The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 69

Chapter 69: An Eye-Opening Experience.

Mo Xun sighed helplessly.

She had intended to gather information discreetly to avoid alerting anyone, but now stealth was out of the question.

However, she didn’t think Little Eighteen had done anything wrong. What malicious intent could a cat have? The cat just couldn’t stand to see its Master wronged.

Moreover, Little Eighteen had held back; otherwise, let alone a low-level cultivator, even a Great Ascension stage cultivator would be instantly killed.

A short time later, the Sect Master of the Red Refinement Immortal Gate, having heard Yun Wushang’s voice, appeared above the main gate of the Red Refinement Immortal Gate. She looked at the collapsed main entrance, her brows tightly knitted, yet she dared not voice any complaint.

Five years ago, she was no match for Mo Xun and Yun Wushang, and five years later, her strength hadn’t improved much, but the oppressive feeling the two gave her was even stronger.

Not to mention that this time, Wen Yuchan was also with them.

The Sect Master of the Red Refinement Immortal Gate wasn’t sure of the trio’s intention. She first flew in front of them and bowed: “I was unaware of the visit of three Seniors and failed to welcome you. Please forgive me.”

Yun Wushang immediately went straight to the point: “Who instigated the Immortal-Demon War five years ago?”

“It was… the Sect Master of the Heavenly Mountain Immortal Gate, Yun Qianchong,” the woman replied.

Yun Wushang: “She was the one who finalized the decision. I’m asking for the person who proposed the idea.”

“This…” The Sect Master of the Red Refinement Immortal Gate hesitated for a moment, but ultimately succumbed to the pressure of their strength and confessed everything she knew. “In fact, it was the two elders from the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate who actively approached me, asking me to show up and bear witness. Thinking I might gain some insights, I went.”

“Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate.” Mo Xun was not surprised by this answer. The Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate dreamed of consuming the Water Moon Immortal Gate but had been helpless due to Yun Wushang’s protection. They had the motivation to wish Yun Wushang dead.

However, ever since she, pretending to be a Heavenly Mountain Immortal Gate cultivator, killed hundreds of Spiritual Sword cultivators at the Water Moon Immortal Gate, the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate hadn’t dared to make any moves. Their motivation for wanting to kill Yun Wushang was likely self-preservation, fearing that after Luo Baozhu died, they would be next.

“A guilty conscience,” Mo Xun couldn’t help but comment.

“Isn’t that the truth,” Yun Wushang agreed completely, then asked, “How did the other four Great Ascension stage cultivators join?”

The Red Refinement Sect Master looked confused: “Are you referring to…”

Yun Wushang: “One from the Ice-Bound Sea, two from the Joyous Woods, and one rogue cultivator.”

The Red Refinement Sect Master: “The Corpse Refiner from the Ice-Bound Sea joined willingly. He coveted your physical body and spiritual root, intending to refine you into a Corpse Puppet. I’m not very clear about the other three.”

Yun Wushang sneered: “What a Corpse Refining Immortal Gate. The immortal cultivation world truly has all kinds of cultivators.”

Mo Xun felt they had gathered enough information from the Red Refinement Immortal Gate, so she asked Yun Wushang: “Should we go to the Corpse Refining Immortal Gate next and drag out the Great Ascension stage cultivator who coveted you for a beating?”

“Why beat him? Just kill him!” Yun Wushang said, turning her head to Wen Yuchan beside her. “Where is the Ice-Bound Sea? Lead the way.”

Wen Yuchan replied “Alright” and led the way for the two.

The three left in a hurry, thus they didn’t know that shortly after they left, two female cultivators flew to the side of the Red Refinement Immortal Gate Sect Master and asked in surprise: “Master, who were they?”

The Red Refinement Sect Master pondered for a while before answering: “Wen Yuchan, the Sect Master of the World-Saving Immortal Gate, Yun Wushang, the Demon Venerable who rules the Demon Realm, and Mo Xun, a Great Ascension stage rogue cultivator who is somehow traveling with the Demon Venerable.”

“Mo Xun, Yun Wushang… They were the ones who saved us in the secret realm when we were at the Nascent Soul stage, but back then, they claimed to be cultivators from the Water Moon Immortal Gate.”

“Really?” The Red Refinement Sect Master looked astonished at the news.

If that was the case, the Demon Venerable not only spared her life but also made her indebted to her.

On the other side, Yun Wushang, who had actually only observed Mo Xun and Chu Jiuqu saving people and hadn’t personally intervened, curiously asked Wen Yuchan: “How do Corpse Refiners cultivate?”

