klisemfg Chapter 491: The Future of the Nine-Lives Demon Cat Tribe
Chapter 491: The Future of the Nine-Lives Demon Cat Tribe
Chapter 491: The Future of the Nine-Lives Demon Cat Tribe
The migration of the entire tribe was no easy task.
Even without taking the tribe's treasures and resources, the mere migration of the entire tribe would cause quite a stir along the way, and the target would be quite large.
After all, although the Nine-Lives Demon Cat tribe is not numerous, if you include the young demon cats, there are still over a thousand of them.
Not to mention.
Under the orders of the Demon King, the myriad races of the Demon Realm have already started a war with humans. In the Eastern Frontier, humans are fighting each other to the point of exhaustion. Now, humans are basically on edge whenever they see a demon, let alone encountering thousands of demons at once.
Therefore, the Nine-Lives Demon Cat tribe has had a very difficult journey. Exposing their whereabouts is extremely troublesome.
If they establish themselves in the Eastern Frontier, the Eastern Frontier Alliance will undoubtedly see them as a threat. Even if Su Fangchun explains that he has betrayed the rule of the Demon Emperor, they may not believe it. They fear that this is another trick by the Demon Emperor to plant a spy behind the Eastern Frontier Alliance and then destroy their back door when the time is right.
And the Demon King's side was even less likely to stop their pursuit.
They are particularly worried that the Nine-Lives Cat Clan's methods of concealment and assassination skills will be exploited by humans, leading to a reversal of the Heavenly Order and the inexplicable deaths of the demon lords.
This predicament of pleasing neither side is why Su Fangchun, from the very beginning, preferred to grit his teeth and send troops rather than break away from the rule of the Demon Emperor.
It's better now.
Humans have no respect for them and may not even believe they have truly defected, while the demon race is now eager to take the entire Nine-Lives Demon Cat clan and stew them into cat soup; the peace of their clan is now a distant dream.
But, it has come.
Moreover, the clan chief's orders must not be disobeyed.
At the bottom of the mountain stream.
Su Jinxi met her aunt Su Fangchun and her cousin Su Luo, with whom she had never gotten along.
However, they also had some minor injuries.
Clearly, the journey has not been smooth.
"what happened?"
Su Luo snorted coldly: "The Demon Emperor sent his subordinates, the Strange Serpent Demon Lord and the Fierce Boar Demon Lord, to hunt down our clan along the way. Anyway, the demon army is advancing rapidly, and in just half a month, they have completely conquered half of the Eastern Frontier. We already have a considerable number of people, and we also have to hide our tracks. As a result, our speed has slowed down..."
He still harbored resentment, but he didn't show it too obviously. After all, Su Jinxi was still his cousin, but now she was the patriarch of the Nine-Lives Demon Cat clan.
There is a difference.
Not to mention, Su Jinxi is already at the tenth level of Mahayana, which is much more powerful than Su Fangchun.
Su Jinxi ignored the sarcasm in Su Luo's words and looked at Su Fangchun: "Aunt, are the tribes all well?"
"Fortunately, but there were still a dozen or so dead or injured. Those two demon lords were chasing very closely, and I had to spend some time distracting them before I could change direction and catch up with Su Luo."
Su Fangchun was older and had seen a lot, so she wasn't as resentful as Su Luo.
She knew that since she had decided to break away from the Demon Emperor, the sooner and faster she did so, the safer she would be. Losing only a dozen or so adult combatants was a pretty good result.
But Su Fangchun didn't understand why Su Jinxi wanted to relocate the Nine-Lives Demon Cat tribe to this ancient and desolate region.
This place is so desolate that even the demon race would avoid it.
"Hmph, that Demon King... let him be arrogant for a while. The tribe is safe and sound, that's the most important thing."
Su Jinxi clenched her fists, extremely angry.
Well, she still has the mind to spare the powerful demons under her command to hunt down her tribe!
As far as Su Jinxi knew.
