Chapter 432 Cangyuan Secret Realm (Part 2)

Time flies, and three years have passed in a flash.

During this period, the great battles in the Wanxing Sea and the Mingshui Sea came to an end.

With the blessing of two seventh-level Dao swords, Sword Master Chen and Sword Master Feng showed their astonishing combat power, fighting with the Immortal Demon Lord for several days and successfully defeated him.

That fierce battle swept the entire Mingshui Sea. In the end, the Immortal Demon Lord and the demon cultivator army led by him were forced to withdraw and retreat to the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Domain.

However, the joy of victory did not last too long. The Immortal Demon Lice Armor Army under the Immortal Demon Lord still showed tenacious combat power when they retreated, causing heavy losses to the Zhongzhou cultivator army, and many cultivators died in this battle.

Faced with such a situation, the two sword masters had to suspend their plan to attack the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Domain after expelling the demon cultivator army. The army needed time to recuperate, allocate resources, and replenish personnel.

After more than two years of rest and preparation, the Zhongzhou monk army has regained its former glory. They are about to launch a comprehensive and resolute attack on the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm, vowing to completely drive the Demon Abyss forces out of the spirit world.

Three years have passed in a hurry, but for Li Mu, this is a period of fruitful years.

Li Mu almost stayed in seclusion in the sect all day, devoting all his energy to the study of skills such as refining equipment and making puppets. During this period, he not only successfully refined two powerful Taoist swords, but also created many sixth-level spiritual treasures and countless puppets.

In addition to refining equipment and making puppets, Li Mu is also committed to collecting various high-level spiritual materials and spiritual plants. If he encounters some rare spiritual plants and spiritual species, he will buy them at all costs.

At the same time, Li Mu did not forget to continue to inquire about the situation and clues of the remaining few extreme spiritual lands.

As the two sword masters conquered the Mingshui Sea, the Polar Water Spiritual Land under the seal formation was recovered. When the army set out to attack the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Land, Li Mu would find time to go there to find out.

The Polar Spiritual Land-Lingxu Fukushima has explored some clues, and they can set off when the time is right.

As for the Cangyuan Secret Realm, although the eight major families have been unable to reach a consensus on the issue of opening it to him, Li Mu is not in a hurry. Time is the best catalyst. As time goes by and the Kun family's strength is significantly improved with his assistance, the concepts of other families are gradually changing.

The rise of the Kun family is a vivid example, which is placed in front of the seven major families, allowing them to begin to re-examine Li Mu's ability and the potential behind him.

It is precisely because of the significant changes in the Kun family that the remaining seven families' desire for Taoist soldiers has become stronger and stronger. They began to realize that cooperating with Li Mu may be a shortcut to improving the family's strength. As a result, the five families that originally had a reserved attitude towards Li Mu quickly changed their positions and took the initiative to seek cooperation with him.

The remaining three families, Ji, Zhao, and Shangguan, are relatively stubborn. They still have doubts and wariness about Li Mu. The Zhao family has always regarded itself as the leader of the eight major families. They are uneasy about the rise of the Kun family and the intervention of Li Mu, and are worried that their position will be threatened. The Ji family is reluctant to let go of some grievances with Li Mu in the past, and is reserved about cooperation. The Shangguan family prefers to remain neutral, neither opposing nor supporting Li Mu, so things have been delayed.

However, Li Mu is not in a hurry at all. The fat meat of the Cangyuan Secret Realm will fall into his mouth sooner or later. He has successfully persuaded the other five major families. There is plenty of time to deal with the remaining three families.

It will take decades for the seven fifth-level spiritual plants to mature. As long as Master Chen and Master Feng successfully take back the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Realm, and then find another extremely Yang sealed place, the plan of gathering the seven extreme spiritual lands and planting high-level spiritual plants is very likely to be realized.

Li Mu focused his main energy on collecting the spiritual medicine for Guixu Pill and began to refine Guixu Pill in preparation for advancing to the Lianxu realm.

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In a remote place in Zhongzhou Spiritual Domain, a village that was originally quiet was now shrouded in a dead silence. This village used to have smoke rising from cooking fires, the sounds of chickens and dogs, the villagers working hard, and the surrounding farmland was lush and green.

However, since when, the farmland around the village began to be abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and no one was there. The land that was once full of vitality is now only left with exposed bones and dilapidated houses. The entire village has become a dead place.

Suddenly, a black shadow fell from the sky and landed lightly in a dilapidated village house.

