Chapter 381: Invasion

“Ancient Azure Origin Sect?”

“That’s right, could Fellow Daoist Lingyan also recognize this sect?”

“This Palace naturally knows a little about the name of the first great sect in the ancient Human Realm.”

“I didn’t expect that the mountain gate secret realm of the Qingyuan Sect would actually be within the Five Elements Mountains.”

“Fellow Daoist Qin, please tell This Palace the detailed specific situation.”

Qin Ming then told Yue Lingyan about the Fourth-Order Spirit Vein in the Five Elements Mountains that the Divine Dao Mountain had occupied, and the ins and outs of discovering the secret realm of the Qingyuan Sect.

After all, she was willing to tell him such important upper-level intelligence of the Cultivation World, and she also gave so many treasures.

He also had to give something back appropriately.

“Fellow Daoist Lingyan, I estimate that, in all likelihood, the Blood Refining Demon Sect of the Bloodbound Realm should be coming for this secret realm, right?”

After Qin Ming said this, he asked with a slightly worried expression, “And this Descent of the Blood Refining Demon Sect, won’t it get out of control?”

After all, he is still seeking an opportunity to form a Nascent Soul in the Great Jin.

“This matter, Fellow Daoist Qin, you don’t need to worry. How powerful is the World Barrier Force? Even the Demonic Sect of the Upper Realm must use something called a ‘Descent Talisman’ to descend into the Lower Realm, and there are various restrictions.”

“The Bloodbound Realm has some kind of connection with the Great Li Dynasty, so a small number of Demon Sect disciples can descend into the Lower Realm. From the current perspective, it is temporarily impossible to launch a large-scale invasion of the Human Realm.”

“And the duration of the descent is also limited.”

“This item, the Descent Talisman, is extremely scarce, even in a Demonic Path Holy Sect like the Bloodbound Realm. And cultivators whose cultivation surpasses the Nascent Soul Stage cannot use the Descent Talisman to descend, otherwise they will be repelled by the World Barrier Force, and it may even involve them in the void turbulence to fall and die.” Yue Lingyan, with her extensive knowledge, explained.

Qin Ming was also suddenly realized after listening, so the descent of the Demon Sect of the Bloodbound Realm is also restricted.

It has to be a Fourth-Rank Demon Saint! The vision is just different.

“However, those Blood Refining Demon Sect disciples who descended into the Human Realm are also by no means ordinary. Most of them are those who defy the heavens in talent, and even some powerful Demon Sect Saint Sons and Saintesses. Although they only have the Golden Core Realm cultivation, they bear the core inheritance of the Blood Refining Demon Sect. When they unleash their Divine Ability, they even don’t lose to the Nascent Soul Realm.”

“In the records of the Great Calamity of the past, some Nascent Soul Great Sects of the Human Race have even been annihilated.”

Qin Ming immediately asked again, “It’s so powerful. Then why does the Great Li want to choose to invade the Great Zhou Cultivation World, instead of the Great Jin?”

“Moreover, the Divine Dao Mountain is also secretly supported by the Yin Demon Sect, and the secret realm of the Qingyuan Sect just happens to be at the border of the two countries.”

Yue Lingyan said after pondering for a moment:

“I think… First of all, they should be dreading Li Fire Palace. Although Li Fire Palace is now weak and not as good as before, it is said that the Natal Primordial Spirit Lamp of the founder Old Ancestor is still lit.”

“Secondly, the Great Jin has the Myriad Dao Merchant Alliance, which is said to have a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor garrisoning behind it.”

“If they unite, even the Great Li will be difficult to swallow.”

“But the Great Zhou is different. It only has the Mysterious Clear View, a Nascent Soul Sect, and its foundation is shallow. It only has Master Cold Crow, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, sitting in garrison. Once the Great Li Demonic Path unites with the Blood Refining Demon Sect to invade, it will be difficult to support alone, and there is the danger of being overthrown.”

“The Great Jin Cultivation World is still safe for at least the past few decades.”

“If the situation changes, Fellow Daoist Qin can also come to my Fox Clan, This Palace also welcomes it, no matter how long you want to stay.”

“Then thank you, Fellow Daoist Lingyan.”

Qin Ming, after listening to her analysis, the doubts in his heart were immediately resolved.

