Ghost Fang Island, as its name suggests, if one trusts its overall map, appears shaped like a giant tooth. Of course, it only resembles one; there is absolutely no colossal creature large enough to possess such a tooth. If a First Step Saint Ancestor Realm mighty expert were to fly across Ghost Fang Island without tearing space, it would still take ten days to traverse its widest point. As for its length, it would probably take half a year to cross entirely. One should know that the flight speed of a Saint Ancestor Realm expert is not much slower than instantaneous teleportation. This illustrates just how vast Ghost Fang Island is.
Ghost Fang Island is primarily inhabited by demonic beasts. They cultivate using demonic energy, making their bodies incredibly tough. Demonic beasts of the same cultivation level are usually slightly superior to monstrous beasts in terms of physical body, while their divine abilities vary by species. Many humans and other clans also live on Ghost Fang Island; more accurately, they are merely temporary residents. Naturally, humans constitute the majority. The island boasts countless types of treasures of very high value, attracting many people to search for them. There are also many treasures beneath the Demonic Sea, though acquiring them is certainly not simple. The search for treasures often brings seekers into contact with demonic beasts, making combat inevitable.
A boat was slowly approaching the shore of Ghost Fang Island. There was no large harbor on the island, only a small dock, one that could even be considered not a dock at all.
“Everyone, come here, let’s go ashore!” Senior Brother Yuan, leading the group, shouted loudly and jumped onto the shore.
“…” The people on the boat immediately scrambled ashore. All of them were at the Earth Core Realm or above, so this posed no obstacle.
“Hmm! Since we’ve arrived, I’ll say this!” The one called Junior Brother Ren said. “I am Ren Zhiyi. Our Martial God Academy is sending students here for tempering this time, and we can enlist external help. Of course, that refers to the ten fellow Daoists, so I’ll speak frankly here: if you wish to join us in tempering yourselves on Ghost Fang Island, that’s fine, or you can split off on your own; we will not stop you.” He looked at the ten people who were not from Martial God Academy.
“Haha! To be able to undergo trials with several esteemed disciples of Martial God Academy is this humble one’s good fortune! I will join you all in tempering myself.” A young man laughed and said. His cultivation was at the Spirit Comprehension Realm, already the highest among the added group.
“Indeed! I also have no objections…” The remaining people also agreed. Typically, those who came to Ghost Fang Island would arrive in a group. Going alone was undoubtedly courting death. Here, if one was not careful and entered the territory of a demonic beast horde alone, it would be very difficult to preserve one’s life.
Wu Tianjun said nothing, tacitly agreeing. His purpose in coming here was to undergo tribulation, but his plans had changed. He wanted to visit Martial God Academy to see Qin Qingqing. Going with this group was also acceptable; he only needed to separate from them for a short time to undergo tribulation. There would be many opportunities.
“Hmm! Since everyone has no objections, we will look out for each other when we enter Ghost Fang Island. I hope no one will hide their capabilities. If anything unexpected happens inside, I hope everyone will exert their full strength to protect the team,” Ren Zhiyi said.
“Alright! Let’s go!” Senior Brother Yuan gestured for everyone to be quiet, then led the way into Ghost Fang Island. It was very difficult to encounter people here; mainly, one would encounter demonic beasts, so constant vigilance was necessary.
"Brother Tian, have you ever eaten demon beast meat?" Li Chongwen suddenly turned to Wu Tianjun and asked.
"Oh! I haven't tried it before. Aren't they supposed to be inedible? They cultivate using demonic energy, so they're not compatible with us humans. How could we eat their meat?" Wu Tianjun asked curiously.
"Haha, normally they are inedible, but with a Demon Expelling Pill, it's different. As long as you feed a demon beast a Demon Expelling Pill, two hours later, we can eat their meat just like regular spirit beasts," Li Chongwen said with a smug smile. "The last time I ate demon beast meat, I felt the taste was very different from spirit beasts, with its own unique flavor."
"Ah! Is that so? Then I'll go catch a demon beast!" Wu Tianjun's eyes lit up. He hadn't eaten solid food in four or five years!
