On an inconspicuous hill, there was a strange, ugly tree full of sarcomas.
This tree was called the Demon Blood Tree. It could devour the blood Qi evaporated from the Blood Demon Lake to cultivate and grow. If the Demon Blood Tree was over a hundred years old, the sarcomas on it had a chance to condense a soul and transform into a Blood Demon Body, becoming a member of the Blood Demon Tribe. This was also one of the origins of the Blood Demon Tribe.
Under a withered Demon Blood Tree, there was a space entrance. From time to time, all kinds of human powerhouses entered and exited.
This was a secret stronghold of the Ji Family. Those who entered and exited were the core disciples of the Ji Family and the geniuses of their vassal families.
No one in this world knew more about the Human Emperor Mystic Realm than the Ji Family.
Even though the Human Emperor Sword Seal was only passed down once every few hundred or thousand years, the ancestors of the Ji Family had already explored more than half of the Human Emperor Mystic Realm for hundreds of thousands of years.
These disciples of the Ji Family walked the path of their ancestors. Naturally, they had a much easier time than those outsiders who knew nothing about the Human Emperor Mystic Realm.
During this period of time, under the encirclement of the Shadow Demon Tribe powerhouses, the human prodigies had suffered heavy losses. More than half of them had already died in this demonic land.
However, the Ji Family had only lost less than 30 people. Compared to the more than 2,000 Ji Family disciples and their vassal disciples, this was negligible.
In the experience of the Ji Family ancestors, the Blood Demon Tribe was one of the weaker tribes of the Demon Tribe. They were also very territorial and generally did not wander around.
As long as they stayed in the vast forest outside the Blood Demon Tribe, even a True Energy Realm warrior could easily complete the mission of killing a million demons.
This was mainly because the surrounding Demon Blood Trees were actually a type of Demon Tribe. They also had life, but before they grew to a hundred years old, they were not aggressive at all. Killing them was effortless.
In these short ten days, more than a dozen people were about to complete the mission of killing a million demons. They could enter the next stage of the test at any time.
To put it bluntly, they had only cut down nearly a million trees.
Of course, for the Ji Family disciples, passing the test was not their goal. They were thinking about how to obtain more opportunities in this mystic realm.
After all, there was only one owner of the Human Emperor Sword. If they only focused on the Human Emperor Sword and it ended up in someone else's hands, wouldn't they have to return empty-handed?
In addition to the Human Emperor Sword Print, there were many other hidden opportunities in the Human Emperor Secret Territory. The Blood Pool in Demon Blood City was one of them.
Apart from the core disciples of the Ji Family, very few people knew that the blood in the Blood Washing Pool was actually a kind of poisonous blood that the Bloodthirsty Devil Kun produced during its daily cultivation. It was worthless in the eyes of the Devil Kun.
However, this kind of poisonous blood was a rare treasure to other Blood Devils, Devils, and even other races.
It was not an exaggeration to say that this kind of poisonous blood could cleanse one's bloodline magics, or even a born Taoism aptitude. However, the probability of this happening was very small. Out of tens of thousands of people, there might not even be one person who could obtain this opportunity.
However, even if one couldn't obtain a Divine Power or a Dao Body, this kind of poisonous blood had other benefits. It could strengthen one's physical body, cleanse impurities, and make the physical body more compatible with one's own Dao, greatly increasing one's cultivation potential. This was something that all martial artists dreamed of.
While Ning Fengqiu, Nie Pianer, and the others were painstakingly planning for the Blood Washing Pool, the Ji Family wasn't anxious at all.
This was because they already knew how to deal with the Devil Kun. However, they weren't in a hurry to make a move.
Currently, most of the disciples of the Ji Family were busy searching for and killing Demonic Blood Trees to accumulate the number of Devils they had slain.
Only when most of the disciples of the Ji Family were close to completing their mission would the Ji Family make a move on Demonic Blood City.
Of course, they didn't think of killing the Devil Kun and killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
After all, if the Devil Kun died, the Blood Washing Pool would also cease to exist. The Ji Family would never do something like cutting off the path of their future generations.
In a valley 100 miles away from the Ji Family's stronghold, Ji Xueyan was searching for Demonic Blood Trees with a junior sister from the Demonic Shadow Sect.
"Senior Sister Ji, this area has been searched many times. It seems like there won't be any more. Let's go to a further place to search," suggested Ji Xueyan's junior sister.
Ji Xueyan smiled slightly. "That's not necessarily true! Plants like the Demonic Blood Trees grow very quickly. Sometimes, they can grow from nothing to a foot tall in just a few hours. Look, there are only a few that have just sprouted! Xiaolian, these few trees are yours. Go and cut them down! "
"Wow! It's true! That's great! "
Jin Xiaolian cheered and ran forward quickly. She used her fingers like a sword and waved them easily. With a swoosh, the few Demonic Blood Trees that had just sprouted were cut down.
After her excitement, Jin Xiaolian's expression turned bitter. She said worriedly, "Senior Sister Ji, I've already slain 76,350 Devil Kun, but there are still so many more! How long do I have to cut them down? "
Ji Xueyan shook her head and pinched Xiaolian's cheeks. She joked, "Stinky girl, you should be content! Cutting down these Demonic Blood Trees is already a shortcut. If you really had to slay a million Devils, I'm afraid you'll spend your entire life here. It's hard to say if you can even survive this round! "
"Alright!"
