In the Ghost God Valley, both the Devouring Rabbit and the Devil Ape had been rewarded with twenty drops of divine blood, and thus, had been cultivating in seclusion in the Touhou World, and after a recent period of refinement, their cultivation, again, had risen quite a bit.
The Elephant Swallowing Rabbit had broken through to the Third Order Semi-Saint, and the Devil Ape had also reached the Second Order Semi-Saint realm.
Of course, besides them, there was another beneficiary, and that was the Divine Demon Rat.
The Divine Demon Mouse was originally a rather powerful ancient relic species, and having obtained ten drops of divine blood, it had already refined three of them, and its cultivation had broken through to the realm of Second Order Semi-Saint.
Moreover, with its strength, fighting across two realms wasn’t difficult at the Half-Saint realm. Therefore, even if it encountered a Fourth Order Half-Saint, the Divine Demon Mouse would still have the power to fight.
“Master Cat, you asked me to come here, what is it about?”
With the realm breakthrough, the God Demon Mouse still had some spring in its step, and when it saw Xiao Hei, it didn’t cower in fear, instead, it straightened its back.
Seeing that look of the God Demon Mouse, Xiao Hei felt quite irritated and snorted coldly, “Could it be that there is no matter, this Emperor can’t summon you here?”
When the God Demon Mouse saw that Xiao Hei’s tone was a bit off, at once, his heart jumped violently, and a chilling aura, emerging from the soles of his feet, rushed straight towards his brain.
According to previous experience, the God Demon Mouse gave birth to an ominous premonition, and hastily bent over and bowed forward to salute, and said with trepidation, “Master Cat, you have something to say straight, on the mountain of swords, under the sea of fire, I also have no hesitation, who frowned a little, who is a grandson.”
Xiao Hei saw that the God Demon Mouse was still honest, so he didn’t beat it up any more, walked over, stretched out a paw, and lay on the God Demon Mouse’s shoulder. The God Demon Mouse was startled, and its body shrank, instantly shortening a great deal.
“What’s the point of being so scared, it’s not like this Emperor will eat you?”
Following that, Little Black added, “This Emperor has a task to dispatch you to carry out, you don’t have a problem with that, do you?”
“You really want me to go up the mountain of swords and down the sea of fire?”
The Divine Demon Mouse’s heart was startled, and on its forehead, beads of sweat rolled downwards as if they were raindrops.
In its thoughts, the task arranged by Little Black was definitely very pitiful.
In fact, its heart was very resistant, yet it did not know how to resist.
Little Black’s large, round, furry face suddenly condensed and became somewhat cold, saying, ”How could this Emperor bear to let you do something so dangerous? Zhang Ruochen, it’s better for you to tell it!”
Xiao Hei loosened his claws that had captured the Divine Demon Mouse and let out a long sigh as he stepped back.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, which were quite serious, said, “Chief Mouse, your position in the Demon Sect should not be low, right?”
Hearing this, the Divine Demon Mouse immediately came into the spirit and patted his chest, saying, “That’s natural, I am the Divine …… Sect’s …… ahem …… Demon Sect’s Nine PalacesOne of the bosses of the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, even those Half Saint level old devils have to be courteous when they see me.”
“Of course, I’ve also reached the Half-Saint realm now, so naturally I’m even more unafraid of them. Unless it’s a Devil Dao Saint who can crush me.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Since that’s the case, I will open the door to talk to you. I hope that you can return to the Devil Sect and secretly assist Mu Lingshi.”
“Master Cat, this is my mission? So simple?”The Divine Demon Mouse was a bit disbelieving, this mission, to it, couldn’t be simpler.
Xiao Hei revealed two sharp teeth and coldly said, “When you return to the Demon Sect, you’d better honestly listen to the orders of the wooden girl, if you dare to play any tricks, this Emperor has a hundred ways to play you to death.”
Hearing Xiao Hei’s threat, the God Demon Mouse’s entire body spasmed as if a bolt of lightning had struck its body, making it feel weak all over.
“How dare I! Even if I were to lend me my guts, I wouldn’t dare to play tricks. Masters, don’t worry, although I don’t dare to do anything treasonous, but letting me assist Her Highness the Holy Maiden, that’s a thousand times no problem. In the sect, whoever dares to be an enemy of Her Highness the Holy Maiden, I will definitely teach him to be a human being with the most brutal means.”The Divine Demon Mouse said with conviction.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Work for me, and I will definitely not treat you badly. If you do a good job, I can provide you with even divine blood.”