Wen Yuchan continued leading the way while explaining to her and Mo Xun: “Corpse Refiners refine corpses into magic artifacts or cauldrons to enhance their cultivation and combat power. They are called evil cultivators by other immortal cultivators and regarded as heretics by artifact refiners.”

“Why is such an Immortal Gate allowed to exist?” Mo Xun couldn’t help but ask.

“Because corpse refining, like artifact refining, is just a technique. It makes no distinction between good and evil; only living people distinguish between good and evil,” Wen Yuchan replied calmly. “Just as not all demonic cultivators are evil, not all Corpse Refiners are wicked. Some Corpse Refining families have elders nearing the end of their lifespan who willingly leave their corpses to be refined into Corpse Puppets by their descendants.”

Mo Xun: “…”

Mo Xun: I don’t understand, but I am greatly shocked!

After some time, the three arrived at the Ice-Bound Sea. They saw large expanses of cold ice floating on the freezing sea, covered by thick white snow.

While circulating spiritual energy to resist the cold here, Mo Xun thought to herself: If this place didn’t lack demonic energy, it would be quite suitable for Wushang’s cultivation.

With the experience of gathering information at the Red Refinement Immortal Gate, this time, Yun Wushang immediately infused demonic energy into her voice, letting it reverberate throughout the entire Corpse Refining Immortal Gate: “Where is the Sect Master of the Corpse Refining Immortal Gate? Get out here!”

Within moments, a Great Ascension stage Corpse Refiner appeared in the trio’s line of sight.

His astonished gaze swept over Yun Wushang. While wondering why she had no demonic energy on her, he timidly asked: “May I ask, Demon Venerable… Immortal Venerable Yuchan… and this Immortal Venerable… what is the purpose of your visit?”

“I heard you intended to use this Venerable’s corpse to refine a Corpse Puppet?” Yun Wushang flew higher than the Corpse Refiner, with one hand behind her back, looking down at him. Her cold eyes seemed to be looking at a corpse.

Mo Xun mentally gave her a thumbs-up: When it comes to imposing presence, if Wushang is second, no one dares to be first.

The Corpse Refiner was indeed terrified. He adopted a kneeling posture in mid-air: “Demon Venerable, please calm your anger! This junior mistakenly believed rumors, leading to loose words and offending the Demon Venerable! My crime is unforgivable! Whatever the Demon Venerable commands, I will comply, even if it means climbing mountains of knives or descending into seas of fire!”

Mo Xun watched his posture with interest, becoming increasingly certain that the distinction between immortals and demons was merely a pretext for excluding difference and bullying the weak.

If these immortal cultivators genuinely believed all demonic cultivators were evil, they would never bow down to the Demon Venerable.

Yun Wushang was satisfied with his kneeling posture and restrained her killing intent, but her voice remained cold: “What rumors?”

The Corpse Refiner: “The rumor was that you killed the Great Ascension stage artifact refiner of the Heavenly Mountain Immortal Gate and intended to kill all the Great Ascension stage cultivators in the immortal cultivation world next.”

Yun Wushang: “I killed Luo Baozhu, but I have no grudge against the other Great Ascension stage cultivators. Why would I kill them? Where did this rumor come from?”

The Corpse Refiner: “I don’t know, I heard it from the two elders of the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate.”

“The Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate again.” Mo Xun was now unsure whether the City of Shadows was truly behind the Immortal-Demon War. Could it be that two idiots from the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate provoked it? Why did everyone from the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate seem so stupid—only cultivating and never reading books?

However, more than that, Mo Xun was now curious: “Are you still going to kill this person?” she asked Yun Wushang.

The Corpse Refiner, knowing that “this person” referred to himself, slowly sank while maintaining the kneeling posture. His body trembled uncontrollably, his fear visible to the naked eye.

Yun Wushang thought for a moment and said: “He only has death energy on him, not malevolent energy. Killing him would be of no benefit to me.”

With that, she flicked her sleeve and left.

Mo Xun smiled and caught up to her, asking softly: “Is your state of mind truly one of Slaughter?”

Yun Wushang continued without looking back, whispering: “Haven’t you felt it?”

Mo Xun: “Yes, I felt many emotions. Rather than a state of Slaughter, it felt more like a state of Indulgence—indulging one’s emotions, killing when one wants to kill, and doing whatever one wants to do.”

Yun Wushang: “Close enough.”

The two whispered intimately, treating Wen Yuchan beside them as if she didn’t exist.

Wen Yuchan: …Should I fly further away?

Leaving the Ice-Bound Sea, the three immediately headed for the Joyous Woods, planning to visit the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate to question the two elders after the Joyous Woods.

Along the way, Yun Wushang curiously asked Wen Yuchan again: “Does the Beast Taming Immortal Gate cultivate by taming demons?”

