Chapter 83

Under the night sky, by the southern shore of the shimmering Dongting Lake.

"Kid, what are you looking for? You've been searching for half the night!" The Black Mountain Old Demon floated behind Ning Wuxue, watching him look around curiously.

"That's strange, there should be a spirit of a loving woman, and it's impossible for there to be no story of Liu Yi? Where are the orange trees?"

Ning Wuxue muttered to himself, his gaze searching the shore.

"Qian Nu You Hun? Liu Yi Zhuan? What are these things?" The Black Mountain Old Demon was surprised.

"Uh..."

Ning Wuxue came to his senses, looking deeply at the Black Mountain Old Demon. Qian Nu You Hun?

After some thought, Ning Wuxue continued searching for the orange trees on his own.

The Black Mountain Old Demon was completely baffled.

"Why can't I find the orange trees?"

Ning Wuxue was frustrated, sitting on a rock by the lake. He remembered learning an article called "Liu Yi Zhuan" in the future, which told the story of a scholar delivering a letter for a dragon princess who was married to the Dragon King of Jingyang, and the scholar communicated with the Dragon King of Dongting Lake through an orange tree.

Seeing the lake deity causing trouble today, Ning Wuxue had the idea of contacting the Dragon King of Dongting Lake. Moreover, to find out about his own origins, perhaps the Dragon King of Dongting Lake would know something.

However, after searching for a long time, he couldn't find the orange tree.

"Ha ha ha, so you want to meet the Dragon King of Dongting Lake. Why didn't you say so earlier!" The Black Mountain Old Demon laughed heartily.

Ning Wuxue's eyes lit up, looking at the Black Mountain Old Demon, "Do you know the way?"

As soon as he asked, Ning Wuxue felt like an idiot. The Black Mountain Old Demon was clearly setting a trap, and Ning Wuxue didn't believe that the cunning Black Mountain Old Demon wouldn't know he was looking for the Dragon King of Dongting Lake.

He only spoke when he had no choice? Clearly, he had an ulterior motive!

"There is definitely a way. As a being from beyond the heavens, I know some secret methods, but these methods are not easy to obtain." The Black Mountain Old Demon sat cross-legged in the air, looking relaxed.

Ning Wuxue looked at the Black Mountain Old Demon, "Speak, what are your conditions?"

"Do you know how the Earth Immortal World came to be?" The Black Mountain Old Demon asked Ning Wuxue, smiling lightly.

Although he didn't know why the Black Mountain Old Demon suddenly asked this, Ning Wuxue still shook his head cooperatively.

"The Earth Immortal World was formed after the Sealing of the Gods, when the Eastern Shengshen Continent shattered. The Dao Ancestor and the various sages condensed the fragments of the primordial chaos and the bodies of the fallen immortals and deities to create a miniature version of the Eastern Shengshen Continent, forming its own world. During the Sealing of the Gods, countless immortals and deities fell, and some were buried in the Earth Immortal World, even ancient great demons and gods were sealed there."

The Black Mountain Old Demon's eyes were distant as he spoke, "The Earth Immortal World condensed the primordial energy of the Eastern Shengshen Continent, balancing yin and yang. For the Eastern Shengshen Continent to recover, it must absorb energy from the Earth Immortal World. Therefore, the energy in the Earth Immortal World has been decreasing over the years, making cultivation more difficult. In about a thousand years, it will be hard to find even a Spirit Transformation cultivator in the Earth Immortal World."

Ning Wuxue was somewhat shocked. He thought of his world in the future, where many ancient things were lost in history, and the Dao of immortals and alchemy had not reappeared, and the Dao of immortals was incomplete. There was actually such a conspiracy behind it!

"The Earth Immortal World is actually a cosmic furnace, used by the sages to refine the bodies of fallen immortals and deities and convert the chaotic energy of the primordial fragments to replenish the energy of the Eastern Shengshen Continent. Inside, countless vicious ancient gods and demons are suppressed, and one day, these gods and demons will be refined into pure primordial energy by the cosmic furnace."

