Chapter 229: Time to Hit the Road

"What? You say you've found the entrance to the spatial passage?"

Xiangze was stunned upon hearing this.

"The entrance to that passage wasn't hidden; as long as one searches carefully, one can naturally find it," Qing Niu said indifferently. He had no intention of building rapport with Xiangze; after all, in his eyes, Xiangze was already a dead snake. Having been targeted by that human Great Demon, and with such a massive commotion stirred up, he would have to die even if he didn't want to.

He was not worried about Xiangze competing for favor.

After all, Xiangze had eaten human flesh.

As far as he knew, the amount was likely enough to fill a whole kingdom. He would even bet that this Xiangze had surely taken advantage of the times he hadn't returned to come here and scavenge, eating a lot of human flesh.

Did he really think he, old Niu, was a fool who couldn't guess that? It was just that since they were both from Hanging Mountain, he couldn't say much and simply pretended not to know.

And given the temperament of that human Great Demon, he would absolutely not leave him alive; he might even peel his skin and pull out his bones to make a bowl of snake soup.

"Not bad, Brother Qing Niu, so meticulous now?"

"It seems you've gained quite a lot from your return from the Abyss Sea this time."

Xiangze said with a look of surprised admiration.

In his mind, Qing Niu was just a brute who cultivated muscles, his brain having been trained into muscle. Yet now, not only could he spare the mental energy to roam the Void and investigate the cause of the spatial tremors.

He could actually find a spatial passage hidden so deeply? When he had just arrived at this mountain, he had scanned it once but hadn't discovered any important news.

Even if the passage was truly something one could find with a careful search.

But if it were the old Qing Niu, he definitely wouldn't have been able to find it.

The old Qing Niu had nothing to do with being meticulous.

Back when he was in the Void, he had even suspected whether the Qing Niu he saw was someone else in disguise. But now, seeing the original in person and verifying the mark, he let go of his suspicions.

As a Dharma Aspect Great Demon of Hanging Mountain, one would have a unique mark on their body bestowed by Hanging Mountain, which was impossible to fake; it seemed he had been overthinking.

Looking at it this way, the Abyss Sea was a treasure land.

He had thought that place was full of those ghostly things, or entirely seafood; he hadn't expected it could help this very stupid bull demon undergo such a transformation.

"Let's go, there is no time to lose."

"That spatial passage was formed by the Present World crashing into the barrier of the Yin World; essentially, it is a gap in the Yin World barrier. Now, with the self-repair of the Yin World, it is slowly hiding and disappearing."

Qing Niu urged Xiangze to hurry, to avoid complications.

Acting as a traitor in the demon tribe's base camp.

His heart was trembling a little.

Xiangze suddenly realized upon hearing this; so that was it.

He had just been wondering why Qing Niu could find the entrance to that spatial passage while he couldn't. So it was because the Yin World was gradually repairing itself and was in a state of disappearing and hiding?

It seems this stupid bull is quite lucky.

"So that's it, but since that's the case, we still need to use a secret technique to stabilize this passage entrance; we cannot let the Yin World repair it, otherwise, once the repair is complete and it turns back into a spatial barrier, we won't be able to return once we go to the Present World."

Qing Niu's heart stiffened upon hearing this; this snake really had too much nonsense to say.

"Then how do you want to do it? I don't know such a secret technique."

"You can rest assured about that, I know it."

Xiangze glanced at Qing Niu, whose whole body was covered in massive muscles, and felt disdain in his heart. As expected of a brute who only knew how to cultivate his physical body, he didn't even understand the basic secret techniques of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

"Then let's be on our way."

Qing Niu turned to lead Xiangze to find the entrance to the spatial passage.

"Be on our way..."

Xiangze frowned; why did he feel this phrase was a bit strange?

But he didn't care and cast these stray thoughts out of his mind.

Could this stupid bull actually harm him?

His brain shouldn't be able to produce such an idea, right?

Not to mention that as fellow demons of Hanging Mountain, if this stupid bull wanted to harm him, he would have to face the pursuit of all the demons of Hanging Mountain; was it worth it? And he didn't have any deep hatred for this stupid bull.

If one had to talk about a grudge, it would at most be that he took advantage of the time this stupid bull was stationed at the Abyss Sea to help him harvest the Human-Livestock City on the mountain peak.

But the problem was that this stupid bull didn't know.

Even if he had some suspicions, that Human-Livestock City was destroyed now, there was no evidence, he couldn't investigate, and in the absence of proof, it was as if it didn't exist.

