Chapter 781 Eight-Legged Demon King
After a few days, the rampant demon king finally found time to come to the residence of the three alchemists. Qingyang and the rampant demon king were too different in strength to tell how much the other had grown in strength, but he could clearly feel that the rampant demon king was very different from before, his aura was more obscure, and his strength was more unfathomable.
The rampant demon king did not say much this time, but just told them that he would hold a celebration party in half a month to celebrate his successful breakthrough of the current bottleneck, and Qingyang and others had refined the demon barrier pill, which was the biggest contributor to his breakthrough, so they naturally had to participate.
For cultivators, it is not very difficult to break through from the early stage of the golden elixir to the middle stage of the golden elixir, but for monsters, every breakthrough is extremely difficult. Without opportunity, some monsters may be trapped for life. The rampant demon king broke through from the seventh level to the eighth level, which is also a big bottleneck, and it is not too much to celebrate.
The rampant demon king came to invite them personally, obviously considering Qingyang as his equal. Although Qingyang's cultivation was still very low, his status as a Jindan alchemist was no less than that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator, and he was also a very important guest at the celebration banquet.
After a few simple conversations and talking about the celebration banquet, the rampant demon king left. Qingyang knew that they could leave the Hengxing Island after the celebration banquet, so the three of them stayed patiently for another half a month, and finally waited for the day of the celebration banquet.
On this day, Xie Jiang came early to invite the three of them. Qingyang and others were ready, followed Xie Jiang out of their residence, and headed towards the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion. Along the way, they could see busy figures from time to time, obviously because the celebration banquet was hastily prepared and the scale was relatively large, and the preparations had not been fully completed.
Hundreds of tables have been set up in the square outside the main hall, almost full of people, most of whom are human cultivators, and there are also many monsters. The lowest cultivation level is the foundation building stage. As for the Qi refining cultivators, they are not qualified to attend the celebration banquet of the rampant demon king.
Qingyang and the other two are only in the middle stage of the foundation building stage, but they are the great contributors to the breakthrough of the rampant demon king this time, so they naturally don’t need to sit outside. Xie Jiang led the three people straight into the main hall, and then arranged a table for them near the main seat. There are not many seats in the main hall. In addition to the main seat in the middle, there are only two rows of tables on both sides, and a large open space in the middle, which is not used for anything.
At this time, there are already many cultivators sitting in the main hall, and the lowest cultivation level is the seventh or eighth level of the foundation building stage. Almost all of them are powerful people, but there are no golden elixir cultivators.
Seeing three mid-stage foundation building cultivators coming in, many people were puzzled, but they knew Xie Jiang in front and knew that he was the confidant of the rampant demon king. Since it was Xie Jiang who brought the people here, it meant that this was the arrangement of the rampant demon king, and no one dared to raise any objections.
Xie Jiang had a lot of things to do, and after bringing the three people here, he was busy with other things. Others were very curious about the origins of Qingyang and the other two. From time to time, someone came up to talk and get close to him. Qingyang didn't like to talk much, but Lu Yuan was a person who accepted everyone. He quickly revealed their background and also knew the origins of most of the others.
These people were almost all small forces in this sea area. They usually took shelter under the power of the rampant demon king and lived under the breath of the rampant demon king. Now they heard that the rampant demon king held a celebration banquet for breaking through the bottleneck, and they rushed to celebrate as soon as possible.
When they knew that Qingyang and the other three were the great contributors to the rampant demon king's breakthrough this time, and Qingyang among them might even be the existence of the Dan King, everyone looked at Qingyang with more eagerness. There hasn't been a Dan King in their sea area for many years, and Dan Kings rarely come to such a barren place as theirs. They are common but extremely scarce, so the price of elixirs here is 20% higher than other places in Zhongsha.
If an alchemist who can refine the demon barrier pill is not a Dan King, then what else can he be? Today, I finally met one, and I have to establish some connections with him, because he will be useful in the future. Unfortunately, Qingyang doesn't like to talk much, and he doesn't want to be too polite with these people. These people don't dare to offend the guests of the rampant demon king, so they leave after getting familiar with each other.
In the following period of time, other guests arrived one after another, almost filling up the tables on both sides, and only the main seat in the middle was still empty. Seeing that the time for the celebration banquet had arrived, the rampant demon king and his entourage finally turned from the back of the main hall.
There were three people walking in front, the rampant demon king in the middle, and an old man with a goatee on the left, with a thin figure, a pair of small green bean eyes, and a bit of shrewdness on his face. The old man's cultivation level was the second level of the golden elixir, which was much lower than that of the rampant demon king.
The one on the right is a demon cultivator, a little bigger than the rampant demon king, looking like a giant octopus, with a big head and eight thick thighs below. With a light swing, it makes a sound of breaking through the air, and no one dares to underestimate it. The strength of this demon beast is also lower than that of the rampant demon king, and it seems to be on par with the old man on the left.
Qingyang, Lu Yuan and others don’t know much about the situation on the rampant island, but from the whispers of the people around them, they soon know the origins of these two.
The old man is a famous Jindan cultivator on the nearby Lanyu Island, with the Taoist name Linfeng Zhenren. He has always been on good terms with the rampant demon king, and this time he came to attend the celebration banquet. The demon beast is the overlord of another sea area, known as the eight-legged demon king. After hearing about the breakthrough of the rampant demon king, he also came to congratulate him.
Although Jindan demon cultivators are very close to human cultivators, human cultivators still look down on demon cultivators from the bottom of their hearts, so the rampant demon king does not have many friends of the same level. Most of them are low-level cultivators in the hall, forces that need the protection of the rampant demon king.
Behind the rampant demon king are his group of capable subordinates, as many as seven or eight, including demon beasts and human cultivators, almost all of whom are in the late foundation building stage. Xie Jiang is among them, and he is the most advanced among the human cultivators.
Seeing the rampant demon king coming, the cultivators present hurriedly stood up, and waited for the three big guys to sit in the main seat before everyone sat down again.
After everyone sat down, Master Linfeng looked around and said, "Hengxing Monster King, your Hengxing Island seems to be getting more and more prosperous. So many guests came to the celebration banquet. It's much more lively than my cave on Lanyu Island."
At Master Linfeng's words, the Hengxing Monster King smiled and looked very pleased, but he said modestly, "Master Linfeng, you are joking. My Hengxing Island can only be regarded as a poor and remote place. How can it be compared with the famous Master Linfeng on your Lanyu Island?"