On the edge of the lake created by Xuan Ji, Gu Haitang, one of the Elders of the Demon Cult, was observing the place. He felt that the Devil Worm he had planted in the Grand Madam's heart had ended up there.
"The water still contains very strong spiritual energy. Could it be that her disguise was exposed by those Sect Elders?" Gu Haitang muttered, referring to the Elders of the various Sects in the Demon King's tomb labyrinth. "What a pity, the seed that I painstakingly raised ended up failing to be harvested."
A bat monster suddenly vanished onto Gu Haitang's shoulder.
Gu Haitang looked into the bat monster's eyes. The important thing that the bat monster had seen overnight was immediately seen by Gu Haitang as well.
The corner of his lips immediately curled into a wide smile as he saw an interesting figure from what the bat monster had seen.
"An ancestor who has lived for a thousand years, but whose memories of the past have vanished. How interesting," Gu Haitang muttered. "It seems like it would be interesting if I played with him, an Ancestor usually possesses very strong martial arts. Yes, at least one-fifth the strength of the seventh Grand Elder who has attained immortality."
The Demon Cult had Seven Grand Elders who had been alive since before the Demon Emperor was sealed behind the great fortress mountains. It was thanks to the Seven Grand Elders that the Demon Cult had risen again to become as strong as a martial arts alliance.
Gu Haitang himself was a disciple of the Seventh Elder, who was the strongest Beast Tamer in the Demon Cult.
From thin air, various types of monsters equivalent to the Heavenly Emperor Realm suddenly appeared.
"Your target is this handsome old man," Gu Haitang said, sending an image of Xuan Ji's face into the minds of the monsters he controlled.
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Li Ruoqing was still practicing her Assassin martial arts even though her companions were having breakfast and would soon be preparing to continue their journey home to Huayang City.
Xuan Ji himself did not expect Li Ruoqing to grasp what he taught so quickly. If Li Ruoqing did not have a family in the Tianwu Continent, he would have taken her to the Eternal Sword Sect. However, the world was entering a time of chaos, Li Ruoqing's strength was needed by the Tianwu Continent to fight the Demon Cult.
"Master Ji, a horde of monsters is heading towards us at high speed. The flow of their spiritual energy looks strange, as if someone is controlling them!" exclaimed Li Ruoqing, reporting to Xuan Ji, not to Master Wang who employed her as an escort.
"What? A horde of monsters is going to attack us!" Master Wang was shocked to hear it. He immediately panicked, his face pale. Why would a horde of monsters appear when they were almost at Huayang City? "Could it be that another party knows about the ancient artifact, or are there spies from other merchants among the guards?"
When Master Wang met the owner of the ancient artifact, he ordered the Swordsmen to wait outside the house so that no one would see what the ancient artifact looked like. However, everyone would surely guess that it was a very powerful ancient artifact, which was why he was willing to spend millions of gold coins to pay for his escort.
"Please calm down, Master Wang, we will defeat them. As long as there is no demon equivalent to the Eternity Realm, then we can definitely drive them away," replied Zhao Wu, patting the shoulder of the restless Master Wang. "How many monsters are there, Miss Ruoqing?"
"About 200 or more, some are large and difficult to kill quickly." Although she had not yet seen the forms of the monsters, from the flow of their spiritual energy alone, Li Ruoqing could guess some of their types.
"Hmm, it seems that the artifact Master Wang possesses resonates with the martial arts used by Li Ruoqing. How about Master Wang just sells it to me?" Xuan Ji had sensed the aura of the ancient artifact since he first met them, but he was not interested because he already had the Heavenly Demon Sword.
"That?" Master Wang smiled wryly and hesitated whether to sell it to Xuan Ji or not.
He actually wanted to auction it off in Huayang City and invite all the major Sects and Clans to attend the auction so that he would make a profit many times over its purchase price.
"Is this enough?" Xuan Ji took out a Demon Crystal equivalent to the Eternity Realm that he had obtained in the tomb labyrinth of the Dragon Demon King.
Master Wang's mouth gaped open, demon crystals equivalent to the Eternity Realm were very difficult to find. Because demons who possessed intelligence like humans were always hunted by Cultivators, it was rare for demons to reach the Eternity Realm.
"Oh, still not enough?" Xuan Ji said with a frown as he thought for a moment. "Alright, I'll add 100 monster crystals equivalent to the Heavenly Emperor Realm."
Master Wang immediately fell to his knees in shock, not expecting the ancestor Mu Ji in front of him to be so rich.
"Is it still not enough?" Xuan Ji furrowed his brows. "Why is the price of an ancient artifact so expensive? Should I just give Li Ruoqing the Heavenly Demon Sword?" he muttered. However, his muttering was still heard by Master Wang.
"Ancestor Mu Ji, I'll sell it to you!" Master Wang exclaimed, immediately standing up and running in front of Xuan Ji with tears in his eyes.
Xuan Ji smiled wryly at Master Wang's childish behavior and wondered if the old him, who was known for being stingy and heavily in debt in the Eternal Sword Sect, had been deceived. Usually, he was the one who liked to deceive others.
Master Wang was afraid that Xuan Ji would change his mind, he immediately took out the ancient artifact from his dimensional ring. "This artifact is called the Shadow Dagger. It doubles the user's speed, and what's even greater is that the user becomes invisible for ten breaths and creates a hundred dagger duplicates when thrown at the enemy."
"Not bad, it's indeed suitable for Assassin martial arts," Xuan Ji replied. "But why did the previous owner sell it when it's a weapon that has already reached the level of an ancient artifact?"
"He didn't dare to use it, afraid that his Clan would be annihilated by Swordsmen because they were just a small clan. This ancient artifact had been stored in his Clan's basement for hundreds of years and there was no record of how his ancestor found it," said Master Wang.
"Alright, I'll buy it!" Xuan Ji exclaimed as he took out the Demon Crystals and monster crystals from his dimensional ring. "This is for my disciple, even though my wealth has drastically decreased," Xuan Ji lamented inwardly.
Master Wang was overjoyed when he received the Demon Crystals and monster crystals. If they were auctioned off later, he would make even more profit. The major Sects would definitely need those crystals to cultivate their disciples.
"Take this and kill as many monsters as you can. Don't let your friends kill more monsters than you!" Xuan Ji exclaimed, tossing the Shadow Dagger, the ancient artifact, to Li Ruoqing.
"B-but Master Ji, this gift is too expensive for me to accept. I think it's better if Master Ji uses it—" Li Ruoqing hadn't finished speaking, but Xuan Ji suddenly flicked her forehead.
"Don't disobey your master's words, quickly complete this mission. If you fail, then don't claim to be this ancestor's disciple anymore!" interrupted Xuan Ji with a sullen look on his face.
Li Ruoqing rubbed her forehead and couldn't believe that her master was so generous as to give her an ancient artifact as a gift, even though she was just an indirect disciple.
Li Ruoqing cupped her fist to show respect. "Yes, Master, I will eliminate those monsters!"
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