Chapter 60: The Gathering of Ten Thousand Demons at Yang Array

  After solving the problem of the demon possessing Snow in the East, I began to examine Xiang Nan's condition. Fortunately, Xiang Nan was only abnormally weak due to being possessed for a long time, so I casually gave her a dose of vital energy to help her recover as soon as possible, and then I stood up straight.

  At this time, Dongfang Xue had instructed the newly recruited servant - Bai Xie to extract the demonic energy from Liu Daozhang's body. If nothing unexpected happened, he should wake up soon.

  After checking around and making sure there were no omissions, we woke up Liu Daozhang and the parents of Xiaoxuan who had been knocked unconscious by Dongfang Xue's magic. Seeing the interior of the house in disarray as if a typhoon had passed through, Xiaoxuan's parents couldn't help but gasp in shock.

  When Dongfang Xue said that Xiaonan only needed to rest for a few days and she would be fine, Xiaonan's parents were so moved that they burst into tears. In order not to draw attention, we naturally insisted that it was Liu Daozhang who drove away the evil spirit that possessed her.

  "I?" Just waking up from his coma, Liu Daozhang's head was still a bit dizzy. Suddenly hearing the three people say that he had driven away the possessing demon, he couldn't help but feel some surprise.

  "That's right, it's you." We said in unison with a serious face.

  And Dongfang Xue exaggeratedly described how heroic Liu Daochang was, with one move being White Crane Spreads Wings and another being Black Tiger Pierces Heart. He spoke of Liu Daochang as if he really thought that in his confused state of mind, he had unleashed great power, completely forgetting that these martial arts moves could not possibly harm a monster without a physical body.

  Listening to Xiaonan's parents' gratitude, and with the super beauty Dongfang Xue cheering on the side, it didn't take long for Liu Daolang to be fed bowl after bowl of rice porridge until he couldn't tell east from west. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we naturally found an excuse to slip away quietly.

  "Brother Long, since things have been taken care of, I should be going too." This time I thought of another person by my side, Qing'er.

  "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Why don't you stay for a bit longer?" I asked in puzzlement.

  "The vice principal told me to go back after I've finished dealing with things. I have to leave first, let's meet again when we come back after our studies." Before I could even speak, Qing'er had already disappeared into thin air.

  Alas, this girl, really came and went in a hurry. I still have many things to ask. Forget it, don't think about it anymore. Let me take a look at this monster first.

  I found a secluded spot, and I had Dongfang Xue cast a concealment spell on me first (don't ask me why I didn't do it myself, because I don't know how). Then, I silently recited the summoning spell that the messenger from the demon realm left for me last time. Now, let's get ready to ask this demon about its origins.

  "Is it you? What brings you to find me?" Out of the darkness emerged the messenger from the demon realm that I had encountered on my way back from the academy that day.

  "Is this the demon you're looking for?" I didn't waste any words either, and reached out to grab Baigui, asking the demon messenger.

  The poor White Scorpion King was like a mouse that had seen a cat, shrinking into a ball and being caught by the neck and lifted into the air, dangling back and forth.

  "Not this one!" The messenger of the demon world took a closer look at Bai Xie and said decisively, "However, it seems that he is also an illegal entrant to the human world. I should thank you for helping me catch him."

  The guide finished speaking and suddenly a black gas burst out of his hand, as if he was about to take back the white scorpion.

  "Hold on, this demon is still of some use to me, I wonder if it can be negotiated with."

  Dongfang Xue made a gesture, stopping the action of the demon messenger.

  Since I had already told her the identity of the newcomer, Dongfang Xue was also very polite in the face of this messenger from the demon world.

  The messenger from the demon world looked at me in surprise, unsure of what relationship I had with Dongfang Xue.

  Helpless, I could only force a bitter smile and made an "I'll try my best" expression.

  It's clear that the messenger from the demon realm has misunderstood my relationship with Dongfang Xue. The smoky, face-like mist in front of me rippled and revealed a sinister smile.

