Chapter 86: The Little Nun Who Imagined Things Herself

The Fifth Saint!

This rather strange name and surname, along with that suspicious identity, added to the previous clues, were enough for Li Yu to understand.

Within the Mount Zhangyi strange domain, there was never any such thing as a teleportation path.

The cause of all this, I fear, was some kind of perverse experiment conducted by an evil cultivator from the [Saint Nest]?

Carrying this doubt, Li Yu continued to read on:

"After the Fifth Saint performed the forbidden technique, he kept his eldest brother by his side and took him as a disciple, teaching him the cultivation of the Ancient Saint path."

"After raising the other two until they were older, he coaxed them, saying that if they did not want to die young and wished for all three brothers to attain eternal life, the two of them would each need to retrieve the essence and secret techniques of the Daoist and Buddhist paths."

"The two agreed and were sent to White Horse Temple and Green Sheep Palace respectively."

"Due to their outstanding talent, both quickly promoted to Sequence Six of their respective paths and obtained portions of the core inheritance."

"Afterward, they both used the excuse of traveling abroad to return to Mount Zhangyi."

"Who would have thought that by this time, their eldest brother, 'Zhu Zhishan,' whom they had been longing for, had been completely bewitched by his master, his soul corrupted, intending to devour his two brothers once more and merge into one, so as to break through to Sequence Five, or even Sequence Four, of the Ancient Saint path in one stroke."

"Only then did the two realize that from birth to cultivation, the three brothers were all part of an experiment by this [Fifth Saint], who came from the Saint Nest, a mysterious organization that worshipped the evil god Ancient Saint, and was one of its high-ranking members with heaven-defying cultivation and immense power; the purpose of the experiment was to compile a secret manual of cultivation."

"Even though the conspiracy was exposed, the two brothers could not resist and were forced to merge with their eldest brother again, suffering contamination in the process and turning into a fallen monster that converged three paths."

"From that day on, Mount Zhangyi became the testing ground for the three brothers, like a strange domain on earth."

"But on the very day Zhu Zhishan promoted to Sequence Five [Dharma-Transmitting Saint], some unknown incident occurred, and his master, the Fifth Saint, left without a word and vanished abruptly."

"The two brothers, who had accidentally regained consciousness, took the opportunity to pray to the Buddha and the Vast Heaven respectively."

"The two true gods truly granted a miraculous response; not only did they regain their freedom, but they also briefly boosted their strength. After a great battle, the three brothers perished together."

"But after dying, all three developed obsessions, controlling their respective remains to entangle with each other to this day."

……

When Li Yu finished reading this preface and secret history, he felt his knowledge had greatly increased.

He went to look at the ninth truth bubble, and the charging progress had indeed jumped forward by quite a bit.

"So, this is the truth of the Mount Zhangyi strange domain."

"There was no such thing as a strange person attaining the Dao and giving back to their hometown; it was a bloody and cruel experiment."

"The three brothers themselves were the experiment, and later, as they became the [Old Demon of Ultimate Goodness], they conducted an even more perverse experiment that killed tens of thousands of people."

"And there was no divine retribution from true gods; it looks more like the Vast Heaven and the Buddha discovered that their followers—or rather, the sects they left in the human world—had been fooled, so they granted their favor and fought against another evil god, the Ancient Saint, finally perishing together."

"If that culprit, the Fifth Saint, hadn't vanished abruptly, the outcome would have been a foregone conclusion."

"Hmm? What a terrifying secret manual."

While sighing, Li Yu subconsciously continued to read down.

But the subsequent content of the notebook was no longer a secret story.

It was a decrypted cultivation secret technique from the end of the Warring States period, originating from the Ancient Saint path.

Although it did not contain the secret medicine formulas he had expected, such as "Scholar" or "Madman."

Yet, those forbidden techniques involving flesh and blood modification, extracting life force, and creating new races, as well as the cruel experiments used as examples, made Li Yu frown involuntarily.

"In terms of cruelty, even the mad secret techniques of the [Forbidden God Sect] are not as bad as these."

"Are the people in the Saint Nest all true lunatics?"

Just as Li Yu was surprised.

Abruptly, the notification sound of the Demon Star Order rang out again:

"This conquest mission is about to end!"

"The countdown to return has begun; all surviving Order Holders, please be prepared."

"Conquest mission settlement assessment in progress... Assessment complete."

"Only two Order Holders survived this conquest. The Order Holder with the code name [Calamity Star], due to completing side missions and special main missions such as collecting root vessels, collecting Dao rhyme, sacrificing three flowers, and the Mount Zhangyi strange domain, has the highest contribution to this strange domain conquest and is awarded an additional 200 merit points."

"Return!"

Upon hearing the countdown begin, Li Yu quickly checked his gains and dripped blood on the sachet to claim ownership, though it was unlikely to be lost, it was just in case.

When he finished listening to everything, a helpless, bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Hmm? First place again. It seems that woman Cui Minmin was also unlucky; she couldn't sacrifice the remaining two flowers, at least one was snatched away by that Green Maiden."

"But can't this announcement hide my code name?"

The Demon Star Order ignored Li Yu's grumbling and sent him directly back to the Demon Star space.

Meanwhile!

On the other side, at the peak of Mount Zhangyi.

Both the righteous and evil sides had different moods.

