Chapter 68: The Demon Realm – Ahead of Schedule

⒔ After a year, Sang Chu and Tu You finally managed to finish cultivating the entire Demon Mountain.

She even recreated the whole Demon Mountain inside her small world.

Sang Chu left her spiritual consciousness in the small world to continue cultivating, while she herself went out to investigate the matter of the Sky Wolf demon.

There was still about a month left until XX.

But when she and the humanoid Tu You walked into the marketplace, she was unexpectedly recognized by her pass!

Tu You: [That fox Sui is really sharp, he can even come up with tricks like this.]

Sang Chu hadn’t used any transformation techniques. She didn’t dare guarantee that just relying on light and shadow would be enough to fool those powerful demons’ detection.

So she only used her wood-type spiritual energy to wrap and conceal herself. But after this period of cultivation, she had mainly focused on the fire element. She had previously left behind a batch of fire-element crystal cores.

After absorbing them, the demonic aura she now exuded was that of a fire-type demon, completely different from that of a wood demon.

Even if Fox Sui knew her true identity, with her current aura being purely fire-type and lacking any characteristics of the wood clan, Sang Chu didn’t believe that Fox Sui could recognize her!

This was a stall she had visited before on Demon Mountain, and she had thought it would be no problem.

But when she saw the demons from Butterfly Valley all turning to look at her, she was stunned.

Sang Chu: [How did the Butterfly Valley demons recognize me? They shouldn’t be able to, right?]

Tu You noticed it too, and even his usually calm expression became a bit tense: [Don’t panic. I’ll go up first. You lower your voice a bit, just in case.]

Sang Chu nodded.

She followed the Butterfly Valley people over, looking at the various spirit herbs on the stall. Her throat, scorched by fire, made her voice low and hoarse as she asked, “How do you sell these?”

The stall owner, seeing a familiar feeling in these two young people, found it strange. The feeling was very much like the Q nest stall owner, but even if it was, they couldn’t completely turn themselves into a different demon clan, could they?

Especially with this one being a fire-wood dual-element body.

After thinking for a moment, the stall owner pushed aside the odd feeling and replied, “Spirit herbs over a hundred years old are one demon pearl each, those over a thousand years are a hundred demon pearls, and this ten-thousand-year-old herb is a thousand demon pearls.”

When the stall owner pointed to a plant that looked completely ordinary and said it was ten thousand years old, Sang Chu was stunned for a while.

Tu You hurriedly said: [These spirit herbs are all dead, with no vitality at all. Even though their age is impressive, they’re basically useless and not worth the price!]

Sang Chu: [I know, it just feels a bit strange.]

[What’s strange?]

Sang Chu didn’t answer, just stared at the stall owner for a long time before saying, “I’ll take these spirit herbs, and some of your other spirit herbs as well.”

When Sang Chu said she wanted to buy them, the stall owner didn’t hesitate, calmly packing them up: “These spirit herbs can be used for alchemy, so I’ll give them all to you. That’ll be five thousand demon pearls in total.”

Sang Chu handed over the demon pearls, turned, and left. The stall owner watched her back in a daze, feeling that she was very similar, but clearly she was a young demon of a different clan. How could she give him such a familiar feeling? It was truly baffling.

Tu You couldn’t understand Sang Chu’s actions at all. Spirit herbs only have value when they’re alive. These dead things are just food for people—there’s nothing good about them.

[Ah Chu, why did you spend so many demon pearls on these?]

Sang Chu: [I don’t know either. I just felt that these spirit herbs seemed to be asking me for help. It was a strange feeling. Never mind, I’ll just spend the money for peace of mind. Let’s go check on the Sky Wolf demon situation!]

When Sang Chu said the dead spirit herbs seemed to be asking for help, Tu You’s eyes widened: [That’s impossible. Even the stall owner took them out to sell, which means they really can’t be revived. How could they be asking you for help!]

[That’s why I found it strange. Anyway, if they’re useless, I’ll just use them as ingredients to make some supplements for my brother and grandma.]

While cultivating on Demon Mountain, she had learned many demon realm techniques and gained a deeper understanding of demon clan history. So now, when she picked up the spirit herbs, she was able to sense a faint plea for help and was stunned.

She made her way to the Heavenly Palace.

The Sky Wolf demon’s wanted poster was still displayed in the most prominent position.

Sang Chu frowned slightly: [Has the Heavenly Palace found Fox Sui yet?]

Tu You: [No idea. What do you plan to do now?]

Sang Chu was silent for a while, then walked straight in. This time, the young attendant who received her said, “Fellow Daoist of the fire clan, what brings you to the palace?”

Sang Chu said, “I noticed that the bounty for the Sky Wolf demon outside seems to have increased again. Can you tell me why?”

Hearing this, the young attendant’s expression instantly cooled: “Isn’t it because of that Sky Wolf demon? He even put the Lord of Heaven into a coma, and he still hasn’t woken up.”

The Lord of Heaven fell into a coma before?

Was it Fox Sui who did it?

Sang Chu said, “I have a special elixir here that might help with the recovery. I don’t know if you’d be willing to try it.”

A strange light flashed in the young attendant’s eyes. After the Lord of Heaven fell into a coma, everyone was evacuated from the demon realm, but the demon lord had already closed the realm’s gates. No one could enter or leave, supposedly to prevent the Sky Wolf demon from escaping.

Yeah, right. He didn’t believe the demon king’s words at all!

Clearly, he was taking the opportunity to trap the Lord of Heaven!

But there was nothing he could do about it.

The young attendant said, “You’re a demon clan member. I don’t trust you. You’d better leave, or I’ll sound the alarm!”

The attendant was angry, so Sang Chu lowered her voice and said, “Don’t worry, I have no ill intentions. This elixir was refined here in the demon realm, and you can keep me under watch if you like. If it’s useless, you can deal with me as you see fit.”

“What’s your purpose?”

Sang Chu replied, “I just want to try and save the Lord of Heaven. I have no other intentions. The demon king can’t be trusted, so I came to the Heavenly Palace. This elixir was refined from a ninth-grade pill, able to detoxify and heal. Even if it doesn’t work, it won’t harm the body. Since we’re all trapped in the demon realm now, why not take a chance? You can keep an eye on me.”

The demon realm’s gates were closed. This was something Sang Chu had only heard about after coming out of seclusion—she hadn’t expected the demon king to go so far!

The young attendant glanced at Sang Chu, then at the elixir, gritted his teeth, and told a page, “Take her to the basement and keep her under guard with a spell. I’ll go report to the Honored One!”

“Brother?”

“We can’t! It’s too risky!”

The young attendant said, “The Honored One’s condition worsens by the day. She’s right—if we don’t try, we’ll just watch him die. If the Honored One dies, we’ll all be buried with him, especially this fire demon!”"