CHAPTER 175: CHAPTER 174: UNDERWORLD ENVOY?

Just after Lu Yan left, he encountered several powerful demons heading towards the Desolate Mountain, among which was even a demon as powerful as a Golden Core.

Fortunately, Lu Yan utilized the Profound Unity True Intent and actively concealed his aura, so the Golden Core demon did not sense any issue, allowing Lu Yan to feel secretly relieved.

The Golden Core demon must possess even more powerful True Intent of the Great Dao, and combined with the suppression of its level, Lu Yan might not be able to contend with it even if he used all his trump cards.

Even if he were lucky enough to win, with demons surrounding the Desolate Mountain, escaping would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Thus, by relying on the Profound Unity True Intent, Lu Yan continued his journey while hiding his form, taking a full two days to finally walk out of the endless Desolate Mountain.

Upon leaving the Desolate Mountain, Lu Yan immediately sought out the largest human city nearby.

While gathering information, he also gained a general understanding of the entire demonic version.

The cultivators in the demonic version are referred to as True Martial Artists. Tens of thousands of years ago, humans were merely the food of demons. But as the gods and buddhas of the heavens passed down the path of True Techniques, humans gradually gained the power to resist demons.

Humans established cities and drove demons into the Desolate Mountain, successfully forming the current situation.

The realms of True Martial Artists and demons are consistent, divided into four realms: Transcendence, Soul Burial, Mara, and Nether Abyss.

Beyond these realms, there must be higher levels, but such information cannot be obtained in a small place.

Starting from the second realm, Soul Burial, both demons and True Martial Artists can comprehend True Intent of the Great Dao. The strength of the True Intent often determines the upper limit of demons and True Martial Artists.

Therefore, both demons and True Martial Artists pursue higher levels of True Intent of the Great Dao, with the level of True Intent based on the Heaven and Earth True Technique List as a benchmark.

The so-called Heaven and Earth True Technique List is a list formed after the gods and buddhas of the heavens passed down True Techniques and the Heaven and Earth Rules converged, listing countless True Techniques from ancient times in this realm.

It includes the most top-notch True Techniques passed down by the gods and buddhas of the heavens, techniques created by powerful individuals perceiving heaven and earth, and even extraordinary fiendish methods created by Martial Artists after fusing demon ways with themselves when fighting demons.

No matter what kind of True Technique it is, as long as it can link to the Dao Principles of this realm, it can be ranked on the Heaven and Earth True Technique List.

Once a True Technique is revealed to the world, True Techniques ranked beyond ten thousand on the Heaven and Earth True Technique List will only have phenomena manifested within the region of a city.

True Techniques ranked between a thousand and ten thousand will, when altered, manifest phenomena covering hundreds of miles, enveloping a state.

Phenomena of True Techniques ranked between a thousand and a hundred can manifest across a whole nation, already considered top-tier True Techniques of the present age.

If one can be ranked in the top hundred of the True Technique List, its phenomena can spread throughout the world, attracting countless powerful individuals.

Aside from the ranking on the Heaven and Earth True Technique List, another extremely crucial element for True Technique cultivation is the number of people cultivating a particular True Technique.

The essence of a True Technique is to directly point to the Path of Heaven and Earth, meaning all those who cultivate the same True Technique are exploring the same path.

The Path is fixed; once the number of people on a path increases, the portion of the path others can occupy correspondingly decreases.

The more people who cultivate a True Technique, the more difficult it becomes to cultivate it.

Conversely, if one can occupy a path alone, one can freely extract the True Intent of the Great Dao, greatly surpassing peers in both cultivation speed and the condensation level of True Intent.

Therefore, on the same path, there’s never any cooperation, only the winner takes all.

The greatest wish of every True Martial Artist is to eliminate all others cultivating their path.

This is also why no sects based on inheritance have developed in the demonic version; instead, bloodline-based families dominate.

It was by collecting information from various sources that Lu Yan gained a general understanding of the demonic version, which made him realize the enormous opportunity he had.

Occupying seventeen spots in the top hundred of the True Technique List, with each path being independent and not needing to be shared with anyone else.

These seventeen paths, in the demonic version, represent almost seventeen lineages pointing to the pinnacle, each capable of establishing a thriving family for a millennium.

The Scripture of Profound Vagina’s Teachings, ranked third, is something seen only in legends.

