Enough to Go Around

For a time,

the entire edge of the black mist became a place where not a single demon could be found.

Sometimes, in order to compete for the core of a low-level demon, many people would come to blows.

These disciples would never have imagined that in such a demon-infested environment, it would become impossible to even find a demon to kill.

Yunjie Sect,

as one of the top ten sects in the current immortal realm, naturally had many of its disciples training near the boundary of the black mist.

However, after a year in the immortal realm, ninety-nine percent of the sect's disciples, including the most outstanding ones, had failed to complete their missions. This naturally caught the attention of the higher-ups of Yunjie Sect.

At the entrance of Yunjie Sect, a young girl with a braid held a sword in her hand, preparing various pieces of equipment.

Beside her, several elders were kindly and meticulously giving her instructions.

"Little Yu'er, if you encounter danger outside, remember to crush the jade slip immediately. Your uncles and elders will surely come to your aid as soon as possible."

"Here are some pills to restore your energy."

"Take this sword with you as well."

"And this, a teleportation scroll."

"Also, if you get injured, these pills will come in handy."

"I've already spread the news of your descent from the mountain. Any Yunjie Sect disciple you meet outside will unconditionally follow your orders. So, once you leave the mountain, the first thing you should do is find them. With their help, things will be much easier for you."

The elders stuffed bottles of pills into the girl's ring, filled with worry for their youngest and most beloved genius disciple's first official mission.

Nearby, many of her fellow disciples were also seeing her off.

"Little junior sister, the responsibility of investigating this matter falls on you."

"Good luck, little junior sister."

"You're the best!"

Her fellow disciples cheered her on.

"Don't worry, I, Su Yu'er, will definitely figure out what's going on. And besides, I don't need all these things. My own strength is more than enough," the girl, Su Yu'er, said confidently, patting her chest before flying down the mountain.

Half a day later, she arrived at the edge of the black mist.

This area had already been unofficially named the Demon Gathering Plains by many disciples, even though not a single demon had been spotted...

Upon arriving at the Demon Gathering Plains, Su Yu'er did not follow the elders' advice to seek out other disciples from the sect.

For someone who had vowed to become a capable and independent figure, how could she allow such a thing to happen?

"This young lady refuses to believe that she can't find out why the demons have disappeared," Su Yu'er declared confidently.

Moreover, she thought that to uncover the reason behind the demons' disappearance, she would first need to find the demons themselves.

And so,

the beloved little junior sister of Yunjie Sect officially became one of the many demon-hunting squatters.

She squatted there for two months.

Two months passed, and she hadn't even encountered a single hair. This was a heavy blow to the little junior sister who had set out to accomplish great things.

Inside the black mist,

Yi Feng had spent the past few days clearing out the crawling monsters in the Floating Corpse Valley and then the Molten Giants in the ruins. In just half a day, he had cleaned out all the demons from the locations he knew.

"Damn it.

Where are the demons?"

Yi Feng was frustrated to find that even if he tried to cultivate demons now, it wouldn't work.

He searched many places within the vicinity but, apart from a few scattered demons, found no other demon gathering spots.

"This can't go on!"

Yi Feng frowned, feeling troubled.

He decided to go out and ask around for information on where he could find similar monster-spawning spots.

As Yi Feng walked out,

he unknowingly passed through the black mist and found the outside world bustling with activity.

"Oh, it's so lively!"

"Why are there suddenly so many people here?"

This was Yi Feng's first time coming out in a year, as he had been completely immersed in hunting demons and oblivious to the outside world. He was surprised to see so many large cities erected in the area.

Yi Feng had no idea what had happened. Previously, he could have learned about the outside world through the jade slips from the Azure Sky White Jade Tower, but even those had stopped working.

But never mind that.

Yi Feng's mind was entirely focused on finding monster gathering spots, so he hurried off to ask around for information.

However, thinking about these demons, Yi Feng couldn't help but take out a small orb.

This orb was something that dropped from the corpses of dead demons. Every demon had one, and they looked like luminous pearls, though their material was unclear.

This time, Yi Feng had brought a few with him.

"This thing looks so beautiful. I wonder if it can be sold for money," Yi Feng muttered to himself as he examined the orb.

As soon as he finished speaking,

a man landed excitedly in front of Yi Feng.

"Brother, are you selling that?" the man asked eagerly.

"Ah, yes," Yi Feng replied, caught off guard. He hadn't expected anyone to actually want to buy it, let alone have a buyer show up so quickly.

"Name your price, brother. How many immortal crystals do you want?"

The man hurriedly asked, his eyes darting around as if afraid someone might snatch the orb away.

"Uh, one..."

Yi Feng held up a finger, about to ask for one immortal crystal, but before he could finish, the man snatched the orb from his hand.

"Deal, ten thousand immortal crystals!"

"Done."

With that, the man tossed a storage bag to Yi Feng and disappeared, as if afraid Yi Feng might change his mind.

Looking at the storage bag in his hand, Yi Feng was stunned.

The world felt so unreal.

This little orb had just sold for ten thousand immortal crystals?

Was this for real?

But as he opened the storage bag and felt the weight of the ten thousand immortal crystals, Yi Feng couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

If one orb could sell for ten thousand immortal crystals, and he had countless more of these orbs, wouldn't selling them all make him an instant super tycoon?

Coincidentally, this transaction was witnessed by Su Yu'er, who was not far away.

Her bright eyes lit up instantly.

She had confidently descended the mountain, promising her sect that she would uncover the reason behind the scarcity of demons. But after two months, not only had she failed to uncover the truth, she hadn't even seen a single demon.

So when she saw Yi Feng take out a demon core, she felt as if she had finally found hope.

She leaped through the air and quickly landed beside Yi Feng.

She wanted to ask Yi Feng where he had found the demon, but considering how rare demons were, she doubted he would tell her. So, cleverly, she decided to approach the matter differently, hoping to coax information about demon locations out of him.

"Fellow cultivator, do you have any more of these demon cores?" Su Yu'er asked hopefully.

Yi Feng looked at the beautiful young girl in front of him, his face filled with joy.

Was this thing really that popular?

"Yes, of course," Yi Feng replied, as if he had just discovered the secret to wealth. "How many do you want?"

"Huh?"

Su Yu'er blinked her big eyes, momentarily stunned.

After a moment, she cautiously asked, "Do you have a lot of these?"

"Hmm..."

Yi Feng thought seriously for a moment before honestly replying, "Not too many, but enough to go around!"