511: Chapter 511 Karmic Fire

Half a year later.

Centered around Biyou Pool, a massive cultivation city rose, more than ten times more prosperous than the Star Academy.

Around the surface of Biyou Pool, countless Flying Boats of all sizes formed a giant semi-circle; some Cultivators directly used their Flying Boats as shops, taking their business to the skies.

Further out were the camps and fortresses where the army of Cultivators was stationed, with thick black army fiends rolling and taking shape; just a glance from afar made one's heart tremble.

Not long ago, the Demon Court stopped actively attacking the outskirts of Biyou Pool and turned to defense, marking Biyou Pool as a relatively safe place on the front line.

A large number of businesspeople flocked here, while loose Cultivators and adventurous Cultivators also came seeking opportunities, accelerating the development of Biyou Pool.

By the pond, the Liu Family Immortal Workshop was originally a gathering spot Liu Xuan set up for his intelligence organization, but unexpectedly, business grew better and better.

Because it was backed by Peach Blossom Demon Lord and supported by True Lord Haoran, combined with the Liu Clan Merchant Alliance's years of reputation, it earned the deep trust of the vast number of Cultivators despite the small initial investment.

Among the many markets by the lake, the scale of the Liu Family Immortal Workshop wasn't large, but its Cultivator traffic was no worse than other large markets, and its profits were very considerable.

The proprietress, Yao Qian, was only a Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator. It was said that she became the market master because she married the Liu Family head, Liu Xuan. Even Foundation Establishment Cultivators had to be polite when meeting her, and ordinary Golden Core True Persons had to give her some Face.

Gossip and rumors spread most easily, and the matter of Liu Xuan being a toy boy kept by Peach Blossom Demon Lord was soon known to countless Cultivators.

Because of Yao Qian's status as a student of the Gentlemans Academy, Liu Xuan's reputation also spread widely within the academy.

In the eyes of the envious, Liu Xuan was a generous philanthropist; every day, women who considered themselves attractive would come to recommend themselves.

Regardless of whether he was a toy boy kept by Peach Blossom Demon Lord, Liu Xuan had money, power, and was generous to women—who could resist that?

Being a Dao Companion for other Cultivators meant worrying about being cheated, but there was no need to worry with Liu Xuan. Old Ancestor Liu's reputation was well-established; thousands of fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law across the Merchant Alliance, and over ten thousand friends and relatives, would testify for him!

When some female Cultivators from the academy learned about Liu Xuan's deeds and realized that his wives and concubines were all left at the Star Academy and hadn't followed him, and that Yao Qian had only obtained the position of market master by seizing this opportunity, everyone went crazy.

Ordinary people couldn't enter Biyou Pool, so they sought out Yao Qian and her sisters; even when some maids from Fangcun Tower went out, female Cultivators would come to beg them for help.

Fangcun Tower.

Liu Xuan currently had no intention of taking in more women; he was waiting for the intelligence sent by the Lingshu Pavilion and Lingying Pavilion.

A Cultivator shrouded in a black robe flew over through the air. Without bowing or speaking, he handed over a Jade Slip and left.

Liu Xuan's Divine Sense probed the Jade Slip, and a strange expression appeared on his Face—neither happy nor unhappy, only a deep sense of confusion.

All intelligence indicated that the situation for the Beast Taming Sect was excellent. After completely taking control of Biyou Pool, their influence radiated to the entire northern part of the Endless Demon Court, and most of the battlefield news consisted of reports of victory.

On the other hand, for the Demon Court, Demon Saint Xuanyu had lost not only the key spiritual land of Biyou Pool, but the confidence and Aura of the entire Demon Court army had also suffered a major blow.

The counterattack on Biyou Pool was thwarted, and the delay strategy of taking the opportunity to recover other spiritual lands was also not going smoothly.

The battle line was too long; even if he personally took action, the effect was mediocre and could not shake the overall situation.

Even more serious was the emergence of internal conflicts within the Demon Court. Confidence in victory had dropped to freezing point; some Demon Lords had not rebelled openly but were already secretly prepared to surrender.

