peak powerhouse asked curiously.
The Grand Hall Master opened a map.
After searching for a moment, he pointed at Beiliang City, which was separated from the Southern River Basin by only the Barren Desert, and said, “Beiliang City, it’s settled then!”
“Yes!”
The people of the Blood Demon Hall rose to their feet, preparing to set out.
“Wait!” The Grand Hall Master called out to everyone, “I’ve heard that the Desert King holds a grudge against Ye Feng. Include him in our plan.”
“Hall Master, the Desert King is an outsider after all. What if he leaks our secrets?” someone asked.
“A mere Middle Rank Demon King can be obliterated with a flick of a finger. If he dares to leak information, we’ll kill him first as a warning!”
“Yes!”
It was then that the people of the Blood Demon Hall began to leave the hall one after the other, some preparing the array while others made contact with the Desert King lurking in the shadows.
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Misty Sect.
Ye Feng felt his eyelids twitching.
“Good luck on the left, disaster on the right. Now both my eyelids are twitching—does that mean good and bad will come together?”
He rubbed his eyes, “Could it be, someone is plotting against me again?”
Ye Feng’s mind flashed with countless images.
Blood Demon Hall, Grey Vine Goddess, Desert King, Qingyun Sect Master…
All of them had run-ins with him.
As for the Blood Demon Hall and the Grey Vine Goddess, they bore deep, blood-soaked grudges against him, and it would be a life-or-death encounter upon meeting.
“The Grey Vine Goddess is an enemy from the Outer Realm; she’s currently out of reach. Perhaps I should flatten the Blood Demon Hall to eliminate future troubles?”
This idea crossed Ye Feng’s mind.
Regrettably, he did not know where the Blood Demon Hall was located.
“Sect Master Ye, I have come again.”
At that moment, the voice of Liu Ming came from the sky.
Ye Feng looked up in the direction of the voice and saw that not only Liu Ming had arrived but also Commandery Prince Shu Qianjun.
“Commandery Prince, what a rare guest you are!”
Ye Feng activated the shield and let the two men in.
Sitting across from Ye Feng, Liu Ming and Shu Qianjun drank tea prepared by Hu Feifei and looked around, noticing that the Misty Sect had really developed quite well.
“Sect Master Ye, I’ve come this time to deliver an invitation to you,” Shu Qianjun said while taking out an invitation.
Ye Feng opened it to find it was an invite from the Royal Capital, requesting his attendance at the Mystique Kingdom’s Star-Raising Celebration in one month.
“Another chance for free food and drink, how splendid!”
After reading the content of the invitation, Ye Feng laughed.
“Uh…”
Hearing this, Shu Qianjun and Liu Ming exchanged glances, both seeing the mirth in each other’s eyes.
“Ahem!” Realizing his slip of the tongue, Ye Feng quickly coughed to cover up his embarrassment.
“Sect Master Ye, I’ve come this time to purchase the Bloodline Purifying Pills. I must say, these have greatly accelerated the progress of my cultivation level, and now I am nearly at the peak of Middle Rank Demon King.”
Liu Ming said with a face full of gratitude.
“So it’s the Bloodline Purifying Pills you’re after. Here, take these,” Ye Feng said as he took out a wooden box, “There are a thousand pills inside.”
“What… so many?” Liu Ming spat out his tea, opened the wooden box, and stared joyfully at the elixirs inside.
“I’ve had some free time lately, so I made extra.” Ye Feng waved his hand and continued, “By the way, I have a question I’d like to ask the two of you.”
“Please ask.”
Liu Ming and Shu Qianjun both showed interest.
“I want to know the whereabouts of the Blood Demon Hall’s main base,” Ye Feng said, cutting straight to the point. “This force has made a move against our Misty Sect, and I won’t be at peace until I’ve uprooted them completely.”
“Blood Demon Hall… I don’t know,” Liu Ming shook his head.
“I know!” Commandery Prince Shu Qianjun’s gaze turned icy, “This force is notoriously vile; I have clashed with them before.”
Upon hearing this, both Ye Feng and Liu Ming took an interest.
Commandery Prince Shu Qianjun began his account:
“The Blood Demon Hall is a Three-Star Force with a Grand Hall located in a mysterious region outside the Mystique Kingdom; I do not know the exact location.”
“However, they have set up branches everywhere, creating many High Ranked Sects that only take in female disciples.”
“This is done to cultivate dual-cultivation Cauldrons.”
“As Commandery Prince, I’ve seen many such forces over the years and have secretly ordered their elimination.”
“It’s through numerous encounters that I’ve come to understand this force.”
“In the far south of the Southern River Basin, there is one of their branches.”
“If we go there, we might just gather some information.”
With that, Shu Qianjun closed his mouth.
That was all he knew.
Since the Blood Demon Hall was a Three-Star Force with a Great Venerable of the Divine Origin Realm backing it, the former him, merely a Half-Step Great Venerable, dared not destroy a branch and risk retaliation.
But now, he had advanced to the Divine Origin Realm.
As for Ye Feng, he possessed the strength to crush the frightful Meat Mountain Monster with a single foot, equipping him with the power to confront the Blood Demon Hall.
