Chapter 202: The Secret of the Demon Pill, a Siege by the Imperial Court?

Chen Mo held the Demon Pill in his hand, with the dissected corpse of the tiger demon beside him.

The Mountain-Suppressing Demon King was not particularly strong, and since it was a case of a calculated strike against an unprepared foe, Chen Mo resolved the battle quite easily.

Bai Yuxia was handling the corpse of the Mountain-Suppressing Demon King nearby; as a great demon of the Golden Core Realm, both its Blood Qi and its physical body were quite extraordinary.

Once the tiger skin was peeled off, it would be enough to craft several pieces of rather sturdy leather armor.

The corpse of the Mountain-Suppressing Demon King was like a small hill, so processing it was naturally quite troublesome.

Fortunately, this place was not far from Changsheng County, and the commoners would naturally come to transport the corpse away bit by bit.

It was not just this tiger demon's corpse; the countless demons Chen Mo had slain previously had also been transported home by many commoners to be eaten as meat.

The reason was simple: the number of demons was truly too high.

If Chen Mo did not dispose of these corpses, given the current weather, it would take no more than five days before the entire Xiaonan Mountain would be covered in maggots and flies, emitting a stench that filled the sky.

Neither the Mountain-Suppressing Demon King nor Liaochenzi were fools; seeing such a situation on Xiaonan Mountain, they would naturally know something was wrong.

To scheme against them and prevent them from seeing the anomaly, Chen Mo naturally had to hurry and arrange for people to transport away these demon beast corpses that had been drained of blood.

The corpse of this Mountain-Suppressing Demon King was the same; even though as a great demon of the Golden Core Realm its body had significant value, it was not worth mentioning compared to its Demon Pill.

Chen Mo took the Demon Pill to the side, preparing to study it further.

As for the other demon king, Liaochenzi, the time he had agreed upon with him was not today; if nothing unexpected happened, he would not arrive near Xiaonan Mountain for at least another three to five days.

The quality of the Mountain-Suppressing Demon King's Demon Pill was slightly inferior to that of the Black Mountain Demon King.

Inside the Demon Pill, bursts of grey mist flowed; this was a manifestation of the condensation of its bloodline power.

Apart from the Grey Mist, there was also a force carrying faint golden radiance that was extremely pure; this was the Heaven and Earth Power.

Now these two forces were entangled together, with one inside the other.

Chen Mo's Blood Qi flowed and invaded the Demon Pill; as soon as his own Blood Qi entered it, it encountered extremely intense resistance.

The grey mist flowed and gathered into a single point, attempting to assimilate and contaminate his own Blood Qi.

However, it was precisely because these forces gathered together that it gave Chen Mo an opportunity.

He did not hesitate in the slightest, decisively erupting with thick Blood Qi to wrap around these grey mists, and then quickly excised them from the Demon Pill.

Without the restraint of the grey mist, the remaining Heaven and Earth Power within the Demon Pill became extremely active, and Chen Mo once again separated a mass of Blood Qi to incorporate that Heaven and Earth Power into his own body.

Immediately following this, the bloodline power belonging to the demon beast rioted, and Chen Mo controlled his own Blood Qi to throw it directly away.

"Bang!" As if a giant rock had been thrown into a calm lake, the grey-white aura spread, and the bloodline power unique to demons rippled out; this world began to become restless.

Chen Mo retreated rapidly, his Blood Qi circulating to stimulate his eyes as he cautiously observed that area.

The place where he had discarded the bloodline power was a wilderness overgrown with shrubs, which was extremely common in these mountains.

However, at this moment, these shrubs became active, growing wildly upward at an extremely fast speed.

All the shrubs were like individual tentacles, entangling with each other and merging into one.

Finally, a fruit condensed at the top of the shrubs; that fruit had seven colors, was brilliant and colorful, and emitted bursts of fragrance.

Even for Chen Mo, upon smelling this fragrance, he could not help but give rise to greed.

This feeling was not very intense, but it was constantly tempting him.

It was as if one had been running under the sun for an hour in the height of summer, already parched with thirst, and saw a bowl of iced plum drink.

Chen Mo did not rush to act, because that fruit was still evolving.

Bursts of grey mist permeated the air, and the Mirage Sea Law intertwined.

Chen Mo could feel that the Mirage Sea was vast and held thousands of attractions for him.

Fortunately, this world had not yet completely fallen, so this attraction was not powerful; the surrounding Heavenly Law was still exerting its effect, and stimulating his own Blood Qi was enough to resist this attraction.

But if this world were to completely fall, then he feared he would be instantly assimilated by the Mirage Sea and merged into one with it.

