This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

In the core of the Demon Spirit Mountain Range, within the Demon Spirit Palace.

"Useless, all useless." A huge gray leopard emitted an angry scold, its eyes full of rage, "The Demon Spirit Tomb is right before our eyes, and yet with so many of us in the Demon Spirit Palace, we are still helpless, forced to remain under the control of those despicable human traitors!"

"Bao Ming, what's the use of you getting angry here?" Beside the gray leopard was a black wolf covered in cold fur, who replied in a low voice, "In terms of various skills, we demon beasts have always been inferior to the human race.

Even in battle and slaughter, most of the time, we demon beasts rely on our physical bodies and bloodline talents, unlike the humans, who rely solely on their cultivation, with extraordinary skills and spells.

It's only normal that we are powerless in breaking the seals."

"The main issue is that these human traitors are too detestable, using the Demon Spirit Tomb to tightly control us, coercing us to help them deal with Lingxu Tower." The smallest figure on the scene, a red jackal, narrowed its eyes, "If Lingxu Tower finds out, it's us, the Demon Spirit Palace, who have been tripping them up in secret over these years, things could get really bad."

"Yes, Lingxu Tower is not easy to provoke, and we certainly can't afford to provoke the Tower Master," Bao Ming said harshly, "If our underhanded actions get exposed, how can we withstand the wrath of the Tower Master?"

The problem is not significant, the restrictions outside the Demon Spirit Tomb have already started to crumble.

As long as we finish looting the treasure left by the Tiger King and split it, we can immediately abandon the Demon Spirit Palace.

The world is vast, where can we not settle?

By then, even if Lingxu Tower discovers that it was us, the Demon Spirit Palace, stirring things behind the scenes, where could they go to settle accounts with us?" the black wolf said fiercely.

"What the Wolf Palace said makes sense, why not just cooperate with them for a little longer?" the red jackal's eyes gleamed sinisterly, "There's a common saying among the humans, 'A great man can bend and stretch.'

Right now, it's just a momentary irritation, for the sake of the Demon Spirit Tomb, we have endured for so long, what's the harm in enduring a little longer!"

"Roar!" Bao Ming suppressed the rage in his heart and let out a deep growl twice.

...

Dantai Qingrun's actions were as decisive as her personality. Thus, Lu Qingshan and Qin Yitian really only had to wait for a moment before Dantai Qingrun folded back to them.

As soon as Dantai Qingrun entered the room, she handed over a Jade Slip to Lu Qingshan.

Actually, there was no need to look at the contents of the Jade Slip. Just by seeing Dantai Qingrun's increasingly cold gaze, Lu Qingshan had already confirmed that his suspicions must have been verified.

Lu Qingshan took the Jade Slip from Dantai Qingrun's hand and explored it with his Divine Sense. Moments later, he looked up, deep in thought, "In the three disastrous encounters between Lingxu Tower and the Netherworld, in two of them, the three Great Demon Kings of the Demon Spirit Palace, Bao Ming, the Demon King, the Wolf Palace, and the Jackal Lile, all happened to have left the Demon Spirit Palace around those times."

Before he began suspecting the Demon Spirit Palace, everything still seemed very normal.

But once the Demon Spirit Palace was placed under suspicion, the information collected about it by the Lingxu Tower was full of obvious flaws that became more problematic the more he looked.

"The Netherworld using our blind spot in thinking, doing the exact opposite and choosing to work with the Demon Spirit Palace, indeed is very clever," Dantai Qingrun was not stingy in praising the enemy, "Our focus on the demon race has always been low, even within Lingxu Tower, this Jade Slip is the only piece of information about the Demon Spirit Palace, and nobody else takes these reports seriously."

"And the Netherworld precisely used Lingxu Tower's neglect of the demon race, thus turning the situation on its head," Lu Qingshan said.

Dantai Qingrun nodded and added, "The three Great Demon Kings of the Demon Spirit Palace, Bao Ming, Wolf Palace, and Jackal Lile, are all Fourth Grade Realm demon beasts with extraordinary combat powers, and we also have the Netherworld among them, which is equally powerful.

