Upon the dark and eerie vacant streets, Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun were both somewhat surprised to hear the words of the young Cheng Feiyang.
Li Muyang was a bit puzzled, “That… Brother Cheng, who are you going to kill?”
The slender youth was dressed in white robes, his expression somber.
“I’m going to kill the demons at Centipede Ridge!”
“What?!” x2
As Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun heard this, their eyes instantly widened.
Was young Brother Cheng really going to kill the demons at Centipede Ridge?
It wasn’t that Li Muyang doubted young Brother Cheng’s strength; Brother Cheng had earned Elder Yan’s favor and indeed possessed considerable skills.
It was said that he was about to reach Core Formation and was considered one of the best among the Inner Sect.
But his plan to kill the demons at Centipede Ridge… seemed somewhat ludicrous.
The respected figure from Centipede Ridge who had been invited over must possess strength that was certainly not low, at the very least, not someone a Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Cultivator could provoke without consequence.
Young Brother Cheng clearly saw the astonishment in the eyes of Li Muyang and his partner and let out a cold snort, saying,
“Naturally, I’m not going to offend the most powerful demon, but there is more than one demon that has come from Centipede Ridge this time, and many are weak.”
“These demons are lawless, pretending to lose their pets, but they actually deliberately let their vicious dogs harm people in the city, killing our Outer Sect Disciples of the Refinement Demon Sect.”
“They think they can evade the Demon Sect’s legal rules, but I, Cheng Feiyang, will tell them that the Demon Sect’s rules cannot be broken! Our disciples of the Demon Sect cannot be killed whenever they wish.”
“Starting today, for every disciple of our Demon Sect killed by their vicious dogs, I will kill one demon.”
“I will kill until they dare not let their vicious dogs harm people anymore!”
The young Cheng Feiyang in white robes walked coldly into the night.
Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun exchanged a look, feeling somewhat sceptical.
They felt that young Brother Cheng’s methods were a bit severe… Wouldn’t this blatant killing of demons stir up trouble with their group?
Li Muyang voiced this concern.
Yet, the young man sneered and said, “According to the rules, demons aren’t permitted to enter Sword Demon City. This time, due to an emergency, we made an exception and allowed this group of demons to come to the city to help. It was also agreed that they could only stay in the courtyards arranged for them by the Demon Sect, and were not allowed to go out.”
“As long as they step out of the courtyard without authorization, anyone is allowed to kill them!”
“If I were to go and kill them at their doorsteps, indeed, that would not be acceptable. But if they voluntarily come out seeking death, then they more than deserve it! No one can find fault with that!”
With a thorough plan, Li Muyang was learning of these rules of Sword Demon City for the first time.
—Demons aren’t allowed into Sword Demon City? Why?
Li Muyang was puzzled.
He and Guan Xiaoshun followed behind young Brother Cheng to a secluded spot within the city.
This place had high, imposing walls and a serene courtyard, a residential area for the big shots of Sword Demon City.
The City Lord and the Direct Disciples and Inner Sect Disciples of the Refinement Demon Sect who had come to Sword Demon City basically all resided here.
The demons of Centipede Ridge were naturally also arranged to stay here, with much better living conditions than those of Li Muyang and the other Outer Sect Disciples.
Cheng Feiyang led Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun to a corner and then lit a stick of bright red, strange incense.
After burning, the smoke from the bright red incense was not white but an eerie, bright red.
This ethereal red smoke wafted through the air, faintly emitting a soft fragrance.
While Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun were still curious, they saw a sneaky shadow at the other end of the alley appear quickly.
It seemed to be a little girl.
She cautiously peeked her head out from the darkness.
Seeing Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun standing by the bright red incense, the little girl’s face revealed a joyful smile.
“Dragon Saliva Fragrance… A great tonic!”
The fair and tender little girl noticed Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun in the alleyway and immediately drooled.
“There are two living people left! They’re Outer Sect Disciples of the Demon Sect!”
“Using the flesh and blood of Human Race cultivators dipped in Jiaoxian fragrance… sssslurp…”
The little girl’s saliva flowed abundantly, her expression becoming extremely excited. Her plump little mouth cracked open, widening more and more until it finally transformed into the maw of a giant snake.
Li Muyang, upon witnessing this scene, was immediately startled.
“Holy shit…”
He instinctively grabbed Guan Xiaoshun, preparing to run away with him.
But suddenly, a cold gleam flashed behind the little girl.
The next second, the excited demon froze.
Its head, which had transformed into that of a giant snake, stiffly fell from its neck and thudded onto the ground.
Cheng Feiyang’s grim face emerged from the shadows.
“…These demons really think they can just take our Demon Sect cultivators’ flesh and blood as they please, wanting to eat people on sight.”
The little girl’s behavior of becoming murderous upon seeing Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun clearly enraged Brother Cheng.
However, Guan Xiaoshun clung to Li Muyang’s wrist in terror, murmuring.
“Demons… so this is what demons look like…”
One second, she was a cute little girl; the next, she had transformed into a monstrous creature.
For a naïve border town youth, this image was too shocking.
Li Muyang, however, looked uneasily at Brother Cheng emerging from the shadows, reassessing the youth.
The snake demon wasn’t weak, yet it was so easily killed in one blow, dying so effortlessly.
Brother Cheng’s cherished flying sword was no ordinary object.
Seeing him easily defeated by the spirit of the Red Flame Rat King before, they had misjudged his strength…
Li Muyang and Guan Xiaoshun followed Brother Cheng’s instructions and handled the snake demon’s corpse.
But their handling of the corpse wasn’t to destroy the evidence.
Instead, they were told to hang the snake demon’s body on the wall, placing it in the most conspicuous part of the street.
This was almost a blatant challenge and warning.
To take such a step, it was unlikely that Brother Cheng was acting alone; Elder Yan’s tacit approval was very possible.
Although the demons of Wugong Ridge were supposedly allies, they deliberately allowed their vicious dogs to attack Demon Sect cultivators, which was indeed dishonorable.
It made sense for someone of the Demon Sect’s higher-ups to issue a warning.
However, after dealing with the corpse, Li Muyang couldn’t shake a sense of unease when looking at the snake demon’s corpse.
Logically, after so many years of alliance between the demons of Wugong Ridge and the Demon Sect, their relationship had been relatively harmonious. Read new chapters at empire
Why then did it suddenly become so tense after arriving in Demon Sword City?
“Nothing troublesome will happen during this trip to Demon Sword City, right…”
Li Muyang muttered to himself in the shadows, suddenly feeling a sense of unease.
The demons’ unusual behavior was irrational and defied logic.
As the saying goes, where there’s something strange, there must be something wrong…
Li Muyang glanced at Brother Cheng and wondered to himself.
He decided to seek out his adoptive sister, Li Yuechan, once he got back and ask her to find out more about Demon Sword City.
Why aren’t demons allowed to enter this city?
Li Muyang faintly felt as if he was enshrouded by a profound darkness.
He keenly sensed the scent of conspiracy.