58 – The New Transcendent
by spirapira【Upon hearing the news, you were stunned, knowing that the demon is about to emerge and Great Xia will fall into chaos. Because of this, you took Bai Tianhong and headed to the Royal City, where you met Empress Xia Yuan and shared the information you had learned.】
【For a moment, Empress Xia Yuan understood why you were searching for someone named Mo Fan, and Bai Tianhong as well realized why you wanted him to accompany you on your journey across the world.】
【However, both were puzzled as to how you knew these things in advance, but due to the friendship between you, neither of them delved further.】
【In the following days, the Empress announced to the world the start of the bounty for demon cultivators. However, the demon cultivators were very cunning, making it difficult to trace their whereabouts. And you knew Mo Fan was about to make a move on the Wu family. Because of this, in the year 511 of Great Xia, you chose to take Bai Tianhong and some of the Great Xia Royal Family’s experts to the Wu family, waiting for the demon to come.】
【In the year 511 of Great Xia, the Wu family was wiped out silently by the demon cultivators, leaving no survivors. After the attack, Bai Tianhong and the Great Xia experts also made a move, hunting down the demon cultivators. However, to your surprise, the demon cultivators had terrifying secret techniques. Though they were no match for Bai Tianhong and the Great Xia forefather, they still managed to escape alive.】
【You were deeply regretful that you couldn’t kill them, a shadow looming in your heart.】
【The failure of Bai Tianhong’s demon hunt shocked the world and drew much attention. Everyone understood that unless the demon was eradicated, the world would not be peaceful; it was a matter of life and death for all. As a result, everyone started consciously looking for traces of the demon cultivators. Even the Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom heard the news and wanted to help because if the demon cultivators grew stronger, they would also be in great danger.】
【However, having suffered losses, the demon cultivators became even more cautious, frequently changing their appearances and taking action, making it difficult to find them.】
【Bai Tianhong expressed his intention to continue in seclusion, aiming to breakthrough to the Half-step Transcendent Realm before the demon leader; otherwise, it would be very troublesome. You could only agree with him. However, you knew in your heart that competing with the demon Mo Fan in the speed of breakthrough was exceedingly difficult.】
【A year passed, and Great Xia was very tranquil, as if the demon Mo Fan had stopped killing. However, you knew very clearly that this was just the prelude to the storm.】
【In December of the year 512 of Great Xia, the demon reappeared. This time, he directly descended upon the Royal City, now at Half-step Transcendent Realm, slaughtering everyone in the palace, leaving no survivors, shocking the entire world. Upon hearing the news, you felt heavy-hearted, knowing the demon was once again invincible.】
【Facing the invincible demon, you were at a loss and could only persuade the Sword Spirit Sect to relocate the entire sect; otherwise, Mo Fan would sooner or later attack their mountain gate, leaving corpses everywhere.】
【Your suggestion was not accepted by the elders of the Sword Spirit Sect. In their eyes, although the demon was rampant, the Sword Spirit Sect had a Spirit Weapon. As long as Bai Tianhong wielded the Spirit Weapon, even a Half-step Transcendent Realm opponent could be fought. Therefore, they hoped that Mo Fan would come to their mountain gate so they could kill him thoroughly, eliminating future troubles.】
【Seeing the high-ranking members of the Sword Spirit Sect not heeding your advice, you sighed inwardly and made your decision.】
【Three days later, the demon stepped onto the Sword Spirit Sect, fighting all its powerful figures alone. Bai Tianhong came out of seclusion but still failed to breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm, not even reaching the Half-step Transcendent Realm. Thus, even with Bai Tianhong wielding the Spirit Sword and the many experts of the Sword Spirit Sect fighting the demon, they were still no match for him.】
【In the end, Bai Tianhong was defeated and killed, and the Sword Spirit Sect was destroyed. During this process, you revealed yourself as an adept fourth-grade alchemist and voluntarily joined the demon, hoping to bide your time and gain the demon’s trust to poison him eventually.】
【Knowing your identity as a fourth-grade alchemist, the demon considered you somewhat talented and took you in, making you one of his subordinates. However, he did not trust you and planted a demonic mark on your heart. Wherever you fled, he could shatter your heart with a secret technique.】
【In the blink of an eye, twenty years passed. Your cultivation improved significantly during these twenty years.】
【During these twenty years, the demon established an underground demon kingdom, starting to hunt down strong practitioners wildly. The strong practitioners on the entire Profound Turtle Continent suffered heavy casualties, even hiding in deep mountains and old forests was futile.】
【Half a year later, the demon devoured all the blood and flesh of the practitioners he had hunted at once, cultivating demonic skills to breakthrough to the Great Transcendence. You knew very well that during his breakthrough, both you and the other demon generals would become mere food. Thus, you seized the opportunity to present him with a prepared pill to disrupt his breakthrough, causing his downfall. Finally, the angry demon crushed your heart.】
【With your death, this life simulation ended.】
“Still died in the end…”
Wang Ping looked at this conclusion, not surprised at all.
After all, the Sword Spirit Sect was not Chi Village, not something that could be moved as soon as one said so. Such a large family business could not be abandoned. Moreover, with so many people in the Sword Spirit Sect, it would not be easy to hide even if they relocated.
Therefore, if the demon did not die, it would ultimately come to this.
“However, it’s quite unexpected that the demon could escape from Bai Tianhong during the Wu family attack.”
Wang Ping frowned, his heart heavy.
At that time, Bai Tianhong probably didn’t have the Green Spirit Sword, but he still had invincible strength and experts from the Great Xia Royal Family with him. In the face of such expert assaults, the demon still escaped. His survival skills were truly astonishing.
“I really don’t know how to deal with this demon.”
Wang Ping felt a headache coming on.
However, Wang Ping soon thought about the upcoming System task, and his headache intensified.
He really didn’t have the time to think about so many things right now.
“Ding, reward generation successful. The host can choose one of the following rewards:
①. White Talent·Escape Expert.
②. Green Talent·Immune to All Poisons.
③. Cultivation of Martial Arts.
④. Life Experience.”
“These four rewards…”
Wang Ping’s eyes flickered.
He wanted all four of these rewards.
Whether it was being an Escape Expert or being Immune to All Poisons, both could enhance his survival ability.
As for the fourth reward, Life Experience, Wang Ping also wanted it.
Because with Life Experience, Wang Ping could understand some of the details about the demon, see his appearance and the abilities of his demonic skills firsthand.
That way, he could either nip it in the bud better or kill others during Bai Tianhong’s battle.
Unfortunately, this time there was no reward involving cultivation, which he most desired.
“System, I choose ②.”
After some thought, Wang Ping still chose ②.
Because he really needed the Immune to All Poisons talent, and it might not come up next time.
Next, Wang Ping instructed the maid in the pavilion that he was going into seclusion for a while, then went directly into the seclusion room in the pavilion and locked the door tightly.
“System, I want to conduct a paid life simulation.”
Wang Ping glanced at the time and found there were still a few minutes left, then spoke again.
“Ding, this paid simulation requires 512 low-grade spirit stones, do you want to pay immediately?”
The System’s voice rang out.
“Pay.” Wang Ping’s face twitched slightly as he said.
The exponential growth of expenses was really unbearable.
However, to become stronger and to survive the upcoming group tasks, he could only spend so extravagantly.
Hopefully, this time he could get a cultivation reward, or it would be troublesome.