These low-level demons, who were once regarded as slaves, still retain most of their nature, being bloodthirsty and cruel. Therefore, the southern wilderness area is recognized as a dangerous place, and ordinary cultivators dare not approach it at all.
But at this moment, a large group of demon beasts of different heights and appearances, both beautiful and ugly, gathered together in a harmonious manner. In the middle of them was a white-haired girl sitting cross-legged.
Chapter 199: A Thousand Years of Dreams, Li Guijiao's Great Adventure
The white-haired girl sat cross-legged on the ground, her eyes slightly closed, her expression indifferent.
However, the monsters around were all nervous and a little worried, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
In the vast wild forest, the only sound left was the heavy breathing of the monsters.
Suddenly, the white-haired girl opened her eyes and said,
"Yeah, no problem."
When the monsters heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miss, thank you so much." A charming woman came forward, with a charming smile on her lips, and her fox ears were even more eye-catching. "If you don't mind, I would like to invite you to visit the fox tribe in the near future..."
"Shut up! You little slut, you want to cut in line, right?"
But before the fox girl could finish her words, the burly man next to her who was panting heavily, his sturdy muscles almost bursting out - obviously, he was also a transformed monster.
"It all depends on what the lady wants."
The fox woman smiled slightly, and her narrowed eyes almost sparked a tit-for-tat spark with the burly man.
"Ah, let's talk about the order of first come first served." The white-haired woman scratched the back of her head, "Besides, the largest spirit gathering array has been repaired, and the rest will be arranged slowly. It's just a matter of order."
"That's what the young lady said, so you should meet His Majesty first, and don't worry about the rest."
Another elegant voice sounded, and a man dressed as a scholar and well-mannered walked out among the monsters.
When the monsters around saw this man, their eyes were almost filled with rage, simply because the scholar was an envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty stationed in the wild area.
As a representative of the Great Qin Dynasty and a human being, it is normal for him to be unwelcome in the wild land.
What's more, he suddenly appeared at this time and wanted the young lady to receive that stupid Immortal Emperor...
"As for the meeting... there's no rush," the white-haired woman shrugged and smiled at the scholar, "Your Majesty should first appreciate the scenery of the wild land."
"Haha, that's good too. Your Majesty is really fascinated by the beautiful scenery of the wilderness." The scholar man laughed, but he was grinning in his heart.
There is no scenery in the wild area. It is just an excuse for the actual leader of the monster tribe to not want to have contact with the Qin Immortal Emperor.
The scholar was also very puzzled by this. No matter what, this lady who called herself "Luo Xue" had such a big card in her hand, the entire monster tribe, but she did nothing about it. It was simply a waste.
The wild areas in the south have always been a concern for the Immortal Emperor of Great Qin. Back then, he relied on the face of the Nangong clan to reluctantly incorporate the wild areas into the territory.
But in fact, the power of the Immortal Dynasty has never been able to penetrate into the southern wilderness. At most, it sent a few envoys to garrison there, let alone control it.
Now, the monster tribe finally has a leader who can actually talk to them, but this leader seems a little indifferent...
He was unwilling to respond to the olive branch thrown by the Immortal Emperor, and turned a blind eye to other forces that were secretly trying to get involved, and continued to play the role of the patriarch in the monster tribe, just like playing house.
"Oh yeah, it seems like it's almost time for dinner."
The white-haired girl slapped her head, then nodded to the huge white tiger perched beside her.
The huge white tiger slowly opened its eyes, stretched out its claws and scooped the white-haired girl onto its head, its movements somewhat lazy.
The white-haired girl waved to the monsters and said,
"Don't worry, I'll go to your door one by one."
As soon as he finished speaking, the white tiger had already gone away with the girl, leaving no trace.
"Goodbye, Miss~"
"Miss, take care of yourself~"
Many monsters stood up and made the same movements as humans, looking in the direction where the white tiger left.
"... ..."
No matter how many times, every time he saw this scene, the scholar always had a strange feeling in his heart.
It really feels like playing house.
However, these monsters that seem to be playing house were, every one of them, cruel beings that terrified human cultivators thousands of years ago.
As for how the girl named "Luo Xue" was able to subdue these monster tribes one after another with only the strength of a Nascent Soul... there are many speculations within the Immortal Dynasty.
For example, the girl is the incarnation of an ancient mythical beast, or the girl possesses the secret orders of the demon clan that have been passed down from ancient times to the present. Some people even speculate that the white-haired girl is just a puppet and there is someone else behind the scenes.
