Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!

Ghost Ridge Palace, Taixu Pavilion in the Black Market.

When no fewer than twelve Flying Swords were laid out before him, Su Jie nodded with satisfaction.

"Mr. Su, are you sure you want to buy them all?"

Cai Chun'e asked again, these Flying Swords were all the stock they had in their store.

Although these Flying Swords were all Low Grade Beginner Flying Swords, each worth over a hundred Blood Marrow Crystals, it was still the first time she had encountered someone buying more than a dozen at once.

"That's right, count them."

Su Jie tossed over a bag filled with Blood Marrow Crystals and then started placing the Flying Swords on the table into the Sword Nourishing Gourd at his waist one by one.

At this moment, the number of Flying Swords inside the Sword Nourishing Gourd had reached seventy-two.

Su Jie did not only buy from Taixu Pavilion; he also purchased Flying Swords from other shops, spending all the Blood Marrow Crystals he had to maximize the power of his Sword Nourishing Gourd to the greatest extent.

"The count is correct."

Cai Chun'e nodded her head, a beautiful smile playing on her lips as she said, "Mr. Su, you are welcome to come again next time."

"Sure," Su Jie replied.

He stood up and, with time being of the essence; had it been any ordinary day, he might have taken the opportunity to flirt with the young woman, but right now, Su Jie was completely preoccupied with thoughts of the Exotic Treasure.

Leaving the Black Market, Su Jie returned to the Practice Room and meticulously consecrated all the Flying Swords he had bought.

The room sparkled with the silver brilliance of dragons, filled with the radiant glow of sword light, and the fierce Sword Qi was so intimidating it made one feel as though they could be pierced by a thousand swords at any moment.

If Cao Yuan's Sword Nourishing Gourd had contained this many Flying Swords back then, defeating him may have truly required much more effort.

Having completed all this, Su Jie looked at the sky and left the Mountain Gate, stepping into the forest and heading towards the prearranged rendezvous point.

When Su Jie saw Ning Xinyue again, she was squatting under a tree, idly counting ants out of sheer boredom.

"Why are you so slow?"

Ning Xinyue complained, "I told Elder Tang I would be in closed-door cultivation for a week. Our time is precious. If we don't get it done in a week, we'll be in trouble."

Ning Xinyue's disguised identity was that of a cultivation prodigy, an inner disciple in reserve, thus she enjoyed certain privileges. Not only was she personally taken as a disciple by Elder Tang, but he would also occasionally inquire and instruct her cultivation, a luxury not afforded to ordinary Outer Disciples, whom the Elders would hardly bother to speak an extra word to.

"Don't worry, traveling won't take up much time," Su Jie assured her.

He summoned the Thousand-Handed Centipede from his sleeve; they were already far from the Mountain Gate of Ghost Ridge Palace, beyond the detection of the Elders' Divine Sense.

"Why are you letting the centipede out?"

Ning Xinyue instinctively took a step back; she was fine with most things, but the eerie appearance of the Thousand-Handed Centipede unnerved her.

"To speed up our travel. We're going to fly there," explained Su Jie.

Su Jie had the Thousand-Handed Centipede revert to its original form, dozens of meters long, and then sat on its broad, flat back.

"Your centipede can fly?"

Ning Xinyue was first taken aback, but then, seeing the enormous and fearsome form of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, her complexion grew pale, and she asked weakly, "Is it possible not to sit on it?"

Without a word, Su Jie just hooked his finger, motioning for her to come aboard.

Ning Xinyue reluctantly moved her stiff legs, no longer mentioning the urgency of time.

The Thousand-Handed Centipede turned its head to look at Ning Xinyue and then, under Su Jie's command, nudged the girl with its head, as a pale corpse hand grabbed her and placed her on the back.

"Hold on tight," Su Jie said.

He patted the Thousand-Handed Centipede and the immense creature began to float and rise on the spot, gradually picking up speed as it flew over the forest, the green sea of the dense forest canopy bowing and collapsing to either side from the wind pressure.

"So... so fast..." Ning Xinyue's eyes widened as she steadied her wind-blown hair, her voice barely audible over the howling wind.

"Xiao Qian brand express flying service, just joking with you," said Su Jie.

Su Jie said something Ning Xinyue couldn't understand, then he walked over to the head of the thousand-hand centipede, took out a map, and compared it as they flew towards Eagle Peak Mountain.

