Chapter 2537: Demon Wolf Clan Sacred Land
If he couldn't get a deity to take action, he would have to find a World Hand or a Formation Heavenly Master.
Xiao Hei would have been the best choice.
Unfortunately, it had been taken away by the Dragon Lord.
Whether a World Hand or a Formation Heavenly Master, both were extremely rare existences. He couldn't very well go and cooperate with Bai Qinger, could he?
Just as this thought crossed his mind, Zhang Ruochen quickly shook his head.
Bai Qinger was a Formation Heavenly Master, and Duan Lingfeng of the Goddess Twelve Pavilions was also a World Hand. However, their strength was too great and their ambitions too vast. Cooperating with them meant not only worrying about being eliminated by them but also about incurring the wrath of the entire Hell Realm.
After thinking for a long time, Zhang Ruochen came up with several strategies in his mind, but all had their flaws.
Ji Fanxin opened her eyes again and said, "I have some sense of it, but finding the exact location of the Origin Divine Temple will probably take quite some time. Should we set out now?"
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head. "Right now, all the major powers are watching me. I simply can't get away."
Ji Fanxin pointed to the stone door of the ancient tower. "We can leave from here."
"Da Zhanglao and Er Zhanglao are still at the Earth Demon Clan Sacred Land," Zhang Ruochen said.
"We can bring them along."
Zhang Ruochen shook his head again. "The moment they leave the sight of those watchers, my escape will be exposed immediately. If I slip away quietly now, anyone with half a brain would know I'm going to look for the Origin Divine Temple."
"At that point, not only will the Saint realm cultivators of the major powers come after me, but even deities might make a move. Do you think we can really reach the location of the Origin Divine Temple without anyone knowing?"
Ji Fanxin said, "I thought the Ruochen Divine Son had earth-shattering means in the Hell Realm. How could such a small predicament trouble you?"
Zhang Ruochen smiled. "If I really wanted to force my way out, I could, but that would be the worst possible strategy."
"And what is the best strategy?" Ji Fanxin asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Plan carefully, act with deliberation, and make full preparations before heading to the Origin Divine Temple. There's no rush."
Ji Fanxin, sharp-witted as she was, her eyes lit up. "Do you already know where the Origin Divine Temple is?"
Zhang Ruochen said frankly, "I do know some things, but I haven't confirmed them yet, so I don't know if they're true or false. Relatively speaking, I trust the fairy's perception more."
"What preparations do you need?" Ji Fanxin asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, "A formation expert."
"How expert?"
"At least a World Hand."
Ji Fanxin fell silent and gently shook her head.
It was worth noting that some weak major worlds didn't even have a single Earth Master.
The Thousand Petal Realm was a powerful realm ranked in the top hundred of the Southern Universe, yet it still didn't have a World Hand. Of course, the Thousand Petal Realm did have a Formation Divine Master, but that person had gone to the Jade Emperor Realm.
After a long silence, Zhang Ruochen suddenly thought of something. "I've thought of a World Hand."
"From the Blood Absolute Family?" Ji Fanxin became wary.
After all, if Zhang Ruochen brought in a World Hand from the Hell Realm, it would effectively push her out. And the Origin Divine Temple was a place she absolutely had to go to.
Zhang Ruochen said, "From the Paradise Realm."
"The Paradise Realm?"
Ji Fanxin looked incredulous.
Zhang Ruochen smiled meaningfully and told her about the Cairo Earth Master being in the Hundred Clans Royal City.
"Have you lost your mind? You and the Paradise Realm have already forged a deep hatred in the Kunlun Realm, and you still dare to seek out the Cairo Earth Master? Do you believe that the Cairo Earth Master came to the Hell Realm just to kill you?" Ji Fanxin said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "He did come to kill me, but there's no hatred in the world that can't be resolved. What if the Cairo Earth Master is willing to help us?"
"You want to disguise yourself as a Paradise Realm cultivator and trick him into the scheme?" Ji Fanxin said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Since the Cairo Earth Master dared to come to the Hell Realm and even escaped from Yan Yu's hands, he must be an extremely shrewd person. If I disguise myself as a cultivator he's not familiar with, he'll definitely be suspicious. If I disguise myself as someone he knows well, how could I fool him?"
Ji Fanxin really couldn't figure out what Zhang Ruochen was up to. She picked up her wine goblet and took a sip. "If it weren't for the fact that you, Zhang Ruochen, have been so generous and open-handed with me, I would be very tempted to leave you behind and go find the Origin Divine Temple on my own with the top-grade Origin Divine Crystal."
Zhang Ruochen said, "The fairy would never do such a thing. By the way, I want to condense a third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Intent. Can the fairy help me?"
"What did you say? A third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Intent? A single type of Sacred Intent reaching the third rank?" Ji Fanxin said.
Zhang Ruochen downed an entire goblet of Hundred Flower Brew. "I have the only Imperial-rank Sacred Intent Pill in history. If I add your Minggu Zhaoshen Lotus, why can't I try to break through to the third rank of Sword Dao Sacred Intent?"
"You want to eat me?" Ji Fanxin suddenly said.
Zhang Ruochen quickly waved his hands. "I don't need to eat you. As long as the fairy can lend me a hand, that's enough."
Ji Fanxin became thoughtful and put the veil back on her face from the stone table.
The more she remained silent and contemplative, the more suspicious Zhang Ruochen became. "Fairy, don't take it too seriously. You just need to transform into your original form and let me sit inside to cultivate for a while."
Contrary to Zhang Ruochen's expectations, Ji Fanxin refused him. "No."
Zhang Ruochen was momentarily stunned. After a long pause, he said in confusion, "What about our friendship? Can't the fairy help with such a small favor?"
