Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune: Starting from the Blind Prince

The Demon Lord's scalp tingled, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed saliva incessantly.

The Soul-Seizing Secret Art of the Maitreya Sect was already one of the most cruel and wicked techniques in the world, even the Blood Fiend Sect and White Lotus Sect, which were also part of the Demonic Cult, were quite wary of it.

Among the righteous sects, it was even more reviled and hunted down.

The Demon Lord, who prided himself on being a demon, was horrified to discover when he saw the origin of the Azure Lightning Spirit Body being devoured.

What kind of demon was he?

The young man before him was the real demon.

Even, a terrifying thought emerged in the Demon Lord's mind.

Was the Thirteenth Prince's Five Lightning Spirit Body really his own?

Or was it, like Liu Qingyang's, also plundered?

What kind of prince was this!

He was clearly an old schemer disguised as a pure young man!

The Demon Lord's heart was filled with bitterness.

If there was a regret pill in the world, he would definitely stop Liu Qingyang from provoking this ominous star, Zhou Hao Chen.

The Demon Lord's face was gloomy and uncertain, changing more than a dozen times in just a few breaths, which was quite remarkable.

Zhou Hao Chen watched coldly and chuckled.

"What? Is that all? You, a dignified Demon Lord, have been drained dry just like that?"

The mocking voice drilled into the Demon Lord's ears.

If it were a junior, they might have been provoked into a fit of rage by Zhou Hao Chen's words.

But the Demon Lord, who had experienced many hardships, remained calm.

He knew that his trump card for bargaining with the Thirteenth Prince was the many secret techniques and secrets in his mind.

Once these secret techniques and secrets were emptied by the Thirteenth Prince, he would only face the fate of his soul scattering.

But if he didn't speak, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get through the immediate crisis.

"Huff—"

The Demon Lord took a deep breath, calmed down, and said in a calm tone.

"Your Highness, transactions are based on equality."

"I have already taken out the Soul-Seizing Secret Art, now it's Your Highness's turn to show sincerity."

Equality?

These two words, spoken from the Demon Lord's mouth, made Zhou Hao Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This was like a robber telling you to love each other, to be equal and mutually helpful.

How ridiculous?

A demon like the Demon Lord would only discuss equality in the face of power.

In the face of the weak, he only understood four words—the strong prey on the weak.

"Demon Lord, do you know what I covet most about you?" Zhou Hao Chen asked in return.

Zhou Hao Chen's question made a trace of unease rise in the Demon Lord's heart.

Especially Zhou Hao Chen's gaze towards him.

Something was wrong!

Something was very wrong!

Just like himself in the past, seeing excellent cultivation material.

"I wonder what Your Highness has taken a fancy to in this old man? We can talk about anything…"

"In my Soul-Consigning Banner, I just happen to be missing a main soul, please oblige me, Demon Lord."

As soon as the words fell, the Soul-Consigning Banner appeared in Zhou Hao Chen's hand.

The moment he saw the Soul-Consigning Banner, the Demon Lord's eyes widened in surprise, and he shouted in horror.

"The Ghost Spirit Sect's Soul-Consigning Banner!"

If he were in the outside world, the Demon Lord might have been able to escape, struggling a bit.

But in Zhou Hao Chen's sea of consciousness, he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

The Demon Lord's old face was distorted with terror.

A thick sense of fear permeated his eyes.

Precisely because he was a giant of the Demonic Path, he understood the ferocity of the Soul-Consigning Banner and the misery of being a main soul even more than righteous cultivators.

Tentacle-like black mist climbed onto his divine soul, and a cold, sticky sensation came from his divine soul, making the Demon Lord's heart shudder. If he still had a body, he would have goosebumps all over.

"Your Highness, I know many secret techniques, I know many secrets."

"If you refine me into a main soul, many memories will be erased."

"Your Highness, I am willing to be your dog."

Miserable wails erupted from the Demon Lord's mouth, but Zhou Hao Chen remained unmoved.

