Chapter 268 - 266: Exploring the Village, Encountering the Demon Race, and Su Qing’s Act

Chapter 268: Chapter 266: Exploring the Village, Encountering the Demon Race, and Su Qing’s Act

「Three days later.」

Su Qing got up.

He went to gather under a thousand-year-old peach tree at the foot of the Sect’s mountain valley.

Su Qing carried an ordinary Magical Artifact in his hand.

A Tier One Lower Grade Magic Sword.

Just for show.

When he arrived, someone was already waiting.

"Greetings, Senior Brother." The other party, seeing that Su Qing’s Cultivation was higher than his own, bowed in greeting.

He was a male cultivator, about 1.76 meters tall, with a straight posture. He looked young and was at the Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation realm.

"Hello, Junior Brother." Su Qing nodded.

"My name is Ye Shengliang. You can call me Senior Brother Ye, or just Shengliang."

"Senior Brother Ye, I’m Lu Yaoyang. I do Artifact Refining. If you ever need anything, you can come to me."

"Mm, you’re an Artifact Refiner. I’m a Pill Master."

"Senior Brother Ye is actually a Pill Master!"

"That’s right."

...

As the two of them were chatting, two more people arrived.

A man and a woman.

The woman was holding a Tier One Upper Grade Magic Sword.

The man was fawning over the woman.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, I’ve also refined quite a few Magical Artifacts. Here, for you."

"I don’t need them. Really, I don’t. Fellow Daoist Liu, you should keep them for yourself."

Both of them were at the Eighth-Layer Qi Cultivation realm.

"Greetings, Senior Brother." The woman cupped her hands and bowed upon seeing Su Qing’s level of strength.

The man did the same. "Greetings, Senior Brother."

"Alright. Before we set off, you all heard what the Elder said."

"I’ll be leading the team this time, so pay attention," Su Qing said.

"Introduce yourselves and your specializations. It’ll help us handle any unexpected situations."

"My name is Liu Jiangtai. I’m an Artifact Refiner, and I have three Magical Artifacts on me."

"Senior Brother, I am Ye Danqing. My only skill is Swordsmanship."

Su Qing nodded. "My skills are rather varied, so I won’t go into detail. My surname is also Ye, so you can just call me Senior Brother Ye."

"Yes, Senior Brother Ye."

"Senior Brother Ye."

Su Qing added, "Remember, you must listen to my orders. I don’t know how capable any of you are, but obedience is the most important thing."

"Let’s get going."

Su Qing led the three of them through a Teleportation Array to a large city under the jurisdiction of the Moon God Palace.

"Senior Brother Ye, it’s going to take us quite a while to travel there."

Su Qing shook his head in confusion. "Uh, you don’t have a Flying Magical Artifact?"

The three of them exchanged glances. With a sigh of resignation, Su Qing took out a Flying Magical Artifact from his Storage Ring.

"Forget it. Let’s take my Flying Magical Artifact to save time."

"If we flew there by controlling our own Magical Artifacts, wouldn’t that be a waste of several months?"

Su Qing wasn’t exaggerating.

At the Qi Cultivation Realm, Sword Control was inherently slow and couldn’t be maintained for long.

When he took out the Flying Magical Artifact, the other three were stunned.

"Senior Brother Ye, you’re way too rich!" Lu Yaoyang exclaimed, even reaching out to touch it.

Su Qing shook his head and smiled. He had kept one Flying Magical Artifact for himself back then, for no other reason than it looked good.

"Everyone, get on."

"This Magical Artifact is a bit on the expensive side, but it’s still a good idea to buy one."

In truth, this was something Su Qing had designed himself, based on the sports cars of his previous life.

He never had the chance to play with one before, but now he did.

It only had four seats, though.

"I’ll sit next to Senior Brother." Ye Danqing shot a glance at Liu Jiangtai beside her and proactively sat down next to Su Qing.

Lu Yaoyang and Liu Jiangtai could only sit in the back.

"Senior Brother, this doesn’t look like the Magical Artifacts from the Zhengxuan Sect."

"I bought it at the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land back when I was a Loose Cultivator. Of course it’s different."

"Hold on tight." Su Qing started up his "little car."

The Magical Artifact then levitated off the ground and shot forward in an instant.

Its speed was about the same as a normal Flying Magical Artifact on the market; Su Qing was controlling it.

Otherwise, everyone would know this Magical Artifact was extraordinary.

The Magical Artifacts sold internally within the Zhengxuan Sect were likely cheaper, but outside, they would surely cost more than ten times as much.