  "Originally, this was not allowed, and oni who had illegally entered the human world were supposed to be collected."

  But since you, a top-notch expert who has escaped the five cycles of reincarnation, have spoken up, I shouldn't be impolite either. The Guide to Enlightenment pondered for a moment before suddenly speaking in a tone that implied everyone understood what was left unsaid: "However, my eyes haven't been too good lately, and I haven't seen anything."

  I exchanged a knowing smile with Kokoro, and in my heart, I knew that this was equivalent to her agreeing to Kokoro's request. As a messenger of the Youkai realm, he usually relied on power fluctuations to discern his surroundings, and eyes, as human organs, were of little use to them; when she said so, it naturally meant "do as you please, I know nothing".

  "Then thank you, I owe someone a favor. If there's anything I can help with in the future, just let me know." I said with a bow. This demon messenger is quite straightforward and to my liking, so I rarely made such a promise.

  "Alright, then I'll be troubling you from now on!" The messenger of the demon realm was overjoyed. As a messenger of the demon realm, she naturally understood just how great the power of a cultivator like me who had transcended the five cycles of reincarnation was. Probably only the Great Elder of the demon realm could rival me, and to have obtained such a promise, she would be smiling in her sleep.

  "No problem, just come find me if you need help." I replied generously.

  The Envoy of the Demon Realm clasped his fists and said: "Since everything is fine now, please excuse me for leaving first. There's still a lot of work waiting for me in the Demon Realm."

  "Slow down, I won't see you off!" I and Dongfang Xue said in unison, watching as the demon messenger disappeared into the darkness just like when he arrived.

  "Wow, it's finally gone, scared me to death!" The usually well-behaved White Scorpion patted his chest and let out a deep breath.

  "Hmph, don't forget that you're my servant now." Dongfang Xue didn't forget to threaten him: "If you don't obey me, I'll hand you over to her and have you taken back to the underworld."

  "No way, I don't want to go back to that disgusting place, it's more comfortable in the human world."

  The white scorpion was shouting loudly, with a flattering expression on his face. I believe that if he had a tail, he would definitely wag it vigorously.

  "By the way, Ao Tian, what kind of person are you? Why do even the messengers from the demon realm have to show respect to you?" Dongfang Xue suddenly remembered this question and naturally asked me.

  Although she was a cultivator who had been practicing for hundreds of years, as long as she hadn't jumped out of the Five Paths Reincarnation, she would still be a person from the Cultivation Realm. The Cultivation Realm and the Demon Realm had always been at odds with each other, so when she saw the Demon Realm's messenger showing me such respect, she was truly astonished.

  "Hey, aren't you a Cultivator? How come you're so powerful? Tell me, what exactly are you?"

  "Hey...... I'm asking you something, don't go!"

  Due to my limited experience in dealing with women, I also don't know how to handle Dongfang Xue's entanglement. And the things I know, I also don't know how to explain to him, can't just hit him with a carefree and innocent expression, knocking him out cold, right?

  Because I couldn't stand being entangled and killed, even if the one who was killed was a cultivator I didn't like, it's still somewhat unjustifiable. Therefore, I could only passively be chased by Dongfang Xueqi to run around everywhere.

  It wasn't until I finally got rid of Dongfang Xue that I realized how terrifying a woman's curiosity can be, even if she is a female cultivator. After dispersing the stealth technique from my body, I instantly scanned all movements within a one-mile radius and confirmed that there was no sign of Dongfang Xue before flashing back to my own villa in an instant.

  A peaceful night passed like this.

  The next day.

  At this moment, I was strolling leisurely on the sidewalk, observing the crowds rushing by like an outsider. Although I was also weaving through the throngs of people, no one could get close to me because every time someone approached me, they were gently pushed away by some invisible force. The force was so gentle that no one noticed anything out of the ordinary.

  After coming back from Xiaonan's home, I was fascinated by the atmosphere of her family, so today I plan to go to the supermarket to buy some things and live a ordinary life for a day.