Hearing the words “divine blood”, the God Demon Mouse’s eyes instantly glowed.
It knew very well that Zhang Ruochen had obtained a total of one pool of divine blood, and had been generous, so working for Zhang Ruochen could indeed reap a lot of benefits.
On that very day, Zhang Ruochen sent the Divine Demon Mouse away.
With it assisting at the side, Mu Lingshi should soon be able to gain a firm foothold in the Demon Sect, after all, the Divine Demon Mouse’s strength and status in the Sect were both extraordinary.
“This Emperor has planted a Dala Death Seal in its body, and can abolish its cultivation at any time.”Little Black’s eyes were quite sharp.
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “The Divine Demon Mouse is actually still extremely intelligent, to be exact, it should be cunning. It’s just a pity that it’s still a mouse after all and can’t escape the claws of a cat.”
It had to be said that in this world, it really was one thing against another.
Xiao Hei was already quite powerful, and could be said to be skilled in everything and understand everything, yet, he was still sealed by the Sumeru Sacred Stone in the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, transformed into an Artifact Spirit, and could only follow the orders of Zhang Ruochen, the master.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, looked around and said, ”When we go to the Central Region, we have to let the Elephant Swallowing Rabbit and the Demon Ape, capture some savage beasts to enter the Diagrammatic Scroll World, and cultivate them properly. This world, too, should be lively.”
Xiao Hei agreed with this view and nodded.
The next day, Han Qiu came to this great flaming mountain and took the initiative to approach Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, I’ve decided to stay here for a period of time for closed-door cultivation, you should be fine with that, right?”
She wore a green-coloured Daoist robe, with a plump figure, an elegant smile, and an extraordinarily long snow-white neck that had a small sensuality to it.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards her and realised that her cultivation level had already reached the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
Even with the aid of the Dragon Emperor’s Blood, to be able to break through a realm in such a short period of time was still quite a feat. One must know that only five days had passed in the outside world.
Obviously, Han Qiu also understood the value of the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, and it was completely possible to cultivate here in a thousand miles a day.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “However, I will be leaving the Two Element Sect immediately and travelling to the Central Region.”
“I’ll go to the Central Domain with you.”
Although Han Qiu didn’t say it explicitly, Zhang Ruochen grasped her meaning, that is, she had already decided that she would follow Zhang Ruochen in his endeavours.
“Good.”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
Han Qiu stayed in the Scroll World and continued to refine the Dragon Emperor’s blood to raise her cultivation realm.
Zhang Ruochen walked out alone, storing the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram into his Qi Sea, and then, holding the token that Han Qiu had given him, he headed to the top of one of the spirit mountains of the Two Element Sect.
This spiritual mountain, which was more than three thousand metres tall, was filled with emerald green ancient trees. Between the ancient trees, there was a winding and circling stone staircase that connected from the bottom of the mountain, all the way to the top.
At the top of the mountain was a vast white stone platform, surrounded by a sea of layered clouds.
Above the white stone platform, at a height of roughly thirteen feet, hovered a translucent light gate, like a curtain of water that appeared to be sparkling.
That was the wormhole, connecting the Two Eyes Sect and the Central Domain.
When Zhang Ruochen arrived at the top of the Spirit Mountain, there were already more than two hundred disciples of the Two Element Sect gathered below the wormhole, all of them wearing Daoist robes, both outer disciples and inner disciples, as well as three Sacred Transmission Disciples whose cultivation had reached the Fish Dragon Realm.
Moreover, there were disciples coming one after another, from all directions.
By the time they reached the noon hour, more than four hundred disciples had already gathered at the top of the Spirit Mountain.
Zhang Ruochen was wearing the Taoist robe of an outer disciple, sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, looking exceptionally ordinary, and no one even noticed him.
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the distance.
Only to see, a white stream of light rushed out from the sea of clouds, emitting an ear-splitting dragon roar as it quickly rushed towards the top of the Spirit Mountain.
In the next moment, that white light, coalesced into a rather old silhouette that landed in the centre of the white stone platform, and it was none other than the Yuan Long Half-Saint.
“Yuan Long Half-Saint’s cultivation, it’s quite strong, it has actually reached the Fifth Order Half-Saint realm.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
With Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation, even if he fought with the Yuan Long Half-Saint, he would definitely lose. Of course, if Zhang Ruochen wanted to escape, the Yuan Long Half-Saint wouldn’t be able to keep him.
Even if the Yuan Long Half-Saint wanted to injure Zhang Ruochen, it would not be an easy task.
