Chapter 53 (Part 1)

Qingyang clenched his teeth tightly. No matter who the other party was, this time he would absolutely not let them off lightly.

“Martial Uncle Qinghe, can you tell where Little Junior Brother was teleported?”

A teleportation array, even if it was only a temporary small-scale teleportation array, required no small amount of resources. And someone capable of making such a teleportation array was probably not simple at all.

“I can’t analyze it for the time being. Don’t panic yet. I took a look. This is a random teleportation array. Little Martial Nephew should be all right.”

Daoist Lord Qinghe comforted everyone. He was not making things up. He had a basis for saying so.

A random teleportation array was much simpler than a fixed-point teleportation array. Presumably, the other party had been unable to refine a fixed-point teleportation array, which was why they had chosen a random one.

But with that, they also had no idea where Little Martial Nephew had been sent. Now it depended on Little Martial Nephew himself.

With Yu Yu’s quick wits, Qinghe believed he would not be caught easily.

“Master, I’ll search nearby.”

Before Qingyang could agree, Lingji rode his sword and left the Taizhen Immortal Sect.

“Little Junior Brother, calm down. You can’t leave the sect. Be careful not to draw down your tribulation lightning.”

Qingsheng reached out and held down Qingyang, who also wanted to leave. Qingyang’s current condition was not good either. If he had not been suppressing his tribulation lightning all this time, Qingyang could have ascended long ago.

“Senior Brother, don’t worry! I know what matters. Didn’t the other party choose to strike at this time precisely because they saw that I was about to undergo tribulation and couldn’t take action?”

Qingyang was even calmer than Qingsheng and the others had imagined. Even if he wanted to kill the culprit, he first had to find the real mastermind.

Lingji had already gone out to search. He was also at Tribulation stage, and his strength was only slightly below Qingyang’s, his master’s. With him there, Qingyang felt at ease.

Even if he ascended, he would not let these people off. At worst, he would pay a certain price and run back down from above. If he did not avenge what had happened to his little disciple today, he would be unworthy of being his teacher.

And there was Lingji too. His combat strength would catch up very soon. The other party definitely had not expected that Lingji was also at Tribulation stage.

If they had known, they would not have set this trap targeting his little disciple.

They thought that since Qingyang could not act, the Taizhen Immortal Sect’s combat strength would be greatly reduced. After all, in the Taizhen Immortal Sect, only Qingyang and Qingsheng were somewhat famous.

While everyone in the Taizhen Immortal Sect was worrying about Yu Yu, he had been teleported to a world completely different from the immortal cultivation world. There was no spiritual energy here, only demonic qi.

The entire sky was gloomy and dark, and even the plants were black.

“Is this the Demon Realm of the immortal cultivation world?”

Yu Yu lay sprawled on the ground. The spatial force inside the spatial cracks had cut countless wounds across his body. Even his face was wounded. The talismanic artifact hidden at his neck was already useless, and the energy inside had been completely exhausted.

If the talismanic artifact had not been protecting him the whole time, the chaotic spatial force alone would have sliced him into pieces.

But with that, his protective talismanic artifact was temporarily ruined as well.

The injuries on his body were severe. The spiritual energy inside Yu Yu’s body had been used up, since using the talismanic artifact also required him to activate it with spiritual energy.

Who knew where the other party had obtained this teleportation array from? It was an inferior product. Although the teleportation effect remained unchanged, the space inside was not stable at all. He had never heard of spatial cracks appearing inside a normal teleportation array.

It had forced him to use his talismanic artifact. Great. Now the talismanic artifact was ruined, and his spiritual energy was exhausted too.

At this point, any random cultivator who came along could finish him off.

Without spiritual energy, he could not heal himself. Recovering his spiritual energy was impossible too, because this was the Demon Realm. There was no spiritual energy.

As for taking out spirit stones, he did not have even a trace of spiritual energy right now, so how was he supposed to open his storage space?

Although storage space could be opened with spiritual sense, one still needed the slightest bit of spiritual energy to release spiritual sense outward.

The same went for his little secret realm. He could not use it either.

It seemed he could only let others do whatever they wanted to him now. He was even weaker than before he had transmigrated.

He hoped that before his wounds healed, before his spiritual energy automatically recovered even the slightest bit, he would not run into bad people.

Also, this demonic qi seemed to be invading his body.

Yu Yu’s injuries were too severe. Before he could think any further, he lost consciousness.

Not long after he lost consciousness, demon cultivators came over.

This was a patrol team from the Demon Realm. They were the Demon Lord’s guard team and had to come out on patrol every day.

“Captain, there’s someone lying here.”

One team member found Yu Yu lying beneath a tree. Around him was a patch of mud stained red with blood.

“It’s a child.”

As soon as his captain heard that, he immediately led the team members rushing over.

“He’s a child from the immortal cultivation world. Why would he appear here? He’s injured too. These wounds were caused by spatial force.”

The patrol captain gently turned Yu Yu over from where he lay face down and spoke after seeing the wounds on his body.

“These clothes look like the attire of the Taizhen Immortal Sect.”

Although they were demon cultivators, they did interact with the ten great sects of the immortal cultivation world. They were not evil cultivators, so naturally, there was no hatred between the two sides.

“He’s still a child. Who could be so cruel as to attack a child?”

His team members could not understand it. Even if they were demon cultivators and were naturally cold by temperament, they would not attack an innocent child.

Of course, evil cultivators were the exception. They did not care whether someone was male or female, old or young. As long as they were human, evil cultivators would kill them.

“Never mind that for now. Take him back and hand him to His Majesty. Ask the Demon Mother to treat him.”

The captain did not know who would be so cruel as to attack a child. He only knew that if they did not save him, this child was going to die.

