Chapter 174: The Kong Que Clan

The many demons and Strange Monsters were stunned upon hearing Jinpeng's words.

At this moment, a demon resembling a mountain of flesh, occupying a large patch of open ground with fat constantly writhing on its body, let out a cold laugh. "Are you joking? Asking us to invade Reality ahead of schedule does not align with the stipulated time."

With this mountain-of-flesh demon speaking up, other powerful demons also joined the ranks of the opposition one after another.

"The Yin energy in Reality is not yet dense enough, and you want us to invade the Present World ahead of schedule? I would like to ask how we are supposed to invade—by going to their home turf to serve ourselves up as a meal?"

Jinpeng smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"I know you are all waiting for the right moment, waiting for the concentration of Yin energy in the Present World to gradually rise, for the positions of the Yin World and the Present World to draw closer, and even for the appearance of overlapping Ghost Domains."

"But have you ever thought that this might be too slow?"

Once these words were spoken, the demons were stunned again.

Too slow? What a joke; they had waited for hundreds of years, so why would they care about this little bit of time?

Jinpeng continued to speak.

"The Present World is a piece of delicious, fatty meat. However, the Present World is truly too vast; no one can swallow it alone, and the level of deliciousness varies in different parts, so everyone wants to eat the most delicious bite."

"If you want to achieve that, you must take the first bite!"

"You all might still be thinking that once the time comes, you will be able to invade the Present World and feast to your heart's content. But have you ever thought that the right moment is not something you wait for, but something you create? Instead of waiting for the Yin energy to gradually thicken, why not accelerate the speed of the Yin energy's concentration!"

"If you just sit there foolishly waiting, and other forces snatch the lead, you won't even have any meat to eat. Can you afford to gamble on that?"

After these words, the demons and Strange Monsters fell into a weird silence.

It had to be admitted that although Jinpeng's words were extremely crude and simple, they had successfully stirred up the anxiety in their hearts.

If a force really risked a great price to invade the Present World ahead of schedule and seized the advantage, wouldn't they, who were waiting for the right moment to arrive before invading, be left without even soup to drink?

"Are you all still hesitating? Rest assured, our Ten Thousand Demon Ridge has a way to let you invade the Present World ahead of schedule; we have experience in this." Jinpeng smiled slightly, wanting to drag these forces into the water with them.

At worst, they would all suffer the Heavenly Punishment and die together.

Otherwise, the three of them could not find balance in their hearts!

And so, amidst the suspicious gazes of the many forces, Jinpeng stated his method, causing these forces to fall into hesitation and contemplation, their hearts beginning to waver...

Five days later.

The situation in Bei'an City was very calm. Meng Lingyun finally could not win against Ma Suxuan, so he bid farewell to this place where he had lived for decades and set off for Jinhua City, the Prefecture of Beijun.

However, Li Heng was not going with them and planned to set off in a few days. Originally, they had some doubts and were even worried; after all, this county was far from the Prefecture, and there was no telling how many demons and ghosts were lurking along the way, making it extremely dangerous and not at all suitable for traveling alone.

But when they thought about Li Heng's mysterious cultivation.

They were immediately relieved.

It was more likely that they would run into danger before Li Heng ever would.

Helpless, Ma Suxuan could only give Li Heng a Token and instructed him to find her at the Demon Suppression Division with this Token after arriving at the Prefecture, ensuring smooth passage.

At this time, Li Heng tucked the Token into his pocket.

He smiled and watched as Meng Lingyun and Ma Suxuan departed.

The reason he did not choose to travel with Meng Lingyun and the other was that he truly had things to handle. At the same time, he wanted to be like Xing Yong, walking and stopping along the way, and incidentally killing some demons and Strange Monsters lurking in the mountains and wilderness.

The two of them, however, were heading straight for the Prefecture, which was a different goal from his.

Standing at the gate of Bei'an City, he looked back at the city, smiled slightly, and drifted toward the Sanshan Gathering.

He harnessed the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi with his innate ability, riding the wind as he traveled.

He soon arrived at the Sanshan Gathering.

The gathering was sparse with pedestrians, and there were not many merchants hawking their wares. Withered yellow leaves were scattered on the ground, with no one to sweep them up. When the wind blew, it would roll them up, creating a desolate, crisp sound.

The current Sanshan Gathering could be considered desolate; after all, a large group of people had left after the previous major disturbance, and another large group had died in this recent anomaly, so one could say that less than one in ten remained.

"Kong Que, come out and see me."

Li Heng stood with his hands behind his back and spoke indifferently. His voice rippled through the Sanshan Gathering, but strangely, no one else felt a thing, and it only echoed in Kong Que's ears.

Kong Que stood on a high cliff, looking at the scenery on the horizon, lost in thought.

At this moment, Li Heng's words reached her, and she was slightly startled.

The Master had come to find her?

Her figure drifted into motion, stepping on a few fallen leaves in the air with light steps, descending from the heights like an immortal. The surrounding scenery blurred and receded as she flew rapidly toward Li Heng.

Soon, she arrived before Li Heng.

She bowed, wanting to kneel, and was about to speak, "Greetings, Master..." but as the words fell, her body did not descend, as she was held up by Li Heng using Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

"There is no need to kneel; I don't care for that sort of thing."

Li Heng said indifferently.

"You did alright this time."

