Chapter 303

The two came prepared, which made Su Cheng suspicious.
As the saying goes, the more skilled one is, the more daring they are. If someone wants a child, it is highly unlikely that the person behind the scenes would be so easily revealed.
Therefore, Su Cheng didn't hesitate and turned around and walked towards the outer side of Tian Gong Peak.
Of course, this unusual action startled Jia Yi and Jia Er.
However, after a moment's thought, they couldn't help but forget the danger because of the rewards listed on the wanted list, and immediately followed.
Anyway, a guy who just dispersed their inner energy and started training again, used to be an expert in the True Qi Realm. But in just half a month, how much progress can he really make? It's an overestimation to say that they have reached the Profound Inner Energy Realm.
Jia Yi and Jia Er exchanged glances and nodded at each other without prior arrangement, immediately followed suit.
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Tian Gong Peak is located in the northwest of Mo Men, far away from the residences of outer and inner disciples.
Meanwhile, far away from other places, there is only one main road leading down the mountain. At this time, during noon, it is bustling with disciples from the demonic sect coming and going.
While the main road is safe, the same cannot be said for the dark forests on both sides.
However, there is no other choice. There is a shortcut in the forest. If you take the main road, it will be a longer route. Even for the closest mountain peak, it will take an hour to reach it at full speed.
If you walk through the forest, it is equivalent to walking in a straight line, which can cut the time in half.
Many disciples know the dangers of the forest, but still choose to walk through it. Laziness is deeply rooted in human nature, but it is rarely shown in daily life.
Similarly, there are shortcuts in the forest that lead to the outer gate residence and the inner gate residence. Su Cheng took the forest path when he came.
However, even though Su Cheng had a map in his hand, he had no idea that the areas marked with red lines on it represented danger.
When he came, he walked on the forest, rarely seeing anyone else.
Even if he occasionally met someone on the way, they would look at him with a guarded look and quickly walk away, as if there were demons chasing them from behind.
Therefore, Su Chengcai will head straight for the woods, since there aren't many people there and he can easily catch those two guys and extract confessions by using severe torture.
However, he must not get too close to the main road, as it may attract the attention of others.
Su Cheng's spiritual power instantly spread out, staring at Jia Yi and Jia Er behind him, making sure they were following before continuing forward.
The temptation of interests can make people risk their lives and forget about their own safety completely.
Jia Yi and Jia Er are still dreaming of becoming grandmasters. After making a breakthrough, they can bribe the officials of the Inner Palace to become elders of the Outer Sect or the Inner Sect, thus beginning their retirement life.
A grandmaster online can live for up to thousands of years, as long as they cooperate with the longevity elixir or precious medicine.
These two things are unparalleled treasures in the outside world, but they are just ordinary in the Four Holy Lands and can be directly exchanged for merits.
The longevity elixirs and treasure medicines in this world are not for unlimited consumption. After a few times at most, the same type of longevity elixirs and treasure medicines will lose their effectiveness.
In the Magic Gate secret realm, there is a medicinal garden where rare plants that can extend life are cultivated. Every year, a considerable amount of longevity elixirs are refined there, specifically used as rewards for grandmasters who are approaching the end of their lives. It can be considered as a unique form of recognition.
According to Jia 1 and Jia 2, the longevity pill refined by Demon's Gate can extend one's lifespan by ten years per pill, and a maximum of three pills can be taken before they become ineffective.
Of course, Demon's Gate also has other longevity pills and precious medicines, which, combined, can potentially enable a grandmaster to live for around one hundred years longer.
This is already quite a lot. Grandmasters theoretically have a lifespan of 800 years, and under normal circumstances, 600 years. Having a few hundred years of extra lifespan, it is best to enjoy the pleasures of life.
As for those crazy people who constantly strive for higher realms, it's because they have that ability.
Jia Yi and Jia Er spent hundreds of years in the Magic Gate and finally figured out one thing - that heaven and earth were never meant for mediocre people like them. It's just something to think about when they sleep, and when they wake up, they return to reality again.
It is precisely the blows of reality over the past hundred years that engendered the idea of retiring and spending their remaining years peacefully for both of them.
The precondition is that they can become grandmasters and stay inside the mountain gate for a lifetime.
Otherwise, the inner sect disciples will be sent to guard the various major cities in the Demon Realm and important facilities such as mines and the spiritual herbal gardens in the depths of the outer realm when they reach a certain age.
Although each task will not exceed twenty years, it is still manageable to guard the major cities and mining sites within the demon territory.
However, if the tasks issued by the sect involve the spirit garden in the deep regions outside the domain, it would cost one's life.
