Volume 1 The Four Sages of Kuanglu Chapter 568 The Demon State
Xugu Zhenren continued, "Of course, the old Taoist also knew that Junior Brother Li was not a cultivator of this temple, but a guest elder. He didn't have to be sent by the old Taoist, so the old Taoist would not let Junior Brother Li work hard in vain. Since the old Taoist took charge of the Three Pure Land, he has collected some treasures one after another. For the old Taoist's current cultivation level, these treasures are valuable, but they are all external things and are not very useful. If Junior Brother Li has any needs, he might as well say it bluntly."
Li Muran's heart moved and said, "I heard that Senior Brother Xugu has a large piece of gold in his hand. Is there anything wrong with this?
True Man Xugu was stunned and nodded immediately: "I didn't expect that Junior Brother Li's news is so well-informed. The old Taoist does have a piece of gold that is as big as a fist, with a weight of more than three thousand kilograms. In this world, such a large piece of gold is rare. Since Junior Brother Li spoke, the old Taoist will not be petty. When Junior Brother Li returned from the demon clan successfully, the old Taoist gifted the gold to his junior brother."
Li Muran was overjoyed when he heard this, immediately thanked him, and happily agreed to the matter of going to the demon clan.
The true man Xugu smiled slightly and ordered Fairy Yun, "Junior Sister Yun, although your cultivation is better than Junior Brother Li, you have been practicing in this temple for many years, with very few travels. And Junior Brother Li is a casual cultivator who travels from many places and has extensive knowledge. Therefore, during this trip, discuss everything with Junior Brother Li, and do not act irresistibly."
Speaking of this, Master Xugu sighed lightly and said with a change of topic: "There are more than 20 elders in this temple, but in terms of age and potential, Junior Sister Yun is younger and has the greatest potential; maybe in hundreds of years, Junior Sister Yun will be in charge of Junior Sister Yun. The old Taoist is not worried about Junior Sister Yun's cultivation and strength. He just feels that Junior Sister Yun's experience is a little lacking and it will be difficult to compete with the cunning fellow Taoists in the future. This time, the demon clan is also regarded as a training. Junior Sister should be more careful and adapt to the situation."
"Yes, follow the teachings of senior brothers," Fairy Yun replied respectfully.
A few days later, Li Muran and Fairy Yun quietly left Sanqing Temple and flew to Yaozhou Prefecture, located in the southeast of the Middle-earth Power.
In the world of immortal cultivation, Yaozhou Prefecture has another nickname called "Demon State".
In the Yaozhou, there are mostly mountains and dense forests, with poisonous snakes and wild animals rampant, which is not suitable for mortals to live in. Therefore, the Yaozhou is very large, but the population is the smallest state among the eighteen states.
In the Demon State, there are amazing numbers of monsters. However, these monsters are relatively quiet and dare not harm mortals in the territory; and human cultivators are not allowed to hunt monsters in the Demon State.
This regulation is the agreement made by the human cultivators and the demon clan of the Central Earth power, and has lasted for thousands of years.
During this period, some monsters have occurred in the injuring of people. Once it occurs, the human immortal cultivation world will send masters to kill the injured monsters to show punishment. If human cultivators dare to break into the demon state to hunt monsters, it would be fine if they are not discovered. Once discovered by high-level monsters, they will be like seeking death.
Most of the demon clans in Central China are concentrated in the territory of the demon state, and the demon cultivators in other places are also sporadically divided into some demon valleys, making it difficult to form a climate. However, the demon cultivators who are transformed in the body above the true body stage basically come from the demon state.
This information was learned by Li Muran from Fairy Yun. Li Muran still had limited knowledge of the immortal cultivation world of the Middle Earth Power. Among the ten thousand books left by Taoist Tianxuan, none of them were books that talked about the customs and customs of the Middle Earth Power today. I believe that for Taoist Tianxuan, these are common sense and are not worthy of being included in his collection.
After Li Muran and Fairy Yun flew into the Demon State, they did not rush to find the place where the demon clan gathered, but flew to a mortal town.
"There is no larger human immortal cultivation sect in the Demon State, nor is there a large mortal city. This Hanshan City is already the largest human city here." Fairy Yun said.
Li Muran looked down at this Hanshan City from a high altitude and found that its size was only one-tenth of that of other prefecture-level cities, with a smaller population.
"It's indeed desolate here." Li Muran nodded and asked, "But why do we both come here first?"
Fairy Yun smiled slightly and said, "Outside Hanshan City, there is a Taoist temple, which is where the human law enforcement monks are located."
"Law Enforcement Cultivator?" Li Muran was stunned.
Fairy Yun explained: "The so-called law enforcement monks are those who are guarding this place by our major sects. Most high-level monsters know the rules and generally dare not act randomly, for fear that some low-level monsters with too low intelligence will lose control and intend to harm mortals. Therefore, some law enforcement monks are in charge, so there is no need to worry that those monsters will cause too much disaster. The responsibility of these law enforcement monks is to protect the mortals nearby. On the one hand, they prevent mortals from entering the places where monsters gather, and on the other hand, they also have to kill those low-level monsters that hurt people."