Whether it was the secret techniques or secrets in the Demon Lord's mouth, Zhou Hao Chen was not very interested.

Secret techniques of the Maitreya Sect?

Did he lack secret technique inheritance?

Whether it was the Ancient Emperor Dragon Transformation Scripture, or the inheritance of the Five Thunder Sect, or the inheritance in the Thunder God Seal, or even the Nine Nether Suppressing Prison Visualization Technique, they were all top-level inheritances in the world.

It wasn't that Zhou Hao Chen looked down on the Maitreya Sect, he really didn't care about their few tricks.

Too much to chew would lead to indigestion, the cultivation techniques and inheritances that Zhou Hao Chen had obtained so far were enough for him to cultivate.

Even if he obtained the secret techniques of the Maitreya Sect, at most he would just learn from them, he couldn't possibly really cultivate them.

Whether it was the Blood Fiend Sect or the Maitreya Sect.

These demonic sects that believed in the ancient six gods, their path of cultivation was not the mainstream cultivation system.

The blood cultivation of the Blood Fiend Sect and the corpse cultivation of the Maitreya Sect were both unorthodox paths.

These unorthodox paths might progress rapidly, but they often had major flaws.

Because these methods were all bestowed by the ancient six gods.

Therefore, it was generally believed in the Great Yu cultivation world that cultivation systems such as blood cultivation and corpse cultivation all had fatal weaknesses, and the fatal weaknesses were controlled by the ancient six gods.

Once these cultivation techniques were cultivated, life and death were not up to oneself, but were entirely at the whim of the ancient six gods.

The screams continued for a quarter of an hour.

Gradually subsided.

The Demon Lord's ruthlessness, cunning, and insidiousness all disappeared.

What replaced them was confusion and numbness.

It was as if a robot had just been formatted.

"Greetings, Master!"

The Demon Lord said respectfully, no longer having the previous unruliness.

"How much do you still remember about the past?" Zhou Hao Chen asked.

"Only a few scattered fragments, not complete," the Demon Lord reported truthfully.

"Oh? Then does the Demon Lord know whether the mark of the Reincarnation Seal is real or fake?"

"According to the memory in my mind, the Demon Lord was fooling you, Master."

"Heh—I knew it!"

Zhou Hao Chen sneered.

If the Demon Lord really knew the mark of the Reincarnation Seal, then there was no reason not to take it away.

The Reincarnation Seal was also bound to the divine soul, residing in the sea of consciousness.

That was to say, even if the Demon Lord's physical body was destroyed, but the soul was still there, then the mark of the Reincarnation Seal must still be in the Demon Lord's soul.

But from beginning to end, even when he was in desperate straits, the Demon Lord had never used the mark of the Reincarnation Seal.

This was also why Zhou Hao Chen felt that the mark of the Reincarnation Seal was mostly the Demon Lord's deception.

Zhou Hao Chen changed the subject and ordered.

"Write down all the remaining memories in your mind."

"Understood, Master!"

The Soul-Consigning Banner shook, and the Demon Lord was taken into the Soul-Consigning Banner.

In Zhou Hao Chen's Soul-Consigning Banner, there were only two or three large and small ghosts before, not forming a climate.

Now that there was the Demon Lord, it could be considered to have initial combat power.

Although the Demon Lord was only a remnant soul, he was ultimately a Twelfth Realm powerhouse before his death, with considerable potential.

Now that his soul had advanced, although it had fallen to the Seventh Realm, according to Zhou Hao Chen's estimation, with some replenishment, it would soon be able to recover to the Ninth Realm.

As for advancing to the Upper Three Realms, this would require some opportunities.

After subduing the Demon Lord, Zhou Hao Chen then restrained his mind and looked at Liu Qingyang's corpse.

He had been busy fighting wits with the Demon Lord all along, and he had not yet touched the corpse.

What first came into Zhou Hao Chen's eyes was a set of armor and a bone sword.

Just looking at the style of the armor and bone sword, one knew that these were the Demon Lord's treasures.