Ji Fanxin gracefully stood up and walked to a spot with her back to Zhang Ruochen, as if she were carefully considering.
After a long time, she waved her hand. "Leave. Do you think a single third-rank Sacred Intent is something you can just condense as you please? Even if I could help you, with your current level of Sword Dao attainment, you're still far from enough. If you can cultivate a Heavenly Sword Soul in the Hundred Shackles Realm, then come find me."
Women were so fickle, weren't they?
Since she had already given him the boot, Zhang Ruochen knew better than to overstay his welcome. He gestured to Mo Yin and left the place.
He looked back and saw Ji Fanxin standing under the blood-red ancient tree, her figure pure and ethereal, like a painting of a fairy detached from the world.
Among the women Zhang Ruochen had met, in terms of that ethereal, otherworldly aura, the Moon God ranked first, and Ji Fanxin was definitely second. Moreover, Ji Fanxin was even more serene.
Stepping out of the tombstone, they arrived at the Ghost Wood Studio.
Mo Yin said, "Master, do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to?"
"What are you talking about?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Mo Yin said, "After a flower cultivates a flesh-and-blood human body, things become different. You wanted to enter her flower to cultivate. It's a good thing the fairy truly values you as a friend and believes you are ignorant. Otherwise, she would have beaten you out on the spot. Have you seen me, after fusing with a physical body, still use my main flower to attack?"
"Can you explain more clearly?" Zhang Ruochen was genuinely confused.
Mo Yin's bright red lips curled into a seductive smile. "Find a more secluded place, and I'll let the master enter my flower to cultivate. Then you'll understand."
Zhang Ruochen nodded. Then he asked, "Have you already bloomed your fourth flower?"
"It's still just a bud!" Mo Yin's voice was soft and sweet, laced with laughter.
The first time Mo Yin bloomed, the fruit she bore was a "Virtual Body," similar to a human soul.
The second time she bloomed, the fruit was a "Physical Body," which was her current human form, though it had fused with the Saint Soul and Saint Source of the Mo Ran Princess.
The third time she bloomed, the fruit was a "Dharma Body." Once the Dharma Body was fused, it was equivalent to cultivating a Supreme Dharma Form.
When Mo Yin left him to go meet Ji Fanxin, the Dharma Body fruit had already ripened and was in the process of fusion.
Inside, Zhang Ruochen had already noticed that her Dharma Body had successfully fused.
In other words, Mo Yin now possessed strength at the Supreme Realm Great Saint level.
The fruit of her fourth bloom was called "Ten Thousand Incarnations." Once the Ten Thousand Incarnations were fused, she could reach the Divine Realm. However, the Devouring Demon Flower was a ferocious plant. Before becoming a deity, it had almost no realm barriers, but crossing the Divine Tribulation was extremely perilous.
In history, very few Devouring Demon Flowers had managed to cross the Divine Tribulation and become a Devouring Divine Flower.
Zhang Ruochen didn't immediately return to the Earth Demon Clan Sacred Land. Instead, he went to the Blood Absolute Family's stronghold in the Hundred Clans Royal City and dispatched a cultivator with his seal to return to the Blood Heaven Tribe Wing World and invite the Qingsheng Great Saint over.
No matter what, with the Origin Divine Temple emerging, such a major event had to be reported to the Underworld King.
The message couldn't be delivered by an ordinary cultivator. He had to bring the Qingsheng Great Saint over first.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to return to the Earth Demon Clan Sacred Land, a black-robed figure walked toward him from the middle of the street and blocked his path.
"It's you!"
Zhang Ruochen was quite surprised, his eyes fixed on the other party.
The black-robed man said, "Your visit to the Blood Absolute Family stronghold has already exposed your whereabouts. Right now, at least ten groups of cultivators are watching your every move in the shadows."
"Who exactly are you?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The black-robed man was silent for a moment. "Follow me."
Zhang Ruochen quickly followed.
They walked one behind the other down the street.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen could sense that many cultivators were watching him in the shadows, but strangely, this black-robed man seemed to possess extraordinary divine abilities. Soon, all the trackers disappeared without a trace.
The black-robed man led Zhang Ruochen openly into a sacred land.
"This is... the Demon Wolf Clan Sacred Land! Why are we here?"
Zhang Ruochen had never been to the Demon Wolf Clan Sacred Land, but along the way, he had seen many Demon Wolf Clan cultivators. They were extremely respectful to the black-robed man, bowing or even kneeling and kowtowing as they passed.
The black-robed man said, "The Demon Wolf Clan originally originated from the Kunlun Realm and later established their own realm, the Demon Wolf Realm. Unfortunately, during the Middle Ancient War, the Demon Wolf Clan was framed by the Paradise Realm and bore the stigma of betraying the Kunlun Realm. In reality, it was the Black Demon Realm that betrayed the Kunlun Realm."
"One hundred thousand years ago, the Paradise Realm nearly wiped out the Demon Wolf Clan. The Demon Wolf Realm was also destroyed. The remaining Demon Wolf Clan had no home to return to and had to flee to the edge of the Hell Realm."
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen abruptly stopped in his tracks. His eyes turned red, and his voice trembled. "Who... who are you?"
In the Relic Ancient Realm of the Fate Divine Mountain, when this black-robed man called "Qitian" suddenly appeared and said a lot of strange things to him, Zhang Ruochen had already begun to suspect.
Now, his suspicion had reached its peak, almost ready to explode.
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Does anyone still remember the Demon Wolf Half-Human Clan of the Kunlun Realm?
A Le was from the Demon Wolf Half-Human Clan, a hybrid of the Demon Wolf Clan and humans, mentioned in Chapter 52, "The Sword of Death."