Sovereign to Immortality

Chapter 26 – Demonic Qi

Yang Junshan guessed why the Treadmill bear would definitely ambush the Mountain Tiger, he guessed that there might be descendants of the Mountain Tiger here, but he had always been suspicious of one thing, and that was, since the Treadmill bear already knew where the Mountain Tiger Lair was, why wasn’t it going to ambush at the Mountain Tiger Lair instead of staying in the col?

However, when Yang Junshan passed through the dense forest, he finally found out the reason behind the appearance of a rocky cliff.

This area was made up of uneven stone platforms, and the tiger’s lair was located at the top of the cliff in a cave.

The Treadmill bear’s body was huge and clumsy, it was obviously impossible for it to climb up and down the stone platform; and although the mountain tiger’s body was not small, it had an extremely good jumping ability compared to the Treadmill bear, allowing it to continuously jump up and down the stone platform.

Although Yang Junshan was unable to have the same jumping ability as the Mountain Tiger, but his four limbs were much more nimble than a fierce beast. Although he used up a lot of energy, Yang Junshan still managed to find the Mountain Tiger Lair after half an incense stick of time.

Before Yang Junshan even entered the cave, a faint demonic Qi mixed with a fishy smell floated all over his body. If it were not for the fact that Yang Junshan had lived two lifetimes, he would not have been able to differentiate the two of them.

Yang Junshan was shocked, but he quickly realized that even though the appearance of the demonic qi in a hundred years time was out of his expectations, even the strong fierce beasts sitting at the peak of Banyan Mountain like Mountain Tiger and Treadmill bear had only just started their demonification, so there shouldn’t be any dangers inside the cave.

On the contrary, in his previous life, the cultivation world had discussed the major changes in the world and considered them to be the main culprits behind the great changes in the world. Yang Junshan, on the other hand, was eager to have a look at the current situation and had an intense curiosity to test it out.

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Yang Junshan had not even stepped into the cave yet, when he heard a childish, clear growl coming from a furry little tiger cub he could not differentiate between friend and foe. Hearing the sound, he thought that his mother had returned and shakily ran out of the cave to welcome her.

Yang Junshan bent over and carried the little tiger cub, perhaps because he sensed that the smell on Yang Junshan’s body was not right. The little tiger cub maduckus in his arms for a long time, which also allowed Yang Junshan to clearly sense the faint strand of demonic aura on the little tiger cub that was causing him to be extremely shocked.

Calming the emotions of the little tiger cub, Yang Junshan took a deep breath, and stepped into the cave with large strides …

On a cliff about three kilometers away from the col, Su Baozhang, who had nowhere to run anymore, was forced onto him by Zhang Yueming and the other youths. The exhausted Su Baozhang didn’t wait for the darkened face of Zhang Yueming and the others to ask any further questions and had already started to curse loudly, “straight mother thief, you guys aren’t going to hunt down the immortal spirits, why are you chasing after me everywhere?”

Su Baozhang’s actions were ingenious, and for a moment, the youths were scolded into a daze.

Soon, a youth jumped out and shouted, “Then why are you running? You clearly have a guilty conscience!”

Su Baozhang said boldly: “Bullsh * t, if you guys don’t chase me, will I run? In this wilderness, if all of you have any bad intentions, how can I explain it?”

The youth was still about to speak when Zhang Yueming reached out his hand to stop him. Then, with a dark expression, he took a step forward and asked: “Were those tiger roars made by you just now?”

Su Baozhang looked deeply at him, and then said complacently: “That’s right, how is it, does it resemble you a lot?”

Zhang Yueming’s tone suddenly rose as he said furiously, “Are you trying to attract us by deliberately mimicking the roar of a tiger?”

Previously, Zhang Yueming and the others had followed the butterfly talisman to search for traces of the Mountain Tiger, but unexpectedly, the tiger’s roar sounded, causing everyone to give up on the butterfly talisman that was moving slowly. Like a swarm of bees, they flew towards the direction of the hissing sound, but the hissing sounds soon followed and moved further, leading everyone to the opposite side of the cove.

By the time Zhang Yueming and the others realized that something was amiss, Su Baozhang had already brought all the youths to wander around the mountain for more than an hour before they were chased and cut off by the crowd, forcing them to the top of the cliff.

Su Baozhang was surprised when he heard Zhang Yueming’s question: “I did indeed do that on purpose, but why did I lure you here? I originally wanted to attract an injured mountain tiger to sit down and take advantage of the situation, what does it have to do with you guys? ”

One of the youths could no longer hold it in as he loudly said, “We were the ones that injured you. You dared to steal our things. Tell us, where did Mountain Lord go? If you don’t want to say it, then we won’t hold back!”

After Su Baozhang heard this, he immediately shouted at Sky Crackle, and said: “You all still asked me for traces of that Mountain Lord, I have yet to ask for them, if not for you all chasing after me like this, that Mountain Lord would have been found long ago.”

Although they had the nagging feeling that something was amiss, they couldn’t say it out loud. Only one thought was running through their heads: Could it be that they really made a mistake this time?

