Yan Dehao: "…"
The Sky Demon Cultists are almost beaten to this state by you, and you still won't let them go?
For some reason, Yan Dehao suddenly sympathized with the Sky Demon Cultists.
Even now, the Sky Demon Cult's information files would still show that Jiang He was rank-seven in martial arts …
How did the Sky Demon Cult and Jiang He end up at loggerheads?
Everyone in the Sky Demon Cult wanted to kill Jiang He, and Jiang He even wanted to wipe them out. If they continued to 'love each other', the Sky Demon Cult would be gone sooner or later.
After a long silence, Yan Dehao said, "Mister Jiang, from what I can see, all cultists of the Sky Demon Cult are nothing more than a mob. Even the Cardinals are trash who would abandon their identity as humans for their own selfish desires, but the Saint is different. He is not to be underestimated!"
"Oh?"
Jiang He's interest was piqued at once. He was very curious about the Saint of the Sky Demon Cult.
That fellow was a genius. Leaving aside his ability and the reason he founded the Sky Demon Cult, his ability to fool others was frightening enough … after all, many Sky Demon Cultists were still shouting slogans such as' the Saint will revive me from the river of time 'or' everything for the Holy Faith 'before they died.
Yan Dehao shook his head and smiled bitterly. "The Saint of the Sky Demon Cult is too mysterious. I've only met him a few times, and every time he appeared, he would be shrouded in black qi and I couldn't see his face at all. No one in the cult knows if he's a man or a woman, and there's no telling if he's even human."
"Not human?"
Jiang He was a little puzzled.
Yan Dehao then explained, "The Sky Demon Cult is backed by the Sky Demons, and any Sky Demon Cultists who achieve great merits would have the chance to learn the Sky Demon Arcanum. Cultivating it would even gradually alter one's aura and constitution, and once one's cultivation reaches a certain level, they would have the chance to be baptized at the Holy Lake, and those who are baptized at the Holy Lake are no longer human."
"In the Sky Demon Cult, being able to enter the Holy Lake is the goal of all cultists. After being baptized in the Holy Lake, one's lifespan and ability would greatly increase, but most importantly, one's life form would change. The cultists believe that the Sky Demons are a holy race, and even a normal cultist would have their status greatly improved after being baptized in the Holy Lake."
"For example, Vice Sect Leader Wu Dong and Vice Sect Leader Annette, who you killed earlier, had both undergone the baptism of the Sacred Pool. Many parts of their bodies have already changed, and they can no longer be considered as true humans."
"Really?"
Jiang He recalled the two Cardinals he had killed and shook his head, saying, "I killed them too quickly and didn't notice their appearances. By the way, where are the Holy Children of the Sky Demon Cult? I haven't killed many Holy Children of the Sky Demon Cult, and I didn't even talk to them before I killed them, so I don't know them well. "
Yan Dehao was speechless.
He looked up at Jiang He in surprise.
Isn't there a problem with your choice of words?
What do you mean you haven't killed many Holy Children of the Sky Demon Cult? After all, the Sky Demon Cult had only groomed nine Holy Children, and one of them had died overseas two months ago. Of the remaining eight, you've killed three today, not to mention the Flowing Cloud Holy Child …
And that's not killing many?
Jiang He complained wildly inwardly.
Then, Yan Dehao said, "The selection process for the Holy Children of the Sky Demon Cult is very special. It is said that a thousand ordinary boys and girls with the same birth date and horoscope are thrown into the Holy Lake, and the nine who survive would become Holy Children and be groomed by the cult."
"Every Holy Child cultivates the Sky Demon Arcanum … of course, the Sky Demon Cult calls it the Sky Sage Arcanum."
Out of a thousand, nine hundred and ninety-one had died?
Killing intent flashed in Jiang He's eyes then. The Sky Demon Cult … all the more reason to kill them.
"One last question. Where is the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters?"
Yan Dehao shook his head, saying, "I don't know."
Jiang He frowned in confusion. "You've infiltrated the Sky Demon Cult for years, but have you never been to their headquarters?"
"I've been staying at the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters for years."
"But I don't think many in the Sky Demon Cult know where it is. The Sky Demon Cult is located in a great canyon surrounded by mountains on all sides, which is obscured by poisonous miasma that wafts all year round. There's no way to determine the general location of the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters based on the surroundings."
"The miasma is so frightening that even rank-nines wouldn't last long in there."
"Oh?"
Jiang He appeared thoughtful and smiled. "There aren't many canyons in the country, right? We just have to search them one by one. That shouldn't be difficult for elites, right? Moreover, you mentioned that the miasma is dense outside the canyon. Wouldn't that be even more obvious? "
"Minister Wang must have searched it long ago."
Yan Dehao flashed a pained smile. "I suspect that the miasma is not natural, but man-made by the Sky Demon Cult's Saint to obscure vision. Moreover, there must be something outside the canyon that keeps the miasma away, and the fact that it never wafted into the canyon over the years is proof."
"You can't see the surroundings even when you enter or leave the canyon?"
Jiang He asked again.
He should be able to determine the general location from the surroundings.
"I can't tell."
