Sitting opposite Chen Heng, Hou Juan fell silent for a long time before lightly sighing and forcing out a smile.
"The Sect's Minor Competition is about to begin; would Senior Apprentice Brother be interested …"
Looking at Chen Heng sitting in front of her, she asked softly.
The Sect's Minor Competition was a rule in the Flowing Cloud Sect.
The Flowing Cloud Sect had a major competition every three years and a minor competition every one and a half years.
Among them, the Grand Competition was the path that outer disciples had to take in order to be promoted to the inner court.
Only by defeating the other outer disciples and performing outstandingly in the competition would they be able to enter the inner sect and become an inner disciple.
As for the minor competition, it was not as important. However, for ordinary disciples, it was a good opportunity to test their cultivation.
In the minor competition, the entire sect would take out some precious spirit stones and the like to reward the winner.
Cultivators would fight for anything, and they would naturally not let go of such a rare opportunity.
As such, over the past few days, many people had been paying close attention to this, wanting to show off their skills.
From Chen Heng's actions, Hou Juan naturally felt that he wanted to participate in this competition as well.
"We'll see when the time comes."
Chen Heng said casually, not giving any concrete answers.
The so-called Sect's Minor Competition was an opportunity for the other cultivators in the Flowing Cloud Sect, but it was not much to him.
The so-called training was not of much use to him.
As for the rewards from the competition, they were even more laughable to him. They were basically useless.
His participation in this competition was not of much use to him.
To him, it did not matter if he participated or not.
There were no benefits or drawbacks.
After sending Hou Juan off, Chen Heng turned and headed towards the Spirit Formation, preparing to cultivate.
The familiar place still looked the same as before. There weren't many people inside at the moment, and only a few familiar faces.
Looking at Chen Heng, these people all had looks of respect on their faces, seeming very respectful towards him.
This was only natural.
Half a year had passed, and Chen Heng had long since become famous.
Anyone who saw him would not dare to look down on him.
Just as he was about to enter and find a place to cultivate, he suddenly stopped.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait."
A voice suddenly came from not far away, and then suddenly landed.
Hearing this voice, Chen Heng paused for a moment before continuing onwards, showing no intention of stopping.
"Hey, fellow cultivator!"
Behind Chen Heng, that person seemed to be quite nervous and hurriedly said, "Could you please wait?"
This time, as this person spoke, he strode forwards, blocking in front of Chen Heng. Even if Chen Heng wanted to ignore him, he could not do anything.
Thus, he stopped helplessly and looked at the person in front of him. "What is it?"
In front of him stood a young man.
The young man looked quite ordinary and wore a white robe. He had long hair and did not look too old. He stood there and cupped his hands as he said, "Fellow daoist, I have something to ask; would fellow daoist be interested …"
"What is it?"
Chen Heng did not even raise his head as he asked.
"I've heard that no one in the outer sect can compare to your skill in crafting weapons. Thus, I'd like to ask you to craft a weapon for me."
The young man smiled as he said, "The reward is negotiable."
"I've heard that sir wants a piece of Nine Heavens White Jade to craft a weapon?"
"I just so happen to have one …"
"You do?"
Hearing this, Chen Heng felt quite surprised.
He wanted to find a piece of Nine Heavens White Jade so that he could refine a magic tool that belonged solely to him.
He wanted to use this magic tool to assist in his cultivation. Most of the materials needed for it had already been collected. The only thing missing was a piece of white jade, which he had yet to find.
He had never thought that this person would have one.
As Chen Heng thought to himself, he could not help but feel a bit interested.
As such, he thought for a moment before nodding, "If you really do have a piece of white jade, it's not impossible."
Hearing this, the young man let out a sigh of relief and nodded.
Standing there, he chatted with Chen Heng for a while and told him about the details of the transaction before hurriedly leaving.
Looking at the young man's hurried figure, Chen Heng thought to himself before continuing onwards and walking into the Spirit Formation.
.....
"Is this the place?"
A few days later, Chen Heng walked out of the Flowing Cloud Sect and came to a market outside the Flowing Cloud Sect.
This market had been established by the Flowing Cloud Sect to make it convenient for the Flowing Cloud Sect's disciples to trade. However, it had attracted many independent cultivators, forming this market.
After walking in, Chen Heng saw the surrounding scenery, and it was quite lively.
As Chen Heng walked around, he looked around.
Strictly speaking, this was not the first time he had come to this place; he had come here many times in the past.
In the past six months, he had even set up a shop here and started his business.
People hurriedly walked past, and some of them gave off spirit energy auras, making them seem quite unique.
