Ch 32: Ten Thousand Demons Forest
On the mountain road more than twenty kilometers away from Hundred Flowers Valley, Hua Wuyue and the others looked in the direction of Hundred Flowers Valley, each covering their mouths and shedding tears.
They couldn’t see what was happening, but Hundred Flowers Valley had a Heavenly Tribulation, then a huge sword light fight, and finally a tornado appeared. They could all understand that under such power, Hundred Flowers Valley must have been destroyed.
That was the place where they were born, and also the home where they had cultivated for decades.
Although no one had seen the purple sword light, they had all heard their elders talk about the power of the Purple River Immortal Sword, and they could also see that the purple sword light was crushing the colorful sword light of the Hundred Flowers lineage, so it was not difficult to imagine the ending.
Hua Wuyue clenched her fists tightly. She took a deep breath and said in a slightly trembling voice: “Go, you are the last seeds of Hundred Flowers. As long as you are here, Hundred Flowers will be here.”
Zhou An looked at this scene and couldn’t calm down for a long time. As a person from Earth, many of his ideas were different from those of the cultivators in this world.
He didn’t understand why they had all deduced this disaster, but instead of trying to remedy it, they chose to wait for death.
On Earth, there is always talk of people being able to conquer nature, but in this world, it seems that cultivators don’t think about changing their calculated fate. Instead, everything they do is preparing for their own funeral.
Zhou An really didn’t understand, so he walked to Hua Wuyue and asked: “Since you know the result, why not escape? It’s right to keep the green hills so you don’t have to worry about firewood.”
Hua Wuyue continued walking without looking at him, but still opened her mouth to answer: “You have just entered the world of cultivation, so you don’t understand what fate is. If we escape, the Purple River Demon Lord will chase us all the way, and nothing will grow wherever he goes.
Not to mention how many of us can escape the Purple River Demon Lord’s pursuit, even if we can really escape, the longer the time, the more living beings will die because of us. By then, no one will be able to escape karma, and when the Heavenly Tribulation comes, everyone will have their souls scattered.”
Zhou An said in disbelief: “That doesn’t make sense. Those were all killed by the Purple River Demon Lord, so why should it be counted on your heads? Is it wrong to escape for your life?”
“Right or wrong? Hehe, only mortals talk about right and wrong. Cultivators comprehend the Heavenly Path. Under the Heavenly Path, all things are absolutely equal. Whether it is a human, a demon, a devil, a beast, or even a flower or a grass, they are all equal. The grudges between us are personal matters. As long as we do something that harms the common people, it will be counted on the people involved.
The Purple River Demon Lord has a high level of cultivation, plus he has an Immortal Treasure to protect him. Except for the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, nothing can do anything to him. Plus, he is already a devil, so he will no longer have a Heart Devil.
But we are different. Cultivators are walking on thin ice. If we are not careful, we will turn into ashes, or we will be controlled by the Heart Devil and turn into a devil, slaughtering the common people.” Hua Wuyue said through gritted teeth.
“Then is the devil invincible?” Zhou An asked.
“After the devil accumulates a certain amount of karma, Heavenly Punishment will descend, and he will also turn into ashes and have his soul scattered,” Hua Wuyue said.
Zhou An sighed. This time, he understood a little about cultivation. It was really dangerous. No wonder most cultivators lived in seclusion in the deep mountains. No one wanted to be contaminated with karma, and they were so afraid of the Heart Devil.
However, the cultivation of Taoism must go through the experience of the mortal world in order to comprehend the Heavenly Path. Heaven is really throwing cultivators into the sea of suffering, with the great waves washing away the sand. I am afraid that it will be difficult to see one person who can finally walk out of it in a hundred years.
Zhou An was also shocked by the cruelty of this cultivation world. He was silent and thought about what would happen if he experienced the Heavenly Tribulation.
Here are all new Flower Spirits, almost all of them are in the Houtian Realm. Only a few can control flying swords to fly, and only Hua Wuyue is in the Innate Realm, so they can only use lightness skill to travel.
While everyone was silently using lightness skill to travel, suddenly a black streamer flew away in the distance, and that purple streamer actually flew in their direction.
Hua Wuyue panicked and quickly shouted: “He may have discovered us. If we take the main road, we will definitely be discovered. Go in the direction of the Ten Thousand Demons Forest.”
“Eldest Disciple, the Ten Thousand Demons Forest is the territory of the Ten Thousand Demons King. We will definitely be caught if we go there!” A Flower Spirit said worriedly.
“The edge of the Ten Thousand Demons Forest is full of little demons, and there are almost no Innate Realm ones. If we are discovered by the Purple River Demon Lord, we will die.” Hua Wuyue really had no other choice. Now everything was beyond their prior expectations.
Fortunately, the Purple River Demon Lord didn’t find them, but was searching in their direction.
Hua Wuyue led a group of people through the forest and came to the edge of the poisonous swamp on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Demons Forest. There was a faint dark green mist around the swamp.
