Chapter 506: In-Depth
Gu Zu's words made the Nascent Soul cultivators who were eager to try hesitate.
What he said made a lot of sense. The Nascent Soul monster had inexplicably gained intelligence and suddenly disappeared. If he said there was nothing strange afterwards, no one would believe it.
This Demon Realm was already strange and inexplicable. If they underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and were besieged by the monster again, no one would be able to lend a hand.
As Daoxuan said, most of the elites of the Donghua Continent's cultivation world gathered here, and the seven great cultivators were not a small number. Outside the Demon Realm, no one had prestige and summoned dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators.
Chen Yuan nodded secretly in his heart, and he agreed with Gu Zu's words.
But he was not worried about the strangeness behind the monster, but he did not want to go deeper into the Demon Realm.
Sect Master Wei had escaped from danger. He just wanted to exchange for the Nine Bends of Yellow Sand and repair the ancient teleportation array. As for what would happen to this Demon Realm in the future, he did not care at all.
If it were not the right time, he would have asked Gu Zu to fulfill his promise.
Chen Yuan is now hoping that the other six great monks will agree to Gu Zu's proposal to withdraw from the Demon Realm first and make long-term plans.
But he will naturally not be the first to do so at this time, just watching quietly and saying nothing.
The same is true for other Yuanying monks. They all know that Gu Zu seems to be discussing with all the monks present, but in fact he is only talking to the other six great monks, and no one will bother themselves.
But at this moment, a middle-aged cultivator stepped out of the crowd, clasped his fists and bowed, saying in a deep voice: "Brother Gu is right. The whereabouts of the Yuanying monster are mysterious, and there must be something strange behind it."
"However, the source of the demonic energy is getting stronger and stronger, and the demonic energy is getting thicker and thicker. If this continues, the two ancient formations will not last for a few years and will be broken by the demonic energy."
"As the saying goes, the arrow is on the string and must be shot. No matter what, the source of the demonic energy must be wiped out as soon as possible, so that Donghuazhou can be saved."
Chen Yuan turned his head and found that this person was only in the early stage of the Yuanying. He asked Xuan Yuanzi beside him through voice transmission: "Master, who is this fellow Taoist?"
Xuan Yuanzi replied: "This is Elder Zhou of Tianxuan Sect, the first grandmaster of formations in Donghuazhou. The two ancient formations were set up by him."
Chen Yuan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that this person dared to refute Gu Zu at this time. Not only was he a fellow disciple of Gu Zu, but his status was no less than that of a great cultivator.
Even when it comes to matters in the Demon Realm, he is more convincing than the Great Monk.
As soon as Elder Zhou finished speaking, Master Hong of Yinhai Sect said, "Hong agrees with Daoyou Zhou's proposal. When we encountered monsters before, we were just surrounded. Elder Gu and four Daoyou even managed to escape."
"Now that seven great monks have gathered together, and there are more than fifty fellow Daoists, we should make a concerted effort to flatten the Demon Realm!"
Gu Zu frowned and said, "But the monsters seem to have intelligence and disappear inexplicably. We must be on guard..."
Long Pokong was slightly impatient: "Is Daoyou Gu afraid? Daoyou Zhou of your sect said very clearly that the source of the demonic energy must be wiped out as soon as possible. Every night, the monsters will be stronger than before. No matter what is strange about the monsters, we can't escape this time!"
"If those monsters were really that powerful, they would have killed all of us trapped people long ago, instead of letting us gather together. Isn't this asking for trouble?"
Gu Zu narrowed his eyes and kept silent, but a trace of displeasure flashed across his face.
Daoxuan said, "Elder Gu is also mature and prudent, but Fellow Daoist Long, Fellow Daoist Hong, and Elder Zhou also have a point. The Demon Realm must be wiped out, otherwise Donghuazhou will become a wasteland, and the inheritance of each sect will be cut off."
"The source of the demonic energy is a hundred miles away. No matter where those Yuanying monsters are now and what strange things they hide, we must not fail."