As the Black Mountain Old Demon spoke, Ning Wuxue noticed his body trembling slightly.

Such a statement shocked Ning Wuxue. Coming from the future, he naturally knew that the Dao of immortals had declined, and there were no more immortals in the world. There was actually such a conspiracy behind it.

The Black Mountain Old Demon looked at Ning Wuxue, "Dongting Lake is known as the Yunmeng Marsh in the Eastern Shengshen Continent. The Dragon King of Dongting is no weaker than the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and is the leader of the Five Lakes' Dragon Kings. I don't know the relationship between the Dragon King of Dongting here and the one in the Eastern Shengshen Continent. I have a method to let you meet the Dragon King of Dongting, and you should ask him for a piece of thousand-year-old Yin Shen Wood."

"Thousand-year-old Yin Shen Wood? Alright, what if he doesn't give it to me?" Ning Wuxue frowned.

"Then it's his problem. Here is the method, remember it. I only have one essence spirit now and cannot use much soul power. I might sleep for a while. Here is also a set of body cultivation techniques, not as good as the ones you inherited, but enough for you now."

A red light from the Black Mountain Old Demon's brow shot toward Ning Wuxue's forehead, and the soul shadow gradually faded.

"Hope you don't die too soon. If you die, don't drag me down with you."

The Black Mountain Old Demon's voice faded, and Ning Wuxue felt no more presence. He closed his eyes, sensing the two demonic characters transmitted by the Black Mountain Old Demon, each containing different information.

One was the method of "Hun Yin Qian Li," a soul technique for transmitting sound over a thousand miles as if the person were present. Over two years ago, when Yan Chixia rescued Nie Xiaoxian, the Black Mountain Old Demon's voice echoed from hundreds of miles away at the Lano Temple, as if he were there in person, using this method.

The other was a body cultivation technique called "Huang Ti," which strengthened the body, enhanced physical strength, and could even break through the void with a punch, focusing on demonic cultivation. When practiced to the extreme, it could form the "Huang Yao Shen Ti."

"Hun Yin Qian Li?"

Under the night sky, Ning Wuxue sensed the method within the demonic characters. "Hun Yin Qian Li" was not a particularly profound technique; many powerful immortals could achieve what was described. The Black Mountain Old Demon valued it because it contained soul cultivation methods to strengthen the spirit.

Cultivation matters could be considered later. With his powerful wolf demon spirit, Ning Wuxue quickly learned the sound transmission technique.

Opening his eyes, he reached out, and a leaf fell into his hand. His palm glowed with a silvery light, and his spirit imprinted a few pale silver characters on the leaf. The leaf glowed and transformed into a beam of light that fell into Dongting Lake, sinking into the water.

Half an hour later, Ning Wuxue opened his eyes. The calm lake water, under the moonlight, suddenly surged like a fountain, splitting apart with a splash. In the night, two three-zhang-tall black figures emerged from the waves.

Four hands, six feet, covered in fish scales, holding steel forks, their sharp heads turned toward the shore.

"Who are you? Why do you want to see our Dragon King? Is this leaf from you?"

Looking at the two shrimp soldiers, Ning Wuxue stood up, his demonic aura leaking out. He extended his hand, and the leaf in the shrimp soldier's hand disappeared, appearing in his palm and turning to ashes.

"I want to see your Dragon King for important matters. Don't delay the important business!"

Seeing Ning Wuxue's display, the two shrimp soldiers, who were at the Essence Refinement stage, were immediately stunned. They exchanged glances, thinking that their Dragon King had many friends and brothers in the five lakes and four seas. This must be a demon king from some mountain, so they dared not be disrespectful.

"Please follow us, honored guest!"

Ning Wuxue flew beside the shrimp soldiers, who released a layer of light from their hands, enveloping the three of them, and they submerged into the water. The lake water surged and gradually calmed down.