This was also the place where the transaction would take place.
"Are you sure that person will come?"
Within a room, a voice sounded out.
The young man who had come to find Chen Heng sat there cross-legged, looking as if he was meditating. He looked incredibly calm.
Hearing the voice in the room, he did not feel surprised at all and replied softly, "Of course he'll come.
We already agreed on it, so there's naturally no problem. "
"Are you sure there's no problem with the person you chose?"
Within the room, that strange voice once again sounded out, "You don't have many demonic seeds, so if you use them in the wrong place, it will be very troublesome …"
"Don't worry."
The young man gave a cold smile, "I've been observing him for a long time.
"This guy is definitely one of the rare geniuses in the Sky Cloud Martial School's outer court."
His reputation has spread far and wide over the past half a year.
In at most half a year, he'll be able to enter the Inner Court and become an Inner Court Disciple.
Of course, that's not the main point.
A mere Inner Court Disciple is not much to us, but he knows how to refine magic tools and will definitely be highly regarded by many people in the future. It will be easier for us to gather information.
As long as we can control him, we'll be able to do some things easily. "
He smiled before saying, "Of course, even if that doesn't work, if we can control a Forging Grandmaster, it won't be a loss."
"What do you think?"
"Not bad."
Within the room, the person in hiding spoke softly, seeming to agree with the young man's actions.
After a while, the young man's evil aura receded and he returned to his normal appearance before walking out.
"Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang."
Not too long after walking out of the room, he saw Chen Heng.
"Senior Apprentice Brother is indeed punctual."
Looking at Chen Heng, he smiled and looked incredibly sincere.
Chen Heng looked at him and did not say much before saying, "Lead the way."
Hearing this, the young man nodded, turned around, and walked to the side.
Soon, they came to another place.
In front of them was a spacious space with pill furnaces burning all around. There were all sorts of common tools for refining tools here.
Chen Heng looked at the decorations around him and nodded.
"Did you bring the things?"
"They're all prepared."
The young man smiled and took out all sorts of things.
At the side, all kinds of things were placed there, and it seemed to be quite complete.
Looking at these things, Chen Heng turned and thought to himself.
He had come prepared.
Chen Heng thought to himself.
It was not an easy task to gather a complete set of materials needed for crafting a weapon.
And yet, this place was even more complete than Chen Heng's place.
This could not be described as having been prepared.
This young man's identity was most likely not simple at all.
He was quite a character.
This thought flashed through his mind. Then, he walked to the side and started to fight right in front of the young man.
The golden spirit flame shined brightly and started to burn.
As the spirit flame burned, he threw in all sorts of materials, and under his control, they started to melt.
The refining of the magic tool began.
Seeing Chen Heng start to work, the young man called Liu He's expression became serious.
Even though he had decided to make Chen Heng his target, he still had to observe him for a while.
The demon lord's demon seeds were limited and could not be wasted.
If one's talent was not high enough, there was no need to control him.
As such, it was necessary to observe him.
As such, he started to seriously observe Chen Heng's actions.
Soon, the look in his eyes changed.
"This … What an exquisite technique …"
Looking at Chen Heng's actions and his unique skills, his expression slightly changed as he inwardly sighed, "Even a so-called master refiner is probably only like this."
What he did not know was that Chen Heng had once been a master refiner.
He had never seen other master refiners, and he felt that the master refiners he had seen in the past were nothing compared to Chen Heng.
Only after a while did he come back to his senses and become more resolute.
An invisible black thread spread out from a corner and gradually spread towards Chen Heng's body.
When the black thread reached Chen Heng's body, Chen Heng's movements paused for a moment before returning to normal.
It was as if nothing had happened at all.
Seeing this, Liu He gave a slight smile, feeling quite delighted.
As for Chen Heng, his expression was just as calm and silent as before, as if he did not feel anything at all.
He finished crafting the magic tool in silence, then stood up and looked at Liu He in front of him.
In just a short period of time, his body seemed to go through some changes.
A wisp of indescribable evil energy appeared on his body and spread throughout his body.
As if he was affected by the evil aura, his expression became somewhat stiff. His entire body seemed to have undergone some strange changes, and there were some inexplicable changes.
However, he still maintained his previous appearance as if he hadn't noticed anything at all.
"The commission is complete."
Standing there, his expression was cold and his body was filled with evil qi as he looked at Liu He, "Where's my reward?"
"Of course it's been prepared."
Looking at Chen Heng, Liu He smiled and said softly, "Many thanks, Senior Apprentice Brother.
