Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Seven: Rushing to the Appointment

  "Three tribes? I've never heard of them before?" Guo Fei said in surprise.

  "I really don't know if you're a scholar from Beiyuan, but you haven't even heard of the three tribes of the demon clan?" Tang Yi said with disdain as she approached Miao Yu.

  "Haven't heard of it, just haven't heard of it, is that strange?" Tang Yi had her master backing her up now, and she didn't look as wronged and depressed as before. From time to time, she would pick on Guo Fei, seemingly taking pleasure in provoking him.

  "Yi'er, don't be ridiculous." Miao Yu interrupted Tang Yi's words and smiled at Guo Fei: "The Northern Origin Demon Clan is the most prominent in the North Xuanwu Empire. They live in an extremely cold place where few human tribes can survive, and they have little contact with humans. Next are three tribes: Huoyun Cave Huocheng Tribe, Baipeng Cliff Baipeng Tribe, and Qingmu Mountain Qinglang Tribe. Huoyun Cave is located in the Wanjue Mountain range, Baipeng Cliff spans two regions, half in the Wanjue Mountain range and half in the Maze Forest, and Qingmu Mountain is a massive mountain range within the Maze Forest. These three tribes have considerable power, even the empire doesn't want to provoke them."

  "Master, you're not thinking of taking this pass to attend the so-called Trade Fair, are you?" Hu Xiaoyue asked softly, looking at the pass in Guo Fei's hand.

  Guo Fei had once participated in a transaction at the underground market when he was in Hei Bi, but that kind of occasion was too low-level and couldn't find good things. Such a large-scale market transaction should be able to buy extremely good materials or elixirs. Moreover, Guo Fei mainly wanted to go and experience it for himself.

  "Xiao Yue, what is the demon spirit that An Guo Gong mentioned just now?" Guo Fei asked softly, recalling An Guo Gong's previous words.

  According to our White Fox tribe's former leader, a demon spirit is formed by the fusion of a life soul and a demon essence, possessing spiritual intelligence and strong combat power. Once a demon cultivator cultivates into a demon spirit, their combat power will be extremely strong. Even if their physical body is destroyed, the demon spirit can escape and even find another physical body with the same attributes to occupy and reincarnate.

  "Hehe. Little girl, what you said isn't bad, but you made the demonic spirit body sound too terrifying. No matter which tribe's cultivator, they all cultivate their true body internally and sense the heavens externally. When human cultivators reach the Transformation Realm, their bodies are tempered by the power of the Origin Realm, their soul bodies condense for the first time, and their life force greatly increases, allowing them to leave their mortal coils and ascend to the heavens. If they cultivate to the Momentum Realm, their soul bodies can sense the heavens and exit their physical bodies, and even if their physical bodies are destroyed, their soul bodies won't easily disperse. If they reach the point where their internal Origin and soul body merge, their soul body enters the Origin, then even if their physical body is destroyed, their soul body won't disperse.

  The demonic cultivators' demonic spirit bodies are probably similar to the human tribe's cultivation path, because the demonic tribe's demonic essence is like the human tribe's Origin, making it easier for them to merge with their soul bodies." Miao Yu smiled and said.

  "Master, it's said that by subduing a demon spirit and sealing it within a weapon to become an instrument spirit, not only will the weapon gain consciousness, but its attacking power will also greatly increase, far surpassing that of an unconscious demon essence. Therefore, regardless of which tribe's cultivator, they all want to obtain a demon spirit to forge an extremely powerful weapon." Hu Xiao Yue explained.

  "Heh heh. The grand gathering of the demon tribe, shouldn't we go take a look?" Guo Fei raised the flame-refining stone invitation in his hand and said.

  "With such a grand gathering, people from the three major empires will likely attend as well. If we're recognized, it'll be troublesome." Miao Yu said in a low voice.

  "It doesn't matter, they think we're dead, we can disguise ourselves and I'm sure they won't recognize us." Guo Fei said with a faint smile.

