Chapter 68: Preparations in the Demon Realm
It took nearly a year for Sang Chu and Tu You to replicate all the cultivation sites on Demon Mountain.
They even recreated the entire Demon Mountain within the small world.
Sang Chu left her mental body in the small world to continue cultivating, while she went to investigate matters concerning the Sky Wolf Demon.
There was still about a month left before their departure.
But when she and the human-shaped Tu You walked into the marketplace, they actually discovered her wanted poster!
Tu You: 【 It seems Hu Sui is truly out of tricks, to come up with a plan like this! 】
Sang Chu didn’t use any medicine to transform; she couldn’t guarantee that the medicine made by the optical computer could fool these great demons’ detection.
So, she only used her Wood Element Supernatural Ability, wrapped and concealed by wind energy. She had been cultivating, primarily focusing on the Fire Element, and had previously kept a Fire Element Crystal Core.
After absorbing it, her current demonic energy carried a rich Fire Spiritual Aura, completely different from the aura of a wood demon.
Even if Hu Sui knew her spiritual root status, she had tattooed the fire spiritual pattern on her face, showing no characteristics of the Wood Tribe. Sang Chu didn’t believe Hu Sui could still recognize her like this!
This was a disguise technique learned on Demon Mountain, which she thought was flawless.
But when she saw the demons from Butterfly Valley all looking at her in unison, she was shocked.
Sang Chu: 【 Why are the demons from Butterfly Valley out here! They won’t recognize me, will they! 】
Tu You also noticed, seeing their intense gazes, and couldn’t help but worry: 【 Don’t panic yet, let’s go meet them. You should make your voice a little hoarse, just in case. 】
Sang Chu gave a soft assent.
The two walked towards Grandpa Ginseng from Butterfly Valley. Seeing the large and small ginseng on his stall, Sang Chu, with her voice hoarse from the blazing fire, asked in a low, gravelly tone, “Grandpa Ginseng, how much are these?”
Grandpa Ginseng smelled a familiar aura on this young person, yet it felt strange. It strongly resembled the camouflage technique of their ginseng tribe.
But even with the camouflage technique, one couldn’t completely transform into a demon of another tribe.
Especially not two opposing tribes like fire and wood.
After thinking, Grandpa Ginseng shook his head, dismissing the strange thought from his mind: “Ginseng over a hundred years old is ten Demon Beads, over a thousand years old is a hundred Demon Beads, and this ten-thousand-year-old ginseng is one thousand Demon Beads.”
When Sang Chu saw Grandpa Ginseng pointing to a withered and lusterless ginseng, claiming it was ten-thousand-year-old, she was stunned for a long time.
Tu You quickly said: 【 These ginsengs are all dead, devoid of life. Although their medicinal properties are good, they are of no use for cultivation, not worth it! 】
Sang Chu: 【 I know, I just find it a bit strange. 】
【 What’s strange? 】
Sang Chu remained silent, looking at the ginsengs for a while before hesitating. “Grandpa Ginseng, I’ll take all these ginsengs, and also some of your soil.”
Grandpa Ginseng didn’t object when Sang Chu asked for the soil. He calmly packed it up: “This soil can preserve medicinal properties. It’s all yours. That will be five thousand Demon Beads.”
Sang Chu paid the Demon Beads to Grandpa Ginseng on the spot and turned to leave. Grandpa Ginseng stared at Sang Chu’s retreating back, lost in thought. It felt so similar, yet they were clearly two young demons from different tribes. Why did they give him such a similar feeling? It was truly baffling.
Tu You completely didn’t understand Sang Chu’s actions. Ginseng only had value when it was alive. These dead ones could be considered tonics for humans, but they offered no benefit to cultivators.
【 A Chu, why did you spend so many Demon Beads on these? 】
Sang Chu: 【 I don’t know either. I just felt like these ginsengs were calling for help, a very strange feeling. Never mind, let’s just consider it spending money for peace of mind. Let’s go see how things are with the Sky Demon Wolf matter. 】
Hearing Sang Chu say these dead ginsengs were calling for her help, Tu You’s eyes widened: 【 That’s impossible! Even Grandpa Ginseng put them out for sale, which means they truly can’t be saved. How could they still be calling out to you! 】
【 That’s why I find it strange. Let’s not talk about it anymore. If they’re useless, I’ll just take them back as tonics for Brother and Grandmother. 】
While cultivating on Demon Mountain, she not only learned many techniques of the demon realm but also understood much of the history of various demon tribes, making her disguises effortless now.
It was precisely because of this that she froze when she heard a faint cry for help.
The two walked all the way to the Celestial Master’s Mansion.
However, they found that the bounty for the Sky Wolf Demon was still posted at the highest position.
Sang Chu frowned slightly: 【 Haven’t the people at the Celestial Master’s Mansion investigated Hu Sui? 】
Tu You: 【 I don’t know. What do you plan to do now? 】
Sang Chu was silent for a while and then walked directly inside. The young Celestial Master who received her this time was different: “Why has this fellow Daoist of the Fire Tribe come to the Celestial Master’s Mansion?”
Sang Chu: “I saw that the bounty amount for the Sky Wolf Demon outside seems to have increased again. Can this young Daoist tell me why?”
At this, the young Celestial Master’s usually gentle voice turned cold instantly: “It’s all because this Sky Wolf Demon is insane and has even severely injured the Old Celestial Master, who has been unconscious until now!”
The previous Great Celestial Master was severely injured and unconscious?
Could it have been Hu Sui who injured him?
Sang Chu: “Young Daoist, I have a healing medicine that might be able to help. Could you introduce me?”
The young Celestial Master looked at Sang Chu with suspicion. Before the Great Celestial Master fell unconscious, he had ordered everyone to withdraw from the Demon Realm, but the Demon Lord had already sealed the Demon Realm’s gates, allowing entry but not exit, claiming it was to prevent the Sky Wolf Demon from escaping.
Hmph, he didn’t believe the Demon King’s words at all!
It was clearly an excuse to trap them while the Great Celestial Master was severely injured!
But they were helpless.
Young Celestial Master: “You are a demon of the demon tribe, I don’t believe you. Leave quickly, or I will activate the demon-subduing formation!”
The young Celestial Master was furious, but Sang Chu lowered her voice and said: “Young Daoist, please rest assured, I have no ill intentions towards the Celestial Master. I will leave this medicine here, and I can be kept under your watch. If the medicine is ineffective, you can come and take my life.”
“What is your purpose?”
Sang Chu: “Revenge! The Sky Wolf Demon killed my tribesmen, but I am weak and alone, and the Demon King cannot be trusted. That’s why I came to the Celestial Master’s Mansion. This medicine was bought in the Cultivation World and refined by a ninth-grade alchemist. It can detoxify and heal, and even if it’s ineffective, it won’t cause any harm to the human body. Since everyone is trapped in the Demon Realm anyway, why not take a chance? What do you think, young Daoist?”
The Demon Realm’s gates were closed. Sang Chu only found this out after coming out, but she didn’t expect the Demon King to go to such extremes!
The young Daoist glanced at Sang Chu, then at the medicine, gritted his teeth, and called two young disciples: “You two, lock her up in the basement and seal it with the formation. I’ll go test the medicine on my master!”
“Senior Brother?”
“Absolutely not!”
Young Celestial Master: “Master’s health is deteriorating day by day. She’s right, why not take a chance? If Master dies, we’ll all be buried with him, especially this fire demon!”
