Chapter 287

After listening to Su Chen's words, Bai Ze suddenly laughed; this was also the first time Su Chen had seen Bai Ze laugh.

This ancient Demon Saint, who had lived for I don't know how many tens of thousands of years, looked much gentler when he laughed with those white, pupil-less eyes.

"His Majesty the Demon Emperor asked me to bring the descendants of the Demon Court to live in seclusion here back then, saying that a fated person would come in the future and bring hope to the demon clan." Bai Ze stood up, walked to the mural, and looked up at the picture of ten thousand demons paying homage.

"I have waited for so long, to be honest, I had long since given up hope."

He turned around and looked at Su Chen.

"If it weren't for the order of the Demon Emperor, I would have gone out to settle the score with that traitor Kill Kun Peng long ago. Being holed up on this island all these years has made me feel like I'm about to get moldy."

Su Chen looked at Bai Ze, whose style had suddenly changed drastically, and was still a bit unaccustomed to it.

"Since you are the person chosen by the Demon Emperor," Bai Ze's tone returned to solemnity, "I am willing to follow your arrangements. These descendants of the Demon Court on the Demon Emperor Island can also be used by you."

Su Chen stood up and gave Bai Ze a solemn salute.

"Thank you, Senior."

"Don't be in such a hurry to thank me." Bai Ze waved his hand and sat down again, "Your purpose in coming this time is not just this, right? I can see that you still have things to ask."

Su Chen indeed still had things to do.

He reconsidered his wording and said: "This junior would like to ask Senior about the whereabouts of an item."

"What item?"

"The Chaos Bell."

As soon as these three words were spoken, Bai Ze's expression changed.

It was not surprise, but an extremely complex look, with reminiscence and also regret.

"What are you looking for the Chaos Bell for?"

Su Chen did not hide it: "I cultivate the Hunyuan Jin Dan Dao, and to understand my own Dao and condense the Great Luo Dao Fruit, the time required is immeasurable. And what I lack most now is time. The Chaos Bell contains the Space-Time Dao; if I could borrow its power, perhaps it could save me a great deal of time."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze nodded slightly.

"The Chaos Bell is the supreme treasure of His Majesty the Eastern Emperor." Bai Ze said slowly, "At the final moment of the Lich War, His Majesty the Eastern Emperor used the Chaos Bell as a guide, burning his own origin to perish together with the twelve Ancestral Witches."

"But at the moment before he fell, His Majesty the Eastern Emperor struck the Chaos Bell out of the battlefield."

Su Chen asked: "Where did he strike it toward?"

Bai Ze shook his head.

"I don't know."

He looked at Su Chen, his tone filled with helplessness.

"In that battle, heaven and earth collapsed, and the sun and moon lost their light. I was ordered by the Demon Emperor to withdraw from the battlefield at that time, and I only know that the Chaos Bell was not collected by anyone, but I don't know its specific whereabouts. I have also calculated its whereabouts, but there was never a result."

Bai Ze paused and added: "The Chaos Bell is a supreme innate treasure, and it contains the laws of space and time itself. If it deliberately hides its aura, even a Saint might not be able to find it."

Su Chen's brows furrowed.

Bai Ze saw his disappointment, thought for a moment, and said: "However, although I don't know the exact location of the Chaos Bell, there is one person who might know."

Su Chen looked up.

"Who?"

Bai Ze spat out two words.

"Kill Kun Peng."

Su Chen was stunned.

Bai Ze explained: "In that battle back then, although Kill Kun Peng betrayed them on the battlefield, the direction he fled in happened to coincide with the direction in which the Chaos Bell disappeared. I have always suspected that Kill Kun Peng's betrayal, besides being afraid of fighting, had another purpose."

A chill flashed in Bai Ze's white eyes.

"He was very likely aiming for the Chaos Bell."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen shook his head slightly; he did not think Kill Kun Peng knew the whereabouts of the Chaos Bell.

If Kill Kun Peng knew, he would not have guarded the Eastern Emperor's secret realm in the ice fields of the North Beiju Luzhou for so many years.