"Wait a moment, we'll encounter quite a few demon beasts. We can just catch one then," Li Chongwen stopped Wu Tianjun and said. "It's easy to get lost if we wander around here, and very difficult to find each other again." He said with a hint of seriousness. It seemed Wu Tianjun was truly going out for the first time and still had many things he didn't understand, he thought to himself.
"Tsk! Thank you for the reminder, Brother Li. Hehe, about fifty li ahead, there's a herd of over fifty demonic oxen. I wonder what their meat tastes like..." Wu Tianjun said with an indifferent chuckle.
"Over fifty li? Brother Tian, you can sense them?" Li Chongwen said with a hint of surprise. This place was filled with demonic energy and unsuitable for ordinary humans. The spiritual sense of a Heaven Core Realm cultivator like him could at most reach three li, which was suppressed ten times compared to normal. In other words, even in normal circumstances, he could only sense a range of thirty li. Yet Wu Tianjun here was saying he could sense fifty li away?!?
"Huh! Three early-stage Divine Grade First Layer, and twelve Spirit Connecting Realm..." Wu Tianjun said indifferently. "Brother Li, don't you see them?"
"How can that be? Wait a moment, I'll inform the three senior brothers..." Li Chongwen and Wu Tianjun were walking at the back, so he immediately ran forward to speak. Whether their group should encounter that herd of demon beasts had to be decided by those three.
Wu Tianjun saw him run ahead and didn't stop him, instead rubbing Xiao Yun's head. "Wake up! I'll let you try demon beast meat. I've never tried demon beast meat before either."
"Yi ya! Yi ya!" Xiao Yun raised her two front paws and rubbed her eyes, looking as if she was protesting. She was still sleeping soundly.
"Haha! Don't fight for food then!" Wu Tianjun saw her demeanor and laughed happily. This little fellow was truly adorable, so cute that even he loved her.
"Brother Tian Si's spirit beast is truly intelligent. I wonder which old friend left it behind? Is that person very important to you?" Suddenly, someone fell back and walked parallel to Wu Tianjun. This person, like Wu Tianjun, was invited onto the ship and was not a student of the Martial God Academy. His name was Sha Antian, a very young Spirit Connecting Realm cultivator, of course, this was Wu Tianjun's assessment! The rest of the group had no idea; he only displayed a Heaven Core Realm cultivation, even those Divine Realm cultivators didn't know!
"Of course it's intelligent." What else could be intelligent if a peak Divine Grade Second Layer primordial giant beast wasn't? Wu Tianjun said with a smile. "As for that old friend? We only met once. Before he left, he asked me to take care of Xiao Yun, and I promised to raise her." He recalled Yun Qing's words; they had indeed only met once.
"Ha! To meet once and consider each other bosom friends, entrusting Xiao Yun to Brother Tian Ci's care, truly an extraordinary person doing extraordinary things." Sha An Tian said with a smile. He seemed to have noticed that Xiao Yun was unusual, a not-so-simple descendant of a demonic beast!
"Not necessarily. I don't think Brother An Tian is simple either. The Sha family also seems to be a powerful hidden clan." Yu Tian Jun said with a half-smile. "Brother An Tian, do you have any other plans for this trip to Ghost Fang Island?"
"Oh..." Sha An Tian was speechless with surprise, a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes but was immediately hidden. "It seems Brother Tian Ci also has a purpose for coming here. Coming under a false name, I'm afraid your objective isn't small." He regained his composure and said with a smile.
"Huh! Yes, this junior came to the Demonic Sea for some personal matters. Going to Ghost Fang Island was merely a change of mind along the way." Yu Tian Jun said with a smile. "By my reckoning, we're not enemies. We can still be friends." As for the false name, he didn't mention it at all. They were both intelligent people; there was no need to play dumb.
"Haha! We don't need to be secretive! Is it that Qin Qing Qing? Changing your mind for her, it seems Brother Tian Ci has quite an interest in the Yu family." Sha An Tian said with a laugh. Many people in the world feared the Yu family like ghosts, but many also knew that the Yu family didn't indiscriminately kill innocent people; they were the rules.
