Chapter 271: Heart Demon Oath, Powerful Divine Consciousness
Xuanjizi smiled when he heard this and said, "Brother Bing, do you think that Fellow Daoist Yuan, a cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, can send a message to Fellow Daoist Ye under the noses of several of us in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul?"
"And each of us has a strong spiritual sense. If Fellow Daoist Ye follows us, we will be able to detect any clues."
"Although Fellow Daoist Ye's magical powers are comparable to those of a great cultivator, he is, after all, a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. His spiritual awareness is not yet strong enough to blind our perception!" Nanlong Hou said lightly.
Hearing this, Han Li's expression changed, but he didn't say much.
“Let’s take a step back and say that even if he really catches up with us, with three of us in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage, can’t we stop a great cultivator?” Nanlong Hou said proudly.
Nanlong Hou is somewhat confident in his own strength.
He is a cultivator at the peak of the middle Nascent Soul stage. Although his magical powers are not as powerful as those of Long Han, Feng Bing, and Old Monster Tianhen, he is not much weaker.
Moreover, as the descendant of Master Cangkun, he usually concealed many of his methods.
If he gives it his all, the power he can unleash will be even greater.
With his strength, together with Xuanjizi and the old man surnamed Yun, he would be able to deal with a real great cultivator.
What's more, Ye Changsheng is just a person whose magical powers are comparable to those of a great cultivator. Nanlong Hou knew very well about the battle that made him famous.
When this man was in the early stage of Nascent Soul, he was still far from being a match for the great monks. He only became famous because of his fast speed which prevented the three great monks from catching up with him.
Now that he has entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, he is probably only slightly stronger than Long Han, Feng Bing and others. Compared with the real great cultivators, there is probably still some gap.
Even if his magical powers were really so powerful that they were almost the same as those of great cultivators, those three middle Nascent Soul cultivators would still be able to deal with him.
Moreover, there are more than three middle Nascent Soul cultivators on their side, there are also cultivators named Bing, You, and Madam Tai.
Even if Yuan Yao and Han Li defected at that time, how much magical power could two people who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage have?
They always have the upper hand.
But in the final analysis, Marquis Nanlong didn't think that Ye Changsheng could catch up under his nose.
Because he didn't think Ye Changsheng could have such a powerful spiritual awareness.
Generally speaking, the range that the spiritual sense of a normal cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage can explore is about fifty to sixty miles.
For a normal cultivator in the middle Nascent Soul stage, the range that his spiritual sense can explore is seventy to eighty miles.
For a normal late-stage great monk, the range that can be explored by the spiritual sense is more than a hundred miles.
The spiritual awareness of Nanlong Hou is much stronger than that of the average mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, and he is just stuck at the limit of one hundred miles.
As long as he exceeds a little bit, he will be comparable to a great monk of the late stage.
Precisely because of his confidence in his own spiritual awareness, Nanlong Hou did not think that Ye Changsheng could catch up by following behind.
After these two cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul made their solemn promises, no one else had any objections.
Even the initiator, Nanlong Hou, said so. What else can they say but to believe it.
Anyway, if something really went wrong, the ones who would suffer the greatest losses would be Nanlong Hou and Xuanjizi, not them.
After solving Yuan Yao's problem, Nanlong Hou and Xuanjizi proposed to everyone a plan to distribute magic weapons after breaking the ban.
The requirement is that after he and Xuan Jizi enter, they should each choose one item first, and the rest will be divided equally among everyone.
Naturally, no one would have any objection to this plan. After all, whether considering the cultivation level of the two or the identities of the initiators, such a distribution is reasonable.
So, after confirming all this, in order to prevent any further complications, everyone agreed immediately to set off after two days of preparation without waiting for the trade fair to end.
After everything was discussed, Nanlong Hou looked at everyone solemnly and said:
"Okay, from now on, each of us swears by our inner demons that we will not reveal what happened here!"
Hearing this, everyone's expressions suddenly became different.
The oath to the inner demon is a relatively strong constraint for Nascent Soul cultivators.
After all, everyone who has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage knows how powerful the inner demon is.
If this oath is broken, one may attract inner demons in the future, which will tarnish the path of the Tao.
If you are not careful, you may even fall.