"Let's go. Let's go to a further mountain forest to search. There are really too few trees here …"
Ji Xueyan and Jin Xiaolian held hands and gradually walked into the distance.
Not long after they left, a tall figure quietly emerged from the ground.
Lin Xuan looked at Ji Xueyan's departing figure and then looked at the Demonic Blood Trees that had been cut in two. His expression was strange.
"Damn, this young master risked his life in the Devil Race's territory in order to slay a million Devils. But these spoiled brats of the Ji Family actually passed by cutting down trees. This, this is simply …"
Lin Xuan was speechless.
However, it was not the time to think about this. He followed Ji Xueyan and Jin Xiaolian from afar. He wanted to see what kind of danger Ji Xueyan would encounter.
Ji Xueyan and Jin Xiaolian walked and stopped, casually cutting down the Demonic Blood Trees that they encountered. In less than an hour, they had cut down over three hundred Demonic Blood Trees.
Gradually, the two women went further and further away from the stronghold, and they encountered more Demonic Blood Trees. At the same time, they also encountered many Ji Family disciples who were looking for Demonic Blood Trees.
Most of these Ji Family disciples did not know each other, but as long as they showed their identity tokens, they would not attack each other. Most of them would silently avoid each other. However, if they encountered people who were not from the Ji Family, they would not hesitate to kill them.
After a while, Ji Xueyan and Jin Xiaolian arrived at a valley surrounded by lush trees and clouds.
At this moment, an extraordinarily handsome young man came out from the depths of the valley and went straight to Ji Xueyan.
"Xue Yan, you're here too?"
The young man's eyes were bright as he looked at Ji Xueyan with a trace of unconcealable adoration.
Ji Xueyan was a little surprised. She smiled and said, "Big Brother Xi, you're here too!"
The young man smiled warmly and said, "Yes! I've been in this valley for the past three days. The space here is huge, and there are many Demonic Blood Trees growing here. However, there aren't only trees here. There are also many Blood Demons who have not gone to the Demonic Blood Lake. Therefore, this place is more dangerous than the outside.
Of course, these Blood Demons are mostly Level 3 and below. As long as you're careful, it won't be too dangerous. Let's go, I'll bring you to the depths to take a look … "
A hundred meters behind them, Lin Xuan hid behind an ancient tree and quietly observed the young man.
That person was handsome and had an outstanding temperament. His cultivation was at the Middle Level of the Heavenly Transformation Realm, and he had a sunny smile on his face. It was easy for people to have a good impression of him.
However, Lin Xuan secretly frowned. He was very unhappy with this guy's appearance.
This was not because he had other thoughts about Ji Xueyan, but because his voice gave Lin Xuan a sense of deja vu.
"This guy's surname is Xi? Could it be … Xi Junyi? "
Lin Xuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He recalled the voice that was filled with hostility towards him when he first entered the Ice Prison of the Demon Sealing Stream. If this guy was Xi Junyi, then his hostility towards him was most likely because of Ji Xueyan.
Lin Xuan smiled playfully as a cold light flashed across his eyes.
"Big Brother Xi, if you have something to do, go ahead. Xiaolian and I can go in by ourselves."
"Xue Yan, you don't have to be so courteous with me. Moreover, I'm about to complete my goal, so I don't have much to do.
Just yesterday, I discovered an area with dense Demonic Blood Trees. I don't need it now. Since you're here, I'll bring you there to take a look. I guarantee that you'll be able to complete your goal in less than two days … "
"This … Then I'll have to trouble Big Brother Xi."
Ji Xueyan and Jin Xiaolian walked towards the depths of the valley under the guidance of the young man.
Lin Xuan's guess was right. This young man was Xi Junyi. He was a direct descendant of the Xi Family, a vassal family of the Ji Family.
Xi Junyi and Ji Xueyan studied in the same school since young and practiced martial arts in the same martial arts hall. It was only when they were twelve that they entered the Fiery Demon Sect and the Shadow Demon Sect respectively.
Xi Junyi had been interested in Ji Xueyan since he was ten years old. Ji Xueyan was not only beautiful and talented, she was also the direct descendant of the Ji Family. If he could marry Ji Xueyan as his wife, Xi Junyi's status in the Xi Family would skyrocket and he would receive more support from the family.
Therefore, he always tried to find ways to get close to Ji Xueyan. Even after they entered different sects, Xi Junyi never stopped paying attention to Ji Xueyan.
He had investigated Ji Xueyan's relationship with Lin Xuan in the Northern Wilderness. Therefore, he had long seen Lin Xuan as a strong competitor.
It was also because of this that he purposely made things difficult for Lin Xuan in the Ice Prison of the Demon Sealing Stream. If Ji Wenfeng had not arrived, he even thought of using the Ice Prison's restriction to completely eliminate Lin Xuan.
Later, when he learned that Ji Xueyan and Lin Xuan had engaged in love at Lover's Peak, he was even more jealous and wanted to tear Lin Xuan into pieces.
However, before he could do anything, the Human Emperor Secret Territory had opened. He could only put this matter aside.
However, he had already made up his mind. No matter what, he had to do everything he could to get Ji Xueyan in the Human Emperor Secret Territory. Even if he had to resort to unscrupulous means, this might be his last chance.
Seeing Xi Junyi, Ji Xueyan, and Jin Xiaolian walking away, Lin Xuan sank into the ground and was about to follow them.
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