Seeking Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes: From a Low-Ranking Corpse to an Eternal Demon God

Chapter 169 First Exploration of Mount Penglai, Recruiting Demons

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The sun hangs high in the sky.

On the sandy sea.

A sandstorm stretching for dozens of miles completely obscured the entrance to the Penglai Mountain ruins.

now.

Outside the entrance to the ruins.

The area is more than ten miles long.

Lin Li controlled the flying boat to arrive at this place, gazing at the howling sandstorm in the distance.

Its divine sense, comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, allowed it to perceive the jade slabs of ruins stretching for over ten miles after passing through the hurricane.

Only then did he perceive what the entrance to Penglai Mountain looked like: it was a mountain range split in two from the center, with a very smooth fracture surface on one side.

Scattered throughout the area at the foot of the mountain were numerous puppet hands and feet.

Halfway up the mountain, there is an entrance to a cave leading into the interior of the mountain.

Even the divine senses of Lin Li, comparable to those of the Nascent Soul stage, could not penetrate the entrance.

and.

Within a few miles of the mountain, on the cracked blue jade slabs, roamed a group of various puppets, mostly demon puppets.

"A puppet at the Core Formation stage!?"

What surprised Lin Li was that behind the many puppets, on a broken stone pillar only a few hundred feet from the cave, there was a humanoid puppet covered in cracks.

It was a gray-robed swordsman, and there was no sign of life on his body.

However, Lin Li could sense that there was an energy crystal with an extraordinary aura on the other party's chest, an aura that was at least comparable to the early stage of Core Formation.

In addition, there are hundreds of Foundation Establishment stage demon puppets.

No wonder, the few Core Formation stage forces in the vicinity haven't conducted in-depth investigations. Just the sheer number of Foundation Establishment stage puppets is something that ordinary Core Formation stage cultivators can't withstand.

Even a Core Formation stage cultivator would need to be extremely cautious if they wanted to investigate.

"Old Gray".

"Go and take a look."

"Enter the cave in the mountains and imprint the scene inside onto this image-recording bead."

With a thought, Lin Li released the spirit toad from the high-level spirit pet pouch and gave it instructions.

Old Gray, a toad demon draped in a gray robe, appeared out of thin air. His aura was concealed, and he seemed not much different from some toad demons in the Qi Refining stage.

"Yes, Master!"

As soon as the spirit toad appeared, after hearing Lin Li's instructions, it released its Nascent Soul stage divine sense and saw the cave halfway up the mountain that its master, Lin Li, had mentioned.

Even with his Nascent Soul stage divine sense, he couldn't penetrate that place; it was very likely that some kind of danger was lurking there.

A place that can block the detection of a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense is definitely not a safe place.

However, the puppets outside the cave were all Foundation Establishment stage puppets, the strongest of which was only a Core Formation stage guy, but they were all just roadside lackeys.

That's all.

The spirit toad then transformed into a streak of gray light and flew towards the location of the Penglai Mountain ruins.

In the blink of an eye, they entered the entrance to the cave halfway up Mount Penglai.

"Um?"

"The power of the contract is still there, but it's negligible and can only be maintained to a minimum."

Lin Li sensed the master-servant contract between himself and the spirit toad, Old Gray, and made a judgment in his mind.

"Senior brother."

"Can I try that puppet?"

now.

Bai Ling'er, aboard the flying boat, seemed to hear something. Her ears twitched slightly, and she looked down into the sand and black mist on one side of the flying boat. A thoughtful look appeared in her eyes, and she asked Lin Li in front of her.

"Go."

Lin Li nodded in acknowledgment.

Immediately after receiving Lin Li's affirmative reply, Bai Ling'er left the place with great joy, using the flying talisman on her body to fly away from the airship.

A few breaths later, it disappeared into the sand and black fog.

Under the perceptive gaze of the forest, his junior sister headed straight for one of the early Foundation Establishment puppets wandering among them.

In an instant, the Yin attribute power on the puppet vanished into thin air.

Bai Ling'er then continued deeper and found the remaining Foundation Establishment puppets.

After a while.

A white streak of light flew straight from the sand and black mist and landed on the flying boat behind Lin Li.

Bai Ling'er looked helpless.

"Senior brother."

"It tastes awful, it's hard and astringent."

"It's hard to chew."

"It felt cold and uncomfortable when it went down my stomach."

