Hunting Immortals and Demons

Lu Yan’s face darkened, he questioned, "Elder, what do you mean by this?"

"You’ve said so much, how can I be sure whether it’s true or false? What if you yourself are a Martial Spirit Practitioner, deliberately saying these words to baffle me, trying to seize an opportunity to escape."

"You sneaked into Kunwu Mountain before, just to steal the Immortal Bone, didn’t you? The Immortal Bone is of no great use to ordinary martial cultivators. It is only of great use to those who cultivate the Martial Spirit. It can suppress the Martial Spirit and prevent adverse changes."

The more the old man spoke, the colder his eyes became, gradually revealing a killing intent.

Lu Yan gave a bitter smile. It was indeed hard for him to defend himself.

"Elder, how can I prove my innocence?" asked Lu Yan.

"Deep within Kunwu Mountain, there is a Demon Pool. In the distant past, it was likely created from the condensed flesh and blood of a powerful demon. If you approach it, any Martial Spirit within your body will be unable to suppress its emergence. Would you dare come with me and give it a try?" said the old man.

"Why not?"

Lu Yan hesitated slightly before agreeing.

It made no difference to him, if the other party really wanted to kill him, whether they do it here or in the center of Kunwu Mountain.

There was no need to trick him into entering the center of Kunwu Mountain.

Rather than that, he might as well accompany the other party once.

"Please."

The old man beckoned.

Walking towards the interior of Kunwu Mountain with large strides, Lu Yan’s Fiery Gold Body Avatar followed at his side.

The old man walked shoulder to shoulder with Lu Yan, with the other Monster Kings following behind.

"In the future, I can’t take such risks, it’s too dangerous. If it wasn’t that the other party comes from the Mansion of King Ming and is interested in my talent, I would have been in danger this time," thought Lu Yan, admonishing himself and summarizing his experience.

But the reason why he came to Kunwu Mountain this time was because he had no choice.

He was running out of time and had to quickly upgrade the last two Knife Techniques to see if they could be integrated into the Top Martial Arts.

He was driven to it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken such a risk.

A disaster is a blessing in disguise. In the future, he needs to be even more cautious in his actions.

Soon, they arrived at the depths of Kunwu Mountain, next to a black pool.

The black pool was not large, only two meters in diameter, filled with a black liquid. Demon Qi lingered around it, emitting an extremely thick and foul smell. It was definitely the favorite for demonic beings.

Lu Yan stood beside the black pool.

The old man unblinkingly stared at Lu Yan.

After a moment, there was no reaction from Lu Yan’s body.

The old man showed a smile and apologized, "It seems I have misunderstood you. But, I am curious. What does a regular martial cultivator want to do with Immortal Bone?"

"I happened to come across an odd Martial Arts and needed the help of the Immortal Bone. It is him..."

Lu Yan pointed to the Fiery Gold Body Avatar.

"I noticed earlier that it isn’t flesh and blood. How strange... The world is big and the development of exotic Martial Arts is endless," marveled the old man, without asking further details.

After all, everyone has their own secrets.

It is strange indeed if Lu Yan, in the six counties of Lingdong, could acquire Top Martial Arts without any secrets.

Although he was curious, he didn’t dwell on it.

His biggest objective at the moment was to return to the Mansion of King Ming.

Was there any secret more significant than the Mansion of King Ming? Or any Martial Arts more fantastic than those in the Mansion of King Ming?

In the Mansion of King Ming, what kind of extraordinary Martial Arts did they not possess?

Afterward, they discussed for a while longer, by which Lu Yan gained a greater understanding of Kunwu Mountain.

The old man’s name was Guan Shan.

A hundred years ago, Guan Shan’s mentor, the ninth son of King Ming, committed a grave mistake and was relegated to Lingdong. He has been living on Kunwu Mountain since.

His mentor was a Martial Chef Grandmaster with profound culinary skills. He spent each day in Kunwu Mountain studying Martial Chef Arts, without any interest in the power struggles among the feudal lords, nor in establishing any forces.