From the moment she and Gu Heng packed their belongings and left Yunling City, Su Jinxi would try to get some information about the battle situation. Although she wasn't worried at all, since the demon army couldn't threaten Gu Heng, it couldn't threaten her either.
The establishment of the Eastern Frontier Alliance directly hindered the advance of the demon army.
At this time.
The demon army cannot afford to be bogged down in a stalemate; otherwise, human reinforcements will arrive from the Western Regions, the Southern Wilderness, the Central Plains, and the Northern Desert. Once the human forces are replenished, the demon army will undoubtedly be defeated.
result.
The battle situation is urgent. Instead of sending his demon lords to the front line to intensify the attack, the Demon Emperor is spending his energy hunting down the Nine-Lives Cat Clan.
Is the fighting on the front lines going smoothly and comfortably?
Or……
What changes have occurred in the Demon Realm that made the Demon King feel that the demon race was fully confident enough to wage war against humans while simultaneously hunting down these "traitors"?
Su Jinxi frowned slightly.
"What are you thinking about?" Su Fangchun couldn't help but interrupt Su Jinxi's thoughts.
Su Jinxi lowered her eyes and said, "I just feel that the Demon Emperor's actions are very unusual. At such a critical moment, he actually sent his demon lords to hunt us down instead of quickly breaking down the Eastern Frontier Alliance's front..."
Although the Demon Emperor is reckless, he is certainly not stupid. Moreover, as the emperor of the demon race, he has intelligent demons as his "strategists and prime ministers," such as the Cloud Falcon Demon Lord. He is not very strong, but his bird brain is extremely shrewd.
As intelligent as he is, he would never agree to let a powerful force like the Demon Lord do something as trivial as "hunting down traitors" in the face of war.
"Heh, because the humans will soon be in trouble too."
Su Fangchun gave a wry smile, her expression suddenly turning serious.
"What trouble?" Su Jinxi was taken aback.
"Before leaving, Mu Gu of the Ghost Tiger Clan sent a message saying that the reason why the Demon Emperor dared to gather a large army to attack humans was because he also had allies... and they were lurking within human territory!"
"But only the Demon King himself knows which human forces are his allies, or even which few or dozens of them."
Yes.
Su Jinxi felt her mind open up.
Just as she had initially thought, the Demon King must have had a reason for daring to launch a great war.
It now seems that this war between the two races is not only about the demon race having "traitors" like them, but also about the humans having traitors who intend to take advantage of the situation.
However, for the Nine-Lives Demon Cat tribe...
The real threat actually comes from the two demon lords who are still chasing after them.
"Also, is this place... too barren? Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too thin. Although it is a temporary refuge, I really don't like this place."
Su Fangchun was very dissatisfied with this ancient and desolate vein.
While demons may not care about opulent splendor, they cannot tolerate places with scarce spiritual energy. Unlike humans.
Among the cultivation methods of the demon race, there is a kind of "slumber." The more powerful the old demon, the more it needs to slumber in places with abundant spiritual energy to ensure that its blood and energy are abundant and its lifespan is prolonged. The same is true for young demons. In places with abundant spiritual energy, their bloodline and demon body can be better nourished.
However, the "barrenness" of the ancient wilderness veins refers to the barrenness of spiritual energy!
It was as if this place was born to be abandoned by the entire Xuantian Realm, as if even the heavens themselves were going to give it up.
"Auntie, please rest assured. I was completely unaware of the mysteries of this place when I first arrived here."
Su Jinxi reassured Su Fangchun.
Because this ancient, desolate landmass only appears "barren".
In fact, this entire region is shrouded in an extremely mysterious and complex immortal-grade array! And the source of the array is the desolate city!
The people of the desolate city have put in a lot of effort to make the ancient wilderness appear barren and desolate!
Especially that immortal-level formation.
It is not recognized by the formation.
Then any outsider will be invisibly shrouded in a "barrier," meaning that the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth here will isolate and repel the outsider, and then they will be trapped in the "scene" that the desolate city wants them to see, causing any outsider to mistakenly believe that the spiritual energy here is really thin and the environment is barren!
