#911 - The truth of the upper world

"What do we do now?"

A middle-aged man with a sinister look in his eyes, his face filled with malice, looked at the others.

This group of people were the ones who had just stormed the Immortal Execution Dynasty and were forced to leave.

The speaker was from the Upper Realm's Holy Demon Hall; the Lower Realm's Demon Appearance Sect was a force they had supported back then.

Through various channels, they learned that the Demon Appearance Sect's Sect Master, Shangguan Wanwan, had awakened an extremely powerful ancient bloodline.

They had to bring such a person back to the Holy Demon Hall.

Over the long years, their gains had not been significant. It wasn't easy for Shangguan Wanwan to appear; if they missed her, it would be a huge loss.

"Hmph, I think that fellow surnamed Jun is courting death!"

The speaker was the young man who had previously attempted to attack; he was a prodigy of the Holy Demon Sect.

"Everyone, what are your intentions? You must express your stance. Could it be that we are really going to wait like this, until he agrees before we can contact the higher-ups of the forces we support? What would that make us, people from the Upper Realm? Which of you present is not a Saint Realm cultivator, willing to be arranged by a mere Half-Saint?"

The messenger from the Upper Realm's Great Yi Sect spoke in this way.

A kind-faced, middle-aged beautiful woman glanced at them and said, "Aren't we in a hurry? Doesn't he have things he needs to figure out? Then let's wait until he figures them out. I believe it can be properly resolved by then."

"Shouldn't we be united now? What does the Holy Physician Gate mean by this? Have you really succumbed to that brat's lewd power?"

"Watch your words!" A middle-aged messenger from the Holy Physician Gate said in a deep voice, "You know in your hearts what you are afraid of.

The Demon Saintess has already arrived at the Immortal Execution Dynasty. Are you afraid that Jun Wuxie will learn certain secrets from Ling Qingyu and expose your purpose?"

"Hmph, what purpose do we have? What do you mean by that?"

The people from the Holy Demon Hall and the Great Yi Sect all stared coldly at the messenger from the Holy Physician Gate.

"What do I mean? Since ancient times, after all the ancient bloodline prodigies cultivated by the forces you support in the Lower Realm are brought to your sects, except for the first few years, they are never seen again. Where are they?"

"Fellow Daoist, your words are ridiculous. What are you questioning?"

"Our Dao tradition is so vast, with no less than a million people in the sect.

The Lower Realm prodigies, after arriving at our sect, some become ordinary among the crowd during their growth, some perish during their growth, and some are always in seclusion in secret places, disliking walking in the world.

It's normal that you haven't seen them. What's so strange about that?"

"Is that so? Those Lower Realm cultivators who left your sect and joined the City of Unrestrained have not said the same."

"Those people are maliciously slandering us, throwing dirt on us.

You actually believe the words of a group of traitors! It's truly laughable. You are, after all, a member of the Holy Physician Gate. You're actually using such baseless, hearsay to confront us?"

"Forget it, just take it as hearsay. Actually, whether we believe it or not is not important. The key is whether Jun Wuxie will believe it.

If he believes it, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to enter the city of the Immortal Execution Dynasty.

As for us, we don't need to worry about it."

"Then you should honestly wait here and act according to his whims! We won't keep you company!"

The messengers from the Holy Demon Hall and the Great Yi Sect left, a group of dozens of people.

The people from the Holy Physician Gate looked at the group of beautiful women with cold temperaments sitting cross-legged in the starry sky nearby, and also sat down cross-legged, like old monks in meditation.

They were really not in a hurry. It was very unwise to confront Jun Wuxie head-on.

They only needed to wait quietly.

Whether Jun Wuxie understood the situation and voluntarily let them into the city, or whether someone targeting him came to attack, they would be able to enter the city smoothly at that time.

… …

In the front yard of Sect King Mountain, Ling Qingyu and that elegant beautiful woman were talking to Yan Qingcheng.

Yan Qingcheng shook her head from time to time, seemingly refusing.

Ling Qingyu and the elegant beautiful woman were constantly persuading her.

Jun Wuxie landed in the small courtyard, and the three of them turned their heads to look.

"Husband."

Yan Qingcheng greeted him, holding his arm.

When the elegant beautiful woman heard this husband, her beautiful eyebrows twitched slightly.

"Qingyu said she would take me to the Upper Realm's Demon Clan to cultivate. Is this your intention?"

Yan Qingcheng looked at him with her charming face slightly raised, her bewitching purple pupils filled with very strong resistance.

She didn't want to go to the Upper Realm, at least not now.

If she were to go, she would go with Jun Wuxie. How could she leave them behind to face the darkness in the Lower Realm and run away on her own?

"I haven't agreed yet."

Jun Wuxie said, and walked with her to Ling Qingyu and the elegant beautiful woman, sitting down opposite the stone table.

