How Can We Sit and Wait for the Sky to Collapse?

Chapter 200 How Can We Sit and Wait for the Sky to Collapse?

The new demon emperor, the dragon turtle, needs no further explanation.

It was definitely a stone dragon turtle egg raised by the Hidden Dragon Lice Demon Group off the coast of Xiaoxin Island back then. It was born at the peak of the second tier, and after two hundred years it would reach adulthood, becoming a third-tier demon beast.

Later, it was taken away by Fairy Shecai and has now been hatched. Now, it is unknown what methods were used to control the Demon Emperor Dragon Turtle and make it work as a child laborer here.

The long-lost Fairy Cai brought Li Jieqing such a pleasant surprise upon her reappearance.

Since the new demon emperor dragon turtle is lingering at the source of the Tongtian River, Fairy Shecai must also be there, and coincidentally, the exit of Blood Heart Cave is also there.

No, it can't be said to be a coincidence. Fairy Shecai definitely knew where the exit of Blood Heart Cave was, which is why she blocked it there.

Blood Heart Cave Heaven is situated in the void. Its only connection to Crimson Kun and the cultivation world is that one opening. Controlling that opening is equivalent to controlling Blood Heart Cave Heaven.

Recalling what Bao Zhang said before his death about the Blood Heart Cave Heaven rising, how could Li Jieqing not know that Fairy Shecai had come prepared?

It's pitiful that they didn't explain things clearly beforehand, and tricked this centenarian into falling in together.

Now I'm having a headache about leaving.

"Baozhang, Baozhang, if you had actually gone to the exit, you would have certainly died. In the end, I really did save your life."

The world is a difficult place, and Li Jieqing sighed deeply.

Fortunately, the thought that Bao Zhang and Bao Wu would be even more unlucky made him feel much better.

"President Ningxue, it's good that you've withdrawn your business in the west to avoid danger."

Li Jieqing reached into his sleeve and pulled out two water-dividing flags, handing them to Bai Ningxue as before: "These are my newly refined magical artifacts. One of them was crafted after I reached the Foundation Establishment stage, with divine assistance, and finally became a top-grade magical artifact. They're being sold at your house as before, but now that they're under my name, I'm afraid they can sell for even more."

"Thank you so much!" Bai Ningxue accepted the two water-dividing flags, knowing that Li Jieqing was willing to continue his usual dealings with the Bai family business association.

And this time, she didn't even need to ask.

Bai Ningxue pursed her lips, having no way to repay him, and finally could only kneel down.

However, she was supported by a gentle magical force halfway down her knees, preventing her from kneeling completely.

"No need. Old friends are hard to find, and old friends who don't betray each other are even harder to find."

"If Guild Leader Ningxue is willing, please help me capture a batch of live bat demon beasts, and also look for refining restriction books related to the Sound Dao, preferably second-tier ones. I have a new idea for a spiritual weapon," Li Jieqing said with a smile.

"Yes, once I get back, I'll arrange for the Chamber of Commerce to search with all its might!"

Bai Ningxue smiled, put away the two water-dividing flags, scratched her braid, turned her back, and slowly walked away.

After Bai Ningxue left, Li Jieqing looked at the information on the few second-tier demonic beasts wandering in the desert again, then put it away and went inside Ningrong Mansion.

First, they visited the old patriarch in his cave at Yuqi Mountain.

Since Li Jieqing announced his Foundation Establishment, Yu Qishan has made proper arrangements and introduced him to relatives and friends of the Yu family. After that, he has been recuperating in this cave.

After visiting for a while, Li Jieqing went to the imperial court to meet the emperor of the Eastern Land and his colleagues on duty.

Although they are supposed to serve as officials for the imperial court, Foundation Establishment cultivators hold honorary positions and usually have nothing to do. Especially since Li Jieqing has just broken through to the next level and was immediately assigned to fight a second-tier demon beast, the royal family couldn't bring themselves to do it and had to wait according to the rules.

