Chapter 677: Farewell, Chuan Chuan

Mu Ziyu nodded. "Isn't that the West Sea Demon Clan?"

"Otherwise, why would the esteemed West Sea Crown Prince and his First Military Official be here?"

"This is our North Sea territory, more than five thousand li from the West Sea."

Thinking of this, she felt wronged.

Would the West Sea Crown Prince come all the way to the North Sea just to flirt?

Who would have thought?

This is nothing but a trap!

Jiang Fan looked at Consort Yunxia, puzzled.

"Isn't the Tiger Demon Emperor's outer residence already depleted of resources?"

"Is it worth the West Sea Crown Prince making a special trip for?"

Consort Yunxia pondered, "I'm also wondering about that."

An outer residence that even the Continental Demon Clan looks down upon.

It doesn't make sense for the West Sea Crown Prince to travel thousands of li for it, does it?

Jiang Fan mused, "There are two possibilities."

"Either the outer residence contains important resources that your Continental Demon Clan hasn't discovered."

"Or, they've obtained the Silver Scroll of Alchemy."

Ling Shu interjected, saying, "Brother, even Young Master Liuli, as the Demon Emperor's daughter, couldn't get the Silver Scroll of Alchemy as she wished."

"It's even less likely for the Sea Demon Clan."

Only twelve Silver Scrolls of Alchemy remain.

Over the past sixty years, they've either been destroyed or their whereabouts became unknown after their owners perished.

Only a few genuinely still exist.

It's impossible for the Sea Demon Clan to obtain them.

Liuli also searched for the Silver Scroll of Alchemy?

Jiang Fan was surprised. "In that case, only the first possibility remains."

"The outer residence must contain something important!"

"If it's something that could make the West Sea Demon Clan travel specially for, it must be extraordinary, right?"

"Without further ado, let's hurry over."

At that moment.

Several hundred li away.

A five-peaked mountain range rose from the ground by the sea.

The five peaks stood side by side, like a giant hand reaching for the sky.

Its back faced the continent, while its palm reached towards the vast sea.

A majestic aura assailed them.

A girl who looked to be six or seven years old stood with her hands behind her back before the five-peaked mountain range.

Her face showed traces of shock:

"These five mountains, with their central five peaks establishing an axis that controls all directions, stir up wind and thunder to command the very cosmos."

"It's a rare imperial feng shui formation!"

"The Tiger Demon Emperor really knows how to pick a spot."

"To think he chose this kind of place for the Tiger Demon Emperor's cave abode!"

She was none other than Qin Wangchuan, the Supreme Elder of the Azure Cloud Sect's Medicine Peak.

Beside her were the Supreme Elders from the other eight sects.

A month earlier, they had received orders from the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

When the Demon Emperor arrived at the front lines, they were to venture deep into demon territory and seal off the Tiger Demon Emperor's cave abode.

This was to prevent the demon race from producing a second Demon Emperor.

Now, they had finally seized the opportunity to come here quietly, as the Demon Emperor had led his army south.

Standing beside her was the Supreme Elder of the Giant Sect, He Jiuzhang.

He was built like a tank, as robust as an iron tower.

The aura emanating from him had reached the perfect completion of the Ninth Layer of Core Formation!

Everyone clearly deferred to him as their leader.

"Elder Qin, let's cut the pleasantries."

"This is no time for lamenting!"

"Act quickly, destroy this place, and ensure the Tiger Demon Emperor's cave abode never reappears!"

His tone was cold and harsh, with a subtle hint of targeting.

The other Supreme Elders knew what he meant.

Fang Taiji was obliterated by one of Jiang Fan's Nascent Soul jade talismans, causing the Giant Sect's strongest cultivator to perish.

This incident had a profound impact on the Giant Sect.

It had almost fallen out of the top three sects.

Fortunately, the Giant Sect had used all its power, overdrawing three years of future resources, to help He Jiuzhang achieve the perfect completion of the Ninth Layer of Core Formation with great difficulty.

Only then did it stabilize its position.

The Azure Cloud Sect and the Giant Sect had thus become rivals.

