Mortal Cultivation

Chapter 32: The Archaic Castle

The centre of the Ruinic Forest.

At this place was a big lake surrounded by dozens of peaks. The lake was wide and the water was crystal clear. Looking down at the lake from the sky was like seeing a piece of jade in the forest.

There was a dense forest around the big lake, and in the mountain basin covered by forests, one could occasionally find architectural relics left by primitive civilization.

The broken tall buildings everywhere had either collapsed or tilted to their sides, covered with vines and moss, silently telling the glory of the past.

And on the highest mountain around the Great Lake, there was a tall building still intact standing there, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding bare peaks. This tall building could be seen from a long distance.

The building presented an archaic castle style, with a square main body surrounded by many cylindrical towers, and the pointed tops were separated, pointing towards the expanse of the sky. The uniquely shaped castle, and the vast expanse of blue water at the foot of the mountain, looked very majestic and magnificent from a distance.

At this time, there were four people sitting in the spacious and lofty hall of the castle. Perhaps, we could say that there were four demonic beings here, despite looking like humans.

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The demons could transform into human forms when their cultivation reached level nine or above. But there was one exception, that was the dragon demon clan. The head of the demon clan could transform into a human form when its level of cultivation reached eight stage or higher.

And at this time in the hall, the young and handsome man sitting on the top was an eighth-level dragon demon.

The dragon demon clan was different from other demon clan in that the demon crystals of the demon clan were spherical and grow inside the bones of the brain. The dragon demon’s magic crystal was exposed at the center of their eyebrows, protruding out in the shape of a four fusiform. So it was easy to see its identity from the appearance.

The identity of this dragon demon was even more special. He was the second son of the dragon demon emperor, named Hao Yan. He was known simply as the second young son or second young master.

Sitting with drooping heads were two men and one woman. The men were rough looking while the woman was charming.

One of the sturdy and tall men looked around and said. “Second Young Master, it’s rare for you to visit our Relic Forest as a guest, and suddenly too.”

Another strong man also said. “Yes, yes, yes. The second son came surprisingly this time, and we didn’t make any preparations for you, but tomorrow I would inform all the brothers to visit you. Fortunately, in the past hundred years or so, our brothers had also stored a lot of spirit crystals and elixir, which would surely allow you to break through the bottleneck in one swoop and rise to level nine.”

Hao Yan couldn’t help but waved his hand, and smiled. “Brother Yin Hao flatters me, but In one swoop would be great. My dragon demon clan wants me to rise from level eight to level nine and I can break through not only by absorbing spirit crystals and taking some elixir, but also through enlightenment. If there was no insight, even if you burst all the magic crystals you can find, you can’t advance your cultivation level.”

The beautiful woman immediately said. “How powerful is the dragon and demon clan that we can compare to the demon clan? The second son, I remembered, reached the late stage of level-eight, thousands of years ago but he still failed to break through till now. I said it must be because the opportunity has not arrived.”

Hao Yan couldn’t help laughing. “Mei Niang is really good with her words. True, once the opportunity comes, I can make a breakthrough at any time. For hundreds of years, I have been traveling all over the mainland, but I couldn’t find the insight. I came back to the Ruins Forest this time, first to visit the brothers, and second to see if I could find the enlightenment to make a breakthrough.”

Outside the castle.

At this moment, a dark shadow flashed quickly from the bottom of the mountain towards the castle. In fact, there was no dark shadow in this great-looking day, but because the figure was moving very fast, the figure left only an afterimage wherever it passed.

The dark shadow swayed in two forms, and came to the front of the castle. Without walking through the main entrance, the dark shadow jumped up, leaping a few times on the outer wall of the castle, and jumped onto the rooftop of the castle.

After arriving on the rooftop, the shadow hesitated for a while, as if thinking about whether to open the door or not. On rooftop was the hall, and the four demons were chatting inside the hall at this time. As soon as the dark shadow landed on the rooftop, the demons in the hall had felt a little bit awareness and had stopped talking.

Only when Mei Niang asked, “Is it the Phantom? It doesn’t hurt to come in.”

In a moment, the tall wooden door on the roof was gently pushed open, and a figure with a human-shaped body but a rabbit head, suddenly appeared in the hall.

Judging from the appearance, this rabbit demon should have cultivated to the late stage of the eighth level, as long as it broke through to the ninth level, he could completely transform into a human form and get rid of this nondescript appearance.

Seeing the Phantom walking in, Mei Niang suddenly said. “Phantom, come and say your greetings to the second son.”

The Phantom quickly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said respectfully to Hao Yan. “Subordinate Phantom, I’ve seen the second son. Peace to the second son.”

Mei Niang pointed to the Phantom and said to Hao Yan. “The Phantom is a rising star that I nurtured with my own hands, and he can be regarded as the one having the highest aptitude among my Rabbit Demon clan. I believe he will be able to break through to level nine in less than a hundred years.”

Hao Yan glanced at the Phantom, and couldn’t help nodding, “Hm, that’s really good. Get up.”

“Second Young Master Xie flatters me, I will definitely work hard to cultivate, and serve the Second Young Master.” The Phantom originally wanted to give Hao Yan a wink or something, but after thinking about it, he decided his bunny head couldn’t be too charming for him not to loose it. So he stood up and retreated to Mei Niang’s side obediently.

Mei Niang couldn’t help asking. “Ying’er, you came here today, is there something going on?”

The Phantom immediately bowed to Mei Niang and said, “Master, the things you asked me to investigate have been done.”

“Oh?” Mei Niang couldn’t help frowning, and said in a deep voice, “There are no outsiders here, you can tell me the specific situation.”

“Yes, Master.” The Phantom once again gave Mei Niang a salute before slowly saying, “Recently, the herd of animals in some areas outside the forest had decreased sharply, resulting in a shortage of food for the lower demons. The development of this for the demons is very unfavorable.”

Mei Niang couldn’t help saying. “Everyone knows these, you can just say the outcome.”

“Yes, master. After you sent me to investigate the cause of this matter, I successively visited the area where dozens of human tribes were located, but found nothing.” Phantom Shadow said and continued. “Two days ago, while I was investigating the plains, I suddenly heard the sound of fighting in the lower demons area. I thought it was the lower demons fighting each other, so I went there to check. But the closer I got to the fighting place, the more I noticed that the situation was not right, so I hid it on the periphery of the fighting area and took a closer look.”

“Then what did you see?” The sturdy and tall man asked phantom impatiently. The dark rabbit demon had been talking for a long time without going to the main point.

Yin Hao couldn’t help but cast a blank look at him, and said, “Zi Heng, don’t interrupt him.”