At the same time, he was also glad to have made the acquaintance of Yue Lingyan, such a connection resource. Otherwise, where could ordinary cultivators get to contact such upper-level intelligence of the Cultivation World in advance.

This also allowed Qin Ming to have time to prepare for a rainy day in advance.

Many things can be avoided.

The bottom-level Free Cultivators of the Cultivation World, in the face of such a change, often miss many opportunities because they learn too late, and become the cannon fodder of the great sects.

‘It seems that after this season’s harvest of Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field, I have to deal with them quickly and leave.’

Qin Ming communicated with Yue Lingyan for another half day, and then he said Farewell and left.

When he was leaving, the Heaven Devouring Rat looked back three times, “Little Silver Fox, if you are free, come to the Spirit Field to play with us!”

“Brother Rat, take care, this Young Girl will definitely come.” Little Silver Fox waved goodbye to them.

Immediately, Qin Ming, with the Heaven Devouring Rat, transformed into a Green Rainbow Stream of Light and instantly disappeared into the sky.

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Bloodbound Realm.

Black clouds rolled and surged, and countless thunder and lightning were extinguished and uncertain in the black cloud, filled with a destructive aura.

Above the sky, two crimson red moons hung behind the dark clouds, looking particularly eerie.

The four sides of the high platform are an endless abyss, and all the nearby are pitch-black mountain peaks.

Boom!

The falling thunder on the sky continuously struck the black stone mountain peaks, but it seemed to be absorbed without a trace, and there were also lightning of various colors, appearing in the abyss that could not be seen, and extinguished.

Blood Refining Demon Sect, on top of a black stone high platform engraved with Demon Marks, more than ten Demon Sect disciples of various figures looked below.

The eyes of these selected Blood Refining Demon Sect disciples were filled with bloodlust and excitement, and they were eager to move.

“Senior Brother Jiang Yuan, this is a little something from your Junior Martial Brother.”

“This time I didn’t get the quota to descend to the Lower Realm, but my Myriad Souls Demon Banner is still missing hundreds of high-grade cultivator’s essence souls, as well as more than ten Golden Core souls, and several spirit materials of the demon items, this matter will have to trouble you a lot, hehehe!”

A short, horse-faced cultivator was respectfully handing a small bag of black crystal stones to a young man with black horns.

The demonic cultivator, who was called Senior Brother Jiang, had skin as pale as paper, and a thin figure, as if he was weak and unable to withstand the wind.

His eyes looked very eerie, and his mouth was wearing an evil smile.

But his aura had already reached the terrifying Golden Core Realm, and he was only one step away from forming the Demon Infant.

Jiang Yuan took the crystal stone from the other party’s hand and weighed it. The smile on his mouth became even thicker, “Junior Martial Brother Xing, you really are willing to spend a lot of money? So many high-grade demonic crystals, I agree to this matter.”

“I can guarantee you the quantity of flesh and soul of the cultivators, but I can’t guarantee that I can get those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures you requested.”

“The treasure you need to upgrade your Natal Demon Weapon isn’t easy to find!”

The horse-faced cultivator said with a bitter smile, “According to what the elders in the sect said, there is an Ancient Azure Origin Sect secret realm that was born near the trial realm of the Great Li in the Lower Realm.”

“This is also why the quota for descending to the Lower Realm used to be only five, but this time it is as many as eighteen.”

“Aren’t the confidants of those other elders also going to the Qingyuan Sect secret realm?”

“Otherwise, Senior Sister Lan, who has been in Secluded Cultivation for many years, wouldn’t have put off the impact on the Demon Infant and chosen to leave the Secluded Cultivation to descend to the Lower Realm.”

“Moreover, so many years have passed, and there must have been a lot of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures born in the Lower Realm.”

“Senior Brother Jiang eats meat, and I can be content with drinking some soup.”

Jiang Yuan smiled evilly and stuck out a crimson tongue to lick his lips, “Seeing that you are so sensible, I will agree to you, Senior Brother.”

“Thank you, Senior Brother Jiang, for fulfilling this!”

Between the two talking, a black light passed through the thunder from the sky in the distance, and directly fell on the high platform.

The Escape Light dispersed, revealing a beautiful and graceful cold and glamorous Woman, her skin was like congealed fat, wearing a Demon Mark black gauze skirt, and her bare jade feet.

She had a blank expression, her eyes were as profound as a cold pool, and she stood in the Void, looking down quietly.