"Besides, the seven great cultivators like us have gathered together. It is difficult to gather so many Yuanying fellows in the entire Donghuazhou. Eradicate this disaster today."
Long Pokong laughed loudly: "Good! It's rare for an old Taoist to have a heroic day."
Master Hong bowed and said: "Hong is willing to join hands with fellow Taoists to clear the demonic atmosphere!"
Yan Zhang smiled slightly: "Yan has no objection."
Chu Xiao and Master Wei also echoed one after another, and everyone's eyes fell on Gu Zu.
Gu Zu said calmly: "I am just reminding you fellow Taoists to be careful of monsters. Since the master has made a decision, I will follow it without hesitation."
The seven great cultivators agreed, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators naturally had no objections.
The leaders of Zhiyuan Sect, Guhun Sect, and Hehuan Sect successively spoke in agreement. They were only in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, but after all, they were the leaders of the three major sects, and their status was only lower than the seven great cultivators.
The elders of the nine major sects followed closely, and the leaders and elders of other sects and a group of casual cultivators also had no objections.
Chen Yuan was slightly disappointed, but the seven great cultivators were all there, and they would obviously not be scared by the monsters' abnormal behavior. This result was also within his expectations.
There was no choice but to try to hide his shortcomings. Anyway, there were great cultivators in front, and he only needed to continue to do hard work and eliminate low-level monsters.
After everyone agreed, they did not immediately go to the source of the demonic energy, but stayed on the mountain to rest for a night, meditating and practicing to restore their true essence.
The spiritual energy in the depths of the demonic domain was thin, but the seven great monks brought a lot of top-grade spiritual stones, and they distributed them all without hesitation. After a night, their true essence was fully restored.
Chen Yuan got three top-grade spiritual stones, but his true essence was pure and rich, and he didn't consume much, so he didn't use any of the spiritual stones and kept them all.
Because the mountain was infected by the devil's energy and was extremely hard, everyone had no time to open a cave, so they just sat in meditation on the top of the mountain, only a few feet apart.
More than fifty Nascent Soul cultivators, like the Qi Refining cultivators, gathered together to meditate and practice, which looked quite funny, but no one smiled.
Everyone knew that the source of the devil's energy was not so easy to erase, otherwise the Demon Realm would not have become a major concern for the Donghuazhou immortal cultivation world.
Those inexplicably disappeared Nascent Soul monsters might be waiting for them in the deepest part of the Demon Realm, and there would probably be a fierce battle next.
Taking this opportunity, Chen Yuan and Xuan Yuanzi, Master Shen, and Master Tang Jiu agreed to advance and retreat together and take care of each other.
The next day, the sky was still extremely dark, and the gray-black fog enveloped the Demon Realm.
Elder Zhou, Mu Zhaoming and two other formation masters put away the formation plates and flags, and everyone followed the seven great cultivators and headed towards the source of the devil's energy.
After the low-level monsters that were trapped outside the formation yesterday were dispersed, they surged up from all directions again.
Chen Yuan, Xiao Mingyuan, and Mo Daoyu were at the forefront, and other Yuanying early stage cultivators also took action one after another. The seven great cultivators and Yuanying middle stage cultivators were conserving their energy and waiting to deal with the Yuanying monsters.
Low-level monsters are hard to kill, but they are not difficult to deal with. However, Chen Yuan was still very vigilant, guarding against sudden attacks from Yuanying monsters.
He learned from Master Shen that they had also come to the depths of the Demon Realm while killing low-level monsters.
Suddenly, many Yuanying monsters attacked, and three Yuanying cultivators died on the spot in a hurry.
If it weren't for the quick reaction of the four great cultivators and their timely actions, the formation would have been broken up.
Master Tang Jiu, Master Shen, and Xuan Yuanzi were not far behind Chen Yuan, ready to lend a hand at any time.
Xuan Yuanzi met Chen Yuan the latest, but he was most concerned about his safety and kept glancing at him.