The grey mist flowed, and the fruit gradually came to life; a tiger cub was born.

It was just that the tiger cub had defects, with flesh and blood exposed in many places on its body, as if it had been peeled alive by someone.

"Awoo!" The tiger cub roared, its voice incomparably resentful, as if it were hostile to the entire world.

As soon as it was born, those two blood-red eyeballs were sizing up this world.

A portion of the tiger skin on its face had already been peeled away, and the two eyeballs hung from the tip of its nose, swaying continuously with its movements.

Immediately after, it noticed Chen Mo, its eyes filled with endless resentment, and it leaped into the air to pounce toward Chen Mo.

Yet it did not walk more than a few steps before its form gradually disappeared, finally hiding completely in the void.

Chen Mo saw clearly that the newly born tiger cub was a creature of the Mirage Sea; although the place where it was located was still in this world, its essence was different.

Unless he himself fell into the Mirage Sea, this tiger cub could not make contact with him.

Because the tiger cub was too weak and not under the protection of the Mirage Sea Law, it could not enter this world on its own.

And that small patch of shrubbery where the Mirage Sea Breath had just flowed had completely disappeared, erased from the spatial dimension.

Chen Mo looked carefully; that place had already turned into a blank patch of land, and even the Heavenly Law had been swallowed by the Mirage Sea.

And as time passed, the surrounding land continuously shrank toward that empty space until it completely covered it.

It seems that the erosion of this world by the Mirage Sea has indeed reached an extremely serious stage.

Every demon of the Golden Core Realm has accumulated enough Mirage Sea power within their body.

Their inner cores are equivalent to a source of contamination; if left uncontrolled, their very existence would slowly contaminate this world.

The Heaven and Earth Power of this world will suppress them, but the effect is constantly waning.

One day, when the suppression of the Mirage Sea by this world falls below a certain ratio,

then all demons who have reached the Golden Core Realm will be completely transformed into Mirage Sea creatures in a very short time.

And the Human Race Martial Artists who absorb the Blood Qi within their bodies for cultivation will likely not be able to escape this fate either.

If this is truly the situation, then he must accelerate his actions.

He must find a way to locate the Spirit of Heaven and Earth as soon as possible, otherwise, this world will fall into the Mirage Sea before long.

Chen Mo retracted his eyes of Blood Qi and no longer paid attention to that area which had been completely devoured.

He moved another several dozen miles away from this place before focusing his mind on the Heaven and Earth Power he had just obtained.

As the Heaven and Earth Power flowed into his physical body, Chen Mo finally began to grasp his former strength.

The power of his Qi and Blood within did not climb any further, but through the Dao Marks of Heaven and Earth manifested in his body, he was finally able to influence this world.

It was just that the amount of Heaven and Earth Power he could currently draw upon was relatively small, and his strength had still not returned to its peak.

According to Chen Mo's estimation, the Heaven and Earth Power he could now mobilize was roughly equivalent to the fourth or fifth layer of the Innate Realm.

But it was enough to solve quite a few problems; at the very least, demons of the Golden Core Realm absolutely did not possess this kind of strength.

And while demons of this level were not considered top-tier, they were still first-class demons in this world.

Looking at it this way, the strength of Shape Transformation demons was mostly just at the Innate Realm.

As for demons above the Shape Transformation stage, at least from the current situation, Chen Mo had not yet learned of any demons in this world whose cultivation surpassed the Shape Transformation realm.

While there were certainly stronger demons further up, those demons did not rely on simple cultivation, but rather on becoming a god.

There was no detailed division of realms for the power between gods; it mainly depended on how many believers and how much Faith Power they had.

The only thing that could be called a watershed was igniting the Godhood; other than that, practitioners of the Incense God Path did not have many realm divisions.

Chen Mo was a visitor from outside the realm, and the cultivation methods, horizons, and knowledge he possessed all exceeded the vast majority of practitioners in this world.

As long as he was given time to adapt to the rules, sweeping across this world would be nothing more than a matter of time.

The only enemy he needed to guard against was those powerful creatures of the Mirage Sea.

What Chen Mo was doing was equivalent to snatching food from their mouths; once discovered, he would inevitably clash with them.

After finishing his contemplation of this Demon Pill, Chen Mo continued to wait on Xiaonan Mountain.

At noon two days later, gusts of black wind swept over, and standing upon the black wind was a Qingyi Daoren.

The Daoist's face was like jade, and he wore a goatee; unlike other demon clans, Liaochenzi's Shape Transformation was very similar to the Human Race.

If not for the aura on his body that did not belong to the Human Race, no one would likely mistake him for a demon beast.

