Chapter 850 - 838: Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Calamity

Mist Ridge has no sun, moon, or stars; daytime is just a hazy gray, and nighttime is even darker. Instead, some luminous plants within the forest bring quite a bit of light.

Accompanied by the sounds of eerie ghostly wails, the entire White Bird City was wrapped in a gray wind; it looked like a floating island, speeding across the sky.

"Why are we fleeing again?"

Xu Gui looked at the quickly retreating grassland below and turned to Chen Mu with confusion.

Just a few strange Black Wind Demons, is it worth fleeing overnight?

"Better safe than sorry." Chen Mu's face was serious.

As soon as someone went missing, detecting a potential danger, he immediately dragged White Bird City to flee.

"Initially, it might have been just a few odd Black Wind Demons, with a few people mysteriously disappearing, and no one cared."

"But what if one day, these few Black Wind Demons turn into a large group?"

"If a few experts like Qin Yisheng come along, we wouldn't even be able to escape!"

"Trust me, I have a lot of experience with predicting fortunes and avoiding disasters," Chen Mu said confidently.

This is all nonsense.

They're just things without any basis.

Aren't you being too timid?

Xu Gui's face looked strange, and he couldn't help but mutter.

"What are you thinking? Are you badmouthing me in your mind?" Chen Mu suspiciously stared at Xu Gui.

"I am thinking, the City Lord is thoughtful and plans ahead, truly clever," Xu Gui said solemnly.

"Go, go, go."

"Do what you're supposed to do, don't disturb my calculation of the path."

Chen Mu rolled his eyes, waved Xu Gui away.

Thankless person, truly thinks I'm exaggerating.

When the danger truly arrives, it'll be too late to flee then.

Chen Mu quietly utilized the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture.

Not sensing any fatal danger, only then did he slightly relax.

Of course, he wouldn't flee just because of a few odd Black Wind Demons. Well... alright, he did decide to flee as soon as he saw the odd Black Wind Demons, but not as urgently as he was doing now.

The reason for fleeing overnight was that he used the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture to calculate and sensed a huge crisis. That feeling was like someone placing a needle against the back of his head; how could he dare to stay?

After fleeing hundreds of miles away, the sense of crisis disappeared, allowing him to relax slightly.

"Is someone chasing for the Divine Soldier Fragment?"

Chen Mu immediately thought of those mysteriously appearing Divine Soldier Fragments.

"But the danger sensed by the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture doesn't seem to come from deep within Mist Ridge."

Chen Mu scratched his head.

"The most noticeable anomaly is still those special Black Wind Demons."

"Need to study them."

...

Days later.

White Bird City continued along the edge of Mist Ridge nonstop, escaping nearly a thousand miles.

Originally, Chen Mu wanted to venture into the vast grassland.

But for some unknown reason, the further he went, the worse the calculation results from the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture became.

Crossing mountains to enter Mist Ridge also didn't seem very stable.

Only by moving along the edge of the Mist Ridge's mountains and grassland did the calculation results become ordinary.

After flying for seven or eight more days, they had fled nearly three thousand miles from their original location.

Only then did Chen Mu find a flat ground and landed White Bird City.

Due to previous migration experiences, everyone in White Bird City acted particularly calm.

As the city landed, the twenty-four Pearl carrying the Soul Nourishing Lamp soared into the sky. That night, all kinds of paused activities and competitions resumed.

And because of more than half a month of delay, the atmosphere was even more lively than before.

The White Bird Divine Soldier also reaped several times the usual amount of desires of the Seven Emotions.

...

The next day, morning.

By the White Bird Lake.

Chen Mu stood in front of a wooden cabin, circling a cloud of black and red smoke.

This is the strange Black Wind Demon previously captured and imprisoned by the Candle Dragon Dharma Form, totaling forty-three, all thrown into Thousand Lanterns City for isolation.

"Like Black Wind Demons, yet not afraid of the Yama Emperor's Command."

"Strange…"

With a wave, a cloud of black smoke flew out from his waist's Five Ghosts Bag, which landed and transformed into a large cat with two wings on its back.

