CHAPTER 343: CHAPTER 338: RESURRECTION TREE

In the West Sea region, a grand demon hunting action has erupted.

The top forces of the West Sea gathered all cultivators to slay demons, and they themselves took the lead, even those top great cultivators participated, personally leading armies to various parts of the West Sea region to hunt demons.

Moreover, the plan of these top forces for this demon hunt is an initial three-year total hunt, followed by annual patrols to slay demons, aiming to eradicate all the demons in the West Sea to prevent future troubles.

Of course, everyone knows that killing all demons is impossible, but it is enough to eliminate the hidden dangers of the West Sea demons.

Facing the endless demon hunt, some great demons have even begun to flee inland under human pursuit.

Half a year later, Nine Infant Island.

The island is shrouded in dimness, the land is gray, and the sky is covered with dark clouds, with occasional rolling thunder, extremely oppressive.

The forces of the West Sea chose Nine Infant Island as their first battle in the demon hunt, under the leadership of top great cultivators, the cultivators of the West Sea carried out several purges against the Nine Infant Island domain, until no demons dared to set foot on this island domain.

The cultivators of the West Sea initially intended to station here, making it a human cultivation island, but later found the environment of this island extremely harsh, even after eradicating the demons, the demon energy still enveloped this island.

Moreover, there’s always thunder clouds above the island, like the world of doom, completely unsuitable for cultivation by human cultivators unless they have the thunder attribute.

Even so, they can’t stay here long, the demon energy affects them, and many cultivators tried but left after a short while.

However, at this time, beneath the thunder clouds of Nine Infant Island, on the gray ground, there sits a figure in white clothes, with knees crossed, as the thunder power from the sky falls, thunder light travels across his body, absorbed by him.

Not far behind him, there are two figures, one person is extremely beautiful, pure and immaculate, quietly cultivating, the other is enchanting and alluring, lying on the ground, with a human face and snake body, also with thunder light falling on her, causing the scales on her body to emit an unusual brilliance, vaguely transforming into dragon scales.

Even small antennae have grown on her head.

In the distance, a burly young man is running wildly, stopping as the thunder falls, letting the thunder strike his body, seemingly deliberately seeking thunder for body refinement.

At this moment, three figures soar through the sky from afar, two men and one woman, they stop at a close distance.

"These monsters." Meng Hong whispered, the cultivators are Li Fan and his group.

The environment here is unsuitable for other cultivators, but it suits Li Fan, as he inherently possesses a demon attribute, able to devour and absorb demon energy.

As for Yue Qingqiu and Liu Ji... they are originally demons.

Only Huang Xiong is an anomaly, not only unaffected by demon energy, but also using thunder to temper the body and cultivate.

At this time, Li Fan’s eyes opened, seemingly flashing with silver light, sharp to the extreme, but instantly restrained, looking at the distant figures.

"Let’s go." Meng Hong and others then stepped forward, Luo Qingyan said, "The surrounding demons seem to have been thoroughly cleaned, the yields have been decreasing these days, and small demons don’t approach this sea area."

"Do you want to cultivate at the Sun and Moon Dual Palace, they will certainly take care of you." Li Fan said.

"No, the cultivation methods of the Sun and Moon Dual Palace may not necessarily suit us, we don’t have the talent of Miss Lu Yuan, so let’s stay here, the nearby islands are quiet too, how long do you plan to retreat for cultivation here?" Luo Qingyan continued.

"I don’t know, depending on the cultivation progress." Li Fan said.

"Alright, we’ll wait for you." Luo Qingyan said with a smile, they managed to connect with a strong ally, they decided to stick with Li Fan and his group.

At this moment, Li Fan looked up at the distant sky, Luo Qingyan and the others also turned to look, seeing a sword light rushing over.

Li Fan stood up with a smile, two figures arrived via sword control.

"Senior brother, you all came." Li Fan called out, the two were Ji Hua and Wen Ruyu.

"Just happened to come by and check on you." Wen Ruyu glanced at the sky and said, "There’s demon energy here?"

"The demon energy doesn’t dissipate, perhaps this area is special, hence the Nine Infant Great Demon used it as a nest." Li Fan responded.

"Do you plan to continue cultivating here?" Wen Ruyu asked.

"Yes." Li Fan nodded, "Retreat for a while, what are your plans, senior brother?"

"Continue searching for the Resurrection Tree." Wen Ruyu said, "We’ve already investigated the chaos in the West Sea, indeed it’s the court behind it, but there’s one thing we haven’t figured out, the Nine Infant was already dead and how it revived, unless the legend of the Resurrection Tree in the West Sea is true."

