The news of Ji Lin's intrusion into the cultivation world quickly spread throughout the entire cultivation world. All the sects instructed their disciples not to go out unless necessary, especially not to travel far alone.
Mo Xingjue also received a notice not to leave the sect recently, but he did not mention it to Li Ze. At night, while Li Ze was asleep, he wrapped him in a quilt and left the sect quietly without disturbing anyone.
Li Ze didn't wake up the whole time. Mo Xingjue looked at the person with rosy cheeks as he slept, his eyes full of doting affection, "You trust me that much? Aren't you afraid I'll sell you out?"
Li Ze, who was asleep, did not respond at all. Someone had bullied him too much tonight, and he was so tired that he could not keep his eyes open. He only vaguely knew that Mo Xingjue helped him get dressed and picked him up. As for where they went or what they did, he did not think about it or care about it.
Mo Xingjue would never hurt him.
When Li Ze woke up, he found himself outside Youcheng. A dense aura of bloodlust spontaneously surged into his body, making his pores feel relaxed and comfortable.
"Very comfortable?" Mo Xingjue asked him with interest.
Li Ze thought for a moment and said, "It's like you cultivators entering a place with extremely rich spiritual energy."
Mo Xingjue nodded, "Then I understand."
"There seems to be some movement in the city." Li Ze looked into You City. He thought that since the city's protective formation had been broken and the city had just been massacred, no one would dare to come. Unexpectedly, not only were there people, but there were quite a few of them.
"Just a bunch of desperados," Mo Xingjue said expressionlessly.
Li Ze raised an eyebrow, seemingly understanding something. "Rogue cultivators? Wait, no, besides rogue cultivators, there are also mortals. Are they here to rob the dead?"
“When a person dies, it’s like a lamp going out; all those things become ownerless,” Mo Xingjue said. “They’re really bold; aren’t they afraid of the demons suddenly—”
Mo Xingjue's words came to an abrupt end, and with a flash, he disappeared from the spot.
Li Ze watched him disappear, then frowned. "There's demonic energy there."
Speak of the devil, and he appears.
Li Ze arrived a step too late; Mo Xingjue had already resolved the problem. A small demon team had arrived, their cultivation only at the Foundation Establishment stage; they were probably there to scout ahead.
The cultivators within the city, upon seeing Mo Xingjue, merely bowed to him from afar, filled with both respect and fear; none dared to approach. But when their gazes fell upon Li Ze, a flash of amazement crossed their eyes.
"Let's leave the city, it stinks here." Mo Xingjue put his arm around Li Ze's waist, his wide sleeves covering most of Li Ze's body, making his dominance all the more obvious.
The people at the scene were all surprised. The senior disciple of Fengyang Sect actually had someone!
Who is that boy who plucked the flower from the high mountain?
They had never heard of such a handsome, young, and highly skilled person before.
Li Ze and Mo Xingjue stayed outside Youcheng for two days, during which Mo Xingjue watched Li Ze advance from the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm to the late-stage of the Golden Core realm in just two days.
Just a few days ago, the other party had advanced from the early stage of Golden Core to the middle stage of Golden Core, and now, only a few days later, they've already reached the late stage of Golden Core!
Li Ze's rapid advancement put Mo Xingjue under pressure. Once the other party catches up with him, how can he still tie him to the bed and bully him?
He's studied so many positions, but he's only tried a few so far!
No, I can't let Aze surpass me!
From that day on, Mo Xingjue, who had been indulging in love, regained his senses and seized every spare moment to cultivate.
"I'm going to the Demon Realm," Li Ze suddenly said.
"For the sake of the evil energy?" Mo Xingjue asked.
Li Ze nodded. "Ji Lin was controlled by the evil artifact. He probably killed not only cultivators and ordinary people, but also the demons."
He desperately needed to use his killing energy to improve his cultivation level; the Golden Core stage was still too weak.
Since it was for the sake of the malevolent energy, Mo Xingjue did not stop him. "I'll go with you."
Li Ze disagreed, saying that there was no difference between a cultivator entering the Demon Realm and a lamb entering a tiger's den.
"I've said it before, I won't separate from you again." Mo Xingjue's tone left no room for argument.
Thinking of how Mo Xingjue had been searching for him for thirty years, Li Ze's heart softened. "Then I'll use my evil energy to cover your aura. Evil energy is cold and chilling, and you might feel uncomfortable. Can you bear it?"
"able."
The malevolent energy of the Human-Demon Battlefield, which had been completely absorbed by Li Ze, has re-emerged somewhat, but it's less than a tenth of what it used to be. Li Ze flew over the Human-Demon Battlefield without stopping, heading straight for Ji Lin's territory.
The two stopped outside Ji Lin's territory.
"What a strong smell of blood." Mo Xingjue's tone carried a hint of schadenfreude.
Li Ze's lips twitched. They were indeed natural enemies. How could the other party draw their sword and kill any demon they saw, yet show no concern whatsoever about their own demonic identity?
"Aze, you don't have any friends in the demon realm, do you?" He knew that Aze didn't have any relatives, but if he had friends, would Aze resent him if he accidentally killed them?
"No." In reality, he didn't have time to make friends. After gaining a body, he was busy finding food, earning magic crystals, and cultivating. He finally advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, but was chased by Ji Lin and died a few days later.
Mo Xingjue breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that nothing happened; otherwise, Aze would have been caught in the middle and would have had a hard time.
Li Ze and Mo Xingjue secretly infiltrated Ji Lin's territory, where they found white bones and crimson bloodstains everywhere.
“If a demon dies in the Demon Realm, his flesh and blood will dissolve within a few hours and return to the earth, while his demon soul will return to the Demon Pool, where his memories will be wiped clean by the demons, awaiting his next rebirth,” Li Ze explained. “If he dies outside the Demon Realm, then his death is no different from that of an ordinary cultivator, and he will never have a chance to start over.”
Mo Xingjue knew that the demon race could not reproduce on their own, but what Li Ze said was something he did not understand. Not only him, but most cultivators in the cultivation world did not know this.
"Doesn't that mean the demon race possesses immortality on another level?" Mo Xingjue asked in surprise.
"Without memories, everything resets to zero. After being reborn, perhaps the gender will also change, and you will become a completely different person. Is that considered immortality?" Li Ze asked, puzzled.
Mo Xingjue thought about it seriously, "No matter how many times I am reborn, and no matter if I have memories or not, I will find you."
The serious tone of his voice startled Li Ze. After a long pause, he murmured, "Weren't we talking about immortality? How did we get onto this?"
Mo Xingjue glanced at him quietly and then remained silent.
Li Ze and Mo Xingjue stayed in the Demon Realm for two days, sweeping away all the evil energy there and successfully advancing from the late Golden Core stage to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage.
"I'm about to advance!" Li Ze realized that he was about to lose control of the demonic energy within his body.
Mo Xingjue was startled, grabbed Li Ze's hand, and fled with his men on his sword.
At the same time, Ji Shuo and Ji Chuan noticed that the malevolent energy had disappeared and came to investigate out of curiosity. When they arrived, they saw Mo Xingjue leading Li Ze flying away into the distance.
"So hasty and reckless!" Ji Shuo frowned.
“Young people are bound to be impulsive. Hmm, the concentration of malevolent energy on them is rather high.” Ji Chuan gazed into the distance, and in the blink of an eye, the two disappeared from his sight.
Ji Shuo hadn't noticed before, and now that he wanted to investigate, it was too far away and there wasn't enough time.
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