Suppressing internal conflicts alone consumed most of Demon Saint Xuanyu's energy; it was estimated that before long, they would turn back to full-scale defensive stalling.

The news that shook Liu Xuan the most was that Demon Lord Zhu Pan and others had also changed their attitude. He told Immortal Master Gu Sha that he had also been deceived by Demon Lord Han Jing and wanted to seek the protection of Peach Blossom Demon Lord.

He said Demon Lord Han Jing was a die-hard branch of Demon Saint Xuanyu, and that he had only mixed in with them to master their movement information and provide them with false news.

“Damn! A double agent, is it?”

The various pieces of intelligence were a mix of truth and lies, leaving him completely baffled; everything he looked at felt off.

“Regardless of whether it's true or false, a conspiracy or an accident, it's best to assume the worst!”

“Just honestly prepare to run away! Not being greedy is winning.”

The cultivation levels of the Liu Family descendants were rising every day, pushing Liu Xuan's own cultivation to progress daily.

The child in Peach Blossom Demon Lord's belly was also growing, and she was getting closer and closer to breaking through to Soul Transformation Demon Sage.

Descendants were still being born; a few days ago, he had even sent back a pregnant female student from the academy. He was nearing the grand prize for reaching one thousand descendants.

Following the principle of the happy one yielding, there was no need for Liu Xuan to risk his life against these vicious thugs.

If everything was a Demon Court conspiracy, he and Peach Blossom would take the first opportunity to escape.

If everything was just an accident, then he would follow behind the Beast Taming Sect and develop cautiously, taking a sip of the victory soup along the way.

Liu Xuan no longer obsessed over conspiracies or tricks and focused on peacefully setting up his teleportation grand array.

With the Earth Vein Grand Array token, it wasn't difficult to open a gap in the array to allow passage.

The difficulty lay in Liu Xuan wanting to nest a Spatial Teleportation Grand Array within it.

Technically, it wasn't an issue; the background of the 4th-grade Low Grade Formation Master Legacy given by the System was incredibly deep, and the Spatial Teleportation Grand Array was included within it.

The difficulty was that the spiritual Materials required for the Spatial Teleportation Grand Array were too rare, and Materials capable of supporting the operation of a 4th-grade array were even more precious.

4th-grade spatial attribute spiritual Materials were sufficient to be used as auxiliary Materials for 5th-grade Spirit Treasures and rarely fell into the hands of Nascent Soul True Lords. Even if they did, they were rarely traded and seldom entered the market.

Liu Xuan tried to substitute them with a large amount of Low Grade spatial attribute Materials, but the effect wasn't very good, until recently when he remembered that Peach Blossom had once fused with a mysterious Divine Stone of the Void, and her original tree trunk might possess spatial attributes.

He just tried it on a whim, but the effect was unexpectedly good. Although Peach Blossom's original tree trunk couldn't compare to 4th-grade spatial attribute spiritual Materials, it could barely serve as a substitute.

Anyway, it wasn't about setting up a teleportation array for long-term use, but just a one-time life-saving array, so it was perfectly sufficient.

However, separating the original spirit wood from Peach Blossom's body meant she had to suffer a little. Every time he took a bit, she would cry out in pain and demand compensation from Liu Xuan.

While focusing on setting up the array, Liu Xuan suddenly felt the blood and Qi in his chest grow significantly stronger, and his Golden Core magic power also suddenly surged.

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host's descendant for becoming the first Golden Core, obtaining a 5th-grade Low Grade Spirit Treasure, 'avici karmic fire mirror'.】

【avici karmic fire mirror: Contains a trace of Avici Karmic Fire. It does not harm the Physical Body but specifically burns the Divine Soul. Once tainted, it cannot be escaped and can only be endured. No means within Karma can evade it. If it cannot be endured, one will be burned by the karmic fire until their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.】

‘A Golden Core descendant?’

‘That kid Tong Xiao broke through so quickly?!’