I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 872: Chapter 814: Encountering Nanzhi

On the journey into the Ice Demon Territory, Wuqing remained silent all the way. He was truly frightened, afraid that if he spoke, he would draw out the ancestor’s questions again!

The Water Demon Territory remained barren, with desolate sights everywhere, even though the territory was filled with lakes, it was very eerie.

Because most lakes here were blood-colored, surrounded by bizarre rocks, resembling purgatory on earth.

Wuqing drifted over the blood lake, swiftly heading northeast, with Jiang Yuebai still transformed into a little beast form, lying on his shoulder.

His concealing method was the most top-notch in hiding among the Human Clan’s Ghost Cultivators, easily concealing Jiang Yuebai, and including himself.

After digesting the few demon fish he caught in the lake earlier, Jiang Yuebai stretched her claws and stretched her muscles.

In order to sneak in before the Ice Demon Territory was completely sealed, she hadn’t eaten much along the way.

”Why aren’t you speaking? Doesn’t keeping your mouth shut make you uncomfortable? Ah, I forgot, you don’t have a mouth. How do you speak without a mouth? Where does the sound come from?”

Wuqing: ......

”Ah! Moon Demon Lord, we’ve arrived!”

Jiang Yuebai gazed afar, only to see a vast snowy field at the end of the blood lake, boundless, with mountains formed entirely of ice layered upon layers, gleaming in an icy blue under the sunlight.

Behind the mountains, a majestic and grand Ice Palace concealed amidst the wind and snow, pure and flawless, radiating a holy brilliance.

This scene was completely out of place with the Demon’s realm of filth and sinister evil, but instead very much like the Human Clan’s Immortal Palace paintings she saw in her brother’s study.

”A demon is coming! Moon Demon Lord, hold on tight!”

Suddenly, Wuqing plunged into the blood lake beneath them, his body made of demon fog not splashing any water, protecting Jiang Yuebai, hiding underwater.

Miraculously, Jiang Yuebai raised her head and could see the situation above from under the blood lake, hearing the sound of ice crystals colliding coming closer from afar.

A woman covered in wind and snow, dressed in white with white hair, stepped lightly on the water, swiftly passing overhead, and where her toes touched, ice flowers bloomed instantly.

That woman was a demon, with ice blue eyes, curved upward ice demon horns on her shoulders, yet compared to other demons, she looked almost identical to a human.

Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered, from somewhere she had seen, or someone had said, that the Demon Clan’s transformations resembled humans, and some demons also resemble humans, but in reality, what they imitate are not humans, but gods.

Gods created humans in their own image, so humans in cultivation have natural advantages, attracting other beings to imitate.

”Moon Demon Lord, we have to hurry now.”

Wuqing said, then accelerated their speed, with Jiang Yuebai quickly following in their footsteps. They followed right behind the ice demon, traveling only a dozen miles into the ice field, when they heard a crackling sound of ice breaking, echoing everywhere.

Countless ice flowers appeared in mid-air, wildly expanding around, in the blink of an eye, they sealed the entire Ice Demon Territory beneath the ice, and ice demons from all directions hurried towards the mountain palace.

Next, the ground trembled, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, Wuqing’s fog in his body began to freeze rapidly, his movements slowing down, Jiang Yuebai also felt the piercing cold, as if countless steel needles were piercing into her body.

”It must be the opening of the Ice Demon Ancestor’s Trial Land, Moon Demon Lord, do you still want to proceed?” Wuqing struggled against the cold.

Jiang Yuebai exhaled white air on his shoulder, rubbing her claws covered in frost.

”Get closer to take a look. If my brother isn’t there, we leave.”

In despair, Wuqing had no choice but to continue leading the way. He was familiar with the terrain in every part of the Demon Realm, plus his ghost body could pass through walls, so taking Jiang Yuebai wasn’t much of an issue.

They directly passed through the ice mountains, winding and avoiding the guards, reaching halfway up the mountain on the side of the Ice Palace.

From a vantage point, they could view the Ice Palace’s central plaza.

Ancient demon text flashed with cold light on eight ice pillars, the central plaza’s ground gradually caved inward, revealing below a vortex formed by countless ice fragments and ice rivers, emitting extreme cold, leading to unknown depths.

Wuqing saw the vortex, his eyes sparking, that was the entrance to the Ice Demon Trial Land, one of the core sections of the eight major realms within the Demon Realm. If half of the realm cores in the Demon Realm could be destroyed, the entire Demon Realm would collapse and perish.

