It was the middle of April, year 4386 of the Great Xia Calendar. It had been a week since Tian Chi had left for Qianmo Village. During this time, he had spent some time teaching his eldest disciple, Xiao Ruoshui, and also investigating the Demon Slayers in the Southern Region.
However, while Tian Chi was busy with these matters, a power in the dark was gradually revealing its fangs, and it would create huge trouble for some people from the distant west.
Not far away from the border of the western capital, Mobei County, in a desert that was close to the Hidden Spirit Desert, an extremely luxurious private courtyard was built here.
This place was less than five miles away from the Hidden Spirit Desert and was a dangerous area registered by the Blood Cultivator Alliance. However, everyone in the courtyard seemed to not care about this dangerous desert at all and still expanded their territory to this place without a care.
On an afternoon in mid-April, under a row of palm trees in the courtyard, a middle-aged man was sitting alone on a chair inlaid with golden edges, silently drinking strong wine from a silver cup.
He had a high nose bridge, deeply sunken eyes, and a fine beard. Although this man had already entered the middle age of life, he still looked dignified and had a different kind of mature charm compared to young people.
In terms of appearance, this man was just like some of the desert nobles commonly seen in Mobei Prefecture. He was sincere, honest, and had a convincing temperament. Even the scimitar on his waist seemed plain and unadorned.
But in fact, this man's inner appearance was completely different from his outer appearance. At least, those who died at his hands must have thought so.
"Why are you so leisurely and elegant today? You're actually drinking alone here.”
Just as this man, Zhang Wei, finished the glass of wine in his hand, a somewhat sinister voice suddenly sounded from the side.
As a pitch-black ghost flashed past, a shadow martial artist wrapped in pitch-black armor, revealing only a pair of eyes emitting green light, appeared beside Zhang Wei.
"War Shadow Demon, Wu Ji." If someone familiar with the higher-ups of the demon race was here, he would definitely recognize this famous Ten Demon Masters.
However, when Zhang Wei saw Wu Ji, he spat without turning his head and said without turning his head,"Of course I'm drinking alone here. There's no progress in my research, so what's the point of being idle and elegant?”
To be able to talk to the famous Demon Master Wu Ji like this, this man named Zhang Wei was definitely not an ordinary person.
In fact, this man was indeed not an ordinary person. He was a blood cultivator who had an equal status with this war shadow demon, but was completely different from the demon race. He was also the top general among humans.
Grand Desert Gale Zhang Wei was born in the thousand-year-old Dark Wing Clan of North Desert County. From the moment he was born, this man was believed to be an expert who would stand at the peak of humanity.
In fact, Zhang Wei had indeed reached this peak very quickly and possessed the strength of a general that was enough to contend with a Demon Master.
Was it a good thing to possess the strength of a human at the age of less than 50? Zhang Wei didn't think so. Instead, he was extremely dissatisfied with this situation.
"Have you used up the research samples I brought you last time?”Wu Ji did not care at all after hearing those words. Instead, he sat on another chair and poured himself a full glass of wine.
"Humph, another thousand middle-level demons were wasted. Almost none of the 'experimental bodies' could withstand the repulsion caused by the mixing of the two forces. The longest one could survive was less than a day."”
Zhang Wei casually handed a piece of paper to Wu Ji. On it was a detailed record of the time of death of more than 1,000 Experimentals.
The so-called experimental subjects he mentioned were actually living humans.
Even though the four seasons in Mobei County were like summer, and every day was like the scorching heat of June, the words that came out of Zhang Wei's mouth at this moment made people feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
That's right, these two people who were completely archenemies in the common sense of the world would gather together because they had a common goal and were trying to achieve this goal through various experimental means.
Or rather, it didn't seem like it. In fact, they were doing an experiment. Moreover, they were doing an experiment that would not go against the world.
The name of this experiment was called Tongtian. It was to introduce the blood and immortal magic power of the demon seed into the human body, and finally create an ultimate creature that had the advantages of both blood cultivators and demons!
