King of Creation Chapter 1843 - 1828: A Gift for Little Demon

The awakening of the little demon made the small space separated by Ye Zhen using Divine Sense within the Mirage Dragon Pearl become bustling.

Even the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou, who has always been afraid of the little demon, joined in the frolic with the kitten, little demon, and Nine-Headed Beast.

Of course, Nine-Headed Beast, who joined last, was just a bystander, getting occasionally beaten but still having fun.

The innocent yet assertively cunning little demon instantly enlivened this group.

If it weren’t in the Mirage Dragon Pearl space, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense could make the closely adjacent two spaces seem miles apart; if they started to make a fuss, the entire Mirage Dragon Pearl might turn the world upside down, making it impossible for those ascetic priests and sword attendants to cultivate.

Previously, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, who insisted on settling accounts to report to the big sister, completely forgot about it upon seeing the little demon.

This made the tense Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou give the kitten a hard punch, throwing a glance that said, "You have integrity."

The kitten made a gesture representing three.

The Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou then raised a finger instead.

Afterwards, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten cheerfully nodded, "One it is, settled then."

These exchanges were still beyond the understanding of the Nine-Headed Beast and the little demon, but Ye Zhen understood clearly.

The kitten is bargaining, demanding Achou to tell it stories, three per day.

The Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou, whose experience is incredibly vast, specializes in telling strange tales to attract the kitten.

After the kitten named its price, the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou countered with one.

Finally, both parties happily agreed, simple as that.

The little demon, who awakened after so many years, was mostly joyous.

Watching this scene, Ye Zhen let out a sincere smile.

"Little demon, come over here."

Ye Zhen called, and the little demon immediately came over, quieting down, which made Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou and Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten settle down too.

As for the Nine-Headed Beast, it goes without saying.

The little demon indeed had the demeanor of a big sister.

"Father."

"Little demon, upon your awakening this time, I’ve prepared a gift for you as a congratulatory gesture for emerging from slumber. I hope you will like it," Ye Zhen said.

"Gift? As long as father gives it, little demon will like it," the little demon replied sweetly.

Ye Zhen smiled slightly and handed over an object emitting a green glow to the little demon.

With just one glance, the little demon exclaimed, "Father, this is... an Acquired Spirit Treasure?"

Ye Zhen nodded, "It’s an auxiliary Acquired Spirit Treasure, but it’s very suitable for you."

The Acquired Spirit Treasure was none other than the Wood Meridian Divine Beard acquired by trading with Mu Xu, the Mu Hall Master of Heavenly Temple.

This Wood Meridian Divine Beard mainly aids in cultivation and rapid recovery of Spiritual Power. During refining at crucial moments, it is significant for Ye Zhen too.

However, Ye Zhen hadn’t refined it, hoping that if the little demon awakened someday, it could be put to use.

This Wood Meridian Divine Beard is perfectly suited to the little demon.

The little demon is a descendant of the Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon bloodline, especially after being nurtured by these demons for tens of thousands of years, its bloodline has been infinitely purified, nearing the royal bloodline of the Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon.

The lineage of Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons, or most wood-element demon clans, have substantial mana but weak combat power.

They are famously known among the demon clans for their boundless magic power.

More importantly, the little demon’s bloodline, infinitely close to the royal bloodline of the Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon, allows it to breakthrough to the Dao Realm without any bottlenecks—a trait common to tree demons, though each breakthrough to a different realm.

As long as there’s enough Spiritual Power, the little demon’s cultivation can rapidly advance.

Previously, the Spiritual Power Ye Zhen couldn’t absorb was easily absorbed by the little demon, which explains much.

Although this innate talent of tree demons is immense, they require enormous amounts of Spiritual Power during breakthrough.

Due to their longevity, their breakthroughs are often measured in hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.

Even with Ye Zhen’s full support, the little demon needs a long time to accumulate enough for a breakthrough; the higher the cultivation, the longer it takes.

However, with the Wood Meridian Divine Beard, given the right environment, the little demon’s accumulation speed will be accelerated by hundreds, thousands, or even more substantial magnitudes.

Eventually, the little demon can even reciprocate, enhancing Ye Zhen’s cultivation speed.

Without the little demon, the Wood Meridian Divine Beard might mostly be a useless Acquired Spirit Treasure, but with the little demon, its value changes completely.

Before Ye Zhen, the little demon refined the Acquired Spirit Treasure Wood Meridian Divine Beard.

After refining, the little demon’s first words shocked Ye Zhen, "Father, if you can send me to cultivate below the Dragon Swimming Plain of Luoyi with this Wood Meridian Divine Beard, in just three years, my cultivation could reach the peak of the Ninth Stage of the Realm King Realm."

"Below Dragon Swimming Plain, three years?"

Ye Zhen compared it with difficulty, realizing that comparing people—not, it should be comparing humans to demons—is truly....

Before the little demon fell asleep, its cultivation was barely at the peak of the Ninth Stage of Divine Communication Realm, and it remains at this level now.