I'll be counting on you in the future … "
He said with a chuckle, as if he was implying something.
Following this, he placed an exquisite wooden box in Chen Heng's hands.
Chen Heng instinctively opened it and looked inside.
Inside the wooden box was a piece of pure white jade. It was extremely sparkling and translucent. It was exceptionally beautiful and seemed to contain some kind of unknown spiritual Qi. With just a glance, one couldn't help but feel that it was extraordinary.
It was the Nine Heavens White Jade.
To cultivators, the Nine Heavens White Jade was an incredibly rare material for refining tools. Even if it was not used to refine magic tools and was used to support one's cultivation, it was still a good material.
It was an incredibly rare item.
After putting it away, Chen Heng looked at Liu He and nodded. He did not say anything else before turning and leaving.
After Chen Heng's figure gradually disappeared, Liu He gave a slight smile and returned to the room.
"How was it?"
Within the room, that voice continued to echo out.
"It's done."
Liu He gave a resplendent smile that could not be concealed, "The demonic seed has been planted, and it will sprout in a few months.
"When that time comes, this person will be a member of my Demon Sect."
"Not bad."
Within the room, that voice seemed to be nodding.
"I just don't know how the others are doing."
Speaking to there, a look of pity appeared on Liu He's face, "It's a pity that we only have one demonic seed, or else we could find a few more people.
"I heard that the Nine Links Sect's progress has been quite smooth, and they've even taken control of a few Elders.
"I wonder how we're doing."
"It should be soon."
Within the room, that voice continued to echo out, "It's just a small country's Sect; it's nothing to our Demon Sect.
"As long as we do something, we'll be able to take them down.
"If it wasn't for the fact that Sect Master was worried about the Heaven Light Sect finding out, we wouldn't have to go through so much trouble."
"That's right."
Liu He sighed softly, but then he smiled. "But this isn't bad."
Let's take it slow. "
Elsewhere.
After Chen Heng walked out of Liu He's room, all of the demonic qi around him disappeared, as did all of the abnormalities. It was as if nothing had happened.
It was as if he had not sensed anything and just walked out.
After walking out of that place, Chen Heng thought back to that sigh and thought to himself.
"How troublesome."
He had clearly sensed everything that had just happened.
When that demonic seed had taken effect on his body, he had sensed that something was off, but he had not done anything because he wanted to see just what Liu He wanted to do.
However, it seemed that there was a problem with that person's identity.
"Demonic qi … someone from the Demon Sect?"
As he walked, Chen Heng thought back to that feeling.
When that demonic seed had wrapped around his body, he had felt that he had lost control of his magic power, and his control over his body had gradually weakened.
This feeling was very faint, and ordinary people would not have been able to sense it at all.
After that, the bit of demonic Qi on his body hid inside his body and was silently replacing the mana in his body, using his own mana to hide.
"Not bad."
Chen Heng could not help but nod, "If it really was a spirit refinement cultivator, they would not be able to sense anything at all and would be silently affected. Their magic power would be slowly devoured and devoured.
That unique magic power would devour his own magic power and even use his own magic power to hide itself, making it so that the cultivator would not be able to sense it at all.
A cultivator's control over their magic power would become weaker and weaker, and even though they would not be able to sense it normally, at a critical moment, their control over their magic power would disappear.
After losing their magic power, a cultivator would be at the mercy of others.
This was only what Chen Heng had seen so far.
As for what other abilities it had, he did not know.
However, judging from the current situation, these strange demonic auras should also have the effect of controlling others.
As the demonic qi continued to grow, it would affect a cultivator's soul, and it might even form a new soul in the cultivator's body.
With this new soul working together with the demonic qi, it would not be impossible for it to devour the original owner at a critical moment.
When that happened, the cultivator would become a completely different person.
"What an ingenious move …"
Sensing the demonic qi in his body, Chen Heng inwardly nodded, "If I really was an ordinary Spirit Refinement cultivator, I would have fallen for it."
This demonic qi was of a very high quality, and an ordinary Spirit Refinement cultivator would not be able to sense it or expel it.
Only someone of a higher level would be able to sense it and expel it.
Perhaps this was one of the reasons why the other party had targeted him and not anyone else.
After all, his performance had been quite outstanding, and he was still in the Spirit Refinement stage, which could be controlled.
As long as he could directly control him now, after a period of time, when the demonic qi in his body had grown to a certain extent, he would become even more invisible.
When that time came, even if Chen Heng reached Foundation Building, it would not matter.
He would still be able to control him.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head, not knowing what to say.
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