  "Yes, what's there to fear! Let's go, who knows where we can find some refining materials. Collecting good materials is essential for crafting a magic weapon. Without one, it's really hard to exert my abilities, and I couldn't even defeat an early-stage Venerable. It's truly embarrassing!" Tianhunzi said with a smile.

  "Xiao Yue, pack up the things and use the five-colored deer of the Huo Fox tribe. We'll go with a battle team flag. After leaving here, you all call me Master Yu, I'll play the role of a young noble to go to Huoyun Cave." Guo Fei said with a smile.

  After a day's rest in the Huo Fox tribe, Guo Fei and his companions set out on their journey. Hu Xiao Yue and Tang Yi disguised themselves as men, while Guo Fei and his companions also underwent a change of appearance. Guo Fei even gave himself a small mustache. Although most people knew of Guo Fei, few had actually seen him, and those who had were mostly in battle, so their impression wouldn't be too deep. With such casual disguises, probably most people wouldn't recognize them unless they met face to face.

  The Wanqu Mountains are really vast and majestic, walking on the rugged mountain roads, crossing mountains and ridges. Fortunately, the five-colored deer have good leg strength and walk quite steadily.

  Guo Fei withdrew the three Ghost Soldier squads into the Army Seal space, leaving only five Ghost General-level Corpse Demons and Tianhunzi outside with him. There were thirteen people in total, riding a team of five-colored deer on their way.

  Along the way, as long as they stopped, Hu Xiaoyue would take Hu Yunduo and Hu Yunyu to hunt beasts, on the one hand providing food for Guo Fei and others, and on the other hand improving their cultivation.

  Under Hu Xiaoyue's efforts, after traveling about 3,000 kilometers in the Wan Ku Mountains, the two had already used their military energy to open up their meridians and transform into two beautiful women. The two were originally born from the same womb and were basically identical, with Guo Fei almost unable to distinguish between them.

  Kuang Fei, during this period of free time, transformed into an axe cavalryman and displayed his fierce wind gun technique. He used the energy of the troops to nourish his axe and gun, awakening its autonomous evolution consciousness. Leng Dao was also like this, using his free time to display his gun technique with his axe, or borrowing books from Hu Xiao Yue to study and cultivate diligently. In the Zhao State's books, there were also secret manuals suitable for earth attribute cultivation, but they were of a relatively low level, and the speed of developing the origin realm was slow.

  The greatest progress was made by Liang Tie, who, after practicing Tang Yi's copy of the "Tianyi Shenjing", quickly grasped a thread of the source boundary. This also benefited from Guo Fei often imparting his experience and guiding him to use the energy of the troops to open up the meridians.

  Every day is a journey, and the days are spent leisurely. The Wan Ku Mountains occupy a large space in Bei Yuan, with many caves and few human footprints, where wild beasts and monsters roam freely.

  At dawn that day, Guo Fei and others were sleeping in a cave when they suddenly heard an earth-shattering sound coming from outside. The ground shook violently, causing the mud inside the cave to fall down.

  "What happened? Go and take a look." Guo Fei said in a low voice to Tian Hunzi.

  Tianhunzi nodded, his body rose into the air and flew out of the cave, piercing through the dense forest, flying low over the ground. Guo Fei and the others also quickly gathered their things and swiftly flew out.

  The sound came from a valley, and Guo Fei and the others flew over to hide on top of the mountain to watch. They saw two huge creatures fighting to the death. One was a black tiger, its entire body dark and mysterious, emitting bursts of dark light, looking very extraordinary. As it opened its mouth, it spat out black air masses, which seemed to be extremely corrosive, causing the surrounding trees that came into contact with them to wither instantly.

  However, the demon beast facing off against the saber-toothed tiger seemed to be unafraid. It was a massive python with black and red markings all over its body that made one's scalp tingle. These corrosive gas masses crashed into its body but seemed to cause it little harm.

  This giant python seemed to want to rush into the cave, but the black saber-toothed tiger was determined to guard the cave and not let the python get close. The two fought fiercely in front of the cave, stirring up whirlwinds and flying sand and rocks.