The spiritual land in the realm of magic has been constantly exploited for hundreds of years, making it impossible to cultivate some rare medicinal herbs.
Mainly, the secret realm is not omnipotent. Over tens of thousands of years, the elemental energy inside the secret realm has been continuously decreasing. It is believed that in a few more tens of thousands of years, the secret realm will collapse.
If the dispersion of Force becomes faster, the speed of collapse will also increase.
Therefore, within the current secret realm, it is no longer possible to cultivate medicinal herbs on a large scale, only a few important and rare medicinal herbs can be preserved, while the rest are all transplanted to the outside world.
药材需要特殊的灵地，数百年来，魔门在魔域找到的灵地不过百块，对比所需要的庞大药材完全不够。
因此，魔门不断施展秘法，催发灵地的元气，久而久之，灵地得不到元力的补充，逐渐减产。
After such incidents occurred, the senior officials of the Mo Sect immediately made countermeasures, protecting the spiritual lands within the demon realm and developing spiritual lands outside the demon realm.
Thus, the senior officials of the Mo Sect went out to search for new spiritual lands to cultivate medicinal herbs. As for the surrounding areas, it's almost impossible to find anything unowned.
Of course, the demonic sect can also unreasonably occupy, but the owners of these spiritual lands are those brainless, impulsive and crazy demonic cultivators.
Besides, except for the top demonic sects, most of the other demonic sects become more extreme in character as they cultivate. As long as they receive a slight stimulation, they dare to do anything.
For tens of thousands of years, the crises experienced by the Demon Sect were not caused by other sacred sites, but mostly by those brainless fellow cultivators.
Those who walk the path of demonic cultivation never lack ambitious individuals who frequently conspire with other demonic sects to rebel against the rule of the Demon Sect.
As a sorcerer, I have always been free and unrestrained. I have a tyrant above my head that no one likes. In addition, my personality is extreme. When my mind gets hot, I tend to attack a large number of sorcerers and attack the sorcerer's gate. This happens quite often.
In the magical realm, it is considered a place where normal humans live, as the demonic sect requires a large amount of worldly desires and endless desires to cultivate.
However, some demonic sects do not pay much attention to this and only rely on blood, flesh, and souls to assist in their cultivation.
Therefore, in addition to guarding against the beast tide, the devil's domain also needs to guard against the attack of those insane devil practitioners.
Of course, the devil's gate is not the only victim. Just because someone in the devil's path has a problem with their brain doesn't mean they have low intelligence. The devil's domain is the second choice.
The spiritual land in the deep outskirts of the domain is quite far from the demon realm. Even if a warrior in the True Qi Realm runs at full speed, it would take at least a month to arrive.
The sky in the outskirts is very dangerous, so every time we go to the spiritual land in the deep outskirts, the Heavenly Sage personally takes action and places the disciples in a special space equipment. They are then released upon arrival.
Since it is a sacred place, planting medicinal herbs is of utmost importance, and the power of protection should never be taken lightly.
As long as you stay within the formation and remain focused, there should generally be no danger.
The vitality in the deep areas outside the domain is much stronger than in Da Chu and the Five Realms, and there are benefits to cultivating here.
Unfortunately, Jia Yi and Jia Er know their aptitude. It's no problem for them to advance to Grandmaster, and becoming a supreme Grandmaster is even more remarkable, no need to even think about it.
Rare masters within the territory of Da Chu are not so rare among imposing figures like the Four Great Sacred Sites.
In case they fail to obtain the position of an elder from outside or inside the sect, they can only be appointed as city lords.
City lords are not highly rewarded, but there is an unwritten rule that, apart from the necessary taxes, all other benefits naturally belong to the city lord.
However, the cities in the entire realm of demons have significant differences, such as the "Demon City" outside the mountain gate. That is the true high-ranking official in charge of a region, and the city lord must be an unparalleled grandmaster.
In the demon realm, there are four additional cities at the same level as the "Demon City". They guard the four corners of the demon realm and can only be governed by supreme grandmasters.
【Eastern Demon Castle】, 【Western Demon Castle】, 【Northern Demon Castle】, and 【Southern Demon Castle】 correspond to the borders of the other four domains while also serving as trading posts, effectively functioning as four trade cities.
There is not enough strength to suppress people from other four realms.
The remaining cities can only be considered average. After paying the tax to the Demon Gate every year, they barely have enough resources for cultivation, unless the location has special products.
Similarly, the competition for the position of city lord is also fierce, especially in the dozens of cities under the five major magic cities.
Within the magic domain, there are hundreds, or even thousands, of cities.