Wen Yuchan: “Yes.”

Yun Wushang: “What’s the difference between that and a cultivation cauldron?”

Wen Yuchan: “There are indeed Beast Tamers who refine demons into cauldrons, but this is not permitted within the Beast Taming Immortal Gate, because the Beast Taming Immortal Gate is located in the Joyous Woods, and the Joyous Woods is home to Great Ascension stage demon beasts who protect all the demon cultivators there.”

Yun Wushang: “Was one of the Great Ascension stage cultivators who participated in the Immortal-Demon War this demon beast cultivator?”

Wen Yuchan: “No, it was a pair of master and disciple from the Beast Taming Immortal Gate, both human cultivators. The immortal cultivation world harbors prejudice against demon cultivators as well. Demon cultivators rarely act with human cultivators, let alone in an action to suppress demonic cultivators.”

Yun Wushang scoffed and asked no more questions.

Mo Xun thought to herself that the immortal cultivation world truly looked down upon quite a few existences. All of them are cultivators; she wondered where this sense of superiority that determined themselves as the righteous path came from.

The three entered the Joyous Woods, and then, somehow, they got separated.

When Mo Xun came to her senses, Yun Wushang and Wen Yuchan were no longer by her side.

Her heart skipped a beat. She immediately sent out her primordial spirit, but upon reaching high altitude, she could only sense large patches of mist.

It took Mo Xun a while to realize she must have entered some kind of illusion.

She recalled her primordial spirit and bowed towards the empty space in front of her: “Junior Mo Xun greets the Senior. We came to the Joyous Woods only to ask some questions and bear no ill will. If we have inadvertently trespassed on Senior’s territory, please forgive us.”

“What for?” a gentle yet slightly hoarse female voice sounded, seemingly coming from all directions.

Mo Xun couldn’t sense the person’s realm. Realizing the person might be a Tribulation stage cultivator, a chill ran down her spine.

This feeling of being completely overpowered due to insufficient strength was truly long forgotten.

In this way, Mo Xun also experienced the fear that the Sect Masters of the Red Refinement Immortal Gate and the Corpse Refining Immortal Gate felt when they were confronted by her and Yun Wushang.

However, Mo Xun remained neither humble nor arrogant and spoke calmly: “To answer the Senior, when Junior broke through to the Great Ascension stage, I awakened the ability of precognition and foresaw that the immortal cultivation world would soon face a great catastrophe. I wish to ask for some information to better cope with this catastrophe.”

“Ask.”

Mo Xun thought: I wasn’t asking you… But figuring there was no harm in asking, she did: “I would like to know who provoked the Immortal-Demon War, intending to use Great Ascension stage cultivators to kill the Demon Venerable.”

“That matter has nothing to do with the Joyous Woods,” the voice replied. “Go to the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate.”

As the voice faded, Mo Xun’s mind blurred. When she came to, she was already a thousand miles away from the Joyous Woods.

After regaining clarity, she immediately looked to her side and saw Yun Wushang. She let out a long sigh of relief, then complained to Wen Yuchan on her other side: “You didn’t tell us that the demon cultivator in the Joyous Woods has broken through to the Tribulation stage.”

Wen Yuchan: “…No one told me either.”

“Are you hurt?” Mo Xun asked Yun Wushang tenderly.

“No,” Yun Wushang replied with a single, brief word. After a moment, she added, “The Aura Restraint Bracelet didn’t activate, which means the other party had no intention of harming me, merely wishing not to be disturbed by outsiders.”

Mo Xun: “That’s good. I was really startled… But this experience has given me some understanding of the Tribulation stage. I’ve gained a lot of insight.”

Yun Wushang: “Yes, after breaking through to the Tribulation stage, one can ascend within a few decades of seclusion, making them extremely rare to encounter. This was truly an eye-opening experience.”

Mo Xun: “Should we head straight to the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate now?”

Yun Wushang: “Mm.”

“…Wait,” Wen Yuchan suddenly interrupted them.

“What is it?” Mo Xun looked at her and found her expression odd—a kind of awkwardness, as if she didn’t know whether to speak, and she seemed to be holding back a laugh.

Yun Wushang waited for a moment. Receiving no response, she also looked at her in confusion.

Wen Yuchan hesitated again before speaking, asking Yun Wushang: “That artifact on your wrist is called the ‘Aura Restraint Bracelet’?”

Yun Wushang: “…”

Wen Yuchan: “Who gave it that name?”

Mo Xun: “…”

Wen Yuchan: “If you really don’t know how to name it, you can ask the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.”

Yun Wushang: “You talk too much.”

Mo Xun: “What a great name! It’s concise and to the point!”

Yun Wushang: “You shut up too.”