Unable to enter the Immortal Valley

Mo Zuili took the tea Qi Shuyan offered, took a small sip, and glanced at the group: "So... what are your plans now?"

The two people opposite each other fell into a brief silence.

Shen Qingxing lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Let's send the young master away from the Demon Realm first. His body can't stay here any longer."

Mo Zuili nodded, then turned her gaze to Shen Ling, who was sitting to the side.

“I don’t know either…” Shen Ling gave a bitter smile, her voice filled with helplessness and sorrow: “The bloodline is irreversible. The medicine my master left me can suppress it for a while. I’ll make plans after we can enter the Immortal Valley.”

Qi Shuyan stood to the side, pouring tea for the seated people.

The fragrant aroma of tea couldn't mask the tension that threatened to engulf the mountain rain.

The demon realm has always been a dog-eat-dog world, and the demon palace in the novel was personally overseen by Shen Ling after she ascended to power.

Even though Shen Qingxing has now ascended to the position of Demon Lord, the group can only temporarily reside in the space rented by Chu Qing after returning from the ruins.

Mo Zuili sighed with relief, thankfully their master, a ninth-level alchemist, was generous and magnanimous, renting the place for half a year, so the group didn't have to worry about having nowhere to stay for the time being.

"And what about you?" Mo Zuili raised her eyes and looked at Yu Feng, who had been huddled in the corner in silence.

Yu Feng's youthful voice rang out: "The Immortal Valley has opened; I must return to the Yu family."

Mo Zuili remained silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "I should also go back to the Mo family. The matter with the demon race hasn't been completely resolved yet, and now the Immortal Valley is starting to stir again."

At this point, Mo Zuili closed her eyes. Almost at the same moment, Qi Shuyan reached out and steadily supported her slightly tilted head. His palm, imbued with spiritual energy, gently pressed against Mo Zuili's brow.

Since discovering that the Immortal Valley had opened, Mo Zuili's brows had never relaxed.

When Mo Zuili first transmigrated into the book, she repeatedly calculated the timeline.

The Immortal Valley should open five years after I transmigrated into the book.

But now everything has been brought forward.

The trials of the demon race and the inheritance of the demon race have just ended, and the old Dragon King of the Dragon Realm is about to pass away.

On the Demon Clan's side, as soon as Shen Qingxing ascended to the position of Demon Lord, an unusual event occurred: the Immortal Valley opened.

After returning to their respective rooms, Mo Zuili looked at Qi Shuyan, who seemed hesitant to speak, and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Qi Shuyan sighed and said with worry, "Sister Li, we should go back. In the original story, the female lead died in the Immortal Valley."

Mo Zuili remained silent for a long time, her emotions churning.

She knew, of course, that Zitui would ultimately die in the Immortal Valley.

Immortal Valley offers numerous opportunities, and methods for strengthening one's foundation that cannot be found outside are very likely to exist there.

If I go back with Qi Shuyan now, and Zi Tui returns, given the current fragility of this body and Zi Tui's indomitable nature, even if I explain everything clearly in a note, she will inevitably be willing to "take a chance" and plunge headlong into the Immortal Valley.

Mo Zuili rubbed her eyes wearily, and was about to say something to Qi Shuyan when she saw his expression suddenly change.

Mo Zuili tensed up instantly, and quietly raised her spiritual energy.

After a long pause, Qi Shuyan finally calmed down, stared at Mo Zuili, and said in a serious tone, "The system contacted me again just now, telling us to go back as soon as possible."

When dealing with the system before, Mo Zuili had always been somewhat wary. Now that the Immortal Valley had opened unexpectedly, and the system was suddenly urging her to return...

Mo Zuili narrowed her eyes, while Qi Shuyan also pondered the strangeness of the system in his mind.

This system is too bizarre, yet the two of them were able to travel from the modern world and live in this world. The only way back is through this elusive system.

Mo Zuili's mind was in complete disarray.

