41: Conquer Yujiao and Chilin Puppet!

Creak!

The slightly musty door opened.

Yu Jiao, dressed in black, pale-faced, and wearing a white veil, invited Shi Chuan into the room.

“Cough, cough!”

“May I ask which Elder’s Disciple you are?”

“I’ve never heard of you.”

Although this person spoke their Jiao Demon Sect’s secret code, Yu Jiao remained wary.

She merely stayed in the courtyard, her hand ready to activate a Spirit Talisman at any moment, and a flying needle Magical Artifact poised to strike.

“Fellow Daoist, you don’t trust me?”

“Indeed, for people like us, caution ensures longevity!”

“How about Fellow Daoist takes a look at this item? It was personally given to me by Elder Tian Xing, and it has healing effects.”

“The Elder had originally planned to give up on you, but then learned that Jiang Yuheng had died in the main peak’s dungeon. Since this biggest threat is dead, your identity can still be used.”

“Last time, due to the incident with Jiang Yuheng, you were injured, so the Elder secretly sent word for me to deliver this healing item.”

Hearing Shi Chuan mention the matter of Jiang Yuheng, Yu Jiao’s wariness largely dissipated.

Jiang Yuheng was dead, which explained why she was still safe and sound after so long.

During this period, Yu Jiao had been constantly on edge, as if thunder could strike at any moment.

Now, she could finally rest easy.

“Thank you for your trouble.”

“Senior Brother, please come in.”

Yu Jiao put away her Spirit Talisman and Magical Artifact, then bowed respectfully.

This person knew so many secrets of their Jiao Demon Sect; they must be one of their own.

As she entered the room, Yu Jiao opened a wooden box in her hand. Inside the box was a black Fiend Vine branch, about an inch long.

The Fiend Vine branch was like a living creature. The moment the wooden box opened, it flew to Yu Jiao’s hand and burrowed into her flesh.

Yu Jiao immediately felt something was wrong.

“You…”

The next moment, Yu Jiao felt a sharp pain in her Sea of Consciousness. At the same time, a blue Restriction formed around her, enveloping her figure.

A moment later.

Yu Jiao was forced to accept her fate of being controlled.

Inside the room.

Shi Chuan sat at the table, a cup of Spirit Tea brewing in front of him, its fragrant aroma wafting out.

This Spirit Tea was Medium Grade, Level 1. Its quality was not low. For an Outer Sect Disciple in the Mid-Stage Qi Refining, such quality Spirit Tea was already rare.

Beside Shi Chuan, Yu Jiao, who had removed her veil, stood respectfully, answering Shi Chuan’s questions.

The information re-organized from intelligence was always only a small part. Now, from Yu Jiao’s mouth, Shi Chuan also learned her identity and background.

Some previous doubts could also be resolved. Yu Jiao indeed had a powerful background: a Demonic Cultivator at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment from the Jiao Demon Sect.

With a Middle-to-High Grade Spiritual Root, the Demonic Path Cultivation Technique she cultivated was not flawed, making her a popular candidate for advancing to Golden Core within the Jiao Demon Sect.

She held considerable prestige within the Jiao Demon Sect, known as Immortal Master Yufeng!

This name was primarily due to the Level 2 Demonic Bee Spirit Pet she raised.

It was precisely because of this that even after Yu Jiao messed up several things, the Foundation Establishment Elder of the Jiao Demon Sect, who was lurking outside, would still entrust her with important tasks.

This was entirely a favor to Yu Jiao’s Elder.

Shi Chuan took a sip of the Spirit Tea. A bitter-sweet taste spread, and a cool sensation gradually melted into his Sea of Consciousness.

Spirit Tea of this quality could already have some nourishing effect on the Divine Soul.

Being able to control Yu Jiao this time was also thanks to the Fiend Vine branch that had separated from the Demonic Fiend Vine.

The Soul Control Technique failed.

This was mainly because deep within Yu Jiao’s Divine Soul, there was a Restriction placed by a Foundation Establishment expert, which protected her Divine Soul.

