Immortal Road.

Chapter 389: Enfeoffment of the Cave Master and the Monster King's Treasury

Lin Shan looked at the demon generals in the hall, and they all turned their eyes away.

No one wants to sign a summoning contract.

I’m afraid that I’ll be cheated and it will be troublesome if I can’t come back. No one wants to put himself in danger.

Lin Shan had no choice but to give up.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was giving him frantic looks, so he took the opportunity to ask another question.

Are there any extra Jindan-stage animal bones here?

Unexpectedly, the Demon King Kuihu said that he was too lazy to collect them, but the demon generals under his command should have them, but he couldn't give them to him.

"Of course we can't give you the corpses of our own demon generals after they died. The corpses of the enemy Jindan-stage demons are the spoils of war of the demon generals of the major cave masters. They are symbols of honor. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for you to get them."

Generally, when a Jindan-stage demon kills an enemy of the same level, they will collect the opponent's essence and animal bones and make them into necklaces, bracelets, wine jars, or offer them up as a sacrifice as a token of their past honor.

If Lin Shan wants it, it would be like asking for someone else's trophy. No one can agree to it.

None of the demon generals at the banquet dared to look at him, for fear of being caught up. They just focused on eating and drinking, completely forgetting themselves.

Fortunately, the demon king Kuihu still has a way.

"Military Advisor Lin, if you need animal bones, you don't have to ask others for them. Didn't I once make you the cave master and give you a fief? If you have time, you can go and take a look. There should be inheritance left by past cave masters in the cave."

Lin Shan's eyes lit up, he thanked him quickly and asked which piece of land his fiefdom was.

The demon king Kuihu pointed at the animal skin map on the wall behind him and clicked on a mountain in the southwest corner.

"Ginkgo Cave."

"He controls the mountains and rivers within a radius of 500 miles, with more than 500 demon tribes, big and small, and 200 demon soldiers."

"There are ten acres of special ginkgo trees on the cliff. Eating them can strengthen the body. The annual output is 1,000 kilograms."

"This is the cave master token left behind by the former Ginkgo Cave Master after his death. Please keep it for yourself."

The demon king Kuihu threw a yellow sign over.

This is equivalent to the organization under the command of the demon king Kuihu. The rights of enfeoffment of local princes are firmly in their hands, and there is no such thing as hereditary succession.

Lin Shan took it and thanked him. This thing was made of fourth-level spiritual materials and had no enhancement value.

As for the demon tribe in the fiefdom, there are both old and young, and two hundred of the five hundred are demon soldiers.

In fact, all the people can be mobilized as soldiers, but the Kuihu Demon King does not allow it. Two out of five are selected. In order to ensure that the demon race's inheritance continues, the cave masters are not allowed to become powerful.

As for the monsters and beasts in the jurisdiction, they can only be regarded as the source of the monsters being driven or grazed.

The ginkgo trees on the cliff are considered a specialty of the territory. How they are operated and the profits from them all become the private property of the cave owner.

It’s just that your property belongs to you while you are alive, and will be left in the cave when you die. Half of it will be confiscated and the other half will be left to the next person.

It is also to prevent hereditary succession and to prevent it from becoming too big.

In fact, there are very few hereditary systems among the demon race. It’s not that there are none, but that there are very few.

This is because even if they give birth to many offspring, there is no guarantee that any of them will be as powerful as they were when they were alive and can take over the inheritance.

In a tribe, strength determines everything.

Generally, the capable ones are promoted and the weak ones are demoted. The descendants do not have the strength and cannot control the property, so hereditary succession is mostly not feasible here.

Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that some individuals may inherit special bloodlines and surpass their predecessors. In that case, the legendary young master of the demon clan will also appear.

The Yuanlu Demon King once selected several princes for training, but they all died in battle because they led the way.

The Kuihu demon king had no intention of establishing a crown prince, nor did he want a young master who could gather power. It would not be too late to consider these things when he was older. Now was the time for him to take charge of the power.

Anyway, it knew that Lin Shan would not stay here for long, and it was impossible for the human race to cause any trouble here, so it treated him relatively well.

Lin Shan happily put the token away. This way, he now had an extra place to stay in the forbidden area of ​​the cliff where the demon clan lived.

As the saying goes, even a cunning rabbit has three burrows.

If I were to seek the ancient sect alone, I wouldn't know when it would be destroyed.

With one more nest and one more road, who would complain about having too many escape routes?

After some drinking and eating, we were satisfied.

The demon king Kuihu ordered General Xiong to lead Lin Shan to the demon king's treasury to select treasures.

"The Monster King's treasury has not been moved to Hongya Cave due to time constraints. It is currently still in my old Monster King Cave."

"It just so happens that General Xiong is leading his troops to escort you there. They will arrive in a few days. Your territory is not far from there."

"When you get there, see Elder Sang who is guarding the treasury. Show him the Monster King Order I gave you. Remember, you can only choose three items."