However, they did not encounter any Nascent Soul monsters along the way. No matter how many low-level monsters there were, they could not stop the pace of these Nascent Soul cultivators.
In less than an hour, they escaped a hundred miles away, and the demonic energy around them had turned pitch black.
Chen Yuan casually crushed the throat of a seventh-level monster with wings and horns on a leopard head, took out the magic core in its body, put it into the mustard ring, and turned to deal with another ape-like seventh-level monster.
As they continued to go deeper, the monsters became stronger and stronger, and there were more and more seventh-level monsters. Chen Yuan no longer dealt with monsters below the sixth level, and concentrated on collecting seventh-level magic cores.
The magic cores in these monsters are condensed from pure true demonic energy, and are of better quality than the magic cores of the monsters in the magic source of Jueling Island.
Chen Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to collect more magic cores, and sell them to magic cultivators after returning to Jiuxianzhou. The value is not much different from the top-grade spirit stones.
As for the materials on the monsters, Chen Yuan didn't care. Instead, other Yuanying early cultivators were quite interested in it.
Monster materials can also be used to refine magic weapons, but they need to use refining methods to remove the magic energy first, which is slightly inferior to monster materials.
But the advantage is that there are many monsters, and high-level monster materials are not so easy to obtain.
Especially the seventh-level monsters, most of them have surrendered to the transformed demon king. Even if it is a Yuanying cultivator, it takes a lot of effort to kill one or two.
Gradually, the atmosphere became relaxed, and many Yuanying cultivators smiled, especially the magic cultivators.
Along the way, they didn't encounter any danger at all, but just collected magic core materials, and everyone gained a lot.
Even if they knew that there were dozens of Yuanying monsters hiding somewhere, they were not worried.
With so many Nascent Soul cultivators working together, even hundreds of Nascent Soul monsters can be easily wiped out.
Besides, monsters are just monsters after all, and they are not opponents of cultivators.
But Chen Yuan was still as cautious as ever, with his spiritual sense spread out at all times, paying attention to the movements in front, and getting closer to Xuan Yuanzi and others. If there was any change, he could immediately retreat back to the crowd.
Mo Daoyu was very arrogant. He went deep into the monsters alone, hundreds of feet away from everyone. With his magic arms and bloody claws, he tore the monsters alive, and got the most magic cores.
If it were placed in the outside world, hundreds of feet away would be reached in an instant for Nascent Soul cultivators.
But this was in the Demon Realm, blocked by the demonic energy, the spiritual sense was suppressed, and the flying speed was greatly reduced. It took at least three breaths to escape a hundred feet, and the demon cultivators were no exception.
The four great cultivators had a bloody battle with the monsters before, and the teleportation distance was compressed by at least half.
Mo Daoyu was actually quite aggressive in doing this.
But he was also exploring the way for everyone, so naturally no one objected. Only Long Pokong scolded him and told him to be careful.
Mo Daoyu did not dare to disobey Long Pokong's order and took the initiative to retreat several dozen feet, but he was still reluctant to give up the magic core he had obtained, and killed low-level monsters wantonly.
After escaping for several miles, Mo Daoyu turned his head and looked at Mu Zhaoming: "Brother Mu, what does the source of the demonic energy look like? Why haven't you arrived after walking for so long? Did you and Brother Zhou miscalculate the direction?"
Mu Zhaoming said lightly: "Brother, don't worry, you will know when you see the source of the demonic energy."
Mo Daoyu wanted to ask again, but Long Pokong glared at him. He turned back angrily and continued to kill monsters, tearing three level 7 demon wolves in half in a row.
After escaping for several miles, Mo Daoyu suddenly stopped, and everyone slowed down their escape speed.
Looking past the monsters, at the top of a mountain, dark clouds were pressing down, slowly spinning, forming a vortex, from which wisps of dark demonic energy were flying out, spreading between heaven and earth.
Without Elder Zhou and Mu Zhaoming, the two great formation masters, speaking, everyone understood that this was the source of the demonic energy. (End of this chapter)