Chapter 72: The Demon Realm – Yingx_

“What did the shaman say?”

At this point, Lang An knew the Wolf King didn’t believe him. “The shaman’s control over him is strong. He’s been taking Dream Butterfly Illusion constantly—he won’t be waking up anytime soon.”

“That’s good, then. Don’t waste any more energy on him. Just focus on finding the spy.”

Lang Mou looked at Lang An with obvious disdain. Lang An knew his father would never trust him, so he could only lower his head and reply, “Yes, Father.”

Seeing Lang An bow his head so submissively, the Wolf King snorted coldly and swept away with a flick of his sleeve.

Meanwhile, because Tu You was causing such a commotion, the nearby demon clans all packed up and moved away in a hurry.

Taking advantage of Tu You’s chaos and the distraction as the demons gathered to hunt, Da Tian quietly finished setting up his formation.

He returned to the guest room, and seeing Sang Chu finishing her cultivation, he said, “We’ll act tonight.”

Sang Chu calculated the time and said, “You’ve worked hard setting up the trap, Da Tian. Why not rest for a day? Tomorrow night, I’ll go find the demon wolf.”

Da Tian frowned slightly. “Can you guarantee the demon wolf will show up?”

Sang Chu replied, “Don’t worry, Da Tian. When the time comes, you just wait in ambush at the trap. I have my ways to lure him over.”

Da Tian was still uneasy. “I hope you keep your word.”

With that, he turned and left. Watching his departing figure, Sang Chu felt Da Tian seemed to have something more to say, but she didn’t dwell on it. Her only task was to find a way to lure the demon wolf to the designated spot—there would be experts to deal with him then.

Sang Chu resumed her cultivation, slowly condensing a strange spiritual entity.

It was purple and green, like flowing water, and shaped like a flower...

There were seven of them in total, each the size of a thumb, and each a tiny person with pointed ears.

Sang Chu stared at them in a daze. “So these are spiritual entities? They look kind of fragile!”

The seven little figures were crystal clear, as if they’d shatter at a touch.

Sang Chu let out a faint sigh.

Thinking of how much effort she’d spent cultivating her spiritual power just to create these little guys, she felt a bit depressed!

She gently tapped one with her fingertip, and her whole body was filled with a surging flow of spiritual energy.

Suddenly—

The energy surged, and Sang Chu’s whole body began to convulse uncontrollably.

She hurriedly withdrew her hand. The little spiritual entity looked up at her smugly, as if to say, “You called me weak? Hmph!”

In an instant, the little spiritual entity transformed into a tiny deer, still about the size of a thumb, translucent and shimmering. Its body was filled with various types of spiritual power. The little deer pranced around, making Sang Chu’s eyes widen in surprise.

“You—you can change forms at will?”

The seven little deer looked at her with the same smugness. The wooden little deer seemed a bit more docile; it came up to Sang Chu and nuzzled her hand. It didn’t speak, but Sang Chu could clearly sense its meaning.

[Yes, yes, Master~]

She didn’t know if her spiritual root could produce other types, but after cultivating spiritual power, she’d gained lightning abilities as well.

If she could keep evolving, wouldn’t she be able to create even more of these spiritual entities in the future?

[Of course not!]

After receiving Sang Chu’s message, Tu You quickly replied. He was both happy that she’d formed her spiritual core and worried that her cultivation was advancing too fast for her body to keep up.

Sang Chu looked at him in confusion: [Why not? Didn’t I just create a lightning-type spiritual entity?]

Tu You sat beside her, holding the jade pendant as he explained, [Even though you have a natural spiritual root, which contains the power of the five elements, only the original elemental force can condense a spiritual entity. These entities are formed from the purest power of your own body and spirit. Unless your body’s elemental force keeps increasing, you can’t just keep creating more. Each type of original elemental force can only condense one entity.]

[Entities? These little guys are entities?]

Tu You nodded, his fluffy fingers poking at the little entities. [It takes a lot of spiritual power to condense them. You managed to create seven at once—truly worthy of being my chosen one! I’m so proud!]

In her mind, the big bunny kept shaking his ears and playing with the little entities. Sang Chu didn’t bother to interrupt his excitement.

She simply sent her spiritual sense into the jade pendant’s space. Inside, everything was lush and vibrant, with flowers and grass growing well, and cattle and sheep roaming everywhere.

A large pond was home to all sorts of fish and shrimp, and little rays of light busily tended to everything. When they saw Sang Chu, they waved at her enthusiastically.

...

Unlike Sang Chu’s leisure, Da Tian was troubled as he handed out talismans to Xiao Dao Tong and Ni Yu. “These are body-protection talismans. Each of you take some. They can ward off evil spirits. They can’t get you out of the demon realm, but at least they’ll keep you safe for now.”

Hearing this, Ni Yu’s eyes reddened. “Master, I don’t want to go. Even if I have to face the demon wolf, I won’t leave!”

“That’s right, Master, I’m not leaving either!”

Ni Yu and Xiao Dao Tong knelt before Da Tian, their eyes brimming with tears, as if they might cry at any moment.

Da Tian sighed deeply. “You’re still so young, if only...”

“Master, if we can’t leave the demon realm, what’s the point? The demon king keeps luring more cultivators in. If I don’t go, who knows how many will die? Please, let me go with you. Even if my power is weak, I want to do what little I can!”

Xiao Dao Tong also looked at him with determined eyes, as if ready to die at any moment. Da Tian couldn’t bring himself to say more.

“Fine. If you insist on coming, I won’t stop you. But you must be careful, understand?”

“Master, don’t worry, I’ll be careful!”

“Yes, Master, don’t worry!”

“Master, me too!”

Da Tian knew that if he tried to stop them, the three of them would probably sneak along anyway. He might as well use the extra day to teach them some self-defense techniques.

...

In the demon market—

Sang Chu suppressed all her spiritual energy into her spiritual entity, so she had no demon power on her and wouldn’t be noticed.

She wore the Heaven Order token at her waist and, under the cover of night, swaggered openly down the main street of the demon market.

Tu You watched her strolling around like a hoodlum and couldn’t help but complain: [Is this really how you’re going to lure him out?]

Sang Chu pointed in a direction and said: [Of course not. Look over there—what’s that?]"