Chapter 499 - To The Star of Calamity!
Zhong Yue smiled and said, "The insect race is a weapon created by the demon gods against the celestial race. This is our chance to head over and claim some of these weapons for ourselves is it not? The insect race can be refined into Gu insects. They are really strong weapons!"
Shui Zian growled in anger, "The insects are incredibly dangerous as well! They eat anything, whether it be demons or celestials! Furthermore, we are not demons. How do you propose we refine them?"
"I know," Zhong Yue smiled, "It's not that hard to do it. I'll teach you all."
The elders looked at one another in confoundment. Jun Sixie's heart moved and she thought of the demon expert she saw flying out from the Seal Suppression Hall. She thought, Looks like that demon expert is really Junior Martial Brother Zhong's incarnation. The Whale King Ships had just sailed tens of thousand of humans back from the demon race. It seems like this demon incarnation of Junior Martial Brother Zhong is quite a notable figure in the demon race! Our human experts might just be able to survive the expedition…
She was feeling a little more relieved. If Zhong Yue really knew how to refine the insects, their chances of survival would be higher.
The insect race was originally created by the demon gods as weapons. But with the passage of time, they began to develop sentience. And as soon as they elucidated themselves on the ways of cultivation, the insect race rose up against the demon race, nearly overthrowing their creators.
Although the insect race was freed from the demon race's control, some of the demonic cultivation techniques still had ways to refine the insects. Such as the Demon Saint's【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】and Asura's【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】.
Zhong Yue imparted the ways to refine the insects to Qiu Jin'er, Fang Jiange, Zuo Xiangsheng, and Tian Yanzhong. The four of them then proceeded in practicing it while Jun Sixie and the other recorded it into the heritage of Swords Gate cultivation techniques.
After that, the five human experts went to choose their divine weapons, Ten Malefic Weapons and the divine herbs. Among the five, Fang Jiange only took one divine herb and none of the weapons. He said, "I only need my sword."
Meanwhile, Zhong Yue brought the huge carrot, Husan Weng, with him and didn't take any of the weapons as well.
Jun Sixie sighed in her heart as she them off, she said, "We humans are weak, we will be bullied for as long as a human god is not here with us. When can we ever have a god of our own? Elder Shui, do you think you can do it?"
Elder Shui hopped up from the ground, he shook his head violently and said, "Definitely not me. I've reached the end of my potential already. But headmaster, you might be able to do it!"
Jun Sixie sighed again and she thought, With the divine herbs and the new cultivation techniques. In addition to the extreme states, there is a possibility that I can do it. But I need more time….
The five human experts traveled for tens of days before finally reaching the Frozen Ancient Capital. There were many Qi Practitioners of various races funneling in. And a few days later, even the Zhong Li Kun Peng celestial races as well as the dragon race experts arrived.
"Gu Hongzi is also here! This brat dared to rebel and tried to murder Shi Buyi, now he is facing the consequences! Shi Buyi sent him to die in the insect planet!" a celestial Qi Practitioner gloated.
"Are you any different?" Tian Yanzhong suddenly asked.
The celestial Qi Practitioner's face turned dark, but he didn't say anything more.
"Shi Buyi's first disciple, Lang Qingyun, is also here. Isn't he a trusted disciple of Shi Buyi? Why is he here as well?"
A Qi Practitioner looked at the monster crowd and said, "Qiu Qingshan is Shi Buyi's most trusted disciple, of course he will not be here. But I heard that Long Yue is the disciple that Shi Buyi wanted to get rid of most. Why is he not here?"
"The demons!" suddenly, someone shouted.
Demonic clouds billowed over as the demon experts arrived. In addition to the monsters and celestials, there were already more than 2000 experts in this expedition.
Speaking in terms of the number of experts, the human race had the least. But among five of the human experts, three of them were innate spirit bodies, including Zhong Yue who was in fact, not a real innate spirit body.
"The demon race even sent one of the Ten Talents!"
The crowd was shocked, "Mister Bo Xun is here! How unsurprisingly shocking… eight of the Ten Talents are the reincarnations of the eight demon gods. How can they ever be sent to die in the insect race? Meanwhile, the other one is the Demon Queen, surely the demon race would save her because of her dead husband, the Demon Saint. But this Bo Xun is different, he has no backing It's not a too much a surprise he is here."
"Mister Bo Xun has been expanding his faction too quickly lately. He is also closely related to the eight saint clans. He's the son-in-law of nearly all the eight saint clans."
One of the demon Qi Practitioner sneered coldly and said, "Hehe, now that you are sent to die with us as well, don't you agree that being too beautiful has its downsides?"
Mister Bo Xun arrived sitting in a demon ship. There were three beautiful ladies sitting around with him that attracted everyone's attention.
These three ladies were none other than the Tian Mo Concubine, Ji Xiang Concubine, and Saint Concubine. Bo Xun had many ladies around him in his Desire Realm, and the heads of the ladies were these three concubines.
"Comparing this demon and the other demons, the rest of us can just go and die. This brat has so many beauties with him, he deserves to die!" a demon Qi Practitioner who was envious of him cursed.
Tian Mo Concubine had a pair of sharp eyes, and from afar, she could already see Zhong Yue. Immediately, she raised her hand up and waved excitedly at Zhong Yue. Ji Xiang Concubine and Saint Concubine then also noticed Zhong Yue as well did the same.
Zhong Yue glanced over at Qiu Jin'er who was beside him and pretended to not see anything.
Meanwhile, Qiu Jin'er asked, "Senior martial brother, the three ladies around Mister Bo Xun seem to know you . Have you all met in the demon race before?"