After all, in the Great Yu cultivation world, except for the Maitreya Sect, a demonic sect that believed in White Bone Maitreya, few others used white bones to refine magical treasures.

"Don't you feel disgusted?"

Zhou Hao Chen couldn't help but complain. Although the White Bone Demon Armor and the Nine Nether White Bone Sword did not conform to Zhou Hao Chen's aesthetics.

But there was no doubt that these two magic weapons were both top-level magic weapons.

According to the aura of the two magic weapons, the White Bone Demon Armor was a top-level Heaven-Forbidden Spiritual Treasure.

As for the Nine Nether White Bone Sword, its grade was originally not below the White Bone Demon Armor.

It was only injured by the Great Confucian Bamboo Slip, annihilating a large number of wronged souls, and hurting the Nine Nether White Bone Sword's vitality.

Now this bone sword, its spiritual light was dim, and it felt like it was about to shatter.

If it did not receive the supplement of wronged souls for a long time, it could not be ruled out that its rating would fall, falling into a Earth-Forbidden Treasure.

These two magic weapons were of no use to Zhou Hao Chen.

Far inferior to the Soul-Consigning Banner in his hand.

The biggest use was probably to take them out to sell.

Perhaps, he could also attract evil cultivators of the Maitreya Sect.

After putting away the two magic weapons, Zhou Hao Chen's gaze fell on Liu Qingyang's body.

With Liu Qingyang dead, it was not difficult to erase the mark in the storage ring.

After erasing the mark and re-recognizing the master, Zhou Hao Chen finally opened the storage ring.

As soon as he opened the storage ring, Zhou Hao Chen was shocked by the dazzling array of treasures inside.

"Gathering Thunder Essence Pills, ten bottles!"

"Spirit-Nurturing Divine Firmament Pills, five pills, there are so many."

"Didn't they say that in the Divine Firmament Sect, the Spirit-Nurturing Divine Firmament Pill was also a hot commodity, how could Liu Qingyang have so many?"

Zhou Hao Chen was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted.

These Spirit-Nurturing Divine Firmament Pills might have been snatched by Liu Qingyang from other disciples of the Divine Firmament Sect.

As for the disciples of the Divine Firmament Sect who were robbed, their fate, thinking about Liu Qingyang and the Demon Lord colluding, one could know that they probably didn't even have the chance to reincarnate.

"Divine Firmament Sect, you should thank me."

"I have eliminated a black sheep for you!"

In addition to a large number of elixirs, there were also many thunder attribute talismans in the storage ring, with great power, and they were valuable if taken out for trade.

In addition, there were also a large number of natural treasures.

As expected of the Divine Firmament Sect's pride, the natural treasures in the storage ring made Zhou Hao Chen a little envious.

Much richer than him, a poor prince.

The sect holy land was rich and powerful.

"Eh?"

"What is this?"

A jade slip appeared in Zhou Hao Chen's eyes, arousing Zhou Hao Chen's curiosity.

This jade slip was blue-purple throughout, with a transparent brilliance, like a supreme treasure jade.

Moreover, in this jade slip, Zhou Hao Chen felt a breath somewhat similar to the Thunder God Seal.

Similar, but not exactly the same.

【Responding Origin Mansion Jade Slip: A key to enter the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Mansion, contains a trace of the true meaning of the Great Dao of Thunder, long-term observation can comprehend the Great Dao of Thunder.】

The gossip pattern immediately made Zhou Hao Chen's eyes light up.

Nine Heavens Responding Origin Mansion!

The legendary mansion of the ancient Thunder God, the source of all thunder magic, and the sacred place that all thunder cultivators dream of.

“I heard that the founder of the Divine Firmament Sect accidentally entered the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion and obtained the inheritance of the ancient Thunder God, which led to the establishment of the Divine Firmament Sect's foundation.”

“I originally thought that the Divine Firmament Sect was just embellishing their founder's reputation, but I didn't expect it to be true.”