Worse still, this child’s body was currently being invaded by demonic qi. If too much time was delayed, he would only be able to switch to cultivating demonic qi.

“Yes.”

Everyone raised their hands in agreement with the captain’s suggestion. After all, this child truly looked as if he was about to die.

Blood was still continuously flowing from his body. Clearly, he did not merely have external injuries. There were even more serious internal injuries.

Perhaps because Yu Yu’s cultivation method was special, this group of demon cultivators did not realize that he was a Golden Core cultivator. They only took him for an ordinary disciple.

Of course, they also did not know that the Taizhen Immortal Sect had a disciple of the Ling generation who had never grown up, and that he was also Daoist Lord Qingyang’s disciple.

If they had known, they would definitely have been even more surprised.

The patrol team did not know, but that did not mean the Demon Lord and the Demon Mother did not know.

They looked at the child sent back by the patrol team. The Demon Mother only had time to exchange one glance with the Demon Lord before she immediately began treating Yu Yu.

Aside from his external wounds, Yu Yu’s internal organs all had varying degrees of damage. There was also demonic qi, which was worsening Yu Yu’s injuries.

The Demon Mother took out a red lotus and gently waved it over him. The wounds caused by spatial force immediately recovered by more than half. Only the remaining bloodstains were still telling everyone just how severe this child’s injuries had been.

External injuries were easy to treat. Internal injuries were a little more troublesome.

The Demon Mother took out another sacred lotus for treating internal injuries. Because the sacred lotus’s properties were incompatible with demon cultivators, it had remained in her possession until now. She had never expected that this little fellow from the Taizhen Immortal Sect would benefit from it.

After feeding Yu Yu the sacred lotus, the injuries inside his body quickly stabilized. Aside from the fact that he had lost too much blood and would need to quietly recuperate for a period of time to replenish it, there was basically nothing else wrong.

Of course, the Demon Mother also drew out the demonic qi, preventing it from continuing to invade him. At the same time, she set up a barrier inside the room to stop demonic qi from entering.

“Mother, how is that child?”

When the Demon Lord saw the Demon Mother come out, he immediately went up to meet her.

“He’s fine now. The other party acted too viciously. If he hadn’t encountered me, this child would definitely have died in the Demon Realm.”

The Demon Mother felt somewhat distressed. Although she knew this child had only stopped growing because he had eaten a vermilion fruit, she still could not help feeling pity for him.

“My son, send someone in to wash him up.”

The Demon Mother sat in a chair and spoke to her adopted son.

“All right, Mother. Wait a moment. I’ll go call someone.”

The Demon Lord personally went to call someone. In the entire Demon Realm, perhaps only the Demon Mother received this kind of treatment.

After the devil servants came in and tidied Yu Yu up, mother and son entered the inner room again.

Aside from its demonic qi, the Demon Realm was no different from the outside world. It even had more of a human touch than the immortal cultivation world.

Perhaps this was related to the personalities of demon cultivators. They acted as they pleased and did whatever they wanted. Because they liked the mortal world’s way of living, they had built houses just like those in the human world.

The Demon Palace was also quite similar to a mortal imperial palace. It was only grander and more imposing in its layout.

They entered and saw Yu Yu after the bloodstains had been wiped away, revealing his true appearance.

“This child looks so familiar!”

The Demon Mother sat beside the bed and carefully observed Yu Yu.

“He does look a little familiar. Perhaps it’s because he is too good-looking, and because he has such an obedient appearance, so we feel he looks familiar.”

The Demon Lord was certain that he had never seen Yu Yu before. He had not left the Demon Realm for nearly a hundred years, and the same was true of his mother.

“Perhaps!”

The Demon Mother thought about it. There was no such child in her memory either. Moreover, the Taizhen Immortal Sect had only taken him in as a disciple a few decades ago, so she should never have seen him before.

“Mm…”

Yu Yu slowly woke. Aside from feeling somewhat weak, he could no longer feel the pain from his wounds.

Had someone saved him?

As a medical cultivator, Yu Yu understood the body fairly well. If no one had treated his injuries, then forget waking up now. He would have long since bled dry and died.

Cultivators were still human. Before becoming immortals, they would still die if all their blood drained away. Of course, that meant the physical body died. The soul and Nascent Soul could still exist, though one might possibly become a ghost cultivator or search for materials to reconstruct the body.

Not to mention that the injuries on his body were far from ordinary. It was impossible that he would feel no pain at all.

So Yu Yu arrived at the conclusion that someone had saved him.

In truth, his guess was completely correct. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man and a woman watching him.

The man looked to be in his twenties. His features were handsome, and his lips pressed slightly downward, making him look somewhat cold and not very easy to get along with.

The woman looked a little older than the man. Her appearance was dazzlingly beautiful. Even in the immortal cultivation world, there were few female cultivators prettier than her.

Compared to the man, the woman’s gaze was gentler. When she looked at him, there was pity in her eyes.

If one only looked at their appearances, both of them were very young. But with cultivators, one could not judge merely by outward appearance. His master was over a thousand years old, yet he looked like a young man in his early twenties.

Then Yu Yu looked at their clothing, and added that to their appearances.

“This junior is Lingyu, fifth disciple under Daoist Lord Qingyang of the Taizhen Immortal Sect. Greetings, Senior Demon Lord, Senior Demon Mother.”

Qingyang had taught him everything he should. He had met both the Demon Lord and the Demon Mother before and had described them to his little disciple, so Yu Yu guessed it all at once.

“What a clever child. No wonder the Taizhen Immortal Sect has always treated you like a treasure and refused to let you leave the mountain!”

The Demon Mother praised Yu Yu’s reaction. Merely by taking one look, he had analyzed their identities. This was no ordinary intelligence.

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