After sending her disciples back to the sect, Shu Lan used her communication paper crane to send a message to Venerable Lieyang, saying that she wanted to infiltrate the Demon Realm to investigate the Demon Seed, and told her senior brother not to worry, as she would return safely.

After releasing the message crane, Shu Lan arrived at the alley where he had previously hidden the demon cultivator.

Upon arriving at the alley, Shu Lan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the demon cultivator still peacefully asleep; thankfully, no one had noticed.

Shu Lan made a hand seal, intending to wake the demon cultivator. Suddenly, Shu Lan paused, stopping the hand seal.

Looking at the demon cultivator in front of him, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: since he had cast a memory-forgetting spell on this demon cultivator, then he should not remember him.

If that's the case, could he disguise himself as an accomplice of this demon cultivator and follow him to the so-called branch in his memory? That way, he should be able to find out more about the demon seed and the conspiracy behind it.

My own "Ancestral Spirit Scripture" can transform my ancestral spiritual energy into demonic energy, so disguising myself as a demon cultivator shouldn't be too difficult. The key question is how to disguise myself as an accomplice of this demon cultivator?

Shu Lan had a sudden inspiration and remembered the demonic seed she had inexplicably put away earlier. Since people with demonic seeds implanted in their bodies could sense each other, could she implant a demonic seed into her own body? That way, she could infiltrate the branch.

It just so happens that the demon seed he put into his storage ring was the highest grade one in that bag of demon seeds, capable of preserving a person's consciousness.

No sooner said than done, Shu Lan immediately took action. He took out the demon seed from his storage ring, made a small cut on his finger, and then placed the demon seed on the wound.

Shu Lan watched helplessly as the demonic seed transformed into a stream of light and entered his body.

"Aaaaaah! Master, are you crazy?!" Yun Yao, who was in the dantian, woke up at this moment and saw Shu Lan's "death-seeking" behavior. Her screams almost deafened Shu Lan.

"Don't make a fuss, I know what I'm doing!" Shu Lan told Yun Yao to shut up while activating the three spiritual flames within her body, forming an encirclement that firmly surrounded the demonic seed.

"Ahhh! Master! That's a demon seed! A demon seed!" Yun Yao screamed loudly, her heart still pounding with fear.

"Shut up, of course I know that's a demonic seed!" Shu Lan watched as the demonic seed within her went from being restless and trembling upon seeing the three spiritual flames, to finally settling down. It quietly remained on Shu Lan's chest, not daring to cause any trouble.

Seeing the result he wanted, Shu Lan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had already prepared for the worst; if the demonic seed disobeyed and tried to parasitize his body, he would use the three great spiritual flames to destroy it. Now it seemed that the demonic seed was quite sensible.

After Shu Lan shifted her attention away from the demonic seed, she heard Yun Yao's "demonic voice piercing her ears".

"Stop howling! Your master is fine, perfectly alright!" Shu Lan said impatiently to Yun Yao.

"Huh?" Yun Yao suddenly stopped talking. "Um, I thought you had been parasitized by a demonic seed, Master!"

"Do you think my three great spiritual flames are just for show?" Shu Lan was both amused and exasperated.

"Oh! That's right! I was just worried that something might happen to you, Master. Then I'd be a lonely swordsman!" Yun Yao said hesitantly.

"Don't worry, even if something happens to you, nothing will happen to me!" Shu Lan finally rolled her eyes, disregarding her image.

Although he knew Yun Yao was worried about him, her words were really unpleasant to hear, and he really wanted to punch her.

After Yun Yao calmed down, she looked at Shu Lan, who was silently circulating the Ancestral Spirit Scripture, and asked curiously, "Master, what are you doing?"

"I'm converting spiritual energy into demonic energy so that I can disguise myself as a demon cultivator and infiltrate the demon realm." As she spoke, Shu Lan reversed the flow of spiritual energy in her meridians in the opposite direction.

Thus, Yun Yao watched helplessly as Shu Lan transformed her pure white and gold ancestral spiritual energy into black and gold demonic energy.

Instantly, Shu Lan's body was filled with overwhelming demonic energy.

After a few breaths, Shu Lan managed to suppress the demonic energy emanating from her body.

Then, Shu Lan took out a dark blue robe from her storage ring and changed out of the white robe she was wearing.

After changing her clothes, Shu Lan's demeanor became calm and composed.

Finally, Shu Lan disguised his face, changing all his facial features except for his lively peach blossom eyes.

His face suddenly became rather ordinary.

Shu Lan covered up the magnolia flower mark between her eyebrows, and then made some minor adjustments to her face to make it more demonic and sinister.

Having accomplished her mission, Shu Lan summoned a water mirror. Looking at her bewitching reflection, Shu Lan nodded.

After everything was ready, Shu Lan used a hand seal to wake up the demon cultivator.

After regaining consciousness, the demon cultivator's gaze was somewhat vacant. He looked at Shu Lan with a blank expression.

He immediately became alert: "Who are you?!"

"Hmph! You were too careless! If I hadn't discovered the human cultivator behind you, you would have been wiped out long ago!" As he spoke, Shu Lan unleashed his demonic energy, controlling himself and only revealing his Nascent Soul stage cultivation.

But this mere Nascent Soul stage cultivation level was enough to intimidate that demon cultivator.

"Greetings, Your Excellency! Thank you for saving my life!" The demon cultivator immediately knelt down. He had already secretly activated the demonic seed within his body and sensed the presence of a demonic seed within the other person, knowing they were of the same kind. Moreover, his cultivation was higher than his own, so this bow was acceptable.

"Yes." Shu Lan gladly accepted his kneeling.

"Get up!"

"Yes, sir!" As soon as Shu Lan finished speaking, the demon cultivator stood up nimbly.

"How's everything going?"

"Everything is taken care of!" the demon cultivator said respectfully.

"Then let's hurry back and report!"

"Yes, are you coming with me, sir?" the demon cultivator asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course, my master also gave me a task, which I have completed. Now I can go back and report."

"Understood!" The demon cultivator had no doubts and quickly led Shu Lan to the branch.

Through the memories of that demon cultivator, Shu Lan knew that the branch leader, He Jing, was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Even if she accidentally exposed herself, she would be able to subdue him.

As a result, Shu Lan felt much more relaxed.

And so, Shu Lan followed that demon cultivator all the way to the Demon Realm.

Afterwards, the demon cultivator led Shu Lan through many desolate places.

Finally, the demon cultivator brought Shu Lan to the desert of the Demon Realm, where the branch he remembered was located.

The demon cultivator led Shu Lan to a jumble of rocks in the desert. He led Shu Lan around several bends, and as they rounded the last corner, a bright and open space suddenly appeared before Shu Lan's eyes.