Ch. 7 - The Barrier of the Heavenly Furnace

Ji Yuenian's eyes were calm as he raised his head to look at the demon wolf.

"You have not been seized by that mountain ghost!?"

The color of surprise in the demon wolf Mo Yuan's eyes became more and more intense.

He had already vaguely guessed the whereabouts of the mountain ghost's origin yin energy in the previous episode, but at this time, Ji Yuenian's cultivation in the initial stage of the Xuan Realm along with the unfamiliar aura of a living person emanating from him had already told Mo Yuan that the young man in front of him was not the mountain ghost Qing Yan.

Ji Yuenian didn't open his mouth to respond, and continued to look quietly at the demon wolf who was seriously injured and gasping for breath. The azure light of the Indestructible Body skill covered his whole body, and there was killing intent in his eyes.

‘This demon wolf ate one of my arms.’

It was just... the demon wolf had the cultivation base of the late stage of the True Dao Realm. Although he was already seriously injured, it was not something that he could deal with at this time, and Ji Yuenian was very clear about this matter.

After the dark Heart Fire helped him absorb the origin yin energy of the mountain ghost, most of the memories of the mountain ghost were also absorbed by Ji Yuenian’s soul, so he knew the general realm of the beginning of the spiritual practice. From the Initial Xuan Realm, then the Late Xuan Realm, followed by the Initial Nascent Dao Realm and Late Nascent Dao Realm. And Initial True Dao Realm to Late True Dao Realm for the third stage. If the demon wolf Mo Yuan had not been seriously injured by the self-destruction of the mountain ghost's spiritual body, then Ji Yuenian, who had never practiced any magic spells, could have been annihilated with just a flick of his hand.

When the demon wolf Mo Yuan saw Ji Yuenian looking at him with such an unbridled gaze, his eyes couldn't help but reveal an unparalleled fierce light, but his body did not dare to move at all.

Because he clearly knew that the movement there had already disturbed the Ancient Temple, and in a short while, there would be a patrolling demon general who would arrive to inspect the vicinity. Not to mention that he was seriously injured, it was terrifying enough to think that the human could quietly make the mountain ghost Qing Yan disappear.

"The Heavenly Furnace Barrier was created by the Egret demon king himself," Ji Yuenian retrieved his gaze from the demon wolf and looked at the sky beyond Qingluan Mountain, "And the function of this barrier is to imprison the demonic spirits and ghosts within the Qingluan Mountain. However, it does not have the slightest effect on the human race."

While muttering in a low voice, Ji Yuenian glanced at the demon wolf Mo Yuan deeply, and without any hesitation, there was a faint azure light enveloping him as he went straight into the mountain forest, heading outside the Qingluan Mountain.

This was the northwest corner of Qingluan Mountain, and it was only a short hundred feet away from the barrier of the Heavenly Furnace. In just a few dozen breaths, Ji Yuenian walked through the barrier of the Heavenly Furnace, and went out as if he didn't feel it.

The demon wolf's aura locked around him with enormous imposing power, and he thought about trying to stop him several times and make a fierce attack, but the strange disappearance of the mountain ghost Qing Yan seemed to have become a huge boulder, casting a large shadow in his heart. So, after countless internal struggles, he gave up on his intention to attack him.

A few breaths after Ji Yuenian's disappearance, two long rainbow lights traversed from the sky far away towards the northwest corner of the Qingluan Mountain. The tyrannical aura overwhelmed both heaven and earth. Countless ghosts and spirits within the mountain range bowed their heads respectfully, not daring to stare, lest it might be taken as a show of disrespect.

"Where is the nightmare ghost?"

The two figures finally reached the sky above the northwest corner of the Qingluan Mountain, and a solemn voice spread throughout the vast Qingluan Mountain range.

A wisp of black energy condensed and emerged from the void, turning into a black-clothed young man with a gloomy complexion. He first glanced down at the demon wolf Mo Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged, and then bowed respectfully to the two above, saying, "Demon generals, the nightmare ghost is here."

Boom!

A big hand rapidly condensed from the void, directly grabbed the body of the nightmare ghost, and sucked out an infinite amount of origin ghost energy from it.

The black-clothed young man appeared to be in boundless agony, his body trembled from time to time, but he didn't dare to show any resistance.

"Incompetent! The temple asked you to discipline the demons and ghosts on the west side of the Qingluan Mountain. Is that how you disciplined them?" The silver-armored demon general dispersed the evil spell of his hand, and after devouring the ghostly energy into a bell, he shouted coldly, "The ruckus of the fight here has reached the Ancient Temple, what the hell are you doing, you fool? Young Master Chu had just taken over the Qingluan Mountain. Could it be that you are trying to make things difficult for us!?"

The nightmare ghost lowered his head, and his unchanging respectful tone echoed, "Demon general, nightmare ghost knows he's wrong."

