I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 555: Chapter 269: Undying Ancient City, Thousand Demons, and Ten Thousand Forms_3

Undying Mountain Range, Undying Ancient City.

Across the vast distance, Han Yi could sense an immense power dwelling deep within the ancient demon city. That power seemed to surpass the Spirit Transformation Peak, and it belonged to the ancient demon city.

It might not be appropriate to call it power; spirit would be more fitting.

Over the long years of the demon race’s existence, this ancient demon city had gradually nurtured a certain degree of spirit. This spirit tended more towards instinct rather than the intelligence possessed by the various races or the spirit of magical treasures and formations.

A moment later, Han Yi approached the ancient city. His aura suddenly changed, elevating to the late stage of Evil King. Then, he put away the Immortal Boat, descended, and directly walked into the ancient city.

Naturally, the ancient city was guarded by those of the Evil Clan, with the guards starting from the rank of Great Demon, and the captain being of Evil King level.

Upon entering the ancient city, Han Yi saw the state of the demon world, a fantastical place that made him feel somewhat surreal.

He saw a spirit snake carrying a plate, coming out of the kitchen and delivering the spiritual fruits and spirit wine to the tables in the tavern, whispering, “Guest, here’s a pound of ten-year-old White Precious Fruit and a pot of twenty-year-old Green Jade Spirit Wine. Please enjoy.”

He saw a nearly two-meter-high black bear sitting at a table, nodding its head with a pensive expression, seemingly worried about its cultivation. It picked up the wine pot, drained it in one gulp, and sighed softly.

He saw a dog-like evil beast walking upright, coming out of a loft selling Pills and clutching a storage pouch at its waist, its eyes vigilantly scanning its surroundings before cautiously blending into the crowd.

He saw a fox woman with three tails, standing in front of a new loft, loudly hawking her wares and attracting customers. Although the passing demons cast their gazes on her, a sense of awe overcame them upon seeing the plaque hanging on the loft, causing them to avoid her from a distance.

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Within the Illuminating World, in ancient cities such as these, were thousands of demons of all shapes and sizes.

“Sir, sir, come in and take a look. Our shop is having its grand opening, and everything is 20% off. Spiritual fruits, spirit wine, bloodline pills, demon transformation pills, we have everything you need and will certainly satisfy your demands.”

Han Yi was about to leave, but the sharp-eyed fox woman caught a glimpse of his hesitation and moved closer to promote her wares.

To Han Yi’s surprise, not only did the fox woman not give off the smell of a demon, she actually had an elusive sweet fragrance. Although he was disguised as an ox demon at the moment, his senses were still that of a human’s.

Moreover.

Ever since entering the city, 80 percent of the demons he saw were evil beasts, with only a small portion being great demons and Evil Kings.

However, the evil beasts in this ancient city were different from those in the Yu Heng World.

The evil beasts Han Yi encountered in the Yu Heng World leaned more towards “beasts,” far from being “demons,” growing up wild and ferocious.

But the evil beasts in this ancient city tended more towards “demons,” being part of the demon civilization.

Furthermore, the demons here were capable of human speech and communication, not like the evil beasts in the Yu Heng World that needed to remove the horizontal bone in their throats before being able to talk.

Han Yi became aware of this situation from the memories of the Blue Snake Evil King and the dozen or more evil kings he killed along the way.

In the Illuminating World, a type of pill called Demon Transformation Pills existed. This pill was the foundation of this world. It didn’t improve one’s cultivation base but allowed ordinary evil beasts to transform, removing the horizontal bone in their throats, and unlocking their demonic wisdom. From that moment on, they transformed from “beasts” to “demons.”

In Green Snake Demon Stronghold, the ordinary evil beasts had taken Demon Transformation Pills. However, compared to the Undying Ancient City, the environment there was more savage. Naturally, those demons didn’t focus on etiquette and quality as much as the demons in this ancient city.

It was because of the Demon Transformation Pills that this world had such a huge number of demons. The emergence of great demons, Evil Kings, Evil Saints, and even Evil Gods was much larger than the number of cultivators of similar levels in other cultivation worlds led by humans.

For example, there were more than twenty Evil Gods in the eastern region of the Illuminating World alone, which was equivalent to the number of Spirit Transformation Experts in the entire Yu Heng World.

However, demons were cunning and relied on interests and power for cooperation. For example, during this invasion of the Yu Heng World, it was led by the Undying Evil God. Although he was the city lord of the Undying Ancient City and the most powerful Evil God in the eastern region, almost half of the Evil Gods didn’t respond to his call.

As Han Yi’s thoughts surfaced, the fox woman noticed his confusion. Being able to attract business in such a busy place, her mind was nimble and sharp. With a flicker of her spiritual eyes, she already understood Han Yi’s doubts.

“You must be visiting the ancient city for the first time, sir.”

“The fragrance on my body comes from a kind of spirit fruit medicine powder called Michelia floribunda, which can be purchased in our store.”

“Additionally, please rest assured, sir. Our Sky Fox Pavilion is an outpost of the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox Clan. The cultivation resources handled by our business cover everything you could need, and we will certainly satisfy you.”

“Would you like to take a look inside, sir? It won’t take much of your time, and you might find a suitable spiritual item that could help you. What do you think?”

“Even if you don’t find something suitable that catches your eye, I, as the owner, will offer you a bottle of Michelia floribunda as a gift.”

With an enchanting expression and a seductive gaze, the fox woman’s gentle voice and swaying fox tails emanated an indescribable charisma. With his eyes closed, Han Yi would have believed he was in the Immortal Pavilion, in the presence of a beautiful and soft-spoken female shopkeeper.