“Greetings, Senior Sister Lan Bing!”

The Blood Refining Demon Sect cultivators on the high platform bowed respectfully when they saw this Woman appearing.

“Yo! Junior Martial Sister Lan, I didn’t expect even you to join in the fun?” Jiang Yuan raised a smile and said.

Lan Bing’s eyebrows glanced, and she said in a cold voice, “Since Senior Brother Jiang is personally involved, I have to come out and move around.”

At this time.

An Old Man in a black robe appeared from behind, holding a Compass, and said to everyone:

“The opportunity has come! Hurry and descend to the Lower Realm!”

“You must pay attention to the intersection of the World Barrier Force. There are only ten years. By then, regardless of the situation, you will be forcibly summoned back by the Holy Sect, unless you fall.”

“During this period, how much benefit you can get depends on your own Fortuitous Encounter.”

After that, the Old Man began to chant the profound and mysterious Demonic Incantation, activating the Compass in his hand.

Above the Compass, a jet-black brilliance suddenly erupted and hit the center of the high platform where everyone was.

In an instant.

Woo! Woo! Woo!

Numerous runes flew out from below, directly triggering the energy of Heaven and Earth.

More than ten Demon Sect True Disciples, successively took out a dark yellow, simple Talisman, and poured in their Magical Power.

Buzz! Buzz!

As the light in the Descent Talisman lit up, jet-black beams of light fell from the Sky, and fell straight on these Demon Sect disciples.

“Junior Martial Sister Lan, after going down, can you join forces with me?” Jiang Yuan communicated with Lan Bing using Voice Transmission before using the Talisman.

“If you and I join forces, no one in the Lower Realm should be our opponent.”

Lan Bing didn’t pay attention to this, and she didn’t seem very interested in this, “Forget it, this time I have my own things to do in the Lower Realm, it’s better to be separate.”

After saying that, she directly activated the Descent Talisman, and with the fall of the jet-black brilliance, her figure instantly disappeared on the high platform.

Jiang Yuan just smiled indifferently when he saw this, and then he also activated the Talisman in his hand.

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On the Other Side.

Qin Ming, after several days of flying, hurried back towards the direction of the Five Elements Mountains.

But along the way, he found that there were many Low-Level Demonic Beasts in the Beast Howl Mountains, fleeing frantically from the direction of the Great Zhou border.

It seems to be avoiding something.

His eyebrows could not help but furrow, and he couldn’t help but mutter, ‘Could it be that the war is coming so fast?’

Qin Ming then took out the Map and observed for a moment, and finally his vision fell on the place where the three countries meet.

“Yunlan Immortal City of the Great Zhou.”

This place was just not far from where he was, so he decided to go and investigate.

Qin Ming rode the Silver-Winged Frost Bee and flew for two days, and came to the border between the Great Zhou and the Great Jin.

An Immortal City of no great scale entered Qin Ming’s vision.

He immediately put away the Silver-Winged Frost Bee and concealed his figure to land.

But he saw that the Defensive Formation of Yunlan Immortal City had been fully activated, and the cultivators in the Immortal City were in a state of facing a great enemy, lined up on the City Wall.

What surprised Qin Ming even more was that tens of thousands of refugees gathered outside the Immortal City, most of them were mainly Low-Level Cultivators and Mortals, but there were also some Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators mixed in.

“Help! It’s so terrible!”

“Those demon cultivators are slaughtering the people of the Great Zhou! It’s too cruel!”

“The disciples of the Yin Demon Sect use the flesh and blood of the cultivators to feed the Demon Corpses and Demon Puppets, which is truly against humanity!”

“Even the Golden Core Clan can’t resist the offensive of the Great Li Demonic Path. Three have already been destroyed within a few days!”

“Please, Sirs, make an exception and let us in!”

Those refugees escaped from the dead one by one, and they were wailing everywhere.

“Master, there are so many refugees from the Great Zhou. It seems that Senior Silver Moon’s words are not wrong, and the Great Li Dynasty’s Demonic Path is already invading the Great Zhou.”

The Heaven Devouring Rat squatted on Qin Ming’s shoulder, covering the sunshine with its hand, and looked into the distance, “I think the Demon Cultivators of the Blood Refining Demon Sect should have come too, right?”

