Except for their appearance which is not very similar to humans, demons are the same in all other aspects, even their cultivation methods are the same.
Gao Han has never understood why the demon's spirit can assimilate humans and turn them into demons.
It would be fine if they just took over other people's bodies, but after assimilating humans, the demons can also assimilate other humans.
"If the demons hadn't died, they would indeed be no different from humans. They couldn't assimilate humans when they were alive. Only after they died could the demons have the conditions to demonize humans." Yuan Ran explained, "It is said that demons themselves are a race that has been demonized and once cursed."
"It is said?" Gao Han was surprised.
"It is said that, because up to now no one has figured out what kind of race demons are. Some people also say that demons are the incarnation of the outer demons and are the nemesis of human monks. But whether it is true or not has not been confirmed yet. Unless someone can enter the demon's otherworldly space to investigate in the future, maybe they will know."
"Has no one ever entered the demon's alien space to investigate before?" Gao Han asked.
Yuan Ran shook his head, "Maybe there is, but we just don't know it."
Gao Han nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
The fact that Liang Muheng was assimilated was beyond Yuan Ran's expectations. After all, he was a genius and the last person to be assimilated, but he ended up being the one.
Yuanran believed that the two great uncles would not speak without reason. Since great uncle Zhongli had said it, it was most likely true.
"Don't worry about them for now. Even if they break through, we are not afraid. But you can also start to break through. It will give you a better chance of winning and protect others." Gao Han said.
Yuan Ran was stunned, "Now?"
Gao Han nodded, "Now that the demons are not here, and neither are the geniuses from other forces, this is the best time. Everyone is here to protect you in your breakthrough."
The situation in the secret realm was becoming increasingly bizarre. Yuan Ran hesitated for a moment before agreeing, "Okay, but the Fairy Sect is still..."
"Don't worry about them. They probably don't dare to do anything." Gao Han interrupted him without hesitation, his tone full of domineering.
The three female disciples of the Fairy Sect really didn't dare to do so. After they found out that Yuan Ran had been away for a while, even if they guessed what he had done, they didn't dare to make any big moves.
“Junior Sister Kong, why don’t you find an opportunity to break through?” Liang Yuyan said. The Zixiao Sect obviously has at least two geniuses, but Yuanran still went to break through. If he really breaks through, the strength of the Zixiao Sect will definitely increase by a large margin. By that time, will there still be a place for them in the secret realm?
Kong Fengjun had thought about it, "But can you two survive? What if you encounter a demon?"
"We will go to protect you. According to my estimation, the spiritual marrow should have fallen into the hands of Zixiao Sect. We have already dug some spiritual stones. No matter how much we dig, if we don't have the strength to guard it, we will end up being a burden to others." He Yuyan said.
Hearing this, Kong Fengjun no longer hesitated, "Then let's go."
The three of them withdrew from the top-grade spirit stone mine and were soon discovered by the Zixiao Sect, but they did not stop them.
Gao Han made some arrangements for the remaining seven people and did not let them go to dig for spirit stone mines. Everyone did not say a word and dug a lot. Although they could still continue digging, they were quite content.
After making the arrangements, Gao Han glanced at Zhongli Tingzhou.
Zhongli Tingzhou raised his brows and returned to the passage they had dug. At the end there was a spirit stone wall extending to both sides. There were also many spirit stones that had not been dug out, one connected to another.
Zhongli Tingzhou placed his palm on it. In the closed passage, the hem of his clothes moved without wind. A stream of air flowed out from the spirit stone fixed in the stone wall, forming a strong air flow. This strong air flow turned in the air and entered his body again.
As he absorbed the energy, the milky white spirit stones quickly turned into empty shells. Some of them fell at his feet, while others remained firmly hanging on the stone wall.
The disciples of Ji Shang Sect and Qi Xing Valley on the other side naturally didn't know all this.
After they dug for a while, they found that there were fewer and fewer spirit stones here. They didn't dig many top-grade spirit stones, but only high-grade spirit stones. Although high-grade spirit stones were also very good, they could only dig high-grade spirit stones, which meant that they had not yet dug to the center of the spirit stone mine, and were even far away from the center.
The disciples of the two sects then gave up the cave they had already dug and moved to another location to dig.
A disciple of the Ji Shang Sect was digging with great effort when he suddenly hit a hard place. Thinking he had hit very hard metal again, he was about to clean it up when the dirt on top fell off, revealing a large area of shiny stuff.
The disciple's eyes widened immediately, and he said in a trembling voice, "Everyone, come quickly, there are many top-grade spirit stones here."
With a crash, others rushed over immediately.
Zhang Mingyang squeezed to the front and saw that they were indeed top-grade spiritual stones. He was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, hurry up, dig these spiritual stones out."
When Pan Jun and Junior Brother Li heard that they had dug up a piece of top-grade spirit stone, they thought about it and knew that they could not beat the other side by several people, so they vented their anger on mining.
"Pan Jun, do you think Senior Brother Liang really broke through?" Junior Brother Li asked as he dug.
"Of course." Pan Jun believed it firmly, even though Liang Muheng did not tell them.
“But Senior Brother Liang was seriously injured at that time. Now is not a good time for a breakthrough.” Junior Brother Li said worriedly.