Yan Dehao replied with a stern expression, "We use a special passage to enter and exit the canyon. It's similar to the entrance of the ruin we just entered. As long as we activate our identity token and pour our aura into it, we can instantly appear in the outside world. It's the same when we enter the canyon. When we arrive at a designated location, we activate our identity token and pour our aura into it to instantly enter the canyon."
Jiang He did a double take.
He only came to his senses after a long while.
Pausing between each word, he said somberly, "An array? Moreover, it's something like a teleportation array? "
"Eh?"
Yan Dehao was a little confused.
An array? A spatial portal?
What the hell was that?
Jiang He waved him off, saying, "You might not have read xianxia or fantasy novels, so it's normal that you don't know about arrays … If my hunch is right, the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters should be protected by an array, and the miasma is probably a manifestation of it. As for Minister Wang's search … it's normal that he couldn't find it if the array has the ability to block detection or illusory realms."
Yan Dehao was left utterly confused by that.
While the Era of Qi Refinists was proven to have existed, no immortal arts had been discovered until now, and it made sense that martial arts cultivators would not have heard of such knowledge.
Jiang He thought then.
After figuring out the possibility of an array, his mind became much more open, and he asked, "Grandmaster Yan, did you teleport out of the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters not too far away?"
"Was the designated location when you entered the headquarters similar to where you teleported out?"
Yan Dehao's eyes lit up after some thought and he said, "It really is. I've entered and exited the canyon several times, and though the location I entered and exited was different, the distance between each location should not be more than fifty kilometers."
"That's right."
Jiang He laughed out loud. "It seems that the array has a limit to its teleportation range. If my hunch is right, the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters should be within fifty kilometers of where you teleported."
"That's impossible!"
Yan Dehao exclaimed. "The location I teleported out was a barren plain with no mountains nearby, and the canyon where the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters is surrounded by mountains!"
"What if those mountains are illusory realms created by the array?"
Jiang He said with a smile, but soon became worried.
"There's actually an array protecting the Sky Demon Cult's headquarters, and it sounds awesome … could the Saint of the Sky Demon Cult be a cultivator?"
That possibility …
Was not small!
Even if he was not a cultivator, he was a lackey of the Sky Demon Cult. Who knew if he had cultivated some special technique?
"I'm a martial arts newbie … a beginner in immortal arts …"
"Alright, I'm divine-tier in martial arts and have condensed my Golden Pellet, which means I've more or less reached the threshold of martial arts and immortal arts. Even so, could I win against the mysterious Saint of the Sky Demon Cult?"
Array …
Array …
That gave Jiang He a lot of inspiration.
Jiang He's eyes slowly lit up.
As an Immortal Cultivator, how could he not know about formations?
And as a sword cultivator, he should know about sword arrays, should he not?
"Should I wait until I get home and quietly farm for a few days to improve my ability, and then plant a sword array or something before going after the Sky Demon Cult?"
"Damn it!"
"Why hasn't Cheng Dongfeng brought Dumbo and Trumbo over?"
"I should have flown over to get them if I knew!"
Cheng Dongfeng, Duan Tianhe, and the others only arrived outside Mount Dadong when it was almost daybreak.
Both Cheng Dongfeng and Duan Tianhe were wearing combat suits and weapons, looking somber as they led over twenty Martial Arts Department (MAD) personnel, saying, "Everyone, let's enter the mountain together. Remember, there are countless Ferals in Mount Dadong and danger lurks everywhere, so be careful!"
Dumbo, however, sneered. "Careful, my foot. My master is at Mount Dadong, which makes it the safest place in the world. Don't you two cowards understand that?"
Both Cheng Dongfeng and Duan Tianhe did a double take.
It seemed …
That made sense.
Given Jiang He's personality, everyone would believe it if he said that he had cut down every Feral on Mount Dadong.
Cheng Dongfeng agreed inwardly, but his mouth was unforgiving, and he flatly said, "You're just a dog. What do you know?"
He and Dumbo were now at loggerheads, barking at each other all the way.
"Bow-ow-ow-ow-ow!!!"
Dumbo barked wildly and abruptly drew its sword, brandishing it with its paws and slashing out. A streak of Sword Qi plowed a trench beneath Cheng Dongfeng's feet, and Dumbo barked angrily, "Who are you looking down on, you donkey?"
"Come, come, fight me for three hundred rounds if you can … don't pull me, Trumbo. I'm going to teach this donkey a lesson today!"
What the hell!
Duan Tianhe rubbed his eyes.
What the hell did I just see?
A dog could actually use Sword Qi?
Cheng Dongfeng, on the other hand, was at a loss for words … Did I hear that right?
A dog is actually clamoring to teach me how to be a human?
(PS: This is awkward. The first two chapters were said to be crowdfunding for fan titles, but not many people participated in the end. The highest number of comments and likes in those chapters did not even exceed two digits. The ID is [Drunk Holding a Lantern and Gazing at the Grey Mountain]. Boss, you should join the book group. Once you're in the group, send me a private message to get a red packet. As for the fan title event, I'll discuss it with the COO and see how it goes.)
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