118: The first signs of the demon appear

"The Endless Sea Region is too vast. There is an endless stream of information every day, which is why every faction has its own Investigation Department."

"Since we received the information, we arranged for people to investigate the source, but we found nothing."

"This news arrived very strangely; we couldn't trace the root."

"It just so happens that I am responsible for this area, so I brought people over."

"Therefore, if you ask me about the ruins' information, I am completely clueless. The only useful piece of information we found was the location where the ruins emerged."

"Interesting, interesting!"

"Thank you, Miss Yuexin, for your guidance today. I, Ji Mo, owe you a favor, and I will surely repay it in the future."

Su Yuexin was overjoyed upon hearing this; wasn't this exactly what she wanted?

The two of them chatted and laughed inside the phoenix carriage, arriving once again at the site where the ruins emerged.

Since they didn't return very quickly this time, the area was now packed with people.

Ji Mo looked up and saw at least several thousand, perhaps tens of thousands of people.

Everyone on Great Wind Island had gathered here.

Ji Mo and Su Yuexin drank tea and chatted inside the phoenix carriage, waiting for the ancient ruins to open.

They ended up waiting here for a full three days before the ancient ruins finally opened.

Between heaven and earth, the wind and clouds shifted, giving rise to multicolored divine light.

Within this expanse of land, phantom images of palace clusters suddenly materialized.

Inside the great hall, people moved about, resembling the scenery of a blessed land of immortals.

Cultivation Technique Pavilion, Training Hall, Legacy Hall, and so on.

This sight truly gave people the impression that an ancient Sect had emerged.

Looking at the expressions of the onlookers outside the ruins, every single one of them was filled with excitement.

The desires in their hearts were completely exposed on their faces.

Even Su Yuexin beside him was filled with longing.

At this moment, a violent Spiritual Qi storm suddenly erupted from the place where the ruins were revealed.

The Spiritual Qi was so dense it was extremely rare, comparable to the spirit liquid refined by Ji Mo.

Over these three days, Ji Mo roughly estimated that there were now at least 15,000 people present in the area.

Now, these 15,000-plus people simultaneously sat cross-legged, greedily absorbing and Refinining this heaven-sent Spiritual Qi.

But Ji Mo detected something wrong: this Spiritual Qi was dense, but it contained a unique substance.

Ji Mo didn't know exactly what this substance was.

Since Cultivating the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art, Ji Mo had not used his main Dantian to Cultivate; he used the small furnace entirely.

Cultivating with the heaven and earth furnace is not only fast but also safe, capable of purifying any toxic substance.

Ji Mo detected the abnormality of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi through the feedback from the heaven and earth furnace.

Every time this Spiritual Qi was Refined, some substance was ground away by the heaven and earth furnace.

Seeing that Su Yuexin beside him had already sat down cross-legged to Cultivate, Ji Mo raised his hand and isolated the Spiritual Qi.

At this moment, Su Yuexin suddenly realized she couldn't absorb Spiritual Qi. She opened her eyes, saw that Ji Mo was responsible, and looked at him in confusion.

"Miss Yuexin, this Spiritual Qi has a problem. Tell your people not to absorb it for now."

Su Yuexin was even more bewildered; she hadn't noticed any problems!

Everyone else was absorbing it just fine, and judging by the cultivation base fluctuations, they were clearly making progress.

Yet suddenly, someone popped up and said the Spiritual Qi was problematic.

Facing the confused expression of the person before him, if Su Yuexin hadn't genuinely shared a lot of knowledge about the Endless Sea Region with him earlier...

Ji Mo would truly have been too lazy to meddle.

"Miss Yuexin, if you trust me, tell your people to stop. I don't know the exact problem right now, but I can determine that this Spiritual Qi is definitely abnormal."

Looking at Ji Mo's certain gaze, Su Yuexin slowly nodded.

"Alright, Little Brother Mo, I believe you."

Afterward, Su Yuexin waved her hand, and an Ancient Zither appeared in her grasp.

"Zheng"

A pleasing zither sound was directly poured into the ears of the hundreds of people behind her, startling them awake.

"Stop Cultivating for now! This Spiritual Qi is problematic. Maintain vigilance!"

She then turned her head to Ji Mo and said:

"Little Brother Mo, what should we do next?"

"It's definitely unrealistic to stop these people from Refinining the Spiritual Qi. Cutting off their Opportunity is like a blood feud. We can only try to reduce this Spiritual Qi as much as possible."

Su Yuexin was somewhat confused, but Ji Mo offered no explanation.

With a thought, the heaven and earth creation bell flew above the ruins, transforming into a huge black hole 500 meters in diameter.

The endless suction force was like the mouth of a Category 12 tornado.

At this moment, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi frantically surged toward the black hole formed by the heaven and earth creation bell.

The 15,000-plus people in the area were currently enjoying the wonderful feeling of their cultivation base rising.

As a result, the Spiritual Qi around them suddenly vanished. The feeling was agonizing. One by one, they opened their eyes, saw the black hole in the sky plundering their Spiritual Qi, and became furious.

"How dare you! Who is so shameless as to cut off our Opportunity?"

"Who did this? Step forward! You're courting death."

"That's right! The Opportunity belongs to everyone! Why should you hog it?"

"You dog thing, come out! This daddy is going to kill you."

"Don't you know you've incurred public wrath?"

...Ji Mo ignored these people. After absorbing all the Spiritual Qi, the black hole reverted to the heaven and earth creation bell and flew back into Ji Mo's body.

"It's him! It's that fierce person."

"I don't care who he is! Anyone who dares to ruin my Opportunity is courting death! Brothers, grab your weapons and get him!"

This person was a latecomer who didn't know about Ji Mo's previous deeds, and was about to attack Ji Mo.

Just then, someone next to him restrained him.

"Brother, a few days ago, this guy just annihilated the resident envoy of the Three Saints Sect, wiped out the Brotherhood Alliance, and even blew up Strategist Wen, who is famous throughout the sea region."

"Are you still going? If you're still that brave, I respect you as a true man."

When the big man heard the words of the person next to him, cold sweat instantly poured out from his head.

He repeatedly bowed to Ji Mo, saying, "Brother, I was wrong! This younger brother was unaware of your heroic deeds and has offended you. I hope Big Brother will forgive me, it was all a misunderstanding."

Ji Mo ignored him. It was understandable; who could maintain a good temper when their Opportunity was stolen without knowing the circumstances?

The others in the area also spread the word, learning of Ji Mo's fierce reputation, and all were angry but dared not speak... A hundred miles away, a group of people was observing the situation at the ruins.

The few people leading them were discussing.

"Leader, this kid won't ruin the Lord's plan, will he?"

At that moment, someone suddenly spoke up with a hint of worry, asking the person in charge.

"No, it won't. Since we managed to gather so many people here, our plan has already succeeded."

"Lord Eight-Armed Giant Demon requires the blood and Soul of Martial Artists to recover from his injuries. This many people is enough to allow the Lord to restore a certain amount of Origin Qi."

"Once Lord Eight-Armed Giant Demon devours these people, the Lord's strength will be sufficient to break the seal and emerge."

"The Lord will handle the rest of the matters. Our mission was merely to spread the news and gather more Martial Artists here."

"Besides, even if this kid is strong, can he be stronger than Lord Eight-Armed Giant Demon? Now we just need to wait for the Lord to succeed and accept our rewards."

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