Just as Li Yu guessed, although Cui Minmin had the upper hand, she still failed to sacrifice the two demons simultaneously. Just after sacrificing the demon monk, the demon Daoist had already fallen into the hands of the Green Maiden, and three thousand merit points flew away.

If that were all, it would be fine, but what truly made her face gloomy was the Demon Star notification that followed.

Both the number of missions Li Yu completed and his code name caused a stormy sea to rise in Cui Minmin's heart.

"Calamity Star?"

"Is that little bastard the same Calamity Star who persecuted the Saint Nest prodigy Shang Yang last time?"

"What path does this kid cultivate that he could play the tragic corpse so realistically and fool even me?"

"Good, this is truly great. If I could let such a hidden prodigy enjoy pleasure under me, that would be the greatest joy in the world." "Just thinking about it makes me..."

Cui Minmin was indeed perverse to a certain degree.

One second she was guessing Li Yu's cultivation path sequence, the next she had other fantasies, her face flushed with peach blossoms, her whole body flushed, only lacking the sound of something unbearable to hear.

However, soon, she was also sent back to the Demon Star space.

……

And the reincarnation side also ushered in the return time.

But at this very moment, little nun Miaochang, who had been looking sad ever since that incident,

Suddenly seemed to sense something unusual.

On that pale little face, a look of surprise suddenly appeared, and she almost couldn't help but cheer:

"The sachet, the sachet has been claimed by blood."

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"Brother Ren is still alive, he must still be alive."

"He must have suffered very serious injuries and only just woke up..."

When Miaochang's imagination was halfway through, the wisdom she had lost due to excessive worry about Li Yu, that bubbling sword cultivator, gradually returned.

Although she was not deeply involved in the world, she was not stupid.

In fact, she was a very intelligent little nun.

In the blink of an eye, Miaochang had discovered some things wrong with this, such as the coincidence that the sachet was only claimed at this time, and the fact that a powerful sword cultivator eventually died without a corpse, and even the corpse or traces of that toad demon were not found... and so on.

Thinking of the warnings from her elders before entering the reincarnation, some unpleasant guesses arose in her heart.

But she didn't say it out loud, nor did she mention that "Ren Shou" was still alive.

"Regardless of whether Brother Ren was impersonated by the Demon Star Order Holder!"

"At least at that time, he did save my life at the cost of his own."

"The three fallen Buddhist treasures he gave me are also worth more than the sachet."

"Mother Buddha is above, this disciple does not know if this act is right or wrong, I only act according to my heart, hoping for the guidance of Mother Buddha."

Miaochang prayed silently in her heart.

Until the moment of return, she did not feel any blame or spiritual response, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In her heart, she firmly concluded again:

"Sure enough, even Mother Buddha thinks Brother Ren is a good person."

"He must have some hidden reason for concealing his identity."

"I hope to see Brother Ren again next time."

……

Li Yu did not know that at this time, two women were worried about him, one was truly worried about his safety, and the other wanted to have a "gut-twisting" battle with him.

And the latter soon took action.

Li Yu had just been sent back to the Demon Star ocean and hadn't had time to review this strange domain conquest in his heart, nor had he had time to see how many merit points he had earned in total.

In his mind, a very special notification sound suddenly came:

"The Order Holder with the code name 'Sun-Eating Star' is using permission to initiate a call request to you. Each ten breaths this call lasts requires the initiator to pay 100 merit points. Both parties will be in the form of a Demon Star, and there is no possibility of any leakage. Do you agree?"

"The Order Holder paid 100 merit points and included a message: Little brother, hurry and agree, I have important matters to discuss with you, involving the trouble you caused in the strange domain last time, and your future life and death."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu frowned immediately.

The Demon Star Order actually had this kind of permission?

Obviously, his experience was too little, and his development of the Demon Star Order was far incomparable to these Order Holders who had experienced many strange domains or had backgrounds and backers.

After thinking for a while, Li Yu nodded and said:

"Agree!"

When the two words fell, one of the Demon Stars hanging upside down in the Demon Star ocean above Li Yu's head suddenly fell in front of him.

Inside, Cui Minmin's seductive voice immediately came:

"Little brother, so you are the Calamity Star."

"Do you know that you pitted the Saint Nest prodigy named Shang Yang last time, causing the master and disciple to lose face in the [Ten Thousand Fortune Star Cluster], and also making many powerful seniors interested in you."

"Furthermore, some powerhouse has boredly placed a bounty on you; if anyone can find you, the rewards—whether in reality-altering artifacts or merit points—are quite substantial."

"I never expected to run into you, Li Yu. You certainly haven't lived down your reputation; I, Cui Minmin, went to great lengths to subdue a group of slaves, only for you to ruin them all. You must have earned tens of thousands of merit points on this trip alone."

"Tsk tsk, it’s been a long time since such a heaven-defying newcomer appeared. You are only on your second Strange Domain expedition... In two expeditions, out of all the Demon Star Order holders, only Shang Yang and I have survived your meddling."

"I am dying of curiosity about you. What would it take for you to agree to be intimate with me once? Artifacts, money, merit points—you name the price."

"The location for our intimacy, and even the methods and styles, can all be decided by you; I, Minmin, will accommodate whatever you wish."

Li Yu could tell that just by speaking these brazen words, the woman had already begun to fantasize, and by the end, her tone and pitch had even started to sound strange.

(End of chapter)