183: Chapter 183 Soul Searching, the Secret of the Heavenly Demon Sect

The Black Demon Mountain Range was deathly silent.

The black wind that could devour the Divine Soul of a Heavenly Immortal had long since vanished.

Lin Feng's sword strike not only killed Protector Black Demon and destroyed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, but it also completely purged the Devilish Qi and resentment that had accumulated in this valley for ten thousand years.

The sky even brightened slightly.

On the flying ship, Wang Teng and Li Daoxuan remained frozen in place, not daring to move.

Looking at the black-robed figure who had nonchalantly sat back down and begun to meditate, only two thoughts remained in their minds: "surviving a disaster" and "thank goodness we didn't rebel."

Lin Feng ignored them.

He took a step, his figure ghostly, ignoring the remnants of the Heavenly Demon Sect fleeing frantically below, and landed directly beside the two halves of Protector Black Demon's corpse.

"My Lord, what are you…" Liu Ming quickly followed, looking puzzled.

The man was already dead, his Divine Soul scattered; what was there left to see?

"Trash must still have some value." Lin Feng spoke indifferently. He hadn't forgotten his "original intention" for coming here.

He was here to farm critical hit points, and more importantly… to find the Fugui!

He crouched down, ignoring the foul-smelling devilish blood, and slowly pressed one hand onto the head of Protector Black Demon, whose eyes were still wide open in death.

"System."

"Although this old thing's Divine Soul is shattered, there should still be some lingering memories, right?"

"Search for me!"

[Ding!]

[Target detected as a Ninth-Stage Earth Immortal devil cultivator, Divine Soul has shattered.]

[Forced search of fragmented memories requires consumption of 10 billion critical hit points!]

"Ten billion?" Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.

Worth it!

The ninety billion had just arrived and hadn't even warmed up in his pocket yet.

"Search!"

[Ding! Consumed 10 billion critical hit points! Myriad Dao Furnace Sutra forced activation!]

Boom!

An even more domineering and bizarre terrifying suction force exploded from Lin Feng's palm, surpassing even Devilish Qi!

That wasn't immortal essence; that was the Myriad Dao Furnace Sutra devouring!

Protector Black Demon's shattered head shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Countless broken, chaotic memory fragments flooded into Lin Feng's mind like a bursting dam!

"Ah… so painful…"

"Lord Devil King… the Ten Thousand Soul Banner… is complete…"

"Hehehe… blood food… more blood food…"

"Wang Teng… Li Daoxuan… Zhao Wujiang… these three old dogs actually dared to collude with the remnants of the Demon Suppression Division…"

"Demon Suppression Division? That Lin Feng… such a strong sword… must… report this…"

"Report to whom?" Lin Feng's mind stirred, searching frantically for key information in that ocean of memories!

Finally! He found it!

Deep within that chaotic sea of memories, he "saw" a terrifying world a hundred times larger than the Black Demon Mountain Range!

It was a blood-colored continent floating in the Void Realm!

On the continent, bones formed mountains and rivers of blood formed rivers!

In the center of the continent, there were two devil lairs more terrifying than the Black Demon Mountain Range by ten thousand times!

One was a terrifying devil palace seemingly built from the bones of billions of living beings—the [Bone Palace]!

The other was a surging, endless river filled with wronged souls and immortal blood—the [Blood River Hall]!

And floating above those two devil lairs was something shrouded in endless devil clouds, something even the memories of Protector Black Demon could only worship from afar…

[Heavenly Demon Headquarters]!

"One headquarters… two halls…" Lin Feng's eyes brightened.

"No, it's three halls."

He dug deeper.

It turned out that the Heavenly Demon Sect had one headquarters and three halls in the White Jade Immortal State.

Protector Black Demon's "Black Demon Mountain" was the "Wind Hall," and also the weakest, responsible for scavenging Loose Cultivators and small Schools within the Immortal State.

Meanwhile, the [Bone Palace] and the [Blood River Hall] were the two major "Inner Halls"!

They handled the real big business! For example, making deals with behemoths like the three major Families!

"Then what about the 'Headquarters'?" Lin Feng's Divine Thought struck frantically!

[Ding! Target's Divine Soul has completely collapsed!]

"Damn it." Lin Feng cursed under his breath and withdrew his hand.

Protector Black Demon's head had already turned to ash.

A Protector of this level really couldn't access the secrets of the "Headquarters."

However, this was enough.

"My Lord?" Liu Ming carefully approached. "Did… did you find anything?"

"I found…" Lin Feng slowly stood up and clapped his hands. "Two bigger fat sheep."

"Ah?"

"No, two nests."

A smile appeared on Lin Feng's face that made even Liu Ming feel horrified.

He had found new "sacrificial offerings." And they were two super offerings, countless times fatter than Black Demon Mountain!

"My Lord! Look!" Just then, the "proactive" Zhao Wujiang came running over.

In his hands, he held a piece of blood-stained… rag? No.

It was a fragment of a banner. It was the largest piece left after the Ten Thousand Soul Banner was shattered by Lin Feng's sword!

Greed flickered in Zhao Wujiang's eyes, but he dared not hide it.

"My Lord! Look! Although this object is broken, its material is cast from Chaos Divine Iron from beyond the heavens, and it was refined by the Devil King for ten thousand years…"

"If it could be reforged…"

Zhao Wujiang's meaning was obvious. This thing was very valuable. Did you want it? Did you want to share a little with me?

