Chapter 502: Chapter 495: Outside the Cave Abode, Old Acquaintances

Ye Rui Master had been waiting for a long time.

Of course, within Huailai City, she maintained her guise as "Master Su Quan."

"My dear brother, you’re already at the Nascent Soul Late Stage! You’ve really given your big sister a wonderful surprise!"

Ye Rui Master scanned him and found that Du Youqian hadn’t dispelled the aura produced by her Endless Sea of Desire Secret Technique.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly in satisfaction. This meant Du Youqian’s Divine Sense was still being suppressed by hers.

How could she know that Du Youqian was actually confident he could dispel the aura? He had deliberately left it there to make her misjudge him.

Furthermore, although Du Youqian had a Concealment technique for his Cultivation, he hadn’t used a trump card like the Nine Yin Nine Yang Ten Thousand Transformations Hidden Heaven Technique. That was why Ye Rui Master was able to see through his true level.

Of course, this was also a deliberate test on Du Youqian’s part. He wanted to see how sharp Ye Rui Master’s eyes were.

’A Major Sect’s Direct Inheritance is a Major Sect’s Direct Inheritance, after all,’ he thought.

"Heh, and your Cultivation has become more profound as well, sister. I imagine once you obtain the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object, you can attempt to break through to Divinity Transformation within ten years."

"Oh, not at all. Your big sister is still far from it. I can’t compare to my brother’s boundless future."

Her words weren’t mere flattery.

The current Du Youqian was only 220 years old, yet he was already at the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Even among the Direct Inheritances of Major Sects, this was an absolutely explosive achievement.

It was precisely for this reason that Ye Rui Master had never once doubted Du Youqian’s identity. She had always believed him to be a True Inheritor of the Holy Blood Sect.

Besides these Major Sect True Inheritors, who else could possibly possess such a terrifying Cultivation speed!

A Cultivator from an ordinary background, even one with a Celestial Spirit Root, would need at least three to five hundred years to reach the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Many genius Cultivators were still struggling in the Golden Core Middle Stage at Du Youqian’s age!

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two didn’t delay and headed straight out of the city.

The founding ruler of the Chen Kingdom, Chen Hongbo, was waiting for them just outside the city.

Du Youqian didn’t know how the two of them planned to split the final spoils. He wondered if Chen Hongbo was a complete simp, or if he was just feigning compliance with Ye Rui Master for his own benefit.

He planned to slowly figure this out in the time to come.

Only by understanding their true relationship could Du Youqian decide whether or not to rope Chen Hongbo into dealing with Ye Rui Master when the time came to turn on her.

After meeting up, they boarded Ye Rui Master’s Flying Boat and flew toward the location where the abode had appeared.

Du Youqian asked, "Dear sister, didn’t you find a few more helpers? You know, ones a bit stronger than that senior brother of yours."

Ye Rui Master had reverted to her original appearance, but her aura had changed. Gone was her former sexy and mature demeanor. Now, with bright eyes and pearly teeth, she looked pure and innocent, like a naive young girl who had yet to see the world.

’A Demon Sect Demoness is truly something else.’

The Heavenly Emotions and Oceanic Resentments Sect had its own system of Charm Arts, so Du Youqian wasn’t surprised by her chameleon-like nature.

Ye Rui Master chuckled softly at his words. "My dear brother, you overestimate me. I’m not that well-connected. Other than Chen Master and my senior brother, I couldn’t find any other help."

Du Youqian stared at her, unable to detect the slightest hint of hatred in her eyes.

He had intentionally mentioned the old man he’d killed to provoke Ye Rui Master and gauge her determination for revenge.

But from the looks of it, this woman was too good at hiding her true feelings. He feared it would be difficult to see into her heart.

As for her claim of having no other helpers, Du Youqian was half-believing and half-doubting. In any case, it was best to overestimate the enemy. For now, he would assume she had one or two more helpers at the Nascent Soul Late Stage or even Perfection, working with her from the shadows.

On the Flying Boat, Du Youqian closed his eyes and cultivated, not worried in the slightest that Ye Rui Master and Chen Hongbo would launch a sneak attack.

Both sides had made oaths; now was not the time to turn on each other.

Of course, the price of breaking an oath was not impossible to pay if one was determined to act. However, Du Youqian had Little Wukong as his Guardian.

Little Wukong possessed beast-like intuition and was even more sensitive to killing intent and hostility than Du Youqian. A sneak attack was simply impossible.

’The only ones who could successfully ambush me would be Ghost Cultivators.’

The thought of Ghost Cultivators made Du Youqian think of Meng Xiao and Xi Mengran. He wondered how they were faring in the Ghost Kingdom.

Back then, Du Youqian hadn’t yet succeeded in refining his set of communication Treasures, so they had arranged another way to contact each other.

But for the past few decades, he had been racing against time, striving to reach the Nascent Soul Late Stage before entering the abode, so he’d had no time to contact them.

’After this business with the abode is settled, I should go see them.’

The journey was uneventful.

But when the Flying Boat landed near the abode, Ye Rui Master’s face darkened.

Her aura of bright-eyed, pure innocence was completely gone.

It was as if she had instantly turned to the dark side.

The reason for her dark mood was also simple: Du Youqian could sense the auras of at least forty Nascent Soul Masters within a hundred-mile radius.

There weren’t that many Nascent Soul Masters in the entire Endless Desert Sea, and to make matters worse, most of these auras belonged to those at the Nascent Soul Late Stage or Perfection.

In addition, many from the Demon Race camp had also arrived—about twenty or thirty Tier Four Transformed Great Demons.

However, the internal strife among the Demon Race was even worse than that of the Human Race. In other words, while the Human Race was, after all, a single species, the so-called Demon Race was composed of countless different species with pre-existing conflicts, only forming a reluctant alliance when facing humans.