Embellishing one's reputation is a very normal thing.

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Liu Bang slaying the White Serpent is an example of this.

It's just that I didn't expect the rumors about the founder of the Divine Firmament Sect to be true.

Not only are they true, but there is even a key to the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion passed down.

Immediately afterward, a greater doubt emerged in Zhou Hao Chen's mind.

How could such an important thing be in Liu Qingyang's hands?

Stolen?

Unlikely!

It's most likely that the Divine Firmament Sect lent it to Liu Qingyang, probably because the Divine Firmament Sect didn't think that a mere trial in the Big Dipper Secret Realm would cause Liu Qingyang to perish, so they were caught off guard.

The Yingyuan Mansion Jade Tablet falling into Zhou Hao Chen's hands put Zhou Hao Chen in a bit of a predicament.

If he keeps it, the Divine Firmament Sect might use a celestial strategist to deduce the heavenly secrets and discover the truth that he killed Liu Qingyang.

If he gives it up, Zhou Hao Chen is a bit reluctant, as this is the key to entering the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion.

Although he doesn't know where the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion is, the Divine Firmament Sect definitely knows.

One day, he'll kill the Sect Master of the Divine Firmament Sect and use Yasha Soul Interrogation to search his memories, then he'll know the whereabouts of the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, right?

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Hao Chen made up his mind and directly integrated the Yingyuan Mansion Jade Tablet into his sea of consciousness, using the Eight Trigrams Diagram to confuse the heavenly secrets.

The Eight Trigrams Diagram has been with him for so long, and Zhou Hao Chen has some guesses about the level of the Eight Trigrams Diagram.

The mark of the Reincarnation Seal is not as high as the Eight Trigrams Diagram.

The Chaos Thunder Pool is also inferior to the Eight Trigrams Diagram.

As for the Thunder God Seal and the Soul Banner, these two Divine Forbidden Treasures, there's no need to mention them; they're not worthy of being compared to the Eight Trigrams Diagram.

Although there is no evidence, Zhou Hao Chen suspects that the Eight Trigrams Diagram is a Celestial Artifact.

A Celestial Artifact not recorded on the Spirit Treasure Ranking!

Using a Celestial Artifact to suppress the Yingyuan Mansion Jade Tablet and confuse the heavenly secrets.

It is enough to deal with the heavenly secret deduction of the celestial strategist sect.

After checking all the treasures, Zhou Hao Chen flicked his finger and destroyed the corpse and eliminated the traces.

After taking away the Thunder Roc's corpse, he went to the tenth floor of the Jade Balance Tower and took away the Seven Stars Soul Fixing Needles.

Just at this moment.

The cultivators in the Big Dipper Secret Realm suddenly heard a loud bell ringing from the depths of the sky.

Yellow bell and great Lü, the sound shook the universe.

One sound!

Two sounds!

… …

A full nine bell rings echoed in the clouds.

The cultivators who already had experience immediately reacted.

The Jade Balance Tower has been broken!

“Who broke through the Jade Balance Tower?”

“I think it's mostly a disciple of the Divine Firmament Sect!”

“I saw Liu Qingyang of the Divine Firmament Sect enter the Jade Balance Tower before!”

“So it's Liu Qingyang, no wonder!”

“Liu Qingyang is a genius on the Hidden Dragon List; it's not surprising that he can break through the Jade Balance Tower.”

… …

In the Big Dipper Secret Realm, there were discussions, and everyone revealed expressions of shock, envy, and jealousy.

Shocked at how amazing the strength of these geniuses like Liu Qingyang is; the Jade Balance Tower, which is like a natural chasm in the eyes of their rogue cultivators, can be easily broken in their hands.

Jealous that the heavens are unfair; disciples of famous orthodox sects like Liu Qingyang already have enough resources, yet they are still rushing to send them treasures and opportunities.

As the nine bell rings fell, the earth erupted with earth-shattering tremors.

A violent tremor shook open a gap in the earth.

