Chapter 1068

"Someone who could kill Young Master Chunan must be no ordinary person. That Young Master Chunan, relying on his two superior Dao artifacts, the Star Emperor Dragon Bed and the Imperial Scepter, looked down on everyone. He didn't even regard our senior brother Hong Tianjing, and even tried to bully the female disciples of our Jade Emperor Hall. This time he finally hit a wall and got killed. Could it be that Feng Baiyu of the Yuhua Sect took action personally?"

"That doesn't seem to be the case; it might be a young disciple. I've heard a bit of news. They say Young Master Chunan wanted to go to the Mysterious Huang Da World to take two concubines—one of them is Fang Qingxue, the reincarnation of the Heavenly Mother of Thunder, and the other seems to be Yan Shuiyi, the first true disciple of the Taiyi Sect, reincarnation of the Water God. He wanted to fulfill his wish of three thousand concubines, but in the end he was killed directly. It's very likely Fang Qingxue did it."

"That Young Master Chunan really deserved to die! But his death is truly a good death, a wonderful death. He even wanted to humiliate Han Xi of the Holy Maiden Hall, the woman our senior brother Hong Tianjing has his eye on. Now that he's dead, it's perfect."

"That's true. I'm rather curious which of the younger generation of the Yuhua Sect could kill Young Master Chunan. Although Chunan deserved to die, he was at the Immortal Body realm—very hard to kill."

"That's not known…"

The men and women of Jade Emperor Hall were discussing, and Fang Yu, who was inside the room, heard their words. He discovered that these disciples of the Boundless Star Palace actually seemed quite familiar with Feng Baiyu. It was highly likely that one of the disciples' targets was to kill Feng Baiyu, the Sect Master Supreme of his Yuhua Sect.

And if the Boundless Star Palace wanted to send Elders to the Mysterious Huang Da World to kill disciples of the Yuhua Sect, unless they sent Elders of the 8th Stage of Longevity, they probably couldn't carry out large-scale slaughter. But it didn't matter—Feng Baiyu would take action.

Feng Baiyu always had many trump cards. If he were pushed to a certain point, he could absolutely kill across realms.

So Fang Yu settled down here to cultivate in peace.

Three days later, in his room, a long, drawn-out bell chime rang out.

Ding, ding, ding.

This was the bell summoning the disciples of Jade Emperor Hall.

Fang Yu was already very familiar with the many rules of the Boundless Star Palace. He understood that this kind of bell was called the Demon-Slaying Bell. Upon hearing it, disciples had to go underground to exterminate demons.

The disciples of the Boundless Star Palace's 360 Halls took turns going underground to exterminate demons every day. They could earn quite a lot of contribution points, but it was also very dangerous—after all, in the Underground World, no one knew how many demons there were. One careless mistake and you could die.

Fang Yu flew out of his room, swept straight out, and arrived at the plaza in front of Jade Emperor Hall. He immediately saw many cultivators on the plaza, all wearing star robes, standing in neat formation.

Standing at the very front were all Golden Core cultivators. Some had even passed the Wind and Fire Great Tribulation. Everything they wore and carried was a dazzling array of treasure artifacts—either superior-grade treasure artifacts or ultimate-grade treasure artifacts.

These disciples were all true disciples of Jade Emperor Hall. Over the years they had accumulated one million contribution points, so they had been promoted to true disciples. Each of them had many magic treasures, as well as Pure Yang Pills. If they burned Pure Yang Pills to activate their magic treasures, they could absolutely fight across realms.

Behind these true disciples were inner disciples, ranked lower than true disciples. Among them were minor titans of the Golden Core Realm, and even more were figures of the 5th and 6th Stages of Divine Abilities. Placed in the Mysterious Huang Da World, they could be considered important figures—able to found sects and establish small factions, called Ancestors wherever they went. But here, they were equivalent to disciples of the Yuhua Sect's Physical Body Secret Realm.

Fang Yu, a minor titan of the Golden Core Realm, stood out like a crane among chickens among this group of inner disciples. Just standing at the edge of the inner disciples, he attracted considerable attention. Several men and women who had also cultivated to the Golden Core Realm walked over.

"Fellow Daoist, you are also an existence of the Golden Core Realm. I am Sun Xiaoqing. I wonder if Fellow Daoist would be willing to go with us to the underground to slay demons. We are all inner disciples of Jade Emperor Hall, and we should stand together—only then can we survive in the Underground World."

One of the women looked at Fang Yu, a hopeful expression appearing on her face.

At the same time, beside this woman, five men and women of the Golden Core Realm also looked over.