  The supermarket is not far from my residence. Although I walked at a slower pace than ordinary people, it took me fifteen minutes to get to the supermarket.

  I pushed open the supermarket's revolving door with my hand, and gently lifted my feet, letting the revolving door push me into the supermarket. To be honest, I've always thought that this kind of revolving door made by humans is quite fun to play with. But as soon as I stepped into the supermarket, a chill ran down my spine, just like being suddenly pushed into a winter swimming pool by the revolving door.

  As for my ability, this cold is naturally not enough to defeat me. However, I stood at the door with a frown and thought for a moment before walking behind it and stretching my hand outwards. As expected, just like someone underwater stretching their hand above the water surface, the half of my arm that was outside was warm as ever, while the part left inside the supermarket still felt icy to the bone.

  This is a barrier, although I don't know what kind of barrier it is, but at this moment I do know that someone has set up a barrier to envelop the entire shopping mall, only to wonder what that person wants to do by setting up such a large barrier.

  I decided to investigate, slowly making my way deeper into the supermarket. All I saw was a mess inside the supermarket, with several shelves overturned on the ground and goods rolling all over the floor. I didn't know where the broken glass came from, but the shards were crunching beneath my feet.

  Inside this boundary, everything seems to be shrouded in a dark fog. The overhead lighting is clearly on, but the light is unusually dim and looks ominous.

  As I turned a corner, I was taken aback. The shelves in front of me had been tossed aside with incredible force, clearing out an area the size of a basketball court. A dark red liquid flowed from his feet like a small stream.

  That's blood, human blood.

  Looking at the empty land piled up with corpses, that small stream-like blood flow came from there.

  The man walked over to the corpse, crouched down and fiddled with it for a moment. It was the body of a middle-aged man. The way he died was extremely cruel, as if he had been torn apart by five horses, his arms and legs were already separated from his body, scattered around him, only a small piece of skin on his neck still connected his head to his body.

  After being tempered by the blood prison, I am no longer very sensitive to these situations. Just as I was wondering what kind of situation this was, Xiaojin's voice rang out in my mind.

  "Master: This is the Wanmo Juyang Formation, a dark and sinister demonic formation. Any living being killed within the Wanmo Juyang Formation will have their flesh, soul, resentment, and all powers absorbed by the person who set up the formation, thereby increasing the power of the person who set up the formation. However, sometimes this formation is also used for healing injuries. No matter how severe the injury, as long as you kill a few more people in this formation, you will be completely restored."

  It turned out to be the case, it seems that this evil formation appeared in the mortal world, and it must have been a master from the demon realm who came to the mortal world. Just as I was about to ask Xiaojin how to break this harmful formation, I heard a faint footsteps coming from behind me, and then the images of Dongfang Xue and several others appeared in my mind.

  "Ao Tian, what are you doing in a place like this?" Dongfang Xue's astonished voice sounded from behind me.

  "Come on, let's go buy some food. What else can we do at the supermarket?" I turned around and replied lazily.

  If I said that normally, no one would raise an objection. However, at this moment when I stand in front of a hideous monster and there are piles of corpses not far away, the feeling is extremely strange.

  "Who are you? Why are you here?" said a handsome young man standing behind Dongfang Xue.

  I gave him a faint glance and ignored him.

  "Shut up, Xiao Yun!" Dongfang Xue turned around and scolded the young man.

  The young man known as Xiao Yun seemed to be afraid of Dongfang Xue, and upon hearing this, his face turned unpleasant and he muttered a few words before shutting up.

  Don't mind him, this is my younger brother Dongfang Yun, he's a bit simple-minded. Dongfang Xue turned around and said with a smile.

  "It doesn't matter, I don't care." I said with a smile.

  "That's good." Dongfang Xue nodded and changed the subject: "Ao Tian, since you're here, I suppose you also know what happened?"

  I nodded and Dongfang Xue continued: "We've been chasing it for a whole day, but we couldn't kill it. Who would have thought that it would come here and kill so many people?"