Bai Ling'er complained.

This was far worse than eating spirit stones. Even with her dragon body's refining ability, it was quite difficult to process the yin-attribute spirit crystals inside those puppets after swallowing them.

"Senior brother."

"Are these guys all here?!"

Bai Ling'er had a bitter face.

She thought her senior brother would treat her to a delicious and luxurious meal, but she never expected to end up in such a terrible place.

"We'll have to wait for Old Gray to bring back some news."

Lin Li sat cross-legged on the futon of the flying boat, took out a tea table from his storage bag, and began to leisurely drink spiritual tea.

In the northeast.

Lin Li's divine sense, comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, was constantly sensing his surroundings. He had just detected a mid-Core Formation cultivator leading a Foundation Establishment cultivator, who were rushing towards this place at an astonishing speed.

The aura emanating from the other party was extremely unfamiliar.

However, there aren't many Core Formation stage forces in this area, so the other party is likely one of the several Core Formation stage forces in the vicinity.

"A cultivator has arrived."

"One is in the mid-stage of Core Formation and the other is in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment."

Lin Li spoke up.

"Senior brother."

"Should we deal with them?"

Bai Ling'er's eyes lit up.

I just ate something awful, and now a Core Formation cultivator has delivered himself to my door. Now I can immediately change my taste.

"It's best not to reveal our capabilities unless absolutely necessary."

Lin Li realized that this place was very close to the Three Yang Spring. If he were to deal with a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator nearby, it would be too conspicuous.

"Understood, Senior Brother."

"But, senior brother, if they attack us first, then can we fight back?"

Bai Ling'er changed her approach and then continued to ask questions.

"That's certainly possible."

Lin Li nodded slowly.

My junior sister is no easy person to deal with either!

...

...

now.

Located nearly a hundred miles northeast of Linli, in the sea of ​​sand, on a large yellow jade gourd, there is an old man and a young man, both wearing green robes.

On the shoulder of the hunchbacked old man in the Core Formation stage was a dark blue toad the size of a palm.

Behind him was a green-robed boy who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. The boy had freckles on his face and a pair of dark green eyes staring at the sand tornado in the distance, revealing a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Master."

"I've heard that there are puppets at the Core Formation stage within the ruins of Penglai Mountain!"

"There are at least a hundred puppets at the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Several Core Formation stage cultivators have explored this place before, but all of them returned empty-handed!"

"What advantage can we, master and disciple, possibly gain in a place like this?"

The green-robed youth's tone was full of apprehension.

After all, they were cultivators from Shazhou, and they had some understanding of the area where the Thousand Shadows Pavilion and the Penglai Mountain ruins were located near the White Sand Gate.

The master and disciple practiced poison attacks.

The ruins of Penglai Mountain, according to various records, seem to have no connection with any poisonous substances.

"There are indeed quite a few Foundation Establishment stage puppets in this Penglai Mountain."

"As for puppets at the Core Formation stage, I've only heard of them, never actually seen one."

"Other Core Formation stage cultivators who entered this place were unable to go any further after being surrounded by hundreds of Foundation Establishment stage puppets, so they speculated that there were Core Formation stage puppets deep inside the Penglai Mountain ruins."

"However, the purpose of our trip is to find a cultivator who entered the Penglai Mountain ruins last year and has never come out."

"In the storage bag on that person's body was a fragment of a magical artifact from the Earth Demon Palace."

"That fragment of the magic weapon contains the poison of a third-tier black dragon."

"That dragon's poison will be an excellent remedy for your breakthrough when you advance to the Core Formation stage!"

The hunchbacked old man spoke earnestly.

After he finished speaking, the green-robed youth's eyes lit up when he heard the words "Core Formation Spiritual Object," as this was the inheritance that would help him break through to the next realm.

"Thank you, Master!"

The green-robed youth hurriedly bowed respectfully.

"There's no need for us, master and disciple, to be so polite."

The hunchbacked old man gently shook his head and said.

"Of course, if we can capture a puppet alive this time and bring it back to the mountains."

"I'm sure I can elevate my puppetry skills to a new level once again."

The hunchbacked old man continued, saying that he originally wanted to capture a Foundation Establishment stage puppet outside of Penglai Mountain, but the demonic puppet left within a hundred miles of Penglai Mountain.

The spiritual energy core within the puppet will rapidly dissipate, and within a few breaths it will become a piece of scrap metal made of second-tier material.