Therefore, these Tier Four Transformed Great Demons were not gathered together. On the contrary, they were spread far apart, wary of each other.

This meant the number of people who knew about the abode’s appearance far exceeded Ye Rui Master’s imagination, and the difficulty of seizing the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object had skyrocketed.

No wonder her expression was so foul.

"So the appearance of this abode wasn’t a secret after all," Du Youqian said with a smile.

Ye Rui Master’s long fingernails nearly dug into the flesh of her palms.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Who the hell leaked this!"

Du Youqian, on the other hand, was already mentally prepared for this.

’Even a member of the Demon Race like Zhuge Qing knew about it. How could anyone expect this to be much of a secret? Ye Rui Master was probably overthinking things.’

Du Youqian scanned the area and discovered three familiar auras.

The last one, in particular, made him pause.

It was an aura he hadn’t sensed in three hundred years.

’Jie Yu!’

’I never expected to run into her here.’

Du Youqian didn’t rush to reveal himself to her.

Even if Jie Yu saw him now, it would be impossible for her to recognize him.

However, he had his own ways to earn her trust.

Besides, he had Little Wukong. Even if Jie Yu didn’t recognize him, surely she would recognize Little Wukong.

’Once inside the abode, Jie Yu will be one of my greatest allies.’

’However, there seems to be something subtly wrong with her aura. I’ll have to ask her about it in detail when we meet.’

Among the other familiar people was the magnate from the Qingxu Commerce Association whom he had met twice before, Silent Master.

’He’s actually here to compete for the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object too?’

’What use is a Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object to a Cultivator of the Supreme Cave Truth Nine Revolutions and Nine Transformations Celestial Dance Scripture?’

As one of the twelve magnates of the Qingxu Commerce Association, Du Youqian didn’t know Qin Yiming’s true strength, but he estimated it wouldn’t be any weaker than that of an ordinary Major Sect Direct Inheritance—which was to say, an Inner Sect Disciple.

’Still, he probably can’t compare to a Major Sect True Inheritance.’

This Silent Master was an old friend of Sui Zhi.

If they were to meet inside the abode, they probably wouldn’t become enemies, which meant there was a basis for an alliance.

The other familiar aura, of course, belonged to the Snake Demon, Zhuge Qing.

’She still owes me a Quasi-Tier Five Death Replacement Treasure.’

However, Du Youqian had no intention of revealing his identity to her for the time being.

Du Youqian lifted Little Wukong from his shoulder. Unseen by anyone, he tucked a Jade Slip under Little Wukong’s Dharma Robe and conveyed some thoughts to him with his Divine Sense.

Then he let go. Little Wukong waved its paw at him and quickly scurried away.

"Oh," Ye Rui Master said, her eyes glinting. "Fellow Taoist, are you not planning to take this Tier Four demon monkey with you?"

Du Youqian gave a wry smile. "It has its own opportunities to seek. There might be some things in that abode that are beneficial to the Demon Race; otherwise, so many Transformed Great Demons wouldn’t have shown up today. I’m letting it go find its own fortune so as not to hold it back."

From his previous conversation with Zhuge Qing, Du Youqian knew that there were some Spirit Medicines inside the abode that were highly beneficial to the Demon Race.

Of course, Little Wukong didn’t actually need them.

Du Youqian had communicated with Little Wukong about this before. The little monkey didn’t need to be force-fed growth. Its bloodline was powerful enough on its own. While those Spirit Medicines would be beneficial, they weren’t crucial for its advancement.

It would be nice to have them, but it didn’t matter if it didn’t.

Besides, it still had the disposition of a child and hadn’t truly matured. It was playful and lacked ambition.

Du Youqian saw it as a friend, not a hired thug he needed to rely on, so there was no need to rush its growth.

’Let it continue being a pitiful child laborer for now,’ he mused.

Ye Rui Master naturally scoffed at Du Youqian’s explanation, but she couldn’t guess his true intentions, so she could only remain vigilant.

「 」

Zhuge Qing had reverted to her true form: a giant, thirty-foot-long python with two slight bulges on its head. Its massive body was coiled in the cool shade of a sand dune.

When the little monkey scurried up to it on all fours, chittering, the python nodded. "I know."

With that, it produced a thin, soft piece of leather. This was the Quasi-Tier Five Death Replacement Treasure it had refined from its own Snake Shedding. "Help me take this to Qingxu Taoist."

Little Wukong casually stuffed the Snake Shedding away, waved a paw at Zhuge Qing, and quickly vanished into the desert.

「 」

Jie Yu’s beautiful eyes were full of life, and a faint, holy smile graced her lips. She had a transcendent, ethereal quality about her. Even the patch of sand she stood on seemed to transform into an immortal paradise because of her radiance.

A handsome and elegant young man stood beside her, his gaze fixed on her with gentle affection.

"Huh?" The young man suddenly turned his head, looking at the approaching Little Wukong with surprise and suspicion.

"Its Demon Qi is deeply hidden, but it is definitely a Tier Four Transformed Great Demon!"

Jie Yu’s expression didn’t change as she nodded slightly. "So it’s him. He’s a little pet raised by an old friend of this humble Taoist."

The young man was moved. "To be able to keep a Tier Four Transformed Great Demon as a pet, Fairy Jie Yu’s old friend must be a profound True Cultivator."

Jie Yu smiled. "That person can be a bit lazy at times, but to call him a profound True Cultivator... wouldn’t be an overstatement."

The young man studied Jie Yu’s expression. Seeing that she held no special affection for this person, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Little Wukong leaped into Jie Yu’s arms, chittering excitedly as the Jade Slip slid silently into her robes.

Jie Yu couldn’t help but smile and pinch Little Wukong’s furry cheeks. "You little rascal!"

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