Chapter 584

Yan Buji smiled and said, "Priest, long time no see."

"After parting for hundreds of years, my king surpasses your former grace," the Dragon People Priest laughed.

"Let's find a place to chat."

"Sure, this way please."

"Priest, why be so polite? I'm no longer the king of the Dragon People."

The Dragon People Priest shook his head: "My king will always be king."

Yan Buji didn't quite understand; although the Dragon People Priest held a very lofty sense of mission toward the Dragon People, cultivators who would sacrifice everything for their race are few and far between, and since the Dragon People Priest knew of the Heavenly Demon King's existence, he could not resist, so he had just been slacking off all along.

Although my coming aligned with the Heavenly Demon King's wishes, letting the Dragon People reappear in the world, to the Dragon People Priest, isn't this still walking the old path of being controlled by the Heavenly Demon King?

His respect for me actually makes me feel a bit uneasy.

Arriving at a small courtyard, Yan Buji followed the Dragon People Priest into the living room.

The Dragon People Priest personally poured tea for Yan Buji, then smiled and sat to one side: "My king, after all these years, what major events have happened in the outside world?"

"There are actually quite a few major events...."

Yan Buji, just as when chatting with friends, recounted his experiences over the years from morning to noon.

The Dragon People Priest listened attentively, then sighed: "Indeed, the outside world has developed so much that I can barely recognize it."

"Things change day by day; to know the changes in heaven and earth, one must go see them for oneself," Yan Buji laughed.

"Indeed. Besides the Yellow Sand Lingyu, is there anything else you came back for, my king?"

"I heard that an ancient senior went to the Boundless Sea Trench, right?" Yan Buji asked.

"It seems you know her situation, my king—good. She is now guiding that previous rare beast, the Cry Deer, in its cultivation."

Yan Buji frowned in confusion: "Guiding the Cry Deer's cultivation??"

The Cry Deer was found in a cavern accidentally discovered while mining spiritual stone on Dragon People Island earlier; Yan Buji also rescued it from the variant source stone, and it was there that he initially obtained the Earth Fiend Divine Ability from a Sun Moon Palace cultivator.

Seeing Yan Buji's confusion, the Dragon People Priest explained: "That Senior Jianfan is the ancient Cry Deer who cultivated into human form. I once asked that elder, and he said Senior Jianfan was an old friend of his."

How is it still related to the Heavenly Demon King?

Yan Buji, doubtful, nodded: "Alright, I'll make a trip to the Boundless Sea Trench; no need to alert anyone else."

"Really no need? Now Wang Man has also broken through to Nascent Soul, and he still misses you greatly."

"No need, I've even seen his grandson," Yan Buji chuckled.

The Dragon People Priest looked puzzled, but didn't say much more.

Soon, the Dragon People Priest brought Yan Buji to the Boundless Sea Trench; the Dragon People have a unique secret art that controls the Earth Vein Transfer Grand Formation, moving back and forth between the trench and the outside world, so the trench's resources have also helped the Dragon People develop well.

The Boundless Sea Trench is not lacking in resources; one just needs to go deeper to find them, though those places are also quite dangerous.

After Yan Buji descended past the outer seven layers into the first inner layer of the Boundless Sea Trench, he felt the surrounding lethargy grow stronger; even though his strength was now far greater than before, he still felt limp and powerless all over, wanting to lie down and rest.

Shaking off his lethargy, Yan Buji followed the Dragon People Priest and found the Cry Deer's cultivation cave.

"Mmm!" the Cry Deer let out a few sounds, hopped out of the cave, and approached Yan Buji to sniff him.

"What, you don't recognize me?" Yan Buji laughed.

"Mmm mmm mmm."

"Has it changed a lot? I don't really feel that way."

"Mmm mmm mmm mmm...."

"Is cultivation tough? That's just how it is; I can't help it, but if I get the chance, I'll take you out to play."

"Mmm!"

At that moment, a figure emerged from the depths of the cave, looking displeased: "You brat, don't agree to her—she still needs to strive to become human soon!"

Yan Buji saw the person, clasped his hands and smiled: "Greetings, Fairy Jianfan."

Jianfan sized Yan Buji up and down, pinching her chin: "What a peculiar disguise technique; even I can't see through it. Could you be relying on some rare treasure's power?"

Yan Buji's face twitched, and he didn't elaborate further.

Jianfan waved her hand: "Forget it, what are you doing here?"

"I have a few things I'd like to ask Fairy Jianfan."

The Dragon People Priest chuckled: "Then I'll go out to check the situation."

After he left, Jianfan looked at Yan Buji: "Come in and speak."

Entering the cave, Yan Buji saw several animal skeletons nearby and guessed they might be what had drawn the Cry Deer here before.

But Yan Buji never expected that Jianfan was actually an ancient rare beast that had taken human form.

Jianfan clapped her hands, and stone tables and chairs shot up from the ground; the two took their seats.

"Fairy Jianfan, I've encountered some matters and would like to ask."

Oh? You went to the Youming Jie?

Yan Buji's face changed: "You know this too?"

How could I not know? You smell like a puppy.

Puppy?

Yan Buji frowned, took out the Stone Tablet recording the imitation Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, and asked: "Is this it?"

Jianfan took it over, looked, with a look of disdain threw it on the table: "What kind of weird thing is this, it's not the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk at all. That puppy really has no talent for artifact crafting, making these things is pure joke."

It seems the fairy really knows the owner of this thing?

Where did you get this from?

"I... stole it." Yan Buji hesitated a bit, then honestly said it out.

Jianfan understood instantly, then smiled: "Hehe, I said that puppy couldn't possibly give you this thing. Stealing it well! Let that guy know some things aren't something he can do!"

However, the war to unify the Youming Jie has already broken out, and now there is also a force called the Star Void Sect assisting the Asura and Rakshasa clans....

Yan Buji concealed his identity from the information he had gathered, then he repeated it.

"As for that so-called netherworld they mentioned, I have no idea."

"Netherworld affairs are of great importance; if you go there to watch a show on a whim, you're lucky to have gotten away with it." Jian Fan said directly.

Yan Buji didn't understand: "Even if watching a show, how could it be like that? I won't personally take part; just gathering information shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Although that's the case, you should know that the Youming Jie is not a place living beings can enter; only the dead spirits that exist in the Youming Jie can keep their bodies intact. If you go down in your fleshly body and stay until the Youming Jie merges into one, that won't do—be careful, you might truly become a cultivator of the Youming Jie."

There's also such a saying.

"Right, Immortal Maiden Jian, this is the celestial material I found in the Youming Jie; if you have use for it, please help yourself." Yan Buji chuckled, producing the celestial material he had harvested in the Youming Jie.

Jian Fan glanced at it, then immediately exclaimed in surprise: "You stingy ghost, why are you so generous today? Do you still want to ask me some questions I don't want to answer?"

If you don't wish to answer, that's fine; just being willing to listen to me is already satisfying.

"Hmph, hypocrisy!" Jian Fan reached out and put away those celestial materials, then said: "Go ahead, ask; I'll definitely tell you what I can say."

Is the unification war of the Youming Jie led by the sages?

No.

Huh?

Yan Buji froze for a moment, not expecting Jian Fan to respond to him so quickly.

If not the sages, then who could it be?

"Naturally, it's the trend of the Youming Jie merging into one; those sages... they'd like to intervene to seek profit for themselves, but they dare not." Jian Fan gave a hehe laugh.

They dare not?

What is the reason they dare not?

I can't answer that for you.