"I want to know, the Demon Clan has disappeared in the Lower Realm, its bloodline almost severed. Why do you have to run to the Lower Realm to find people with the Demon Clan's bloodline?

You should have more people with the Demon Clan's blood in your Upper Realm. Do you need to spend so much effort to come to the Lower Realm? Opening the passage between the two realms, the cost is not small, right?"

"Bad seed, are you suspecting our purpose?" Ling Qingyu was a little annoyed.

This guy rarely spoke to her so seriously. This tone made her feel a sense of resistance for no reason.

"Let's talk about serious matters, don't be emotional."

Jun Wuxie's expression was serious, and he was also very speechless.

Ling Qingyu's temperament had always been very calm and composed, how could she become so sensitive now?

"If you want to know why, then I'll tell you."

The elegant beautiful woman looked at him with a calm gaze, "Although the cultivation civilization of your Lower Realm universe is backward, equivalent to a barbaric world, this universe is very special.

It can always produce ancient bloodline holders with extremely good bloodlines.

And if these ancient bloodline holders are cultivated, their bloodlines may return to their ancestors in the future, and then they will be the initial pure blood."

"Can't the ancient bloodline holders in your Upper Realm transform into initial pure blood?"

"There is a chance, but the probability is very low, and the difficulty is much higher than that of the ancient bloodline holders from your Lower Realm universe."

The elegant beautiful woman said, looking at Yan Qingcheng, "Qingcheng's bloodline now has some signs of returning to her ancestors and is transforming towards the initial pure blood.

Her future may have immeasurable prospects.

If you really love her, you should give her a better cultivation environment, a broader world, and let her grow."

"I know this. I will naturally feel sorry for my woman, and I will consider her even more.

The Upper Realm must be visited, but is it really a good thing to rely on your great forces and join you?"

"Young Master Jun, what do you mean by this?" The elegant beautiful woman's eyes trembled imperceptibly, and she said, "When people from your Lower Realm arrive in the Upper Realm, it is equivalent to starting everything from scratch.

Without a background or backer, it will be difficult to move an inch.

If Qingcheng joins our Demon Clan, she will naturally not lack resources and opportunities, and she will not have to worry about being bullied, and she can practice with peace of mind."

"Qingyu, is that so?"

Jun Wuxie looked at Ling Qingyu after hearing the beautiful woman's words.

"Yes, at least in our Demon Clan…"

"Qingyu and you have an extraordinary relationship.

Don't you believe her words?"

The elegant beautiful woman said, but she happened to interrupt Ling Qingyu's words.

Listening to it seems like a very normal reply, but in Jun Wuxie's view, it was more like it was intentional.

"Senior, I haven't seen Qingyu for a long time. I want to talk to her alone.

Qingcheng, you stay here and accompany Senior."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he didn't wait for the beautiful woman to respond, grabbed Ling Qingyu and left, disappearing into the courtyard in the blink of an eye.

They appeared in front of a lake on the back mountain.

There was a large bluestone here.

Jun Wuxie swept away the dust and sat down on the spot, patting the ground beside him.

Ling Qingyu's eyes were a little dazed.

This scene seemed to return to the time when they were in the extraterrestrial ruins.

At that time, it was also in front of the lake, also on that bluestone.

This man in front of her was treating the wound on her foot, that focused look, she still remembered clearly.

"After we parted that year, you returned to the Demon Clan, but you didn't bring back the Heart of Chaos. Did you receive punishment?"

Ling Qingyu sat down next to him, gently tucking her beautiful hair, and said, "No, I pushed all the reasons for the defeat to the ancient clan and Yi Jianfeng.

The higher-ups in the clan believed it."

"Little girl."

Jun Wuxie turned his head and stared at her clear and beautiful eyes, and said, "Can I trust you?"

Ling Qingyu's eyes trembled slightly, and then she nodded to him.

"Tell me, what is the situation in the Upper Realm.

If Qingcheng goes to your Demon Clan, can she really have a good cultivation environment and ensure her safety?"

"One hundred percent safety is impossible…"

Ling Qingyu shook her head and said, "Sister Qingcheng has the blood of a returning ancestor, and may be coveted by others.

Our Demon Clan is not internally harmonious either.

Some people will inevitably have evil intentions, but Aunt Jing and I will try our best to protect her, so you can rest assured."

"What about the other forces?

What is the purpose of the other forces in the Upper Realm to attract cultivators from the Lower Realm?

Do they purely value the potential of talents from the Lower Realm?"

Ling Qingyu was silent after hearing this.

"It seems that you don't want to answer the doubts in my heart.

Since that's the case, I won't ask."

He said and was about to get up.

"No!"

Ling Qingyu grabbed his sleeve.

"What is not?"

Jun Wuxie sat down again, waiting for her answer.

"It's true that they value talents from the Lower Realm, but not all forces want to cultivate these talents.

