Chapter 1646: The Valley of Ten Thousand Monsters
Seeing that the preliminary selection of the All-Spirit Association was about to begin, Master Crouching Tiger had long known that Qingyang would come to say goodbye to him. He had been waiting in the City Lord's Mansion for this period of time. When he saw Qingyang show up, he greeted Qingyang while sending people to find several other Nascent Soul cultivators to talk about their parting feelings.
After more than 20 years of getting along, although they spent most of their time in closed-door cultivation, they still had a deep friendship with each other, especially Crouching Tiger City, which benefited a lot. Not only did its influence in the surrounding area expand a lot, but its relationship with Hengyun Mountain also became more harmonious, and it also attracted many low-level cultivators to join it. All of these were the credit of Qingyang, the Dan Emperor.
If they hadn't known that Qingyang's future was destined to be extraordinary and he couldn't stay here forever, Master Crouching Tiger might have directly given the position of City Lord of Crouching Tiger City to Qingyang.
After the farewell, both sides were filled with emotion. At the end, Master Crouching Tiger looked at Qingyang affectionately and said, "I won't say much about parting. About two million miles south of Crouching Tiger City is the Ten Thousand Monster Valley. Now there is still about a year before the start of the Ten Thousand Spirits Conference. With the speed of our Nascent Soul cultivators, we can definitely reach the Ten Thousand Monster Valley. The journey is long, so we won't see you off. I wish you a safe journey, and if you pass by Crouching Tiger City in the future, you must come to see us again."
Qingyang said, "Although I have only lived in Crouching Tiger City for more than ten years, I will never forget your friendship. If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely come to Crouching Tiger City to visit you fellow Taoists."
After that, several Nascent Soul cultivators reluctantly sent Qingyang out of Crouching Tiger City, and then Qingyang said goodbye to everyone, drove the Yufeng Gourd, and headed towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Monster Valley.
The Wan Yao Valley commands hundreds of millions of monsters, and there are dozens of transformed monsters alone. It is said that there are beings in the valley that are comparable to the great powers of human beings. Their strength is many times stronger than that of Hengyun Mountain. They have a transcendent status in the entire Monster Spirit Realm, comparable to the Ten Kings Palace in the Netherworld Realm. It is a holy place for thousands of monster cultivators. The forces in the entire Monster Spirit Realm that can barely match the Wan Yao Valley are rare.
The Wan Yao Valley is not too far from Crouching Tiger City, only more than two million miles away. With the strength of the Wan Yao Valley, it can still affect this side. It is precisely because of this that the Qingling Monster King and the Xuanjia Monster King of Hengyun Mountain did not dare to blatantly snatch the Wanling Club pre-selection qualification of Crouching Tiger City, but set a trap in Funius City, trying to use the life of Hongguang Zhenjun to force Crouching Tiger City to voluntarily offer it.
However, man proposes, God disposes. Qingyang showed up on the way, which made the plans of Qingling Demon King and Xuanjia Demon King fall through. However, the two sides shook hands and made peace later, especially knowing that Qingyang was not only extremely powerful, but also had terrifying alchemy skills, so the competition became an exchange meeting, and everyone was happy in the end.
The Demon Spirit Realm is the territory of demon beasts. Both the density and strength of demon beasts here are much stronger than other regions, and there are many more dangers on the road. However, Qingyang is now strong, and ordinary demon beasts can be easily dealt with. Unless it is a large force with some transformed demon kings gathered, it can cause some trouble to Qingyang. However, there are very few such large forces, and even if they encounter them, the other party will generally not easily find trouble with a Yuanying cultivator.
There was still a year before the preliminary selection of the All-Spirits Association. Qingyang was not in a hurry to travel. Instead, he drove the Yufeng Gourd and stopped along the way. He would stop to pick the spiritual herbs and materials he liked. He would also walk into the market town and market where the cultivators gathered to see if there was anything he could use, or purchase some spiritual herbs and materials at a low price.
Under such circumstances, Qingyang had ten months to travel more than two million miles. Seeing that it was less than two months before the preliminary selection of the All-Spirits Association, he came to the Wan Yao Valley area.
Although the Wan Yao Valley is a sacred place for the demons, there are also many human cultivators, such as some offerings of alchemy, refining, and making talismans. The demon cultivators can't do it, but they can train some human cultivators to serve them, such as servants. High-level demon cultivators are almost the same as human cultivators. They are not used to being served by clumsy monsters, so they will recruit some human cultivators to serve them. For example, some small human forces that depend on the Wan Yao Valley for survival pay some offerings every year to obtain the protection of the Wan Yao Valley.
Therefore, the Wan Yao Valley is not like other pure demon territories, which are all simple caves, but a combination of demon cultivator caves and human buildings. Although the architectural layout inside is a bit chaotic and there is no special city wall, the overall scale is much larger than that of Crouching Tiger City.
The various buildings in the Wan Yao Valley area are crisscrossed and disorderly, with people coming and going and monsters rampant inside. The level of liveliness is many times stronger than that of Crouching Tiger City. However, the influence of the Wanling Association is mainly on high-level cultivators. Everything else is normal, and the lives of low-level cultivators have not been affected at all.
The periphery is where some affiliated human cultivators and low-level demon cultivators live. The big figures of Wan Yao Valley definitely do not live here. After walking through the layers of chaotic buildings, Qingyang entered the core area of Wan Yao Valley. Before coming here, Crouching Tiger Master specifically explained that as long as you bring a token here, someone will be responsible for receiving you, and everything else will be arranged by Wan Yao Valley.
Arriving at almost the same time as Qingyang, there was another Nascent Soul Stage 4 cultivator with a ferocious look. That person just glanced at Qingyang without saying much. Then the two of them walked into the center of the Ten Thousand Demons Valley. This was a deep valley surrounded by mountains. There was mist in the middle all year round. No one knew what was inside. There were also many demon cultivators guarding outside the valley.
This is the core area of the entire Wan Yao Valley. In addition to the transformed demon king and some core golden elixir demon beasts, only a handful of human cultivators can enter. Outsiders cannot enter casually. Seeing the cultivators coming, a tenth-level transformed demon cultivator suddenly appeared in front of everyone and said to Qingyang and others: "This is the important place of Wan Yao Valley. What are you doing here?"
To say that he is a demon cultivator, in fact, he is more like a human cultivator. His appearance does not have any characteristics of a demon cultivator. There is no trace of a demon cultivator on his body. Instead, he is tall, handsome, and has a pair of big and smart eyes. Anyone who sees him at first glance will think that this is a young and promising human cultivator. If it weren't for the faint demon cultivator aura on him and his appearance in the core area of Wan Yao Valley, Qingyang and others might not be able to tell his identity as a demon cultivator.
No one knew what kind of hiding method this person used. No one had discovered where he was hiding before. Now he suddenly appeared, which scared Qingyang and others. The ferocious-looking fourth-level Nascent Soul cultivator snorted coldly and said in a muffled voice: "What else could we come here for? Of course, we are here to participate in the preliminary selection of the Ten Thousand Spirits Conference. Aren't you asking even though you already know the answer?"