Bai Ye did not believe Wugui Wan's words.
To be precise, Wugui Wan's words were meaningless to Bai Ye.
Perhaps Wugui Wan would keep his promise, perhaps he wouldn't. Both were possibilities.
If it were merely a fifty-fifty chance, it wouldn't be impossible to take a gamble, but that wasn't the case for Bai Ye.
In Bai Ye's understanding, he would directly classify the other party as untrustworthy.
Wugui Wan, however, did not give up. He kept trying to persuade Bai Ye, and only when he was certain that Bai Ye was completely impervious to his words did he finally give up.
After leaving Mount Natagumo, Bai Ye looked around and asked, "Where is the place you mentioned?"
"Don't worry, it's not far from here," Wugui Wan said. "Half a day will be enough. If you want to go to a Demon Slayer Corps stronghold later, it's in the same direction."
Bai Ye nodded. "Let's keep moving."
Bai Ye was indifferent. Although Wugui Wan had given up on obtaining demon blood from Bai Ye, he still chattered on about other things, maintaining a good attitude, clearly trying to get close to Bai Ye.
Bai Ye was not surprised. In the world battlefield, survival was the primary principle, and there were many ways to survive. Relying on powerful individuals was certainly one of them.
However, for Bai Ye, there were only two types of people.
Those who could be used, and those who could not.
For example, when Bai Ye met Jin Sha in the snowy plains, Jin Sha was someone who could be used.
This was because the situation in the snowy plains at that time did not match Bai Ye's memory, and the reason for this discrepancy was the sudden appearance of beast tamers.
Jin Sha happened to be a beast tamer and had arrived in the snowy plains earlier than Bai Ye. She had been active in the snowy plains for some time, so Jin Sha could be used; she could provide Bai Ye with the information he needed.
Wugui Wan, on the other hand, was someone who could not be used. The relationship between them was merely a transaction, and in this transaction, Wugui Wan needed Bai Ye more, while Bai Ye did not need Wugui Wan.
The cell gene regeneration fluid was very good. Anything that could directly improve physical attributes, regardless of quality, could be considered a good thing. Quality represented how good the item was.
However, while the cell gene regeneration fluid was good and Bai Ye did indeed want it, it was not to the point of being indispensable.
Therefore, since Wugui Wan had no value for utilization…
Why would Bai Ye invest his enthusiasm in him?
Similarly, for anyone without any value for utilization, whatever Wugui Wan did would be in vain for Bai Ye.
Listening to Wugui Wan's incessant chatter, they soon walked past a field and re-entered the mountains.
A rather large house appeared before Bai Ye and Wugui Wan.
As far as mountain cottages were concerned, although the house was built of wood, it was already of "mansion" proportions.
Wugui Wan said, "That demon is inside. His name is Gyokai."
Bai Ye nodded. "Let's go!"
Without hesitation, Bai Ye directly pulled open the main door and walked in.
The time for the gacha machine to reset had not yet arrived. With the Nanming Lihuo Sword in hand, Bai Ye was fearless. Moreover, even without the Nanming Lihuo Sword, a former Lower Rank demon should be weaker than Rui, and Bai Ye didn't think it would be much trouble without the Nanming Lihuo Sword.
However, upon entering the house, Bai Ye felt that things might not be so simple.
Because…
This house had a problem!
Bai Ye stood at the entrance and looked forward. The corridor that appeared before Bai Ye seemed to have no end!
Although the house was not small in size, it was too absurd for it to have no end in sight.
This was definitely not a normal house structure. The other party likely possessed some "spatial" abilities.
Space and time…
These two abilities were always the most troublesome.
However, since he had already entered, there was no other choice.
Bai Ye mused as he walked forward, then spread his hands and said, "I'm inside the house now. You should give me the item."
After speaking, Bai Ye's footsteps suddenly stopped.
This was because Bai Ye did not hear Wugui Wan's response.
Bai Ye couldn't help but look back and saw that the house behind him was actually rotating. Wugui Wan, who was standing on the ground, was now upside down.
This was because the ground, along with the rotation, had moved to the position of the ceiling.
Wugui Wan's face was devoid of his previous enthusiasm. Instead, he wore a cold sneer, the expression of a successful trick.
"You want the item?" Wugui Wan grinned. "Wait until you can leave here alive!"
Bang!
At this moment, a drumbeat suddenly sounded from the end of the corridor, followed by another rotation of the house.
This time, it wasn't just where Wugui Wan was. The ground beneath Bai Ye also began to rotate horizontally, completely separating Bai Ye and Wugui Wan.
Bai Ye glanced at the tatami mats beneath his feet and the walls around him.
"I see," Bai Ye murmured. "They've targeted me?"
The infighting among the chosen ones was normal. The reason for targeting Bai Ye was simple.
Regardless of how many fragments of the God Stone Bai Ye possessed, by completing the forbidden zone of Mount Natagumo, he had at least fifteen. If Bai Ye were to be killed, and the fragments of the God Stone obtained, the minimum would be fifteen.
This number was worth the other party making a move.
And the reason the other party wanted demon blood was likely to extort something from Bai Ye beforehand.
Bai Ye thought as he walked forward.
He could understand the intention to kill him, but what about the intention to lure him here with the cell gene regeneration fluid?
This indicated that under normal circumstances, the other party knew they could not kill Bai Ye.
However, in other words…
It meant that the other party believed they had a chance to kill Bai Ye within this house.
Boom, boom boom!
At this moment, drumbeats sounded again from the depths of the house, and the house began to rotate again.
Meanwhile, Wugui Wan quickly moved through the house, flipped open a section of the ceiling, and jumped into a room.
Inside the room stood a tall man, bare-chested, adorned with six drums. The characters "Lower Six" were carved into his right eye, though a cross-shaped scar had slashed through them.
Upon landing, Wugui Wan said to the man, "Gyokai, I've brought another one. He looks quite strong, can you handle him?"
"The stronger the better!" Gyokai licked his lips. "The stronger the person, the rarer their blood. As long as I drink his blood, I will surely become stronger, and then the Demon King will surely acknowledge me."
Wugui Wan hesitated. "We are no longer in our original world. Is becoming one of the Twelve Kizuki again that important?"