Thinking this way, Xiangze immediately felt much more at ease.

It seems he really had a bit of paranoia.

Taking a step back, with his strength, he didn't fear Qing Niu; even if he were in a dangerous situation, he could escape more easily than the physically-cultivating Qing Niu. Suddenly, all nine of his heads agreed with this point.

Soon, the two demons arrived at the entrance of the spatial passage.

"You should be able to feel the aura of the Present World on the other side now."

Qing Niu said calmly.

Xiangze nodded, "Indeed, the aura of the Present World is very rich; I can even feel the pervasive human aura in the Present World. This concentration of human aura... it is absolutely a Present World dominated by the human race!"

He said decisively.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go over."

"But dragging it out too long might lead to complications; if you could detect the fluctuations appearing on my mountain peak, then other guys might be able to detect them too," Qing Niu urged.

"Brother Qing Niu is right, I almost forgot."

Xiangze's expression suddenly became solemn.

Qing Niu immediately thought to himself that it was bad, "What do you want to do?"

"Rest assured, it's just a concealment Array."

Xiangze waved his large hand, setting up an array in the surroundings to hide the entrance to the spatial passage. He was not a brute or a savage who only cultivated muscles; he was quite knowledgeable about arrays.

Qing Niu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and laughed inwardly.

You are increasing the difficulty of your own request for reinforcements.

By the time you go to the Present World, get beaten down by that human Great Demon King, and ask Hanging Mountain for help, even if those guys received your distress signal, they wouldn't be able to find where the entrance to the spatial passage is.

"Next is to stabilize the entrance."

After Xiangze finished setting up the Array, he condensed a Rune in the air, which hovered above the entrance, releasing light to stabilize it.

"This is... the character 'Town'?"

Seeing this Rune, the Green Ox asked in confusion.

"That's right, one of the Dao Patterns, 'Town'. It's a pity the original is not in my hands; I only obtained a copy by chance, which is just right for reinforcing the spatial passage entrance."

Xiangze smiled smugly.

The Green Ox nodded thoughtfully, then spoke.

"Now that everything that needs to be done is done, we should head over; I can't wait to taste the flesh and souls of those humans." The Green Ox spoke in a somewhat strange tone.

He had never eaten human flesh.

He could not simulate the emotion or tone of a demon craving human flesh.

Xiangze did not pay much attention to it.

This stupid ox had always been stationed at the Abyss Sea; it would be a miracle if he ever had the chance to eat human flesh. How could humans possibly survive in that Ghost Place? Even if a Sky Demon took action, it would likely be impossible.

"Although everything that needs to be done is done, one must be careful in all things. We still need to use methods to test if there are traps on the other side of the passage and if there are any powerful humans present."

How did he, Xiangze, manage to cultivate to the Dharma Aspect Realm?

He relied on the saying that being careful keeps one sailing for ten thousand years.

Even after ascending to the Dharma Aspect Realm, he would avoid taking action himself as much as possible, instead fostering one proxy after another, letting them help him compete for benefits and search for resources.

Back then, Ten Thousand Demon Ridge was one of his proxy forces.

That Little Lion was also quite conscientious and responsible.

It was a pity that damned human killed it.

Since this trip is to the Present World, he can look for information on that human and then grind them to dust. A human genius who could cause such great destruction at the Innate Realm, and even destroy his projection, must absolutely not be left alive.

Xiangze recalled his investigation of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge after the fact.

Seeing the destructive power of that great explosion, he felt wary in his heart.

It was a pity he didn't know where the Sky Demons of Hanging Mountain had gone; when he went to the center of Hanging Mountain, he hadn't found a trace of those Sky Demons. Otherwise, he would definitely have reported this matter.

Pure power breaking the rules—the Sky Demons would definitely be interested.

The Green Ox's heart sank; he knew it!

This nine-headed snake had nine heads and had always been very suspicious. As long as any important decision was being made, if the opinions of the nine heads were not unified, it would be dragged out in a very troublesome way.

Now that he was being this cautious and still wanted to use methods to test, it was obvious that some heads disagreed, or thought they needed to be even more prudent?

But even so, he had no other way.

He could only hope that the human Great Demon King had made preparations on the other side.

Otherwise, if Xiangze's methods revealed that there was something wrong on the other side of the passage, or if he even saw that human Great Demon King and subsequently suspected him, then he would only be able to fight for his life and run back through the spatial passage.

But once Xiangze confirmed that he had betrayed Hanging Mountain.

And reported this matter.

The final outcome would likely be being wanted by Hanging Mountain.

