Deep beneath the sea, there are countless shrimps, crabs and small monsters.
Monsters whose bloodline has not reached the eighth level and do not have the ability to transform are all called little monsters.
But in the eyes of humans, monsters below level eight are still called spirit beasts.
Only the great demons that have reached level eight, are able to transform into humans, and have intelligence comparable to that of humans, are regarded by the older generation of practitioners in the outside world as an equally intelligent group as them—the demon race.
"call!"
Some huge shells, carrying humans who have also cast out spiritual energy shields, also appear in the deep sea.
When the humans saw Pang Jian and Hu Yuanfei, they were surprised. Someone shouted from afar, "Grandma Bai, these two guests look unfamiliar. Where are they from?"
The eighth-level white python looked arrogant and pointed at the sword orders on Pang Jian and the other man's waists.
"Sword Tower!"
The human practitioners active under the sea secretly clicked their tongues and bowed in haste to pay homage.
The old woman in white robes scolded, "Lord Yuan Min wants to summon distinguished guests, you should get out of here."
"clear!"
The human cultivators on the shells disappeared without a trace.
"There are many small forces in the broken land near the Holy Spirit Continent that have exchanges with us. They send us the food, herbs, and treasures we need from the various worlds of Purgatory. They also take away from us the strange stones that can improve the cultivation of human practitioners from the outside world."
The old woman explained casually.
Pang Jian nodded slightly, releasing his spiritual sense with amazing coverage, and penetrating the deep sea world with himself as the center.
Palaces built with corals and gems are located in different areas on the seabed, like the residences of the sea god.
In every strange palace with a different shape, he sensed that there were powerful demons active around. There were level seven, level eight, and even so-called level nine demon kings, and there were more than one.
In addition to the demon race, there are also a large number of... people.
In the mud and sand near some palaces, there were clearly dry bones of human beings, which were not covered at all and were exposed.
"You have killed quite a few people." Hu Yuanfei frowned.
"For thousands of years, too many independent cultivators of the human race, as well as disciples of various major sects, have chosen to explore the world controlled by our demon race. They are used to the practices outside and think that the Holy Spirit Continent is the same as other worlds, so they bury the bodies here."
The coldness in the old woman's eyes was chilling.
She gnashed her sharp teeth and suddenly sneered: "Except for the Holy Spirit Continent, what kind of life do we demons live in other lands and broken lands in Purgatory?"
"I was originally a demon from the third realm, living in a piece of broken land. But ever since I could remember, all the demons in that piece of broken land have been hunted by the practitioners of your human race."
"Skin us, extract our bones, take our hearts and claws, and use them to make pills and tools."
"Even if we kill some of the lower realms, it won't be long before a stronger group of cultivators arrive. Our ultimate fate is to be killed by the higher-level cultivators, and our bodies will become their trophies."
"I worked very hard and devoured the monsters of my level, and only then was I fortunate enough to come to the holy land of our monster race - the Holy Spirit Continent."
"It was only after I came here that I truly found the dignity of our demon race! I finally understood that we demons also have our own world, where we can live like humans."
The old woman pointed casually.
On the muddy ground, the gray-brown dry bones suddenly became extremely clear.
"These children of the noble families of the second world thought that when they arrived in the Holy Spirit Continent, they could still hunt down monsters and skin and extract their bones as they did in the outside world. Their elders obviously did not teach them enough and did not tell them that they should not set foot in the Holy Spirit Continent!"
"The withered bones over there are from the Eastern Land of the First Realm. They are a team from one of the three great divine kingdoms."
"They are premeditated and organized to hunt monsters in the Holy Spirit Continent!"
"besides… "
The old woman pointed at the piles of dry bones with a sullen face and recounted the origins of the dead in detail.
The dry bones actually cover all walks of life!
Even in the Jiuli Sect, Guiji Sect, Desolate Realm, Pure Land, and Ancient Law Sect, the corpses of guardians and disciples will remain forever on the bottom of the sea in this area.
"True God, aren't you furious about this?" Pang Jian asked in surprise.
"There are tens of thousands of disciples under the powerful sects. They didn't teach well and didn't discipline themselves well, so they died accidentally in our Holy Spirit Continent. Who can we blame?" The old woman said angrily in a cold voice, "Our demon race was slaughtered by so many practitioners outside this continent. Who can we go to for justice?"
Pang Jian was suddenly speechless.
Because she was telling the truth.
Soon, an underwater palace with dense buildings came into Pang Jian's sight. The big monsters led by Haifeng who had left before all transformed into humans and were waiting in front of the palace.
"Sister Bai!"
They first saluted the old woman in white robe, and then smiled and bowed to welcome Pang Jian and the other man.
It was not until here, before entering the palace, that Hu Yuanfei calmly grasped the sword order and sent out a message.
She also said to the old woman in white robes openly: "Send a message to my master."
The old woman frowned but said nothing.
Hu Yuanfei's face suddenly became strange. She held the sword order in her hand, coughed twice, and said to Pang Jian, "Master just got furious and scolded me. It's only because of you that I didn't take the initiative to reply to him."
Pang Jian looked calm and said, "We'll talk about it later."