The top three of the True Technique List have not manifested in the world for thousands of years, but now they have emerged with Lu Yan, causing a huge uproar in the human kingdom.

Countless True Martial Artists are pursuing Lu Yan, wanting to obtain the supreme True Technique inheritance.

In just one day at a remote small town on the border near the Desolate Mountain where Lu Yan temporarily stayed, he saw five teams of Martial Artists coming to search for the trace of the True Technique.

Before this, in this border town of only tens of thousands of people, a Soul Burial Realm True Martial Artist was already considered a dominant master of a town.

However, among the five teams of True Martial Artists Lu Yan saw, the weakest was comparable to the Early Stage of Soul Burial similar to Foundation Establishment, and the strongest had even reached the Mara Realm, more powerful than a Golden Core real person in the Xianxia version.

As for stronger experts in higher realms, they may have already come to this border town, but Lu Yan was unaware.

The intense reaction of various human forces made Lu Yan realize that he absolutely could not expose the secret of possessing unparalleled True Techniques and could only use the Profound Vagina Door to maintain the concealment of the Profound Unity True Intent.

But Lu Yan also knew that constantly maintaining the Profound Unity True Intent was not a good solution.

The demonic version is fraught with dangers, and the Profound Unity True Intent is not foolproof; if a strong individual investigates nearby, it is possible to see through the concealment of the Profound Unity True Intent.

By then, once discovered, Lu Yan would undoubtedly be attacked by many.

Furthermore, while maintaining the Profound Unity True Intent, Lu Yan could not cultivate the True Techniques, and possessing seventeen unparalleled True Techniques without being able to comprehend them was unsettling for Lu Yan.

Lu Yan must find out how those demons are locking onto him and find a way to hide the True Techniques.

Right now, all cities, large and small, in the human territory are seeking clues about the True Techniques, so Lu Yan, as a foreigner without identity, searching for information on Concealment Techniques would undoubtedly reveal he has a problem.

Therefore, Lu Yan could only rely on the local forces.

Without a doubt, Li Hao’s Li Family, which Lu Yan laid the groundwork for in the city version, is now just the right fit.

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In the caravan, Lu Yan sat in a Scale Beast Carriage, the vehicle slowly driving towards the direction of Luo City amid a slight shake.

There are many strong individuals within the human territory, and without having an appropriate identity, Lu Yan did not intend to casually use spells to avoid arousing others’ suspicion.

Fortunately, Lu Yan bore no signs of any transformation or corruption, so disguising himself as an ordinary person posed no problem.

Thus, Lu Yan found a caravan heading to Luo City and hitched a ride with it to Luo City.

Inside the carriage, the other passengers were all dozing off, except for a young man beside Lu Yan, who was excitedly observing the surroundings.

The young man was a True Martial Artist, roughly at the third level of Qi Cultivation, and hadn’t yet reached the ability to fly in the sky, so he could only travel by carriage.

Lu Yan could see patches of scales on the young man’s face, evidently a mutation resulting from cultivating True Techniques.

At this moment, seeing Lu Yan was not asleep, the young man, fueled by excitement, took the initiative to speak to Lu Yan:

"Are you heading to Luo City, brother, perhaps for the Li Family?"

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"You know about the Li Family too?"

"You’re joking, brother. How many people in Hezhou don’t know of the Li Family of ghosts and gods?"

The young man said with a face filled with longing:

"Half a year ago, the Underworld reappeared in the world, and the battle between the gods of the Underworld and the ghosts of Beimang Mountain shook the entire human force structure.

And as the great family appointed by the underworld emissaries, although the Li Family’s current power is not evident, with the backing of the Underworld’s power, they will surely rise to the ranks of millennium families in the future!"

Lu Yan nodded slightly, and under the mirroring of version information, Li Hao’s Li Family expanded as Lu Yan expected, taking advantage of the situation.

Before Lu Yan could speak, the young man suddenly smiled mysteriously:

"Seems like you’re going to Luo City to witness the grand event too."

"Grand event?" Lu Yan furrowed his eyebrows slightly, his expression a bit puzzled.

"Don’t you know, brother?" The young man said with some surprise:

"The Li Family has spread word that an Underworld Envoy has arrived in Luo City.

The Li Family intends to feast the four sides to showcase the majesty of the Underworld!"