Chapter 560: Predecessors Dig Pit, Successors Fall In

"Uncle Ba, back when you were young... did you ever provoke the Demon Domain?"

"No, definitely not. I've always been such an honest man, at most helping out and running errands for others. The main mischief wasn't done by me."

"I heard that the Dragon and Phoenix races belong to the faction that is close to the human race. It should be fine to visit them, right?"

Lu Yang remembered that they had encountered a member of the Phoenix race selling blood to manufacture Phoenix Blood Stones back in Li Haoran's hometown, and after introducing themselves, that person had been quite welcoming.

"You can go, but only on the condition that certain minor matters haven't been exposed."

"What minor matters?"

"As the saying goes, 'dragon and phoenix bring prosperity,' which is a symbol of auspiciousness. Wealthy families also like to paste paper-cuts of dragons and phoenixes when they marry."

"Old Nine pondered over it and said that marriage is just a couple announcing to everyone that they are going to enter the bridal chamber to copulate at night. Therefore, the dragons and phoenixes in the paper-cuts should also carry this meaning. It's just that people have never had the chance to witness dragons and phoenixes copulating, which is why the cutouts aren't true to life."

"Old Nine dared to be the first. He secretly found a dragon and phoenix couple, watched the process of their copulation, recorded it, and compiled the firsthand information into a book called The Transformation of Dragons and Phoenixes to leave as a reference for future generations. I wonder if you two have heard of it."

Lu Yang: "..."

How could I not have heard of it? On my very first day at the Scripture Library, the book I found was precisely The Transformation of Dragons and Phoenixes. It was even hidden in a corner, and when I found it, I thought I had chanced upon a grand opportunity.

Back then, the senior brother in the Scripture Library was also puzzled, noting that The Transformation of Dragons and Phoenixes was a banned book that couldn't be found anywhere on the entire continent, so how could one be stashed away in the Scripture Library?

As it turns out, Master, you were the one who wrote it!

Judging from the reactions of the Dragon and Phoenix races, they probably still didn't know it was Master's doing, but the future was hard to say.

"What about the Baize race?" Lu Yang had heard that the Baize race was a neutral faction. Whenever conflicts arose among the demon races, they would often seek out the Baize race to act as mediators and witnesses.

"The Baize race isn't a big problem. It's just that back then, we brothers caused a bit of a stir in the Demon Domain and were pursued relentlessly. In our desperation, we disguised ourselves as members of the Baize race and escaped a disaster. Unfortunately, we were later spotted by a Baize who insisted on capturing us and taking us back. In the heat of the moment, Old Eight asked him, saying that since the Baize race knows everything, do you know what you do not know?"

"While he was caught up in thought, the few of us managed to escape. I heard that the Baize who was questioned by Old Eight back then has already become the patriarch."

"The Baize race is just and kind, and with so many matters to attend to, they must have forgotten about the few of us long ago."

"Caused a bit of a stir?" Lu Yang felt that this stir must not have been small.

"It was no big deal. It just so happened that at the time, we ran into a secret realm in the Demon Domain that opens once every five years. The few of us went inside to try our luck and see if we could get some good things. The standard for entering the secret realm was quite high, requiring one to be of pure blood. Fortunately, the few of us were all pure-blooded humans, so we entered without any surprises."

"Who would have thought, after going inside, the demon race turned their backs on us and refused to acknowledge anyone. The secret realm itself let the few of us in, yet the demon race insisted on targeting our brothers, marginalizing us, tripping us up, and playing dirty tricks, and some even wanted to kill us. We looked at this and thought, how could this fly? There is no bullying people like this."

"So I blocked the entrance of the secret realm with stones, and Sixth Junior Sister used an illusion to create a fake entrance right next to it. Then we shouted to the outside, saying that there was a problem with the entrance and we couldn't get out."

"Of course the demon race didn't believe it, so they walked to the fake entrance of the secret realm. After entering, they discovered it wasn't the outside world but an unknown space. He hurriedly returned, suspecting that they had encountered a spatial turbulence and couldn't get out."

