Chapter 524

Bai Jiu'er did not poison again, and in the following days she disappeared.

Heng Xian naturally couldn't be bothered to care where they went, taking advantage of the Earth Fox Tribe's lax vigilance against him, he daily gave them pointers on radio calisthenics, "National Fitness", and then simply went through the motions of circulating the heavenly circuit.

This place has heavy demonic qi, spiritual qi is hard to absorb; following the normal process, Heng Xian thought to restore his vital energy, which would normally take at least a month or even longer, but thanks to the jade pendant Ji Yaoyue gave him and the ancient reincarnation spiritual seal on it feeding back, he actually recovered to about seventy‑percent within two or three days.

He was confident he could leave this place, and his heart felt relieved.

……

The demon settlement was again hit by a light rain, and the temperature was a bit low.

Inside the hut, the charcoal fire burned brightly; on the table lay a poached chicken, a dish of broad bean flowers, and a pot of burning‑knife liquor.

"Bai Jiu'er, this girl is a bit strange!"

Du Chun took a slurp of wine and said.

"What's strange about it?"

Heng Xian ate a pea blossom and casually asked.

Du Chun glanced around, then spoke mysteriously: "She hasn't been in the stronghold these past few days, but has been wandering around its perimeter; I thought she was looking for something—guess what?"

Heng Xian glanced at him: "You've been tailing her?"

Du Chun, rubbing his hands with an embarrassed grin, said: "Just killing time, just for fun—she's actually noticed me, but she hasn't called me out on it. What does that mean? Could she… have fallen for me? Oh my, my charm!"

Heng Xian calmly analyzed: "Frankly speaking, first, you haven't done anything worthy of a girl's affection; gossiping behind her back and secretly stalking are rather sleazy behaviors!"

Second, you're not particularly good‑looking, you haven't shown any outstanding ability, your cost‑performance ratio is too low—unless Bai Jiu'er's brain is addled, she could never fall for you!

Du Chun, unashamedly exposed, didn't get angry and gave a hehe laugh: "Who can say anything about feelings? You're handsome, but she poisoned you twice and only me once—that's the hard fact and the gap; you're not jealous of me, are you?"

"I'm jealous of a hammer!" Heng Xian continued eating the pea blossoms.

"What did I just say?" Du Chun slapped his forehead, "Right! Guess what she's doing."

Heng Xian said: "Say it or not, I'm actually not very interested."

Du Chun chuckled to himself: "She's worshipping a god!"

This piqued Heng Xian's curiosity: "What god is she worshipping?"

Du Chun said: "As for what god, I'm not entirely sure; it seems related to her ancestors. I only heard her repeatedly chanting, 'May the ancestor Changqing be blessed, seeking the ancestor's visage, so that today's demonkind may see heaven and earth again; Jiu'er shall not disgrace the mission,'"

That's outright god‑worship talk, and she's very devout.

Heng Xian thought for a moment, having no leads—basically, Bai Jiu'er's ancestors must have produced some notable figure—and asked Du Chun: "A few days ago I asked you to inquire about the Dog Tribe's city; do you have any news?"

Du Chun immediately sat up straight: "I haven't left the stronghold these past few days, but my fellow sect sister in the neighboring Wolf Demon Tribe often goes out; last night she brought me explosive news about your friends!"

Heng Xian immediately said: "Go on!"

Du Chun said: "Your friends were sold, but actually they were exchanged by another group for a strange demon spirit pearl; that pearl isn't valuable, yet it's rare, so lately, aside from a few of them, most haven't been sold off!"

When they were collectively sold a few days ago, the Dog Tribe's king himself went to purchase, but midway a master intercepted the route!

"What kind of master?" Heng Xian asked.

Du Chun said: "A veiled woman! Her cultivation is extremely high; she instantly killed the dog king and all the merchants!"

The dog king is equivalent to late Golden Core, and there are also ten Golden Core great demons and humans!

Heng Xian frowned: "Instant kill? That would be at least Golden Core perfection, even… Nascent Soul!"

Du Chun nodded, his expression grave: "It can definitely be Nascent Soul! Because even though my sect sister was far away, she still felt a piercing chill and oppression that left her unable to resist, and she is a Golden Core middle stage cultivator!"

Heng Xian fell into thought: If a Nascent Soul expert, why would he save the disciples of the Fourteen Sects? Could it be…

Du Chun continued: "That woman seems acquainted with your friends; at the time one of them joyfully shouted, 'Junior Sister Qi, it's you!'—so they must be old acquaintances."

Junior Sister Qi…

Heng Xian stared for a moment.

The term 'junior sister' clearly indicates they are peers!

Among peers, Nascent Soul disciples are few; by elimination, if they were from another sect it would be one thing, but if they were from the Tianyuan Sect…

The only Nascent Soul disciples are Senior Brother Bai Lihao, Second Senior Brother Leng Qi, Third Senior Brother Wu Dingxiu, and Fourth Junior Sister Qi Yuer…

Then this woman could very well be Qi Yuer!

Whatever the possibility, it shows that indeed many people have come to this demon realm, and the Nascent Soul disciples of the Fourteen Sects have arrived as well!

How interesting!

"So you don't need to worry too much!" Du Chun poured him a drink, "When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a way."

Heng Xian was about to speak when suddenly a terrified shout came from outside, followed immediately by cries of battle.

The two couldn't help but look out together in surprise.

"Bang!"

The door was burst open, and A Mu rushed in, panic‑stricken: "Sirs, things have taken a turn for the worse!"

Du Chun sank his face: "What's the panic about?"

A Mu said: "The Tiger Tribe is coming to kill!"

Tiger Tribe?

Du Chun and Heng Xian exchanged a glance and immediately darted out the door.

At that moment the street was in chaos, with women and children fleeing in panic, but more young people, brandishing knives and forks, angrily ran toward the west of the stronghold.

Meanwhile, to the west of the stronghold, demonic and killing qi shot straight to the heavens, as if a horde of primordial ferocious beasts were attacking; in an instant more than ten houses collapsed, and dozens of Earth Fox Tribe experts screamed as they were flung into the air.

The two immediately tapped their feet, leapt onto the nearest tallest house, and upon looking, both felt a jolt of shock.

In the distance, under a fine rain, a vast dark mass of figures spread across sky and earth; leading them were three ten‑zhang‑sized hanging‑eye white tigers, horns on their foreheads, blood‑basin mouths, their roars shaking the heavens.

The Earth Fox Tribe was not few either; nearly a thousand foxes surged forward to meet them, the heads of several elders transformed, revealing their true forms as several gray giant foxes larger than water buffalo, their hisses shaking the heavens.

Yet, in both momentum and cultivation, the two sides were utterly incomparable!

Moreover, one side came prepared, while the other scrambled to defend!

In the blink of an eye, the Earth Fox Clan elder was sent flying, and the ordinary Fox Clan suffered heavy casualties.

Du Chun's face grew grave: "The Tiger Clan is attacking, Brother Heng—you've brought trouble!"

"Me?" Heng Xian exclaimed in surprise.

Du Chun said awkwardly: "Didn't you say that day, one, one... the way of Wu Song fighting tigers to absorb the heavenly demon method, and then the Earth Fox Clan elders really went out and slaughtered several tigers!"

"This is indeed miraculous!" Heng Xian also looked embarrassed.

Du Chun said: "Never mind, I have to go help!"

Saying that, he tapped his foot and shot forward.

Heng Xian thought for a moment; the opportunity indicated by the divination signs should be right here, so he also lunged forward.

(End of chapter)