WHERE DID THIS DEMON COME FROM?

CHEN XUANCE LOOKED AROUND BUT SAW NOTHING.

THIS DEMON HAS EXTREMELY STRONG HIDING ABILITIES. COULD IT BE THE UNDERGROUND SOFT DRAGON?

RECORDS IN THE HUANGCE LIBRARY OF THE DEMON SUPPRESSION BUREAU CONTAIN DETAILS. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY YEARS AGO, IN THE CENTRAL PART OF JIUZHOU, IN LUZHOU, THERE WAS AN EIGHT-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD FOURTH-GRADE UNDERGROUND SOFT DRAGON, OVER EIGHTY METERS LONG, RAVAGING THE YUNMENG MARSH IN LUZHOU, DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FARMLAND, A COUNTY TOWN, AND DEVOURING COUNTLESS HUMANS.

THIS CREATURE IS QUITE PICKY, ONLY PREYING ON FISHERMEN.

UNDERGROUND SOFT DRAGON, WHAT A GRAND NAME.

IN REALITY, IT'S A WORM THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A DEMON BY THE HEAVENS AND EARTH. AFTER REACHING THE FOURTH GRADE, ITS ORIGINALLY FRAGILE BODY IS COVERED WITH A STRANGE MUCOUS MEMBRANE, MAKING IT RESISTANT TO SWORDS AND KNIVES.

IT HIDES UNDERGROUND, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETECT.

DUE TO ITS POWERFUL REGENERATION ABILITY, EVEN IF IT'S CUT INTO TEN OR EIGHT PIECES, IT ONLY FALLS INTO A LOWER STATE AND REGENERATES, TURNING INTO TEN OR EIGHT SLIGHTLY INFERIOR UNDERGROUND SOFT DRAGONS.

DEALING WITH IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT INDEED.

THE ELDERS AND GENIUSES FROM THE DEMON SUPPRESSION BUREAU WHO WENT TO SUPPRESS IT SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES. IF NOT FOR THE PROFOUND HERITAGE AND RICH EXPERIENCE OF THE DEMON SUPPRESSION BUREAU, THERE WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE WIPEOUT.

IN THE END, IT WAS THE CONVERGENCE OF THE THIRD-GRADE DIAMOND REALM MONKS FROM ONE OF THE FOUR MAJOR TEMPLES IN THE YUNMENG MARSH, LED BY GUANGYAN, A DISCIPLE OF THE DAIZAI TEMPLE, THAT MANAGED TO KILL THE UNDERGROUND SOFT DRAGON.

AS A RESULT, THE DAIZAI TEMPLE IN LUZHOU CLOSED ITS GATES FOR EIGHTY YEARS TO RECUPERATE.

CHEN XUANCE REMAINED CALM. WHAT'S THERE TO FEAR ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND SOFT DRAGON?

WITH FIRST AND SECOND-GRADE CULTIVATORS BY HIS SIDE, HOW COULD HE FEAR A DEMON'S AGGRESSION!

SEEING CHEN XUANCE CALMLY LOOKING AROUND, CHEN QIANQIAN ADDED, "BROTHER CHEN, LOOK UP."

AT HER WORDS, CHEN XUANCE RAISED HIS HEAD.

GOODNESS, IT WASN'T JUST SOME OMINOUS CLOUDS AND GENTLE BREEZE?

IN THE CLEAR SKY, A MAJESTIC GIANT EAGLE WITH A WINGSPAN OF FORTY TO FIFTY METERS WAS DIVING TOWARDS THEM.

THE OMINOUS CLOUDS WERE MERELY THE SHADOW OF THE GIANT EAGLE, AND THE GENTLE BREEZE WAS JUST THE AIRFLOW CAUSED BY ITS FLAPPING WINGS.

INFORMATION FROM THE DEMON SUPPRESSION CHART APPEARED.

"EAGLE DEMON, NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CULTIVATION. EVIL, TO BE SUPPRESSED."

"TURTLE DEMON, THIRTY YEARS OF CULTIVATION. HARMLESS, CAN BE SUPPRESSED OR NOT."

CHEN XUANCE SHOOK HIS HEAD. THIS MAJESTIC GIANT EAGLE WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT BY LV CHONGLOU. NO WONDER WANG QINGZHI NODDED SO READILY. THEY MUST BE FLYING BACK.

THIS EAGLE, WITH ITS CLEAN WHITE FEATHERS AND TWO SNOW-WHITE TALONS, LANDED SQUARELY ON THE STONE NEXT TO THE JIE JIAN STONE.

IT WAS THEN THAT CHEN XUANCE SAW CLEARLY. IN THE GIANT CLAWS WAS A WHITE TURTLE THE SIZE OF A CHOPPING BOARD. HE RECOGNIZED IT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND SEAS OF JIUZHOU.

