"Alright, I still have a mission, so I can't chat with you. May you take care on the battlefield. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask Qingyue. That's it, Hongqing is leaving!"
Chen Zhixing: "....."
Glancing at Mo Qingyue, who was also a bit embarrassed, Chen Zhixing whispered, "I didn't expect the Holy Land could nurture a chatterbox like your Uncle-Master. It seems the Celestial Saint Palace treats the Elder well."
Mo Qingyue rolled her eyes and said, "Uncle-Master Hongqing is an exception; all other elders with the 'Hong' name are quite normal!"
"Is that so."
"By the way, Zhixing, don't listen to Uncle-Master Hongqing's nonsense. The Northern Domain is still very dangerous now. If you plan to go out to hunt demons, make sure to find someone to team up with. Don't treat your life as a joke!"
"Don't worry, Sister Qingyue. I brought someone from the family this time."
As he spoke, Chen Zhixing pointed to Lii Shuang, who had been quiet and hardly noticeable behind him.
Qingyue glanced at Lii Shuang, noticed that their cultivation was also the Nirvana Ninth Realm, and nodded reassuringly, then suddenly remembered something and said, "Also, don't stray too far from Bitter Water Ridge!"
"Understood."
...
Three days later.
Fifteen hundred miles outside Bitter Water Ridge, Chen Zhixing dug out a demon core from the body of a water demon resembling a water monkey, took a glance at it, and then tossed it to Lii Shuang behind him.
"Another True Self Realm demon core. Lii Shuang, make sure you keep it safe for me. Once we gather a thousand, we'll be able to exchange for a Longevity Realm Cultivation Technique."
Lii Shuang was speechless.
She didn't understand what madness seized their clan leader, to genuinely bring her along to hunt demons.
"Hmm, interesting, right."
"What?"
"Bitter Water Peak gathers five thousand cultivators, averaging one demon slain per person per day, that's fifteen thousand demons in three days, and that's a conservative estimate... So why doesn't the number of Northern Demons diminish despite being hunted?"
"You're saying...."
"Shh, just keep it in mind, don't speak about it. Like Hongqing said, if things go south, prioritizing protecting our own lives is vital. Remember not to treat life lightly."
"I understand."
Lii Shuang, hearing this, lowered her head and began to focus on hunting the low-level demon race scattered across the icefield, making herself less conspicuous.
It proved that caution was flawless.
Just as everyone thought the situation in the Northern Domain was settled, shocking news suddenly spread from the further north!
"Not good, thirty thousand Longevity Masters were trapped by a Longevity Dragon Turtle using geographical advantages, only one escaped, and the actions of the three Masters angered the Dragon Turtle, leading it to actively drive more Sea Demons ashore!"
This news swept through the entire battlefield in the Northern Domain like madness.
Two Longevity Masters were trapped, only one escaped by luck; this meant the three Longevity Masters who went to hunt the old turtle were instead trapped—something that would have been absurd in ordinary times yet undeniably happened!
Twenty-two hundred miles from Bitter Water Ridge, Chen Zhixing and Lii Shuang exchanged glances.
"Rumor has it the one who escaped is the Longevity Taoist Monarch of Daluo Taoist Lands...."
"Hiss...."
"Indeed, was all this orchestrated by Daluo Taoist Lands from behind?"
"Lii Shuang, try to contact Dugu, ask him to come quickly; we need to decide to leave this area."
If Chen Zhixing's thoughts were accurate, with Daluo Taoist Lands' Longevity Taoist Monarch and the demon race's Dragon Turtle jointly plotting against the other two Monarchs, now that the demon race's strategy succeeded, what's awaiting the Northern Plain is naturally a more fierce offensive than the previous one!
"Just unsure how many Longevity Masters exist in the three families; hopefully, not only three?"
...
Upon hearing the news of the ancestors of the Celestial Saint Palace and Immortal Ascension Sect being trapped deep within the North Sea Icefield, many noble families grew restless, eager to seize the chance during this period when the Three Great Sacred Lands were most vulnerable, and lead their families to create their own fortunes amidst the chaos.
However, before long another Longevity Master emerged from the Celestial Saint Palace!
In an instant, the previously uproarious rebellion rumors vanished into thin air!
This was the might of a Longevity Master!
"There really was another, the Celestial Saint Palace truly has the foundation to support two saints at once!"
"Hateful! Hateful indeed! Such a once-in-a-lifetime chance ended shamefully! Damned Celestial Saint Palace! To be capable of nurturing another Longevity True Monarch to suppress the world!"
"Don't rush; we still have a chance."
"The fellow spoke rightly; since Taoist Monarch Tihu chooses to emerge from Celestial Saint Palace, he now faces two options..."
"Should he choose to stay in the Southern Domain to suppress any potential rebellions in Celestial Saint Palace's domain, or go north to rescue the two trapped Monarchs in the Northern Ocean?"
"If he chooses to stay, while not beneficial to us, it would guarantee chaos in the Northern Land. By then, if any other Longevity Sea Demon notices the weakness of the Three Great Sacred Lands and decides to embark ashore...."
"Turbulent times approach!"
"But if Taoist Tihu chooses to head deep into the Northern Ocean to aid the trapped Monarchs, wouldn't that be another heaven-sent opportunity for us?"
"Wait, aren't you overlooking a person—what about the Longevity Taoist Monarch of Daluo Taoist Lands, if he and Taoist Tihu...."
"Haven't you realized yet?"
"What?"
"The Three Great Sacred Lands have unraveled!!!"