After chatting casually for a while, Li Jieqing left the palace and wandered around the capital, seeking out Foundation Establishment cultivators who were on good terms with the Yu family of Ningrong Prefecture to discuss the Dao for a few days.

I spent another month leisurely searching.

Seeing that his fame as a newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator had largely faded, and with the Bai Family Chamber of Commerce releasing a batch of bat-like demonic beasts, Li Jieqing finally set off.

Using the pretext of seeking evil energy to cultivate the Flying Pearl Splashing Jade supernatural power, he requested leave from the court and then headed straight for the western demon realm.

As the saying goes, there is always a way out. Although the Blood Heart Cave seems to be collapsing and Fairy Shecai is blocking the entrance to the Blood Heart Cave, Li Jieqing has come up with two solutions in the meantime.

One option is to tough it out, while the other is to immediately cultivate another life-saving supernatural power.

As the saying goes, one must be strong to forge iron. It is believed that as long as one is strong enough, even if the sky falls, one will survive.

Besides, although there were rumors that the sky was about to collapse, they had been in the Blood Heart Cave for over thirty years and had always been peaceful, with no real signs of the sky falling.

The local resources are abundant, and it is said that there are still some undiscovered relics of the Blood Heart Sect. If one can cultivate here to the point of Foundation Establishment Perfection and break through to the Golden Core True Monarch realm, then no matter how the Blood Heart Cave Heaven is destroyed, it will be difficult to affect oneself.

As for the other method...

We still need to take advantage of that exit location and sneak away beforehand.

This requires observing what the exit looks like beforehand, and then having confidence in one's ever-changing abilities. Then, one can rush to the exit and bypass the Dragon Turtle Demon Emperor to leave.

If Li Jieqing had to choose, he would naturally choose the second one.

Breaking through to the Golden Core stage was too idealistic, and without breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he felt that he really didn't have a strong enough body to withstand the collapse of the Blood Heart Cave Heaven, so there was no need to gamble.

Fortunately, the second method—disguising oneself and acting covertly—was Li Jieqing's forte.

And right now there is a malevolent aura that is perfect for disguise.

That is the monstrous, winged demon born from the Black Mountain.

The Blood Heart Sect's transmission stele obtained from outside records that by using one Blood Fiend and one Demonic Fiend, one can refine the Abyss Blood Pill and the Demon-Illuminating Divine Power, which allows one to transform into a demonic beast and secretly approach the end of the Tongtian River to find the exit. Finally, one can use the Thousand Illusions Mask to leave unnoticed.

This method is far more feasible than simply bracing against a cataclysmic event.

Li Jieqing had no shortage of Blood Fiends. Since he had practiced the Blood Absorption and Qi Transformation Divine Power, he had accumulated quite a bit of it in his heart chamber.

Furthermore, if it's still not enough, then as Yu Qishan said, we can separate the Blood Absorption and Qi Transformation Divine Power and use the Blood Fiend to refine it together with the Crouching Winged Demon Fiend.

The only thing that needs to be changed is the Blood Elixir Demon-Illuminating Divine Power of the Hidden Abyss Sect. Instead of bothering the Blood Heart Sect's Hidden Abyss True Monarch whose fate is unknown, it needs to be modified to resemble the Blood Absorption and Qi Transformation Divine Power. After successful refining, it should directly target oneself, allowing the divine power to be revealed in the world without being seen by heaven and earth.

Practice makes perfect, and Li Jieqing didn't feel much pressure about it.

"This is definitely not just five second-tier demonic beasts—"

Li Jieqing piloted his flying boat across the vast eastern and western Gobi deserts, soaring straight into the sky, intending to directly avoid the second-tier demonic beasts that roamed the ground.

However, after sensing the presence of second-tier demonic beasts in the sky, they had no choice but to press the button to land the flying boat, lest the noise of its flight be noticed and cause unnecessary trouble.

There are definitely a lot of second-tier demonic beasts in the Western Demon Realm, but no one knows exactly how many. Just the ones Li Jieqing encountered in the sky were a pair of phoenixes, one in the late second-tier stage and the other in the mid-second-tier stage.