The black shadow was a demon general under the command of the Immortal Demon Lord, named Meng Kui. He was agile, but at this moment he suddenly knelt down deep inside the house, bowed his head deeply, and reported with a trembling voice: "Master, Meng Kui came to report and has learned the target's movements."

Before he finished speaking, a cold wind blew, bringing a chill that made people's hair stand on end, as if even the air had solidified. The candlelight in the house suddenly shook violently, with mottled light and shadow, as if something was approaching, and the entire dilapidated house was filled with a mysterious and weird atmosphere.

Then, a tall figure slowly emerged from the darkness, accompanied by a strong demonic aura.

That was the Immortal Demon Lord. He was burly and had a stern face. His black robe fluttered in the wind, like a demon god in the dark night. He wore a broken black magic armor, which kept moving like a flesh snake. The sharp hooks flashed with dark light, as if he was enduring unbearable pain. His face was pale and cold, his eyes were as deep as black holes, as if they could swallow all the light, his face was gloomy, and his breath made people shudder.

The Immortal Demon Lord had long and black hair, like an undercurrent in the night, fluttering in the wind. His fingers were slender and powerful, with a faint demonic aura on his fingertips. He took two steps forward, accompanied by a slight vibration of the ground, as if a heavy object fell to the ground, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

The Immortal Demon Lord walked in front of the kneeling demon general, lowered his head and looked down at him, with a dangerous light flashing in his deep eyes.

"Tell me, what did you find out?" The Immortal Demon Lord's voice was low and cold, as if it came from the depths of hell, making people feel fear involuntarily.

The demon general trembled under the pressure of the Immortal Demon Lord. He dared not look up and look directly into those terrifying eyes. He could only lower his head and answer in a trembling voice: "The target is to suppress the eight major cultivation families and intend to enter the 'Cangyuan Secret Realm'. This secret realm is very likely another sealed place."

The Immortal Demon Lord raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and a trace of surprise and greed flashed in his eyes. He slowly walked around the demon general. Every step seemed to step heavily on the demon general's heart, making his fear stronger.

"Cangyuan Secret Realm? Another sealed place..." The Immortal Demon Lord whispered to himself and fell into deep thought, as if thinking about the deep meaning behind this matter.

At this moment, the Immortal Demon Lord's face was as gloomy as water, and sparks of hatred flashed in his eyes. The two defeated generals suddenly obtained a Taoist sword each. They worked together to defeat him. This matter was like a thorn in his heart, making him unable to sleep at night.

After the defeat, the Immortal Demon Lord did not choose to flee back to the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm to recuperate, but took a group of subordinates who had escaped by chance and resolutely came to the Central Plains Spirit Realm, vowing to find out the reason behind it. The result was easily found out. The cause of all this was the former enemy "Li Jianxian".

A trace of cruelty flashed in the eyes of the Immortal Demon Lord. This person who had made him suffer so much has now achieved great success. Not only has he advanced to the middle stage of the Spiritualization, but he has also become the Supreme Elder of the Xuantian Sword Sect, and the two seventh-level Dao swords were made by him personally.

In addition, the fall of the Blood Demon Lord-Dana is also inseparable from it. Dana's mission to search for the sealed land has been repeatedly destroyed by him.

Many factors, new and old grudges are intertwined. At this moment, the anger in the heart of the Immortal Demon Lord is burning, and he can't wait to get rid of Li Mu.

Upon learning that Li Mu was planning the Cangyuan Secret Realm, the Immortal Demon Lord sneered repeatedly. This might be a great opportunity. Since he was so interested in the Cangyuan Secret Realm, he would use this to ambush and kill this person and completely solve the problem.

However, how to successfully sneak into the eight major families and enter the Cangyuan Secret Realm in advance is a complicated matter.

The Immortal Demon Lord was lost in thought with a sinister look in his eyes. There were many masters in the eight major cultivation families in Zhongzhou. If you want to obtain the key to the Cangyuan Secret Realm, you must be the core figure of their family... This matter was carefully planned and there must be no omissions.

The Immortal Demon Lord stopped and looked at the demon general again. The coldness in his voice melted a little: "You did a good job, Meng Kui, collect information about the Cangyuan Secret Realm with all your strength. I want to know all the movements of the target. In addition, check which identity of the eight major families is suitable to replace it and is qualified to enter the Cangyuan Secret Realm."

"Yes!" The demon general bowed and responded. The next moment, he turned into a black shadow and disappeared in an instant.

As time went by, the Dream Puppet brought back more and more intelligence. The Immortal Demon Lord carefully read each piece of intelligence, analyzed the relationship between the eight families, and their attitudes towards the Cangyuan Secret Realm, gained a lot, and understood Li Mu's layout.

