Volume 1 Volume 6 Chapter 111

Volume 6 Chapter 111: The Disciple

Meanwhile, while Zhang Xusheng was negotiating with Immortal Zizhen, Mr. Liu, and Li Fulu, the other members of the Righteous Alliance were also busy near "Black Glory Valley" outside the Western Desert.

When Zhang Xusheng self-destructed earlier, his body turned into endless filthy blood and countless powerful vengeful souls. To prevent these from spreading and harming the world, after Immortal Zizhen and the others went to chase after Zhang Xusheng, the remaining eleven masters led thousands of Righteous Alliance experts to work together to dispel and destroy these filthy blood and vengeful souls.

However, these vengeful souls and blood were collected by Zhang Xusheng over nearly a thousand years, and it was not easy to disperse them. They were countless in number and extremely powerful, and even with eleven masters and nearly five thousand Righteous Alliance experts working together, it took more than ten days for their task of dispelling and destroying the blood and vengeful souls to gradually reach its conclusion.

At this time, Xu Qingfan’s three disciples, Ting’er, Zhang Ningmei, and Bai Yu, were gathered together, just like everyone else, working to dispel the filthy blood and powerful vengeful souls.

The world was like this; Xu Qingfan was rushing towards "Ronghua Mountain" because the situation was urgent. He moved in a straight line directly towards "Ronghua Mountain." If the situation had not been so urgent, Xu Qingfan could have turned to "Black Glory Valley" first, and from there headed to "Ronghua Mountain." He would have found that the others had not stayed at "Ronghua Mountain" at all, and the events that followed would not have happened.

Unfortunately, even though it was just a slight detour, by the time Xu Qingfan left the Western Desert, the distance between both sides had already stretched to thousands of miles.

At this moment, Ting’er, Zhang Ningmei, and Bai Yu were dispelling the filthy blood and powerful vengeful souls in front of them while engaging in deep conversation.

Bai Yu had the Qiongqi bloodline, and these now less solid blood and vengeful souls posed little threat to him. With just a wave of his hand, the blood mist and screaming vengeful souls around him were instantly cleared away. Unbeknownst to them, Bai Yu had already become an expert at the Condensed Core Stage, moving with a sense of ease and confidence.

"Elder martial sister, it has been more than ten days. Why haven’t we seen any sign of our master? Didn’t we learn that Zhang Xusheng’s main base is here through our master’s message? I hope nothing has happened to our master."

Bai Yu punched a soul with a green face and sharp teeth into nothingness while frowning and asking.

Zhang Ningmei practiced the "Great Method of Extinguishing Gods." Even though she was at the Fake Golden Core Stage, under her much stronger divine sense, her power was not less than that of a Real Golden Core Stage cultivator. Although she had no way to deal with the filthy blood mist, she saw silver light flashing in her eyes, and wherever her gaze fell, the sorrowful souls vanished into gray ash. It seems that the "Great Method of Extinguishing Gods" is powerful not only against cultivators’ divine senses but also against these vengeful souls.

After hearing Bai Yu’s words, a hint of worry flashed in Zhang Ningmei’s eyes, but she said, "Don’t say such things. Our master is very skilled and wise; nothing unexpected will happen."

Although Zhang Ningmei said this, the look of worry in Bai Yu’s eyes did not lessen at all. He murmured, "These blood mist souls are really too troublesome. I wish I could disperse them right away and see what’s inside Zhang Xusheng’s main base."

As he spoke, Bai Yu seemed to remember something. His face turned pale, and he looked at six or seven gigantic, strange corpses in the distance. He then asked Zhang Ningmei, "Elder martial sister, do you think our master hasn’t gone deep into Zhang Xusheng’s main base? If that’s the case…"

Saying this, Bai Yu glanced again at the six or seven gigantic corpses.

It turned out that seven days ago, as they were eliminating the surrounding blood mist souls, a sudden powerful and furious energy burst forth. Before they could react, seven huge openings suddenly appeared in the mountains of the "Black Glory Valley," and seven monsters, each over ten feet tall, rushed out from Zhang Xusheng’s main base. Some had three bull heads, some had countless iron tails on their backs, one resembled a moving blood-colored willow tree, and there was even a tiger-like monster that had eight legs, eight tails, and eight heads.

When they appeared, these demon beasts were covered in blood and bore some severed limbs, as if Zhang Xusheng’s subordinates inside the main base had already been completely slaughtered by them.

These monsters are extremely terrifying. When they appeared, they violently attacked the cultivators in front of them without warning, killing dozens of skilled fighters at the Condensed Core Stage. Many others were injured. Luckily, the other eleven masters quickly responded and, after working together for two to three hours, they managed to defeat these monsters.