For this reason, the hunchbacked old man even bought a storage bag that was reinforced with a third-order sealing spell.

If one possesses sealing techniques, perhaps one could capture a Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivator puppet. Once one masters such a puppet, and later discovers the method for crafting Foundation Establishment stage puppets...

This item is sure to have great market potential among Foundation Establishment families.

After all, what many Foundation Establishment cultivators fear most is having no successor, and having only one Foundation Establishment cultivator in their family until their death.

If their family could acquire a puppet with Foundation Establishment stage combat power before their ancestor passed away, they could control and unleash that power using their late-stage Qi Refining cultivation.

This would allow the Foundation Establishment family to preserve its heritage.

They stood atop the flying gourd.

They approached the ruins of Mount Penglai by only a few hundred feet.

Sudden.

The hunchbacked old man and his two disciples, who had been calm on the surface, suddenly changed their expressions. In an instant, both of them sensed a vast, ocean-like divine power enveloping them.

As Yuan Heng, the hunchbacked old man, looked terrified, he immediately took out a cyan talisman from his storage bag and activated it, trying to escape from the place.

He even stopped caring about his own apprentice.

If such a powerful divine sense can be used to intimidate someone, then the opponent's cultivation level must be at least at the peak of the Core Formation stage, or even possibly at the Nascent Soul stage.

However, there are only two Nascent Soul stage forces in Shazhou, and they are both located in the most central area of ​​Shazhou. The Thousand Shadows Pavilion here is affiliated with one of the Nascent Soul stage forces.

Every year, Qianyinglou has to send a large portion of its wealth to the Nascent Soul stage sects to which it is affiliated.

"Hand over your storage bags!"

Explain your purpose for coming here.

"If you utter even half a lie, I will make you vanish into thin air."

Just then, a very young voice echoed in his ears, and in the blink of an eye, a young cultivator in white appeared in front of Yuan Heng.

"Junior Yuan Heng greets Senior. Junior had no intention of offending you."

"If I had known you were here, I would never have disturbed you."

"This is my storage bag. As for the mark on this storage bag, I have removed it."

"I came here because..."

Yuan Heng didn't dare to bet that the cultivator who intercepted him wasn't a Nascent Soul stage senior.

It was just a respectful title. For Yuan Heng, being able to survive under this Nascent Soul stage monster was more important than anything else.

Seeing Yuan Heng so readily offer up the storage bag, Lin Li reached out and took it in front of him.

Afterwards, Lin Li left a divine soul mark on the storage bag, and used a wisp of divine sense to probe into it, and actually found the item he needed.

It was an irregular fragment stained with blood, the blood being a deep purple color.

With a thought, Lin Li retrieved the fragment, extracted a wisp of blood energy from it, and easily refined it into his body.

[Inclusion successful]

[Third-tier superior bloodline (mutated), Purple Flood Dragon Demon (extremely crippled)!]

Suddenly.

On the Reincarnation Disc in Lin Li's sea of ​​consciousness, a purple-scaled demon with a body about ten feet tall appeared out of thin air. The demon was as burly as a small mountain and covered with purple scales all over its body.

Furthermore, the opponent had a head like a purple dragon, and its body exuded an astonishing pressure comparable to that of an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Devil! ?

Could this be a demon?!

When Lin Li saw the information recorded on the Reincarnation Disc, his heart skipped a beat. The demon race and the monster race were not the same.

Although this Purple Dragon Demon is extremely disabled in terms of bloodline, it is easy to tell from its name that it is a demon.

The demon race and the monster race are natural enemies.

In order to cultivate, demons usually choose to hunt other demons of the same level.

Over time, their infighting and animosity towards each other have subtly influenced both groups.

Once they meet, the outcome is always a fight to the death.

It can only be done when one party dies.

Between the two great cultivation kingdoms of Nan Yue and Dong Ming, Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the human and demon races once joined forces to sign a pact, the contents of which specifically targeted the demon cultivators within the kingdom.

"Where did you get this?"

now.

Lin Li picked up the irregular, bloodstained stone and placed it half a step in front of him, then asked Yuan Heng in a firm tone.

"In reply to your question, senior, this item was purchased from a market called Tinghun Bay."

Yuan Heng hurriedly and honestly responded.

He knew very well that only by doing this could he find a glimmer of hope.