  At this point, Dongfang Xue looked at the monster behind me with a glance, and suddenly opened her eyes in surprise, exclaiming: "No way, how did it become like that?"

  "Yes, how did it become like this? Did we chase the wrong one?" Dongfang Yun also said.

  "That's not right, look at the sword wound on its body, it was caused by Xiaoyun's flying sword, it should be the demon we're chasing."

  "How did it end up like this?"

  Several companions behind Dongfang Xue also noticed this and whispered among themselves in surprise.

  "Wasn't it like this when you were chasing after it?" I interrupted their conversation and asked.

  "When we were chasing it, it was a humanoid monster, a pretty woman. At that time, I felt sorry for such a beautiful monster to kill people, but I didn't expect it to become like this now." A man in his early twenties with a clear and handsome appearance sighed behind Dongfang Xue, saying regretfully.

  "No matter whether it's the one we're after or not, it has killed so many people and we can't let it go." Dongfang Xue raised her hand to stop her companion's discussion, after all she was a woman, and at this moment her face looked somewhat pale, apparently having seen the mountain of corpses in the distance.

  "Haotian, how did I notice that it's gloomy here, as if there is a layer of fog, I don't know what's going on?" Dongfang Xue turned her head and asked me.

  "This is the Wanmo Juyang Formation." I knew that Dongfang Xue was not clear about this formation, so I introduced it to her: "This monster seems to have been injured, so it's hiding here to recover. Those people were killed by it for its recovery. However, he is not a monster, but a master of the Demon Realm." As I said that, I briefly explained the situation of this formation.

  "Good grief, it turns out he's a master of the demon world. No wonder he's so formidable. We've gone to great lengths to defeat him and leave him severely injured. If his wounds recover, that would be troublesome." Dongfang Xue was shocked, only now noticing that the wound on the meatball monster behind me was rapidly disappearing.

  Before I could speak, Dongfang Xue suddenly smiled and continued: "I'm really stupid. Since Ao Tian is also here, even if it's unharmed, eliminating it should be an easy task."

  The Eastern Cloud behind her opened her mouth unwillingly: "Sister, he's just an ordinary person, I can knock him down with one hand, how could he possibly deal with this monster in front of us?"

  Dongfang Xue was a top-notch expert in the cultivation world, and he had always been his object of admiration. Seeing Dongfang Xue praise me so much when I seemed ordinary and didn't have any power fluctuations made him feel uncomfortable.

  "Bastard! You really don't have a brain." Dongfang Xue turned back and scolded, "I asked you, was there anything unusual when we came in?"

  "I think..." Dongfang Yun scratched his head, hesitated and said: "It seems like there was a wall-like thing blocking the entrance, we had to use quite some effort to get in."

  This Wanmo Gathering Yang Formation was set up by a master of the Demon Realm, and although this person was seriously injured, it's not that easy for them to come in.

  What Dongfang Yun said about encountering something like a wall is the boundary barrier, and I didn't feel this layer of barrier probably because my power was too great, that little bit of power's barrier couldn't catch my attention.

  "You know now? We had to work so hard to get in, if Peacock was an ordinary person, how did he get in? Did he drill in from the ceiling?" Dongfang Xue scolded with a painful expression, while lamenting in his heart that his brother was indeed such a brainless guy.

  "Who knows, maybe he really did come in through the air vent."

  It seems that this Eastern Cloud is not ordinary cute, other companions who heard the explanation of Eastern Snow looked at me with shocked eyes, guessing my strength, only Eastern Cloud still muttered reluctantly.

  Upon hearing Dongfang Yun's muttering, his several companions quietly took a step to the side, and their faces once again showed an "I don't know this person" expression, apparently not the first time they had encountered such a situation.

  I smiled slightly, actually I quite like people like Dongfang Yun who are so simple-minded, but now is not the right time for chatting and reminiscing.

  "You and your friend deal with this monster, I'll dispel the Demon Gathering Sun Array, how's that?"

  I turned back and said to Dongfang Xue, because I also want to see how strong Dongfang Xue's cultivation is.

  "No problem."