Chapter 456: Pursuing Liu Chenxiang

After Duan Fengyun took Xiang Wang and Hu Wang for a turn around Snake Mountain, he returned once again to the territory of the Snake Clan.

At this moment, they could already feel the aura of Qingshe rising unceasingly; it seemed the Snake King's primordial core was being rapidly refined by him.

Because they shared the same origin and would not be repelled during refinement, Qingshe was refining the Snake King's power very quickly.

Before long, Qingshe crawled out from the Snake King's territory, then transformed into a human form and appeared before Duan Fengyun.

Duan Fengyun saw through Qingshe's strength at a glance: mid-stage Immortal General.

Although the Snake King had the strength of a peak Immortal General, after all, refining her primordial core would not yield her full power.

However, Duan Fengyun was already very satisfied that Qingshe could reach the cultivation level of an Immortal General.

Now the Qing She Wang, Qingshe bowed his head to thank Duan Fengyun:

"Many thanks, my lord, for the grace of my rebirth!"

Qingshe naturally knew that his current cultivation and status were all given to him by Duan Fengyun, so he was naturally polite to Duan Fengyun to the extreme.

If he were to know that there was still a restriction placed on him by Duan Fengyun within his body, one wonders how devotedly he would follow Duan Fengyun.

Duan Fengyun nodded and said:

"Qingshe, you have done well. With mid-stage Immortal General cultivation, you can help this master accomplish things.

This master requires you to continuously expand your Snake Clan's manpower from now on. I want the entire Human Realm to be under the surveillance of the Snake Clan; I want the Snake Clan to become my eyes, monitoring the Human Realm on my behalf."

Hearing Duan Fengyun's words, Xiang Wang, Hu Wang, and Qing She Wang were all inwardly shocked; they had not expected Duan Fengyun's ambition to be so great, actually wanting to lay his hands on the entire Human Realm.

However, they were also a group that feared nothing, and besides, they had already boarded Duan Fengyun's pirate ship; it was impossible to get off now.

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Qing She Wang replied:

"I will strictly obey your command, my lord. I will expand the Snake Clan's manpower and have them monitor the entire Human Realm for you, my lord!"

Duan Fengyun nodded. Now that he had scouts, he just lacked someone who could quickly deliver messages to him.

And Duan Fengyun's next target was Gou Wang.

After leaving Qing She Wang to arrange the Snake Clan's work, Duan Fengyun took Hu Wang and Xiang Wang to find Gou Wang's territory.

Upon learning that the Snake King had already been executed by Duan Fengyun, Gou Wang offered no resistance at all and directly submitted to Duan Fengyun.

And Gou Wang, who was at the peak of the Immortal General realm, naturally became the Demon King with the highest magic power among the four great Demon Kings under Duan Fengyun.

Duan Fengyun also required Gou Wang to continuously expand his numbers and have them coordinate well with the Snake Clan so that they could transmit information to him at the first opportunity in the future.

Furthermore, Duan Fengyun deeply approved of the territory here at Gou Wang's place, so Duan Fengyun chose the location for Guyue Mansion at Gou Wang's place.

Three days later, dense crowds of Demon Soldiers gathered in front of the new Guyue Mansion.

Watching the dense, tens of thousands of Demon Soldiers standing before him, Duan Fengyun felt an indescribable sense of gratification.

From now on, this would all be Duan Fengyun's power.

Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"Everyone, from today on, our Guyue Mansion is officially established.

The manpower of our Guyue Mansion will temporarily be set at the current scale: Gou Wang is responsible for the Dog Clan, Hu Wang for the Tiger Clan, Xiang Wang for the Elephant Clan, and Qing She Wang for the Snake Clan.

When I am away, Gou Wang will be responsible for the mobilization of all personnel.

Our goal is to become the strongest force in the Demon Realm. Does everyone have confidence!"

"Yes!"

The demons shouted excitedly.

Today, they finally had their own designation; they were no longer the nameless little demons they were before.

Duan Fengyun nodded, and the mansion-opening ceremony ended simply like this.

After the ceremony concluded, Duan Fengyun summoned Hu Wang, Xiang Wang, Qing She Wang, and Gou Wang to inform them that he would be away for a period of time and told the four to strengthen their own cultivation.

After arranging matters for the four kings, Duan Fengyun left Guyue Mansion directly.

It was time for him to go and see this fellow, Liu Chenxiang.

Before that, Duan Fengyun gave himself a thorough wash.

After staying with this group of demons for so long, his whole body was radiating a demonic aura.

He had to get rid of this pile of demonic aura as quickly as possible; it would be laughable if, when approaching Liu Chenxiang, Yang Jian discovered it and thought he was some kind of demon, wanting to exterminate him.

Duan Fengyun washed away the demonic aura from his body, changed into white robes, and dressed himself up as a dashing young master.

Although wearing close-fitting combat gear was indeed comfortable, black combat gear gave one a very grim and murderous feeling.

If Duan Fengyun wore that to see Liu Chenxiang, it was likely that before Yang Jian suspected Duan Fengyun, Liu Chenxiang would have already become suspicious.

Duan Fengyun changed into white robes and dressed as a young dandy; not only could he approach Liu Chenxiang this way, but he could also pretend to be a clueless rich kid—why wouldn't he do it?

After tidying up his appearance, Duan Fengyun discovered a problem: he did not know the way to Liujiacun.

However, although he did not know, there were always others who did.

In this world, there was someone who could be summoned at any time.

Duan Fengyun directly stomped on the ground and shouted:

"Earth Deity, come out for me!"

Summoned by Duan Fengyun, the Earth Deity jumped straight out from the soil.

