Chapter 1249: Pitiful Goods Big Wine Festival

"Matters concerning the Celestial Realm?"

"Wasn't that the information I brought back?"

"You certainly know how to ask questions; you've come straight to the source."

Jiang Fan suppressed a smile and asked calmly: "There's a lot of information about the Celestial Realm. Venerable Lianjing, what specifically are you asking about?"

Venerable Lianjing probed with suspicion: "Didn't your master tell you about the Ancient Celestial Pit?"

Jiang Fan nodded and said, "She did. Inside the Ancient Celestial Pit, there's a Blood Pool that can transform other living beings into Ancient Giants."

Venerable Lianjing nodded: "It seems your master did tell you a few things after all."

Before she could probe further, Jiang Fan added, "The Blood Pool contains powerful negative emotions, a culmination of hatred, resentment, greed, cruelty, and other sentiments from across the world. If any human falls into it, they will be transformed, 100 percent."

Venerable Lianjing was stunned. "Wait! The Blood Pool contains powerful negative emotions? Why wasn't this mentioned in the rumors?"

Jiang Fan observed her expression and inwardly chuckled. The spatial imprint only recorded visuals. The negative emotions I felt firsthand wouldn't appear in the imagery. He feigned ignorance and said, "Venerable, didn't anyone tell you this? Your information seems to be inaccurate."

Venerable Lianjing was secretly surprised. After all, Venerable Wutong is a Supreme-level existence, possessing far more information than what is known publicly. Slightly embarrassed, she said, "I only knew that later, a mysterious young man from Taicang Prefecture used the Sky-Connecting Black Pillar to draw the Blood Pool down and successfully resolve the crisis in Taicang Prefecture. By the way, does your master know about that young man? My Tianzhou plans to dispatch a group of Venerables to ascend and ascertain the Blood Pool's location. Then, we'd like to ask him to replicate the process and destroy the Blood Pool above Tianzhou as well."

Jiang Fan nodded: "She does."

Venerable Lianjing asked curiously, "What's his background? It's incredible that he could move the Sky-Connecting Black Pillar."

Jiang Fan pouted and said, "What background could he possibly have? He's just a guy who crawled out of some backwater place. Aside from being handsome, brilliant, graceful, powerful, and loved by everyone, he's absolutely useless! I couldn't stand him if I tried a hundred times."

Venerable Lianjing gave him a strange look: "Your way of praising people is quite unique." What left her speechless was that, whether intentionally or not, Jiang Fan had said a great deal. Yet, he hadn't revealed a single piece of information about the young man. He hadn't even mentioned his name. She opened her mouth, about to inquire further, but suddenly sensed something and lightly pressed Jiang Fan's shoulder. Her phoenix-like eyes calmly looked towards the northwest and she said, "Come out, all of you."

Jiang Fan immediately became alert. Following her gaze, a large expanse of demonic energy suddenly surged from the area that had appeared to contain only swirling demonic liquid. Six figures, both male and female, slowly emerged. Each of them had an ink-black divine halo behind their heads. On the halos of two of them, there were two flames etched. The other four each had one flame and emitted a strong foul odor. They were none other than the Six Demon Sect Masters! They had actually gotten lost deep within the Bird's Nest! Only after discovering a path gradually extending towards this area had they hidden themselves to investigate the situation. Who knew that the one who arrived was an unparalleled mighty figure, a cultivator of the Four Declines of Heaven and Man!

The six demonic Venerables looked at Venerable Lianjing with a hint of shock. They swiftly flew to stand before Venerable Lianjing and bowed respectfully in unison. "We greet Venerable Lianjing!"

Jiang Fan was secretly astonished. Is Venerable Lianjing's reputation really that significant? Even the Venerables from far-off Great Barren State recognized her at a glance. But then again, it made sense. What kind of existence is a cultivator of the Four Declines of Heaven and Man? Their Taicang Prefecture didn't even have a Venerable at the Two Declines of Heaven and Man stage. The highest-ranked cultivators in Great Barren State seemed to be the two present at the Two Declines of Heaven and Man.

