Chapter 1699: There Are Still Living People

Whether someone is wicked or not has nothing to do with whether they are a demon cultivator!

Ye Liuyun explained.

Our demon cultivators merely practice different techniques; they haven't all become demons.

Hmm!

Mu Yuying nodded in agreement: "I think your demon cultivator disciples are all not bad!"

The two of them chatted while walking, and it wasn't very boring.

Copper Bull City wasn't far either; after more than ten days, Ye Liuyun arrived here.

But this place was also occupied by corpse demons, and their numbers were not small.

Ye Liuyun stopped the flying shuttle far away and proceeded on foot toward Copper Bull City.

"Why is this city called Copper Bull?"

Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"It is said that a blue ox once appeared here, sacrificing itself to save the city lord."

Afterward, the city lord erected a bronze statue for that blue ox.

Unfortunately, the city lord was later killed by his enemies; afterward, because the bronze bull was conspicuous, people gradually came to call this place Copper Bull City.

Mu Yuying explained.

"So that's how it is!"

Ye Liuyun saw from afar a huge bronze bull statue erected in the square before the city lord's mansion, particularly conspicuous.

He asked that because he found the statue strange.

This place had been occupied by the foreign tribe for so long, exposed to wind and rain, yet that bronze statue showed not a trace of rust.

Ye Liuyun used his divine sense to lock onto the chamber of commerce and that bronze bull, then released the magic vine seed to attack the corpse demons, but he instructed that these two places be left intact and not destroyed.

The magic vine seed replied with a sound and then flew straight up above Copper Bull City.

Ye Liuyun and Mu Yuying, meanwhile, watched from afar as it extended its vines to devour those corpse demons.

When the magic vine seed had finished devouring and retracted its vines, the entire city had only the chamber of commerce and the bronze bull left undestroyed; all other buildings had collapsed.

The city, already dilapidated, had now become a complete ruin.

Only then did Mu Yuying truly witness the destructive power of the magic vine, exclaiming: "It really is astonishingly destructive!"

Ye Liuyun smiled and wanted to put away the magic vine seed.

"There is a very strong energy fluctuation inside that bronze bull!"

The magic vine seed told Ye Liuyun, feeling somewhat reluctant to leave

"It wants to go absorb the energy inside that bronze bull."

"Can you be sure what kind of energy it is?"

Ye Liuyun asked it.

"I don't know! But it's definitely something good!"

Although the magic vine seed can now communicate without problem, there are still many things it cannot describe clearly.

"Then wait a moment, watch that bronze bull."

"I'll go look for something, then come back to help you check it out!"

Ye Liuyun gave it an order, then took Mu Yuying and rushed toward the chamber of commerce.

But as soon as they entered, they knew for sure nothing would be found.

The chamber of commerce was empty, not looking as if it had been ransacked by corpse demons.

It's likely that before the corpse demons could arrive, the resources had already been transferred ahead of time, or else it had been looted by people.

As for where the things went, there's now no way to verify.

"No matter, there's still the Wan family's place! Those stones laid underground surely won't be dug up by people, right?"

Mu Yuying comforted Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun could only nod, then took her and rushed toward the bronze bull.

That giant bronze bull is conspicuous even from a distance.

Up close, it is as tall as a three-story building.

Ye Liuyun's height is only a little higher than the bronze bull's base.

The magic vine seed had already extended its vines, wrapping around the bronze bull, and opened its large mouth on the vines, threatening the bronze bull, but not knowing how to bite down.

Ye Liuyun carefully examined the bronze bull with his golden pupils, discovering that its casting material was very special.

The bronze was merely a surface layer, also mixed with other anti-corrosive metals.

Inside that was another layer of a peculiar metal he had never seen before, like a liquid, feeling as if it were flowing.

That metal could actually block Ye Liuyun's golden-pupil gaze, and his divine sense could not penetrate it either.

However, the surface of that metal was covered with formations to prevent the bronze bull from being damaged.

Thus the magic vine seed tried for a long time but could not open the bronze bull.

If it were an ordinary bronze artifact, the magic vine seed would have long since dug out the energy source inside.

Mu Yuying laughed outright at the magic vine seed's behavior.

She even thought the magic vine seed couldn't tell the real bronze bull from a fake.

Ye Liuyun also had to tell the magic vine that he couldn't open it either, so he put both the magic vine seed and the blue ox together into the space world, planning to show them to Qiong Qi when he returns.

"What are you collecting it for?"

Mu Yuying asked, puzzled.

"The magic vine seed likes it; I'm storing it away as a toy for it!"

Ye Liuyun casually made up an excuse, not telling her the truth.

"Eh... you're really something!"

Mu Yuqing also didn't ask further, thinking Ye Liuyun was just an interesting person.

"You're spoiling your Magic Vine too much!"

"You even collect toys for it!"

Mu Yuqing laughed.

"Well! I really have nothing to complain about it."

"But this guy never helps me at crucial moments!"

This time, Ye Liuyun's words were all true.

Afterwards, they continued chatting while piloting the Flying Shuttle on their way.

The road ahead to Qiongzhou was long.

It took nearly a month.

Moreover, for the latter part of the route, Mu Yuqing only knew the general direction, so they had to search as they went.

"Even such a remote place has Corpse Demons!"

On the road, they encountered Corpse Demons again, and Mu Yuqing sighed.

Ye Liuyun, to save time, piloted the Flying Shuttle as much as possible to avoid Corpse Demons; when one or two blocked the road, he dealt with them directly using spell techniques.

Only when detouring would be too far, or when there were many Corpse Demons, would he release the Magic Vine seeds to devour them.

After great effort, they finally reached the Qiongzhou region.

Ye Liuyun and Mu Yuqing didn't need to search; they directly located the Wan family's position.

Because the abnormal phenomenon in the sky was too obvious.

The sky here had always been dark and gloomy.

Lightning occasionally struck, hitting the summit of a small hill.

No need to ask; that must be where the Wan family summons lightning.

"I didn't expect it to be this easy to find!"

Mu Yuqing exclaimed joyfully.

Ye Liuyun was also pleased.

As long as the Wan family could still summon lightning, it meant the Thunderstrike Stone was still there.

The two of them immediately stowed the Flying Boat and rushed toward the Wan family's location.

But the Corpse Demons here were unexpectedly numerous, especially dense, as if they were surrounding the Wan family.

Ye Liuyun also had no choice but to leave it to the Magic Vine seeds to handle.

This time, the Magic Vine seeds, fearing being struck by lightning, obediently burrowed underground, extending vines from below to devour the Corpse Demons.

Ye Liuyun also probed with his Divine Sense and found that indeed no Foreign Tribe was commanding them.

Those Corpse Demons had gathered here spontaneously.

As he wondered why the Corpse Demons had gathered here, the Magic Vine seeds sent him a message.

It asked Ye Liuyun: "There are living people! Over two hundred of them, in the cave behind the Lightning Strike site! Can we eat them?"

"Don't eat them; I'll handle it!"

Ye Liuyun quickly stopped the Magic Vine.

He also hadn't expected there to be so many living Human Martial Cultivators here.