The Earth Deity had never seen Duan Fengyun before, but as soon as he looked at Duan Fengyun, he knew that Duan Fengyun was not a character to be trifled with.

The Earth Deity said respectfully:

"Greetings, Immortal. I wonder what business you have, Immortal, in summoning this old one?"

Duan Fengyun spoke:

"Earth Deity, I ask you, how do I get to Liujiacun?"

Upon hearing that it was just asking for directions, the Earth Deity felt much more relaxed.

Very quickly, the Earth Deity found the road to Liujiacun and told Duan Fengyun about it.

"Alright, I know, you may go down now!"

After Duan Fengyun spoke, the Earth Deity jumped back into the soil.

According to the Earth Deity, Liujiacun was still some distance away from here.

Originally, Duan Fengyun had wanted to ride a horse there, but now it seemed that would not work.

Thus, Duan Fengyun first used Shrinking Ground to an Inch, heading toward Liujiacun at an extremely fast speed.

When he was about to reach Liujiacun, Duan Fengyun deliberately went to find a horse and rode it to Liujiacun.

After riding the horse into Liujiacun, Duan Fengyun began searching everywhere for the address of Liu Chenxiang's family.

However, after searching for a while, he found nothing.

Duan Fengyun ran to a blacksmith shop and asked:

"Big brother, may I ask where Chenxiang and his father, Mr. Liu, are?"

The blacksmith saw that Duan Fengyun's attitude was so gentle and believed that Duan Fengyun had no ill intentions, so he opened his mouth to answer:

"Chenxiang left the village a few days ago, saying he was going out to learn magic to save his mother.

Not long after he left, his father Liu Yanchang went missing; I don't know if he went to look for him.

What business do you have with them? How come I have never seen you before?"

Upon hearing this, Duan Fengyun secretly cursed, thinking it was terrible; he had actually arrived a step too late. Liu Chenxiang had already left Liujiacun, and Liu Yanchang had surely already been captured and beaten by Erlang Shen.

He had to catch up with Liu Chenxiang as soon as possible; if they met Zhu Bajie, it would be difficult for him to approach them later.

Duan Fengyun gave a perfunctory reply:

"Oh, I came to find Mr. Liu Yanchang to write some calligraphy.

Since he is not here, then never mind.

Many thanks."

After speaking, Duan Fengyun rode off.

After leaving Liujiacun, Duan Fengyun followed the path directly toward the west.

Zhu Bajie's Jingtan Temple was in the west, so Liu Chenxiang and the others must have headed in this direction.

Using Shrinking Ground to an Inch, Duan Fengyun pursued them relentlessly from behind, and Erlang Shen, who was secretly tracking Liu Chenxiang, naturally did not discover that someone was still pursuing them from behind.

After Duan Fengyun had been pursuing for half a day, he finally saw his target.

Two men and three women were sitting by the side of the road resting, and one man kept calling out:

"Fourth Aunt!"

Without needing to think, Duan Fengyun knew that this fellow was the Liu Chenxiang he was looking for.

The others should be the Eight Crown Prince of the East Sea Ao Chun, Dingxiang, the little fox Xiao Yu, and the Sichagongzhu of the East Sea. Besides these five, Duan Fengyun also discovered two others.

Above the five of them, there was a man silently watching them; the man held a folding fan in his hand, and there was an eye-mark between his brows.

"Yang Jian!"

Duan Fengyun muttered to himself.

Duan Fengyun did not expect to run into Yang Jian here; he truly was the number one War God of the Three Realms, and the aura emanating from him gave Duan Fengyun a sense of oppression.

Duan Fengyun could feel that Yang Jian's cultivation should be at the Shenjiang Realm, which was why he gave him such great pressure.

As for the dog-headed man in black beside Yang Jian, Duan Fengyun smiled:

"Xiaotianquan."

Now that Yang Jian was secretly watching Liu Chenxiang and the others, Duan Fengyun could not approach Yang Jian and his group; he had to find an opportunity to approach them seamlessly.

Since it would not work now, Duan Fengyun prepared to run ahead and wait for them.

Duan Fengyun bypassed them and headed directly to their next stop.

After arriving at a marketplace, Duan Fengyun stopped.

This marketplace was not bad; he did not believe that after traveling, Liu Chenxiang and the others would not want to find a place to take a comfortable bath.

Duan Fengyun found an inn and lay down comfortably; he would wait here like a rabbit waiting for a tree stump, waiting for the arrival of Liu Chenxiang and the others.

After Duan Fengyun had a comfortable sleep, Liu Chenxiang and the others, who had been traveling all the way, finally arrived at the marketplace.

Of course, the Sichagongzhu of the East Sea had not come with them, so it was the four-person group composed of Liu Chenxiang, Ao Chun, Dingxiang, and Xiao Yu that arrived at this marketplace.

After arriving at the marketplace, Dingxiang could no longer walk; Dingxiang said listlessly:

"I say, we have been traveling for a whole day, can we please have a good rest first?"

After hearing Dingxiang's words, Xiao Yu also touched her stomach and said:

"Chenxiang, why don't we eat something first?

I'm hungry!"

Seeing Dingxiang and Xiao Yu, one complaining of fatigue and the other of hunger, Liu Chenxiang finally let go of the idea of continuing the journey.

"Alright, then let's find an inn to rest and eat something while we're at it."

Liu Chenxiang said it lightly, but he had forgotten a very important matter.

That was that they had no money left; Xiao Yu and Ao Chun certainly had no money, and Liu Chenxiang and Dingxiang had both snuck out from home, so how could they have extra money?

But no one thought of this problem; at this moment, they only wanted to find a place to stay as soon as possible.