"The strongest cultivator in our Lingxu Tower is only at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, firmly not a match for the Demon Spirit Palace, not to mention, it's uncertain how focused the Tower Master of Lingxu Tower is on eliminating the Netherworld."

"It seems that you need to report this matter to the main tower so that they can dispatch a Great Cultivator to assist," Lu Qingshan analyzed.

"But if there is no more concrete evidence, just a deduction made based on this intelligence, it would be difficult for the Great Cultivator of the main tower to set out immediately and come to Lingxu Tower," Dantai Qingrun frowned.

The Guardian Tower is an extremely secretive force, and its cultivators, besides being members of the Guardian Tower, often have multiple other roles, such as Dantai Qingrun, who is also the heir to the Dantai Family Head.

Moreover, a Great Cultivator holds a very esteemed status, naturally making it impossible to rashly mobilize a Great Cultivator based merely on Dantai Qingrun's speculation without any substantial evidence.

Lu Qingshan understood this reasoning as well and said nonchalantly, "If there's no evidence, then we'll have to find some."

The emergence of the Demon Spirit Tomb was approaching soon, and thus, Lu Qingshan did not wish to delay any longer, hoping to persuade the Qing State main tower to dispatch a Great Cultivator for reinforcement as soon as possible.

If it were possible to resolve the Netherworld and seal the Demon Spirit Tomb before its emergence, he could enter the tomb early, just like in the previous cycle with the Netherworld.

In doing so, his chances of obtaining the Immortal Codex within the tomb would undoubtedly be much higher.
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His first subtask in advancing his Golden Core involved learning a Golden Core Technique of no less quality than that of the Heaven Rank.

The Immortal Codex hidden within the Demon Spirit Tomb held the highest grade of techniques he could possibly acquire in Qing State at the time.

A good Cultivation Technique could bring obvious benefits to a cultivator, and the Returning Ruins Scripture was a fine testament to this.

Thus, he still hoped to do his best to secure this codex.

"How do you plan to find evidence?" Dantai Qingrun asked.

"I'll just take a trip around the Demon Spirit Mountain Range," Lu Qingshan said lightly.

"The collaboration between the Demon Spirit Palace and the Netherworld must be extremely secretive; even if you visit the Demon Spirit Mountain Range, what could you possibly achieve?" Dantai Qingrun asked, puzzled, waiting for Lu Qingshan's explanation.

She knew that Lu Qingshan must have had some confidence to speak in such a manner.

She just couldn't figure out where Lu Qingshan's confidence came from.

Lu Qingshan assuredly said, "The Demon Spirit Palace wouldn't collude with the Netherworld for no reason; the Netherworld must have offered something irresistible, making the Demon Spirit Palace choose to cooperate with the Netherworld to target Lingxu Tower.

And over these years, the biggest action of the Demon Spirit Palace has been to seal off the Demon Spirit Mountain Range."

"Connecting the action of sealing off the Demon Spirit Mountain Range and the conditions that the Demon Spirit Palace couldn't refuse, Dantai Tower Master, have you thought of something?" Lu Qingshan led persuasively.

"...It's the Demon Spirit Tomb!" Dantai Qingrun realized.

Lu Qingshan nodded, "Exactly, this matter likely has a nine out of ten chance of being related to the Demon Spirit Tomb; if we can find the Demon Spirit Tomb, finding evidence would clearly not be difficult."

Dantai Qingrun nodded in agreement with what Lu Qingshan said but immediately countered coldly, "No, you can't go; the Demon Spirit Mountain Range is so vast, and if you just barge in, you are likely to come up empty-handed, not to mention even if you do find it, the vicinity of the Demon Spirit Tomb is bound to be manned by people from both the Netherworld and Demon Spirit Palace; how could your Foundation Establishment Cultivation guarantee your life?"

"I appreciate your concern, Dantai Tower Master," Lu Qingshan dismissed lightly, "But if I dare to enter the Demon Spirit Mountain Range, naturally, I have some confidence, whether it be for preserving my life or other reasons."

Lu Qingshan left one thing unsaid; not only was he certain about the terms of cooperation between the Netherworld and Demon Spirit Palace, but he also knew the approximate location of the Demon Spirit Tomb.