CHAPTER 509: CHAPTER 1: A POWERFUL RETURN

Within the Snow Forest Sea, the cedars parted one by one, and Yun Sheng emerged from the Snow Forest Sea.

The icy breath gradually vanished, replaced by lush greenery ahead.

"I, have returned!"

Seeing Xianju Country behind her, the scenery ahead remained unchanged.

Yun Sheng smiled; in that moment, even the most brilliant autumnal sunshine seemed to fade in comparison.

After leaving Xianju Country, Yun Sheng headed south towards Great Zhou City.

During three years, she had cut off contact with everyone.

Yun Residence, Second Uncle, Little Ci’en Hall, Ye Huli, she had so many things to tell them.

While hurrying on her journey, Yun Sheng made brief stops to release all the demon beasts from the Linglong Beast Tower.

No sooner had she released the demon beasts than a howling sound was heard, and a dark shadow darted over, flipping Yun Sheng onto the ground.

A black Heavenly Mastiff, already taller than Yun Sheng, fiercely licked her cheeks several times, its wet tongue leaving her face covered in slobber.

"Little Black," Yun Sheng realized that the dark shadow was none other than Little Black.

For three years, the Linglong Beast Tower stored inside the Beast Language Ring had been kept in the Elf Queen’s Imperial Study Room.

Due to the special nature of the Beast Language Ring, even the Elf Queen was unable to inspect the items inside the ring, thus the Linglong Beast Tower and the Summoning Demon Hand were spared the misfortune of falling into others’ hands.

Xianju Country is Elf Land, where the spiritual energy is very pure, allowing the demon beasts within the Linglong Beast Tower to practice under these uniquely advantageous conditions for three years.

Coupled with the magical use of the Linglong Beast Tower itself, over these three years, all of Yun Sheng’s demon beasts, except for Bobbie, underwent astonishing transformations.

Little Black’s transformation was particularly astounding; he had grown from the size of a pet dog to that of a young pony-sized adult mastiff, his black fur slightly curly, his mastiff eyes emitting a wolf-like fierce glow.

His nature had become even more ferocious than before; no one, except Yun Sheng, and not even Bobbie, could approach him without him baring his frightful teeth and issuing a warning growl.

The Centipede Ant General had transformed from an early-stage command demon beast into a peak-command demon beast, now capable of hatching tens of thousands of Beast Ants in a single day and night.

The least changed was Bobbie, still pink in color, with the same old pair of wings.

It kept uttering "Bo Bo" every day, leaving Yun Sheng speechless.

Yun Sheng and Hu Jiusheng just caught a glimpse of each other, and she hadn’t had the chance to ask Hu Jiusheng what sort of demon beast Bobbie was.

Finally, Yun Sheng’s gaze fell on the Night Charm Queen, with whom she had just successfully formed a contract.

Among the few demon beasts, the Night Charm Queen was of the highest rank; her appearance, apart from her skin color, was also closest to that of humans, essentially a miniature human.

After being contracted by Yun Sheng, she extracted some useful memories from the Night Charm Queen’s mind.

This included why the Night Charm Queen entered the Fire Elf Sacred Mountain to seek the Immortal Holy Grail.

Originally, the reason the Night Charm Queen sought the Immortal Holy Grail was to use the purest Life Spring that flows from it to cleanse the Night Charm’s constitution.

It is well known that Night Charm is a type of night-born demon beast.

Their constitution is because of their special blue-green skin, which, once exposed to sunlight, would be burned and could even lead to death.

There has always been a legend concerning the special constitution of the Night Charm.

The Night Charm Clan was originally a branch of half-blood elves.

Their first queen was a beautiful half-blood elf singer with a gorgeous voice and unparalleled beauty, winning the love of a young noble from the Elf Clan.

However, the young noble’s fiancée, out of jealousy, secretly poisoned the half-blood elf.

The poisoned half-blood elf’s snow-white skin turned an unattractive blue-green, forced to hide from light in the darkest valley of the deep forest.

That was the ancestor of the Night Charm Clan, starting from the first Night Charm Queen, and many generations of Night Charms after her were the same.

Moreover, because they couldn’t be exposed to light, most Night Charms could only appear at night; their constitution is fragile, generally not living past thirty years old.

This short lifespan brought endless pain to countless Night Charms, who have always sought various ways to reverse their tragic fate.

"Since it began with the ancestors, why only think of using Life Water for healing now?" Yun Sheng had a good understanding of elf history.

While Life Water is precious, it wouldn’t be difficult for the Night Charm Clan to steal a bottle.

"Life Water cannot change our constitution; only the water within the Immortal Holy Grail buried at the source of Life Water can help us change our fate," the Night Charm Queen explained everything clearly to Yun Sheng.

The burial place of the Immortal Holy Grail originally has a naturally flowing spring.

The water in the Immortal Holy Grail is diluted by the naturally flowing spring, thus, its effect is greatly reduced.

That’s why the Night Charm Queen was determined to seize the Immortal Holy Grail, just that she did not expect to encounter Yun Sheng, whose summoner abilities had awakened mid-way.

"Who told you that the Immortal Holy Grail was at the Fire Elf Sacred Mountain?" The elves of Xianju Country obviously didn’t know about this, otherwise, they wouldn’t have let Yun Sheng benefit.

"It was an unknown demon beast that trespassed into Night Charm territory one day and told me," the Night Charm Queen did not know where that demon beast had come from.

"What demon beast was it?" A demon beast that managed to breach the Night Charm’s territory and knew the whereabouts of the Immortal Holy Grail must not be a simple creature.

"This..." The Night Charm Queen showed a troubled expression and shook her head in distress, "I can’t remember. I only know it was a demon beast that told me, but I can’t recall its exact appearance or origins anymore."

Yun Sheng checked the Night Charm Queen’s memory and found she was not lying.

The origin-unknown demon beast seemed to have used some method similar to hypnosis, letting the Night Charm Queen follow its directions to search for the Immortal Holy Grail, yet she had no awareness of being controlled.

If it were not for Yun Sheng later forming a contract with the Night Charm Queen, she likely would have continued in a daze, and after obtaining the Holy Grail, it would have been handed over to that demon beast.

Although directly finding who was behind manipulating the Night Charm was not possible, Yun Sheng nonetheless had a discovery.

"Night Charm, I’ve killed many of your people on my way here and also taken the Immortal Holy Grail. As compensation, I’ll help you resolve that long-standing mystery troubling your people. The blue-green skin and photophobia of the Night Charm Clan likely has nothing to do with poisoning or constitution. The real reason is because the Night Charm Clan has long been incestuous," Yun Sheng believed there was no poison that could still be effective after so many generations.