The red-armored demon general snorted softly and said, "This is the final warning, if Young Master Chu's cultivation is interrupted by this kind of crap again in the future, no matter who it is, I will directly list it as the next alchemy material."

Although Chu Yuehe was not very influential for the time being, his identity was a real disciple of the Egret demon king. At this time, he was in charge of the Qingluan Mountain range for the first time, and these demon generals naturally didn't want to make trouble with him. At least, not so openly. Therefore, in view of such a big movement in the northwest corner this time, the two demon generals personally came to inspect it in person.

The black-clothed young man saluted again and said, "Nightmare understands."

After saying that, he lowered his eyes, looking at the demon wolf Mo Yuan with naked killing intent.

Although he was also a little confused about what happened, but, at this moment, the demon generals were already here, so it was too late to investigate, and it was better to send them away quickly.

"Lord Nightmare and to the two demon generals, I have a message for you!"

Mo Yuan's body was slightly trembling as he talked.

The nightmare ghost took a peek at the two demon generals standing still in the void, and seeing a trace of impatience on the silver-armored demon general's face, he was alarmed, and immediately turned his head to scold it, "Evil thing, committing such a big crime and still not kneeling!"

As he waved his sleeves, a black air permeated down, immersing in the depths of the demon wolf Mo Yuan's soul, causing it to become sluggish in an instant.

After a few short breaths, the demon wolf who had the strength of the late stage of the True Dao Realm, completely turned into countless black light spots and dissipated into the void.

After the nightmare ghost put away all those black light spots, he bowed and stood still, daring not to say any more words.

The silver-armored demon general was silent for a moment, and the silver demonic light surged around him, sensing all directions.

"It's hard to make such commotion alone, this demon wolf must have fought with the rest of the monsters to make such a big move," The other demon general chuckled.

"Just now, I sensed a trace of the aura of an Initial stage Xuan Realm powerhouse walking towards the barrier of the Heavenly Furnace. And being able to penetrate the barrier, I think it must be a human being who strayed into Qingluan Mountain,"

The nightmare ghost looked around, scrutinized the surrounding for a while, then raised his head and said, "Reporting to the demon generals, the one who fought against the demon wolf should be the mountain ghost Qing Yan with a True Dao Realm cultivation, but I couldn't sense its aura at this time. Presumably, this ghost had already lost its soul."

The silver-armored demon general snorted coldly, took back the silver light around him, and said, "Nightmare, I don't care how these pill materials fight. In short, it's because of your lack of discipline. If there is another time, you will also follow him!"

The black-clothed young man trembled slightly, and spoke an apology in a low voice.

When the two demon generals were about to leave, the nightmare ghost raised his head again and asked, "Demon generals, should we chase after the Initial stage Xuan Realm human who left the Qingluan Mountain?"

Boom!

The silver-armored demon general flicked his hand and condensed a giant starlight hand, which directly crushed most of the nightmare ghost's body into pieces, and countless extremely pure ghost energy escaped, filling the area.

"Nightmare, you are barely my subordinate, and when did you become so stupid?" The silver-armored demon general said indifferently, and looked down at the black-clothed boy who had recombined his body, "You still have pill material as your identity now, can you get out of the heavenly furnace? Or, do you mean to let us demon generals personally go and hunt down an ant in the Initial stage of Xuan Realm?"

The red-armored demon general reached out his hand to stop the silver-armored demon general who was about to continue his attack, he shook his head, and said, "You don't need to care about the ant. Nightmare ghost, as patrolling demon generals, we have a lot of things to do. If we have to kill every soul that accidentally wandered into the Qingluan Mountain then I am afraid that we will not be able to rest,."

The silver-armored demon general glanced at the nightmare ghost coldly, turned into a light of rainbow, and went away.

"Thank you, Lord Red-Armored Demon General, for your help."

The black-clothed young man lowered his head and spoke respectfully.

The red-armored demon general gradually turned indifferent, as if he had changed into a different person, and said, "Cut out half of the origin ghost energy for me."

"What!? This..."

The nightmare ghost's complexion changed dramatically, and his body trembled. But, under the eyes of the red-armored demon general, he gradually shriveled, and his lowered eyes were full of resentment and despair.

"Why? You don't want to?" The red-armored demon general asked softly.

"I... I want to,"

Nightmare clenched his teeth and endured the severe pain of tearing his soul. He stretched out his hand and took out a large mass of dark, ink-like origin ghost energy from his head. Gradually, his body became more and more illusory, and appeared as if it would collapse at any moment.

The red-armored demon general grabbed the origin ghost energy, snorted coldly, turned into a crimson brilliance, and headed towards the Ancient Temple.

"Hateful, hateful! The demon wolf, the mountain ghost, and the ant human race, you all deserve to die!"

The nightmare ghost's eyes were extremely malicious, his figure gradually faded, and finally it turned into a black mist, completely disappearing into the forest.

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