Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System

Chapter 555 - 474: The Ultimate Test of Friendship!

For a while, the world was filled with condemnation and censure towards Su Yuan, the Old Demon Su.

The various strongholds of the Primordial Sect were often surrounded and attacked by many righteous path individuals. Thankfully, with the timely support of the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators under Su Yuan, no major incidents occurred.

Amidst this chaotic situation, Su Yuan and the Reincarnation Celestial Monarch left everything behind them and headed towards the Purple Gold Dragon Realm.

Besides the two of them, Su Yuan also brought along many reliable companions.

Among them were Zhu Qingqing, Xuan Haoran, Yin Qiyue, as well as the Demon Refining True Monarch and Zhu Tianqing.

As they were about to reach the Purple Gold Dragon Realm, Su Yuan encountered Taibai Phecda and Spiritual Glass Fairy waiting on the road.

"Teacher, our mission this time is extremely perilous, are you sure you don’t want to spend a few more days with your wife?"

Watching his teacher walking hand in hand with Spiritual Glass Fairy as they joined the group, Su Yuan half-jokingly asked.

To his surprise, the one who answered wasn’t Taibai Phecda but the silver-haired fairy beside him.

She looked at Su Yuan with gentle eyes and smiled:

"I’ve heard everything from your teacher. Although we cannot stay together long, falling together on the battlefield to save all beings seems like a worthy choice."

Su Yuan nodded slightly, muttering to himself that his teacher’s wife was also a Divinity Transformation Seed.

If it weren’t for her late birth and encountering the Immortal Tribulation soon after entering the Nascent Soul Stage, she would certainly be a strong contender for becoming a new Divinity Transformation Cultivator.

Since his teacher’s wife already had such awareness, there was no need to say more.

The group continued on, arriving at the Dragon King Hall of the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable.

Here, the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, Star River Celestial Monarch, as well as Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyan had been waiting for a long time.

However, their expressions were not pleasant, and anger simmered in their eyes.

Clearly, they faced inner struggles while defeating the projections of Divinity Transformation Cultivators in their jurisdictions, and their fury towards the Fake Chu Jiang had reached a pinnacle.

"Our Taixu Group against Chu has already assembled, now there’s only one problem left—finding the whereabouts of the remaining consciousness of the Fake Chu Jiang."

Su Yuan glanced at the team members, speaking solemnly.

Before he finished speaking, Chu Lanxi’s voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Oh? Su Yuan, you truly are my good brother, you haven’t let me down, gathering so many allies in such a short time."

"Not bad, not bad. Are you ready to set off now? Do you need me to send you the exact location of the Primordial Dao branch? My shadow and I are there."

"Okay."

Su Yuan replied in his heart.

In the next second, a location in a remote corner of the Star River Realm appeared in Su Yuan’s mind.

As expected, the Fake Chu Jiang intentionally placed the Primordial Dao branch as far away from himself as possible, trying to stall for time.

This way, he could relay the information through contacting Divinity Transformation projections eroded by the Abyssal Shadow nearby.

Unfortunately, he misjudged Su Yuan’s speed of development.

It took nearly a month for even the mighty Purple Gold Dragon Venerable to project his will over, and the Abyssal Shadow projections would only be slower.

Moreover, with Gui Yuan’s divine assistance, those Divinity Transformation projections were wiped out before they could take action.

Suppressing these unnecessary thoughts, Su Yuan spoke to the group again:

"We have the location now."

Team members: "???"

Weren’t we just preparing to discuss finding the final boss’s base?

We haven’t done anything yet, and the final mystery-solving moment is over?

Surely you found the bug of the Taixu World and opened the full map, right?

Though thinking this in their hearts, the group said nothing aloud, knowing quick action was beneficial.

Before departing, Su Yuan took one last look at the core members of his team.

Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, with incomparable battle experience and a physique rivaling the Immortal Gods.

Star River Celestial Monarch, with a body brought in from reality and Daoist Techniques as vast as the starry sky.

Reincarnation Celestial Monarch, with the ability for reincarnation and bringing death to others.

Taibai Phecda and Spiritual Glass Sword Immortal: Ability, the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect from two people.

Chen Nuoyi, with a nearly infinite loan limit, able to forcibly loan an Immortal Treasure from the enemy.

Qi Hanyan, hmm... Resilient King? Pink-haired girl! Your ability is the least useful!

Su Yuan glanced over the other team members without further elaboration, each possessing extraordinary skills, formidable talents.

"In any case, Taixu Group against Chu, let’s move out!"

With a firm and strong stride, Su Yuan led the way forward.

An hour later, Su Yuan and his group stopped amidst a desolate mountain range. Here, Su Yuan could faintly sense the aura of the Primordial Dao branch.

Following this sensation, he quickly found a pit covered by a crude blinding technique, from which the aura of the Primordial Dao continuously emanated.

"The hiding place of the Fake Chu Jiang, this is it?"

Standing at the entrance of the pit with the blinding technique broken, Su Yuan frowned as he gazed into its dark depths.

Judging by the level of the blinding technique, it was at most the level of a rogue Golden Core Cultivator. Why would an Abyssal Shadow of Divinity Transformation level use such a crude method of concealment?

"This pit stinks, there’s a smell of rust and something fishy."

Qi Hanyan peeked curiously for a while, seemingly choked by the stench suddenly rising from the pit. She quickly pinched her nose, waving away the smell.