Blood cultivators possessed the power of their bloodline. They became stronger by awakening the power contained in their ancestors 'bloodline. The longer the inheritance, the more refined the bloodline in the body of the blood cultivator.
Demons possessed immortal demonic power. They strengthened themselves by devouring the flesh and blood of living beings. The more demons they devoured, the stronger they became.
Since ancient times, blood cultivators and demons had been two levels of each other, like fire and water. But now, someone wanted to merge the power of both sides. It had to be said that this was a bold experiment, so bold that even Demon Masters and Demon Hunters couldn't do it alone.
After all, if any of them were to be discovered, they would either lose their reputation or die on the spot. Even the most powerful individual would have to reconsider.
Therefore, even with Zhang Wei and Wu Ji's strength, they could only secretly hide at the edge of the Hidden Spirit Desert to carry out experiments. Zhang Wei would provide human test bodies, and Wu Ji would provide demon test bodies. Under the operation of a team, they would carry out fusion research.
But even so, to provide thousands of demons and humans as experimental subjects, and to do this without anyone knowing, even Zhang Wei and Wu Ji could not help but feel a little tired.
However, they had a reason to do so. The reason why this Demon Master and the general would come together was because they were unwilling to accept their own limits.
That's right, the limit. Whether it was humans or demons, there was a limit that they could reach, limiting their power to the level of Demon Masters and Generals. After reaching this level, no matter how hard they tried, they would not make any progress.
This kind of situation was unacceptable to Zhang Wei, who was extremely proud from the bottom of his heart, especially after he knew that there were two people who could easily break through this boundary and enter the legendary Saint Shedding Rank.
These two people were the current Demon King and Demon Slayer. No one else could break through the Extreme Realm except them.
However, this was Tongtian's core goal, which was to find a way to break through this Extreme Realm.
He knew that so far, the best method Zhang Wei and Wu Ji had found was to fuse the bloodline power and immortal demon power. They wanted to see if they could achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two through the fusion of these two powers.
"By the way, I came here today to tell you a piece of good news.”After drinking a cup of wine, Wu Ji looked at the somewhat depressed Zhang Wei and suddenly laughed sinisterly.
Good news? What good news does this tin can of yours have? Zhang Wei snorted coldly and said impatiently,"If you have something to say, say it. If you have something to fart about, say it.”
"The good news is that the current generation of Demon Slayers have appeared, and there are more than a hundred of them.”Wu Ji's eyes carefully observed Zhang Wei's expression, wanting to see if there would be any changes to that ice-cold face that would not melt for ten thousand years.
"What is it? Was there a mistake? It was well known that the Demon Slayers of the past generations appeared as a single individual. How could there be a hundred of them at once?”
As expected, when he heard this somewhat ridiculous news, even Zhang Wei, who was calm and collected, was stunned. An incredulous expression appeared on his face.
"How could there be a mistake? This was personally confirmed by our beloved Demon King.”
Wu Ji seemed to be very satisfied with this man's expression. He continued to smile and said,"That's why the Demon King is very busy now. He wants to get rid of these Demon Slayers before they grow up. Otherwise, he won't have a good life in the future.”
Grow up? After hearing this, Zhang Wei's eyes suddenly lit up and he said,"Do you mean that the hundred Demon Slayers are just ordinary people who have the potential to become Demon Slayers and have not grown up enough to threaten the demons?”
"That's right. Isn't this a heaven-sent opportunity? We have been experimenting with ordinary humans and demons, but now that there are so many Demon Slayers in the world, hmm? Why not capture a few Demon Slayers to test? Perhaps he could dig out the secret of breaking through to the Extreme Realm.”
When he thought of that scene, Wu Ji could not help but feel a strong sense of excitement. That excitement almost broke through the armor on his body and almost exploded.
"This is a map that records the location of a hundred Demon Slayers. We can study where to start.”
In the bright afternoon, the wind was blowing gently. In a place where no one noticed, a huge conspiracy was revealing its outline.
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