At a depth of six thousand kilometers into the Spiritless Gobi.
Yellow sand filled the sky, with cliffs and precipices at every turn. At this distance, spiritual energy had been completely cut off, rendering it a territory of death for cultivators.
Seven or eight kilometers under the ground, accompanied by a buzzing sound, the array flags and array bases concealed themselves as the teleportation formation self-checked and completed.
"The rate at which spiritual energy dissipates in this area is too fast, at this rate, the reserves of spirit stones will be depleted within a few years."
Jiang Ding closed his eyes to sense his surroundings briefly before bustling about. He arranged a Spirit-Shielding Formation around the teleportation formation, ensuring that enough spirit stones were added for it to operate normally for three hundred years.
He took out a desert lizard as thick as an arm, applied some simple beast-taming restrictions, activated the teleportation formation, and made it vanish.
Jiang Ding opened his eyes and nodded, then set up a Second Order attack protection formation. His figure then disappeared from the center of the formation.
After being teleported twice, once back to the border between the Spiritless Gobi and the Monster Nation Forest, he concealed himself and flew towards the direction of Tushan Monster City.
"To find a solitary Liudao Sect Early Stage Golden Elixir Cultivator is quite rare, and he carries with him more intelligence from the Great Sun Sect."
A cold light flashed in Jiang Ding's eyes.
Flying casually over the Tushan Monster City, he entered through a corner of a formation without anyone noticing.
A mere Third Stage Lower Quality Formation, long unmaintained, posed no challenge in the secret mission Immortal Luling assigned him, not even meriting a test in a classroom.
In a corner of a courtyard in the East District.
No one knew another person had arrived.
Jiang Ding quietly observed a lively courtesan competition stage from a distance, using his concealed Divine Sense and Sword Intent.
After months of competition, ranging from music, chess, calligraphy and painting to poetry and essay writing, tens of thousands of men contended eagerly while many monsters hurried to present Spiritual Gold flowers, showing Continue reading more chapters on NovelHub for the best experience.
The outcome was as expected.
The robust and handsome Yulingzi won the position of the chief courtesan.
Qing Yunzi, of ordinary looks and in the Latter Stage of Foundation Building, secured the second position due to his unique plainness among all other handsome men, which won him mountains of Spiritual Gold flowers from the enthusiastic demon cultivators.
"An unremarkable life, yet unexpectedly securing the second place at the brink of death."
The frenzied cheers of the crowd did not bring joy to Han Lin, who sighed quietly and reminisced about his journey and the extraordinary talents he had encountered.
Their lives must have been brilliant and dazzling, right?
"Senior, how can you call your life mediocre?"
Yulingzi asked curiously and admiringly, "Being a Late Foundation Establishment Cultivator is a stage many struggle their entire lives to reach and never attain. You seem quite young, a figure that stands like a towering monument in the eyes of many cultivators."
Han Lin was taken aback.
For a time, he felt somewhat comforted, looking at this fellow mortal in empathy.
"I've heard that Late Foundation Establishment Cultivators are already considered the venerated ancestors in many cultivation families."
Yulingzi declared fervently, "Once we meet Her Majesty and receive her favor, our future will be bright, standing below one and above tens of thousands will be within easy reach!"
His face beamed with confidence and expectation.
"Indeed, that's the case."
Han Lin sighed softly to himself, not wishing to shatter the mortal's beautiful illusion.
After waiting for a moment, two flying carriage flowers arrived from the palace, leaving trails of flower petal shadows, with dozens of beautiful fox guards walking with careful steps by their side.
All the monsters went quiet, and the clamor ceased.
A Late Foundation Establishment fox of alluring voice announced, "Yulingzi and Qing Yunzi are summoned to serve in the royal chamber."
"What good fortune Her Majesty has."
The surrounding female monsters showed looks of extreme envy.
The male monsters shared the sentiment, eyeing the two male slaves with jealous gazes, thinking of how once the Queen grew bored of them, they would buy them with some money and torture them to vent their fury.
The fox guards ushered Han Lin onto the carriage, and as they controlled the carriage flying towards the palace, petals shadowed the air with dancing flakes.
"Might as well kill Fox King Bai Hua."
An idea surfaced in Jiang Ding's mind.
Who knows how long that Golden Pill from the Liudao Sect intends to stay in the Demon Palace, and he doesn't have time to keep watch indefinitely.
Jiang Ding took a deep breath, "The Chiyan Fox King at the late stage Golden Pill, in alliance with the Qiyu Sect, is joining forces to attack the Xuetu Hall, and if her lair gets raided, she'll go mad. I can't defeat a late-stage Golden Pill Cultivator yet; I'll have to wait some time before I act."
"By then, all the man-eating monsters in this city must die."
A cold light flickered in his eyes.
"Kill all the foundation building ones. The lower rank Qi-cultivating little demons are too weak, I don't want to make a move. If Han Lin is still alive by then, I'll let him help."
Subtle fluctuations of Divine Sense flooded into the palace; some shielding formation methods were simply useless.
Moreover, these formation methods were specifically designed for transparency, rather than concealment capabilities.
Many three-tailed fox maids covered their mouths and chuckled, watching their king's battle with the two top courtesans and studying carefully.
"Beautiful people..."
Fox King Bai Hua was petite and cute, with impressive breasts. She tiptoed, gently caressed the chiseled chest of Yulingzi, and chuckled, "Do I look pretty?"
"...Yes... Very pretty..."
Yulingzi, spirit and body captivated, couldn't resist but lifted the petite figure before him, undressing and allowing Fox King Bai Hua to giggle charmingly, letting him touch her freely.
Soon after, two pale bodies intertwined, and a pinkish aura spread out.
Han Lin's face flushed and his breath fluctuated, unable to maintain his composure any longer.
"The king always starts with the dessert; I won this time, Xueli, you three each owe me ten spirit stones."
A fox maid laughed behind her hand.
"The king usually starts with the main course before."
The other fox maids looked somewhat disappointed and unabashedly turned their burning gazed to Han Lin, "That's good too. It would be better if the king could leave more 'essences' behind, to further improve our cultivation."
A chill went down Han Lin's spine as he somewhat came to his sense from his desires.
In his faint understanding, he realized what 'essences' meant.
He couldn't help but fall into a deep despair, constantly focusing his Divine Sense on a certain spot on his arm, but he couldn't see a glimmer of hope to live.
Moments later, his consciousness was clouded by carnal desire once again, hazy and unclear.
"What do you think, how long can the dessert last?"
The maiden who spoke first collected the spirit stones and asked with a smile.
"It should last an hour; the king cherishes and pities beauty."
"An hour and a half, no, two hours..."
The chattering of the fox maids was delightful and melodious, like songbirds, stirring up one's passions, making one want to become their willing captive, indulging heedlessly for days until death would be of no concern.
The battle continued for three days without a break.
"This mortal really is extraordinary."
The fox maid said in surprise.
It still wasn't over.
The pleasure within the bedchambers continued, the screams and panting grew louder and louder, the bed made from a supreme magic tool creaked, and Fox King Bai Hua's fair body slowly turned pale, her brows furrowed in an expression of pain.
The fox maids became alarmed, yet they didn't know what to do.
"My innocent young heart, it's been tainted by you two."
At this point, Jiang Ding, who had been in closed-door cultivation for a long time, opened his eyes, and a trace of killing intent was revealed: "As a price, a life must be paid."