Chapter 462: Bai Shuqing

"Eh?"

Ye Qingxuan, who was flying through the air, suddenly paused, letting out a soft "eh."

Because, under his perception,

the spiritual veins left at the original site of the Ancient Desolate City had been destroyed, and the source of the spiritual veins within had vanished without a trace.

And at the place of destruction,

a few wisps of demonic qi, nearly completely dissipated and invisible to the naked eye, remained.

"This is a trace left by the Green Demon Clan."

Upon noticing this scene,

Ye Qingxuan instantly increased his flight speed, arriving above the original site of the Ancient Desolate City.

With a thought, Ye Qingxuan directly reached out to seize those few wisps of demonic qi about to dissipate below.

Then, he activated the rules of cause and effect he had comprehended, using the few wisps of demonic qi remaining in his hand as a medium to calculate.

When, through those few wisps of demonic qi, he sensed a figure in the mysterious void,

Ye Qingxuan's eyes immediately brightened slightly, and he turned his direction to fly toward another location.

After a period of flight,

Ye Qingxuan's figure concealed itself high in the sky, his gaze fixed on a cautious figure within the forest below.

"Only Nascent Soul realm?"

Sensing the aura emitted by that figure, Ye Qingxuan stroked his chin and fell into thought.

After hesitating for a moment,

Ye Qingxuan did not choose to strike and kill this Nascent Soul realm Green Demon.

For Ye Qingxuan,

a corpse of a Nascent Soul realm Green Demon was optional.

But if he could use this Green Demon to find a wormhole channel opened by the Green Demon Realm in the Starfall Province,

the benefits to him would be far greater.

Whether directly destroying the wormhole channel, or setting up a net at the entrance and exit of the wormhole channel, waiting for Green Demons to jump in endlessly,

was far superior to directly killing a single Nascent Soul realm Green Demon.

After making a decision in his heart,

Ye Qingxuan temporarily suppressed his killing intent toward that Green Demon below.

After leaving a wisp of his Primordial Spirit on that Green Demon, Ye Qingxuan flew directly toward the direction of Dongxuan City.

His top priority now was to relocate Huangfeng City and settle the mortal residents within Huangfeng City.

He did not have much time to waste on a mere Nascent Soul realm Green Demon.

After all, a wisp of Primordial Spirit was attached to that Green Demon.

He could not only control the other's location at any time, but also control the other's life and death at any time.

"Whoosh!"

A beam of rosy light cut through the long sky, landing on a mountain peak.

After returning to Wanling Mountain, Ye Qingxuan took out his Dongxuan Token and sent a message:

"Bai Shuqing, come to Wanling Mountain."

At the same time,

inside a sixth-grade cave dwelling within Dongxuan City,

Bai Shuqing, dressed in white robes, noticed the message received by the Dongxuan Token at his waist, and immediately pulled a gloomy face, complaining:

"Why is it me again?"

Although reluctant in his heart, Bai Shuqing still flew toward Wanling Mountain where Ye Qingxuan was located immediately.

During the flight, Bai Shuqing pondered the current landscape of the world, saying bitterly in his heart:

"The auxiliary effect of the Seven Emotions Compass is no longer advantageous. Should I also emerge from seclusion and start hunting Green Demons?"

Bai Shuqing was originally one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators who came from outside Dongxuan City.

Over a hundred years ago, Bai Shuqing activated the family heirloom Three-Star Low-Grade Bloodline Magic Treasure, the Seven Emotions Compass, within Dongxuan City, which was sensed by Ye Qingxuan.

Then Ye Qingxuan personally appeared, suppressing Bai Shuqing with absolute strength, and took Bai Shuqing under his command.

In the following hundred-plus years,

Bai Shuqing had been cultivating in seclusion within Dongxuan City, using his family heirloom Bloodline Magic Treasure, the Seven Emotions Compass, to rapidly increase his cultivation base.

To this day, Bai Shuqing's cultivation base has reached the early stage of Soul Transformation.