The large cat sprang toward Chen Mu as soon as it came out, but Chen Mu reached out and pressed its broad nose, pushing it back.

After a few failed attempts, the large cat turned its head and started biting its tail as it spun in circles.

But before it could even lick its tail fur twice, it was distracted by the black and red cloud floating in the air.

Wanting to approach but afraid, it stayed behind Chen Mu, circling the cloud of smoke.

Chen Mu glanced at the big black cat behind him, then looked at the black and red cloud in the air.

"Most Black Wind Demons manifest in ancient demon appearance and can switch between smoke form and demon shape."

"Essentially similar to the Yin Spirits of White Bird City, all originating as Ghosts."

"The black and red smoke cloud before me should also be a Black Wind Demon, only more violent and vicious, lacking spirituality and reason."

"Could it be due to the erosion by some Exotic Force?"

Chen Mu squinted at the intertwined blood-red mist within the smoke cloud.

"The feeling... Nether Demons Heaven!"

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Violent and fierce, lacking reason, filled with combat and slaughter.

This behavior is exactly typical of the demonic creatures from Nether Demons Heaven.

"Could Mist Ridge be located somewhere in Nether Demons Heaven?"

Chen Mu was uncertain.

Back when he was in Mistaken Heaven, due to accumulating too much Demon Qi, he was affected by the divine skills of three Daoist Ancestors and driven to Mist Ridge.

He originally thought Mist Ridge was located within the Netherworld.

After all, the "people" of Mist Ridge were all Yin Spirits, Black Wind Demons also originated as Ghosts, and the forest was filled with Moonlight Tree, a typical Netherworld specialty.

However, the blood-red Black Wind Demon before his eyes clearly had ties to Nether Demons Heaven.

"Not enough information, can't figure it out."

Looking at the smoke cloud before him, Chen Mu raised his hand and released a flame of Delusion Seven Emotions.

This flame is a divine skill granted by the Yin Spirit Divine Fetus, capable of burning Spiritual Deities, having historically achieved great results.

The odd Black Wind Demon before him evidently had its Spiritual God Origin mutated by the Exotic Force from Nether Demons Heaven.

If he could burn away this blood-red Exotic Force with the Seven Emotions Flame, could it potentially restore its original form?

Chen Mu immediately began the attempt.

As soon as the flame touched the smoke cloud, the transformed Black Wind Demon, intimidated by the Enchanting God Qi Mechanism, instantly awoke.

It simultaneously expanded and contracted, struggling, emitting a blood-curdling howl.

Chen Mu used Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles, securely trapping the smoke cloud. Then he cautiously manipulated the Seven Emotions Flame to burn inward along the blood-red mist.

After a while.

Seeing most of the blood-red mist within the smokey cloud being burned away, Chen Mu prepared to continue when suddenly, with a bang, the whole smoke cloud exploded like fireworks. Amidst the sparkling scarlet flames, it completely dissolved into ash and scattered.

"The erosion is too deep; it can't be utterly expelled anymore," Chen Mu realized.

The Exotic Force from Nether Demons Heaven is likely already part of the Black Wind Demon; eliminating the Exotic Force means killing this mutated Black Wind Demon.

"Other mutated Black Wind Demons are probably the same."

"I originally wanted to determine the source of the crisis through these strange Black Wind Demons."

"Seems unlikely now."

Casting aside all captured blood-red Black Wind Demons and shrouding them in the flame of Delusion Seven Emotions.

Boom!

The flame surged, and dozens of strange Black Wind Demons were instantly burned into tiny points of ash, dispersing completely.

After confirming no traces remained, he used the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture to calculate three times consecutively, without detecting any hidden troubles, Chen Mu was finally reassured.

"Even though we've distanced ourselves from the center of Mist Ridge, it's not completely safe." He couldn't help but sigh.

"Need to further practice the Nine Cups Calculation Scripture."

"With higher proficiency, better to predict fortunes and avoid disasters; to evade conflicts early."