Chapter 130

"Thieves from the Demon Sect have infiltrated the Immortal Sect, stolen an immortal artifact, and fled. All Immortal Sects are called upon to pursue and kill them."

There are no Demon Sects in the Thirteen Domains of the Zhongzhou; the only place where they exist is the 'Nanman Domain'.

That is a region shrouded in poisonous miasma, filled with dense forests, caves, sinkholes, swamps, and volcanoes; under such extreme environments, it is fundamentally unsuitable for human survival.

But demonic cultivators can live there.

Due to the special environment of that region, it can distort causality; even for a Land Immortal, it is extremely difficult to find someone hiding within it.

The Donghua Zhenzhou is only one of the Nine Provinces; in the Xuanshi Shuo Continent, the Demon Sect is rampant, so the Demon Sect has not declined in this world, but is merely rare in this particular land.

The Immortal Sects also have no intention of exterminating the demonic path.

Because this is inherently impossible to eradicate.

Where there are people, there will be evil thoughts, and where there are evil thoughts, there will be the demonic path; the demonic and the crooked are fundamentally inseparable in discussion.

As long as the demonic path behaves itself a little, the Immortal Sects will turn a blind eye and not pursue it.

The Nanman Domain is the last paradise for the Demon Sect in the Donghua Zhenzhou.

In other places, the chance of a demonic cultivator surviving is equal to zero; after all, everyone is a righteous cultivator, and a demonic cultivator mixed among them can be spotted at a glance, and they would be exposed with the slightest move.

However, the demonic thief who stole the Immortal Sect's item this time is clearly not an ordinary demonic cultivator; to be able to steal a treasure from the Immortal Sect and then escape, both strength and planning were indispensable.

The stolen item is called the 'White Cloud Flag'; do not be fooled by its ordinary name, for this is a town-sect spirit treasure of the Luoyun Immortal Sect.

This demonic person, before birth, was parasitized by someone using a demonic reincarnation technique, and then used this body to enter the Luoyun Immortal Sect, step by step becoming an Elder of the Dao Harmonizing Realm.

Several years ago, the demonic cultivator who went by the alias 'Cangchenzi' obtained a divine ability secret treasure brought by the disciple Fairy Yun Zheng, mastered a powerful divine ability, and his strength greatly improved.

The sect valued him highly, feeling that he might break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm in the near future.

After some maneuvering, Cangchenzi obtained the qualification to guard the White Cloud Flag, and after that, he committed an inside job, fled secretly, and vanished without a trace.

For a demonic cultivator of the Dao Harmonizing Realm to escape, logically speaking, he should have been able to flee into the Nanman Domain or even leave the Donghua Zhenzhou long ago, but this guy did not leave the Thirteen Domains of the Zhongzhou.

According to the calculations of the Elders of the Luoyun Immortal Sect, this guy is hiding his identity and roaming between the Thirteen Domains of the Zhongzhou, not knowing what he is looking for.

Such a matter should not have alarmed a small fry like Lu Runping, who is merely in the Nascent Soul Realm.

But according to the speculations of various cultivators, this guy might be capturing those who obtained the Ruyi Divine Ability Dao Seed back then, because the five Nascent Soul Realm disciples of the Luoyun Immortal Sect who obtained this Dao Seed back then were all captured.

Although Lu Runping did not go out, this matter was still notified to him.

Lu Runping did not care before, but now, checking with the Treasure Mirror, he was shocked to find that two of the five people from the Luoyun Immortal Sect who obtained the divine ability Dao Seed had already died, and he had gained two Nascent Soul Realm Dao Fruits here.

Lu Runping disdains Dao Fruits with a quality lower than the mid-stage of the Deity Transformation Realm.

The seeds he had sown with such difficulty were now being uprooted by someone, which made him somewhat annoyed.

But then he fell into thought.

If the other party has already killed two people, then they should know that this kind of Dao Seed cannot be obtained from a person's body, and capturing people has no real significance.

Furthermore, the other party has already obtained one Dao Seed; there is no reason to go and obtain another one.

It is not that the item is bad, but the risk-to-reward ratio is clearly not great.

He should have other ideas.

Even if Cangchenzi has the cultivation of the late Dao Harmonizing Realm, fleeing like this within the Thirteen Domains of the Zhongzhou is ultimately very dangerous; after all, there are Land Immortals from various sects.

As long as they are searched out by them, death is certain.

Regardless of what his purpose is, Lu Wuzhen feels that this is an opportunity.

If this guy dies, then he can obtain a Dao Fruit of the late Dao Harmonizing Realm.

The current divine soul level of the Treasure Mirror is still at the mid-stage of the Deity Transformation Realm; if it can be raised to the late Dao Harmonizing Realm, the help for him will be enormous.

To say nothing else, just the ripening of that Dragon Elephant Fruit Tree could be shortened by a long time.

In the Mustard Secret Realm, Lu Runping has not slacked off for a single day in the cultivation of that Dragon Elephant Fruit Tree.

When the fourth-generation Clan Leader obtained the Dragon Elephant Fruit Tree, this spirit root had already passed more than two thousand one hundred years since its last ripening; it only needed another nine hundred years to ripen once.

With the divine soul level of the mid-stage of the Deity Transformation Realm, the Treasure Mirror activating the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 divine ability can shorten the ripening time of this fruit tree to one-fourth of the original, which means it only needs more than two hundred years to ripen it.

Lu Runping has already persisted for decades.

But if the divine soul level of the Treasure Mirror could be raised, perhaps the remaining one hundred-plus years could be turned into a few decades.

Even shortening the time by one-fifth would be a huge harvest.

After all, once one batch ripens, the next batch can be ripened, and the time saved would be significant.

After learning this news, Lu Runping immediately had his main body come to the side of his clone, transformed into his appearance, and remained within the Tianyu Immortal Sect.

Because he predicted that those sect Elders would definitely use the strong causality of the 'divine ability seed' to search for Cangchenzi; if his main body were implicated, he would truly become a scapegoat.

Lu Runping is a bit anxious; he needs to let this guy die quickly, otherwise, once the divine ability seed is investigated deeply, what is pulled out will not just be those who obtained the so-called 'Ruyi Dao Seed'.

It is possible that the entire Lu Family could be implicated.

After thinking it over, he decided to take the initiative to help find this guy.

Thus, Lu Runping found Xue Yunzi and said:

"Master, ever since I learned that the demonic thief is seizing those who obtained the Dao Seed, my heart has been distracted; it seems that this causality all started from me inadvertently triggering the mechanism that day.

To this day, letting Fairy Yun Zheng and others suffer this calamity truly makes me unable to eat or sleep in peace.

The causality started with me, and it should naturally end with me; I have a strong premonition that I can detect the location of the thief, and I only ask the Supreme Elder to accompany me to kill this scoundrel and rescue Fairy Yun Zheng and other fellow Daoists of the Luoyun Immortal Sect!

Please, Master, grant me permission!"

Looking at Lu Runping's heartbroken appearance, Xue Yunzi could not help but sigh.

"When I saw you during the assessment back then, I felt that you were too pure and kind; a righteous gentleman is certainly good, but this kind heart will ultimately lead you to disaster. It's just that I didn't expect such causality would make you suffer such torture.

Very well, since you can help find that thief, this is naturally a good thing; eliminating that thief early can also let you be free from this trouble.

I will go report to the Sect Master now and request to send people to go with you to track the thief; I will also go with you to protect your safety."

Lu Runping bowed his head upon hearing this.

"Disciple thanks Master!"