nycdaug Chapter 120 Wandering in the Demon Realm
Chapter 120 Wandering in the Demon Realm
next day
After meditating all night, my body and mind have recovered, and I no longer feel the unease I had when I first arrived yesterday, nor the fatigue I felt when I first emerged from the illusion.
Liu Xingxing could understand why Lu Xihan suffered such severe aftereffects. If she had also lost her memory after falling into the illusion, wouldn't her aftereffects have been even worse than Lu Xihan's? After all, she had never been a particularly strong-willed person.
He touched his stomach, which wasn't hungry but he still felt like eating, and immediately decided to have breakfast before continuing his journey.
Originally, she didn't have anything urgent to do and needed to leave the demon realm immediately. After a night of meditation, her mind was now exceptionally clear.
Liu Xingxing didn't want to say anything about "since we're here, let's make the best of it." Anyway, she had no life to lose, so she could live anywhere.
Moreover, the Xuanshan Sect doesn't need her right now, and since she revealed her whereabouts in front of many sect elders during the Joint Competition, it's a good time for her to hide away and have some peace and quiet.
In the novel, this is where Lu Xihan is busy assembling a team to solve cases for a small sect after the competition. It can be said that after performing well in the competition, he was noticed by a small sect and entrusted with an important task.
The rest of the story mainly focuses on events from that side, and it spans a considerable period of time, roughly half a year. Of course, the matter of that small sect could have been resolved in the first two months, but it dragged on for half a year because of the need to find clues about Lu Xihan's parents in the God Realm.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with Liu Xingxing. Since we chose not to care back then, there's no need to go and care now.
Energy always maintains overall balance in its own way. If we save the group of people from the small sect who were destined to die today, that fate will be returned to others tomorrow.
This is the natural law of this world.
After finishing a breakfast that was reasonably to her liking, Liu Xingxing spent some spirit stones to buy a low-level demon beast mount for transportation, thus beginning her journey to her destination, Fandu.
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The demon realm is no smaller than the outer continent, and it is not filled with tall and strange plants like in the plant kingdom.
It is not much different from the outside world, with all kinds of landforms. Unlike those cultivation TV dramas, it is not like the desolate and bleak demon realm and other places except for the places where cultivators gather.
She didn't know about the Demon Realm, but she had now witnessed the Demon Realm firsthand. No wonder the Demon Realm and the Cultivation Realm were now living in peace.
With ample resources, who would want to go to war, except for a few warmongers, of course?
"Little white horse, come on, have something to eat."
After traveling slowly for about ten days, Liu Xingxing, as usual, let her little mount stop and rest for a while, and also stretch her legs and relieve her fatigue.
During her ten-day journey, Liu Xingxing passed through three small towns and one large city, where she stayed for three days.
She encountered even more demon cultivators in the city, and their cultivation levels were also higher, but none of them could surpass her. Naturally, no one could see through her disguise.
The advantage of City University is that she can get more useful information, and the quality of the food has improved significantly, with more options available.
Liu Xingxing can stock up on food again, even though she doesn't need it at all. But she always feels empty if she doesn't eat something.
Among them, she encountered five or six robberies, all of whom were filled with murderous intent and the smell of blood. Liu Xingxing dealt with them all without even blinking, and her actions were so swift that she didn't give them the slightest chance. She didn't even reveal a trace of her cultivator's spiritual energy manipulation method, because she didn't need to.
Those who robbed, murdered, and stole her property were mostly motivated by the thought that she was a thin, weak little fox demon who was easy to bully. But who knew that they would be killed in an instant, without even being given a chance to beg for mercy.
"Little White Horse, you mustn't learn from those bad people in the future. Look at what happened to them, they ended up in a terrible state."
Liu Xingxing pointed to the direction where the dead demon could no longer be seen, and fed it a large radish containing a little spiritual energy.
Although the horse is a demon beast, it is no different from an ordinary horse because of its low rank, except that it is more durable. Moreover, it cannot understand human speech and only knows how to gnaw on a big radish with relish.
"Sigh, I should have taken in a few more talking monsters. At least they could talk to keep me entertained. I wonder when this little snake will finish its metamorphosis..."
Bored, Liu Xingxing picked a blade of grass and started playing with it.
After resting for about ten minutes, they mounted their horses again and set off.
"The white dragon horse, its hooves facing west..."
