Free Web NovelChapter 1242: Chapter 753: Celestial Eye King (Part 4)
The Bear Demons, Tiger Demons, and the rest of the assorted big and small Demons all nodded along; they really didn’t know anything.
Yuan Xiang pondered for a moment, then said to Jin Xiang, "I’ll trouble you, junior brother, to move this mountain aside."
Five Elements Mountain was the Spiritual Qi hub of this place, with the Spiritual Energy Law converging down below. Moving Five Elements Mountain aside would also let them see the state of the Spiritual Energy Law here.
Jin Xiang silently nodded. She stretched out her hand and pressed down in the air, and Five Elements Mountain was forcibly torn open by an invisible colossal force, a fissure several thousand zhang long ripping through the mountain from top to bottom.
Though Five Elements Mountain was not especially tall, it was still a mountain peak. The whole mountain suddenly split open from the summit, and although the entire process was soundless, for the group of big and small Demons on the mountaintop it was a world-shaking upheaval.
The many Little Demons had no time to dodge and fell screaming into the enormous chasm.
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon and the other Great Demons all possessed the power to fly, but at this moment they were suppressed by an invisible force; none of them could control their bodies and all fell straight down rigidly.
"This Demon is still somewhat clever; leave her a life."
Yuan Xiang flicked his sleeve, and a formless power propped the Seven-Colored Deer Demon up in midair, sparing her from death.
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon survived by a fluke; her small face had gone deathly pale from fright, her seven-colored eyes full of terror and panic, her body curled up into a ball.
Only like this could the Seven-Colored Deer Demon feel a trace of safety.
Yuan Xiang ignored the Seven-Colored Deer Demon. His pale eyes followed the deep fissure straight into the depths of the earth, seeing through every thread of the earth vein’s Spiritual Qi flows.
After quite a while, Yuan Xiang finally nodded.
Jin Xiang casually brought her hands together, and the split Five Elements Mountain closed up once more. This time the earth shook and the mountain quaked, gravel rolling wildly down the slopes.
Yuan Xiang said to Jin Xiang, "The Spiritual Qi has all been forcibly extracted, but the Earth Vein Law remains intact. This Five Elements Mountain has already become a dead place for Cultivation."
Jin Xiang remained silent; she was never fond of speaking. She understood what Yuan Xiang said, but not the detailed intricacies, and she didn’t know what all this signified.
Yuan Xiang, however, knew this junior brother’s temperament. Besides, she had only cultivated for three thousand years; although her Divine Power was peerlessly unmatched, she lagged far behind in other aspects.
Patiently, he explained to Jin Xiang, "The Spiritual Qi is drained while the earth veins remain unharmed; that can only happen if someone used refined Earth Immortal Law to draw out the Spiritual Qi. That’s why I said there’s a good chance the Five Elements Ancestor made the move."
He went on, "I also sensed the Rakshasa King aura of Five Phases. Five Phases indeed came here and even cultivated here for a period of time."
Jin Xiang looked at Yuan Xiang. She said nothing, but her questioning intent was expressed clearly.
Yuan Xiang shook his head. "What I can be sure of is that it was definitely the expert who extracted the Spiritual Qi that killed Five Phases and also bound his Divine Soul. The other party’s Divine Techniques are extremely formidable."
He thought for a moment, then said, "It wasn’t the Five Elements Ancestor. The Five Elements Ancestor doesn’t have the guts, nor the need. It must be someone else who killed the Five Elements Ancestor and seized his Five Elements Earth Evil Divine Light.
"This person came to Five Elements Mountain to harvest Spiritual Qi and clashed with our junior brother Five Phases. He killed Five Phases. Fearing exposure and that we’d come seeking vengeance, he simply drained all the Spiritual Qi of Five Elements Mountain and fled far away."
Yuan Xiang had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, and under the Five Elements Ancestor’s seat he was known as the Celestial Eye King. His Celestial Eye Divine Techniques could see into past and future, illuminating the Nine Heavens and Nine Earths.
The Ten Sufferings Sect had sent Yuan Xiang here precisely to have him find the culprit.
No matter who the other party was, killing a disciple of the Ten Sufferings Sect could not be settled so lightly.
Jin Xiang thought for a moment and asked, "Since the other party has already fled, in this vast heaven and earth, where are we supposed to find him?"
"Where there is effect there must be cause. Having committed such a great evil, he can’t escape by running."
Jin Xiang fell silent. To her, Yuan Xiang’s words were all empty talk, meaningless; she didn’t even know how to respond.
Yuan Xiang smiled; he understood Jin Xiang’s puzzlement. This junior brother was ultimately still too young, and as a Powerhouses reincarnate, he had devoted himself single-mindedly to Cultivation, to the point of having no understanding of human affairs. He didn’t even know to humor him with a few words.
