First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 229: Dark Clouds Over the City

Flying out of the underground cave, everyone's faces still showed lingering fear.

"I almost scared myself to death! It seems that Shen Shidi was right, Prince Yongzuo is still alive," Li Zhong said with a gloomy expression, grinning.

While Shen Mo was still frightened, he also secretly felt fortunate.

If they hadn't discovered the abnormality in time, they would have all perished in the underground palace.

In fact, if it were other cultivators, they would probably think that the demonic soldiers outside the palace gate were the greatest danger in the underground palace.

After breaking through the enemy's formation, facing the many treasures in the main hall, they would surely let their guard down and continue to explore deeper.

Fortunately, Shen Mo had the divine ability "Insight into All Beings."

From the bodies of the demonic soldiers, he discovered many suspicious points.

"It seems that Prince Yongzuo is greatly restricted, otherwise, he would not let us go so easily!"

"It is also possible that we did not perform the role of the antagonist well, which did not meet his expectations, so we were lucky to leave..."

"This place is only thirty miles away from Tian Shan City, which is not insignificant! Let me inform the Sword Master and elders of my Tianjian Sect."

"I also need to inform the higher-ups in my sect!"

The matter of Prince Yongzuo's underground palace had exceeded their capabilities.

Shen Mo would not stop them from informing the powerful cultivators of their respective sects.

Even he himself used a sound transmission talisman to inform Elder Huang of the matter in detail.

At this moment, inside the underground palace.

The civil and military officials who had disappeared from the main hall reappeared one after another.

They also held many treasures in their hands.

The disappeared restrictions were restored.

At the palace gate.

Another demonic general led thousands of armored soldiers to crawl out from the underground.

After cleaning up the battlefield, they immediately closed the palace gate!

...

Half a day later, powerful cultivators in the Linghai Realm from the five major sects arrived.

Even the Ghost Corpse Sect and the Seven Star Altar, which had not been informed by their disciples, received notifications from the other three sects and sent their own powerful cultivators.

After being questioned, Shen Mo and the others left the place.

However, they also gained benefits. On their identity jade pendants, they each gained a contribution point.

Although they did not directly kill the demon, they still contributed to eliminating hidden dangers in the Tian Shan battlefield.

If they had discovered this underground palace in another place.

The five major sects would most likely not pay much attention to it, as there are too many similar mysterious arrangements in the cultivation world.

After returning to Tian Shan City, Shen Mo selected the useful treasures.

The rest were sold in the Immortal Pavilion!

Nowadays, Tian Shan City has gathered cultivators from various sects and regions.

Magic tools, talismans, and other items are in high demand.

In total, they sold more than 17,000 low-grade spirit stones.

In Shen Mo's opinion, the biggest gain of this trip, apart from the Phoenix Feather Fan, was not these magic tools and talismans.

It was the thousands of demonic soul corpses that greatly strengthened his demonic soul.

Of course, he didn't forget to buy second-order peak demonic beast flesh to reward the Spirit Burial Rat.

This little guy has made significant contributions on this trip!

Moreover, it is about to advance to the late stage of the second order, so it needs to be fed more flesh containing spiritual energy.

Unfortunately, the powerful second-order demonic beasts near the Tian Shan battlefield have either been eaten by the demons or tainted by demonic energy!

In addition to the cultivators who came here, most of them came to exterminate demons.

Even if they had the bodies of second-order peak demonic beasts, they were quickly dealt with and exchanged for magic tools, pills, and other resources.

Shen Mo searched for a long time.

Finally, he spent thirty percent more spirit stones than usual to buy five hundred catties of beast meat.

Considering the rare and precious resources that can be exchanged at the Cleansing Demon Hall, Shen Mo planned to stay in Tian Shan City for a while.

At least, he would promote all six Dao Swords, except for Yao Guang, to the Profound Grade Superior level.

In the next two months.

Shen Mo appeared almost daily on the Tian Shan battlefield, continuously killing the Heavenly Demons and gaining military achievements.

"The Great Handprint of the Big Dipper" has also been continuously deduced and practiced through "Yanwu", and Shen Mo has learned the other twenty-six Great Handprints.

The level of the technique has also smoothly reached a state of "slight accomplishment"!

If Peak Master Zhou Shili were to learn about this, his jaw would probably drop in astonishment.

When he cultivated this technique back then, it took him a full two years to completely master each of the Great Handprints!

In addition.

Shen Mo also learned from Elder Huang about the sect's plan for the underground palace.

Previously, the five major sects, including Elder Huang, gathered a total of eight Spirit Sea realm experts and broke into the underground palace.

They then broke through numerous restrictions and killed their way to the depths of the palace.

It was almost as Shen Mo had expected.

Elder Huang and the others encountered Prince Yongzuo in the central hall of the palace.

And then—they were beaten half to death!

If it weren't for Prince Yongzuo's strange state, unable to leave the hall at will, there would probably have been Spirit Sea realm experts falling.

According to Elder Huang, Prince Yongzuo is not a demon, but a living cultivator!

He is even half a step away from forming a Yuan Dan.

Therefore, after weighing the options, the five major sects gave up the idea of killing him.

Instead, they set up formations and restrictions around the underground palace, concealing it completely!

And they deliberately arranged for experts to contact Prince Yongzuo.

To see if they could win him over and join forces to resist the invasion of the demons from beyond the domain.

When Prince Yongzuo disappeared, the demonic calamity had not yet occurred!

Therefore, the five major sects do not know whether he is willing to work together with the Red Flame Kingdom's cultivation world to resist the demons.

According to Elder Huang, if he agrees to the sect's conditions, the five major sects will even go all out to help him form a Yuan Dan!

As for now, how did the sect's negotiations with Prince Yongzuo go?

Even Elder Huang is not quite sure.

Relying on the merits of killing demons, Shen Mo exchanged for many Thunder Fury Beads and spiritual objects containing extreme elements.

The foundation of the Tian Shu Sword and the Tian Ji Sword has also successfully reached the level of Profound Grade Superior.

The other four Dao Swords are still a bit lacking!

But they are getting closer.

And on the Tian Shan battlefield, the number of second-level Heavenly Demons is decreasing.

The demons from beyond the domain seem to have learned about the arrangements on the Red Flame Kingdom's side and are no longer sending second-level Heavenly Demons to spar with the cultivators.

Instead, the number of first-level Heavenly Demons has increased.

Moreover, most of them no longer engage in direct combat with the cultivators, but try their best to hide themselves.

They are attempting to leave the Tian Shan battlefield.

Cultivators, demonic beasts, and ordinary mortals tainted by demons have caused great havoc!

Seeing that the gains are meager and that it may take ten days or half a month to accumulate enough military achievements to exchange for Thunder Fury Beads, Shen Mo restrained his killing intent.

He prepared to return to the Linjiang Sect and hand over the Phoenix Feather Fan to Zhao Lingyin.

And taking advantage of the time before the demons fully invade, he planned to improve and consolidate his cultivation realm.

...

"Buzz!"

The teleportation array outside the Zixiao Palace lit up.

Immediately, figures appeared one after another in the array.

Outside the array, there was also a hanging bone mirror, of a higher grade than the mirrors on the Tian Shan City.

After all, this place is the core of the Linjiang Sect's mountain gate.

If mutated demons were to infiltrate, it would be a big problem.

As Shen Mo walked out of the teleportation array, he felt a bit dazed for a moment.

He never expected that this trip to the Tian Shan ceremony would give rise to so many troubles.

In just a few months, the situation in the cultivation world has undergone drastic changes!

"The dark clouds are pressing down on the city. Only by having strong personal strength can one be fearless in the face of the overall situation!"