But the scholar who had lived among the barbaric tribes for hundreds of years knew very well that the reason was actually very simple.
—Just because the white-haired girl provided resources to the monster tribes.
The southern wilderness has always been a place with scarce resources. In a war ten thousand years after the ancient times, the demon clan was completely destroyed, and the remaining tribes were forced to move into the wilderness. No one knows how many years have passed until today.
It seems that because of some kind of agreement, or some unknown mysterious mission, the monster tribes are now not allowed to leave the wilderness and can only guard this desolate place.
Therefore, in order to compete for limited resources, the monster tribes have been fighting each other for years, and hatred was planted at this time.
The appearance of the white-haired girl changed the situation. For some reason, she awakened the white tiger, the spirit of the ancient mythical beast, and thereby attracted the attention of the monster tribes.
Afterwards, she set up various amazing formations for the monster tribes that were willing to obey. Relying on the formations, these monster tribes quickly became stronger and gained the upper hand in the tribal wars.
Now that things have developed to this point, the rest is basically simple.
The monster tribes that are unwilling to obey can only be defeated and lose territory and resources, while those that are willing to obey can not only win the war but also get more resources because of the formation.
The monster tribes were gradually unified in this way, resulting in a situation where there are only some minor frictions but overall peaceful coexistence.
During this period, there were demon beast tribes that tried to assassinate the white-haired girl directly, but with the protection of the white tiger spirit, assassinating the girl was quite difficult.
Moreover, even if a huge price is paid to assassinate the girl, she will "resurrect" in a few days and once again lead her army of monsters to sweep across the entire wilderness.
In order to destroy the girl, a tribe of monsters risked their lives to activate the Will of Withering, trying to make her die... But it was all in vain, there was no way to prevent the resurrection of the white-haired girl.
No matter how many times she was killed, the white-haired girl would always reappear like a nightmare.
In the end, the monster tribes that tried to swim upstream either surrendered or fell apart.
After completing the unification of the entire wilderness, the white-haired girl set up a shocking formation - a formation system that covered the entire wilderness.
This complex array system includes spirit gathering arrays, killing arrays, enemy defense arrays, etc. Its sophistication is so great that even the great masters of the Crossing the Sea Realm are terrified and call it such a terrifying masterpiece.
At this point, the southern wild area has become a force that cannot be ignored in the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty, and this force will never be controlled by the ancient clan.
... After the demon race was defeated and destroyed, the reason why it weakened so thoroughly was largely due to the betrayal of the ancient race.
The ancient tribe has always put its own interests first. After the demon tribe weakened, they quickly swallowed up many of the demon tribe's territories, and there were many acts of annihilation during the period.
Therefore, the demon clan and the ancient clan are now absolute enemies. Except for the special Nangong clan, no descendant of the ancient clan dares to set foot in the wild area.
However, although the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty is also not friendly, the situation is still much better than that of the ancient clan.
The scholar had lived in the wilderness for hundreds of years, and few monsters had deliberately come to trouble him, and most of the monsters had a bad attitude toward him.
Although he was an envoy of the Immortal Dynasty, the scholar had no place to stay in the wild area. When he had to rest, he could only escape into the small world he carried with him.
All the monsters present had already left, rushing back to their tribes to prepare to welcome the arrival of the white-haired girl. No one cared about the presence of the scholar anymore.
"Well... His Majesty the Immortal Emperor seems to be very patient with these wild monsters. We can only wait a little longer."
The scholar sighed. He couldn't tell what this new leader, who was only at the Nascent Soul stage, was thinking, but it was obvious... at least in the near future, there was no way to get in touch with him.
Thinking of this, the scholar disappeared, transformed himself and fled far away to report the situation to the Immortal Dynasty team on the southern tour.
... ...
On the retreating white tiger spirit, the white-haired girl had a sad face, completely different from her previous appearance.
"What's wrong?"
The voice of the White Tiger Spirit sounded, cold and ethereal.
"Oh, it's about the Immortal Emperor."
The white-haired girl scratched her hair and sighed.
"I must act indifferent to the monsters... But the Immortal Emperor is at the Crossing Sea Realm, and he is a human. I don't want to meet him, or he will definitely find out."
"I am also in the Crossing the Sea Realm," the White Tiger Spirit's voice was filled with a bit of joy, "It's good to be cautious, but there's no need to be overly cautious."
"It's not because of my strength, it's just... the Crossing Sea Realm can definitely see a lot of things, for example, I am a puppet now, and I might even be detected as a pure human..."