"Boom!"

A fist shadow condensed between heaven and earth, smashing down from above.

The fist shadow was covered with streaks of golden light, and the Heavenly Law shifted and changed, connecting the surrounding rocks and mountains to form a single punch.

The demon Daoist looked at this punch and felt his whole body trembling, unable to muster even a shred of desire to resist.

The fist shadow landed, splashing up dust that filled the sky; countless ancient trees snapped and rocks collapsed, leaving a deep pit at the very center of the fist shadow.

The Shape Transformation great demon Liaochenzi did not even have a chance to resist before being directly beaten into a mass of flesh and blood.

Chen Mo made a grabbing motion and retrieved a Demon Pill.

The Demon Pill of a Shape Transformation great demon was increasingly smooth and round, and streaks of patterns appeared on the pill.

Chen Mo grew increasingly curious; it seemed that such patterns only appeared on pills that had been refined.

Looking at it this way, it was not just the Human Race that was being kept in captivity by demons in this world.

It was highly likely that the demons were also being kept in captivity by the creatures of the Mirage Sea, and everything they cultivated was transformed into their Demon Pills.

Chen Mo swallowed the Demon Pill, but he still needed to find a way to purge the bloodline power within it, because it carried the Mirage Sea Breath.

But the creatures of the Mirage Sea did not need to; they could consume them directly.

No wonder those demons stopped increasing their own cultivation once they reached the Shape Transformation realm.

It stood to reason that they also realized that if they continued to increase their cultivation, they might turn into cultivation resources for others.

It was just that while the demons did this, the creatures of the Mirage Sea were not in a hurry.

Whether it was demons or the Human Race, they were all like sheep in his sheepfold.

And demons that broke through the Shape Transformation realm were like fat sheep, which would be killed first.

These demons that did not break through were forcibly suppressing their own growth speed to avoid being discovered by him.

But no matter the process, one day they would eventually be killed and eaten as meat.

Chen Mo refined the Demon Pill in his hand again, and the amount of Heaven and Earth Power he could mobilize surged once more, reaching approximately the Xiantian Seventh Layer.

This level of strength could also be called quite powerful; Chen Mo then took out the Thousand Mountain Alliance Token.

After sensing carefully, several more demon kings had arrived within a thousand miles of him, and in addition, a rebel king of the Human Race had come to join the fun.

"Something has happened!" Bai Yuxia walked over at this moment, interrupting Chen Mo's closed-door cultivation.

"Yang Baishan sent word that the Imperial Court has sent a powerful expert who is currently searching for your tracks; would you like me to go and deal with them?" She stood holding her sword and asked in a focused voice.

Although she was not clear about the strength of that expert, she figured that with her own strength, she would be enough to handle it.

She had obtained a wisp of Chen Mo's Qi and Blood to replace her own Blood Qi, and although she had not yet refined Heaven and Earth Power, she herself could mobilize 100,000 catties of Qi and Blood power.

Facing a Shape Transformation great demon might be beyond her, but ordinary blood-exchanging, or even some Martial Artists who had entered the Entry Realm through Worshipping God, might not necessarily be her match.

"No need, I will go myself," Chen Mo said as he stood up.

As he said this, he gathered a wisp of Divine Nature.

Now, in the entire Changsheng County, if not all residents, at least the vast majority of the common people worshipped Chen Mo.

These commoners had all sorts of names for him; some called him the Great Sage Subduer of Demons, while others called him Blue Sky or Heavenly Lord.

But regardless, through the worship of these commoners, Chen Mo had obtained a considerable amount of Faith Power and used it to grow his Divine Nature.

It was just that to ignite the Godhood, the amount of Faith Power required was terrifying; at the very least, the faith of tens of millions of living people was needed.

"This is the Divine Nature I have condensed; once you refine and master it, you will be able to mobilize Heaven and Earth Power to a certain extent. The amount is not large, but it is enough to restore some of your strength."

Chen Mo spoke to give instructions, then immediately took out a map. "At these few locations, demon kings have arrived, and their strength is at least that of a Golden Core Realm great demon.

After you refine and master the Divine Nature, you can consider going to hunt the great demons in these places. The flesh and blood are not important; just bring back the Demon Pills."

The reason Chen Mo had saved Bai Yuxia in the first place was also with the intention of finding an ally who could help him to some extent.

Since he had an ally, there was naturally no need to do everything himself; many things could be left to her to help with.

"Alright." Bai Yuxia nodded in agreement.

She had already made up her mind earlier that for this trial, everything would be centered around Chen Mo, because she had received his favor and was only able to continue her training now because of him.

