At that time, deep in the Kunlun Hills, in a canyon that was completely opposite to the route Jiang Yuebai and his group were taking.
Shen Mingjing, together with Bing Ling from the Ice Demon Tribe, and three local Ice Demons in the Great Wilderness who were at the God Transformation Stage, dug out a stone pillar with a carving of the mythical beast Qilin from a relic in the mountains.
Shen Mingjing found this place according to the clues he had collected in the Kunxu Temple before, and he didn't expect to actually dig something out.
Moreover, this Qilin stone pillar is not an imaginary object in the wilderness, but something carried by the Xuanji Immortal Lord who died in the human race. It is also what the Fire Qilin has always wanted to find.
The Qilin stone pillar looks ordinary to Shen Mingjing, but it will definitely become different in the hands of the Fire Qilin.
Shen Mingjing put away the Qilin Stone Pillar and prepared to return to the Demon Realm with Bing Ling and other demons. He has not found any trace of the Ice Demon Saint yet, but he has heard from some demons that the Ice Demon Saint has accepted a human disciple, a female swordsman.
So Shen Mingjing guessed that Lu Nanzhi must have met the Ice Demon Saint earlier than him.
Shen Mingjing became very anxious when he thought of this. The purpose of his coming to the Demon Abyss was to find the remaining soul of the Ice Demon Saint and find a way to bring it out.
Only the Ice Demon Saint can save the demon clan today.
Originally, Lu Nanzhi was the best body he found for the Ice Demon Saint, but now, Shen Mingjing had a strong premonition that everything was out of his control.
Including Jiang Yuebai, there is no news about him now.
At this moment, a sound of piano suddenly came from the dark forest. Shen Mingjing was shocked and immediately retreated behind Bing Ling.
Bing Ling showed a look of slight contempt, and together with the other three ice demons, he glanced ahead warily.
A handsome, expressionless male cultivator in white slowly approached, carrying a Jiaowei guqin on his back.
Shen Mingjing looked over from behind Bing Ling and met the eyes of the male cultivator in white. He felt a chill all over his body, as if he was looking into the abyss. It was pitch black and filled with endless fear.
"Who are you?" Bing Ling asked in the poor human language.
The white-clothed male cultivator stood in the distance, looking only at Shen Mingjing. "We have exchanged many letters, and I was the one who told you the news about Kunxu Palace. Daoist Mingjing, don't you recognize me yet?"
Shen Mingjing's pupils trembled, and he stared at the person in front of him in disbelief, with a moment of confusion in his heart.
Wasn't it the Immortal Lord Fu Zhang of the human race who had been cooperating with him all this time? Who was this person in front of him
Shen Mingjing thought carefully and realized that he had never faced Fu Zhang directly, because he had always been cautious and would never allow himself to be under the control of a Mahayana Immortal Lord.
Therefore, every time he communicated with Fu Zhang, he would use a special method to transmit letters, or use the dreams of the Mirage Demon Clan.
The other party called himself Fu Zhang. In his dream, he also saw the appearance of Fu Zhang, so he determined that it was Fu Zhang who cooperated with him and provided him with information.
Could it be that this person is using Fu Zhang's name? What is his relationship with Fu Zhang
If he is the person who cooperates with me, and he appears here at this moment, wouldn't all the arrangements and retreats I made outside be useless
Shen Mingjing suddenly became irritable. Since when did everything go wrong for him
"Fellow Daoist Mingjing, may I have a word with you?"
Shen Mingjing quickly weighed the pros and cons and finally nodded, asking Bingling to take the other three demons and wait in the distance.
In the dark woods, Shen Mingjing and the white-robed male cultivator stood face to face. The white-robed male cultivator said softly, "This body has a name, Qi Siheng. Fellow Daoist Mingjing can call it that."
"I want to know your true identity." Shen Mingjing asked directly.
"Zhu Clan of Zhangwei Mountain is in danger!"
Shen Ming felt a numbness in his eyelids, and he took two steps back with his eyes wide open, his peripheral vision glancing at Bing Ling and other demons not far away.
Wei Han smiled faintly, and calmly looked at the flustered Shen Mingjing. When he calmed down, he slowly said, "Don't worry, I can't attack anyone directly at the moment, you don't have to be afraid. What's more, I came to you because I need you."
Can't attack anyone directly? For now
Shen Mingjing caught the key words and suppressed the panic in his heart, "What are you planning to do with me?"
Wei looked at Shen Mingjing with some admiration in his eyes, "You are very good, even better than Luo, who is revered as the ancestor of your demon clan. Have you never thought about dominating the entire demon clan yourself?"