'Cangyuan Secret Realm' is a mysterious and rich place. It can continuously breed high-level spiritual plants, spiritual fruits and various rare spiritual medicines. For practitioners, this is tantamount to an endless treasure house. The eight families are well aware of this, so they unite with each other to jointly guard this secret realm to ensure that the resources are not tainted by outsiders.

However, behind this seemingly solid alliance, there is a deep competition and calculation. Each family hopes to obtain more resource shares in the secret realm to strengthen its own family strength. This delicate balance relationship makes the eight families have both cooperation and struggle, and the situation is complicated.

Through the intelligence brought back by the Dream Puppet, the Immortal Demon Lord discovered that Li Mu used this delicate balance to cleverly manipulate the interests of the eight families and tried to achieve control over the Cangyuan Secret Realm. This is indeed a brilliant strategy, but it also provides an opportunity for the Immortal Demon Lord.

What makes the Immortal Demon Lord even more excited is that the characteristics of the output of the 'Cangyuan Secret Realm' further confirm his guess that the 'Cangyuan Secret Realm' is undoubtedly another sealed place. This discovery has further strengthened his determination to sneak into the Cangyuan Secret Realm and destroy the seal.

Among the eight major families, the weakest candidate who is least likely to be discovered by disguising himself as someone else has been found!

The Immortal Demon Lord's eyes flashed with a deep light. He had locked onto his target - a core elder of the Ji family. This elder had a high status in the Ji family, but due to his advanced age, his strength was not as good as before. In recent years, he had become more and more secluded and had less contact with the outside world, so he became an ideal candidate in the eyes of the Immortal Demon Lord.

More importantly, this elder was old and in a high position. He led some core events of the Ji family and should know more about the Cangyuan Secret Realm. This undoubtedly provided great convenience for the Immortal Demon Lord's disguise. If he could disguise himself as this elder without being noticed, it would be very likely to succeed.

The Immortal Demon Lord began to plan carefully. He first sent people to learn about the elder's living habits, words and deeds, and the relationship network within the family in detail. Then, he began to imitate the elder's words and deeds and practiced the breath disguise technique to ensure that the 'substitution plan' was foolproof.

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Qixuan Sect, Sect Master's Mansion, Meeting Hall.

Li Mu sat on the spacious main seat in the hall, and the patriarchs of the eight major families sat separately. The atmosphere was solemn and serious. Under the strong pressure of the two sword masters, the eight major families finally chose to compromise and came to visit Li Mu to discuss the opening of the Cangyuan Secret Realm.

Originally, the eight major families could not reach a unanimous decision. Finally, under the intervention of the external force Xuantian Sword Sect, they had to give in and accepted the proposal to open the Cangyuan Secret Realm.

This change made the atmosphere in the meeting hall subtle and complicated.

This time, Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen successfully defeated the Immortal Demon Lord. They attributed the main credit to Li Mu. They learned that he was spending energy to unify the opinions of the eight major families and let him enter the Cangyuan Secret Realm. They immediately strongly pressured the eight major families to cooperate.

The Chaos Sealing Array is the seal of the two worlds and is related to the Zhongzhou Spiritual Realm. The Cangyuan Secret Realm is very likely one of its sub-arrays. For Li Mu's timely "feedback" and enthusiastic "repair" and maintenance of the sealing array, Feng Jianzhu and Chen Jianzhu highly praised his "diligent" performance.

"Elder Li, after discussion, our eight major families have decided to accept your proposal." As a representative, Shangguan Clan Leader Shangguan Yun looked at Li Mu and said in a deep voice: "The Cangyuan Secret Realm will be fully open to you. At the same time, we also hope that you can accept our commission to refine Dao soldiers."

Li Mu smiled slightly. He was not surprised by this result. Now Xuantian Sword Sect is about to organize all forces and unite the army to prepare for a counterattack on the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Realm. Feng Jianzhu and Chen Jianzhu are leading the war and are fully mobilizing personnel from various sects and families. With just a word from them, the eight major families have to compromise.

Sometimes, the situation is stronger than the person. If he had known that the words of Feng Jianzhu and Chen Jianzhu were so effective, he would not have bothered to do those thankless tasks.

"Since the eight major families are so sincere, Li will naturally do his best to complete the commission of refining equipment." Li Mu looked at Shangguan Yun and nodded with a smile.

As soon as the clan leaders showed a hint of joy on their faces, Li Mu changed the subject and continued, "But I also have a condition."

Hearing this, the clan leaders' expressions tightened, and they all looked at Li Mu, waiting for the next step. (End of this chapter)