Chapter 175 My Taoist Companion is also a Demon
On the long stone steps, figures are trying hard to climb up.
Under the pressure of those Nascent Soul masters, every step forward brought them greater pressure, and they had to use all their magic power to block it, but few people gave up, and no one was willing to stay where they were.
The Jiuyou List is only compiled once every ten years. Who wouldn’t want to be on this list and enjoy the honor for the next ten years?
As for those disciples who have reached the first stage of the Golden Core stage and gathered in one place, every time they climb a step, they can eliminate many people. Their strengths are similar and their number exceeds a hundred. Only one hundred people are selected from the Nine Nether List, so it is destined that some will be on the list and some will fail.
Everyone's abilities are similar, and no one wants to be the one who fails, so the competition for this position is extremely fierce.
In the front few positions, those second generation immortals who have reached the sixth level of the Golden Core Realm are also climbing bravely, and no one is willing to give way to anyone else.
It is certain that they will be in the top 100 of the Jiuyou List, but not necessarily in the top 10. Even though they are still among the top 10 now, once those from the Xuanyin Sect, the Soul Refining Sect and the Puppet Sect take action, half of them will be squeezed out.
Sure enough, just a quarter of an hour later, several powerful auras approached from behind them and easily surpassed them.
Several people looked at their receding backs and wanted to catch up, but under the huge pressure from above, it was extremely difficult to even take a step.
Yuan Zhi, who has the same surname as an ancestor of the Xuanyin Sect who has reached the level of God Transformation, is exactly fifty years old this year and has the strength of a seventh-level Golden Core. There is also Yang Quan from the Puppet Sect, who is also at the seventh-level Golden Core. Zhang Qing from the Soul Refining Sect broke through to the eighth-level Golden Core a month ago.
As for the three in front, their strength is much greater than that of the other three.
Liu Yang of the Xuanyin Sect, Ouyang Long of the Refining Soul Sect, and Qin Song of the Puppet Sect all have five-spirit-vein golden elixirs, and one of their attributes has reached the ninth level. Their strength has long surpassed the limit of a single-spirit-vein golden elixir.
And the Holy Maiden of Xuanyin Sect has not made any move yet. So, there are only three spots left for them in the top ten of the Jiuyou List.
It has to be said that the difficulty of entering the top ten of the Nine Nether List this time is the most difficult in history. Normally, if one reaches the sixth level of the Golden Core, one has a chance to top the list, but this time, even the top ten cannot be guaranteed.
Liu Yang, Ouyang Long, and Qin Song were far ahead with their strength far exceeding that of the others and were on the same stone steps very close to the top.
This time, the three of them were determined to get the five Nine-Transformation Golden Pills.
They all practice the five spiritual veins together. After the Golden Core stage, they focus on one of the spiritual veins. One of the five golden elixirs can greatly increase their magic power. Although the other four have no effect on the spiritual vein they focus on, they can be used to exchange with others.
Only golden elixirs of the same attributes can be merged and absorbed with each other, but the monsters hunted have various attributes, and the various sects of the magic way often exchange monster elixirs of different attributes.
Somewhere in the void, Li Yu looked at Nangong Chan beside him and asked, "Are you not going yet?"
There is a time limit for climbing the steps. After five hours, the competition will end. Of course, the sooner you climb the steps, the better, so that you have enough time to challenge more steps.
Nangong Chan was about to head towards the stone steps, but a figure was faster than her.
A young man flew out from a crowd and quickly went up the stone steps. He soon surpassed those demon disciples who were at the first level of the Golden Core Realm. In just a few breaths, he left behind those second-generation immortal disciples who were at the sixth level of the Golden Core Realm.
This scene immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Judging from the speed at which he climbed the stairs, it was far beyond the sixth level of the Golden Core. However, those who had such strength in the Demonic Path, except for the Saint Maiden of the Xuanyin Sect, were already on these stone steps.
That person was obviously a man, so naturally he couldn't be the Holy Maiden of the Xuanyin Sect.
But that's not all that shocked people.
After this young man, another four figures flew out from the crowd. Like that young man, they were extremely powerful and easily surpassed everyone except Liu Yang, Ouyang Long and Qin Song, occupying the fourth to eighth places.
After that, although their speed of climbing the stairs was not that exaggerated, they were still moving forward step by step. It was only a matter of time before they caught up with the three people.
The sudden change made the entire mountain area somewhat quiet.
Which sect of the demonic world does this powerful person belong to?
The strength of each of them is not weaker than Liu Yang and Qin Song, but those three were trained by their respective sects with the whole strength of the sect at all costs. Even giants like Xuanyin Sect and Lianhun Sect can train one.
And there were five people who suddenly appeared just now and whose strength was comparable to those three.
