“How weird?” she asked.
"When he slaughtered the Gu Clan and became famous throughout the continent... I heard that he was only eighteen years old, but he possessed an unparalleled cultivation of one hundred thousand years, a rare achievement in the world!
“Although we don’t know why he didn’t transcend the tribulation and ascend, he must have already surpassed the level of the Heavenly Rank. That’s why people use the phrase “100,000 years of cultivation” to describe his strength.
"Everyone speculated that he had defeated the previous Demon Lord and devoured the old Demon Lord's cultivation. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have such powerful strength at his age!
"But what is incredible is that the old Demon Lord is also a powerful being above the Heavenly Rank. How could the eighteen-year-old Northern Territory Demon Lord defeat the old Demon Lord who is above the Heavenly Rank?
"And the most puzzling thing is that the Northern Territory Demon Lord, who had a hundred thousand years of cultivation at the time, was fully capable of subverting the entire world, but he suddenly disappeared, leading the entire demon race out of public sight. To this day, he has not been seen for a full three hundred years!"
Shen Wuyou glanced at the medicine pool and said, "Perhaps he was seriously injured and had to retreat into seclusion to heal his wounds?"
"Impossible!" it said. "The Northern Territory Demon Lord was the best in the world at that time. Let alone getting injured, even getting close would kill him without a burial place!"
"Number one in the world...unmatched...and he has no ambition to become king..." Shen Wuyu pondered, this must be a great man who eliminates harm for the people, right?
When the work is done, I will leave without leaving any credit or fame.
"Did the Gu tribe do anything heinous back then?"
"Uh... yes, their clan is good at bewitching people and refining poisonous insects to control living beings. They intend to wipe out all races in the world and only their clan will be the most powerful and the only one to survive."
"Success?"
"When we were almost successful, the Demon Lord wiped them out, leaving not even a trace behind."
"He's a great man who protects world peace! Why are you so afraid of him?"
"Because..." Ghost Master thought for a moment and said, "The Demon Lord is extremely difficult to approach. He never expresses his intentions. No one knows his purpose. All we know is that anyone who tries to get close to him is killed without leaving even a trace of ashes. He is truly terrifying!"
"So in the eyes of the world, he is a cancer that is difficult to control and whose details are unknown, right?" Shen Wuyou finally understood.
A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.
But it seems that it is not entirely the fault of the world. After all, the reputation of the demons in this world is really not very good. Suddenly, a powerful demon lord who is invincible appears. Anyone would tremble and feel uneasy, right?
People were afraid of his abilities and suspicious of his intentions, but he never opened his mouth to explain himself, and even forbade anyone to inquire about the news. He isolated himself from everyone and focused on doing what he wanted to do. It was indeed easy for people to be misunderstood.
And judging from yesterday's contact, it is not impossible that the man is really the Demon Lord.
After all, all the points matched, except that he looked depressed and lonely, not like the number one in the world who massacred his clan as rumored.
He's a man with a story...
But since she has been hiding from the world, why would she save her, a little flower demon who would cause chaos in the world, from the Ghost King?
Could it be...
Is it also for her heart that can be brought back to life?
Come to think of it, overcoming tribulations and ascending to heaven sounds simple, but it is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, your dantian will be shattered and you will become a cripple. In serious cases, you may even be struck to death. No matter which situation it is, it is an unacceptable result for cultivators.
And if she existed, eating her flesh and bones could reshape one's bones, and devouring her heart would allow one's soul to return to the body, bringing one back to life and giving one a chance to live again.
What a great temptation...
In this way, we can understand why he has been suppressing his cultivation and refusing to transcend the tribulation. It turns out that he was just waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for the red spider lily to appear in the world.
As for why he rescued her, tied her up and imprisoned her, it was probably because the legend of Lycoris radiata was just a legend, and he needed time to verify it, right?
Understood.
Shen Wuyou sighed and looked at the black egg-shaped thing in the ghost general's hand. It looked like a burnt braised egg, but it was huge, bigger than her head. Is this thing edible? She was hungry.
"What is this?" she asked.
The ghost handed it to Shen Wuyou as if offering a treasure, explaining, "Egg! I don't know what kind of divine beast's egg it is. I found it underground and have been buried for who knows how many years, but it still has some divine aura. I don't know what species it is, but it must be a divine beast!"
Shen Wuyou took it in his hand and weighed it a few times. It was heavy and warm, really like a burnt braised egg...
It’s extra large!
"Even if this thing is a divine beast, I don't know how long it will take for it to hatch. It's better to eat it."
Shen Wuyou's stomach growled, and he wanted to crack it open and cook it to eat, but the ghost general and ghost master tried their best to stop him.
"No, no! Absolutely not! This is a divine beast! It only appears once in a hundred years—pfft, you might not even come across a divine beast cub in a thousand or ten thousand years! It would be a shame to eat it! We have to raise it! It will be of great use in the future!"
"That's right! Divine beasts all live in the realm of gods. They are noble and powerful, born at the Earth level. Although I don't know why they were left in the human world, they are still alive! The kind that can be contracted as pets! It's rare to see a few sacred beasts in our human world, so you must never eat them!"
contract?
Shen Wuyou bit his finger half-believingly and dripped a drop of blood on the egg, only to see the blood slide directly down the eggshell without any sign of being absorbed.
“…”
She looked up at the two ghosts, only to see them awkwardly twisting their heads and stammering, "Uh... this one, this one... can't be directly blood-bound..."
Shen Wuyou's eyebrows twitched as he listened to them continue to explain, "I heard that... Divine Beasts all choose their own masters, and those below Divine Beasts are chosen..."
Shen Wuyou: “…”
So it didn’t choose me, so I might as well eat it while it’s hot!
She did what she said. She took out wood and a tinderbox from her storage ring and was about to roast the black egg when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the two people in front of her. They looked like they were wasting food, filled with grief, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Shen Wuyou's mouth twitched, and he decided to forget it.
Meeting is fate, let's keep it for now...
As he sighed, a tremendous pressure suddenly came over him. Shen Wuyu's eyes moved, and he immediately stood up and put them back into the storage ring. He ran to the middle of the gate and sat down.
Holding a pitch-black egg, he quietly waited for the person who looked like the Demon Lord to push the door open.
"boom--"
With the sound of a heavy stone mill, the heavy stone door was slowly opened, and in an instant, the terrifying demonic energy swept in and filled the entire hall.
The sound of footsteps slowly rang out, and a dark-patterned piece of cloth slowly approached before his eyes. Shen Wuyou immediately smiled with a delighted smile, and said sweetly and crisply to that lonely and stern face—
"Welcome home~"
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