Shu Qianjun felt that since Ye Feng had brought up this matter, it might be time for a final showdown with the Blood Demon Hall.
“Now that I remember, the Hall Master of the Blood Demon Hall is also on the guest list for the upcoming Star-Raising Celebration.”
Shu Qianjun added a sentence.
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “So, it seems we need to lie in wait for the rabbit, and ambush the Grand Hall Master of the Blood Demon Hall after the star-raising ceremony ends?”
“That’s a good plan,” Shu Qianjun said.
“Hmm, that works,” Ye Feng nodded.
He decided that after the star-raising ceremony, he would follow the Hall Master of the Blood Demon Hall and eliminate him to prevent future troubles.
Soon after.
Shu Qianjun and Liu Ming left together.
Ye Feng stood on the peak, looking into the distance, lost in thought.
“Sect Leader, we need to return to Beiliang City,”
At this moment, the several dozen second-generation disciples recruited from Beiliang City gathered at the peak and bowed in unison to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng looked at these second-generation disciples.
Among them were Xu Dalei and Mu Sisi, two talented individuals who had left a strong impression, as well as the remaining average disciples whose impression was rather ordinary.
When they had come over from Beiliang City, Xu Dalei and Mu Sisi had been considered leading figures among the second-generation disciples.
As of today, they had both reached the first level of the Element Gathering Realm.
The rest of the several dozen second-generation disciples had at least entered the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm, advancing quickly in their cultivation.
“Why return to Beiliang City?”
Ye Feng was curious.
“The ancestral ceremony held every ten years in Beiliang City,” Xu Dalei and Mu Sisi said in unison.
“Agreed!” Ye Feng nodded.
“However, there are only you two at the Element Gathering Realm and dozens at the Qi Refining Realm; traveling over ten thousand li is far too distant and the road may be unsafe. Well, I, as the Sect Leader, will accompany you part of the way and also visit some other main cities in South Ming Country to recruit new disciples.”
Ye Feng added a sentence.
After recruiting new disciples, there would be no rush to suppress the Blood Demon Hall.
“Thank you, Sect Leader!”
Xu Dalei, Mu Sisi, and the other second-generation disciples thanked him one after another.
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Southern part of the Barren Desert.
Several Spirit Sea Realm Elders of the Blood Demon Hall, along with over a hundred Element Gathering Realm Stewards, stood atop a dune.
Looking at the distant Beiliang City, they revealed sinister smiles.
“It is said that Ding Cheng, the City Lord of Beiliang City, is merely at the low to middle stage of the Spirit Sea Realm. If we join forces, we can surely eradicate him,” said a one-eyed burly man.
His cultivation level had reached the eighth layer of the Spirit Sea Realm.
“There is no need for everyone to take action; I alone, as the Desert King, can crush the entire Beiliang City.”
A rugged voice sounded.
The crowd looked in the direction of the voice and saw two figures walking slowly towards them.
One of them was an Elder of the Blood Demon Hall at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.
The other, holding a giant axe, was the Desert King.
Compared to before, his aura was even more terrifying, having fortuitously advanced to a High-Rank Demon King.
With his natural talent, the Mountain Opening Divine Axe, he was strong enough to confront a peak Spirit Sea Realm cultivator.
“The Desert King!”
All the cultivators present stared at the Desert King, their eyes filled with different emotions.
Only to hear the peak Spirit Sea Realm Elder of the Blood Demon Hall introducing, “As soon as the Desert King heard we were going to take action against the Misty Sect and Beiliang City, he immediately agreed to cooperate, so we came here in a hurry.”
“Let’s not delay. Hurry up and slaughter the entire Beiliang City!”
All the cultivators present couldn’t wait anymore.
“Don’t rush, set up the formation first, to prevent anyone from escaping and leaking the secret.” The peak Spirit Sea Realm Elder took out an Array Plate, embedded three Upper Grade Spirit Stones into it, and activated it.
Hum!
The Array Plate trembled slightly.
Dozens of Formation Flags flew up, circling the periphery of Beiliang City and planting in the ground, emitting a pale golden light screen, forming a sturdy cage that suppressed the entire Beiliang City.
“Who’s there?”
“Gentlemen, we are under attack!”
The City Lord Ding Cheng, Young City Lord Ding Qing, and other cultivators of Beiliang City quickly realized something was amiss and immediately let out roars.
“Cack cack cack!”
“It’s time for me to perform!”
The Desert King lifted his giant axe, and his body began to swell, transforming into a hundred-zhang tall giant. He entered within the shield, unleashed his inherent talent, the Mountain Opening Divine Axe, and carved out a fearsome axe glow spanning over a dozen li.
The terrifying presence that appeared made everyone’s scalp tingle.
The people looked up at the sky, feeling utter despair.
Hum!
But just when everyone was devoid of all hope, a white light appeared out of nowhere in front of the axe glow.
Immediately after, dozens of figures appeared.
The moment they saw the person at the lead, Ding Cheng and Ding Qing’s eyes widened with astonishment and joy.
However, the Desert King was startled and nearly toppled over.
“Damn, it’s him!”
Upon seeing the familiar, fearsome face of the leader, the Desert King, without thinking, turned tail and fled.