Facing the tasks Chen Mo arranged for her, she naturally had no objections and was even somewhat happy.

Her own goal was to repay Chen Mo as much as possible during this trial, yet she had constantly been receiving benefits from him and had never been able to help him.

This couldn't help but make her silently note in her heart that she owed him even more.

Now that she could finally do something for Chen Mo to repay him, it truly made her feel a bit happy.

After giving instructions to Bai Yuxia, Chen Mo set off and left Xiaonan Mountain.

Able to grasp Heaven and Earth Power, he was finally able to traverse the air in this world once again.

Arriving in the city, Chen Mo utilized Heaven and Earth Power to perceive his surroundings.

With a single step, he arrived inside the County Magistrate's residence.

Yang Baishan was currently inside the residence, and seeing Chen Mo arrive, he hurriedly went to greet him.

"Senior." He bowed and performed a salute.

Chen Mo did not look at him at all, instead fixing his gaze on the main hall.

A Martial Artist sat inside the hall, with a calm and resolute face, a broad back and thick waist, and eyes that were bright and spirited; his entire body's Qi and Blood were fused into one, and one could tell at a glance that his strength was extraordinary.

Chen Mo could see even more clearly that the blood within his body had long since been replaced with demon blood.

This person's cultivation was at least at the Blood Exchange perfection, but he had not yet engaged in Worshipping God.

"Senior is here; please accept a bow from this junior, Fu Qiuyu!" Seeing Chen Mo, that person hurried over with a light jog and bowed down.

Chen Mo was stunned by this situation; he had originally thought this person was a powerhouse sent by the Imperial Court, or at least by the local government, to suppress him, and that they should have started fighting upon meeting.

He never expected the other party to have such an attitude toward him.

"The Quzhou Prefecture Prefect is muddle-headed and secretly deceived this junior; I was hoodwinked by him for a time, which is why I came here.

Only after arriving in this city did this junior learn that you, Senior, kill corrupt officials and execute demon kings; this is truly a good deed that benefits the local people and the country.

If Senior does not mind, this junior will abandon darkness for light, follow you, Senior, and follow the Subduing Demon Venerable God; I will not hesitate even if it means sacrificing my life!"

Fu Qiuyu's tone was serious and earnest, his face showing a look of loyalty and sincerity.

He was originally an external retainer of the Sun Family, a prominent family in the prefecture, and had come here under the orders of the Sun Family to suppress Chen Mo, the rebel who killed officials and started an uprising.

Only when he arrived in the city and understood the general situation did he realize what he was actually doing.

The situation in the city was not just different from what he had previously understood; it was a world of difference.

It was originally said that the villain was at most at the early stage of Blood Exchange, or perhaps even just at the Blood Refining Realm.

But when he truly arrived, he learned that Chen Mo could easily behead the Black Mountain demon king.

Then, without a doubt, killing him would not take much effort either.

Not only that, but standing behind him was a god, though this god was relatively very weak and had only just begun to spread its faith.

Even a Martial Artist like Yang Baishan could be heavily relied upon and was directly granted a drop of demon essence blood, allowing his cultivation to enter the Blood Refining Realm.

Originally, when Fu Qiuyu learned of Chen Mo's true strength, he wanted to retreat immediately, as he truly lacked the ability to resolve this matter.

But when he learned that Chen Mo had a weak god behind him and that he was heavily relying on Yang Baishan, Fu Qiuyu decided to stay on the spot.

The reason was simple: his current cultivation was already at the Blood Exchange perfection, and to improve further, he had to obtain Divine Nature.

This was the reason he joined the Sun Family as a retainer, but the Sun Family's Divine Nature was too hard to obtain, and there were too many people competing for it, not just external retainers, but also members of the family itself.

But it was different here; the Subduing Demon Venerable God might be weak, but no matter how weak a god was, it was still a god.

The most important thing was the scarcity of manpower; if Yang Baishan could be heavily relied upon, then if he joined, the god would surely value him even more.

Admittedly, doing this meant abandoning everything he had accumulated at the Wang Family.

And even if he joined the camp of the Subduing Demon Venerable God, he might not necessarily obtain Divine Nature, but the probability was much higher than staying at the Wang Family.

Without a doubt, this was a gamble; it was not a guaranteed win, but the odds of winning were relatively high.

But even if it was a gamble, Fu Qiuyu had to take a shot. There was no such thing as a ten-out-of-ten chance of success in this world; a thirty percent chance was worth fighting for.

He had been stuck at the Blood Exchange perfection for a long time; he couldn't wait any longer, he wanted to advance too badly!

(End of this chapter)