Chapter 460

Inside the City Lord's residence.

On Jade Balance Island, Golden Core Cultivators, somewhat famous Alchemists, and artifact refiners also arrived.

Longxuan Zhenjun strode out angrily; everyone was about to rise and salute, but he waved his hand: "Just sit, no need for formalities."

Afterwards, Longxuan Zhenjun sat down and looked at everyone: "Friends, a major event has occurred in the Sun and Moon Palace. As members of the Sun and Moon Palace, although many of the youths present are not from the palace, this matter also concerns the safety of the Chaos Current Sea."

Everyone's expression grew solemn, awaiting Longxuan Zhenjun's continuation.

Seeing this, Longxuan Zhenjun explained: "Since the year before last, demon beasts in the outer sea have been increasing, especially demon kings and emperors, which have frequently invaded our human territories. Although we had previously blocked them outside, recently, due to some demonic cultivators causing trouble, several Star Lodging Islands have been breached."

"Now, demon beasts are surging like a tide. The Sun and Moon Palace originally intended to summon East Star cultivators to jointly resist the beast tide, but recently the Sun and Moon Palace's treasure vault was robbed, causing some demonic accumulation devices and evil artifacts to leak out, possibly causing chaos. Therefore, I will temporarily assign additional tasks here."

"Those willing to go to the Star Lodging Islands for support will receive rewards from the Sun and Moon Palace and me; others who plan to stay in the rear, aside from gathering wartime resources, also have patrol duties." Longxuan Zhenjun said solemnly.

"The purpose of patrol is to find those lost accumulation devices and evil artifacts; if they are used by ill-intentioned people to wreak havoc in the rear, when the beast tide arrives it could easily cause countless deaths, even among East Star cultivators. Therefore, the Sun and Moon Palace has also issued wartime management regulations, hoping everyone will cooperate fully, uniting up and down to overcome the crisis."

"Yes, City Lord!"

Longxuan Zhenjun looked at them satisfied: "Although the Dongxing Sea Region is not as easy to defend as other large regions connected together, the formations of the twenty‑eight Star Lodging Islands in the outer sea are sufficient to resist large‑scale beast tide attacks, so whether inside or out, the main concern is preventing demonic cultivators who have obtained evil artifacts from causing sabotage."

"Most importantly, there are three items that could cause large‑scale destruction: first, the evil artifact called the Demonic Blood Killing Pearl, which is not an accumulation device but seems to be an ancient arcane treasure passed down from antiquity; its principle is unknown, yet activating it will drive demon beasts into a frenzied assault."

"A frenzied assault? City Lord, can the Demonic Blood Killing Pearl control demon beasts?" the cultivator beside him asked.

Dragon Xuan True Lord shook his head: "Because it's an ancient artifact, I'm not entirely clear either. The magical treasures forged by ancient cultivators possess tremendous power, which is beyond doubt. Although the forging of Accumulation Devices today inherits the ancient cultivators' artifact forging methods, the original artifact-forging techniques have long been lost, and we don't know whether this demon-blood killing pearl has the ability to control demon beasts."

The people present fell silent, so this demon-blood killing pearl is indeed dangerous; if someone were to sneak onto a certain constellation island and use this ancient artifact, it could easily cause a large-scale demon beast attack.

"Second is a Fivefold Transformation Accumulation Device named Azure Fall; this Accumulation Device resembles a night pearl, and it is a one-time-use Accumulation Device."

"One-time-use?"

Everyone's faces changed drastically; what else could the function of a one-time-use Accumulation Device be?

Throw it out, bang!

It exploded.

Dragon Xuan True Lord's expression turned grave: "This Accumulation Device is just as everyone thinks; if activated to produce an explosion, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it hard to escape, posing a lethal threat. However, the Twenty-Eight Constellation Islands have set up a Sevenfold Transformation formation; if one is outside, it will not harm those inside the formation."

"But what if someone sneaks in and detonates it?"

Dragon Xuan True Lord nodded: "So I hope everyone present does not spread this around; the cultivators of the Sun and Moon Palace will be checking each island's personnel these days, and I hope you all cooperate."

Yan Buji frowned.

I am half-dragon, after all; although I haven't done anything bad, what if.....

However, with the Blue-Faced Enemy Friend, I should be able to bluff my way through.

"The third evil device is truly an evil device; even the elders of the Sun and Moon Palace don't know its origin, only knowing that if activated, it can instantly cause everyone on an island to fall into a deep sleep, and if not awakened by external force, they may never wake up."

"That dangerous? Even a Nascent Soul True Lord cannot resist it?"

"At least cultivators at the Unity Dao stage or above can resist it, so the Unity Dao elders of the Sun and Moon Palace will also be deployed."

That actually makes people feel more relieved.

Yan Buji fell silent, but after thinking that he hadn't done anything wrong, he wasn't afraid of being watched.

No.

What exactly does Lao Gui want to do?

Is he seeking revenge against the Sun and Moon Palace?

If people were to find out that I once cooperated with demon evil, and that I refused to save the person named Liehuo, indirectly causing this Chaos.....

Looks like I need to find a way out.

Yan Buji thought.

Running away now is impossible; although there may be danger, it doesn't necessarily develop in the direction I imagine.

Yan Buji understands that reasoning with the massive Sun and Moon Palace is futile; as long as he doesn't expose himself in public, demon evil may not necessarily come after him.

That way, my cooperation with demon evil, and my failure to save Liehuo, will also remain unknown to anyone.

But in fact, Yan Buji is not clear how great the harm of demon evil could be; however, since it has affected him, seeking an escape route early is also appropriate.

Just make the worst preparations; if it really can't be done, one might as well flee to Youming Jie.

Thinking that, Yan Buji also received a task to assist in alchemy in the inner sea.

Because it was summoned by the Sun and Moon Palace, that day these alchemists and artifact refiners received the orders.

Looking at the full order sheet and extremely meager income, Yan Buji felt somewhat dissatisfied, but he didn't dare say anything.

The Sun and Moon Palace holds the moral high ground; if you speak up now saying the pay is too little, you'll surely be condemned by the masses, and if this draws others' attention to secretly investigate you, it would actually increase your exposure risk.

Chen Zhen sighed, took the order and the Storage Accumulation Device, which contained Spiritual Materials: "I estimate that only the Dongxing Sea Region here has mobilized cultivators to do this."

Yan Buji thought for a moment and smiled: "Because I can't run away."

In any other major region, with vast land area, when facing a beast tide and not given benefits, people are forced to risk their lives; not running would be strange.

The more capable a person is, the faster they run, because only by living does one have everything.

The Sun and Moon Palace's meager remuneration isn't even as much as what they earn selling pills in a day; although looking at the volume, this compensation is indeed quite considerable, but who knows how many pills the Sun and Moon Palace needs?

This way, they instead become the exploited party, technical exploitation!

Huaxian Xianzi laughed: "Alright, hurry back and refine pills; there are still hard targets, top-grade pills must account for twenty percent."

"Ah." Chen Zhen sighed, feeling like he wanted to give up.