"Think carefully about how to explain it to him."
She deliberately sent a message before entering the palace and meeting the Demon King Yuanmin to let Li Zhaotian know the whereabouts of her and Pang Jian, in order to prevent these big demons from having any ill intentions.
She knew her master's temper, and the demon kings of the Holy Spirit Continent should also be aware of it.
If anything happened to her and Pang Jian in the sea area of Demon King Yuanmin, Li Zhaotian would definitely go to that sea area in person and point his sword at Demon King Yuanmin.
With Li Zhaotian's level of cultivation, other demon kings are no match for him except for the old thunder dragon sleeping in the dragon cave.
What's more, behind Li Zhaotian is the entire Sword Tower, and there are also many Immortal Realm masters.
"please!"
The old woman in white robe led the way personally.
Under the surprised and curious gazes of many big and small monsters, Pang Jian and his companions went deep into the palace and entered a luxurious hall carved from various crystals.
Gems, pearls, gold and silver utensils can be seen everywhere in the palace.
The gentle and elegant demon king Yuan Min, wearing an inestimable purple-gold robe, sat upright on a white marble chair, looking at the two with a smile on his face, and introduced himself: "I am Yuan Min."
"Golden carp."
"Black Stork."
He then pointed to the two demon kings beside him who had also transformed into humans and said, "They are my good friends."
One man and one woman, two demon kings with bloodlines reaching level nine, sat on his left and right sides.
Behind the two demon kings, there are several level eight demons.
Inside the magnificent hall, all the monsters transformed into humans, causing Pang Jian to mistakenly believe that he had come to a certain sect of the human race.
There were also many young girls and fair-skinned and tender young men, busy in the crowd like butterflies flying through flowers, serving delicacies and fine wines to everyone.
The big demon with rough behavior and a lewd smile on his face would pull the girl or boy in his picture into his arms and play with him.
The boy and girl with the water-repellent beads in their mouths were actually practitioners at the Marrow Cleansing Realm. They had stiff smiles on their faces and fear deep in their eyes.
"Why are you hiding? Do you think you are still in the outside world? The moment your people sent you here, your life and death were in our hands!"
A thin and transformed monster suddenly opened its mouth and bit a girl's snow-white neck, sucking the blood from her body ferociously.
The girl's blood seemed to be ten times sweeter than the wine in his hand. He drank it with great pleasure, an intoxicated and satisfied expression on his face.
“Crack!”
Another young human man had his neck broken by another female demon.
The great demon could not help but reveal his true form, transforming into a giant black elephant. He swallowed the fair and tender young man in one gulp, and laughed happily, "Thank you for the hospitality, Master Yuan Min!"
The Demon King Yuanmin, who was in a high position, seemed to be accustomed to it and did not seem to care.
It is also possible that he just wanted to intimidate Pang Jian and Hu Yuanfei by the outrage of the two great monsters.
"Senior sister, have you been to the Holy Spirit Continent before? Is it like this everywhere here, before, and now?" Pang Jian's face was gloomy. He didn't look at the group of monsters who were laughing, but just looked at Hu Yuanfei who also looked unhappy: "Monsters, in the Holy Spirit Continent, have always been like this?"
Hu Yuanfei was silent for a long time, then said, "No."
After a pause, she said in front of the demon king and the great demon: "As far as I know, before the fall of the Heavenly Phoenix, when it still dominated the Purgatory Demon Clan, the Holy Spirit Continent was not like this."
"Then, I, Yuan Min, would like to ask Your Excellency, how did Lord Tianfeng die?"
The ninth-level demon king, holding a deep red wine glass, stood up from the white jade chair and walked up the stairs to Hu Yuanfei.
He drank the wine that was obviously mixed with the blood of the human girl, and said sarcastically: "If it wasn't for your human true god setting up a trap to make him leave the Holy Spirit Continent, and if it wasn't for your true gods joining forces, how could Master Tianfeng die? Without Master Tianfeng's help, could you have erected the seven heavenly tribulation pillars in the fifth realm?"
He drained the glass in one gulp.
"I just want you to see what you humans have been doing to us demons. You can't stand it?" Yuan Min sneered and shouted, "Outside the Holy Spirit Continent, the first world, the second world, the third world, the fourth world! In the other four worlds, all the land and broken land, aren't you treating us demons like this?"
"I treat you humans in the same way, and you can't bear it?"
"Hahaha!"
Yuan Min's laughter was so loud that it caused huge waves in the sea and the abundant spiritual energy in the sea water surged wildly: "Are you allowed to hunt beasts and monsters everywhere, but we are not allowed to eat humans? There shouldn't be such a reason in the world!"
"howl!"
"Woooooo!"
In the luxurious palace, big monsters that had transformed into humans would catch the boys and girls moving through the crowd and eat them like delicacies.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen young men and women became food for the big monsters.
Blood flowed from the corners of their mouths, and there were pieces of flesh stuck between their teeth. They threw away the bloody bones at random.
And this seems to be the most common way for Demon King Yuanmin to entertain guests.
However, today’s distinguished guests were not all great monsters like them, there were also two young men who were also human beings.
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(End of this chapter)