Pan Jun frowned and said, "Senior Brother Liang is the genius of Qixing Valley. Before he came in, the elders must have given him something to save his life. What we should worry about now is ourselves. We have been digging for so long but haven't found any top-grade spirit stones."
"Maybe we chose the wrong direction?"
Pan Jun was about to speak when he suddenly heard a roar coming from the other side.
"how so?"
The roar came from Zhang Mingyang.
At this moment, except for the two layers that they dug out, the top-grade spirit stones embedded in the stone wall were all covered with dark transparent shells. With a slight touch, these transparent shells turned into powder and fell all over the ground.
Zhang Mingyang didn't believe it and dug deeper. What he found were all transparent crystal shells. It seemed that these top-grade spirit stones had been sucked away at some point.
"Why, why, who did it?"
The surprise was right in front of him, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye. Zhang Mingyang was almost driven crazy.
"Senior Brother Zhang, could it be someone from the Zixiao Sect or the Fairy Sect who did this? We have been digging here for so long and haven't seen any of them. Maybe they have already discovered us and are secretly digging somewhere else!" a disciple said angrily.
The sect did not restrict them. They had to hand in the resources they obtained in the secret realm, so no matter how much they dug, it would be theirs.
"That must be the case. They are going too far. We clearly agreed to split it 30%."
Some people apparently forgot that they agreed to it.
"Brother Zhang, let's go and settle the score with them. We must make them give up the extra top-grade spirit stones they dug!"
Zhang Mingyang's face turned pale and blue. There were only four of them left and Senior Brother Chai was not there. How could they settle the score with them?
Just when he was frowning, a pressure from the Nascent Soul suddenly came down from the sky.
The indiscriminate suppression directly crushed everyone.
Zhang Mingyang was not surprised but delighted. "This aura of oppression is from Senior Brother Chai. He is back. Has he successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul stage?"
Everyone looked stunned at first, and then showed great joy. Senior Brother Chai had made a breakthrough, which meant that they had the most powerful backer in the secret realm!
The entrance to the cave on the other side was surrounded by dense grass. Brother Zhao and his companions who were originally guarding nearby were forced to bend their knees slightly, and those who were weaker fell down directly.
Gao Han glanced at Yuan Ran, who had his eyes closed and a frown on his face, then took out a dozen top-grade spirit stones and threw them to the four corners. He then clasped his hands together and quickly set up a formation.
Yuan Ran, who was at the center of the formation, immediately relaxed his brows.
Zhongli Tingzhou's figure flashed out from the cave passage, pitch black, and in the blink of an eye he was beside Gao Han, "It's Chai Chengyun, he really has made a breakthrough."
"Well, trouble has come." Gao Han said that if Chai Chengyun was thick-skinned enough, he would come and argue with them.
Chai Chengyun was indeed very thick-skinned. Not long after he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Brother Zhao's angry rebuke from outside, which ended in silence.
When Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou came out, they saw Chai Chengyun with one hand behind his back and a proud look on his face. Behind him was Zhang Mingyang and a group of people, each of them like arrogant roosters, with their heads held high.
"Now that he's out, why don't you continue to guard Yuan Ran and wait for him to break through?" Chai Chengyun looked proud and arrogant, and there was no longer any fear in his eyes when he looked at the two of them.
He admitted that Gao Han was indeed very powerful and could defeat Kairos, but that was in the past. Now that he had made a breakthrough, it was time to settle the previous accounts.
Zhongli Tingzhou, who had killed a Nascent Soul monster, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why do you think Yuan Ran broke through?"
"Isn't it because you have no chance to break through that you can only rely on him?" Chai Chengyun said arrogantly.
Zhongli Tingzhou chuckled when he heard this.
Chai Chengyun's face immediately turned cold, but he didn't ask him why he was laughing. He looked at the big hole dug behind them with a cold gaze. It was such a big hole. Considering that Zhang Mingyang and the others said that they didn't dig out many top-grade spirit stones, he knew who got these top-grade spirit stones.
"If I remember correctly, the sword technique you used before was the Eight God Swords. Don't say that all sword techniques in the world are the same. You know it well."
Gao Han knew why he suddenly grabbed the Eight Divine Swords and refused to let go. They had agreed on the top-grade spirit stones, and he had no reason to do so. If he wanted to attack them, he could only start with the Eight Divine Swords.
"So what?"
Gao Han asked back calmly. Although he did not show any arrogance, this sentence was more effective than any expression.
"How arrogant! You stole the Eight Divine Swords from our Jishang Sect and you dare to admit it!" Zhang Mingyang said angrily.
Gao Han: "Then I won't admit it."
"You still don't admit it?" Zhang Mingyang widened his eyes.
Gao Han looked indifferent, "So do you want me to admit it, or do you want me not to admit it?"
Zhang Mingyang was blocked so tightly that his face turned red.
Chai Chengyun glared at Zhang Mingyang, then looked at Gao Han coldly and said, "Since you admit it, just hand over the Eight Divine Swords and then apologize to the Jishang Sect. Perhaps for the sake of our alliance, the Jishang Sect can spare your death sentence."