"Go~"

The Kuihu Demon King waved his hand and went back to rest first.

The generals below were still eating and drinking happily, but General Xiong walked up to Lin Shan and took him and the Black Skull Demon Lord out.

A small number of soldiers and horses were stationed in the cave.

There were about three hundred of them, all bear monsters, and they should be its personal soldiers.

Half of them have wings growing out of their ribs, but judging by their age, they are all young bears, and although they are young, they are full of energy.

It was not difficult for Lin Shan to guess that General Xiong was planning to reorganize the 'Flying Bear Army'.

The bear tribe is the second largest tribe under the command of the demon king Kuihu. There are also many mutated flying bears. Although they were wiped out by Mr. Bei before, they can still stand up again after spending time to regroup.

They did not rest and did things vigorously.

We set off after eating that day and continued heading south.

In fact, most of the south is considered wild and uncivilized in the eyes of the demons and has never been conquered or civilized.

Most of the monsters, wild beasts, and poisonous insects are hidden in remote mountains and bad waters. They have no intelligence, are free and undisciplined, and will not listen to orders or announcements. Troops have been sent to conquer them many times, but they have always returned empty-handed.

After the army left, these natives came out from their hiding places again, so most of the time the Kuihu Demon King could only ignore them.

General Xiong took Lin Shan and turned back along the route that the Demon King Kuihu had taken when he marched north.

Most of them are their own territories, and the few that cannot be avoided are pushed forward all the way.

With this troop of soldiers leading the way, the journey became much smoother and no villain dared to block the road.

This time it took about five days.

Southwestern part of the forbidden area.

A lush green mountain stands in the center, surrounded by mountains on all sides, vast, majestic, steep and rugged.

The Flying Bear Army under General Xiong carried Lin Shan and flew directly to the top of the mountain.

The security here is even stricter than that of Hongyadong.

To be honest, the lair of the demon king Kuihu is here. Hongya Cave is an important front-line location, which has a different focus from the base camp in the rear.

Of course, the place where the army is launched is heavily guarded.

However, General Xiong was powerful enough to lead the Flying Bear Army directly to the cave on the top of the mountain without encountering any obstacles.

Along the way, you can see teams of demon soldiers training, young demons playing happily, and from time to time, the breath of Jindan stage demons flashes by.

When they walked into a portal.

Lin Shan could feel a layer of restraint pressing down on his whole body, his magic power was not flowing smoothly, and only one tenth of his strength remained.

General Xiong left his personal soldiers outside and led Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord forward alone. There were no demons guarding the way, but there were many checkpoints.

General Xiong is also unable to pass through, and needs to use the "Demon King Order" given to Lin Shan by the Demon King Kuihu to activate it.

After passing three checkpoints, outside the last door sat an old man with waist-length white hair, white eyebrows hanging to the ground, a face full of wrinkles, but the body of a boy.

General Xiong lowered his head and placed his bear paw on his chest to salute.

Although it is tall and strong, it is very respectful in front of the old man, no different from a docile little lamb.

Lin Shan's heart was shocked. This old man was different from other monsters. He did not transform partially, but his whole body was actually a human body!

However, the aura was only at the peak of the Golden Core stage, so he and the Black Skull Demon Lord secretly detected it and could not make it false.

He doesn't look like a powerful person, but a sense of time is overwhelming.

The old man saw the Demon King Order in Lin Shan’s hand, nodded, and waved his hand to let General Xiong go out.

The latter immediately turned and left.

Then he slowly and laboriously got up from the ground. The boy had a big head on his body, and his long hair and eyebrows were dragging on the ground, looking a little weird.

There was a flash of green light, and the door opened wide.

The old man waved, and Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord hurriedly followed.

Inside is a long tunnel corridor with small holes chiseled out of the mountain wall along the way. Rare treasures are placed inside and there are restrictions blocking the way outside.

You can see but not touch.

This is the Demon King’s cave treasury!
The old man held up three fingers, indicating that Lin Shan could only take three items, and followed behind him, obviously intending to supervise the whole process.

Lin Shan nodded with a little distress.

If you are not allowed to touch it, then the enhanced panel cannot be identified, and there is no chance of cheating.

They actually do this to avoid any accidents. Whether you can recognize it depends entirely on your eyesight!

The three of them walked together along the way, stopping and looking around.

All kinds of colorful herbs and minerals were collected from the deep mountains and forests in the forbidden area. Many of them were unrecognizable even to the Black Skull Demon Lord.

It is even possible that there are no ancient records of this in the outside world.

There are innumerable treasures in the world of cultivation, and no one dares to say that they have all been heard of. Even if you have heard of them, you have never seen them, and you would not be able to recognize them if they were placed in front of you.

The two hesitated and went through many things along the way, but neither made a decision.

Lin Shan couldn't recognize it because he was completely blind.