Fortunately, the Demonic Fiend Vine’s control was like a spider web, capturing everything, not just the Sea of Consciousness.

“From now on, continue to Cultivate here, and go out to the market more often.”

“I’ll leave you a few healing Spirit Talismans. Recover from your injuries as soon as possible.”

“Record the tasks assigned by the Jiao Demon Sect in detail and send me a message as soon as possible.”

“Also, I need you to pay attention to one person, her name is Qu Linglu.”

“She might intentionally or unintentionally approach you, wanting to defect early before the Jiao Demon and Purple Cloud Second Sects infiltrate the Yellow Springs Demon Sect.”

“Once you find any trace of this person, notify me immediately using the communication jade talisman.”

With that, Shi Chuan placed the already prepared communication jade talisman on the table. This communication jade talisman could ensure communication within a hundred-mile radius, and its Spirit Stone price was comparable to a Low Grade Level 1 Magical Artifact.

“Yes, Master.”

Yu Jiao bowed respectfully.

She still couldn't understand.

Why could the other party know so many secret things about the Jiao Demon Sect? Perhaps the other party was an enemy force of their Yu family within the Jiao Demon Sect.

However, she always had a feeling that her master seemed to be looking for her because of Qu Linglu.

‘Perhaps there’s some Opportunity on this Qu Linglu.’

Yu Jiao speculated in her heart.

Afterward, Shi Chuan did not stay long and got up to leave.

As he left, he took away all the valuables Yu Jiao had accumulated over the years that he fancied.

Shi Chuan was merely making multiple bets. Yu Jiao, this chess piece, could serve as his eyes watching the Jiao Demon Sect.

Shi Chuan, on the back of the Leopard Yao Beast Corpse Puppet, sensed a High Grade talisman brush in his Storage Pouch with his Divine Thought.

His original Medium Grade talisman brush was not handy, and he had been looking for a High Grade talisman brush. He didn’t expect that the talisman brush Yu Jiao used was High Grade.

Not bad, this talisman brush was destined for him!

At the same time, there were also many talisman papers and spirit inks, as well as various Yao Beast bones. These beast bones could be ground into powder and added to the spirit ink when drawing talismans, to find suitable attribute beast bones.

The success rate of drawing talismans could then be increased by a small step.

However, what surprised Shi Chuan the most was the severely injured Level 1 High Grade Red Scale Puppet in Yu Jiao’s corpse raising bag.

This Red Scale Puppet was chosen by Yu Jiao from the Corpse Mound on Corpse Refining Peak to serve as her life-saving trump card.

At that time, Yu Jiao had also plotted for a corpse mound token, but Shi Chuan had picked it up by chance.

Later, Yu Jiao used the power of the Sect Elder and obtained another corpse mound token, only then did she manage to luckily contract the Level 1 High Grade Red Scale Puppet in the Corpse Mound using a secret technique.

This Red Scale Puppet possessed the combat power of Level 10 Qi Refining, and its defense was astonishing.

The reason Yu Jiao was able to save her life when Jiang Yuheng was out of control was largely due to this Red Scale Puppet at Qi Refining Great Perfection.

Although the Red Scale Puppet blocked a shockwave of Foundation Establishment magical power, it itself was severely wounded, with a wound extending from its neck down through its chest to its abdomen.

There was an extremely serious penetrating wound, and within the wound, a powerful Yao Fiend Qi was constantly corroding the Red Scale Puppet’s Physical Body.

After such a long time, two to three tenths of the Red Scale Puppet’s Corpse Puppet body had already corroded. If a solution was not found within half a year, this Red Scale Puppet would inevitably suffer the fate of its Physical Body collapsing under the corrosion of that wisp of Foundation Establishment Yao Fiend Qi.

“As expected of Foundation Establishment Yao Fiend Qi, its aura is so powerful!!”

Shi Chuan’s Divine Thought probed into the corpse raising bag.

A black armored general Corpse Puppet, ten feet tall, with scarlet bull horns on its head and red scales on its body, came into view.

The wisp of dark purple Yao Fiend Qi at the wound on its upper body made Shi Chuan feel a pang of dread.