Chapter 246: Chapter 126: He’s Worthy of the Saintess? A Surge in Strength Like a Tiger Growing Wings
A short while later, the group had found a nearby small hill and began to rest.
Little Yu King, standing beside Lin Xuankong and Xiaoo Ying’Er, cupped his hands and said, "Third Princess, Mr. Mu, my uncle has taken a Tier Eight Powerhouse from Prince Yu’s Mansion and has already gone to the Secret Realm Center to see if there’s a chance to approach the Celestial Demon Bone! Now that the Princess’s crisis is resolved, I also plan to go to the Secret Realm Center to see if I can find my uncle and the others!"
Upon hearing this, Xiaoo Ying’Er couldn’t help but furrow her brow slightly. "The Celestial Demon Bone in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm... there’s a Ninth-Layer Perfection Corpse Scorpion corpse nearby, so a potent toxin permeates the area. Even Tier Nine Powerhouses find it difficult to resist. They could lose their True Qi, and their Cultivation could drastically decrease at any moment, leading to their eventual demise there!
"Due to this Celestial Demon Bone, the Celestial Sect has already lost two Late Eighth Layer powerhouses, and Prince Yu’s Mansion has also lost two Late Eighth Layer powerhouses. If these powerhouses had not perished, perhaps two or three Tier Nine Powerhouses would have emerged in the future! Moreover, if those four had not fallen, the demon scourge in the Great Xia Realm wouldn’t have intensified. After all, Late Eighth Layer powerhouses, even if unable to slay Ninth-Layer Great Demons, can repel them by joining forces and utilizing various Treasures and techniques! I hope your Prince Yu’s Mansion doesn’t suffer too great a loss this time! The Celestial Demon Bone is extremely precious, a treasure of the world, but powerhouses who can cultivate to the Late Eighth Layer are also treasures of the Great Xia Dynasty!"
Little Yu King’s brow furrowed. "This time, my uncle brought many powerhouses, so there should be some chance of refining the Celestial Demon Bone. If we can refine the Celestial Demon Bone... by obtaining this Celestial Demon Bone from the Ba Mountain Secret Realm and nurturing it for a few years, the demon scourge in the Six Prefectures of Nanjiang will be much easier to resolve!"
Xiaoo Ying’Er observed Little Yu King carefully and suddenly frowned. "Prince Yu’s Mansion already possesses one Celestial Demon Bone. If one or two more Tier Eight Powerhouses were to perish for this Celestial Demon Bone, the situation in the Southern Border would become even more difficult to manage! King Yu already has a Celestial Demon Bone, sufficient to establish a family that could endure for thousands, even tens of thousands of years. Why is he so fixated on acquiring another? Does King Yu feel some sense of impending crisis? My father once told me he has always regarded King Yu as his own brother. He hopes that even decades, or one or two hundred years from now, this fraternal bond will remain unchanged!"
Little Yu King’s expression shifted slightly upon hearing this. He immediately cupped his hands and said, "Third Princess, my father has always regarded Emperor Xiaoo as both a father and an elder brother. His desire to obtain this Celestial Demon Bone from Ba Mountain... is also because possessing a second Celestial Demon Bone would make dealing with Ninth-Layer Great Demons much easier. My father has no other intentions!"
Xiaoo Ying’Er sighed, her eyebrows arching slightly. "Naturally, I trust you! Very well, if you plan to go near the Secret Realm Center, then you should set off. However, the Secret Realm Center is permeated by a highly poisonous fog; you must be extremely cautious! In the Six Prefectures of Nanjiang, Martial Cultivators with Talent like yours are far too rare. Cultivating the Martial Dao is the most important pursuit for us Cultivators. No matter how strong the Celestial Demon Bone is, it is ultimately an external object!"
Little Yu King cupped his hands. "Changge understands. If I encounter any danger while heading to the Secret Realm Center this time, I will naturally retreat!"
With that, he departed from the small hilltop with the four Golden Armor Guards.
Xiaoo Ying’Er watched their retreating figures and sighed softly. "Too many powerhouses have perished in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm Center! The temptation of the Celestial Demon Bone is truly too great. A single Celestial Demon Bone can establish a family that could endure for countless years... but such a treasure of the world is not easily obtained!"
Lin Xuankong frowned as he gazed at the Poisonous Fog in the Secret Realm Center, thinking to himself:
Once I’ve learned the Spirit Puppet Technique from the Third Princess and refined that Seventh-Layer Brown Bear Demon People, I should also head to the Secret Realm Center! To think Prince Yu’s Mansion actually dispatched a Tier Eight Powerhouse to the Secret Realm Center! Even if I have the Liy Family’s Grand Array for refining the Celestial Demon Bone, obtaining it will likely not be an easy task. After all, the powerhouses of Prince Yu’s Mansion would never simply hand over such a treasure of the world to me! Whether I can obtain the Celestial Demon Bone... I can only take it one step at a time! However, I possess Immortal Tier Poison Resistance, giving me an absolute environmental advantage in the Secret Realm Center. If I could refine a Late Stage Seventh-Layer Great Demon into a Spirit Puppet... combining this advantage, the Seventh-Layer Great Demon, and my various other methods, I might actually have a chance!
After Little Yu King departed, Xiaoo Ying’Er instructed several maids to distribute the Demon Flesh from her other Silver Patterned Ghost Child Pouch to the Martial Cultivators who had previously guarded her.
Soon, the Martial Cultivators who had received generous rewards bid farewell to Xiaoo Ying’Er and Celestial Sect Elder Hua Yanluo. Now that the danger had passed, they couldn’t remain by the Third Princess’s side indefinitely. They had come to the Ba Mountain Secret Realm for the Heavy Water Spiritual Object!
More than an hour later, only Liy Ruoqing, Liy Ruo Ying, Zheng Yunrui, Hua Yanluo, and a few others remained on the small hill.
Only then did Lin Xuankong reach into his Ghost Frog Pouch, retrieve the Secret Manual for the Demon-Catching Array that Liy Ruoqing had given him, and hand it to Xiaoo Ying’Er.
"Third Princess, this is the refining method. To create such a Demon Prison Cage, you must first study the method for setting up the Demon-Catching Array. Please review it first. If there’s anything you don’t understand, feel free to ask me at any time!"
A hint of joy appeared on Xiaoo Ying’Er’s lovely face. After accepting the Secret Manual, she handed a Jade Token to Lin Xuankong.
"Mr. Mu, this Transmission Jade Butterfly contains the Spirit Puppet Technique. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask Ying’Er at any time!"