The soul fire of the Black Skull Demon Lord kept jumping, and it was obvious that he was thinking.

"How about it, is there anything I can use?"

This was the third time Lin Shan had asked. He brought the Black Skull Demon Lord here because he wanted to rely on the old monster's eyesight to keep an eye on him.

The Black Skull Demon Lord hesitantly pointed at a purple flat walnut.

"This seems to be the core of Panchen Purple Peach?"

"It is said that if one of these immortal peaches is eaten, the hidden blood in the body will be activated. Regardless of whether it is a human demon or a skeleton ghost, the blood of the human body will be slightly restored to its ancestral state."

"Now that the peaches are gone, this remaining pit is relatively well preserved. Maybe I can take it back and plant another kind."

Lin Shan helplessly spread his hands and said, "What's the point of planting? I don't have the time to plant trees."

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord coveted the fruit core. He was very interested in the reversion of his ancestral bloodline because he was just an ordinary white skeleton. Even though he later transformed into a black skeleton, his talent was very ordinary. He lacked both the soul source refining and the soul-spirit compatibility as mentioned by the man in the bamboo hat.

"If you don't plant it, you can let me plant it!"

Lin Shan frowned.

"You? A skeleton planting a tree? Why does it sound ridiculous to me?"

"Can't a skeleton enjoy planting trees? What are you thinking?"

"Who knows how long it will take for this thing to bloom and bear fruit? Do you know where it can survive? Stop it!"

"Even if you don't plant it, eating this fruit core might improve your bloodline talent. Don't waste it!"

"Other people eat peaches and lick the remaining pits. Are you sure you can eat them?"

Lin Shan looked at me as if I had mysophobia and told it to stop catching it.

The Black Skull Demon Lord asked a soul-searching question: "If it was leftover by a beautiful fairy, would you still despise it?"

Lin Shan answered confidently and hypocritically: "Of course not! But here are a bunch of demon men, there are no fairies or beauties, don't mislead me."

The Black Skull Demon Lord couldn't persuade him, so he had to move forward reluctantly.

Soon.

"This seems to be the Demon Guardian White Black Ganoderma, one of the main materials for refining the Demon Marrow Pill. You know the Demon Marrow Pill, it can improve the cultivation level of the Golden Core Stage, and of course, it can also improve bone strength."

"No, I'm not a skeleton. I don't need to improve my bone strength. And how can magic cultivation pills be as comfortable as Taoist pills?"

"This is the Soul-Breaking Glue. If your soul is torn apart, you can use this to glue it back together. It's a supreme elixir for the soul path."

"No, I have the soul source, which is enough for me. You probably want to merge your clone and your original body together, right? What does it have to do with me?"

"The Xuandu Ling carbon can replace firewood as fuel. After it is ignited, it can help you cultivate and refine soul fire. Of course, true fire can also be used."

"Oh?"

Lin Shan rejected many of them in succession, and finally heard one that was somewhat useful.

He now does have a Netherworld Ghost Fire as his soul fire, which he stole from the Jiuyou Sect's Protector Qiu, and he uses it quite normally.

And the true fire on the Golden Elixir Avenue can indeed be cultivated.

However, this thing, like his own magic weapon, also needs to be nurtured for a long time, which makes him a little hesitant.

Yes, he does need it, but since he has to prioritize nurturing his own magic weapon, he is not in a hurry for the true fire.

The acquired ghost fire of the underworld is enough.

After thinking about it, Lin Shan decided to leave it alone and move forward.

Some magic weapons, classics, and miscellaneous objects began to appear in the small holes on both sides of the front.

I don’t know whether it was unearthed in ancient times or fell into the hands of human monks.

"Look at that magic hook. I can sense the aura of the soul-stealing magic. It's likely to be OK. I don't even know the soul-stealing magic myself!"

"Forget it, there's no need. I'm not interested in this magic weapon."

"What do you think of that set of eight-channel needles? I feel like it has a breath of medical magic. Maybe it's a magic weapon for healing. It can be used for regular conditioning and can even save lives at critical moments!"

"No, no, I don't know any medical skills, and I don't get injured often, so I don't need this kind of thing."

"Six Ding bone shuttles, a magic flying weapon, six Dingjia gods will drive the boat for you, your journey is guaranteed, and you will be safe when you go out!"

"No, no, my own flying speed is adequate, there is no need to fly the boat to show off."

"The Dragon Riding Glazed Bead contains a lizard snake. When summoned, it can not only serve as a mount, but also as a powerful helper for the Jindan stage!"

"Forget it, forget it. My summoned thunder beast is stronger than it. This magic weapon is of little use to me."

"The Spirit Beast Ring has a wide space inside, which is suitable for breeding and breeding spirit beasts, spirit plants and spirit insects. The environment is comfortable and the climate is versatile. It is a rare space magic weapon."

"Hmm? This seems worth considering."

(End of this chapter)