Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1597 - 428: Extreme Path, Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl (5k)_2

Yu Ziqing was speechless, unable to express his dry sarcasm.Turning around, he saw Cece and Wu Shuangge returning from afar, one flying in the air, the other burrowing into the ground.

They arrived in front of Yu Ziqing and took out some fragments.

"Young master, this is all we could find, the rest has already disintegrated into powder and drifted away."

Yu Ziqing's thoughts moved, and the fragments of various sizes began to rise on their own.

The smallest fragments were no bigger than sesame seeds, and the largest part was only the size of a fingernail.

These were all that remained after the black scale shattered.

To withstand the village chief's attack for so long, and then in the last move, the Great Demon was instantly annihilated, not even a trace of ashes remained. The scale endured the majority of the impact directly yet managed to leave a small part of fragments behind; the material must be top-notch.

Yu Ziqing activated the Dayan Preface, and the fragments floated in front of him, spinning rapidly, reassembling themselves back to their original positions.

Neighboring fragments could no longer be pieced together; some parts of the broken edges had already been worn away, where only approximate positions could be identified.

Finally, what was pieced together was a black scale with a completely missing center.

It's roughly certain that it's not crafted like a Magical Treasure using various materials as a foundation but rather resembling a scale from some kind of living being.

The remnants on this scale were fundamentally different from the Great Demon.

On the Immovable Continent, anything related to the Devil capable of producing such a thing, there was no need to guess; it was definitely Jiu Nian.

The local Devils, if they had such abilities, wouldn't be suppressed internally by the fighting Demon Clan, hiding in dark corners like cockroaches in a foul ditch.

A single scale has such an effect, Yu Ziqing's brows furrowed slightly, still couldn't underestimate Jiu Nian just because he used to be in a weakened state.

Once this guy began to recover, his speed was astonishing.

In just a few years, he's reached such a level; give him a hundred years, he might restore to the Tenth Tier?

Old Yang truly had foresight, needed to deal with Jiu Nian as soon as possible.

If not for Old Yang's immediate action back then, no one might have known about Jiu Nian quietly leaving the Abyss, not heading to the Four Divine Dynasties but rather the Immovable Continent.

If there's no commotion in the Abyss, Yu Ziqing might also assume Jiu Nian was silently hiding, possibly truly giving him decades or even a hundred years of recovery time.

Putting away these fragments, Yu Ziqing flew to the Big Array.

Upon entering the array, the scene suddenly changed drastically, as if heaven and earth were continuously shrinking, many lonely peaks reaching the sky to the ground, on these peaks, large flags fluttering in the wind.

The air within flowed turbulently, chaotic yet rhythmic, following some peculiar law, constantly stirring everything within.

Old Yang hovered in mid-air, standing at the highest point in the sky, he himself was the largest eye of the array, forcibly refining the Black Mountain Demon King, intending to refine him to death.

Upon entering, Yu Ziqing appeared directly here.

He took out the scale fragments collected earlier.

"This is the only thing left after the Great Demon's death, the front of this scale withstood the village chief's Divine Skills burst from the Ten Directions, its mystical power is extremely strong, it's certainly from Jiu Nian."

Old Yang reached out to take the fragments, frowning.

"It's indeed Jiu Nian's aura, but the divine aura here has all been shattered."

"Within the material itself, a thread of divine aura remains, and the aura lingers as well, enough for you to research."

Moreover, how much longer will you need to finish here?

Is this Black Mountain Demon King troublesome?"

"What's the matter?"

"There's a slight change, the impact should not be significant, but we can't blindly be confident, the necessary preparations must still be made."

Yu Ziqing relayed the information from the Hungry Ghost Trading Company and what he sensed about Devils appearing on the Immovable Continent to Old Yang.

"What's your take on this?"

"My take is that Jiu Nian wants to rescue the Black Mountain Demon King, but he doesn't dare show himself directly.

The Black Mountain Demon King's Realm isn't particularly strong, but his essence is very unique."

"My refining progress is very slow, this is definitely not an ordinary Black Stone Mountain, nor a mineral vein mountain."

"His essence transformed from something I've never heard or seen before."

"You've neither seen nor heard of it?" Yu Ziqing was somewhat surprised.

"It started as speculation, now completely confirmed, indeed, a new thing."

"For Jiu Nian to exert such efforts, it can't merely be for a subordinate."

"I guess the only thing that could make him do this is the Black Mountain Demon King's essence."

"I slightly disagree with your thought; I feel this guy seems to have other plans."

"You overrate him; he's been suppressed by the Mountain Lord for so long, suffering countless beatings, does he still have the mind for that?"

Old Yang scoffed.

Yu Ziqing pondered for a moment; this statement seemed valid.

Jiu Nian not turning into a simpleton was already quite impressive.

"With this scale, to what extent can you research?"

"With a thread of divine aura lingering, with the aura and material itself, there's much research that can be done."

"Alright then, you focus on research; I feel moving forward, following the usual approach, and going with the flow is better, don't you think?"

"Figure it out yourself, I need to refine this Black Mountain Demon King first, which might take longer than expected, at least three years."

If Jiu Nian wants to save the Black Mountain Demon King, I'll take advantage and wait here.