Shen Mingjing was on guard and did not take Wei's words seriously. He knew his own weight and would not become inflated by Wei's praise.
But what he said was still in line with Wei's expectations.
Wei's eyes flickered slightly, and it was unclear whether he saw through Shen Mingjing or not.
"If you help me succeed, I will help you become king."
Wei's promise carries a lot of weight, and Shen Mingjing knows that he has that ability. As an existence that has caused disasters to fall from the sky and brought chaos to the three realms, Wei has always been synonymous with chaos and fear in the history of the three races of humans, demons and monsters.
The Ice Demon Saint once recorded the entire story of the Sky-falling Disaster in a book, mentioning that Wei was born in chaos and was born with the power of Chaos Dao Fruit. The more chaotic the Three Realms were, the stronger he would be.
Although chaos is not among the five innate great Dao fruits, the power of chaos is definitely not inferior to the five innate great Dao fruits.
Among the five innate great Dao fruits, chaos evolving all things represents the beginning, and chaos destroying all things represents the end. It can derive a series of negative Dao fruits such as killing, destruction, disaster, and death.
Therefore, Shen Mingjing felt a chill all over his body when he heard his name.
"What do you want to achieve?" Shen Mingjing continued to ask.
Wei Yi smiled, "First, I need the Chaos Sacred Body in your hand, and second, I need you to help me win the next battle between the four clans."
Shen Mingjing asked in confusion, "Isn't this Great Wilderness a projection of your memories? Can't you do these things yourself?"
"It seems that you have already investigated a lot of things. Then I will tell you something you don't know, so that you can feel at ease."
Shen Mingjing's heart trembled, realizing that Wei had still seen through his defenses.
Wei said slowly, "I just said that I cannot directly attack anyone in the Great Wilderness at the moment. This is the agreement made by the four tribes of humans, demons, monsters, and witches when the Great Wilderness was established."
"Back then, we were attacked from behind by Zhufeng, and slashed into the abyss with a sword. Our bodies were shattered, and we went through a lot of hardships to keep a trace of our souls alive. No matter what race you are, staying alive is an instinct!"
"So, I, your Ice Demon Saint Ancestor Luo, the Nine-tailed Sky Fox, and Xuanji who was protected by Shanxi at his own expense, put aside our past grudges and worked together to establish the Great Wilderness. Although it is only a memory projection, it also gathers our lifelong cultivation."
"The premise of the Great Wilderness's existence is that we stop fighting, stop actively destroying everything in the Great Wilderness, and let it develop naturally. But who is willing to live like this? Who doesn't want to find a glimmer of hope and see the light of day again?"
Wei raised his eyes, revealing a calculation that made one's scalp tingle.
"That's why the Great Wilderness opens up once every ten thousand years to lure in those of you who are trying to find Mahayana relics and provide for us."
Shen Mingjing's heart skipped a beat; he had never thought of this possibility.
But thinking along the lines of what Wei said, every time the Demonic Abyss opened, more than a thousand Divine Transformation cultivators entered it, but less than a hundred were able to come out in the end.
And all the people who came out had bizarre experiences, except for the experience of the wilderness.
Therefore, this is basically the conspiracy of these four Mahayana masters, to let these incarnations come to the wilderness to die and become the energy that supports the continued survival of their primordial spirits.
Shen Mingjing understood a lot of things in an instant. "You can't distribute it equally according to the tribes, because the number of people, demons, witches and monsters coming in is never balanced. Even if you are peaceful on the surface, you must be calculating against each other behind the scenes. So you will use the war between the four tribes to decide the final ownership of all the energy, right?"
Wei showed a teachable look, "The Chaos Saint Body that escaped from your hands is stirring up trouble everywhere, intending to unite the human race and the demon race to deal with my Wu clan. My silly sister has also been bewitched by a guy with bad intentions. The Wu clan is in danger."
Wei thought of Shen Huaixi and felt a little angry. He had wrongly trusted Fu Zhang back then, which led to today's disaster. Fu Zhang had left a backup plan for Shen Huaixi, making it difficult for him to deal with Shen Huaixi, and he could only use his strength.
He would not break the current balance until the moment came.
Wei continued, "Because there was a traitor in the Wu clan, your Ice Demon Saint no longer trusts me, and she has a special preference for the human race, which will affect her judgment and decision-making. She is no longer suitable to be the king of the demon clan, so I came to find you!"
Shen Mingjing was uneasy, and suddenly felt that he was in a dilemma. Wei was forcing him to betray the Ice Demon Saint, but if he didn't do so, he might not be able to leave the Wilderness alive.
Shen Mingjing was confused about how to decide.
Three more chapters to go, see you tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)