"The fake entrance was connected to a storage ring from the Beast Taming Sect. It was specially made and could hold living things. Since he entered a storage ring, it was naturally an unknown space."

Ordinary storage rings could only hold inanimate objects.

"One demon trying it wasn't enough; several demons of quite high status entered the fake entrance of the secret realm and arrived at the same conclusion—they had encountered spatial turbulence."

"The entrance of the secret realm was open for a total of ten days. We left the secret realm at the very end of the tenth day, telling the people outside that the secret realm was perilous and all the demons had died. Those demons were thus locked up by us for five years, and when they came out, they searched the whole world for us."

"I mean, why bother? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to snatch opportunities based on their own abilities? They just had to play dirty and match wits with us."

Lu Yang: "..."

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

"The Taowu race... forget it. Anyway, they are a demon race that despises humans, so whether we provoke them or not makes no difference."

Uncle Ba deeply agreed: "That's true. The Taowu race's hatred of humans doesn't have much to do with the Dao Seeking Sect. The Eldest was merely driven by a research mindset, visiting the ancestral graves of the Taowu race, and was ultimately discovered by them."

After finishing their questions for Uncle Ba, the two went on to find the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Elders, questioning them all thoroughly.

The two fortunately discovered that what Uncle Ba had said was a lie—the nine disciples of the Dao Seeking Sect had provoked the demon race far more times than Uncle Ba had let on.

"These precautionary measures aren't telling us not to mention we are from the Dao Seeking Sect; this is clearly telling us not to go to the Demon Domain at all."

Lu Yang felt that the path ahead was perilous and filled with murderous intent.

"It should be fine. Look, isn't Third Senior Sister staying perfectly fine in the Demon Domain, and she even has the chance to study ancient history. Seeking refuge with Third Senior Sister will definitely be safe."

"It's just that I don't know if portraits of the two of us have spread to the Demon Domain."

"Probably not. Look, we haven't even heard of what the geniuses of the Demon Domain are called. Calculating it the other way around, the Demon Domain shouldn't be familiar with the geniuses of the Great Xia either, at most knowing a name."

"Makes sense."

After deliberating together, the two decided to head to the Demon Domain.

How could cultivators fear a challenge?

The two engaged in a massive shopping spree, focusing on purchasing life-saving items, packing them into their identity jade plaques, and setting off light, taking a flying boat to the old place—the Demon Suppressing Pass.

Back then, it was Eldest Senior Sister who had dumped them here.

The once-thriving wig industry at the Demon Suppressing Pass was now in its twilight years; without Lu Yang's antics, wigs were no longer needed.

The two also no longer needed medicinal pills to repel mosquitoes and insects; with the aura of the Golden Core stage released outward, no insects dared to approach.

Between the Demon Suppressing Pass and the Demon Domain lay a dense forest, which was precisely where Lu Yang had advanced to the Golden Core stage.

"Back then, those Golden Core stage demon beasts posed no small threat to us, and we had to flee for our lives upon encountering the Nascent Soul stage. Looking at it now, they are nothing more than ordinary." The two eighth-tier Golden Core ancestors laughed and talked cheerfully in the dense forest.

Tall forest trees blocked out the sunlight, and within the dark thickets, pairs of gleaming green eyes stared at Lu Yang and his companion, their gazes greedy and bloodthirsty, filled with hidden murderous intent.

But when the two ancestors casually slew an early-stage Nascent Soul demon beast, the hidden demon beasts retreated in the face of difficulties, quietly slinking away as if nothing had happened.

Even when they entered the territory of Nascent Soul stage demon beasts, those creatures with extremely strong territorial awareness didn't dare to poke their heads out, pretending not to see the two and secretly praying that nothing would happen.

Those who had cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage were no fools; they had a very clear understanding of themselves. They were merely mixed-blood demon beasts with mediocre combat power, whereas the combat power of these two men rivaled that of top-tier demon race geniuses, so how could they dare to provoke them?

The dense forest could no longer pose a threat to Lu Yang and his companion.

Seizing the time before they officially entered the Demon Domain, the two flaunted their might against the clock.