"TIANXUAN DONG, DEEP IN THE EAST SEA, THERE IS A SNOWY WHITE CREATURE RESEMBLING A TURTLE, CRYING LIKE A BABY. IT'S SAID TO HAVE THE BLOODLINE OF XUANWU, KNOWN AS THE WHITE WULING TURTLE, WHICH BRINGS GREAT FORTUNE." SIMILAR TO THE XUAN OX, IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR ITS APPEARANCE, FAVORED BY EMPERORS, BUT OTHERWISE NOT VERY USEFUL.

HAVING SEEN SO MANY DEMONS, CHEN XUANCE UNDERSTOOD THAT A DEMON'S CULTIVATION LEVEL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ITS AGE.

TAKE CHEN QIANQIAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF CULTIVATION BUT ACTUALLY ONLY IN HER FORTIES OR FIFTIES IN HUMAN YEARS. IF COUNTED FROM HER TRANSFORMATION, SHE WOULD ONLY BE ELEVEN OR TWELVE YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS STILL BECAUSE SHE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT BLOODLINE, TRANSFORMING AT AN EARLY AGE.

LV CHONGLOU'S SHARP EYES STARED DIRECTLY AT THE GIANT EAGLE STANDING ON THE JIE JIAN STONE.

AFTER A MOMENT, THE EAGLE TURNED ITS HEAD AWAY, NOT DARING TO CONTINUE STARING AT LV CHONGLOU.

"LITTLE WHITE, COME DOWN!" LV CHONGLOU SHOUTED, THE AIR COMPRESSING INTO THE SHAPE OF A LONG SPEAR, HANGING ABOVE THE GIANT EAGLE'S HEAD.

THE GIANT EAGLE FIRST LOOSENED ITS CLAWS, LETTING THE WHITE TURTLE FALL, THEN TRANSFORMED INTO A SLENDER YOUNG MAN WITH A POINTED NOSE AND THIN EYES, AND LEAPED DOWN FROM THE JIE JIAN STONE, STANDING IN FRONT OF LV CHONGLOU.

INDEED, HE WAS ELEGANT, WITH AN AURA REMINISCENT OF ASCENDING TO IMMORTALITY.

LV CHONGLOU CAUGHT THE WHITE WULING TURTLE AND CASUALLY THREW IT TO WANG QINGZHI, THEN DELIVERED A BLOW TO THE HEAD OF THE PERSON CALLED "LITTLE WHITE."

"ARE YOU SATISFIED? EVERY TIME WE MEET, YOU HAVE TO BE CHEEKY AND SCRATCHY?" LV CHONGLOU NOT ONLY HIT HIM BUT ALSO CURSED AT HIM.

THE YOUNG MAN IN WHITE SPOKE FLUENTLY, NOT GIVING LV CHONGLOU ANY FACE: "OLD LV, JUST SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY! DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU ONCE SAVED MY LIFE, I'LL LET YOU HAVE YOUR WAY! CAN YOU EVEN CALL ME LITTLE WHITE? YOU'RE JUST A SECOND-GRADE CULTIVATOR. WHEN I REACH THE THIRD GRADE, YOU WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH ME! DON'T BULLY THE YOUNG AND POOR, HAVEN'T YOU HEARD?"

HE DIDN'T LOOK BAD WHEN HE DIDN'T SPEAK, JUST A BIT UNSIGHTLY, BUT HIS TEMPERAMENT WAS UNMATCHED.

ONCE HE OPENED HIS MOUTH, GOODNESS, HE WAS DEFINITELY A REBELLIOUS YOUTH.

AS SOON AS LITTLE WHITE FINISHED TAUNTING LV CHONGLOU, HE SAW LV CHONGLOU'S WRINKLED FACE BREAK INTO A WEIRD SMILE.

BEFORE HE COULD ASK WHAT THE OLD MAN WAS LAUGHING AT, LITTLE WHITE HEARD LV CHONGLOU SAY IN A LOW VOICE, "WHO TOLD YOU THAT I'M A SECOND-GRADE?"

LITTLE WHITE WAS FIRST SHOCKED, THEN INCREDULOUS, AND FINALLY ECSTATIC: "HAHAHA, OLD MAN, YOU'VE FALLEN A GRADE, HAVEN'T YOU? NO WONDER THE WHISTLE TREMBLED. LET ME GUESS, THIRD GRADE? FOURTH GRADE? THINGS CHANGE, AND EVEN WITHOUT REACHING THE THIRD GRADE, I CAN ALREADY TORMENT YOU. DO YOU BELIEVE ME?"

LV CHONGLOU, HAVING REACHED THE FIRST GRADE, HAD STABILIZED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, BUT HIS DHARMAKAYA WAS STILL SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE, WHICH LED LITTLE WHITE TO MISUNDERSTAND.

WANG QINGZHI COULDN'T STAND WATCHING THE BANTER BETWEEN THESE TWO ANY LONGER, ESPECIALLY LITTLE WHITE, WHO WAS GETTING TOO COCKY. IF HE KEPT IT UP, HE'D PROBABLY END UP EATING CHARCOAL-GRILLED EAGLE MEAT FOR LUNCH. SO HE INTERJECTED, "UNCLE LV REACHED THE FIRST GRADE A FEW DAYS AGO."