"Spoils of war?" Lin Feng glanced at it.

A fragment of a top-grade Heavenly Immortal Magic Treasure?

"Trash." Lin Feng couldn't even be bothered to look at it.

He was only interested in one thing right now. Farming money, leveling up! Finding the Fugui, and dealing with Yuheng!

"You…" Zhao Wujiang was stunned.

He thought Lin Feng would be ecstatic. He thought Lin Feng would at least look at him with high regard. As a result… Trash? This is trash?! This is a treasure that even Wang Teng would be envious of!

Zhao Wujiang was dumbfounded. Holding that "trash," kneeling on the ground, neither advancing nor retreating, his old face flushed to the color of liver.

He completely couldn't understand. His little schemes seemed like a huge joke in front of Lin Feng. He didn't even look at a fragment of a top-grade Heavenly Immortal Magic Treasure? Who on earth is this guy?! Could he really be the illegitimate son of the Immortal Emperor? Was that broken iron sword of his a "Golden Immortal" supreme treasure that surpassed the Heavenly Immortal rank?!

The more Zhao Wujiang thought, the more afraid he became; the more he thought, the more he realized… how childish and suicidal his thought of "snatching the sword" from just a moment ago was!

"What?" Lin Feng frowned impatiently, seeing him kneeling there with a constipated expression. "Do you dare to take another look at this Lord's spoils?"

Boom!

This sentence was plain and simple. But to Zhao Wujiang, it sounded like thunder from the Nine Heavens!

He had been discovered! That greedy look he had just now had been caught by this Lord!

"No!!!" Zhao Wujiang was scared out of his wits, throwing the fragment onto the ground on the spot, as if he had thrown away a hot potato!

"Thump!" Zhao Wujiang, this First-Stage Heavenly Immortal Old Ancestor, prostrated himself once again!

"My Lord, please forgive me!!"

"This subordinate dares not! This subordinate absolutely dares not!"

He banged his head frantically, the force causing the valley to shake.

"This subordinate… this subordinate was just afraid that this devilish object would dirty… dirty your eyes, My Lord!"

"This subordinate will purify it completely right now!"

"Heh." Lin Feng sneered.

Act. Keep acting. I just like watching you desperately scramble for excuses when you're clearly scared to death.

"Enough." Lin Feng couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with him.

He kicked the fragment in front of Zhao Wujiang.

"Old Ancestor Zhao."

"Here! Here! Please command, My Lord!"

"You… just now… performed… quite proactively."

"Ah?" Zhao Wujiang was stunned. Had happiness arrived so suddenly?

"This Black Demon Mountain has heavy Devilish Qi and monstrous resentment." Lin Feng's tone became "kind."

"As an Inspector, I cannot bear to see such devastation of life."

"This 'purification' of the devil lair, returning this place to a clear and bright universe… the heavy responsibility…"

Lin Feng paused, and under Zhao Wujiang's "expectant" gaze, slowly said:

"I will leave it to your Zhao Family."

"…"

The "expectation" on Zhao Wujiang's face instantly solidified.

"Wha… what?" Lin Feng's tone turned cold again. "Old Ancestor Zhao, are you unwilling?"

"No, no, no! Willing! This subordinate is willing!"

Zhao Wujiang almost cried! Damn it! This move again! Tens of thousands of immortal soldiers and hundreds of thousands of devil cultivators had just died here! The resentment was a hundred times heavier than the Zhao Family's underground palace! This "purification"? This is "forced labor"! It's a thankless job that requires spending countless immortal crystals and manpower!

"Very good." Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction.

"I have high hopes for you."

He ignored Zhao Wujiang and walked straight to the flying ship.

Wang Teng and Li Daoxuan quickly lowered their heads, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Inside, they were frantically mourning for Zhao Wujiang.

Serves you right! Telling you not to have crooked thoughts just now! You got caught by the Lord, didn't you! Serves you right!

"Liu Ming."

"Here! My Lord!"

"Return to the city."

"Yes!"

Liu Ming was in high spirits! He held his head high, like a general who had won a battle, and started the flying ship.

The flying ship slowly ascended.

"Oh, right." Lin Feng seemed to have just remembered something. He turned his head and said indifferently to the three Heavenly Immortals below:

"I am… very interested in the Heavenly Demon Sect."

"Especially that [Bone Palace] and [Blood River Hall]."

The three of them felt a chill in their hearts! It's coming! The main event is here!

"I will give you…"

"Three days."

"Within three days, I want to know the… accurate locations of these two devil lairs."

"And how many sacrificial offerings like Black Demon are inside."

"Wang Teng, Li Daoxuan."

"Here!"

"This matter is left to you."

"Zhao Wujiang, he is responsible for cleaning up the battlefield."

"…"

Zhao Wujiang, who was kneeling on the ground, heard these words and spat out a mouthful of old blood, fainting on the spot from anger.

"Yes! My Lord!"

Wang Teng and Li Daoxuan were overjoyed! They knew that this was the Lord beating down the Zhao Family! And even more, it was giving them… the opportunity to perform meritorious service!

"After three days, I want results."

Lin Feng left behind his final words.

The flying ship transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.