These two phoenixes would have been a dominant force in the demon realm in the past, but now they have been exiled by the new demon emperor, Dragon Turtle, to guard the frontier.

Li Jieqing landed, and once on the ground, with the ground providing cover, he abandoned the flying boat and slowed down.

Finally, peace and quiet were restored.

After a series of close calls, Li Jieqing arrived at the foot of Black Mountain.

Black Mountain is a barren land. Although it is close to the edge of the Demon Realm, there is still a Blade's Edge Grassland in between. Therefore, the demon beasts sent by the new Demon Emperor to guard the frontier are mostly from the Blade's Edge Grassland and have no interest in Black Mountain.

That's fortunate.

On the summit of Black Mountain, the bat-like monsters that used to circle around were becoming increasingly sparse. The leaders of several demon groups on the mountaintop secretly felt that something was wrong with this territory. Their underlings were dwindling day by day, and the entire Black Mountain seemed to be all about eating bats.

In addition, several bat demon groups have been considering moving recently due to the occasional passage of second-tier demons.

When Li Jieqing arrived, he could no longer see the magnificent sight of bats that used to blot out the sky on the summit of Black Mountain.

Black Mountain is a sacred place to some extent. If not a single demon beast disappears, it would be too easy to arouse suspicion, and the cave hidden there would likely be exposed.

"We'll see when the time comes—"

Li Jieqing scanned the area with his divine sense and temporarily put this potential threat aside.

Let's get down to business first.

Inside the Black Mountain Cave.

Li Jieqing entered and first inspected the underground area, estimating that the demon in the deep cave was about to be born, probably within a few months.

Li Jieqing had come precisely on time, so naturally he wouldn't leave again and would wait there patiently.

After a flurry of activity, he put the Ruyi Green Lotus he had brought back back into its place, gathered spiritual energy to enhance the power of the Forest Sea Life Array inside the cave, and then worked on the newly acquired Treasure Sword before inserting it into the array's core.

There was a second-order suppression formation in the deep underground cave, and another near-second-order protective formation on top, completely concealing the movements within the Black Mountain.

Having done all this, Li Jieqing told Huangchong that he no longer needed to go outside to catch bats and should just stay in the cave. He then gave Huangchong a cultivation manual for spirit beasts that he had found in the Ningrong Mansion's treasury and told him to figure it out himself.

There was no need for Huang Chong to worry about what was happening in the deep cave anymore. Li Jieqing stuffed the batch of bat-like monsters sent by the Bai Family Chamber of Commerce into the soon-to-dry black mudflats, adding the last bit of nourishment for what was about to be born.

After that, all that's left is to wait.

These few months cannot be wasted. Li Jieqing sat upright beside the Ruyi Green Lotus, with the cultivation classics he had plundered from Baocheng, Baozhang, and Baowu piled up beside him, reaching several people in height.

The first book fell into Li Jieqing's hands. The title of the book was "Haoting Xiaodu's Explanation of the Ruyi Sutra" - it was obvious at a glance that it was a local specialty of the cultivation world.

Li Jieqing had always been too lazy to read such books, after all, he was a scholar of Confucian classics, and according to his original plan, he was to become a legitimate successor in the feudal bureaucracy, waiting to be exploited and bring benefits to the local people.

He would never venerate monks or Taoists, or chant sutras and Buddhist scriptures; in his view, such books lacked any practical spirit.

At this point, however, they had no choice but to look. It turned out that they had misunderstood these scriptures and classics. The people there were very pragmatic. The former National Preceptor of the Eastern Land, Shan Daliang, had realized from the Blood Heart Sect's cultivation classics that what was hidden there was the method of spiritual perception.

The Blood Heart Sect's cultivation manuals were kept by the royal family, and they couldn't get their hands on them all at once.

However, the cultivation classics of the Ruyi Sect can be directly tasted as salty or bland.