THE JOY ON LITTLE WHITE'S FACE FROZE INSTANTLY.

FORTUNATELY, HE REACTED QUICKLY, QUICKLY BOWING AND SALUTING, "I'M WHITE FEATHER, PAYING RESPECTS TO LORD LV. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR SUMMONS, I RUSHED OVER IMMEDIATELY, LOSING THREE FEATHERS ALONG THE WAY. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BRING YOU YOUR FAVORITE EAST SEA GROUPER. PLEASE FORGIVE ME." WHAT A FLEXIBLE AND SENSIBLE CREATURE.

LV CHONGLOU IGNORED THIS CREATURE, WHICH CHANGED ITS FACE FASTER THAN FLIPPING THROUGH A BOOK, AND TURNED TO LOOK AT CHEN XUANCE, ASKING, "CHEN KID, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WHITE FEATHER COMES FROM?"

CHEN XUANCE NODDED, ABOUT TO SPEAK, BUT LV CHONGLOU SHOOK HIS HEAD, INDICATING HE DIDN'T NEED TO ANSWER.

THEN HE LOOKED AT CHEN XIAOGU, WHO WAS PETTING BAI QIANQIAN, AND ASKED, "XIAOGU, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WHITE FEATHER COMES FROM? IF YOU CAN TELL ME, I'LL LET WHITE FEATHER SERVE AS YOUR GUARDIAN FOR A YEAR."

LV CHONGLOU'S WORDS WERE NOT WITHOUT PURPOSE. ORIGINALLY, LV CHONGLOU AND WANG QINGZHI'S TRIP TO DADONG MOUNTAIN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHITE FEATHER. THEY PLANNED TO RETRIEVE THINGS FROM DADONG MOUNTAIN, AND WANG QINGZHI WOULD FLY BACK TO THE CAPITAL CITY, WHILE LV CHONGLOU WOULD TAKE A FEW YOUNG ONES WITH HIM, TRAVELING BY LAND, PRACTICING AS THEY WENT, AND DEALING WITH DEMONS ALONG THE WAY.

Unexpectedly, under fortuitous circumstances, the transformation of Chen Xiaogu's Xuan Bone occurred, prompting a temporary change of plans.

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Chen Xiaogu was destined to enter both the Buddhist sect and the demon tribe, with the entry into the Buddhist sect taking precedence. This matter was discussed when they were on the Wu Peng Boat, and Wang Qingzhi and Lv Chonglou had already agreed with Chen Xuance.

Next, once Chen Xiaogu left the Demon Suppression Bureau, she would need someone to accompany her and protect her on the way to prevent her from dying prematurely. The transformation of the Xuan Bone was a significant matter. If she were to perish halfway, it would be heartbreaking for Wang Qingzhi. Although the Demon Suppression Bureau housed several second and third-grade experts, they had all grown during the demon suppression process and concealed themselves during their pseudo-death, making it difficult to send them to accompany Chen Xiaogu.

The highland Buddhist nation may have evil tendencies, but they weren't foolish. If they were to send out the high-level experts they hid to accompany Chen Xiaogu, it was almost certain that they would be taken advantage of. Hence, only White Feather, the fourth-grade Eagle Demon that Lv Chonglou had coincidentally subdued, was the most suitable for this protective duty.

It was said to be a year of protection, but it was just something for White Feather to hear. After all, Chen Xiaogu had only recently undergone transformation. If a fourth-grade demon were to protect her for ten or eight years, White Feather would definitely not agree. Anyway, it could fly fast, and it could easily find an island to hide on for thirty to fifty years above the East Sea, rendering the Demon Suppression Bureau helpless.

The current problem was that White Feather didn't seem very reliable. Chen Xuance really wanted to help Xiaogu answer and bring White Feather under his control. White Feather was a bit cheeky, but it was flexible and could adapt to situations. Most importantly, it was a fourth-grade demon, or rather, a fourth-grade demon with nine hundred years of cultivation. It wasn't impossible for it to reach the third grade someday.

Chen Xiaogu smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle Lv, let me guess. In the East Sea, there's an eagle called White Feather, which is extremely ferocious. If I'm not mistaken, White Feather is the 'one in a hundred thousand divine eagles, the most beautiful in the East Sea' mentioned in the poems."

Lv Chonglou smiled and nodded. He was about to speak when Wang Qingzhi's words interrupted him: "Chen Xuance, Xiaogu is your twin, and it's fine for White Feather to protect her. But, you can't just let a fourth-grade demon protect her for nothing, right?"

Hearing Wang Qingzhi's words, Chen Xuance secretly thought: Could it be that Lord Wang doesn't want to give me the Thunder Dragon Spear?

He replied, "As you command, my lord."