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"Comrade, your abilities are not weak. In the mortal world, you should be considered one of the top existences. Would you have any interest in teaming up with me?"

The sound of metal clashing entered his ears as the ancient demon spoke, truly shocking him.

"Team up?" Wang Tinglou frowned. "You're just a demon from the mortal realm. You don't understand what it's like to be in our holy realm."

"You are merely an ordinary cultivator from the mortal world; there is nothing strange about you not understanding our situation," the ancient demon said with a smile. "Who says all demons look monstrous? Not only those who ascend from the mortal realm, but even among the primitive true demons, many resemble humans in appearance. For example, Lord Frost Soul is one of the nine most powerful true demons, and his appearance... well, he's quite handsome."

"Is that so?" Wang Tinglou was surprised to hear this secret for the first time. "So if I undergo demon essence infusion, can I still maintain my current form?"

"Of course," the ancient demon said with a grin. "Once you arrive in our holy realm, you will find it vastly different from your imagination. It won't be any worse than the spirit realm. As for an alchemy cultivator, even though you are not lowly in the spirit realm, you still aren't something to brag about. In the holy realm, with my assistance, you should have no problem ascending to the Void Realm."

"Even if I ascend to the demon realm, I don't want to be transformed into your monstrous form," Wang Tinglou said coldly.

"This is precisely why you are narrow-minded and ignorant," the ancient demon replied with a smile. "You think that just because someone has some hidden abilities, they can deceive you? Your concealment technique is nothing but relying on an artifact."

"Indeed." But after careful consideration, he realized this was not surprising. After all, what could mere cultivators from the mortal realm achieve?

"Since it's like this, let's follow that group of yin souls. Although your concealment technique is extremely mysterious, you must be cautious. If discovered by them, all your efforts will be in vain."

The ancient demon was delighted and offered a few more reminders before raising his demonic hand without any visible movement from his lips. A complex incantation emerged from his mouth, and he gradually became transparent.

Even standing close to him, it would not be easy to discover him if one did not carefully search with their divine sense.

A strange expression appeared on Wang Tinglou's face as he raised his left hand, a bell-shaped artifact appearing in his palm. He hung the artifact around his waist and his figure gradually became hazy.

The ancient demon was initially surprised but then sneered. He thought this fellow had actually cultivated some powerful abilities, but his concealment technique was nothing short of miraculous—turns out it was just an artifact.

No wonder.

But after careful consideration, it wasn't surprising. What could mere cultivators from the mortal realm achieve?

"Henglong Brother, what do you think? I'm not stupid; how can I believe a demon's words?" Wang Tinglou's infant replied indifferently, as if this had nothing to do with him.

"Henglong Brother? You have quite an attitude. I've already told you that when addressing me, use respectful language," the small figure said in an old-fashioned tone but with a ridiculous expression on his face. His appearance would be devastating for women, but Wang Tinglou was not impressed at all.

"Respectful language? You are just a fragment of soul from the spirit realm. According to what I know, fragments can even cultivate to late-stage alchemy cultivators if they have special abilities. Maybe your true form is on par with me; why do you pretend to be such an important figure?" Wang Tinglou said coldly. He was not being sarcastic but rather suspicious of this Henglong True Man.

Wang Tinglou's indifferent tone infuriated the small figure: "Nonsense, you ignorant fool! Do you think I'm some lowly shrimp coming here to deceive people? Ha, as Henglong True Man, although I don't have the status of a scattered immortal or demon king, in the spirit realm, no one knows me. In the midst of flowers, whether it's an icy beauty or a thorny woman like a rose, they all fall for me... even female demons bow to me..."

Wang Tinglou sweat dropped; this fellow didn't spare even demons: "So you're just a playboy."

"What do you mean by 'playboy'? This is called the Sage of Love. I am the first Sage of Love in the Three Realms, and my strength... hahaha..." Henglong looked at Wang Tinglou's infant with a carefree gaze. "Don't look down on me just because you're the First Top Master; compared to this love sage, you are but an ant?"

"You really think so highly of yourself? Why did your fragment come to the mortal realm? Was it to grab some treasure? And coming here as a fragment and losing all strength... This doesn't seem like something a powerful cultivator would do," Wang Tinglou said with continued suspicion.

Indeed, over a hundred years ago during the war between the Skyfarer Pavilion and Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, he had coincidentally saved Henglong's fragment, which was then charmed by his eloquence. He spent considerable effort treating its injuries but was distracted, sending only an unrefined fragment to aid the Skyfarer Pavilion, nearly causing a major mistake.

"Ha, you know nothing. Although my strength is formidable in the spirit realm, I had terrible luck. When my fragment shattered through space, it encountered spatial turbulence..."

If Lin Xuan were here, he would be shocked. Spatial turbulence might not match the terror of a spatial storm, but it was still extremely dangerous. If an alchemy cultivator or even a Void Realm old monster encountered it while crossing realms, they would have no chance to resist and would surely disintegrate.

But Henglong's fragment had nearly perished in this spatial turbulence before emerging from it. If true, his true form must be incredibly powerful.

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