To be able to compete for the Nine Nether Ranking, their age will not be over fifty. Having such strength before the age of fifty has little to do with their talent, but only depends on the resources controlled by the sect.
There is only one sect in the entire world of immortal cultivation that can do this, and that is the Tiandao Sect.
At this time, Liu Yang and others also recognized the identities of the five people.
Qin Song's face changed, and he said in shock: "Tang Yuan, Xue Tingfeng, Situ Jing, Ma Yuan, Liu Shan..., how could these Tiandao Sect disciples be here!"
They have been famous in the world of immortal cultivation for a long time. Thirty years ago, when Qin Keren and Nangong Chan were not yet born, they were already invincible in the same level, but this invincibility was only limited to the magic path.
Compared with the disciples of the same age in Tiandao Sect, they are inferior in both cultivation and magic weapons. These five people are from the same era as them, but they are always superior to them. If they meet them outside, they have to avoid them.
It is normal that these people are now stronger than them.
But the problem is, this is the Demonic Ceremony, how could they show up? They are not from the Demonic Path!
The elders of the various sects of the Demonic Path who were in charge of this grand ceremony, although they did not know those people, also realized that something was wrong. Elder Xuanyuan immediately looked at one of them and said in a deep voice: "Chiyan, what's going on with your Demonic Flame Sect, who are those people?"
He saw clearly just now that those people all flew out from the disciples of the Demon Flame Sect.
An old man with red hair, called "Chiyan" by Elder Xuanyuan, said with a smile, "Don't worry, Elder Xuanyuan, they are all disciples of my Demon Flame Sect, and they are definitely no older than fifty, which meets the requirements of the ceremony."
"Bullshit!"
Before Elder Xuanyuan could say anything, a black-robed elder from the Soul Refining Sect angrily shouted , "What strength do you have in the Demon Flame Sect? You can train five people under the age of fifty who have reached the peak of the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm. Do you think you are the Heavenly Dao Sect?"
Although he was scolded, the red-haired old man was not angry at all. He still kept a smile on his face and said, "They are disciples of Tiandao Sect, but they all married disciples of my Demon Flame Sect as their partners. They are also half disciples of Demon Flame Sect. Why can't they represent Demon Flame Sect to participate in the ceremony?"
"What?"
"A person from the Tiandao Sect married a disciple from your Demon Flame Sect?"
The group of Nascent Soul experts were greatly surprised when they heard this.
Although the Demonic Path Ceremony is limited to disciples from the ten sects of the Demonic Path, the restriction can be relaxed if one does not belong to the Demonic Path but has a partner who is a disciple of the Demonic Path. In previous Demonic Path Ceremony, each sect has invited geniuses from other forces to participate in the ceremony in order to compete for rewards.
But this is the first time that the Tiandao Sect has intervened in the Demonic Ceremony.
The righteous have always disdained to associate with the evil, and the Tiandao Sect is the worst of them. In the past, the Tiandao Sect had issued a clear ban, not allowing its disciples to form couples with the evil disciples. But this time, they would actually allow such a genius to marry a disciple of the Moyan Sect?
The purpose of their doing this is very obvious, it is nothing more than to get those high-level demon pills.
Although the demon pill is precious, given the status of the Tiandao Sect, doing such a thing is undoubtedly lowering one's status and refreshing the bottom line of the leader of the righteous path.
No, nowadays all the righteous sects no longer recognize the Tiandao Sect as the leader.
The fact that the once high and mighty Tiandao Sect actually colluded with the Moyan Sect was beyond their expectations.
They vaguely sensed that the current world of immortal cultivation was undergoing a change that had not happened in a thousand years. The righteous path had already changed, and after this grand ceremony was over, the evil path might also stir up waves...
But these are all matters for the future. The current issue is the current battle for the Nine Nether List.
If five of the top ten, or even the top five, of the Demonic Path's Nine Netherworld List are disciples of the Tiandao Sect, the entire Demonic Path will lose face, and the demon pills collected by various sects will be given away to others for nothing.
The Demon Flame Sect has already betrayed the Demonic Path. Elder Xuanyuan's face darkened and he said, "This is not in accordance with the rules of the ceremony. The five of them cannot be on the Nine Nether List."
The red-robed old man from the Demon Flame Sect asked, "May I ask Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan, which rule of the Grand Ceremony does this violate?"
Elder Xuanyuan was speechless for a moment.
When the various sects were setting the rules for the ceremony, they had not imagined that the Tiandao Sect would do something so unscrupulous in the future. Apart from the Tiandao Sect, even Kunlun Shushan would not be able to cultivate such a genius in such a short period of time.
If the rules were to be modified temporarily, it would undoubtedly tell everyone that the Demonic Path cannot afford to lose.
It is not just the demon world that is paying attention to the Nine Nether List, but the entire world of immortal cultivation.
