Shi Lei shot Liu Wuxie a pleading glance. "Brother Liu, why don’t you explain it to Elder Su for me?"
"Alright!"
Mustering his courage, Liu Wuxie said, "Elder Su, the Shi Family is quite famous in the Northern Profound Domain. You can find out just by asking around."
"Not interested!"
Su Mo waved his hand dismissively.
Liu Wuxie’s expression froze.
’He had hoped to use this as a chance to smooth things over with Su Mo. He never expected Su Mo to be so dismissive, even wearing a look of disgust.’
’Then again, it made sense.’
’How could such an unfathomably powerful being possibly care about the insignificant Shi Family?’
"Huh... I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before."
Su Mo looked at Liu Wuxie in surprise.
Liu Wuxie knelt and explained, "I’m the chief disciple of the Profound Celestial Sect. Have you forgotten, Elder?"
"Oh, it’s you..."
Su Mo remembered.
He was the one who, along with several Elders, had led the others in begging for mercy.
Su Mo asked, "What, are you here for revenge?"
"Ah..."
Liu Wuxie said in a panic, "Elder, you’ve misunderstood! I swear to the heavens, I have absolutely no thought of getting revenge on you."
"Elder Su, you’ve really misunderstood Xiaoliu."
Bai Yun quickly added, "Xiaoliu and I have both joined the Celestial Sea Sect under Mo Taishang."
"I see!"
Su Mo now understood what was going on. He continued to ask, "You just said the Demon Venerable Burial Ground will open in three days. Is that information accurate?"
"Extremely accurate!"
Bai Yun asked in return, "Elder, you don’t yet know why the Demon Venerable Burial Ground is opening early, do you?"
"Why?" Su Mo asked.
Bai Yun explained, "Rather than saying there was a sudden incident at the Demon Venerable Burial Ground, it’s more accurate to say that our Celestial Sea Sect used certain methods to make it open ahead of schedule."
"What?"
Su Mo was utterly astonished.
’The opening of the Demon Venerable Burial Ground can be artificially triggered?’
Bai Yun said, "Elder, you heard me right. To this end, we even invited powerhouses from other Profound Domains."
In order to make the Demon Venerable Burial Ground open early, the Celestial Sea Sect had paid an immense price.
It had practically exhausted several hundred years of their accumulated resources.
Qingyunzi asked in confusion, "I recall the Demon Venerable Burial Ground was supposed to open in half a month anyway. Couldn’t your Celestial Sea Sect even wait that long?"
Bai Yun shook his head. "It wasn’t that the Celestial Sea Sect couldn’t wait half a month. It was the Treasure that couldn’t wait."
"What Treasure?" Long Chuan asked curiously.
Bai Yun explained in a low voice, "It’s a type of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that can help a person achieve enlightenment. This Treasure will mature in ten days and is only effective for three hours. If we miss it, we’ll have to wait another hundred years."
"According to rumor, obtaining this Treasure can grant a Martial Artist an instant epiphany, allowing a Martial King at the Great Perfection stage to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm, an Early Stage Martial Emperor to reach the Mid Stage, and it’s even effective for Martial Venerables."
HISS...
Qingyunzi’s face was filled with shock as he sucked in a sharp breath.
’No wonder the Celestial Sea Sect paid such a huge price to open the Demon Venerable Burial Ground ahead of time.’
’It was all for a priceless Treasure.’
Qingyunzi said, "Your Celestial Sea Sect has seven Taishang Elders at the Great Perfection of the Martial King Realm, correct? If they all obtain that Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, does that mean you could produce seven new Martial Emperors?"
"That’s right!"
Bai Yun nodded gravely.
’He should have taken such an important secret to his grave, but he couldn’t escape Su Mo’s gaze.’
’If he dared to lie, he would be utterly annihilated.’
’Martial Emperors!’
’Powerhouses that hadn’t appeared in the Northern Profound Domain for a century.’
Qingyunzi looked at Bai Yun and said, "So you’re saying the Celestial Sea Sect plans to create a batch of Martial Emperors to unify the entire Northern Profound Domain. What immense ambition."
Bai Yun nodded.
