Chapter 431: Realm demon
âIf itâs as you said, this world is already deep in despairâ Gu Qing Shan said.
âThat is indeed the caseâ Wan Er smiled.
But Gu Qing Shanâs expression was now a bit tense.
âDespair⊠will drive people wildâ
After saying so, he lightly stood up from the cushion.
The two women were a bit shocked as they went into thought of what he said.
Gu Qing Shan asked: âIf itâs already normal hour, can we go to Guang Yang sect now?â
âYoung master, we should leave nowâ Qing Rou answered.
âLetâs go thenâ
The two women also stood up and gathered everything.
Wan Er let out an airship.
This was a small droplet-shaped airship whose speed can be estimated to be very great.
But the space inside the airship was exceedingly cramped.
Together with the three girls, Gu Qing Shan had no idea where to put his hands at all, making it very awkward.
Finally, he could only stand straight up, but still had nowhere to put his hands, otherwise heâll touch them as soon as he let his hands down.
âThere really is no need to make an airship this smallâ he complained.
âYoung master, this is the highest level of airship, the only kind capable of escaping from the realm demonâs unconscious offshootsâ Wan Er explained.
âWe already saw the unconscious offshoots just now, so what about the conscious offshoots?â Shannu asked curiously.
âNo one could see the conscious offshootsâââ- they are too fast, no airship could escape from them, their appearance almost always mean deathâ Wan Er shook her head.
At this time, Qing Rou had a very serious expression on her face.
âKeep in mind that you are a womanizer, young master. You cannot act shy or nervous in front of us, otherwise youâll be found out immediately when seen by someoneâ Qing Rou told him.
Gu Qing Shan spoke in annoyance: âI get itâ
He still doesnât know where to put his hands.
Qing Rou grabbed one of his arms, speaking very seriously: âI know you are not Qi Yan, and I know you respect us a lot, so for the sake of both our survivals, you have to act a bit more naturalâ
Wan Er grabbed his other arm, nodding half-seriously, half-encouragingly.
Gu Qing Shan sighed, asking: âDo I look that unnatural?â
âTruthfully, you look like an alert little bunny, always ready to fleeâ Wan Er answered.
ââŠFineâ
âGongzi, look belowâ Shannu called out.
Gu Qing Shan poked his head out to look below the airship.
There was no ground under the sky.
Mud and dirt, mountains, rivers, plains, such things that grow and thrive from the grace of the earth are crucial, unmissable pieces of every world.
But this world doesnât have such things.
The ground itself was replaced by a dark-red blob of flesh.
Numerous thin, string-like things were protruding from the dark-red blob of flesh.
It was shifting constantly, layered on top of one another, writhing without stopping.
Even when Gu Qing Shan looked further away, he couldnât see anything else, the blob of flesh reached all the way towards the horizon.
This was the realm demonâs main body.
They have to avoid getting close ââaccording to the information he received, its main body was also its strongest part.
A Cryptic realm cultivator can fend off its unconscious offshoots, possibly even its conscious offshoots.
But when the realm demonâs main body arrives, even a Cryptic realm cultivator can only run for their life.
And they might not even be able to get away.
Although he had already known that the demon has such a gigantic body, Gu Qing Shan still couldnât help himself being frightened by it the first time he saw with his own eyes.
âHow is it so large, could it beâŠâ he muttered.
According to the two womenâs information, the realm demon had already consumed the sun, moons and all celestial bodies within the worldâs vicinity over the last few thousand years.
And now it was eating away at the surface of the world.
The surface of the Suspended world was formed from countless worlds fused together, so it contained a lot of Origin power.
Once the realm demon finished eating, this world would finally collapse and die.
This would be the path to the end for the Suspended world.
Itâs ironic, the cultivators of this world have conquered world after world ever since they knew how.
But now, they donât even have a world left for themselves.
Wan Er took out the black talisman and took a look again.
The glow of the âJiâ character was still stable.
She was able to calm down.
âânormally, whenever the realm demon wakes up is considered âDanger Hourâ.
No one dares to let out even a single thread of spirit energy, otherwise theyâll be found by the unconscious offshoots and devoured.
When the realm demon falls asleep, itâs considered ânormal hourâ where people can freely use spirit energy and move about.
Staring at the realm demon, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but evaluate it.
After going through some brief comparison, Gu Qing Shan confirmed that this realm demon has already surpassed the level of normal Demon Lords.
This wasnât a combat-ready Remodeled Demon Lord, nor was it a strange and unpredictable Chaotic Demon Lord.
This realm demon must be the extremely rare True Demon Lord.