The white-haired girl who looked like Luo Xue had a worried look on her face and sighed again.
Just as Luo Xue guessed, the white-haired girl was none other than Li Guijiao. Back then, she accidentally left the Four Regions of Kyushu and stepped into the truly vast world.
It's hell as soon as you enter. Apart from the ancient battlefield and the forbidden area, the most dangerous place is the wilderness.
If Li Guijiao didn't have extremely rich experience in surviving in the wild, and she was only at the Foundation Establishment stage at that time, any small beast that came over could have crushed her to death.
In short, not long after entering the wilderness, Li Guijiao gained a firm foothold, and after gradual exploration, she determined that this world was the legendary ancient demon land.
The discrepancies with the classics of the Four Regions of Kyushu did not surprise Li Guijiao, as she still had many things to worry about.
The wild area was dangerous and deadly, and in order to prevent sudden and inexplicable death, Li Guijiao quickly found a top-secret location and built her favorite dungeon.
This time she directly dug a cave more than ten kilometers deep, and covered it with layers of formations, placing her body in the cave. She has not stepped out of the cave for more than a thousand years.
—That’s right, all those that appeared in the outside world afterwards were puppets made by Li Guijiao, including the white-haired girl who is now sitting on the White Tiger Spirit.
In a sense, some of the rumors were right...
Li Guijiao has always remembered Luo Xue's previous instructions until now. She has always been careful to hide the truth about her puppet from anyone.
In addition to the spirit of the white tiger, this was the spirit of an ancient mythical beast that was accidentally awakened by Li Guijiao when she was exploring ancient ruins. Only some unrecognizable consciousness and soul were left, and its body had been dead for who knows how many years.
Relying on Li Guijiao's superb puppetry and the blessings from the ancient ruins, Li Guijiao miraculously reawakened the spirit of the white tiger.
Although Baihu's strength dropped from the peak of the Great Sage to the initial stage of crossing the sea, it is indeed equivalent to "resurrection", which is different from Nangong's situation where only a trace of consciousness is left.
From then on, the spirit of the white tiger became the guardian of Li Guijiao and never left her side.
... Of course, I'm still referring to puppets.
Li Guijiao's true form had only been out before the construction of the underground cave, and no one had ever seen her in person since then.
The reason why she used Luo Xue's appearance as a puppet was, first, because she was beautiful, and second, because... In this world, she met a race that had the same natural white hair as Luo Xue.
That is the Snow Girl clan. Wen Min, who was still young at that time, is now the Emperor Min’s concubine.
It was so similar that Li Guijiao mistakenly thought that the other person was Luo Xue. It took her a long time to carefully identify her before she was sure that it was not her.
Li Guijiao felt that Luo Xue seemed to be from the Snow Girl clan, so she assumed Luo Xue's appearance, used her name, and walked in this world.
However... Li Guijiao still had some unrealistic expectations for this.
She hoped to meet some old acquaintances in this world. At least many people knew Luo Xue. After all, she was on the wanted list back then...
"I understand your thoughts, but the Immortal Emperor probably can't see what the Monster Beast Tribe hasn't seen."
The White Tiger Spirit said gently,
"In fact, as far as I'm concerned, your talent is quite rare even in the ancient times that are now called the Eternal Age. Even the several major ancient sects would have to fight for you."
“Hehe... Actually, I’m not that great. I’m still far behind my junior sister.” Li Guijiao blushed at the praise and laughed softly.
"You seem to like Junior Sister very much and have mentioned her many times." said the White Tiger Spirit.
"Oh, is there?"
Li Guijiao was stunned.
"About ten times a day."
"Ah, the main thing is that I have almost forgotten everything that happened in the four regions of Kyushu back then." Li Guijiao's eyes flashed with some memories and she sighed.
She has been in the ancient demon land for more than a thousand years, far longer than the dozen years she has been in the four regions of Kyushu.
Everything in the four regions of Jiuzhou was like a dream. In her memory, it gradually became empty. Even the impression of Juexiao Sect began to fade.
Only her junior sister Luo Xue, Li Guijiao still remembers her clearly.
Perhaps she used Luo Xue's appearance partly because she didn't want to forget her former junior sister, the former Kyushu and Four Regions...
Chapter 200: The Crashed Immortal Boat, the Eternal Immortal Soul
When Luo Xue opened her eyes again, what she saw was endless flames, the flame of eternal life ignited by the immortal will.