He said, "The other party stirred up such a commotion in the Southern Barbarian Wilderness; surely someone knows what’s going on. If we patiently search the Southern Barbarian Wilderness, we’ll be able to find traces of him."
Yuan Xiang asked the Seven-Colored Deer Demon, "I hear the number one Demon Emperor in the Southern Barbarian Wilderness is Xiong Wuji. Is that true?"
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon nodded again and again. "Xiong Wuji is incredibly strong; all Demons are very convinced by him."
"And do you know where Xiong Wuji is?" Yuan Xiang asked.
"I heard he lives in Wuji Palace."
"Which direction is Wuji Palace in?"
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon was stumped by the question on the spot. In her whole life, the farthest she’d ever gone was Five Elements Mountain. As for where Wuji Palace was, that was completely beyond her intellectual capacity.
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon looked around anxiously, trying to find the direction of Wuji Palace. But she didn’t dare to make anything up. These two monks looked easygoing, but when it came to killing Demons, they were utterly ruthless. Too terrifying.
One look at her expression and Yuan Xiang understood. He said to the Seven-Colored Deer Demon, "Which Demon Emperor rules over your clan?"
"The Nine-Colored Deer Emperor," the Seven-Colored Deer Demon answered, trembling.
"Let’s go, then. We’ll go have a chat with your Demon Emperor. You can at least find that place, right..."
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon was filled with apprehension, yet didn’t have the guts to refuse. She could only pull a long face and point the way. "Fly in that direction. In a month or two you’ll definitely reach Luding Mountain..."
"We won’t need that long."
Yuan Xiang flicked his sleeve, and a mass of golden auspicious clouds wrapped around the three of them, then shot forward in the direction indicated by the Seven-Colored Deer Demon.
As the golden auspicious cloud flew faster and faster, the Seven-Colored Deer Demon grew even more frightened at Yuan Xiang’s display of power. If the Demon Emperor learned she’d led enemies right into their lair, how could she possibly survive?
Yuan Xiang couldn’t care less what the Seven-Colored Deer Demon was thinking. While steering the auspicious cloud, he even showed great interest in chatting with her.
The Seven-Colored Deer Demon had been scared at first, but Yuan Xiang had a certain special charm that unconsciously made her drop all her guard and spill everything she knew.
In truth, the Seven-Colored Deer Demon didn’t know much, but Yuan Xiang was very experienced and very shrewd.
Through casual conversation, he’d already come to understand, from the side, the customs of the Southern Barbarian Wilderness, how the Demon Emperors ruled, the basic organizational structures of the Demons, and so on.
One had to admit, the Southern Barbarian Wilderness truly was the world of Demons. This group of rough, overbearing Demons shut their doors and declared themselves emperors and ancestors, living rather carefree lives.
However, these Demons were ultimately too low in intellect. Even the Demon Emperors lacked breadth of knowledge.
Even an ordinary Cultivator of the Central Province probably had more vision and foresight than a Demon Emperor.
This was also a natural limitation of Demons. If every Demon were preternaturally intelligent and had a legacy of wisdom, they would actually pose a huge threat to the Human Race.
If it really were like that, the top experts of the Central Province would have acted long ago to exterminate this pack of Demons.
As the second disciple of the Ten Suffering Bodhisattva, Yuan Xiang looked down on all the Demons of the Eight Desolates. Of course, he also knew that there no lack of powerhouses among these Demons.
Entering the territory of these Demons, even he might not be able to retreat unscathed.
However, this time he had brought Jin Xiang along. This junior brother’s Vajra Divine Power was peerless and was the most effective counter to those Earth Immortal Demon Emperors who relied on the Majestic Power of Heaven and Earth to reign supreme.
Although their master had never said so, Yuan Xiang secretly suspected that this junior brother was precisely the Vajra King reincarnate, which was why he possessed such Divine Power.
The several of them might be styled Dharma Kings, but they were all merely linked to the many Dharma Kings of the Buddhist Court, able to borrow the power of the Dharma Kings at critical moments.
Jin Xiang, however, used his own power. It was easy to imagine how strong this junior brother was. On the Vajra Divine Power of this junior brother alone, it was enough to sweep through the Southern Barbarian Wilderness.
The teacher had sent this junior brother along expressly so he could act without restraint.
Yuan Xiang also carried a Ten Sufferings Order. At a critical moment, he could even have their teacher’s projection descend.
Thus Yuan Xiang was full of confidence. No matter who had killed Five Phases, they would have to pay with their life.
If they couldn’t find the culprit, then they’d turn the Southern Barbarian Wilderness upside down!