Qin Ming looked at those terrified refugees, sighed, “Well, it should be so. Those demonic cultivators often harm living beings, and they use the souls and flesh and blood of cultivators to improve their Demonic Skill cultivation, or refine Demon Weapons. Wherever they go, there will inevitably be a massacre of living beings.”

“This time, so many refugees pouring into the border shows that the situation in the Great Zhou has begun to go downhill.”

“Will the Great Jin stand by and watch the Great Zhou fall into the hands of the Demonic Path?”

“After all, this is a Heavenly Demon Great Calamity that occurs once every few thousand years. Once the Great Zhou is annexed, although the Great Jin is strong, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be alone?” The Heaven Devouring Rat stroked its chin and said.

“This matter is not something we can control, but it will take some time for the Great Li Demonic Path to want the Great Zhou. I believe that Li Fire Palace and the Myriad Dao Merchant Alliance should not stand idly by.”

Qin Ming stayed here for a little half day, and he also found several Free Cultivators who had escaped to get to the bottom of things, and only then did he leave thoughtfully.

Several Days Later.

Qin Ming returned to the Spirit Field in the Five Elements Mountains. It was still relatively far from the war, and there didn’t seem to be much anomaly.

“Shopkeeper Lu, you’re back!” Old Jia came forward and complimented him with a smiling face when he saw Qin Ming return.

“Well, during the days I was away, did any abnormal situation occur?” Qin Ming asked faintly.

“Replying to the Shopkeeper, everything is fine in the Spirit Field.”

“I mean, in the Lingxu Marketplace, are there no other news?”

Old Jia was stunned, “Shopkeeper Lu, you mean…”

Qin Ming saw the other party’s expression that he didn’t know anything, so he knew that the news of the Demonic Path invasion of the Great Zhou had not yet reached here.

So, after he went around the Five Elements Mountain Marketplace, he found that the cultivators here were still ignorant of the Demonic Path’s invasion.

Obviously, it will take some time before it can reach the Great Jin.

After all, the territory is too far away.

However, Qin Ming had already begun to find that the price of goods in the marketplace had already begun to rise slightly, and it must have an inseparable relationship with the war outside.

These great powers that control the Cultivation World have obviously detected something unusual.

But no news was released.

First, he went to Hua Tianxiong and pulled him into the Small Spiritual Realm, and asked, “Hua Tianxiong, have you learned about the affairs of the Great Zhou Cultivation World?”

“Ah? Master, you already know! I was just about to report this matter to you. A few days ago, when I communicated with Elder Qian of Li Fire Palace, he revealed some upper-level matters to me.”

“He told me to temporarily give up the business over there in the Great Zhou, and it is estimated that we are going to fight.”

“It seems that small-scale friction has already occurred.”

Hua Tianxiong replied respectfully.

Qin Ming saw that he was also kept in the dark, so he said:

“This time, it’s not just a small-scale friction, I’m afraid the Great Li Demonic Path is going to annex the Great Zhou.”

“If those Righteous Path sects don’t unite to resist, the fall of the Great Zhou is only a matter of time.”

“Ah? The fall of the nation?!”

“Master, is it that serious? What exactly is going on?”

“This time, the Great Li Demonic Path’s invasion of the Great Zhou is related to the Heavenly Demon Great Calamity that occurs once every thousand years.”

“You help me forward this intelligence to Su Yuqing, and let him prepare as soon as possible.”

“In addition, the things in the Storage Bag, also help me pass them on to him.”

Qin Ming took out a Jade Slip and a Storage Bag.

The Storage Bag contained the Transformation Demon Grass he obtained on this journey, and a portion of other Spirit Materials for refining the Nascent Soul Pill. Qin Ming had several portions of materials, and he could also use the Attribute to accelerate ripening again.

Su Yuqing this time took out the treasure of his Clan to Qin Ming as a gift.

He couldn’t let him make a losing business.

“Yes, Master!”

“By the way, Master, when I went to the Li Fire Palace in the Central Continent some time ago, Master Su asked me to hand this item over to you.” Hua Tianxiong said, and then took out a delicate Jade Box and handed it to Qin Ming.

He opened the Jade Box and saw that there were two Bodhi seeds lying inside.

“Great Yi Bodhi!”

In this way, three of the five main ingredients required to refine the Nascent Soul Pill had been gathered, and only the Five Elements Spirit Ginseng and the Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Saliva remained.

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