Chapter 246: Suoya

Just as the female Rakshasa was investigating the mystery of the disappearing Sharp-claw Beasts, Yan Buji deep underground had no idea that he had unintentionally followed the earth veins and ended up beneath a tribe of the East Rakshasa.

At this moment, Yan Buji looked at the claws he had collected and smiled: "These many claws should be enough."

These past days, he had been tracking and killing all the way, slaying at least a hundred Sharp-claw Beasts; although refining these claws is a huge project, now that he has Earth Origin Fire, it shouldn't be as troublesome as before.

However, the Spirit Bird corpse he had been searching for remained undiscovered.

Could he have been mistaken?

Yan Buji took out the gold stone he had obtained earlier; the gold stone was just an ordinary mineral, namely some gold-iron ore that had formed beside the earth veins.

But the faint spiritual blood aura on it did not seem fake; it surely could not be something the monster itself carried.

If there truly were a monster with spiritual blood, it would not allow him to slaughter so freely; instead, it would be hunting him.

"Even so, aside from this gold stone I found earlier, I haven't found any spiritual blood in the other monsters' bodies. Or could it be related to where I condensed the Earth Origin Fire?"

Yan Buji hesitated; his qi-guiding technique could indeed mobilize the spiritual blood aura on the gold stone, but after all it was too ancient and too scarce, lasting only a short while; moreover, being now within the earth veins, he would be affected by the killing qi, making it hard to trace back to the source via the spiritual blood aura.

That place where he condensed the Earth Origin Fire is likely already collapsed; Yan Buji dare not go there now, for if he were buried alive it would be troublesome.

"Forget it, I'll look again if I get the chance; I've searched around there before and indeed found nothing. So there is only one possibility..."

Yan Buji thought: either that Spirit Bird corpse does not exist, or it lies deeper underground; with his current mana he still dares not go down lightly, for his ability to go underground comes from the Dragon-Shaking Classic, allowing him to move only within the earth veins.

If he left the earth veins, his mana could not support the weight of the earth.

Thinking this, Yan Buji circulated his mana continually upward, releasing his spiritual sense to survey the surroundings.

"Huh? Is something moving?"

Yan Buji sensed sounds of movement above ground and dared not come out lightly.

After waiting a while, he then emerged and looked around.

"A tribe?!"

"Oh no!"

"Where have I arrived?"

"Eh? Asura!"

"Asura, how did you come here?"

Yan Buji saw three female Rakshasa running over, looking at him with delight.

"This is... the East Rakshasa Tribe?!" Yan Buji recalled them, but the key was how he had dug his way here.

"Yes, we are the Dragon Scale Mine Tribe; Asura, how..."

Several Rakshasa, armed and armored, seeing Yan Buji suddenly appear, rushed over and surrounded him, asking: "Dora! Who is he?!"

"Don't get agitated; this is the Asura outsider demon I told you about earlier, the one who saved our three sisters."

Yan Buji fell silent; the nearby Rakshasa gathered, and the situation became somewhat unfavorable.

Even if he could return to the Yang Realm using the stone ball, if he needed to come again he would appear here, causing a greater disturbance.

The key is, if things escalate too much, it will surely attract the attention of the East Rakshasa's strong experts; unless he truly never comes to the Youming Realm again, he would lose a trump card for escape.

"I am an outsider demon of the Asura Clan; is this how you treat guests of the Asura Clan?"

"Guest? You..."

Upon hearing that the other party was of the Asura Clan, the Rakshasa exchanged glances.

Those few tribes of the Asura Clan indeed each claim to be the true 'Asura Clan,' and they actually despise the name 'Asura'.

Yet the Asura Clan's combat prowess is evident; even a few Rakshasa males with strength comparable to the peak of Qi Refining dare not lightly act against Yan Buji.

Fortunately, when Yan Buji surfaced he had disguised himself, using yin-yin qi to conceal his aura and hiding all his mana, revealing only his Martial Dao cultivation.

However, when the aura of the Blood Heaven Ascension Degree was unleashed, the surrounding Rakshasa looked at him in surprise, thinking the Asura before them was about to attack.

"Hmph! Martial Dao? When did your Asura Clan start using human techniques?!"

A grand voice sounded, and a Rakshasa woman slightly taller than the surrounding Rakshasa approached, staring at Yan Buji without expression.

Yan Buji secretly thought it was not good; the opponent knew humans, so his disguise might seem like child's play in her eyes.

He fell silent for a moment, seeing that she had not moved, then turned his eyes and asked: "Senior, how should I address you?"

"I am Suoya of the Dragon Scale Tribe!"

This Rakshasa woman is at least at Foundation Establishment cultivation, not someone he can handle.

What should he do now?

Run?

Run! If he's really caught, he won't be able to escape even if he wants to!

Suoya glanced at Yan Buji and said: "Hmph, don't disturb other Rakshasa's business on the street, come!"

Yan Buji froze; he had been about to flee, but he hadn't expected her to say that, perhaps....

Regardless, he should first go with her to see; although he couldn't guarantee she wasn't intentionally leading him into a trap that would prevent him from escaping.

But....

As for giving it a fight, Yan Buji still dares to do it, after all even the Hall of Mortals cannot stop the stone ball from shuttling; unless a Nascent Soul True Lord intervenes, Yan Buji truly does not fear being captured.

This move is somewhat risky, of course Yan Buji also has his own considerations.

If he could thereby gather some news about the East Rakshasa Tribe, it might prove useful for future visits.

Moreover, as a human, he still does not know how the East Rakshasa view humans; assuming they harbor hatred and resentment toward him, it would be impossible for them to let him come over for a private talk now.

Following Suoya all the way to a stone house, Suoya looked at Yan Buji and asked: "Which tribe do you come from?"

"I came here wandering to temper myself," Yan Buji said.

"Hmph, the North and South Asura are so far from the Dragon Scale Tribe; even if you were from the nearest West Asura Tribe, you'd have to pass through my clan's king's tent to get here—your wandering is indeed far." Suoya said.

Obviously, she did not quite believe what he said.

But Yan Buji really could not say more, so he could only remain silent.

Suo Ya glanced at Yan Buji, was about to speak, when suddenly a Rakshasa ran in from outside the door: "Lady Suo Ya, it's bad, an earthquake!"

"An earthquake?!" Suo Ya froze for a moment, then immediately stood up and glanced at Yan Buji: "Come!"

She seemed unwilling to leave him behind here, insisting on taking Yan Buji along, probably worried he might run away.

And Yan Buji also sensed the opportunity had arrived, following Suo Ya out the door.

Feeling the tremor of the earth, Yan Buji carefully investigated and discovered that the change was occurring in the earth veins in the direction where he had previously condensed earth-origin fire; he guessed the ground might now be collapsing.

"Quickly organize the clanspeople for evacuation!" Suo Ya shouted, frowning.

Because the Eastern Rakshasa clan does not know the arts and has been isolated from the outside world for too long, although their strength is formidable, they cannot come up with any effective solution when facing natural disasters and human calamities.

Yan Buji stepped forward, clasped his hands, and said: "Lady Suo Ya, there's no need to panic; it's merely a tremor of the earth veins, and I have a way to resolve it."

"You?!" Suo Ya stared at Yan Buji in astonishment.