However, after reaching this step,

given the current landscape of the Earthly Mystic Realm, the advantage brought by his Seven Emotions Compass in amplifying cultivation speed

might be slowly narrowed by other cultivators, or even directly surpassed.

The Seven Emotions Compass collects various emotions generated by cultivators, converting them into pure bloodline power for Bai Shuqing to absorb and increase his cultivation base.

But now, cultivators in the Earthly Mystic Realm can obtain World Origin by hunting Green Demons and making offerings, directly increasing their own spiritual power cultivation base.

As long as enough Green Demons are killed, pure spiritual power cultivation base can rise in a straight line.

In this situation, the cultivation amplification effect brought by his Seven Emotions Compass is no longer comparable to that of some cultivators who specialize in hunting Green Demons.

Moreover, the Seven Emotions Compass is merely a Three-Star Low-Grade Bloodline Magic Treasure.

Compared to the World Origin obtained by hunting Green Demons, the amplification limit of the Seven Emotions Compass is too low.

This is the reason why Bai Shuqing's heart wavered, wanting to emerge from seclusion and join the ranks of those hunting Green Demons.

Although staying within Dongxuan City and using the Seven Emotions Compass as an auxiliary tool to increase cultivation base allowed one to avoid life-and-death trials and ensure safety,

But if this continues, he will inevitably fall behind the powerful figures who rose from slaughter.

Given Bai Shuqing's current realm and vision,

he naturally understood that the future would be both a chaotic age and an unprecedented golden age.

Joining the ranks of those hunting the Green Demon Clan, using piles of corpses and blood as stepping stones.

This might be the only chance in his life to break through the shackles of talent and catch a glimpse of the Immortal Realm.

Living in such a great era, how could he not be tempted to stay hidden within Dongxuancheng, merely surviving?

With a thousand tangled thoughts in his mind, Bai Shuqing had already reached the summit of Mount Wanling.

Seeing the figure of Ye Qingxuan's external manifestation, Bai Shuqing temporarily suppressed the thoughts swirling in his mind.

He stepped forward, bowed slightly, and respectfully said:

"Shuqing greets the City Lord!"

Across from him, Ye Qingxuan looked at Bai Shuqing, a hint of a smile appearing in his eyes.

After nodding slightly, Ye Qingxuan said softly:

"No need for such formalities."

As he spoke, Ye Qingxuan sent the Zhen Tian Bell from his hand through the air to before Bai Shuqing and continued:

"Inside the Zhen Tian Bell is Huangfengcheng, which has been merged into Dongxuancheng this time. I leave its resettlement to you!"

The more than a hundred cultivators of Huangfengcheng inside the Zhen Tian Bell had already been thrown into Dongxuancheng by him in advance.

The rest were all ordinary mortals.

Since the four great commanders under Ye Qingxuan's command, who had been handy before, and the previous four commanders of Dongxuancheng had entered the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and become blessed cultivators within the cave heaven,

Ye Qingxuan had dragged Bai Shuqing, who had been cultivating in seclusion within Dongxuancheng, to help him handle some miscellaneous matters.

For the past three years, Bai Shuqing had been responsible for resettling every city merged into Dongxuancheng.

That was why Bai Shuqing felt somewhat depressed after receiving Ye Qingxuan's message.

Looking at the Zhen Tian Bell before him, Bai Shuqing did not refuse.

He pouted, unwillingly and reluctantly took the Zhen Tian Bell, and responded somewhat weakly:

"Yes!"

Through years of interaction, Bai Shuqing had figured out Ye Qingxuan's nature.

So in front of Ye Qingxuan, he was too lazy to conceal his true nature.

Seeing Bai Shuqing's weak and listless appearance, Ye Qingxuan did not care at all; in fact, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

In Ye Qingxuan's view,

a lazy nature did not matter, as long as the tasks he assigned were done well.

Moreover, watching Bai Shuqing clearly not wanting to do it yet unable to refuse was also a kind of pleasant amusement.

In the long years of cultivation,

one must always find some different amusements for one's life.

Only then will life not become dull.

(End of this chapter)