"Since we are going to visit the demon clan, we might as well meet these law enforcement monks first. They are more familiar with the environment here and know a lot about the demon clan."
"So that's it." Li Muran nodded. He completely agreed with Fairy Yun's approach.
Not long after, the two landed in front of a Taoist temple on Hanshan.
There are quite a few pilgrims here, most of whom are older believers.
Li Muran and Fairy Yun turned into two old men and women, and mixed among these mortals and entered the Taoist temple. There were many mortals passing by them, but who would have thought that they would have missed a true master of immortal cultivation.
After entering the Taoist temple, the two of them went straight to the inner hall at the deepest point, where there was a marble screen with mountains and rivers. When ordinary mortals came here, they had no place to go and could only return the same way. However, the cultivators could find that the screen was a light curtain that required only a little magic power to stimulate.
There was no one around. Li Muran stretched out his finger and a flash of inspiration penetrated into the screen. A faint layer of inspiration immediately appeared on the surface of the screen, and the screen became transparent.
Li Muran and Fairy Yun immediately flashed and sank into the screen.
The next moment, they had already arrived at the backyard of Hanshan Taoist Temple, where law enforcement monks gathered here to practice on weekdays.
The first thing the two of them saw was a middle-aged man in the early stage of Dharma. After seeing Li Muran and others, he was slightly stunned and did not understand how the two old mortal men and women with no magic power entered here.
But then the two men's appearance changed drastically, and an astonishing wave of vitality spread out on their bodies, which surprised the middle-aged man even more.
"Ah, they are two seniors in the true form." The middle-aged man hurriedly saluted respectfully and said, "I am the third brother of Yue from the Sword Crafting Sect, see the two seniors."
"No need to be polite," said Fairy Yun. She turned to Li Muran and introduced: "The Sword Crown Sect is a large sect affiliated to the Seven Sword Sect. The leader of the Sword Crown Sect is an elder named Mo of the Seven Sword Sect."
Li Muran nodded. The Seven Sword Sect is as famous as the Sanqing Temple, Yuhua Palace, Xuling Sect, and Leiyin Temple, and is also known as the five super sects of the righteous path. Therefore, although Li Muran does not know the Sword Crown Sect, he is well-known for the Seven Sword Sect.
When Yue Laosan heard Fairy Yun’s statement, he became even more respectful: “It turns out that the two seniors knew that their master, Zhenren, didn’t know why the two seniors came to the Demon State? Could it be that a high-level monster violated the agreement between the two demon clans, and that the two seniors actually needed to come and take action to punish him in person?”
Li Muran shook his head and said, "It's not the case. We just want to go to the demon clan and discuss major events with several demon kings in the true period. When we come here today, we will ask you about the demon clan. Do you know what major events have happened in the demon clan recently? Where are the demon kings gathering on weekdays?"
Yue Laosan said with a shameless look: "To be honest, I haven't been here for long. I'll invite Master Yuanjie now. He has been here for the longest time and is also the first law enforcement monk here. I'm afraid only he knows the situation of the demon clan best."
Li Muran nodded and signaled the other party to go and invite someone quickly, and then sat down with Fairy Yun on the main seat of the hall.
After a while, a chubby white-bearded monk came quickly and paid homage to the two: "The little monk Leiyin Temple round ritual, pay homage to the two seniors."
This old monk looks quite old, but he only has the late stage of the Dharma image cultivation, so he is indeed not qualified to call him "old monk" in front of Li Muran and Fairy Yun, so he calls himself "little monk".
"Master Yuanjie, please inform me of the situation of the demon clan here so that I can go to the demon clan to discuss major events." Li Muran said.
"I dare not be in front of my seniors, how dare the little monk regard himself as a master? Please call the little monk's Dharma name directly, Yuan Jie said in a panic: "As for the demon clan here, it is calm, just like in the past, there seems to be nothing unusual. As far as the monk knows, there are more than ten true body demon kings in the demon clan, but there is no real body late existence. The leading demon king has the mid-stage cultivation level..."
"There is definitely no real person in the late stage of the demon clan?" Li Muran interrupted Yuanjie and asked again. Although Li Muran had already heard of this, he still had to confirm it carefully.
"There should be no such existence among the demon clans in the Demon State." Yuan Jie said: "The most powerful place of the demon clan is in the East China Sea cultivation world. It is said that there are many demon clans with extremely high cultivation levels, which are enough to compete with the human race. As for the demon clans, there have been no big demon cultivators in the late stage of the True Body stage for thousands of years."
Li Muran nodded and felt a little relieved. As long as there is no real demon cultivator in the late stage of the real body, with the strength and means of him and Fairy Yun, this trip will not be very dangerous.
Li Muran carefully interrogated some things, and finally left here with Fairy Yun and flew to the place where the Great Demon King was.
Chapter completed!