Su Chen told Bai Ze about his infiltration into the Eastern Emperor's secret realm and seeing the imprint of the Chaos Bell.

After listening to Su Chen's analysis, Bai Ze thought about it and reached the same conclusion as Su Chen.

"Then I have no way either." Bai Ze looked at Su Chen and shook his head slightly, "For a supreme innate treasure, if you want to obtain it, you can only rely on fate."

Su Chen smiled helplessly, calculating in his heart that it seemed that if he wanted to find the Chaos Bell, he could only rely on the Tianji Baojian.

But it was not the time yet; Su Chen's plan was to wait until he understood the true meaning of opening the heavens and his physical body entered the Great Luo realm before considering searching for the Chaos Bell.

With Su Chen putting the matter of the Chaos Bell aside for now, he was not in a hurry to find it.

"Senior, regarding the arrangements after coming out of the mountains, this junior has some ideas."

Bai Ze leaned back against the chair, signaling him to speak.

Su Chen deliberated for a moment and said: "The Demon Emperor Island cannot be exposed."

Bai Ze nodded slightly; this point needed no further elaboration.

The Demon Emperor Island was the last foundation of the ancient Demon Court; once exposed, the Heavenly Court would certainly not sit idly by.

"So, Senior, when you come out of the mountains, you cannot show yourself in the name of Bai Ze." Su Chen continued, "In order not to make Kill Kun Peng alert, your identity must be kept secret."

"Senior, go to Mount Huaguo to sit in command, hiding behind the scenes as a consultant of the Demon Alliance. You will not show your face in normal times and will not participate in the daily affairs of the Demon Alliance. You will only make a move at critical moments."

"You want me to be a trump card." Bai Ze said.

"Correct."

Bai Ze put down the teacup, and no emotion could be seen in his white pupils.

"I have been bored on this island for tens of thousands of years, and you want me to go to Mount Huaguo and continue to be bored?"

Su Chen paused and then smiled: "The monkey wine of Mount Huaguo is not bad."

Bai Ze stared at him for a moment, let out a cold snort, and said: "Fine."

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "As for the Demon Emperor Island, after you leave, Senior, we need someone who can hold the fort to stay and preside over the overall situation. Is there a suitable candidate on the island?"

Bai Ze stood up, walked to the palace gate, and looked at the distant mountains.

"Follow me."

Bai Ze led Su Chen out of the Demon Saint Palace and walked north along the mountain path.

The two walked to the northern end of the Demon Emperor Island, where there was a large palace.

Inside the palace were enshrined the two Demon Emperors, Di Jun and the Eastern Emperor, and many Demon Saints and Demon Generals who had died in the ancient Demon Court.

Bai Ze brought Su Chen into the palace, and a strand of magic power from his hand shot toward the dome of the palace.

Not long after, five streaks of light flew in from various parts of the island one after another and landed in the palace.

These were the five demon clansmen on the Demon Emperor Island who had stepped into the Great Luo Jinxian realm.

Su Chen stood behind Bai Ze, his gaze looking at the five people.

Standing at the very front was a middle-aged man wearing crimson armor, with a resolute face, firelight flickering in his pupils, and his whole body's aura was as heavy as a mountain. His cultivation at the late stage of Great Luo Jinxian was permeated without reservation, like a sleeping volcano.

"This is Xuan Ming." Bai Ze spoke, introducing the five people to Su Chen, "A direct descendant of the Bi Fang lineage."

The red-armored man Xuan Ming bowed slightly to Bai Ze, his voice like a drum: "Greetings, Senior."

The second was an extremely tall man, a full zhang and two feet tall, wearing a gray animal skin cloak, revealing arms covered in scale patterns, with a rugged face, a pair of vertical pupils with faint golden light, and his whole body permeated with a wild aura.

"He is Cang Li, a descendant of the Jiu Ying lineage, at the mid-stage of Great Luo Jinxian." Bai Ze said.

Cang Li looked curiously at Su Chen behind Bai Ze and also saluted: "Greetings, Senior."