"What a huge bug."

She cautiously touched the cold, smooth insect shell, stuck out her tongue, and as she looked down at the dense forest below, Ning Xinyue also felt the convenience the thousand-hand centipede provided.

Without this poisonous insect, it would take a whole day to reach Eagle Peak Mountain on foot.

But flying there would take less than an hour.

The thousand-hand centipede sped through the air, its massive size and the aura of a Mid Grade Four Refinement poisonous insect causing the animals below to panic.

Even demons and spiritual beasts would mostly choose to retreat when they saw the thousand-hand centipede.

Su Jie saw Alien Ghosts in the forest, and these fierce creatures were quickly avoiding them.

However, the flight of the thousand-hand centipede was still too conspicuous, and there were always some powerful demons that did not fear its presence.

In the middle of the flight, the thousand-hand centipede suddenly veered, tracing a C-shaped arc through the air.

Ning Xinyue, caught off guard, nearly got thrown off its back and promptly tightened her grip on the centipede's segments to stabilize herself.

Right where the thousand-hand centipede had been flying straight before, a huge demon was flapping its enormous wings and chasing after them rapidly.

This was a demon even larger than the thousand-hand centipede, its rough skin covered in light green scales, with blood-red eyes harboring wildness and ferocity, and the thick aura of its murderous intent was chilling to the bone.

"A Yunling Realm Black Scale Blood Bat Demon, Xiao Qian, fly faster," Su Jie said as he looked back at the pursuing demon. Such demons, when fully grown, possessed the peak cultivation of the Yunling Realm. There were cases within Ghost Ridge Palace where they had directly devoured disciples of the Ninth and even Ten Levels of the Yunling Realm. Su Jie felt that he might not necessarily lose in a fight, but now was clearly not the time to delay.

The thousand-hand centipede sped up, and the Black Scale Blood Bat Demon behind them flapped its wings tirelessly, pursuing them for tens of kilometers. When it realized it wasn't closing the gap, it let out a reluctant roar and plunged back into the forest.

That's how demons were. There were many demons in the territory of Ghost Ridge Palace; demons and spiritual beasts were basically the same in that they absorbed the essence of the sun and moon and breathed in Spiritual Energy to cultivate.

The difference was that demons preferred to absorb the turbid energy of the earth's veins for their cultivation, making them more aggressive and ferocious, while spiritual beasts preferred to absorb Spiritual Energy, and were somewhat more gentle in nature.

"That was close."
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Ning Xinyue patted her chest, not sure if she meant her near fall or the encounter with the Black Scale Blood Bat Demon.

"If it weren't for the fact that you can pinpoint the location of the Exotic Treasure, for behavior like what you just did, I'd leave you here, to avoid bringing trouble along," Su Jie said indifferently, which caused the young girl's pretty face to flush with anger.

"It's clearly your pet's fault for changing direction so abruptly. Now that I've secured my grip, isn't everything fine?" Ning Xinyue complained, not willing to admit defeat, indicating it was her own lack of attention.

"Is that so?"

"Of course, don't underestimate my grip strength."

Ning Xinyue had just said this when the thousand-hand centipede suddenly did a 360-degree flip in mid-air. Accompanied by the girl's scream, Ning Xinyue clung desperately to the centipede's joints, her body hanging upside down in the air, spinning around with it.

"It seems you are not holding on tight enough after all!"

Su Jie sat on the head of the thousand-hand centipede, admiring Ning Xinyue's figure.

"You... you insufferable rogue, bullying people," Ning Xinyue said as she noticed the smile on Su Jie's lips, realizing he was up to mischief.

"But you were the one who said you were holding on tight. I was just checking your standard," Su Jie shrugged as the thousand-hand centipede prepared to roll again. Frightened, Ning Xinyue quickly took out a rope from her Storage Bag, tied one end around her waist and the other to a protruding segment of the centipede's limb, and gritted her teeth, "Now there's no way I could possibly fall off."

"That's more like it."

Su Jie snapped his fingers and continued to guide the thousand-hand centipede in flight.

Meanwhile, Ning Xinyue shook her clenched fist behind him, secretly making up her mind.

"Letting you bully me; once we find the Exotic Treasure, I won't leave you a single hair of it."