Li Fan’s expression became more serious, the Resurrection Tree is rumored to be a divine tree, previously they killed Song Family’s people to seize the Resurrection Jade Dew, which is said to be extracted from the Resurrection Tree.

The Resurrection Tree is rumored to have the power to bring back the dead, actually repairing the divine soul.

The Old Blind Man was heavily injured back then, his divine soul difficult to heal, but if the Resurrection Tree can be found, it will surely save him, and this is also the purpose of senior brother and their visit to the West Sea, coincidentally encountering the demon chaos.

"The West Sea is vast, even if the Resurrection Tree truly exists, finding it would be as difficult as reaching heaven." Li Fan said softly.

"Efforts will make it possible." Wen Ruyu said.

"Yes, I will also ask for the help of the Sun and Moon Dual Palace to see if there are any clues." Li Fan said, healing the Old Blind Man is not only the wish of the senior brother, but also his own.

Not to mention the master-disciple bond like father and son, in terms of combat power, if the Old Blind Man can be healed, he would be among the top of the Sword Saint List.

"We’ll continue searching this island to see if there are any clues nearby." Wen Ruyu said, since this is where the Nine Infant Great Demon’s lair was, could there be a Resurrection Tree here?

"Okay." Li Fan nodded.

Several days later, Ji Hua and Wen Ruyu still left without results, while Li Fan remained on the desolate island cultivating.

The desolate island ignores the passage of time.

Li Fan absorbs demon energy, bathes in thunder, consumes Demon Core, comprehends sword dao, forgetting the flow of time.

During his cultivation process, Huang Xiong’s Mysterious Technique breaks through the realm, tempered by thunder, breaking into the Golden Body, originally possessing innate divine power, after entering the Golden Body, his qi and blood illuminate the starry river, as if a war god when his mystic technique operates.

After a few more years, a dragon roar sounded on the desolate island, resounding through heaven and earth, startling Luo Qingyan and the others cultivating on nearby islands to come over, seeing a Jiao Dragon suspended in the sky, this is a Qing Jiao, with very beautiful eyes, transformed by Liu Ji.

"Snake transformed into a Jiao Dragon." Luo Qingyan felt an inner shock, this is leaping through the dragon gate, completing the transformation.

Snake transforming to dragon, though heard before, only exists theoretically, realistically extremely difficult, even rare among demon tribes, unexpectedly they witnessed it today.

Looking at the burly man not far behind Liu Ji, Huang Xiong’s aura is now also extremely terrifying, actually making them feel palpitations.

Li Fan himself is already an unparalleled prodigy, the seemingly insignificant people around him, in fact, are all geniuses.

Li Fan stopped cultivating, looking back at Liu Ji, couldn’t help but smile: "Sister Liu has finally transformed into a Jiao."

"Following you for so many years, devouring countless Demon Cores, and many Jiao Long Pills, it’s not surprising." Liu Ji expressed indifferently, Li Fan has long been planning for her evolution, now it’s simply coming to fruition.

"True, in the future Sister Liu will transform into a True Dragon." Li Fan said with a smile, Liu Ji rolled her eyes at him without being overly hopeful.

Snake transforming into Jiao itself is a once-per-millennium rarity, wanting further transformation into a True Dragon, even the Jiao Dragon Clan dare not imagine.

"Brother Huang, are you comfortable cultivating on the island?" Li Fan looked at Huang Xiong.

"Why wouldn’t I be, the island is very comfortable, with the thunder tempering, it’s perfect for cultivating mystic technique." Huang Xiong laughed heartily.

"Is the demon energy not affecting you?" Li Fan asked.

"I train my physique, the demon energy doesn’t affect me much." Huang Xiong replied, Li Fan smiled looking at him, seeing Huang Xiong’s vigorous qi and blood, demon evil couldn’t invade, surely this was the real reason.

"Qing Qiu, how are you, have you been comfortable cultivating on the island these days?" Li Fan looked towards Yue Qingqiu and asked.

Only to see Yue Qingqiu’s eyes lowered, with some different expressions in her brows, causing Li Fan’s expression to freeze, Yue Qingqiu is originally a demon, she shouldn’t have discomfort, could he have overlooked something?

"I always feel something is wrong." Yue Qingqiu said softly.

"What’s wrong?" Li Fan asked.

Yue Qingqiu shook her head: "It’s hard to say, just an instinct."

"Maybe it’s the anomaly of Nine Infant Island, does it affect your cultivation?" Li Fan asked, despite this long time, demon energy still doesn’t dissipate, Nine Infant Island is indeed unusual.

But both he and senior brother carefully investigated, including top cultivators like Mo Zhantian whose also visited, all found nothing amiss.

"No." Yue Qingqiu shook her head.

"Alright, continue cultivating." Li Fan said.