"Tsk! Brother An Tian has eyes like torches. I'm only interested in the Peerless Demonic Monarch." Yu Tian Jun said with a smirk.
"Oh? Didn't they say he was already dead?" Sha An Tian frowned and said.
"Haha..." Yu Tian Jun smiled without speaking. If he were dead, how could I be standing before you?
"..." Sha An Tian looked at him, utterly puzzled. What did this guy mean? To be interested in someone who was already dead, even if that person was a terrifying genius, what was the point of being interested in someone who was already dead? Could it be that this guy was interested in dead people?
"Are you telling the truth?" Suddenly, a cold voice came. That Senior Brother Wan walked towards them, with Li Chong Wen hurrying behind him.
"Huh! I never speak falsely..." Yu Tian Jun frowned and said. This guy had repeatedly tried to oppose him. Even a clay statue would get angry, yet he hadn't even provoked this guy.
"More than fifty miles ahead? You can sense things fifty miles away? What a joke! A Heavenly Core Realm rookie like you can have stronger spiritual sense than my Divine Realm spiritual sense?" Wan Jing Shen said coldly. Since he had an opportunity to attack and ruin Yu Tian Jun's image in front of those women, how could he let it slip by? Women really disliked boastful people.
"Oh... Is something wrong?" The people walking ahead, seeing the commotion behind them, asked in surprise. Why was there such an aggressive atmosphere?
"Did Junior Brother Tian Ci do something? Why is Senior Brother Wan so angry?" The women whispered among themselves.
"..."
"Just because you can't sense it doesn't mean others can't. In my eyes, you're merely a Divine Realm First Stage rookie. Killing you wouldn't be difficult." Yu Tian Jun said with a hint of anger. If this guy wanted to die, he wouldn't mind sending him on his way. He even dared to fight against the Void Realm, although he didn't want to reveal his identity and cultivation at this moment. But a mere Divine Realm First Stage brat, whether he could withstand a single claw from Xiao Yun remained to be seen.
"Haha! How arrogant, to compare the spiritual sense of a Heaven Pill Realm cultivator with that of a Divine Realm cultivator. You truly don't know the meaning of life and death!" Wan Jingshen scoffed mockingly. This fellow couldn't even withstand a little provocation. In Jiang Yunmeng's eyes, he would soon be no different from a swindler. "You want to kill me again? Haha! A mere Heaven Pill Realm cultivator dares to challenge a Divine Realm cultivator?" His surrounding power surged, as if he was about to strike immediately.
"Senior Brother Wan! Is something wrong?" Suddenly, a clear yet cold voice drifted over. After a moment's thought, it became clear that Wan Jingshen was trying every trick to make things difficult for Yu Tianjun. The one who spoke, being a busybody, was Wu Qingqing.
"Ah! Junior Sister Qingqing, this fellow doesn't know what's good for him and claims there's a herd of demonic beasts fifty li ahead. I suspect he's deliberately saying this to change our direction, surely with some ill intent." Wan Jingshen heard the voice and changed his tone. Although Wu Qingqing's family background was unknown, it was rumored to be a prominent clan. If possible, he wanted to win Wu Qingqing over. "Speak! What do you mean?" He turned back to Yu Tianjun and said coldly.
"I don't mean anything! If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. I only told Brother Li." Yu Tianjun said nonchalantly. "As for the demonic beast herd, whether we encounter it or not, I just want to try eating demonic beast meat. If I can't eat demon ox meat, I can still eat demon rabbit..." Yu Tianjun suddenly vanished without anyone seeing how he disappeared. Only Sha Antian, who was beside him, reacted quickly, but still couldn't see his trajectory.
"This is..." Sha Antian reacted the fastest. His pupils contracted in shock as he stared at the spot where Yu Tianjun had just disappeared. How did he vanish?
"Where is he..." The others, upon regaining their senses, immediately asked the same question.
"Huh! Do you have that Demon Expelling Pill?" Yu Tianjun reappeared, standing next to Li Chongwen, one arm holding Xiao Yun, who was staring intently at Yu Tianjun, while his other hand held two demon rabbits the size of human thighs, struggling ceaselessly!