However, the binding force of this oath is not absolute, and there are still many ways in the world of immortal cultivation to circumvent the oath of the inner demon.
Moreover, there are many people who can withstand the oath of their inner demons.
Therefore, even though the Heart Demon Oath has a great reputation, Nascent Soul cultivators will not place all their hopes on it when doing something very secretive.
But having it is better than having nothing. An extra layer of constraint of the Inner Demon Oath is an extra layer of protection against leaks.
Therefore, when Nanlong Hou said this, everyone understood what he was thinking.
Seeing that everyone was considering this proposal with flickering eyes, Nanlong Hou suddenly looked at Yuan Yao and said:
"Why don't you let Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao issue this inner demon oath first?"
Nanlong Hou's words made everyone focus their attention on Yuan Yao. In an instant, Yuan Yao's face turned pale.
There was reluctance in his eyes, as if he didn't want to make this vow at all.
Seeing her expression, these Nascent Soul cultivators were immediately delighted.
It seems that this Miss Yuan Yao is quite afraid of the oath made by her inner demon.
Yes, she was a cultivator who had just formed a fetus more than 20 years ago and had just experienced the calamity of inner demons. She felt the horror of this kind of thing more deeply than others.
It is understandable that she is afraid of the oath made by the inner demon. If she were asked to make this oath, she might not dare to tell Ye Changsheng what happened here.
As a result, the Nascent Soul cultivators here all looked at him with glares, and the one named Xuanjizi said coldly:
"Why, Brother Yuan doesn't dare to make this inner demon oath? Are you really planning to tell Brother Ye about what happened here after you get out?"
"Fairy Yuanyao, for the sake of reassuring us all, you should swear this inner demon oath!"
"I hope Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao won't make things difficult for us!"
…
The Nascent Soul cultivators here spoke one after another, and Yuan Yao's expression became extremely ugly. In the end, she reluctantly swore an inner demon oath, promising not to tell anyone what happened here.
After seeing this scene, the group of Nascent Soul cultivators finally felt relieved.
Only Han Li's eyes flickered, and he had different thoughts in his mind from everyone else.
Based on his understanding of Senior Brother Ye, the binding force of this Inner Demon Oath is most likely extremely limited.
Senior Brother Ye asked his Taoist partner to come here, most likely because he had already considered all these things. He must have other plans.
Han Li was almost certain in his heart that Senior Brother Ye would definitely appear in front of Master Cangkun's cave.
However, even though he thought of this, he did not say it out loud. He would not do anything that would greatly offend Senior Brother Ye.
So, he pretended to be confused and watched everything happening in front of him coldly.
After Yuan Yao swore, the rest of the people also swore their inner demon vows one after another. After everyone had made the commitment, they dispersed.
After leaving the stone chamber, Yuan Yao walked on the street leisurely. Suddenly, her ears moved and she heard Ye Changsheng's voice.
She quickly returned to the place where the Nascent Soul cultivators lived, entered the attic where she and Ye Changsheng lived, and saw Ye Changsheng standing on the top of the attic with his hands behind his back.
"Sir, I was just at that Nanlonghou..."
Yuan Yao was about to tell everything that happened before, but Ye Changsheng waved his hand to stop her and said, "Don't say it, I know everything!"
"Ah?" Yuan Yao was stunned when she heard this, a little confused.
She stepped forward and whispered, "Although they forced me to swear the Heart Demon Pledge, with the Shura Hades Art that I practiced, this Heart Demon Pledge basically has no effect on me!"
"I can tell you everything I know, sir!" Yuan Yao said, looking up at Ye Changsheng's profile.
Turning around, Ye Changsheng stroked her jade-like face and said gently: "I know you are not afraid of the inner demon oath!"
"However, we would rather be cautious about this kind of thing and not leave you with any trouble!"
"I know what Nanlonghou and the others are planning. You don't need to tell me!"
"When the time for you to meet comes, you just go and meet them. I will follow you!" Ye Changsheng said softly.
"Well, it seems that you already know what they discussed. Is that thing helpful to you?" Yuan Yao asked.
"It will be of great help, you will know in the future!" Ye Changsheng smiled and said while stroking her hair.
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Two days later, Yuan Yao flew alone to a small mountain a thousand miles south of Tiantian City.