……
One month later
As Liu Xingxing traveled at a leisurely pace, she finally arrived at the legendary Brahma Capital—the main city of the demon realm.
But... why is this demon realm's main city built on a mountain? =????(??? ????)
To be precise, it was built from the flat land at the foot of the mountain to the very top, and the mountain is so tall that snow even fell on the summit, creating a distinct layering with the lush greenery below.
Even so, it is still stubbornly filled with all kinds of buildings. It is not so primitive, but each one is distinct, just like a group of beautiful little birds building a series of colorful nests on a vine.
At the very tip of the mountain, a magnificent gilded white jade palace was built. If Liu Xingxing hadn't had such good eyesight, she almost wouldn't have been able to see what it was.
It seems that a large observation deck was specially built in the most conspicuous spot outside the palace, from which one could overlook the entire city of Brahma.
If someone were to fall from there, even a cultivator would likely lose most of their life, and might even be turned to mush with a "splat," unable to save their own life. Just thinking about it is terrifying.
I wonder what the person who built the palace like this was thinking. Didn't they fear slipping and falling flat on their face if they wanted to "reach the top of the mountain"?
"They're from the Li-Yue ethnic group, but they don't look like it?"
The fox soldiers guarding the city carried her Jian Shu jade token and projected her origins like a 3D projector, looking at it from left to right with great suspicion.
This is what Liu Xingxing learned in the cities she had passed through before. To enter Fandu, one needs to carry a personal Jian Shu Jade Token, which is equivalent to an ID card.
Liu Xingxing was quite adept at forging identities. Those robbers she killed before weren't killed for nothing; she simply chose one, used that person's jade token, and altered the information.
However, she only succeeded after three attempts. The first two attempts failed because she was unfamiliar with the structure of the jade pendant, literally causing it to explode. The first attempt almost hit her.
The second attempt also failed because that person was also an unregistered individual, and their personal information had been altered, with overlapping traces (like two lines of text written together).
Liu Xingxing thought it was something more advanced than the previous one, so she didn't pay attention.
His tampering skills weren't very proficient, so he changed things even faster than the first one exploded. Luckily, Liu Xingxing was already prepared, otherwise she would have been caught off guard again.
However, this also shows that this thing can indeed be tampered with, and Liu Xingxing spent half a day studying the array and traps set up inside before the third one succeeded.
Moreover, the contents were completely erased, re-engraved, and infused with a disguised aura, with no overlap of text.
“Brother Fox, I was born into a branch of the Li Yue tribe. I have been in poor health since I was a child, which is why I am not as beautiful and strong as those born into the main branch.”
As she spoke, Liu Xingxing lowered her head as if she were somewhat ashamed, her face full of embarrassment.
"Alright, alright, go in."
The aura was indeed that of a fox, and her thin and weak appearance matched what was described in the jade token. The fox soldiers didn't make things difficult for her; after returning the jade token to her, they let her enter the city.
Passing the fox soldiers, Liu Xingxing calmly put away the jade token, led the little white horse slowly into the city, completely unlike her timid and submissive appearance just now.
For thousands of years, the demon realm has been ruled by the Nine-Tailed Red Fox clan without any change, so it is not surprising that the city is guarded by many fox soldiers.
However, since the previous demon emperor's lifespan ended and he naturally passed away a hundred years ago, the harmonious life of the demon realm for thousands of years began to be turbulent after the new demon emperor took the throne. Furthermore, the sudden betrayal of the right-wing, warmongering demon king, the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox, made the entire capital of Fandu uneasy.
With the Demon Emperor imprisoned and the Young Lord nowhere to be found, the seemingly peaceful capital of Brahma is actually fraught with danger, where even a small pebble thrown in could stir up a huge storm.
Even the fox soldiers that Liu Xingxing just met and saw in the city were all people of the Demon King.
But even in this state, why doesn't he impose a citywide curfew and instead allow strangers to enter?
Naturally, it was because they were waiting for their young master to come home that they made this open bag, and they did it very openly, because his father was still in their hands, so they weren't afraid that he wouldn't jump into this fire pit.
Liu Xingxing's first step upon entering the city was to find a place to stay, and then she rushed off to find out how to get there from the outside world.
She had originally planned to take it slow and not rush, but seeing the city's overt and covert defenses, she felt it was best to leave quickly; she didn't want to get involved.