Besides, for this kind of Magical Artifact, the purchase price wasn’t the issue. The real cost was its Spirit Stone consumption.

The Flying Magical Artifacts sold by the Zhengxuan Sect weren’t as durable as the ones given to their own Sect Disciples.

This was also why Su Qing said he bought it at the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land.

...

「One week later.」

The group was all groggy and dazed.

Aside from stops to take care of biological needs, nothing else had happened.

At the Qi Cultivation Realm, one couldn’t truly achieve Fasting.

Even at the Foundation Establishment realm, one couldn’t completely achieve Fasting.

"We’re here, all three of you."

"This place is already thick with mist."

"Even from the Flying Magical Artifact, we can’t see a thing," Su Qing said.

At the same time, he woke them up.

"Are we here, Senior Brother?" Ye Danqing opened her hazy eyes. Sitting here for seven days had actually been quite uncomfortable.

"We’re here."

"You two Junior Brothers, wake up." Su Qing helplessly patted the two in the back seat.

"Senior Brother Ye, we’re here?" Lu Yaoyang also opened his eyes, asking in a daze.

"We’re here."

Su Qing nodded.

He landed his Flying Magical Artifact in an empty clearing to the side.

However, there was no flat ground, so his Flying Magical Artifact was slightly tilted.

...

Mist was everywhere, and even Su Qing couldn’t see far into the distance.

The other three got out.

But seeing the thick fog before them, they all tensed up.

Moreover, the surroundings were unnervingly silent. There were no bird calls, not even the sound of the wind.

There was also an unusual smell in the air that was very unsettling.

"Let’s go in and take a look. Be careful. If you see anyone from the Demon Race, run immediately."

"I’ll have the artifact follow us overhead. If things go south, jump up onto it immediately, understand?"

Su Qing instructed. At the same time, his Flying Magical Artifact was already hovering again, five meters above his head.

Five meters was a jumpable height for the group, all of whom were at the Qi Cultivation High Tier.

"Understood, Senior Brother Ye," Lu Yaoyang said.

Liu Jiangtai nodded, cautiously watching the mist. His three Magical Artifacts all appeared around him: a Flying Blade, a shield, and a spherical Magical Artifact.

Ye Danqing, meanwhile, raised her sword and cautiously surveyed her surroundings.

"Senior Brother, I feel like this is already obviously abnormal."

"How could an ordinary village have a mist that’s so thick and stagnant?"

This was what Ye Danqing said, her gaze remaining extremely cautious.

Su Qing frowned. He had actually already scanned the area with his Fifth Realm soul sense.

He hadn’t detected any other Demon Realm Rifts, but there were members of the Demon Race present: five at the Second Realm, and one at the Third Realm.

’I was just thinking about completing the mission.’

But for so many powerful members of the Demon Race to appear at once made Su Qing frown.

’How on earth did these Demons get here?’

Su Qing also knew that the four of them had been targeted.

"Everyone, gather around me," Su Qing said via voice transmission.

"There are Demons here, and they’re very strong."

Hearing this, everyone froze.

"See the Flying Magical Artifact above my head? I’ll count to three, and the door will open automatically."

"Jump up to it then."

"We’re retreating now!"

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

The door of the Flying Magical Artifact suddenly opened.

The four of them leaped up in unison.

Su Qing immediately used maximum power. The other three didn’t even have time to sit down properly.

It shot off like a bolt of lightning.

However, before they could feel relieved, a subtle gale of soul energy blew toward their group.

Su Qing no longer bothered to hide the artifact’s true power.

The Flying Magical Artifact’s power surged, and the feeling of being pushed back into their seats intensified dramatically.

Everyone felt an immense pressure on their bodies.

In just ten seconds, Su Qing finally stopped the high-speed propulsion.

"We’re about to land. The Magical Artifact is ruined," Su Qing said with a sigh.

"What, Senior Brother?!" Lu Yaoyang was stunned.

"Don’t worry. The Magical Artifact has just completed its final mission."

As Su Qing spoke, his artifact plummeted downward in a parabolic arc.

Fortunately, Su Qing managed to stabilize it at the last moment.

This prevented the impact from being too violent.

But the group was still injured.

Lu Yaoyang, being the weakest, suffered internal injuries from the shock and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam.

Su Qing quickly gave each of them a Healing Pill.

"Let’s leave, quickly," Su Qing said as he put away his "flying car."

Although Lu Yaoyang didn’t understand what was happening, he swallowed the Healing Pill and immediately followed the others to leave.

...