"Is this the final boss’s nest? It doesn’t look anything like the Demon King City, it looks more like a Goblin Nest!"

The pink-haired girl kept complaining.

At this moment, the Star River Celestial Monarch beside them seemed to realize something and exclaimed in surprise:

"I remember Chu Jiang telling me before that during the early stages of the Spiritual Energy Revival, he was captured by an old Demon who had been lurking since the Ancient Era and suffered greatly in a dark, sunless cave."

"Could this cave be the place where he suffered back then?"

Before the words were even finished, Chu Lanxi’s slightly mocking voice emerged from the void:

"Hehe, I didn’t expect you, Qi Anong, to have such a clever side. You’re right, this cave is indeed a reflection of the shadow in my heart."

"My shadow truly is my shadow, using such despicable means to trap me. Hurry up and get inside to rescue me."

"However, only one outsider can enter the cave at a time, and once inside, no one else can enter until that person either dies or successfully passes through. So, consider carefully who you send inside."

After hearing Chu Lanxi’s slightly sarcastic hint, Star River Celestial Monarch pouted in displeasure.

Su Yuan couldn’t help but ask:

"Do we really have to send them in one by one like in the story of the gourd children saving their grandfather? I have three Divinity Transformation-level people here; can’t we just destroy the cave?"

Chu Lanxi replied gloomily:

"Are you trying to get me killed? I’m the hostage here, and I’m trapped inside. You can’t just blow up the building, what kind of Russian-style rescue method is this?"

Su Yuan sighed regretfully.

The fake Chu Jiang guy was quite smart, using the hostage as a shield to block us and the three Divinity Transformation cultivators at the entrance with minimal cost.

But does he plan to delay this way for several months or even a year?

He underestimates us.

Want a battle of wits? We’ll see!

"Su Yuan, your safety is the most important in this battle. Since we must choose someone to enter and clear the path, we should choose someone among us to pave the way for you."

Zhu Tianqing spoke softly:

"So let me..."

But before she could finish, Su Yuan waved his hand:

"No need to pave the way, I’ll go down directly."

"Didn’t Chu Lanxi just say? The person who enters the cave can’t come back the way they came, with only two paths: death or passing through."

"This means that having many people pave the way is meaningless; they might even be defeated individually by the fake Chu Jiang. It’s better if I make the first move, and the others preserve their strength for the real battle."

After hearing Su Yuan’s analysis, although everyone was worried about his safety, they understood he was indeed right.

Su Yuan didn’t give anyone time to dissuade him. He casually stepped forward and nimbly jumped into the cave.

Of course, Su Yuan’s decision to go down himself wasn’t reckless because he held the advantage of the ’Speedrun Demon Cultivation’ card.

No matter what trials Fake Chu Jiang set inside the cave, for him, it was all open knowledge, no fear at all.

After falling for several breaths, Su Yuan suddenly felt a blur before his eyes.

When his vision returned to normal, a foreign scene appeared before him.

It was the eerie and strange interior of a cave, with a rugged ground full of blade and ax marks. Hanging above were rows of stalactites with very weak light sources.

One can only say that this broken place was full of the flavor of a primitive cave.

Su Yuan looked around and found himself surrounded by young boys and girls aged twelve to seventeen, dressed like people from over three hundred years ago.

This was the Blue Star’s pre-Spiritual Energy Revival style of dress.

Su Yuan looked at his hands and found them small and weak, as if he had suddenly become seven or eight years younger.

There happened to be a small puddle beside him, and he hastily brought his face close to it to check his current appearance.

Although the face in the puddle was clearly malnourished, it was an androgynous beauty. Su Yuan was all too familiar with this face.

If it isn’t Chu Lanxi, then who?

"Oh? I’ve turned into my good buddy?"

Su Yuan muttered in his heart and silently tried to bring up the system panel.

Seeing the system panel appear before him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he most likely hadn’t transmigrated again; he was merely trapped in a new illusion, one based on Chu Lanxi’s not-so-happy memories.

If nothing unexpected happens, in this illusion, he needs to take on Chu Lanxi’s role, solve the predicament, and achieve a good ending.

"Feels like quite a classic role-playing game."

Su Yuan made a lighthearted comment.

At this moment, an old, eerie voice rang out from in front of him and the group of children:

"The Immortal Pill of this Daoist Master is complete!"

Su Yuan looked up and saw a towering pill furnace not far ahead, beside which stood a short, scruffy old Daoist.

The old Daoist was holding an elixir the size of a baby’s fist in his grimy hands.

This elixir was pockmarked, and its surface seemed to have expressions of wailing, definitely not something good.

It seemed this was the old Demon who captured Chu Lanxi for experiments, though what heinous experiments he conducted on these poor children remained unknown.

Su Yuan’s eyes flickered with sharpness as he pondered how to deal with this Demon.

Just then, the old Daoist looked at the group of children, cackling:

"This Yin Yang Reversal Pill is remarkable; it can fundamentally change a person’s gender."

"Hehe, is anyone dissatisfied with their gender? Come and try my pill!"

Su Yuan: "..."

He understood why Qi Anong and Su Youli said Chu Jiang had a gender identity issue. With this old Daoist’s miraculous elixir, he really did become a girl for a while!

Could the requirement to pass be to help a good brother maintain his manhood?

This... this was quite a test of friendship!