All humans within the magic realm are mostly concentrated in the cities, living like the city of Da Chu. If they build small towns and villages outside, they will be attacked and invaded by the monster beasts in a short period of time.
Even though the demon gate occasionally clears the alien beasts, these alien beasts appear to be like seawater, constantly migrating from afar, filling up the empty spaces again.
Perhaps the demon gate is not afraid of the alien beasts, but it doesn't mean that ordinary people are not afraid.
Although the entire foreign domain people clan are proficient in various martial arts and physical training, the human physique is much weaker than that of equivalent-level foreign beasts. When it comes to a real fight, there is only a dead end.
There are many gregarious beasts in the Demon Realm. When the number of beasts increases, their courage also increases.
In the past, some ambitious individuals or disciples of demonic sects in the Demon Realm wanted to establish villages and clans outside, exerting their power and authority.
However, in the end, almost all of the results were wiped out in the onslaught of the alien beasts overnight.
Wherever humans gather, there will always be beast tides occurring every few years, or even multiple times.
The city is fine, protected by the disciples of the Demon's Gate and an array, so small-scale beast waves can't do much against the towering city walls.
However, the small villages and towns don't have such protection, so they can only rely on hard resistance.
Even if some villages have their own formations, they cannot withstand such a consumption over time.
On the other hand, the Demon Gate relies on the power of the entire Demon Realm to support thousands of cities, ensuring their survival.
However, every few years there is news of monsters breaking through the city walls.
This is also inevitable, as the demon realm is too vast and the demon gate cannot attend to everyone and everything.
Not to mention those villages established outside the city walls.
After a series of lessons, no one dares to build a home outside the city anymore.
Don't be fooled by the few cities in the Demon Realm, in fact, there are more inner disciples of the Demon Sect, and most of the demon cities do not need grandmasters to guard them.
The so-called city lord is merely a symbolic representative, and the safety of the city is mainly entrusted to the families within the city, except for activating the large formation during the beast tide.
They are the true mainstay of the city, relying on the Magic Gate.
Most of those who can establish a family in the Magic Realm have some connection with the Magic Gate. They are mostly disciples of the Magic Gate who establish and continue their descendants.
In these families, many people also go to the Mo Gate to enter the outer sect.
If the city lord is chosen, those local bullies who have joined the Mo Gate and have their eyes on the city lord position, how can they give up?
It is not uncommon for inner disciples to vie for the position of city lord, and the ongoing struggle between upstarts and local powers has persisted throughout the tens of thousands of years of history in the Magic Sect.
In the past, the Four Great Sacred Sites were able to control the world, not only because of their strong force, but also because of the family ties they established with their disciples.
They were scattered within the territory of Da Chu, serving as a form of surveillance, while also leveraging the reputation of the sacred sites to influence the local area.
This combination enables the four major holy sites to monitor the movements of the world, and any slight changes will be reported by those families.
The four major holy sites then select the method to solve the problem based on the content reported by the families.
In general, the method that the Demon Sect uses to solve problems is quite simple - annihilate the sect. By killing everyone, there will be no worries about future revenge from anyone rising up and seeking retribution against the Demon Sect.
Similarly, within the boundaries of the Great Chu, even until now, there are still many families secretly attached to the four major holy sites, acting as lackeys.
However, these families have no apparent connection with the four major holy sites, and even if someone were sent to investigate, they wouldn't find anything useful.
This is something that the royal family of Da Chu is well aware of but they have no way to change it unless they kill off all the aristocratic families in the world.
Even those ancient clans that once supported him, it's hard to say whether they are still closely connected with the four major sacred grounds and have unclear relationships in secret.
However, everyone tacitly understood that the royal family of Da Chu did not want to provoke the four major holy sites.
After hundreds of years of development, the success of the four major holy sites in the foreign domain is all within the view of the royal family of Da Chu.
The power of the Great Chu royal family has grown rapidly since they gained control of the world, while the four major sacred sites have a strong foundation and recover even faster, bursting with unprecedented vitality.
If, over the course of several hundred years, the strength of the Great Chu royal family has doubled, then the four major sacred sites have at least quadrupled their strength.
When the four holy places migrated beyond their original domain, they discovered an incredibly abundant resource that far exceeded their initial belief.
Although the four holy places made significant sacrifices, they also gained astonishing rewards.
In terms of land area, Da Chu is now only considered large, and its former prominence is no match for the four major holy lands outside the domain.
In other words, all the experiences of the four major holy lands are focused outside the domain, and they don't have time to trouble Da Chu. Otherwise, Da Chu would be in big trouble.
Four holy places with super fast growth in strength, it's a breeze to play with Da Chu.