With no road to heaven and no door to enter the earth.

As a former member of Hanging Mountain, even if his brain wasn't very good, the Green Ox knew the power of Hanging Mountain. Unless he could run to that Ghost Place that could erode the Yin World and the Present World, otherwise, even in the Present World, Hanging Mountain would still have ways to kill him.

"Then what method do you want to use to detect?"

The Green Ox spoke up.

He was wondering if he should just walk over first, let this damned nine-headed snake dispel his suspicions, and obediently run to the Present World so he could complete his mission and not have to continue staying in Hanging Mountain.

He himself was currently very afraid.

Afraid that Hanging Mountain already knew he had betrayed them.

Afraid that a Sky Demon would suddenly appear and crush him to death.

"What method? This is the simplest and crudest, and naturally the most useful: seeing is believing." Xiangze answered calmly, a small black snake slowly emerging on his palm.

He tossed it, and the small snake landed on the ground, entering the spatial passage.

This small snake hid his split soul.

Whatever the small snake saw, he could see.

Moreover, this snake's bloodline was very special and would not be deceived by any illusions or hallucinatory arts. Before he had achieved the Dharma Aspect Realm, he had used this small snake to avoid many dangers.

Very quickly, the small snake had run into the Present World.

It did not discover anything unusual.

But this also made him very strange.

"There is no problem on the other side; it is a plain in the Present World. But what is strange is that whether it is you, me, or that snake, we actually belong to the Yin World; things from the Yin World going to the Present World should logically be repelled by the Present World. Why didn't I feel any repulsion?"

"The secret techniques I prepared in advance have no place to be used."

Xiangze said, somewhat puzzled.

"Could it be that something is wrong with the Present World? Or is this spatial passage somewhat special?" He continued to guess, talking to himself.

The Green Ox felt a sense of foreboding, knowing that this snake was agonizing over it again.

He gritted his teeth and made a prompt decision.

"Why do you care about whether it's abnormal or not? Since there's no problem, let's go over. Not being repelled by the Present World helps us in our actions. So why wouldn't it repel us? Perhaps the Present World is sick?"

Immediately, he set an example and strode into the spatial passage.

Xiangze was stunned upon hearing this, and then suddenly realized.

What this stupid ox said was right; not being repelled actually helped them act. So-called anomalies, as long as they were beneficial to them, were not anomalies at all. So what else did he need to hesitate about?

Not to mention that he could also roughly guess the reason.

Perhaps it was truly as the stupid ox said: the Present World was sick.

Otherwise, it would not have evolved spatial protrusions that collided with the Yin World barrier, giving them the opportunity to head to the Present World.

At this, Xiangze's mind settled; after confirming that all his methods had no omissions or errors, he followed closely behind and walked into the spatial passage. He could not let this stupid ox eat the first crab.

The Green Ox sensed Xiangze following and felt a sense of relief in his heart.

It seemed he had bet correctly; things were stable now.

He was the first to return to the Present World.

Looking around, this plain, destroyed by spatial tremors, did not have the Earth Vein Power net seal he had seen before. It stood to reason that that human Great Demon, his master, had removed the seal to deceive Xiangze.

With such a grand display, it seemed Xiangze was truly doomed.

Soon, Xiangze also stepped into the Present World.

He looked out at the vast expanse, took a deep breath, and his expression was intoxicated.

The human aura was rich; he was in for a treat now!

The little black snake he had used for scouting slithered back to his feet; he bent down to place the little black snake back onto his palm, causing it to slowly vanish, then looked at the Green Ox, who was looking around.

"Good, everything is going smoothly; it is time to go enjoy human flesh."

The Green Ox turned his head upon hearing this and looked at Xiangze.

Xiangze was stunned, "Brother Green Ox, why are you looking at me?"

"The humans in the Present World are endless, enough for you and me to enjoy."

He said this to remind the Green Ox.

If this stupid ox's brain went dull and he truly thought that there were too many monks and too little porridge in the Present World, and then started a fight with him, it would be bad.

The Green Ox shook his head upon hearing this.

"I am indeed going smoothly, but you are not."

As soon as the words fell, the net seal formed by Earth Vein Power rose abruptly, locking down the surroundings. At the same time, the Great Sun Dharma Image appeared, blooming with immeasurable light, suppressing all the Weird demons and monsters present.

At the same time, before Xiangze could react.

The spatial passage vanished instantly.

Li Heng's figure slowly emerged in the air.

He chuckled and spoke, "Xiangze, long time no see."