When they arrived there, Nanlong Hou, Xuanjizi, the old man surnamed Yun from the Guiling Sect, Han Li and others were already waiting.
When Yuan Yao appeared, they all released their spiritual senses and found that there was no one behind Yuan Yao. They couldn't help but show satisfaction on their faces.
Especially Nanlong Hou, when he spread his spiritual sense to a distance of nearly a hundred miles, he still did not find anything abnormal, so he felt relieved.
A strange look flashed across Han Li's eyes. His spiritual awareness was stronger than anyone present, reaching the level of a late-stage great cultivator.
The range that his spiritual sense could explore exceeded a hundred miles, but he still did not find any trace of Ye Changsheng.
This couldn't help but make Han Li feel a little surprised. It seemed that Senior Brother Ye's spiritual sense was even stronger than he had imagined.
"Senior Brother Ye has no shortcomings in terms of magic power, spiritual awareness, and physical body. He has reached the top in these fields in such a short period of time. It seems that his secret is even more powerful than I thought!" Han Li thought silently in his heart.
To him, Senior Brother Ye was simply a role model on the path of cultivation. Sometimes, he himself did not even realize that he was unconsciously imitating Senior Brother Ye in many aspects.
I guess this senior brother left such a deep impression on him.
Han Li is now very eager to find the last piece of the Three Brahma Sacred Art, complete the set of body refining exercises, and then strengthen his own body.
"If I can also possess a body comparable to that of an eighth-level demon beast in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, combined with my Wind and Thunder Wings, my combat power will be almost the same as Senior Brother Ye's!"
"Only his magic power seems to be stronger than mine!"
While Han Li was thinking about these things, Nanlong Hou said "let's go", and so a group of eight people flew southward to the Mulan grassland.
The Yu State, where the city of Tiantian is located, is not the country closest to the Mulan Grassland, and the countries of the Nine-Nation Alliance adjacent to the Mulan Grassland are not directly adjacent to them.
In the middle there is a stretch of loess land that stretches for nearly ten thousand miles. This area has few plants and is dusty and windy. Naturally, it became the battle ground between the Nine-Nation Alliance and the mages.
Over the long years, countless cultivators have died on this land.
Han Li was not unfamiliar with this place. After all, he achieved his Jindan breakthrough in this area.
He knew how dangerous this place was.
Even when both sides are recuperating on weekdays, this wasteland is an extremely dangerous place, with many monks and mages from both sides wandering back and forth here.
Some do it to blatantly kill people and steal treasures, while others do it to break through the bottleneck of cultivation between life and death.
No matter what the reason is, one thing is the same, that is, the cultivators who dare to come here are naturally quite confident in their own cultivation.
They are much stronger than ordinary cultivators of the same level. Normally, most of the cultivators in this place are in the Foundation Establishment stage, and occasionally there are some in the Core Formation stage.
After Han Li was hunted down by the Ghost Spirit Sect, he fled here. He had stayed on this yellow land for several years, and his hands were stained with the blood of countless people.
His original plan was to kill people and steal treasures, accumulate resources, and support himself by purchasing spiritual herbs to make pills.
It was not until he accidentally broke into the cave of that ancient monk that he stopped this bloody life.
Returning here again, Han Li's heart was naturally filled with emotion.
Thinking back to the people he had killed, Han Li's only impression of the Mulan people was: poor!
They were so poor that after I snatched their storage bags and opened them, they were basically empty.
At most you can find a few ores, and sometimes you can't even find a magical weapon.
Han Li, who was familiar with the situation here, immediately released his spiritual sense fully after arriving here, monitoring the surrounding airspace at all times.
Although Nascent Soul cultivators rarely appear in this place, a few of them will occasionally show up.
After they had flown two hundred miles, Ye Changsheng's figure suddenly appeared on the slope where they had met before.
He put his hands behind his back, looked far ahead, with a smile on his face.
"Han Li should have expected that I would follow him, but he didn't say anything. He was quite honest!" Ye Changsheng murmured softly.
Standing here, he could use his spiritual sense to clearly see the group of people in front of him.
How could these people have expected that his spiritual sense could detect a range of more than three hundred miles.
Even the real late-stage great monks can’t even catch up!
These people's every move was under his surveillance, but they were completely unaware.