Venerable Lianjing calmly glanced at them and asked, "What are you doing here?"

A demonic Venerable, clad in a red robe with keen, wolf-like eyes, cupped his hands and replied: "To answer you, senior, we are the masters of the Six Demon Sects of Great Barren State. We were invited by the Grand Libationer to intercept two unidentified Venerables in this forbidden area, and we just inadvertently strayed inside."

"The Grand Libationer?" A hint of wariness surfaced in Venerable Lianjing's calm eyes as she looked around and asked: "Where is she?"

Upon hearing this, the six demonic Venerables exchanged glances. As Venerables, they found it difficult to control their emotions. Either their facial muscles twitched, or their teeth ground audibly. Some even clenched their fists. The wolf-eyed demonic Venerable, whose divine halo had two flickering flames, pulsed erratically. He snorted through his nostrils: "The Grand Libationer said she needed to relieve herself and told us to go ahead without peeking. Then, when she contacted us again, she was already outside the forbidden area, drinking. She abandoned us inside the forbidden area."

Jiang Fan's eyes widened. Seriously, isn't this Grand Libationer too devious? However, this also aligned with Jiang Fan's understanding of the Grand Libationer's strength. Initially, when he heard Zhang Chuyun say that the Grand Libationer of Great Barren State was trapped in the forbidden area along with the Six Demon Sect Masters, he was puzzled. Isn't the Grand Libationer of Great Barren State a bit too weak then? As the official head overseeing an entire state, is that all she's capable of? Now it made sense. This Grand Libationer possessed the ability to leave the forbidden area with ease.

Venerable Lianjing's eyes glinted as she looked at the Six Demon Sect Masters and said: "You six, don't tell me you were manipulated by the Grand Libationer?"

All six remained silent, their faces grim. This was because they had long since reached that consensus. From the moment she first summoned them to enter the forbidden area, they had fallen into the Grand Libationer's scheme. The Grand Libationer's goal was simply to trick them into the forbidden area!

The wolf-eyed Venerable looked at the path on the ground, his face showing a pleading expression: "Senior, could you please take us out with you as well? We, your juniors, will be greatly indebted."

Venerable Lianjing's brows furrowed. She suddenly wondered if the Grand Libationer had sensed her entry into the forbidden area long ago. Or was she just pretending not to know? That person wouldn't be scheming against her too, would she? Hearing this, Venerable Lianjing collected her thoughts and said, "I'm not on my way out right now. I'm going to see Venerable Wutong."

"See that Supreme?" Even the wolf-eyed Venerable's expression changed drastically. However, rather than being forever trapped and dying in the Bird's Nest, meeting Venerable Wutong might offer a glimmer of hope for escape. The wolf-eyed Venerable gritted his teeth and said, "Senior, could you possibly take us to meet Venerable Wutong as well?"

Venerable Lianjing calmly replied, "I cannot make that decision. You'll have to ask this young Daoist first. He is Venerable Wutong's martial nephew. This path was opened specifically for him."

"What? Venerable Wutong's martial nephew?" The gazes of the six demonic Venerables finally shifted from Venerable Lianjing to Jiang Fan. The young man before them actually had such a significant background?

The wolf-eyed Venerable quickly said, "Young Daoist, I am Venerable Wuyu of the Demonic Abyss. Could I trouble the young Daoist to put in a good word for us with Venerable Wutong? I, this Venerable, will offer a substantial reward."

Jiang Fan looked around at the Six Demon Sect Masters. Curiosity sparked within him. To which of their sects did Venerable Refining Soul belong? Knowing which sect Venerable Refining Soul was from would indicate which sect the Asura Holy Son was in, wouldn't it? With that thought, his eyes narrowed.