The first point of contention is the purpose of the system.

What does the system really want? The more free something is, the greater the cost often is.

The more things were kept hidden, the more uneasy Mo Zuili became, always feeling that there was some unspoken price to pay behind it all.

The second thing is the things I haven't finished.

A method to consolidate one's cultivation has yet to be found, and the demon race is in complete disarray. Should I just pack up and leave, leaving Zitui to inherit this mess?

"The system also said..." Qi Shuyan's voice suddenly interrupted Mo Zuili's thoughts.

They said the world is a bit unstable right now, and we should go back as soon as possible and not delay any longer.

Mo Zuili snapped back to reality and asked, "What will happen if we don't go back now?"

After a long pause, Qi Shuyan shook his head and said, "It didn't say anything, it only said that if you want to stay, you shouldn't enter the Immortal Valley."

Upon hearing this, both of them realized something was amiss.

Is the system afraid that the two will enter the Immortal Valley?

The more unknown something is, the less you should easily follow its lead.

Mo Zuili suddenly smiled and tentatively asked, "If I enter the Immortal Valley, will I die?"

Qi Shuyan's Adam's apple bobbed, and following Mo Zuili's rhythm, she tentatively asked, "Will I die if I go in? In the novel, my character didn't die in the Immortal Valley."

After all, according to the timeline of the novel, the Dragon Realm was still closed when the Immortal Valley opened.

After I asked the question, the room fell silent.

Qi Shuyan looked at Mo Zuili, and Mo Zuili looked at him; the suspicion in their eyes was exactly the same.

The more urgent the system seems, the more it indicates that it is hiding something.

After a long silence, the system remained silent.

Mo Zuili's heart slowly tipped. She took a deep breath and said to Qi Shuyan, "Let's not go back yet. Shen Qingxing is preparing to settle scores in the Demon Realm. I plan to find an opportunity to consolidate our foundation with her. We'll talk about going back after that."

After saying that, Mo Zuili got up and walked towards the door. Just as her hand touched the door, Qi Shuyan's urgent voice came from behind her: "Sister Li, wait!"

Mo Zuili turned around, and Qi Shuyan's expression was complicated: "The system said... if we continue to stay here and want to know more, we have to wait until we enter the Immortal Valley before it can tell us."

It's Immortal Valley again. The system just prevented me from entering, but now it says I have to enter before it can tell me anything.

Leaning against the door frame, Mo Zuili suspected that the system was pushed to its limit by her attitude and was preparing to fight to the death to kill her.

After a long while, Mo Zuili finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "I understand."

When Mo Zuili found Shen Qingxing, Shen Qingxing was sitting in his room wiping his sword.

When Mo Zuili asked when they would depart, Shen Qingxing sheathed his sword and looked at Shen Zhi, who was lying on the bed with a pale face. A cold glint flashed in his eyes: "We can set off now. After we've dealt with you, we can take him away from the Demon Realm as soon as possible."

The two flew towards the Soul-Severing Tower, and it was only along the way that Mo Zuili finally figured out the whole story.

Knowing that Shen Zhi was injured, the Xie siblings took advantage of this and deliberately sent a demonic cultivator to lure Shen Qingxing into buying false information.

The false rumor claims that deep within the Demon Realm lies a pool where demonic energy and spiritual energy are mutually reinforcing and restraining. Cultivating in this pool can heal Shen Zhi's old injuries and allow him to remain in the Demon Realm as a normal human cultivator, unaffected by demonic energy.

Upon hearing this, Mo Zuili raised an eyebrow. The Xie siblings' influence in the Demon Realm was indeed extremely deep.

After staying in the Demon Realm for a few more days, these two had pretty much figured out everything about him.

Even if it weren't for Shen Zhi, now that Shen Qingxing has become the Demon Lord, he should teach this group a lesson.

As Mo Zuili was pondering this, Shen Qingxing suddenly spoke up: "This doesn't count as indiscriminate killing. Demon cultivators who can survive in the Demon Realm's black market can't be considered innocent by either the human or demon races, can they?"