But actually.
This ancient and desolate land, from its soil to its streams and springs, is an extremely rare and precious treasure!
She slept here for half a month and felt so good that she felt as if her skin and muscles had been tempered.
But the desolate city certainly didn't want this treasure land to attract outsiders.
They needed to hide, and Su Jinxi didn't know what they were hiding from, but this treasure land was perfect for the Nine-Lives Demon Cat tribe to re-establish themselves! That's why Su Jinxi had the tribe migrate here.
"Auntie, the truth is..."
Su Jinxi told Su Fangchun and Su Luo all the unknown secrets behind the ancient wilderness lineage.
Listen to the words.
"Really?"
"Absolutely no lie."
Hearing Su Jinxi's confident words, Su Fangchun finally relaxed a little.
She originally thought that the girl had only chosen this place in a moment of desperation, but she never expected that there was actually a hidden secret here.
"Hmph, according to you, there are so-called 'immortal-level' beings within this desolate city? How is that possible?"
But Su Luo didn't quite believe it.
It's been so long since a Celestial-level expert has appeared in the world, and yet she still managed to encounter one? The coincidence is impossible!
But faced with Su Luo's questioning, Su Jinxi was too lazy to explain to him. With a wave of her hand, she sent her cousin away to take care of the young demon cats in the clan.
She is now the clan leader.
Whatever he said, Su Luo had no choice but to do it, even if he didn't want to.
Besides, I haven't disciplined this brat in a long time. It seems I need to find some time to give him a good beating to keep his cat tail from getting out of control.
"I'll try to find a way to let you all be included in this formation, and then everything will be alright."
Su Jinxi knew that it would probably not be easy for her to do this.
Gu Heng came.
The fact that this immortal-grade formation recognized her was merely a convenient way of doing Gu Heng a favor, since the formation was completely useless to Gu Heng, so the Yin family simply did her a favor. But the situation is different now.
For her, with just one cat and so many other cats, gaining recognition might not be so simple.
After settling her tribe in a hilly area near the ancient wilderness, Su Jinxi returned to the desolate city.
They found Gu Heng and told him about the Nine-Lives Demon Cat tribe moving here.
"Oh? Your clan moved here?"
Gu Heng was somewhat surprised.
The entire demon tribe has migrated here; it must have been a massive undertaking.
However, he envisioned a different scene: a tribal territory teeming with cats, where the cat chieftain would issue commands and all the other cats would rush over and shout to him, "Yes, sir!"
Just imagining that scene made Gu Heng grin. It might be quite interesting.
It would be quite interesting if we disregarded the fact that the Nine-Lives Cat Clan is actually a demon clan capable of scratching people to death.
"That's alright, at least you're closer to your tribe."
Gu Heng expressed his approval.
Whether he agrees or not seems to be none of his business, but Su Jinxi seems to be waiting for him to give his opinion, so Gu Heng has no choice but to speak up.
"Also, this matter might affect the desolate city, since this entire mountain range belongs to them..."
"But our people have absolutely no intention of disturbing you!"
Su Jinxi said.
"Hmm...that's right. I'll mention it to Miss Yin next time she comes."
Gu Heng thought about it and realized that made sense.
He had been in this desolate city for half a month and had already looked it over. There were almost no cultivators here, and those who were seemed to be less powerful than him.
If a demon tribe suddenly moved to this area, wouldn't it easily frighten them?
Not to mention, with the two races at war right now, people are prone to stress.
Although Su Jinxi said they wouldn't disturb them...
It seems he intends to have himself act as guarantor.
Gu Heng thought about it and felt there was no problem with it, but while he trusted Su Jinxi, the people of Huangcheng might not.
"That's good. I'll leave it to you, Brother Gu Heng."
With that assurance in hand, Su Jinxi felt relieved.
The safety and future of the Nine-Lives Cat clan now rest entirely on her shoulders.