She stopped everyone and said: “The swamp gas here is poisonous, but the toxicity doesn’t have much effect on us Flower Spirits. Zhou Nan, you need to protect your body with True Energy, and the poisonous gas will also erode your skin. Also, there are Scaled Demons living here. Don’t provoke them. We just need to pass through quickly.”
“I know.” Zhou An nodded. He had the Hundred Poisons Pearl on him, so this poison could not get within three feet of him.
“Follow my steps.” Hua Wuyue leaped over, lightly tapping the surface of the swamp water with her toes, and easily flew over.
After all, they were a cultivation sect, and they were all Flower Spirits, so their lightness skill was incomparable to that of Jianghu sects. The swamp was really not dangerous for them.
But when a total of more than fifty of them reached the center of the swamp, a group of Scaled Demons suddenly emerged from below and spat venom at them.
Hua Wuyue pinched a Jian Jue, and dozens of butterfly-like flowers flew out from around her, spreading rapidly and beheading the attacking Scaled Demons.
Several Flower Spirits who had Divine Wood Swords also released flying swords to attack. With flying swords, these Scaled Demons did not dare to sneak attack and quickly burrowed back into the swamp.
Scaled Demons are low-level demons here and can only deal with Jianghu heroes. They don’t dare to attack cultivators.
Just as they crossed the swamp, a purple light suddenly flew over from above. Fortunately, there was a tree canopy to cover them, and the Purple River Demon Lord would not search for spells, so he could only rely on his own senses to find them.
“He’s coming. We can’t run anymore. He discovered us when we just took action.” Hua Wuyue was more familiar with this place, so she led them to a damp cave on the right and told everyone to hide.
As soon as they entered, the Purple River Demon Lord floated in the sky above the swamp, sensing the slight True Energy fluctuations left by the Flower Spirits here.
The Scaled Demons here sensed the Purple River Demon Lord’s monstrous Demonic Energy and were all located at the bottom of the swamp, not even daring to bubble.
Unfortunately, the battle was fleeting and the aura was not strong, so he could only determine the approximate direction.
Inside the damp cave, Zhou An immediately sat down and circulated his energy to refine the Divine Wood Sword so that he could use the Art of Sword Control.
He didn’t need to refine the Divine Wood Sword to any extent, just enough to use it.
After waiting for about half an hour, Hua Wuyue went to the entrance of the cave to see the situation outside, and then said: “He is chasing me. You take the money and go to Qian Capital. Yingchun, Bai Lanyu, Zi Yulan, and Qionghua, you are all already at the Tenth Level of Houtian. When I am not here, you will lead everyone to rebuild Hundred Flowers Brothel.”
“Eldest Disciple, let’s go together. You are now the Master of Hundred Flowers. Without you, how can our Flower Spirits live in Qian Capital? Although the major sects have friendship with our Hundred Flowers, many independent cultivators will still capture Demon Spirits for cultivation.” These disciples panicked.
“No, you can’t survive in the Ten Thousand Demons Forest if you follow me, and the Purple River Demon Lord will definitely discover you if there are too many people. His target is me. You are all Flower Spirits who were born within a hundred years. The Purple River Demon Lord doesn’t know you. As long as you are not with me, even if he sees you, he won’t attack you.
Now is not the time to be pretentious. In the great calamity of Hundred Flowers Valley, everyone must show courage and grow up in order to rebuild Hundred Flowers Valley.” Hua Wuyue scolded and handed the brocade bag containing the money to Bai Yulan.
Zhou An took out a token and handed it to one of them, saying: “This is the token of the Brocade Guard. If you encounter trouble in Qian Capital, take this out and see the Chief Executive Officer Zhou Ling Sha, and say that Zhou Nan gave it to you, and she will help you solve the problem.”
“You know the Brocade Guard?” Hua Wuyue was surprised.
“Well, I have a lot of money, and she is gluttonous, so we became familiar.” Zhou An smiled.
“Thank you for your great kindness. This thing is indeed very useful to us. I, Hua Wuyue, will definitely repay this kindness. You should also leave with my junior sister.” Hua Wuyue said.
Zhou An shook his head and said: “I just need to go to the Ten Thousand Demons Forest to do something, so I won’t stay any longer.”
“Are you going to the Ten Thousand Demons Forest to die? You are only at the First Level of Innate. There are many demons living in the Ten Thousand Demons Forest, and there are not a few at the Innate level.” Hua Wuyue frowned and kindly reminded him because Zhou An was kind to them.
“I will be careful, then goodbye.” Zhou An said goodbye to them and ran towards the forest.
Hua Wuyue sighed. She didn’t have time to pay attention to others now. She let her junior sisters leave the Ten Thousand Demons Forest, and she flew over the Ten Thousand Demons Forest on her flying sword, deliberately attracting the Purple River Demon Lord’s attention.