Even if the ceremony is to be reformed, it will start from the next session.
If the rules are not changed, the greatest benefits of this ceremony will be taken away by the people of Tiandao Sect.
The Nascent Soul masters of various sects were unable to make up their minds for a while.
Several people from the Xuanyin Sect, the Lianhun Sect, and the Puppet Sect sent telepathic messages to ask for instructions from their sect's God Transformation Ancestor, and the instructions they received were that everything should remain the same.
Although this was not the outcome they wanted to see, the actions of Tiandao Sect and Moyan Sect were indeed within the rules allowed by the ceremony. They asked the elders of Moyan Sect to produce evidence, and they directly brought the Taoist partners of those people over, obviously they were well prepared.
Not far from these Nascent Soul masters, Li Yu was also watching the development of the situation.
Unexpectedly, the wealthy Tiandao Sect was also eyeing those demon pills.
Ever since the Immortal Conference, other righteous sects have distanced themselves from them, and their style of doing things has become more and more unfettered.
They had done this kind of thing before in Kunlun, but now they even spared the evildoers.
But the Demonic Sect is also responsible for this matter. It was because such an important ceremony had bugs. The disciples of the Tiandao Sect did not have to pay anything. They just had to marry a few female cultivators from the Demon Flame Sect. They could also abandon them at will afterwards, or even pretend to form a couple with them.
The key lies in the cooperation of the Demon Flame Gate.
As a demonic sect, either the Tiandao Sect gave the Moyan Sect some benefits, or they have already defected to the Tiandao Sect.
Li Yu was originally wondering whether it was inappropriate for him, a disciple of the righteous path, to compete for something like the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking in the evil path, but now he has no worries anymore.
He flew to Elder Xuanyuan and put forward his ideas.
Elder Xuanyuan looked at him in astonishment and asked, "Young friend, do you want to try it too?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "Just to join in the fun."
Relying on his friendship with Li Yu, he would have agreed to any condition that was not excessive, but the ceremony had its own rules, and with so many powerful people from other sects around him, he alone could not influence them.
He could only shake his head and said, "But you are not a disciple of the Demonic Path."
Li Yu pointed at the people at the front of the stone steps and said, "They are not either."
Elder Xuanyuan explained: "Although they are not, their Taoist partners are. This is the rule of the ceremony."
Li Yu said: "My Taoist partner is also a disciple of the Demonic Path."
Elder Xuanyuan was stunned and asked unsurely, "Your Taoist partner?"
Have he and the Saint reached this point?
Li Yu said embarrassedly: "In fact, we have already secretly decided to spend our lives together..."
Nangong Chan, who followed over, was stunned when she heard the words.
When did they get married secretly?
She hasn't agreed yet!
No, he didn’t mention it either!
After Elder Xuanyuan came to his senses, he was surprised and delighted, and asked: "When did you and the Saint Girl..."
Li Yu explained: "It's with Qing'er..."
Anyway, Qing'er is not here. I can just communicate with her when I pass by her later.
Nangong Chan's expression returned to normal, with mixed feelings in her heart.
Elder Xuanyuan's surprised expression instantly turned into disappointment: "With Qing'er..."
This kind of thing was originally going to be verified with Qing'er, but she was still on the stone steps, so he could only confirm it with her later. He didn't doubt Li Yu's words at all. That little girl had gained so much in just one month, from the Qi Refining Stage to the Five Spirit Veins Golden Pill. She must have paid something.
He said to Li Yu: "In that case, go ahead."
The Nascent Soul Patriarchs of the other sects also had no objections.
This Demonic Ceremony was already chaotic enough, with five geniuses from the Tiandao Sect all appearing. The appearance of a young master from Kunlun Sect would not be something difficult to accept.
They were surprisingly unable to see through Li Yu's cultivation level. They didn't know whether he had any powerful magic weapon or some mysterious technique he practiced.
According to the information obtained by the Demonic Path, Li Yu had just formed a golden elixir in his five spiritual veins not long ago. However, the Xuanyin Sect would definitely pay a high price to ask him to refine the elixir. They would most likely give him a demon elixir, and with his status in Kunlun, he would also receive other resources, such as the golden elixirs of those golden elixir elders who had already returned to the abyss. How strong he really is, I'm afraid only he himself knows.
After getting permission, Li Yu and the demon girl flew to the stone steps together.
The two of them walked forward and soon arrived at where Qing'er was.
Li Yu set up a soundproof barrier and said in a voice transmission: "Qing'er, remember, no matter who asks you outside, just say that we have secretly decided to spend our lives together and become Taoist couples."
The girl was stunned for a moment, a look of disbelief appeared on her face, then she took Li Yu's arm, looked at Nangong Chan gratefully, and said: "Thank you, Saint, Qing'er will come back to see you often..."