Mo Zuili joked, "Of course not, you're acting on behalf of Heaven."

As the two arrived at the entrance to the black market, it was getting late, and the two men in black robes went unnoticed.

Seeing Shen Qingxing stop, Mo Zuili looked up.

The roads in this black market were narrow, with low shacks on both sides. This shop, however, was a two-story loft, standing out conspicuously amidst the dilapidation.

The main gate was wide open, but the wooden windows were covered with thick black cloth.

Seeing that Mo Zuili and Shen Qingxing were both covered in black robes, they assumed they were just rogue cultivators who had come to make a deal. The demonic cultivator at the door glanced at them sideways but didn't pay them much attention.

This shop was more bustling than the other stalls in the black market. Mo Zuili quickly scanned the area and saw two customers on the first floor. One was haggling over a price, while the other, dressed in a black robe, was wandering around.

Without the slightest hesitation upon entering, Shen Qingxing flung open his black robe and charged towards the center of the first floor like an arrow, simultaneously unleashing the pressure of his Nascent Soul cultivation.

The demonic cultivator who had been guarding the door caught a glimpse of Shen Qingxing's figure and was about to turn around when he was firmly held down by the oppressive aura emanating from Shen Qingxing.

"Trying to leave?" Shen Qingxing's voice was as cold as ice, and his oppressive aura intensified.

The two monks in the shop were startled by the commotion and reacted quickly, running towards the door.

Mo Zuili stepped aside to make way for the two of them, and after they staggered out, she slammed the wooden door shut with a loud bang.

"Who dares to cause trouble?" A rough shout came from the second floor, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.

The leader was a bearded demonic cultivator who didn't recognize Shen Qingxing's face and swung his machete straight at Shen Qingxing's face.

Shen Qingxing flicked his wrist, and the longsword drew a cold arc of light, slicing through the air with a "whoosh".

The bearded demonic cultivator's cleaver was knocked away in mid-air by Shen Qingxing's sword, the sharp blade slicing across his neck.

The bearded man staggered two steps, clutching his neck, before collapsing to the ground with a thud. The fierce glint in his eyes instantly froze into deathly silence.

The remaining demonic cultivators, their bravado masking their panic, roared, "Who exactly are you? Do you know that this area is infested with...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Qingxing pierced the man with his sword.

Mo Zuili leaned against the door, suddenly becoming alert, gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly, and stepped back.

In an instant, the door was smashed into several pieces, and two dark figures darted in from the outside at incredible speed.

Mo Zuili's pupils contracted slightly as she swiftly stopped a dark figure, only then realizing that the figure was a woman with red eyes and bloodstains at the corner of her mouth.

A fierce glint flashed in the woman's red eyes as she lunged at Mo Zuili's face.

Another woman with red eyes lunged at Shen Qingxing. Seeing the claws coming, Shen Qingxing immediately dodged to the side and thrust his longsword straight at the woman's heart.

The woman with red eyes moved as nimbly as a cat, flipping and leaping into the air.

The remaining demonic cultivators, who had been panicked by the death of the bearded demonic cultivator, instantly regained their courage and shouted at each other, "Attack together! Don't let her escape!"

Mo Zuili fought the red-eyed woman for several moves and discovered that the woman was extremely fast but her spiritual power was mixed, much like Jie Shuangxing's living dead puppet plus version.

Unfortunately...

Mo Zuili curled the corners of her lips. Jie Shuangxing's living dead puppets were more like the dead, and could fight indefinitely as long as the magic core array was not destroyed.

But this woman with red eyes is not.

It bleeds when injured and is a puppet that relies on absorbing essence and blood to maintain its movement; just kill it.

As the opponent's claws approached, Mo Zuili suddenly spun around and flipped to the side, putting away the Phoenix Flame Spear and taking out a stack of talismans to throw out.