Although Fang Taiji deserved his fate and should have been cut into a thousand pieces, when did the Giant Sect ever listen to reason?

Along the way, He Jiuzhang had frequently targeted Qin Wangchuan.

And Qin Wangchuan, with her fiery temper, would never tolerate such humiliation.

The result was predictable: she repeatedly suffered heavy losses in their clashes.

In the most severe instance, both her legs were broken.

If not for the protection of the accompanying Supreme Elders, Qin Wangchuan might have lost her life.

"You!" Qin Wangchuan was furious, but after a few deep breaths, she chose to endure.

It wasn't because she feared He Jiuzhang.

It was because there was a more important task at hand.

She stared fixedly at the five-peaked mountain before her and said coldly, "Let's act together."

He Jiuzhang's lips curved into a sneer: "Wouldn't it have been better to be so compliant from the start?"

"Why suffer so much?"

"Do you think Jiang Fan is still alive now?"

At the mention of Jiang Fan, several Supreme Elders sighed in unison.

Their faces showed unconcealed regret.

The Azure Cloud Sect's once-in-a-century prodigy, a special hero of the Boundary Mountain War, he was captured by the demon race during the mission to apprehend Consort Yunxia.

How much destruction did Jiang Fan inflict on the demon race during the Boundary Mountain War?

Anyone could guess how much the demon race hated Jiang Fan.

The demon race had a thousand, ten thousand reasons to kill Jiang Fan, but not a single possibility of letting him go.

Therefore, what Jiang Fan's fate was after being captured was self-evident.

At this moment, Jiang Fan's grave might already be overgrown with grass.

As for the Azure Cloud Sect, thanks to Jiang Fan, it had recently enjoyed boundless prestige among the Nine Sects.

There were even rumors that the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets intended to specially cultivate Jiang Fan.

The Azure Cloud Sect's status was visibly rising.

Unfortunately, with Jiang Fan's capture, everything came to an end.

"Shut up!" Qin Wangchuan could no longer stand it. "If it weren't for that old bastard from your Giant Sect betraying us, would Jiang Fan have been captured?"

"Do you even have the nerve to mention it?"

Her eyes were filled with hatred.

Such a good child, dragged down by the Giant Sect!

She felt like rushing to the Giant Sect and going on a rampage!

He Jiuzhang's eyes narrowed. He gave a humorless smile: "It seems I haven't beaten you into submission yet!"

He clenched his five fingers, and surging power flowed throughout his body.

"Stop!"

"Powerful demonic energy is approaching!"

The Supreme Elder from the Spirit Beast Sect, most sensitive to demonic energy, seemed to sense something, and his expression suddenly changed.

He Jiuzhang's heart tightened. In the heart of demon territory, encountering demons wasn't a good thing, was it?

However, he had already broken through to the perfect completion of the Ninth Layer of Core Formation.

As long as he didn't encounter the Four Demon Kings or Consort Yunxia, who was almost invincible below the Nascent Soul stage, the problem wouldn't be big.

"Don't worry, I'm here!" He Jiuzhang displayed strong confidence. "Currently, the demon race has led its army south."

"Those who can come here are unlikely to be very formidable..."

However, when he felt two terrifying demonic energies rushing towards them from the distant land, his face was filled with horror.

"Demon King-level demonic energy?"

Several Supreme Elders also trembled all over.

What made their scalps tingle even more was that there were two distinct surges of Demon King-level demonic energy.

"What's going on?"

"Did the demon race know about our operation in advance?"

He Jiuzhang's heart was greatly shaken.

Qin Wangchuan, however, looked with slight confusion at the group of dark figures approaching from a distance.

She fixed her gaze on one of the figures. Her eyes showed surprise.

Because the figure gave her a very familiar feeling.

Soon, the figures could be barely made out.

A handsome young man in a black robe, with fair skin and a face like sculpted jade, came into view.

She gasped in shock, covering her mouth.

With her other hand, she tugged at the sleeve of the Spirit Beast Sect Elder.

"Sister Chen, please help me look."

"That person... is he Jiang Fan?"