’The Celestial Sea Sect did indeed have this plan, and it wasn’t something he could prevent.’
Su Mo chuckled. "Heh, and here I was, wondering what kind of rare treasure it could be."
Hm?
Hearing this, everyone visibly froze.
’Could it be that Su Mo isn’t interested in this Treasure?’
’Impossible!’
’That’s a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that every Martial King Powerhouse in the Northern Profound Domain dreams of obtaining.’
Su Mo continued his questioning, "So what’s the deal with these Evil Demons people are talking about?"
"Well..."
Bai Yun answered honestly, "To tell you the truth, because we forcibly opened the Demon Venerable Burial Ground, numerous void rifts appeared in the surrounding area. Those Evil Demons all escaped from those rifts."
"What the hell? So it was your Celestial Sea Sect that caused this mess," Su Mo spat.
’To create Martial Emperors, they let Evil Demons slaughter hundreds of thousands of people in Celestial Demon City and dozens of surrounding towns. The Celestial Sea Sect’s sins are immense; even dying ten thousand times wouldn’t be enough to atone for them.’
Bai Yun said awkwardly, "Rest assured, Elder Su. Mo Taishang has already led a team to exterminate those Evil Demons. I guarantee they won’t dare to cause any more harm."
"And will killing those Evil Demons bring the people of Celestial Demon City back to life?" Su Mo asked, his face cold.
"That..."
Bai Yun lowered his head, silent.
Long Chuan asked, "What is the strength of those Evil Demons?"
Bai Yun replied, "Their strength varies, but they are all within the Martial King Realm. The weakest among them is about as strong as I am."
"You?"
Long Chuan’s face filled with horror.
’Although Bai Yun’s strength wasn’t the greatest, he was still considered an expert throughout the Northern Profound Domain. If even the weakest demon was that strong and managed to escape, most of the Northern Profound Domain would be in peril.’
Su Mo, however, was not afraid.
’With the Restrictions he had placed on the Xiao Family disciples, the Evil Demons wouldn’t be able to harm them—not unless one was strong enough to shatter his Restrictions.’
Su Mo said, "To prepare for these Evil Demons, I’ve decided to guide your Cultivation for the next three days."
’The Xiao Family disciples are already very strong; any one of them could be considered a prodigy.’
’However, they still have plenty of room for improvement.’
’As it happens, he had just acquired a batch of Treasures.’
’With these Treasures, he would forge the Xiao Family disciples into something even stronger within the next three days.’
’Ideally, he could even create a few Martial King Powerhouses to make sure everything was foolproof.’
’Otherwise, it would be a huge problem if they got separated after entering the Demon Venerable Burial Ground.’
’There were even more Evil Demons inside.’
Xiao Lang frowned and said, "Young Master, the Spiritual Qi here isn’t very dense. How are we supposed to cultivate in these conditions?"
"In an environment with such trash-tier Spiritual Qi, we won’t be able to improve much no matter how hard we try," Xiao Dong complained.
Shi Lei’s eyes lit up. "That’s an easy fix. I have a few Array Masters with me. I can have them set up a Spirit Gathering Array to draw in all the Spiritual Qi for a thousand li around."
"Thank you," Su Mo said gratefully.
Soon, Shi Lei summoned seven or eight Array Masters, who began setting up an Array in the inn’s rear courtyard.
WHOOSH!
The surrounding Spiritual Qi began to converge.
One of them, a middle-aged Array Master, smiled and said, "Young Master Shi, the Spirit Gathering Array is complete."
"That’s it?"
Xiao Lang frowned, sensing the still-thin Spiritual Qi. "Master, this Spirit Gathering Array of yours doesn’t seem to be working very well."
"What? You say my Spirit Gathering Array isn’t working?"
The middle-aged Array Master flew into a rage. "Brat, take a good look! This Master set up a Tier Four Spirit Gathering Array! The Spiritual Qi is dozens of times denser than it was before!"
Xiao Lang scoffed, "Tch. This isn’t even as dense as the Spiritual Qi in my family’s bathroom. To be honest with you, the Spiritual Qi in my bathroom is a thousand times denser than what this Tier Four Spirit Gathering Array can produce."