"Junior martial sister, I have no idea who they are!" Zhong Yue explained, but his wavering tone betrayed his lack of confidence, "They are Mister Bo Xun's mistresses. Junior martial sister, don't think too much."
Qiu Jin'er smiled and said, "I know senior martial brother is not a playboy."
Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief. Qiu Jin'er looked at Mister Bo Xun again and her eyes lit up as she said, "Senior martial brother, this Mister Bo Xun looks a lot like you."
"He is a demon, and I'm a human, how can we look alike?"
Cold sweat started rolling down the Zhong Shan Clan young man's face, "Junior martial sister, you must be seeing things…"
"Darling!" Tian Mo Concubine was waving at him, her sleeve fell down to her shoulders as her hand violently waved in the air.
"Darling~!" Ji Xiang Concubine also exclaimed.
Saint Concubine was a little more conservative and opted not to express herself in the same way.
Cold sweat instantly burst out from Zhong Yue's forehead. Qiu Jin'er slightly furrowed her brows while her gaze bounced back and forth between Zhong Yue and Bo Xun.
Immediately, as Zhong Yue realized she was starting to suspect, his scalp tingled. Suddenly, Bai Canghai came running toward them. He rushed over and said happily, "Brother Zhong, it's really you! My Bai Zhe Clan has sent me this time."
Zhong Yue heaved a heavy breath of relief and quickly greeted Bai Canghai. Bai Canghai's cultivation base had increased significantly. Clearly, the Pure Yang Qi did its work.
Although the Yin element in Bai Canghai's body was still not completely erased away, it still greatly boosted his cultivation base. The Pure Yang Qi Zhong Yue left in his body was also nurtured to a point where it was strong enough to fight against the Yin God Meridian.
"My Bai Zhe ancestor said that you can rest assured. He will take care of the five of you." Bai Canghai smiled and said, "You saved his life, and also mine, so he is repaying you for your help."
But before Zhong Yue could even relax his heart, Bai Canghai said again, "Oh and, my sister has been talking about you non-stop. But she is already appointed as the next clan master, she can't come this time…"
"Your sister…?" Qiu Jin'er asked puzzlingly.
"My sister is Bai Shuyue, didn't Brother Zhong tell you about her?" Bai Canghai replied back in confusion.
At that instant, cold sweat immediately soaked Zhong Yue's collar. Right at that moment, the clouds started trembling as a god said, "If the Qi Practitioners have all arrived, then it's time to enter the tunnel! Don't worry, we are just there to explore the planet! We will be behind you to look after you!"
The Qi Practitioners around then cursed in their hearts, What looking after us? These gods are just afraid of death and want us to scout out the situation for them. That's our only purpose in this expedition.
Over two thousand Qi Practitioners entered the tunnel with the gods and walked toward the other end. The tunnel wasn't unfamiliar to Zhong Yue as he had been here once before. But there were still differences between now and then. Now, the totem patterns on the tunnel walls were significantly dimmer than before, and the place now seemed devoid of the divine aura that permeated during his last visit.
Meanwhile, in the ice engraved with Lord Bai's totem patterns, there were many blood-colored bugs that drilled into it. It was these tiny bugs that weakened the power of the ice.
However, these bugs were also frozen to death in the ice.
"The insect race's Crimson God Insects!" Tian Mo Concubine's eyes brightened up, she said in surprise, "These godly insects only appear in the legends, they are said to be capable of eating away the godly totem patterns! I didn't ever expect to ever see them here, let alone so many of them! What a pity that they are all dead. If I can have a few for my…."
The Qi Practitioners were walking deeper into the tunnel. The last time Zhong Yue was here, there was heavy snow and danger hidden within the snowflakes. But now, all of it was gone as the insect race's god had broken it away.
They traveled for another few thousand miles before finally reaching the end of the first seal. The divine weapon, Scroll of the Flowers of Snow, was already rolled up and hovered in mid-air.
"Scroll of the Flowers of Snow!" Bai Canghai blew out a mouthful of arcane energy. The Scroll of the Flowers of Snow flew down from the sky and fell into his hands. Bai Canghai said to Zhong Yue while smiling, "My sister knew that the seals formed by the Scroll of the Flowers of Snow would surely be broken, but the outsiders can't claim our Bai Zhe divine weapons, thus it will be left untouched here for sure. Clan master has asked me to come so that I can reclaim them."
They continued moving forward for another few thousand miles, and Bai Canghai also claimed the second divine weapon, Ice Frost Mirror.
Once they reached the end of the third seal, the Glacial Frost Palace, a lord-level divine weapon was also kept by Bai Canghai.
The other Qi Practitioners were all envious of him but none tried to snatch the divine weapons. After all, the Bai Zhe Clan's god was right behind him, the Bai Zhe god would definitely kill anyone who dared to do it.
Bai Canghai kept the three divine weapons and he whispered softly, "These three treasures can keep us safe enough from danger."
Not far away from them, Lord Bai and the insect race mother god's battlefield was still there. Millions of insect Qi Practitioners were frozen to death around the battlefield while the two gods' bodies were untouched.
"Their bodies are still here, there are no Deity Overlords in the insect race." A god came forth and said as he saw the bodies.
Another god noticed it as well and nodded, "Without the cultivation of a lord-level god, no one else can move their bodies. The insect race wouldn't be as strong as us in the Ancestral Star, this is good news! Now, the only question is … how many insect gods are there in this Star of Calamity?"
Far on the other end of the battlefield, the ice tunnel linked to another huge planet. There were holes everywhere on the planet down to the planet core. Meanwhile, on the surface of the planet, there were the statues of the insect gods all over the places!
This was the Star of Calamity, the insect planet!