Zhang Yueming suspected that Su Baozhang was lying, but because he did not have any evidence to expose it, right at this moment, a youth stood out from behind him and said fiercely: “No matter what, the direction that you misled us towards is the truth, and just this point alone is unforgivable, unless you can compensate us for our losses!”

Hearing that, everyone was startled, they all clamored for Su Baozhang to keep the valuable thing on him, Zhang Yueming watched coldly from the side, but did not say a word.

“Behind you is a cliff that’s oveundred meters tall. You should be clear of the consequences if you fall down, and if you don’t want to fall down, it’s best if you hand over the things that you’re carrying. Also, you must take the initiative to withdraw from this siege, or else I won’t mind sending you off myself!”

Just as the youth finished speaking, Zhang Yueming knew that it was bad. He leaped forward and shouted: “Stop him, he wants to tear apart the protective talisman!”

Su Baozhang, who was standing at the side of the cliff, laughed coldly, only to see a black boulder that Su Baozhang had already grabbed in his hands thrown out. After the rock had fallen to the ground, all of the surrounding sand and stones started to gather towards the boulder, and a moment later, a yellow stone wall rose up in front of him.

Su Baozhang looked at the crowd with a smile, then casually circulated the faint spirit energy in his body to his hands and tore apart the Guardian Talisman in his body. Another layer of protective light rose up, with these two layers of protection, it was enough for Su Baozhang to wait for the Mountain Defence Cultivators to arrive.

Zhang Yueming looked deeply at Su Baozhang, and the symbol sword in his hand that was gradually giving out light suddenly lit up, causing Su Baozhang to be startled. When he looked carefully, the symbol sword was immediately returned to the sword sheath, and Zhang Yueming then turned and left. The youths followed one after the other, and continued to curse and sigh.

Seeing that everyone had left, Su Baozhang could not help but heave a sigh of relief, and muttered to himself: “We can only delay this much, I hope it’s enough for you to kill two fierce beasts.”

Just as Su Baozhang’s voice fell, the stone wall in front of him suddenly collapsed, causing Su Baozhang to be shocked. He only realised that Zhang Yueming’s symbol sword had flashed and disappeared, but in truth, Zhang Yueming had already broken the symbol stone that Yang Junshan had given him to save his life. That Zhang Yueming was obviously warning him, he completely had the ability to save his own life, and what he had said previously could be deceived by others, but Zhang Yueming understood everything clearly.

This person was worthy of being called the genius of the Heaven-Shaken Sect. No wonder the Jun Shan had placed so much importance on this person.

A streak of light pierced through the sky, but it waity that he did not have time to find a celestial spirit for himself. Su Baozhang felt a tinge of regret as he left the Banyan Mountain’s encirclement.

Carrying the little tiger in his arms, Yang Junshan walked out of the cave with excitement and shock on his face, but he immediately suppressed it and anxiously rushed back to the cove. The Mountain Tiger was already at its last breath, he didn’t want to wait for the little tiger to return to him, only its body would be left, if that was the case, his previous plan would have no effect.

Although the fierce beasts did not have reason, but it was possible for them to instinctively condense the nature’s spirit energy within their bodies to nurture a celestial spirit, and after being infected by the demonic energy, the mountain tiger and Treadmill bear had already begun to gain intelligence. Not only did they know to consciously absorb the nature’s spirit energy to cultivate, they even knew how to conceal the immortal spirit that was growing within their bodies.

The difference between the two made a difference. While a celestial spirit might be born in the body of a vicious beast, a celestial spirit definitely existed in the body of a demonic beast that had gained intelligence.

However, because the former had no intelligence, if they were killed by others, the immortal spirit within their body would naturally be taken away by others. On the other hand, when the latter was facing death because of an immortal spirit, they would often destroy their own immortal spirit, causing the cultivator to gain nothing.

If these things were to be placed in a hundred years in his previous life, not everyone would know about it, or at the very least, be widely known. However, in the current cultivation world, people might not even know what demons were, but this knowledge was actually unique to Yang Junshan.

Previously, when Yang Junshan was sitting on the back of the mountain tiger rushing out of the Fire Bird Talisman’s attack, he was only able to confirm that there was a Tiger Bone Celestial Spirit inside its body. The reason was because he was still unsure if the mountain tiger was infected by the demonic Qi like the Treadmill bear and had its intelligence awakened.

The most important reason why the Treadmill bear did not put in so much effort like the Mountain Tiger, was because the Treadmill bear had already gone berserk at the very last moment, causing it to lose all its remaining intelligence. Yang Junshan was naturally not worried that the Immortal Spirit in the giant bear’s body would shatter itself before it died.

Yang Junshan hurriedly jumped off the cliff and sprinted towards the col while carrying the little tiger. The little tiger cub seemed to have also sensed Yang Junshan’s presence and continued to let out baby-voice tiger howls, and as the distance between them grew closer and closer, the little tiger’s cries became more and more short and urgent. The bloody aura floating out from the col instantly stimulated the little tiger cub and it almost struggled to jump down from Yang Junshan’s embrace.

It was only when a weak and low growl sounded out that the infant tiger in Yang Junshan’s arms finally stopped. It only stuck its head out of Yang Junshan’s embrace, as if it was anxiously waiting for something.