A tall tower slowly rose from the depths of the earth.

The Heavenly Balance Tower, manifests in the world!

“Let's go, let's go to the Heavenly Balance Tower to try our luck!”

“The Jade Balance Tower has been broken and is already dirty, but the Heavenly Balance Tower definitely belongs to me.”

Many rogue cultivators flocked to the Heavenly Balance Tower.

Wishing they could become the next Fairy Guanghan.

Fairy Guanghan had already set an example for many rogue cultivators; once they were the first to pass the trial of the Big Dipper Seven Stars Tower, they would not only receive the rewards of the Big Dipper Secret Realm, but most importantly, they would be courted by the various princes.

Didn't you see the scene of countless cultivators vying for Fairy Guanghan in the Donglai Inn that day?

Although the final result was somewhat unfortunate, Li Changhe died at the hands of a mysterious person, and there were rumors that the mysterious person who killed Li Changhe was Fairy Guanghan's master.

However, who doesn't dream of becoming the second Fairy Guanghan?

… …

Divine Firmament Sect Residence.

Today, the Divine Firmament Sect's residence is bustling with activity, and guests are like clouds.

If others were here, they would definitely be surprised to see that the guests visiting the Divine Firmament Sect were all experts at the level of elders from aristocratic families and holy lands.

Elder Zhou welcomed the guests from the major aristocratic families and holy lands, instructing the maids to serve tea, not daring to neglect them.

“Fellow Daoists, I'm really sorry, Elder Lin's secret cultivation has been successful, and it has caused an astonishing phenomenon, alarming all fellow Daoists.” Elder Zhou said with a smile.

His explanation was exactly the same as the result of the discussion between the three elders of the Divine Firmament Sect that day.

No matter who asks, the previous phenomenon was caused by Elder Lin's cultivation.

But which of the Upper Three Realms experts present is not an old fox of a thousand years? How could Elder Zhou's words be enough to dismiss them?

They were skeptical about the excuse that Elder Lin's secret cultivation had been successful.

“Elder Zhou, I wonder where Elder Wang and Elder Lin of your sect are?”

“Elder Lin's divine skill has just been completed, and he is still consolidating his cultivation; as for Elder Wang, he is protecting Elder Lin.”

Elder Zhou said calmly, and everyone present immediately scanned the backyard with their divine sense.

These small actions naturally couldn't escape Elder Zhou's eyes, but he didn't stop them; instead, he allowed the elders of the major aristocratic families and holy lands to investigate.

Sure enough, in the backyard, they sensed Elder Wang who was protecting them.

Elder Wang was sitting cross-legged, his aura erupting, looking vigilant, indeed like he was protecting them.

As for the courtyard that Elder Wang was guarding, the elders of the other aristocratic families and holy lands hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to continue probing with their divine sense.

Taking a look near Elder Lin's small courtyard is still normal; if they enter Elder Lin's small courtyard, that would be spying on other people's secret techniques, a never-ending outcome.

Everyone present was unwilling to completely offend the Divine Firmament Sect, so they embarrassedly withdrew their divine sense.

Secretly watching everyone's small actions, Elder Zhou smiled secretly in his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

These old foxes can be considered temporarily stabilized.

Elder Zhou didn't expect to be able to hide it from them for long; as long as they temporarily hide it and give their Divine Firmament Sect a time difference, it would be enough for them to find the Divine Thunder.

“Elder Zhou, congratulations, congratulations.”

“Elder Lin of your sect has achieved great success in his divine skill; not to mention the Eleventh Realm, even the Twelfth Realm is promising!”

An elder of the Zhengyang Sect said complimentarily.

“However, Elder Lin of your sect is cultivating to a critical juncture; instead of cultivating in seclusion in the Divine Firmament Sect, he came to Yujing City, truly racking his brains for your sect!”

Hearing this, Elder Zhou smiled insincerely and cursed in his heart.

Old guy, it sounds nice, isn't it just wanting to continue probing?