They are the strongest type of Demon Lord out of the three, created from the corpse of the Divinity of old.
A humanâs eyes and inner sight canât even see it in its entirety, only a part of its bodyââ as if they were gazing at the vast surface of mother earth itself.
This was what the true body of a Divine being of old should look like!
The airship quickly flew up to get further away from the realm demon.
Every floating island was using a formation to hover, staying as far away from the realm demon as possible.
Only those islands whose supply of spirit stones were about to run out would have to lower their own height to minimize the consumption of spirit stones.
They definitely faced more danger than anyone else.
Because the closer you are to the realm demon, the easier you are to be found.
On the airship.
âWeâll arrive soonâ Wan Er muttered.
Gu Qing Shan returned his gaze forward.
A grand mountain floating in mid air.
Guang Yang sect.
He finally arrived.
Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes, then opened them, repeating it over and over.
âWhat are you doing?â Qing Rou asked.
âTrying to enter the correct stateâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
At this time, two streaks of light flew out from the top of the mountain.
One of them slowly passed by their ship, heading towards the sky far away.
It was quite a large ship that contained a lot of material and resources.
Qing Rou explained: âThis is a resource ship sent to exchange for a special kind of pill. The Grand Elder Wang Hong Dao, because of his serious injury, he has no choice but to depend on those pills to sustain his lifeâ
Gu Qing Shan squinted his eyes, asking: âWhich sect is this ship heading to?â
âRakshasa Peak, the only big sect left on this worldâ Wan Er answered.
âWhere did the others go?â
âEither dead or already fledâ
âFled?â
âThe only hope for their survival is to have their island fly up and escape from the orbit of this world, but this method requires a lot of resources and powerful cultivators to pull off, and only the big sects have access to themâ
Gu Qing Shan started thinking.
The Grand Elder Wang Hong Dao was a Cryptic realm cultivator.
Wang Hong Dao needs a very high-leveled type of pill that Guang Yang sect cannot make.
The sect can only send an entire ship of resources to Rakshasa Peak to exchange for these pills periodically.
The other streak of light came towards them, stopping in front of Gu Qing Shan.
A cultivator wearing a large-brimmed hat appeared as he bowed to greet him.
âGreetings, Hallmaster Qiâ the cultivator respectfully said.
He only glanced at Qi Yan for a moment before his attention was redirected to Shannu who was now âGu Qing Shanâ.
A stranger.
Hallmaster Qi brought a stranger back to the sect?
Who is this person?
While he was thinking, Wan Er had already controlled the airship to fly past him.
It was now that the cultivator reacted in time and hurriedly formed the hand seals necessary to open a gate to pass through the sect protective formation.
The airship quickly turned into a streak of light as it went inside the floating mountains and headed towards its peak.
Quite a few cultivators stopped to bow and greet respectfully: âGreetings, Hallmaster Qi!â
Gu Qing Shan doesnât even return a single word.
This face was hidden below the large-brimmed hat as faint but real killing intent escaped from his body, showing off his condescending attitude.
The people saw âQi Yanâ appear dignified while looking ahead, but had one hand reached out to toy with Qing Rouâs soft hand.
Qing Rou stood by his side, smiling, using her other hand to bring a cup of spirit tea to his lips.
This was a common scene.
Qi Yan has always been like this.
The cultivators here were already used to this.
After taking a glance, they stopped looking in order to avoid offending him.
Right after, they used their inner sight to focus on the stranger, âGu Qing Shanâ.
ââwhat kind of person would attract Hallmaster Qi enough that he brings them back to the sect?
Everyone was asking the same question in their minds.
So they tried investigating âGu Qing Shanâ further, wanting to pry some information off of him.
âGu Qing Shanâ stood at the ship indifferently with a cold expression on her face.
After airship quickly passed, leaving the gazes and inner sights of the cultivators behind as it made its way towards the peak of the floating mountain.
Wan Er put the airship away.
This place was the central inner sanctum area of Guang Yang sect, any flying was forbidden.
The four people descended, stopping in front of a particularly large villa among many.
Qing Rou formed a hand seal.
A light began to flicker above the villa.
âYoung master, weâve returnedâ Qing Rou spoke softly.
Gu Qing Shan only let out a faint âhmphâ through his nose.
He went in first, followed by Shannu, then the two maids who went in last.
After Wan Er came in, she formed another hand seal.
The light above the villa disappeared again.
The formation has been reactivated.
The group of four went into a room and closed the door behind themselves.
Both Qing Rou and Wan Er let out a long sigh.
âThe first check has passedâ Wan Er patted her chest in relief.