The little fox sobbed and ran off angrily with the Fire Blocking Basket in her paws.
Su Zimo smiled and sat on the ground, lying down with his hands behind his head. He narrowed his eyes that shone with a demonic glint – no one knew what he was thinking about.
After crying for a while, the little fox hid in a corner alone and drew circles, racking her brains as she cursed Su Zimo viciously.
"Stupid scholar, y-you're truly detestable!"
"Stupid scholar, you're a bad person!"
"You're even worse than that damned crocodile!"
The little fox had been living in this cave for her entire life and had never seen the outside world or come into contact with anyone. Although she was cautious and paranoid, she was as pure as a newborn.
To her, detestable and worse than a crocodile were the most vicious words she could think of …
Although the little fox had lived for dozens of years, it was insignificant compared to the long lifespans of demons and her mental state was comparable to that of a child of the human race.
After a while, she felt bored.
She turned around and looked at Su Zimo instinctively.
Su Zimo's eyes were closed and he was motionless, except for his ears that were trembling slightly.
"What is he doing?"
The little fox was curious and crept closer, completely forgetting that Su Zimo had made fun of her Just Now.
The little fox's cultivation realm was not high enough and she could not hear the sounds coming from the palace above the cave. However, Su Zimo had the ability to hear everything.
Even though he was thousands of feet underground, he could vaguely hear some sounds coming from the palace.
For the past half a month, the underground palace had not been peaceful at all.
Furthermore, the commotion was clearly getting louder!
With the appearance of the Vermilion Fruit, all the paragons of the Jin Dan realm of the North Region had rushed over!
Although the Human Emperor's Palace had descended and Su Zimo had once single-handedly swept through the immortal, fiend and Buddhist sects in the ancient battlefield, the current situation was not optimistic.
Back in the ancient battlefield, he was at seven meridian Foundation Establishment for the immortal dao. For the demonic dao, he had attained greater mastery of the Orifice Clearing section and was almost at its peak – he was only a single step away from forming a core.
In terms of cultivation realm, he was on par with the paragons of the Immortal, Buddhist, and Fiend sects.
Now, Su Zimo was at the early stage of Jin Dan, and his inner core had yet to reach small success.
Among the many prodigies who rushed over, the lowest cultivation level was at the late stage of the Jin Dan realm. It was very likely that many of them were at the perfected stage of the Jin Dan realm!
In between, there was only a difference of two or three small realms.
Of course, these two or three minor realms were nothing to Su Zimo, who cultivated both immortality and demonic cultivation.
In a one-on-one battle, he was still confident that he could suppress everything!
However, if he were to fight for the Vermilion Fruit, there was a high chance that he would become enemies with all the paragons of the North Region!
At that time, if all the prodigies attacked together, it would be hard to predict who would win.
Even if Su Zimo had cultivated two Jin Dan phenomenons, both of which were lost primordial phenomenons, Su Zimo would still be able to cultivate them.
However, he only had two Jin Dan phenomenons at the end of the day.
At that time, if the Jin Dan phenomenons cultivated by thousands of paragons were to erupt, it would be an unimaginable destructive power. Given his spirit energy at the early stage of the Jin Dan realm, he might not be able to afford it …
Furthermore, it was not as if there were no Jin Dan phenomenons that were stronger than the Soaring Serpent and Divine Turtle.
Glass Palace of the nine immortal sects and Malevolent Earth Sect of the seven fiend sects were both in the North Region. If the paragons of those two super sects were to rush over, they might truly pose a threat to Su Zimo!
Of course, there was something else that Su Zimo was most concerned about.
Would Genying Zhenjun appear for the appearance of the Vermilion Fruit this time round?
If Genying Zhenjun were to interfere, what would happen to him in the end …?
As his thoughts ran wild, Su Zimo's eyelids gradually grew heavy.
He was truly way too tired and merely wanted to have a good rest right now.
For the past few days, Su Zimo's understanding of weapon refinement had deepened by another level after repairing connate spirit weapons.