Under normal circumstances, even an exceptionally gifted martial artist, with a wealth of cultivation resources, could not possibly advance from the Ninth Stage of Divine Communication Realm to the Peak of Ninth Stage Realm King Realm in three, or even thirty years.

If one achieves it in a sixty-year cycle, it is considered extremely fast, assuming the cultivation resources are immensely rich.

For an ordinary martial artist to spend one or two hundred years or more is very normal.

But for the little demon here, it only takes three years.

Just three years.

In three years, Ye Zhen at best could breakthrough his cultivation from the current Mid-stage Fifth Stage of Dark Palace Realm to Late Stage Sixth Stage of Dark Palace Realm.

Yet the little demon only needs three years to breakthrough to the Peak of Ninth Stage Realm King Realm.

The only trouble is, at the Dragon Swimming Plain, it’s virtually impossible to conceal drawing the vast amount of spiritual power from the earth vein required for cultivation from everyone.

Beside numerous subterranean patrol guards, there are also quite a few Dao Realm experts and Void Hunting Kings stationed there.

Casually passing by is fine, but extracting spiritual power long-term means courting death.

Though Ye Zhen can’t accomplish this, finding a place for the little demon to elevate his cultivation to the Peak of Ninth Stage Realm King Realm within ten years is still doable.

Moreover, in Ye Zhen’s hands is a plethora of spirit stones that allows the little demon to cultivate at will.

"The Dragon Swimming Plain is a place we can’t go for now. Temporarily, we have to stay here. The spirit stones in this storage ring, you take them for cultivation, first recover your cultivation level, lest that guy Achou’s mouth be foul again." Ye Zhen said.

The little demon glanced sideways at Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou, "Humph, dare it!"

The latter shivered under the little demon’s gaze, looking at Ye Zhen with eyes full of dissatisfaction.

Whom did it provoke?

Just quietly staying there, and Ye Zhen pinned a rotten hat on it.

How depressing....

...

Considering the cunning of that Xuan Sheng, probing Ye Zhen three times within over a month’s time, Ye Zhen, out of caution, simply stayed underground and began secluded cultivation in the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

This seclusion lasted over three months, equivalent to more than three years of diligent cultivation in the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Ye Zhen’s cultivation also smoothly broke through from Mid-stage Fifth Stage to Late Stage Sixth Stage of Dark Palace Realm.

Truth be told, Ye Zhen now has no shortage of cultivation resources at hand, and if not for another matter disrupting, he could probably continue secluded cultivation here for one or two years more, until the cultivation resources are almost consumed, before leaving.

The matter troubling Ye Zhen is—the food supply within the Mirage Dragon Pearl is running low, and also the water reserve is nearing depletion.

Previously, Ye Zhen stored a massive amount of food and water within the Mirage Dragon Pearl, calculated by the millions of pounds.

The space within the Mirage Dragon Pearl is ample enough anyway.

Under normal conditions, for Ye Zhen alone, it could last a hundred or a thousand years without exhausting.

However, currently, there are nearly a thousand people in secluded cultivation within Ye Zhen’s Mirage Dragon Pearl.

The eating, drinking, and excreting of these nearly thousand people rely on the reserves within the Mirage Dragon Pearl. Although martial artists consume less during cultivation, it’s still indispensable, especially for water.

Ye Zhen previously stored a vast amount, enough for a thousand people to eat and drink for nearly twenty years, and silently restocked when leaving North Sea County.

But, this time, spending a year in seclusion on Five Immortals Island, taking over a month traveling, hiding underground for over a month, and now over three months in secluded cultivation.

Summing up, it’s been a year and a half.

The Mirage Dragon Pearl is blessed by Temporal Power, with ten days inside equivalent to one day outside, similarly consuming these resources at ten times the speed of the outside world.

The reserves of food and water in the Mirage Dragon Pearl have become somewhat tight.

The Great Saint of Jinghai in charge of these matters gave Ye Zhen a forewarning.

Ye Zhen thus had to interrupt his cultivation.

Considering the time, Ye Zhen had been underground for four or five months already, and he thought that even if Xuan Sheng was cunning and patient, he should have left by now?

If Ye Zhen departs at this time, it should be safe.

After deliberation, Ye Zhen cautiously left the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

The moment he left, Ye Zhen dashed towards the surface at incredible speed.

When Xuan Sheng departed, in the aftermath of that earth-shattering blow, the ecology here was utterly destroyed, with magma flooding the underground passage.

Luckily, Ye Zhen’s cultivation had progressed further, and though there was magma everywhere, the temperature was much lower than the previous earth core lava.

With Dragon Scale False Body protection, Ye Zhen easily surged to the surface, once again witnessing the daylight.

"We’re leaving, Xiaomao!"

With a move of divine sense, Ye Zhen summoned Xiaomao, mounted it, and soared into the sky, intending to return to North Sea County at the fastest speed.

But just as Xiaomao ascended to the sky, an overwhelmingly grand primordial spirit aura suddenly appeared above, enveloping Ye Zhen from above.

"Even if you were as cunning as a fox, you can’t escape my grasp!" Xuan Sheng’s mocking voice echoed!