"Oh, as inner disciples of Jade Emperor Hall who have all cultivated to the Golden Core Realm, we indeed should stand together and slay demons together. This time, entering the Underground World together with me, Lu Yun, you will definitely be able to slay large numbers of demons and earn enough contribution points to be promoted to true disciples together."

A smile appeared on Fang Yu's face. His divine sense swept lightly over these five Golden Core disciples, and he sensed their intent to recruit him.

Indeed, just by standing here, he would naturally inspire a feeling of closeness in others. It was normal for those five Golden Core disciples to want to recruit him.

In the Yuhua Sect, such things also happened often—inner and outer disciples banding together for warmth to do missions could bring many benefits.

"So Fellow Daoist's name is Lu Yun. I'm Yan Changqing, he's Nan Tao, he's Shi Fei, and she's Ye Xue. Each of us has cultivated ten kinds of Divine Abilities. I wonder how many kinds of Divine Abilities Brother Lu Yun has cultivated."

Hearing Fang Yu agree, the five Golden Core Realm inner disciples all showed joy on their faces, and a tall man introduced his name.

This man was called Yan Changqing, a Golden Core cultivator who had cultivated ten kinds of Divine Abilities.

"Me? I've cultivated three more than all of you—thirteen kinds of Divine Abilities now."

Fang Yu smiled slightly and briefly released the aura of his Golden Core Realm, which immediately caused the five Golden Core disciples to gasp, seemingly not expecting that they had recruited a great expert.

A Golden Core cultivator with thirteen kinds of Divine Abilities was much more powerful than their kind with ten. Especially since they sensed that this Brother "Lu Yun" seemed to have 500,000 units of magic power—at least 200,000 more than them—this made them even more delighted.

"So Fellow Daoist Lu Yun has actually cultivated thirteen kinds of Divine Abilities—truly admirable…"

The woman named Ye Xue's attitude also improved considerably.

"Silence! Silence!"

Just then, a wave of sound rippled across the plaza. Fang Yu looked and saw it was Shen Ping, who had brought him into Jade Emperor Hall a few days ago. This expert of Jade Emperor Hall was a master of the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Heaven-Defying Fate-Reversing realm. Placed in the Mysterious Huang Da World, he could definitely rank in the top ten of the Longevity Candidate List. Such a realm made him a high-ranking member of Jade Emperor Hall, with authority far greater than ordinary true disciples.

The thousands of inner disciples and true disciples present fell silent.

"Recently, the demons in the underground of our Boundless Great World have been growing increasingly restless—some even dare to run rampant on the surface! The disciples of our Boundless Star Palace absolutely cannot allow such things to happen. We must safeguard the safety of the Boundless Great World—this is our responsibility and duty!"

Shen Ping's voice spoke unhurriedly, yet carried an air of authority.

"I won't say much more. This time, the disciples of Jade Emperor Hall are going to the Underground World to exterminate demons. This matter is no child's play. If you are careless and die, you can't blame others. Now, our Jade Emperor Hall has already activated the teleportation array—enter it!"

As he spoke, Shen Ping pointed with his hand, and immediately the true disciples entered first into a massive teleportation array on the plaza, followed by the inner disciples in succession.

Cultivators like Fang Yu, Yan Changqing, and Ye Xue, being Golden Core cultivators, naturally were the first batch of inner disciples to enter the teleportation array.

"You are all the elite among the inner disciples, just a bit short on contribution points to be promoted to true disciples. So this time, when you go to the Underground World to exterminate demons, if you perform well, I will reward you with contribution points and promote you to true disciples!"

Shen Ping's words rang out across the plaza, immediately causing shock and joy to appear on the faces of the group of Golden Core disciples among the inner disciples.

"However, the underground demon army we are encircling this time is not the usual first layer of the underground, nor the second layer, but the third layer. We have not yet established a stronghold there, so your mission is to slay demons, establish a stronghold, draw maps, and figure out the distribution of the demon army. Do you understand?"

Shen Ping instructed.

"Yes!"

Everyone answered in unison. Each person knew that the danger this time was much greater than last time, but as long as one became a true disciple of the Boundless Star Palace, it was truly a step to heaven.

Some disciples had been in the Boundless Star Palace for several years without accumulating enough contribution points. This time was definitely an opportunity.

Just after everyone answered, the world spun. When it appeared again, Fang Yu saw that his surroundings had become the Underground World.

The Underground World was filled with a kind of terrifying, turbid atmosphere. Occasionally there were roars, as if there were many demons in the distant space—one careless step into them and you would die an unnatural death.

Not far away, many mushrooms grew, scattered like stars, emitting light, making the Underground World not so dark.

