FVN Chapter 606 Mutated Spiritual Energy! The Old Eunuch's Plan!
Chapter 606 Mutated Spiritual Energy! The Old Eunuch's Plan!
Zhao Ying stared at him for a moment, a hint of undisguised disdain flashing in her eyes, which were pierced by a knife scar.
He had fought against demonic cultivators on the border of the East China Sea for over a hundred years and had seen countless worshippers from the imperial city.
Some have real skills, while others are all talk and no action. This eunuch in front of me may have won first place in two selections, but his cultivation level is only at the late Nascent Soul stage. Yet he wants to kill a demonic cultivator at the early Divine Transformation stage on his own. In my opinion, this is not courage, but ignorance of the immensity of heaven and earth.
But Zhao Ying did not try to persuade her further.
He had no connection with Chen Fan, and this hospitality was only out of respect for the First Prince. Since the other party didn't appreciate it, there was no need for him to keep trying.
"Since Elder Chen is confident, I won't say any more." Zhao Ying's tone softened slightly as she took out a jade slip from her sleeve and handed it over. "This contains the exact location of Li Jiuyuan's Demon Abyss Island and a detailed nautical chart of the surrounding waters. It records all the information I could gather: how many demonic cultivators are on the island, what formations are in place, and Li Jiuyuan's daily routines. The Elder Hall has given you a one-month deadline for your mission; failure to return by then will be considered death in battle. This is all I can do to help; the rest is up to Elder Chen's own abilities."
Chen Fan took the jade slip, quickly scanned it with his divine sense, and memorized all the information inside.
He then stood up and cupped his hands in thanks to Zhao Ying, saying, "Thank you, Fifth Prince. I'll take my leave now."
Zhao Ying also stood up, returned the greeting, and said in a somewhat businesslike tone, "I wish you great success, Lord Chen."
Chen Fan nodded, turned around and left the stone fortress.
As he walked out of the town gate, he subconsciously looked up and glanced in the direction of the boundless sea.
Even through the protective shield, he could clearly feel the violent spiritual energy emanating from that direction.
That violent aura was exactly the same as the demonic energy on the man in black when he was assassinated in the Great Yu Imperial City, only it was more intense and more chaotic.
Is this the root cause of demonic cultivation?
Ordinary cultivators who cultivate in this environment will eventually have their minds eroded by demonic energy. They will either become monsters who only know how to kill, or adapt to this mutated spiritual energy and turn it into their own.
The latter is the origin of the Boundless Sea Demon Cultivator.
Those demonic cultivators who could survive in the Boundless Sea and cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage were all truly ruthless individuals forged in this cruel environment.
Chen Fan withdrew his gaze, a flash of spiritual light appeared beneath his feet, and his figure transformed into a gray rainbow that broke through the protective shield and flew towards the depths of the boundless sea.
Upon entering the boundless sea, the mutated spiritual energy mixed with demonic energy rushed towards them without any obstruction.
Chen Fan could feel the demonic energy trying to seep into his body through his pores, eroding his meridians and consciousness.
If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, simply resisting this demonic energy would consume a considerable amount of spiritual power. However, with the golden bowl protecting him and his internal spiritual power being extremely condensed, that bit of demonic energy simply could not penetrate him.
However, in order not to expose his whereabouts too early, he still covered himself with a thin layer of grayish-white spiritual light to keep the demonic energy out.
Below lay dark seawater, with a faint layer of gray mist floating on its surface. Occasionally, the heads of low-level demons would surface, but upon sensing Chen Fan's presence, they would quickly retreat, not daring to show themselves.
In the distance, where the sea meets the sky, several black reefs are faintly visible. On the reefs lie several enormous sea lizards, lazily basking in the pale sunlight that filters through the gaps in the clouds.
As Chen Fan flew away, he used his divine sense to explore his surroundings, comparing the information on the sea chart with the terrain in front of him.
This area extends more than a hundred miles into the boundless sea. According to the intelligence provided by Zhao Ying, the route will pass through several outposts and small strongholds controlled by demonic cultivators.
These strongholds are usually guarded by Nascent Soul level demonic cultivators. Although they can't do anything to him, disturbing them would alert him.
He chose to travel alone because fewer people would make it easier to hide. However, while he was concealing his abilities, he already had a plan in mind for how to fight this battle.
Chen Fan flew across the sea for about half an hour before stopping his escape light among a group of desolate reefs.
He found a cave half-submerged in black seawater and crawled inside. He set up two concealment barriers at the entrance before sitting down cross-legged and taking out the jade slip that Zhao Ying had given him to study it carefully.
The jade slip contained detailed records of Li Jiuyuan's cultivation level, techniques, activity patterns, and even the terrain and defenses of Demon Abyss Island, but these were not what he cared about most right now.
What he cares about is status.
It should be understood that the Boundless Sea is not the capital of the Zhao Kingdom; it is not a place where one can move freely simply by relying on a gold medal, a royal decree, or powerful connections.
In this place, any visiting monk would be as eye-catching as a firefly in the night.
The only way for him to move freely in this sea area without arousing Li Jiuyuan's suspicion was to become a demonic cultivator.
Chen Fan put away the jade slip, slowly closed his eyes, and began to analyze the feasibility of the plan.
He thought to himself that he had a golden bowl that could conceal his true cultivation level.
But this was not enough in his view. After all, what makes a demonic cultivator a demonic cultivator is not only the demonic energy on their body, but also the fact that their cultivation methods are completely different from those of righteous cultivators.
To create a truly convincing illusion, Chen Fan must genuinely cultivate a demonic art.
The simplest and most direct way to obtain demonic techniques is to kill a demonic cultivator, search their body for the technique, and then use a soul-searching technique to read their cultivation insights.
Chen Fan was never a hesitant person.
Having made up his mind, he immediately got up and left the cave, suppressing his cultivation to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and completely concealing the soul power on the Black Soul Banner.
After completing these disguises, he looked just like an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivator in the boundless sea.
After flying over the sea for about half an hour, Chen Fan's divine sense detected the first target.
On a small rocky island, a demon cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage meditates and cultivates in his cave.
This person occupied a simple stone cave all by himself, with a crude defensive magic array set up at the entrance, clearly indicating that he was a rogue cultivator without any sect affiliation.
After landing silently on the rocky island, Chen Fan used the Fixation Technique to fix the structure of the defensive magic array, breaking it silently within ten breaths.
He darted into the cave like a ghost, and before the demonic cultivator could even open his eyes, the million souls on the Black Soul Banner had already completely extracted his soul.
The soulless body collapsed to the ground, its eyes still filled with confusion and terror.
Chen Fan crouched down and used his divine sense to probe into the demonic cultivator's dantian.
A dark red demonic energy was slowly dissipating in his dantian; that was the unique natal demonic core of a demonic cultivator.
Unlike the Golden Core and Nascent Soul of righteous cultivators, the Demon Core of demonic cultivators is a product formed by fusing their own essence and blood with the mutated spiritual energy of the boundless sea. It is both the core of their cultivation and the foundation of their techniques.
He used his spiritual power to envelop the dissipating demonic energy, then opened the demonic cultivator's storage bag and found a jade slip containing the cultivation technique.