However, his mentor was incredibly strong. He had powerful internal strength, a fifth-level master.

It was easy for him to suppress the Monster King in Kunwu Mountain.

All the major feudal lords who wanted to attack Kunwu Mountain were repelled by his mentor, who also made a pact with them. They would be allowed to enter Kunwu Mountain to hunt alien beasts once every twenty years.

However, cooking Martial Food requires various supplementary spiritual medicine. Although Kunwu Mountain is vast, it is impossible to have every kind of spiritual medicine.

Also, cooking Martial Food requires others to assist.

So, his mentor had recruited a group of servants to help cook or go out to buy spiritual medicine.

Implanting Immortal Bone inside the monsters was a highly secretive matter, known only to those within Kunwu Mountain.

When the major feudal lords entered Kunwu Mountain and the Martial Spirits mixed in to mine Immortal Bone, Guan Shan knew at once that there had been a traitor among them.

Afterwards, that group of servants were all slaughtered by Guan Shan.

They discussed their subsequent plans for a while more.

Guan Shan planned to bring a group of Monster Kings to Lingwang City to assist the Zhao Clan.

Lu Yan, on the other hand, will return to Changfeng City first.

"Blood Slaughter, you go to Changfeng City with Lu Yan first."

Guan Shan instructed a giant red falcon.

The two red falcons, named after ’slaughter’, were respectively called Blood Slaughter and Blood Kill.

Blood Kill was the one injured by Lu Yan previously.

Blood Slaughter was the one who later carried Guan Shan and the Red Gold Ape. Both were of the first-level master level.

Caw!

Blood Slaughter glanced at Lu Yan, held its head high, appearing very reluctant.

"You don’t want to go? Lately, I have been thinking of eating the Martial Food prepared from a Blood Eagle."

Guan Shan said coldly, showing a set of neat white teeth with a sneer.

Caw!

Blood Slaughter shivered with fright and immediately lowered its head.

"That’s more like it. There’s no time to lose, set off immediately."

Guan Shan commanded.

Whoo, whoo...

Blood Slaughter flapped its wings, soared into the sky, and Lu Yan jumped onto its back.

Caw Caw!

Blood Slaughter suddenly shrieked, whipping its wings and twisting its body, trying to throw Lu Yan off.

"So, you want to die?"

Lu Yan drew his Red Blood Blade, the blade pulsating with light.

Blood Slaughter instantly behaved itself.

It had seen Lu Yan’s strength before.

Though it was not as powerful as Guan Shan and the Scarlet Gold Ape, killing it wouldn’t be hard.

The speed of Blood Slaughter was much faster than Lu Yan running. With a flap of its wings, it was gliding rapidly, already a kilometer away.

Lu Yan sat cross-legged on the back of Blood Slaughter, but his mind was immersed in the sea of knowledge, observing the Dao Book and the Martial Arts Avatar.

Previously, the Immortal Bone had upgraded two first-class martial arts to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts, and only about half of its energy had been consumed.

The remaining energy was used by Lu Yan to restore his depleted Martial Arts Avatar.

First was the Cloud Walk Avatar, followed by the Chasing Star Arrow and Vajra Indestructible Skill Avatars.

The energy required to repair a Martial Arts Avatar is much less than upgrading first-class martial arts to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts. Thus, even after repairing three Martial Arts Avatars, there was still energy leftover. Lu Yan began to upgrade the last first-class martial arts, the Wind Chasing Life-taking Sword.

Strong wind hit his face as the scenery below flashed by.

"This speed should compare to airplanes from my previous life, right?"

Lu Yan secretly exclaimed.

In less than two hours, they had journeyed from Kunwu Mountain back to Changfeng City.

He then dove down and landed towards Changfeng City.

The martial soldiers guarding the city walls of Changfeng City were in disarray.

"What monster is that?"

"A giant eagle. Shoot arrows, quick."

The soldiers, having never seen such a huge alien beast, were in chaos, as some higher-ranked officers ordered an attack.