Among them, many forces only regard them as nutrients…"

"Nutrients?"

Jun Wuxie's facial muscles twitched fiercely when he heard these two words.

"Yes."

Ling Qingyu nodded, indicating that some forces in the Upper Realm, whether they took the initiative to attract people to the Lower Realm or recruited people who ascended to the Upper Realm from this universe, their purpose was to temporarily raise those people.

When they broke through to the Saint Realm, they would extract the origin of those people and use it to nourish their geniuses and improve the bloodline potential of those geniuses.

"It's really not that simple, so that's how it is!"

Jun Wuxie finally understood why some cultivators recorded in the old mythological handscrolls who went to the Upper Realm wanted to establish their own sect?

That was not to pursue freedom without restraint, but to survive, to live!

I never imagined that cultivators ascending from the Lower Realm to the Upper Realm would suffer such a miserable fate, being treated as nourishing supplements and raised in captivity.

In the eyes of certain forces in the Upper Realm, people from the Lower Realm are nothing more than livestock.

"Do any of your demon clans harbor such thoughts?"

"Yes," Ling Qingyu nodded, saying, "Our demon clan has two factions, with two Demon Lords who check each other. The two factions compete but maintain a certain harmony. My father is the Demon Lord of our faction, while the father of the Holy Son Teng is the Demon Lord of the other faction. There is also a Council of Elders between the two factions that remains neutral, making decisions solely based on the overall interests of the demon clan. The Council of Elders has the power to veto the decisions of the two Demon Lords."

"The faction of Holy Son Teng harbors such thoughts. When they come to the Lower Realm to find demon bloodlines, it is to raise them to the Saint Realm. If the quality of the bloodline origin is good enough, it will be fused into Holy Son Teng. This is also why I had to come to the Lower Realm this time."

Ling Qingyu said that if she didn't come to the Lower Realm and only the people from Holy Son Teng's faction came, the consequences would be unimaginable if they brought Yan Qingcheng to the Upper Realm.

At that time, even as a Holy Maiden, she would find it difficult to protect Yan Qingcheng because Yan Qingcheng would not be a member of her faction, and she would have no right to interfere.

"Which of the previous envoys were treating the Lower Realm's geniuses as nourishment?"

"The Great Sun Sect and the Holy Demon Palace. The forces they support in the Lower Realm are the Spirit Control Sect and the Demon Appearance Sect, respectively. I heard that the Holy Demon Palace has taken a fancy to Shangguan Wanwan, the Sect Master of the Demon Appearance Sect, and their main purpose here is for her."

"The Holy Demon Palace actually wants to use my Wanwan as nourishment?"

His eyes turned icy, and a surge of killing intent caused the lake in front of him to freeze instantly, and even the surrounding vegetation was covered with a layer of frost.

"What about the other forces?"

"Among the envoys just now were people from the Holy Medicine Gate and the Ice Heart Pavilion. The Holy Medicine Gate is relatively upright, with the benevolence of healers, so there shouldn't be this problem. As for the Ice Heart Pavilion, their current Pavilion Master is said to be the founder of the Ice Cloud Tower in the Lower Realm, so it is even more unlikely that such a problem exists."

"What did you say?"

Jun Wuxie was shocked, almost unable to believe his ears.

The Pavilion Master of the Ice Heart Pavilion in the Upper Realm is actually the founder of the Ice Cloud Tower in the Lower Realm?

"This matter not only shocked you, but also the various forces in our Upper Realm when they learned of this news. Mu Ciyin, the Pavilion Master of the Ice Heart Pavilion, has only ascended to the position in the last ten years or so. She had never shown her face before, and only began to appear in the eyes of the world a hundred years ago. At that time, she was already an extraordinary master, and now she is unfathomable, and no one can see through her realm."

"This… The Ice Cloud Tower has been established for more than 300,000 years. Could it be that Mu Ciyin has lived for 300,000 years in the Upper Realm?"

"Her realm is at least the Saint Ancestor Realm, so it's not surprising that she has lived for a million years. The lifespan of a Saint Realm cultivator is recalculated every time they break through a major realm. Moreover, it is impossible for her to have really spent such a long time. Judging from her appearance only a hundred years ago, she should have sealed herself for hundreds of thousands of years, so she is still very young."

"So, she cultivated to her current realm in just over a hundred years?"

"Yes, that's why she is said to be terrifying. Many major power holders in the Upper Realm are now wary of her. Her leadership of the Ice Heart Pavilion has made the Ice Heart Pavilion's position extremely stable."

"In that case, I can rest assured that Xue Lan and the others have gone to the Upper Realm…"

This is really good news for Jun Wuxie. Who would have thought that the founder of the Ice Cloud Tower in the Lower Realm would actually reach the pinnacle of life in the Upper Realm, wielding great power and becoming the master of a major force!