This reminded Fang Yu of the scene when he had not yet reached the Divine Ability Secret Realm and went to the Underground World of the Mysterious Huang Da World for training. At that time he was still a rookie of the Physical Body Secret Realm, yet Fang Qingxue, this Senior Sister Qingxue, actually dared to challenge the avatar of a Demon God.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Yun, now that we've entered the third layer of the underground, there will surely be many dangers. We must advance and retreat together and be extremely careful."

Just then, Yan Changqing spoke.

"Don't worry. I am also a person of great fortune, destined to become a true disciple of the Boundless Star Palace. I absolutely cannot die here."

A proud expression appeared on Fang Yu's face. With a grab of his large hand, a pitch-black object appeared in his hand.

"Ah, is this the legendary Nine Fiends Capital Divine Thunder? Legend says just one of these can blast a Golden Core expert to death, and even seriously injure an expert of the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Phase. Fellow Daoist Lu Yun, you actually have something like this?"

Whether it was Yan Changqing, or Nan Tao, Shi Fei, Ye Xue, and the other Golden Core experts, looks of disbelief appeared on their faces. They were all Golden Core Realm experts, with far more experience than ordinary cultivators, so they could naturally recognize that the black object in Fang Yu's hand was exactly a kind of divine thunder from legend—the Nine Fiends Capital Divine Thunder.

This kind of divine thunder had tremendous power. Although it was a one-time-use item, its power was far greater than ordinary ultimate-grade treasure artifacts.

GLOSSARY:

【Chunan, Young Master Chunan, Star Emperor Dragon Bed, Imperial Scepter, Hong Tianjing, Jade Emperor Hall, Yuhua Sect, Feng Baiyu, Mysterious Huang Da World, Fang Qingxue, Heavenly Mother of Thunder, Taiyi Sect, Yan Shuiyi, Water God, Holy Maiden Hall, Han Xi, Immortal Body realm, Boundless Star Palace, Sect Master Supreme, 8th Stage of Longevity, Demon-Slaying Bell, Underground World, 360 Halls, Wind and Fire Great Tribulation, true disciples, Pure Yang Pills, minor titans of the Golden Core Realm, 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, 6th Stage of Divine Abilities, Physical Body Secret Realm, Sun Xiaoqing, Lu Yun, Yan Changqing, Nan Tao, Shi Fei, Ye Xue, Shen Ping, 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heaven-Defying Fate-Reversing realm, Longevity Candidate List, Boundless Great World, third layer, Nine Fiends Capital Divine Thunder, 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heaven and Earth Dharma Phase】

"I still have quite a few divine thunderbolts like this, which is why I said we absolutely cannot die on the third layer of the Underground World. The five of you have decent temperament, so you can join me in slaying demons here and gaining benefits. Once we all advance to become true disciples, we must stick together. You need to understand that the disciples of the Boundless Star Palace are far too numerous — even if we advance to true disciples, we won't immediately stand out. That's why we need to band together. Do you understand?"

Fang Yu said to the five Golden Core experts.

"Yes, with Daoist Brother Lu Yun here, we are certain to accomplish great things. If we can successfully advance to true disciples, then from now on we will surely take Daoist Brother Lu Yun as our leader."

The other five Golden Core disciples exchanged glances, and Yan Changqing spoke up.

"Good, very good. Since that's the case, let's slay demons and gain all sorts of benefits."

Fang Yu smiled and flew straight ahead.

Very soon, he saw no small number of demons.

On the distant underground plains, there were actually tens of thousands of Underground Demon Clan members, and among those ten-thousand-strong demon army, the leader was a Great Asura Demon King with a head full of white hair, golden light flickering atop his head — clearly an expert of the Golden Core Realm.

Seeing so many Underground Demon Clan members, whether it was Yan Changqing or Ye Xue, their faces all changed drastically.

But Fang Yu let out a wicked chuckle and directly hurled ten Nine Sha Capital Divine Thunderbolts over at once. These divine thunderbolts, condensed by him in an instant, dropped into the army of over ten thousand demons all at once, and immediately — boom boom boom, crackle-crackle-pop-pop.

Countless explosions rang out, and then, under the stunned gazes of everyone, that army of over ten thousand demons — every kind of Yaksha, Asura, Great Asura — was all blasted into pieces.

"What?"

"Heavens!"

"That's too terrifying — Daoist Brother Lu Yun is actually this ferocious!"

Expressions of disbelief appeared on everyone's faces, and even not far away, a human figure appeared.

"Lu Yun, you are impressive — very impressive indeed!"

That human figure was none other than Shen Ping of the Jade Emperor Hall.