"Although so many people still died at the Sanshan Gathering, it was within the scope of your abilities. I plan to leave Bei'an County and head to the Prefecture this time; do you choose to stay, or follow me?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Que looked up, startled, then lowered her head again.

"I await the Master's command."

"I want you to say it yourself."

Hearing that Li Heng wanted her to make the choice, Kong Que was slightly silent.

"If the Master wants me to choose, I choose to follow the Master." She looked up at Li Heng and said softly. Since she had made her choice, she could not give up halfway or just slack off.

Li Heng's expression remained calm upon hearing this.

"Good, then you shall follow me."

"However, you said your clan ended up in the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge of the Yin World because the Spirit Realm shattered. Then, what has become of your clan now?" Li Heng suddenly brought up this topic again.

"I have not returned for a long time, so I do not know."

Kong Que shook her head, a look of confusion appearing on her beautiful face.

Li Heng pondered slightly and continued to speak.

"Then can you sense where the Reality coordinates corresponding to the location of your tribe are?"

"This... I have a somewhat vague sense of it, and I can determine the direction."

Kong Que said softly.

"In which direction?" Kong Que pointed toward the south.

Li Heng raised his eyebrows slightly; it was actually still in the direction of the Prefecture?

That was quite a coincidence.

Bei'an County is located in the northern part of Beijun, while the Prefecture, Jinhua City, is in the center of Beijun. Therefore, relative to Bei'an City, the Prefecture is to the south, which happens to be on the way, so he could go and take a look.

During his trip to Beiguo County, he had met Jinpeng once; although he was a demon, he did not seem like someone who would be obsessed with beauty. Yet Kong Que said that Jinpeng fawned over her in every way and never made her angry.

This could not help but make Li Heng suspicious.

What Jinpeng sought was not beauty, but something else.

Combined with the fact that the Kong Que tribe resided in a Spirit Realm, and Spirit Realms were themselves Cave Heavens, and Cave Heavens were rich in treasures of heaven and earth...

Li Heng deduced.

He felt that what Jinpeng might be seeking were the treasures of the Kong Que tribe!

A normal person would not complain about having too many treasures, which was why Li Heng had brought this up suddenly. Originally, he had thought that if the matter were too troublesome, he would not bother with it and would just head to the Prefecture.

But now it seemed there was truly an opportunity.

If he could find the Reality coordinates corresponding to the location of the Kong Que tribe, Li Heng might be able to use certain methods to break through space from that place and go to where the Kong Que tribe was.

Originally, he did not have this ability.

But on his Data Panel, those few cultivation techniques were almost finished being deduced. Once the deduction and upgrading of the techniques were complete, he might be able to evolve a profound spatial technique based on his own will.

This was also the power of the upgrade and point-adding function.

"Master, you are..."

Kong Que guessed with some confusion.

Could it be that Master wanted to go see her tribe? But how could this be possible? Her tribe was currently all in the Yin World. Could Master actually break through space in the Present World and go to the Yin World?

As this thought rose in her heart, she was startled.

Was this really possible?

But... if it were Master.

Perhaps he could really do it?

"You guessed right, let's go see your home. Didn't you say you hadn't been back to look for a long time? This time it will just happen to satisfy your homesickness, so you won't keep nagging about it later."

Li Heng smiled faintly.

Upon hearing this, Kong Que was overjoyed, "Thank you, Master."

She said with some excitement.

Although she was not sure if this could succeed, just having this intention was worth her gratitude. In the past, when that hateful Jinpeng heard such a request from her, he would refuse directly.

"No time to lose, let's go."

Kong Que immediately transformed into her true form and carried Li Heng away...

Yin World, Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, inside the kitchen.

Zhu San deftly stuck his bone-chopping cleaver into the chopping board, casually took out a plate of braised peacock, extended his hearing to the limit, and while listening to how Jinpeng was swindling people, he took large bites of the meat.

When he heard Jinpeng swindling the various factions into joining the fray, he was startled and exclaimed, "Good heavens." It wasn't enough for those three pests to bring them bad luck; they had to bring bad luck to others too. They were simply three great disasters.

He immediately realized that he really could not stay in Ten Thousand Demon Ridge for long.

However, fortunately, after all these years, his cultivation had reached Strong Second Heaven Peak, only one step away from Great Innate and Great Demon, and he was fully capable of leaving Ten Thousand Demon Ridge and still living very well.

He had always hidden his cultivation in the past.

Because he understood the personalities of those three fellows very well; if the strength of his subordinates threatened them, they would definitely get rid of them as quickly as possible. Of course, if the strength was equal, they would also negotiate politely, or even make him the Fourth Saint of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.

However, his strength was in an awkward position.

It was Strong Second Heaven Peak, not Great Innate.

It belonged to the category of those who would be gotten rid of as quickly as possible.

So even if the current events hadn't happened, he had always wanted to find an opportunity to run away, preferably to the Present World, because if he just ran away, as long as he stayed in the Yin World, he might be wanted by Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.

Now he could take advantage of this chaotic situation to run away.

If he didn't run now, even if those three fellows didn't take action against him.

The entire Ten Thousand Demon Ridge would be ruined by those three fellows!

Zhu San viciously tore off the last piece of meat.

Fortunately, when he was ordered by that mongrel bird to slaughter that group of dead birds, he had discovered a weak point in space...