Each of these monsters is very powerful, second only to the Mahayana Stage masters. Even the strongest Golden Core Stage fighters, no matter how skilled, such as Hua Xian, Master Wan Shi, and Scholar Qing Song, are far from being their match. Plus, they all have strange and terrifying abilities. If Xu Qingfan were truly inside Zhang Xusheng’s base, he would be in serious danger.

Upon hearing Bai Yu’s words, Zhang Ningmei fell silent. She quickly increased her speed in driving away the vengeful spirits and blood mist, using up her Spirit Qi without hesitation. After a long time, she said softly, "Don’t worry so much. Zhang Xusheng’s base is well-guarded. How could my master get in? Let’s hurry and eliminate these blood mist spirits… After that, we can go to Zhang Xusheng’s base and see if there are any clues."

Bai Yu nodded silently and began to speed up his movements.

On the other side, Ting’er quietly listened to their conversation, as if Xu Qingfan had nothing to do with her. She silently worked faster to drive away the blood mist spirits, moving towards the entrance of Zhang Xusheng’s base, which was hidden by the blood mist.

However, from Ting’er’s tightly clenched fists, Zhang Ningmei and Bai Yu knew that her worry for Xu Qingfan was deeper than their own.

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At this moment, although Ting’er, Zhang Ningmei, and Bai Yu were chatting and casting spells, the cultivators of the Righteous Alliance around them, and even all the cultivators at the scene, including the eleven masters, couldn’t help but frequently glance at them.

In fact, this strange attention had been going on for over a month. It began when the skilled fighters of the Righteous Alliance gathered together to head towards "Black Glory Valley" more than a month ago.

Ting’er reached the Real Golden Core Stage, while Zhang Ningmei and Bai Yu reached the Fake Golden Core Stage. For their age, this is rare, but it is not enough for the cultivators of the Righteous Alliance to pay much attention to them.

What really caught everyone’s attention was the spirit pet beside the three.

In fact, at this moment, Ting’er, Bai Yu, and Zhang Ningmei were standing on a giant yellow bird that was many feet wide. Though the giant bird looked enormous, it was also very agile and had a cute face that did not match its size. Its strength was only at the Earth level beginner, yet it had an impressive aura. Many cultivators’ spirit pets, despite being stronger, trembled in fear when they saw this yellow giant bird, and the swirling blood mist and wailing spirits could not come within several feet of it.

This yellow bird was Zhang Ningmei’s spirit pet—the ancient demon beast "Yellow Bird"!

At this moment, not only were Ting’er, Bai Yu, and Zhang Ningmei standing on the yellow bird, but also an imposing demon beast nearly ten feet tall. The yellow bird flew steadily, and there was no sense of crowding on its back, showing how large it truly was.

The fierce-looking beast nearly ten feet tall had bright green scales, large green eyes, and cloud-shaped white feet. It was Ting’er’s Little Green. However, at this moment, aside from the green eyes and cloud hooves, Little Green no longer showed any traits of the Blue-eyed Cloud-hoofed Beast; instead, it looked more like the ancient demon beast "Tāotiè" due to consuming a lot of young Tāotiè’s core.

Two months after Xu Qingfan left Ronghua Mountain, Little Green finally awakened from a long slumber caused by eating many Tāotiè cores. It not only broke the limit of the Blue-eyed Cloud-hoofed Beast, which could only reach the Human Level high, but also became an Earth level beginner. It now had many features of ancient demon beasts and its aura was just as strong as the yellow bird beneath it.

Usually, with Little Green’s personality, achieving such a big change would lead to boasting for three or four years. However, at this moment, Little Green showed no desire to flaunt its new power; it only stared fiercely at the cute and dignified squirrel with silver fur on Ting’er’s shoulder.

To be precise, this silver-furred squirrel was not a real squirrel but rather Ting’er’s spirit pet, an ancient demon beast called Pixiu. To Little Green, this Pixiu, which had taken some of Ting’er’s affection, was a frustrating rival. The most annoying part was that this Pixiu was Ting’er’s true spirit pet, connected to her in heart and mind, while Little Green was just a "pet" sticking close to Ting’er. Because of this, Little Green was extremely jealous of the Pixiu, even more than it was towards Xu Qingfan and Bai Yu combined. Until now, Little Green had been glaring at the Pixiu for over a month, but unfortunately, the Pixiu ignored Little Green completely and had no intention of engaging in a stare-off.

At this moment, the Pi Xiu was showing its power to help Ting’er disperse the blood mist and vengeful spirits. In fact, most of the cultivators from the Righteous Alliance were focused on the Pi Xiu. It demonstrated to everyone why there are so many powerful demon beasts in the world, yet it is one of the few ancient demon beasts, aside from the five spirits, that has the title of "Mythical Beast"!