Ouyang Huihuang sat with the elders, including Ouyang Qiangren and the current patriarch of the Ouyang family, Ouyang Qingshan, who were Heavenly Martial Realm powerhouses. Yang Feilong and Ouyang Yixue were also seated below.
Ouyang Huihuang looked at Yang Feilong, his eyes filled with emotion. At less than twenty years old, he possessed a cultivation level close to the Venerable Martial Realm, and he was a cultivator from the secular world. His foundation was too profound.
"If you could cultivate to the peak of the Venerable Martial Realm in the secular world and then enter the Spiritual Realm to cultivate, perhaps you could break through to the Innate Realm in one go and enter another level," Ouyang Huihuang said. "Although the cultivation speed in the secular world is not as fast as in the Spiritual Realm, the foundation is very solid!"
"Yes, I know. I have this plan," Yang Feilong replied with a smile.
Although he had not cultivated the Ancient Martial Path among the three major cultivation paths, the principles were similar.
He thought about returning to Baiyun Mountain. Besides spending the New Year with his master, he also wanted to ask about his physique. Currently, minor tribulations rarely appeared in his body during normal times, or if they did, his body would self-heal. He wondered if the eighth and ninth tribulations would then be gone? Moreover, he felt that his cultivation speed had increased significantly.
If this were the case, he wouldn't have to worry about the eighth and ninth tribulations of his body.
"I'm here mainly to talk to you about the matter of the demon Si Tong!" Ouyang Huihuang said after a slight hesitation.
"Demon Si Tong?" Yang Feilong blinked, as if recalling something. He naturally knew why the demon Si Tong chose to exterminate the Ouyang family and not other families.
It seemed that Si Tong had been harmed by Ouyang Huihuang!
Of course, since Yang Feilong was not directly involved, he did not know the specific reasons.
"Si Tong, along with a few others, were my good friends," Ouyang Huihuang said after a moment of thought.
Yang Feilong, Ouyang Yixue, and Ouyang Qiangren listened quietly.
"This was about a year ago. We went out exploring, looking for an opportunity to break through to the Hegemonic Martial Realm," Ouyang Huihuang said. "During our exploration, we encountered a demon passage."
"A demon passage?" Yang Feilong's eyes narrowed.
The others were also quite surprised.
"This demon passage was quite special. We were all stuck at the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm at the time, so we decided to venture inside for an adventure!" Ouyang Huihuang said in a deep voice.
"Father, aren't you worried about the demonic energy overflowing from the demon passage entering your body?" Ouyang Qiangren asked worriedly. Although he knew Ouyang Huihuang was fine now, he was still very concerned hearing that Ouyang Huihuang had intended to venture into the demon passage.
"We are not young anymore. If we don't seek opportunities to break through to the Hegemonic Martial Realm, we might not have many years left to live! So, we had no choice but to go in and try! Moreover, the demonic energy overflowing from the demon passage was not very dense!" Ouyang Huihuang replied.
Hearing this, Yang Feilong spoke, "After you went in, did you find that this passage was different from what you imagined?"
"Yes!" Ouyang Huihuang glanced at Yang Feilong and nodded. "Inside, there was a space spanning a hundred kilometers! According to the information we obtained, this demon passage had formed a miniature world."
Everyone listened quietly.
"In this miniature world, the demonic energy was very dense. At the same time, it was also a blessed land for cultivation! Because the spiritual energy was also very abundant, and there were some heavenly materials and earthly treasures! Although the heavenly materials and earthly treasures were not ancient, they were all top-grade. Consuming them had a considerable effect on cultivation!" Ouyang Huihuang continued, his face filled with excitement.
"It shouldn't just be demonic energy. Are there no demons?" Yang Feilong frowned.
"There are! We didn't think of this at first," Ouyang Huihuang said with a wry smile. "We gained many benefits and were fully digesting them, even thinking about bringing some family members to cultivate inside after we left. But at this moment, the demons came!"
Everyone understood that the situation had reached a critical point.
Ouyang Huihuang sighed and said, "There were many demons. Although their intelligence was low, there were demons of our level among them. So we fled!"
"We fought and fled, and we were all injured in the end. Si Tong's injuries were the most severe!" Ouyang Huihuang said with a wry smile. "We abandoned him! Because we were all struggling to survive, we had no choice. Although it wasn't me who suggested abandoning Si Tong, I didn't raise any objections and tacitly agreed to their actions. Therefore, he hates me, and I can understand it."
No wonder!
Si Tong hated Ouyang Huihuang and the others so much. Perhaps in his heart, these people had betrayed him, so he wanted revenge and to kill those who had abandoned him back then!
"Clearly, he didn't die!" Ouyang Huihuang sighed. "No wonder the families of my friends were consecutively annihilated. It was only when he appeared that I realized why my friends' families were annihilated by a demon. At the time, I just thought it was a coincidence, but I didn't expect it to be Si Tong's doing. He was actually that person called the demon!"
"So, something must have happened to him in that miniature world, which allowed him to survive by chance!" Yang Feilong said in a low voice. At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the bead he obtained in Guying Village. Later, he asked Elder Fang to help authenticate it, and it was identified as a demon spirit bead!
This meant that Si Tong had also obtained a similar treasure in that miniature world and directly absorbed it, thus possessing abilities similar to demonic power?
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
As for why there was nothing like that in his storage ring, it was also understandable. Perhaps he felt the benefits brought by that item and began to cultivate in that miniature world.
Why wasn't he chased by those demons? Perhaps he was mistaken for one of them!
And by becoming one of them, with his dense demonic energy, perhaps those demons feared him, and naturally, they wouldn't kill him!
At this moment, Yang Feilong thought of many things, but he felt that his conjectures and analysis should be consistent with the situation.
"I thought about it today, and I also feel that this is likely the case, otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have survived facing so many demons back then!" Ouyang Huihuang sighed. "Moreover, I am a bit worried now."
"Worried about what?" Yang Feilong asked.
Everyone also looked at Ouyang Huihuang.
"After we left that miniature world, we set up a seal at the entrance of that passage! Now that Si Tong has appeared outside, it means that the seal has been broken by him!" Ouyang Huihuang said with a wry smile.
Upon hearing this, Yang Feilong's expression suddenly changed: "Recently, there have been incidents of demons eating people everywhere."
"Perhaps some demons have come out of that passage and are causing havoc!" Ouyang Huihuang said dejectedly. "Although that passage is impassable for some larger demons, it is not a problem for some smaller demons to enter and exit! Furthermore, according to the news reported from various places, many of the demons causing trouble are small demons!"
Yang Feilong compared the information with that from the Constabulary and found that what Ouyang Huihuang said was very likely to be true, because many of the demons causing trouble were indeed small demons, and in many cases, the source of their demonic energy could not be found.
Then, Yang Feilong analyzed it further in his mind. After his analysis, Yang Feilong's eyes slightly narrowed: "The demon passage you discovered, that is, the location of the miniature world, couldn't it be in Baiyun Mountain?"
"That's right." Ouyang Huihuang looked at Yang Feilong in surprise and nodded. "It's in Baiyun Mountain."
The Baiyun Mountain range is about 1300 kilometers long and 310 kilometers from north to south and 200 kilometers from east to west. Although Yang Feilong had lived in the Changbai Mountains for a long time, he had not explored the entire Changbai Mountains.
With the speculation confirmed, Yang Feilong's heart suddenly tightened, because at this moment, he thought of whether his master, Bai Yidie, would be in danger!