Chapter 235 (2/2)

Jing Qiu suspiciously looked towards Xue Ying. She did not believe his excuse of going into closed-door cultivation for ten years. Before, Xue Ying had only ever gone into close-door cultivation for ten day to half a month at the most, and that was considered long for him. Was there any need for him to come out only once a year?

“Disciple Brother Xue Ying, what are you planning to do?” Jing Qiu transmitted her message using the World Energy over to Xue Ying in a pleasant tone.

“Jing Qiu,” Xue Ying transmitted back, “it seems I cannot hide this from you. Alright, I have no plans to hide too much from you. This will be a very important task, related to the eradication of the demon bases!”

“Will it be dangerous?” Jing Qiu felt her heart tightening.

“Rest assured. My only responsibility is to scout the demons,” transmitted Xue Ying. “Alright, you’ll understand sooner or later. I might not even need the whole ten years!”

*******

In theory, ten years was the longest estimated period of time he would need.

Xue Ying’s plan was to search the entire mortal world for the Demon Generals using the most simple and direct method—a blanket search!

He was prepared to do a full search through all the lands, continuing on to the greater area of the ocean if he was unable to find any of the five Demon Generals!

By estimation—

Xue Ying could investigate while flying at high speed. How frightening was his current speed in flight? In a day’s time, excluding rest periods, he could fly across the entire landmass of the Xia Clan five to six times! However, he could only investigate an area of 500 kilometers with each passing, so he would have to fly through the entire world many times. To completely scour the entire landmass of the Xia Clan, he would need about two to three years.

Every day, he would fly for five hours, and then rest for another hour. These rest periods existed because of mental fatigue, as well as the need to consume Origin Stones.

After all, it would be truly arduous for him to search every corner for as much as five continuous hours. On top of that, Xue Ying had about 1.5 million kilograms of Origin Stones which he needed in order to improve his fleshy body to the middle stage Saint realm as soon as possible. To do so, he needed to consume a total of two million kilograms of Origin Stones. Although his fleshy body could absorb energy much faster than his Dantian Qi Sea, he could still only absorb a little over 500 kilograms of Origin stones per day. By spending half an hour absorbing them every day, he would need around five years to finish absorbing them!

“Let’s begin!”

Xue Ying had neither worries nor concerns.

Of the seven Deity warriors, he had placed the Black Rat in charge of guarding his little brother, Qing Shi. Having watched his friends die one by one, Xue Ying was truly scared that one day he would receive grievous news regarding his own brother. That would truly be too large of a shock to his parents. Therefore, he left behind the Deity warrior specialized in defense—the Black Rat—to protect his little brother.

The White Fog Ape, Wu Lei, as well as the second brother, third sister, and the fourth and fifth brother of the Five Shadows were all stationed in the Snowrock Castle to guard the people there! With them there, the entire place would be extremely secure! Even if his parents were to visit other places, the second brother and third sister would follow them in the dark.

Jing Qiu was even less of a concern as she had the strongest Deity warrior provided by the Xia Clan protecting her. She had also a protective treasure and was a Transcendent mage.

Xue Ying himself had brought the leader of the Five Shadows, and the green armored protector with him! He had taken them as a precaution, in case a Demon General was too powerful and could attack him within the Mirage. Thus, he could use the Deity warriors to retaliate instead! The Gold Devil of the Five Shadows had the strongest offensive power among them.

…

Hu hu hu~

Day and night, he would fly out at about 150 kilometers underground. Of course, since he was in the Mirage, his flight could not be obstructed by any obstacle.

In the Xia Clan World, as a mortal world and part of the material world, the deeper one went underground, the more they would be obstructed. Usually, at about 50 kilometers underground, there would be thick layers of rock. Beneath that was a layer of magma, and even deeper were unseen obstacles. The entire underground space was like a body of repulsion.

The Crimson Rock Mountain had been able to penetrate through the material world’s outermost layer and through the mortal world’s outer membrane before finally stopping at a depth of 5,000 kilometers underground!

To have penetrated to such a deep location, one could tell how mighty it was.

If I move deeper than 150 kilometers underground, obstructions will start forming from the laws. The Demon Generals could not possibly reach a depth lower than 150 kilometers under the surface. That was Xue Ying’s reasoning for deciding to fly at 150 kilometers beneath the ground while searching for the demons.

With a range of 500 kilometers, he could not relax his mind at all while flying! Only during the night would he have a respite of about an hour. During this time, he would consume Origin Stones and have his meal while relaxing.

Day after day…

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

On a certain day, at noon…

Xue Ying continued his search by flying underground inside the Mirage. In the blink of an eye, he moved as fast as lightning to a position 50 kilometers away from his starting point. That was also part of the reason why he decided to conduct a blanket search on the entire Xia Clan World!

“Mn?” Xue Ying suddenly stopped, revealing a look of astonishment.

The Mirage reflected upon reality…

Ahead of him and to the left was a giant building. It was built underneath a mountain, atop a lake of magma. It was much bigger than the Black Wind Deity Palace.

Investigating, he found that in one of the torture chamber within this huge structure, there was a shackled male. His skin had been marked with a seal, and he seemed to have fainted.

“Pu Yang Bo?” Xue Ying opened his eyes wide in disbelief. This person who was locked and shackled, was none other than the person the Xia Clan thought to be dead—Pu Yang Bo!