"There's still 15 days left. It's enough for me to refine a set of 27 supreme-grade flying swords."
With that thought, Su Zimo fell into a deep sleep.
The little fox had just closed in on Su Zimo when she saw that he had already fallen asleep. Furthermore, there was a strange sound coming from his nose and mouth.
It was like the sound of tigers and leopards mixed with a hint of thunder.
"Humph!"
The little fox pouted her lips and lamented internally, "This smelly scholar's snoring is so loud and he still has the cheek to make fun of me!"
Although that was what the little fox thought, she did not disturb Su Zimo.
She could tell that Su Zimo was exhausted.
The snoring from Su Zimo's nose and mouth was naturally caused by the Marrow Cleansing section.
The breathing and expiration method of the Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness had already been integrated into Su Zimo's bones. Even in his sleep, he was circulating it instinctively.
Body Tempering section, Tendons Transformation section, Bones Strengthening section, Marrow Cleansing section, Organs Refinement section, Orifice Clearing section, Core Formation section …
The seven sections of the sutra reverberated within his body in a cycle.
Demonic qi rose and spread out gradually, thickening.
"Eh?"
The little fox's big round eyes widened in disbelief as she watched the scene unfold before her.
"Is this scholar a human or a demon?"
The little fox's head could no longer wrap around it.
When she sensed the demonic qi that was released from Su Zimo's cultivation, the little fox was shocked to discover that her cultivation that had been stagnant for a long time had actually loosened!
"Hehe!"
Delighted, the little fox leaned forward and stuck close to Su Zimo's arm, beginning to cultivate.
…
There was a pavilion five kilometers away from the Great Qian Ruins.
Unlike the desolation of the ruins, this place was filled with fragrant grass and rows of willows – it was filled with life.
There were four stone tables in the pavilion.
There were three to four cultivators seated at each table in different attire. Some were in Daoist robes, some were in armor and some were in tight-fitting robes …
There were more than ten people sipping tea leisurely, chatting softly with relaxed expressions.
There were also many cultivators outside the pavilion – there were about a hundred of them.
However, the hundred of them stood outside with terrible expressions as they looked at the dozen or so people in the pavilion with deep wariness and fear in their eyes.
If Mu Dongqing were to see this, he would definitely be shocked.
Be it the dozen or so people in the pavilion or the hundred or so people outside, all of them were Genying Zhenjun!
As he had expected, the appearance of the Vermilion Fruit alarmed Genying Zhenjun!
In the pavilion, three people sat around a stone table with badges on their waists – Murong, Yuwen and Tuoba!
Three of the four gentry clans!
Genying Zhenjun at the other three stone tables had their own symbols on their badges as well.
Stellar Luna Sect, Blaze Columbus Valley, Heavenly Piercing Sword Sect, Heaven Motion Sect, Seven Kills Sect, Blood Mist Sect, Mystic Firmament Divine Cult, Dragon Tiger Sect, Shadowless Sect …
There were nine of the Ten Upper Sects and only Dark Ghost Sect was missing!
The Genying Zhenjun in the pavilion were either from the Ten Upper Sects or the four gentry clans.
The only ones standing outside the pavilion were Genying Zhenjun from ordinary sects and factions as well as some itinerant cultivators of unknown origins.
Among them, even the Genying Zhenjun of the Great Shang and Great Xia Dynasties stood outside the pavilion without any objections.
Just Now that more than half of the Jin Dan army of the Great You Dynasty was killed by the Tuoba clan, Genying Zhenjun of the Great You Dynasty was enraged and wanted to head to the Great Qian Ruins.
However, Genying Zhenjun of the Tuoba clan attacked and killed him in three moves!
Up till now, the blood on the corpse of Genying Zhenjun of the Great You Dynasty had yet to dry and was still warm as he collapsed in front of the pavilion with his eyes wide open.
That was not the only corpse around the pavilion.
In the North Region, the combined forces of the Ten Upper Sects and the four gentry clans could almost rule the world!
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