Currently in the Demon Realm, six of these eight places were guarded by Mahayana Heavenly Demons, only the realm cores in the Water Demon and Ice Demon Territories didn’t have Mahayana Heavenly Demons stationed.

That’s why he disguised himself as a Fog Demon, to have a chance to sneak into the Water Demon Trial Land and destroy it.

But to truly achieve this, was very difficult!

Wuqing glanced at Jiang Yuebai beside him; if she could enter and wreak havoc...

No, no, to enter the trial lands of each tribe, one must elevate to True Demon in the Demon Realm, authenticate demon spirit under the eyes of everyone, and only when the demon spirit’s strength meets the standard, can they be eligible to enter.

Just this, he couldn’t achieve, he was a human turned ghost, not a demon, crossing tribulation would surely summon Heavenly Thunder, by then all would be exposed.

So at this moment seeing the trial land’s gate, his heart surged but had to stay low-key.

Outside the plaza, countless Ice Demons of Magic Demon Realm, and more than thirty of Primordial Demon Realm, all half-kneeling on the ground, heads bowed waiting.

Eight Ice Demons of Void Refinement Realm were each stationed under the eight ice pillars, injecting their demonic energy to maintain the open gate to the trial land.

The Ice Demon Clan didn’t have any from Integration Realm, the Water Demon Tribe however had one Integration, who would look after the Ice Demon Clan.

Nine Ice Demons wrapped in white cloaks walked out from the demon group, each stationed in front of an ice pillar, eight of them were all early-stage True Demon Realm.

The extra one stood alone on the side, also shorter than other ice demons, and seemed not to be in True Demon Realm, with the cloak hood covering the face, shoulder with no demon horn exposed.

Not an Ice Demon?

Wuqing puzzledly scratched his head.

The entrance to the trial land fully opened, eight Void Refinement Ice Demons struggled to maintain.

”You all quickly enter!”

The True Demons pulled down their cloaks, one after another jumping into the vortex in the plaza center, until all eight ice demons jumped down, the last smaller one then tore off her cloak, revealing a cold visage.

Wuqing and the little beast form Jiang Yuebai beside him both eyes widened, leaning forward to peer.

Wuqing was astonished to see a human in the Ice Demon Clan, and even allowed entry to the Ice Demon’s trial land.

Jiang Yuebai was surprised, as the blurred silhouette she saw in a dream during her twelve years slumber, suddenly became clear.

It was her!

It was this alluring young lady!

An inexplicable impulse prompted Jiang Yuebai to leap from the mountainside, transforming into a swift gust rushing towards the Ice Palace, fast as lightning, Wuqing unable to stop.

At this moment with the trial land open, the demonic energy around the palace drained fervently, besides the protective barrier on the Ice Demon Territory perimeter, the Ice Palace had no protection around.

Jiang Yuebai, with a few strides, on the Ice Palace wall, pushed off with her four feet, agilely leaping into the palace walls.

The demons all raised their heads to look, but Jiang Yuebai stepped on faces and heads, using them as springboards rapidly approaching the plaza center.

The Void Refinement Ice Demons saw her but couldn’t spare a hand, only the surrounding Primordial Demons swiftly acted, shooting multiple sharp ice spikes from their bodies, attacking Jiang Yuebai.

Amidst demon chaos, a chicken flying and dogs jumping to pounce on Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai, small and nimble, spun, leaped, with left strokes and right scratches, knocked down a group of Ice Demons, forcibly breaking through the layers of encirclement.

In the crowded chaos, many demons accidentally fell into the Ice Abyss.

Lu Nanzhi, standing by the Ice Abyss edge, puzzledly looked over, seeing a Mirage Demon very similar to Youmeng pouncing from mid-air.

As their eyes met, Lu Nanzhi’s heart skipped a beat, instinctively turned to open arms to catch Jiang Yuebai.

At that moment, the closest Void Refinement Ice Demon suddenly acted, a gust pushed Lu Nanzhi into the Ice Abyss.

Lu Nanzhi’s eyes widened as she fell, Jiang Yuebai unrelenting followed her, plummeting.

Before being swallowed by the vortex, Youmeng reared from Lu Nanzhi’s shoulder, angrily bared its teeth, fiercely swiped a claw.

Three claw marks flashed in the air, Jiang Yuebai groaned, one person two beasts, all fell into the vortex disappearing.

The vortex quaked violently, eight Void Refinement Ice Demons sat down, extended their necks to look, the entrance to the trial land closed, below the Ice Abyss chaotically strewn, were the Ice Demons who accidentally fell earlier.

Except, not a sign of that pesky Mirage Demon!