Chapter 163: Meeting Danchen Again

The affair of the Pill Sect thus came to a close.

The Pill Sect also regained its former tranquility.

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"True Immortal Luoheng, are we really just going to let this matter rest?" True Immortal Maocheng asked, feeling deeply unreconciled.

At this moment, they had already fled several miles away.

"Being unreconciled, what other choice do we have? It is all my fault for completely forgetting about the sect-protecting divine array," True Immortal Luoheng said with a look of agony. After all, they had been on the verge of succeeding, only for this sudden mishap to ruin everything.

"This cannot be blamed entirely on you. I never expected that they would actually activate the sect-protecting divine array. Once the mountain is sealed this way, it will last for fifty years!" True Immortal Maocheng sighed and said.

"Fifty years is nothing. We can wait out these fifty years. Once the Pill Sect lifts the mountain seal, we will be able to take them down immediately. During these fifty years, we can first eliminate those old stubborn fools," True Immortal Luoheng said with a malevolent glint in his eyes.

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Meanwhile, Lin Yanghao had already arrived at Demon Cloud Town.

"This Demon Cloud Town is nothing special after all..." Walking through Demon Cloud Town, he found it truly indistinguishable from the cultivation cities of human cultivators.

It merely had a few more demonic cultivators.

It was not nearly as terrifying as the rumors suggested...

"Hello, fellow Daoist, I have a question I would like to ask," Lin Yanghao said, approaching someone who appeared to be a fellow human cultivator.

"Please go ahead, fellow Daoist."

"May I ask where I can rent a boat to the Demon-Sealing Continent?" Lin Yanghao had been wandering around here for the better part of the day, yet he had surprisingly failed to find anywhere offering boat services.

"You should go to the Joyful Inn. There are captains there who recruit merchants and travelers, though I am not sure if there are still any vessels heading to the Demon-Sealing Continent today. I heard a few days ago that they were about to set sail," the cultivator explained to Lin Yanghao.

"Thank you very much, brother." Knowing where he could secure passage by boat naturally put Lin Yanghao in a buoyant mood.

Hopefully, everything would still be in time. He had to strive to rescue Zeng Quan before Zeng Quan reached the Demon-Sealing Continent.

"Fellow Daoist, are you looking to stay at the inn?" As soon as Lin Yanghao stepped into the inn, a waiter hurried over to welcome him.

"I have come to find a captain heading to the Demon-Sealing Continent."

"Ah, I see. Please go directly to Room Number One on the second floor. Captain Aubin is right inside. I heard they are setting sail tomorrow, so you had better hurry up and register. I am not sure if there are any slots left." The waiter was already accustomed to people coming for the Demon-Sealing Continent, as visitors to the inn were either there to dine and lodge or to catch a ship to the Demon-Sealing Continent.

"Many thanks," Lin Yanghao cupped his hands in gratitude and headed straight for the numbered room on the second floor without delay. Who knew if there were still any spots available for the Demon-Sealing Continent?

If not, would that not be utterly tragic?

He had heard that the next ship would not depart for another half a month, by which time Zeng Quan might have already been reduced to a pile of white bones.

Knock, knock, knock.

This was the sound of Lin Yanghao knocking on the door.

"Who is it? Please come in." Aubin's voice came from within the room.

"Are you Captain Aubin, might I ask?"

"Indeed, I am he."

"I am looking to travel to the Demon-Sealing Continent. I wonder if there are still any spots left on the vessel," Lin Yanghao asked with a flutter of anxiety, terrified that Captain Aubin's answer would disappoint him.

"I am very sorry, but the slots for the Demon-Sealing Continent were sold out yesterday. You had better wait for the next ship, fellow Daoist," Aubin said with a hint of apology.

"Very well then." Lin Yanghao was extremely disappointed, never expecting that his own foreboding would turn out to be correct.

Stepping out of the room, Lin Yanghao suddenly hatched a plan.

As the saying goes, money makes the mare go.

Why could he not offer a hefty sum to buy a spot heading to the Demon-Sealing Continent?

Once the thought formed in his mind, Lin Yanghao decided to use this method.

"One hundred thousand medium-grade spirit stones for a ticket to the Demon-Sealing Continent—is anyone willing to sell?" Lin Yanghao knew the original price was fifty thousand medium-grade spirit stones, but this time he had bluntly doubled the price.

He refused to believe that no one would be tempted by such wealth.

"I am selling!" The moment Lin Yanghao's voice trailed off, someone stepped forward to respond.

"Here, take these one hundred thousand medium-grade spirit stones, keep them safe." Handing over those one hundred thousand medium-grade spirit stones still caused Lin Yanghao a great deal of heartache.

After spending these one hundred thousand medium-grade spirit stones, the total amount of spirit stones Lin Yanghao had left on his person was only around fifty thousand.

Having received the money and handed the boat ticket over to Lin Yanghao, the cultivator departed happily.

"Lin Yanghao, why are you here?" A familiar voice interrupted Lin Yanghao's train of thought.

Following the direction of the voice, Lin Yanghao looked up and was suddenly startled to encounter him here of all places.

Indeed, the person Lin Yanghao saw was none other than Danchen.

"I am going to the Demon-Sealing Continent," Lin Yanghao answered truthfully, having never imagined that Danchen would also be heading to the Demon-Sealing Continent.

Could Danchen have some business on the Demon-Sealing Continent? A myriad of thoughts instantly flooded Lin Yanghao's mind.

"This is not a place to talk. Follow me to my room first," Danchen said.

With so many eyes and ears about, this was simply not a good place for conversation.

"What on earth are you going to the Demon-Sealing Continent for? That place is extremely perilous. With your cultivation level, going there will likely cost you your life," Danchen truly could not comprehend what drove Lin Yanghao to head to the Demon-Sealing Continent.

Was a place like the Demon-Sealing Continent somewhere he could afford to visit?

Even he himself had to proceed with the utmost caution.

"I am going to save someone; I have no choice, otherwise why would I ever want to go to that ghost of a place?" Lin Yanghao said. How could he possibly want to go to the Demon-Sealing Continent? He valued his own life above all else.

"Have you never heard that one must act according to one's capabilities? Being so reckless, you will lose your life sooner or later."

"I know, but I cannot just stand by and watch someone die," Lin Yanghao said, his expression turning solemn and his tone resolute.

Before Danchen could reply, Lin Yanghao continued, "Enough about me, tell me what you are going to the Demon-Sealing Continent for?"

"As you know, I am obsessed with alchemy. I am going to the Demon-Sealing Continent to find a specific alchemy ingredient." Danchen was likewise helpless; if there were any other way, he too would never have chosen to come to this Demon-Sealing Continent.

"Is it really not available anywhere else?" Lin Yanghao asked, perplexed.

"This item can only be found on the Demon-Sealing Continent, and it can only grow amidst demonic energy," Danchen explained.