"Stop, it’s me."

Lu Yan shouted, he leaped down from the eagle’s back and landed on the city wall.

"It’s the City Lord."

The soldiers saw it was Lu Yan and they heaved a sigh of relief.

"That giant eagle is a Monster King and under my command, don’t panic," Lu Yan said.

Blood Slaughter screeched in discomfort as it disagreed with Lu Yan’s claim that it was under his command.

Lu Yan didn’t bother, he had figured out this creature’s temperament.

Cowardly, yet overbearing.

Show it a bit of power, and it will back down.

If you’re too easy on it, it will take advantage of you.

"Come with me. Senior Guan Shan told you to follow me, you have to listen to me. Otherwise, I’ll chop off your bird head."

"Let me tell you this, before we left, Senior Guan Shan quietly told me that if you don’t behave, he can chop you up at anytime, and he will take you back to cook Martial Food."

Lu Yan said.

Blood Slaughter was so scared that its feathers trembled. It hung its head in sorrow and followed Lu Yan.

Lu Yan took Blood Slaughter to the City Lord’s Mansion.

Soon, a middle-aged man came to report.

This middle-aged man, named Li Qi, was a relative of Li Quan, and was responsible for the Intel Department together with Li Quan. He was effectively Li Quan’s assistant.

Li Qi handed over all the intelligence collected over the past few days to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan quickly browsed through.

Lingwang City was still at war with the demons. However, Lingwang City was relatively far from Changfeng City, so this intelligence was already over a week old.

The war in Qingfeng County still hadn’t ended.

He focused on two matters, the major feudal lords of Nanyi County, and the Wei Family.

The Tuoba Clan of Baiyue City was defeated. Their city was taken and their people killed. Four of the Tuoba Clan’s Grandmasters were suspected to have died in battle, and the high-ranking members were massacred.

The Li Family and Gao Family were reorganizing the army and territory left by the Tuoba Clan, and hadn’t yet shown any signs of moving north.

As for the Wei Family, they were still at war with the Qiu Family and the Ouyang Family, but the situation was extremely unfavorable. It’s just a matter of time before their city is seized.

"The Tuoba Clan has been exterminated, but the Wei Family is still standing. Perhaps, I should go and assist the Wei Family. If we can save the Wei Family, Changfeng City will have strong reinforcements, and we won’t have to worry about being sandwiched on both sides."

Lu Yan contemplated.

But the Wei Family was still a considerable distance from Changfeng City, and the intelligence delivered by Li Qi was already three days old.

It was unclear if the Wei Family still exists.

He must depart as soon as possible.

"Li Qi, keep a close eye on the situation in Nanyi County. Report any news, do not miss anything. I have important business and need to go out for a while, but will be back soon."

Lu Yan instructed Li Qi.

Li Qi saluted and retreated.

Lu Yan rode Blood Slaughter into the sky and flew towards the Wei Family.

Li’an City, the capital of Li’an County and also the headquarters of the Wei Family, was less than a thousand miles from Changfeng City. With the speed of Blood Slaughter, it took less than an hour to arrive.

"Li’an City has been breached."

Blood Slaughter hovered at an altitude of a thousand meters above Li’an City. Lu Yan gazed down.

Li’an City was in chaos, with soldiers fighting in the streets from time to time.

The city gate was wide open, and there was a continuous stream of soldiers rushing in from outside the city.

He was a step too late.

It seemed that Li’an City had been breached not long before his arrival.

After carefully observing for awhile, he did not see any signs of master-level battles.

"Look around the city."

Lu Yan ordered Blood Slaughter.

Blood Slaughter flapped its wings, widening the search radius.

There were occasional clashes in the woods.

Apparently, after the Wei Family’s city had been breached, they broke through with their forces, and were being pursued and killed by the top-ranking experts of the Qiu Family and the Ouyang Family.

"Go down."

Lu Yan patted Blood Slaughter, and Blood Slaughter dove down towards a forest.