Elder Zhou slowly took a sip of fragrant tea and said quietly: “To be honest, Elder Lin, he broke through today, thanks to Elder Lin's disciple.”

“Eh? How do you say this?”

Everyone was curious for a moment.

Elder Lin's divine skill has been completed, what does it have to do with his disciple?

Could it be that Elder Lin is cultivating a dual cultivation technique?

“Liu Shizhi under Elder Lin's seat obtained an opportunity in the Jade Balance Tower a few days ago, which happened to be the treasure needed for Elder Lin's practice.”

When everyone present heard this, they immediately thought of the battle a few days ago.

Fang Dongyun was no match for Liu Qingyang in half a move and was robbed of his treasure.

Could it be that the treasure that Liu Qingyang snatched from Fang Dongyun's hands helped Elder Lin to go one step further?

For a time, there were many speculations in everyone's minds.

Elder Zhou was very cunning; he didn't directly say what was going on, but only gave some seemingly right and wrong clues, allowing everyone present to use their imagination.

The result of imagination is often more deadly!

“Elder Lin, you have really taken in a good disciple!”

“We are envious to death!”

“Not only did he earn face, but he also got the benefits; this kind of good disciple, this old man can't wait to have a big basket of them.”

“Hahaha — a genius on the Hidden Dragon List, you still want a big basket of them, could it be that your Zhengyang Sect wants to monopolize the Hidden Dragon List?”

“Humph — am I not even allowed to think about it?”

Just at this moment, nine bell rings came from the Big Dipper Secret Realm.

This is a sign that the Jade Balance Tower has been broken.

The disciples of the Divine Firmament Sect who were accompanying them couldn't help but discuss.

“I heard from Senior Brother Liu that he went to the Big Dipper Secret Realm today.”

“The one who broke the Jade Balance Tower must be Senior Brother Liu!”

The elders of the major aristocratic families and holy lands present were energized when they heard this.

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives.

They were just talking about Liu Qingyang, and Liu Qingyang gave them another big surprise.

The Jade Balance Tower has been broken!

In the Jade Balance Tower, the body is tempered with Heavenly Thunder; Liu Qingyang can break the Jade Balance Tower, obviously his cultivation has gone one step further.

“Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhou!”

“Worthy of being a top disciple of the Divine Firmament Sect!”

“Elder Zhou, the rise of your sect is unstoppable!”

The gazes of the many Upper Three Realms experts present looking at Elder Zhou revealed a strong envy, as if a trickle of water was about to flow out.

This generation of the Divine Firmament Sect is truly producing geniuses.

When this generation of disciples grows up, they may have the qualifications to challenge the Taixu Sect's title of the number one holy land in the world.

Elder Zhou smiled insincerely, the seemingly bright and radiant smile containing bitterness.

The emotions in his heart were not as happy as they appeared on the surface.

The sect's geniuses appear frequently, which is a good thing.

But if the geniuses belong to the Five Thunders lineage, then it is not such good news.

It's just that in front of the many holy land aristocratic family elders, he still has to maintain the unity of the Divine Firmament Sect in terms of face, and he has to praise with a smile.

“When Nephew Liu first entered the sect, this old Daoist was very optimistic about him, but unfortunately, Junior Brother Lin took the lead.”

“Otherwise, I would definitely take him as a closed-door disciple.”

“Nephew Liu has been taking one step at a time over the years, and this old Daoist has seen it all.”

“His future achievements are limitless and will definitely be above this old Daoist.”

“Not to mention the Eleventh Realm, even the Twelfth Realm, he has a 70-80% chance of reaching.”

Seeing Elder Zhou praising Liu Qingyang, the elders present could only reluctantly agree.

Who let their disciple be so awesome?

A disciple of the Divine Firmament Sect suddenly broke in, his face flustered.

“Elder, something bad has happened!”

“Senior Brother Liu's life tablet is broken!”

As soon as the words fell, the smiles on the faces of everyone in the Divine Firmament Sect instantly froze.