Chapter 1140 - 1140 When Strength Doesn"t Match Ambition (2)
1140 When Strength Doesn’t Match Ambition (2)
Zhou Shu was silent for a moment before asking, “Where did Yao Buqi go? Is he dead?”
After more than a hundred years, his arrangements back then had all been messed up.
He had originally planned to send Yao Buqi to the Demon Realm as a spy. It would be best if he could unify the Demon Realm. That way, the problem of the Demon Realm would be solved.
Unfortunately, when he disappeared, no one pushed this matter forward. Others couldn’t give Yao Buqi peace of mind, nor could they help him.
At the mention of Yao Buqi, everyone’s expressions became a little strange.
“What’s wrong? Did Yao Buqi really make a name for himself?” Zhou Shu was taken aback. “You’re not going to tell me that Yao Buqi is one of the twelve Demon Emperors of the Demon Realm, are you?”
A Demon Emperor was a Grotto-Heaven Master. Yao Buqi was only a Great Demon back then. He didn’t have the apt.i.tude.
But looking at Yang Hong and the others, Zhou Shu couldn’t stay calm anymore.
Back then, Yang Hong’s and the others’ cultivation was inferior to Yao Buqi’s. Now, they had all become Grotto-Heaven realm almighties.
If there was really a heaven-defying opportunity, it seemed possible to break through from Great Demon to Demon Emperor in more than a hundred years.
Zhou Shu had only cultivated for so many years. And now, he could even kill Grotto-Heaven Masters.
“No.”
Everyone’s answer made Zhou Shu heave a sigh of relief.
If Yao Buqi really became a Demon Emperor, Zhou Shu really didn’t know what to say. Could it be that the luck of the people around him was so heaven-defying?
From the looks of it, it was still okay. It wasn’t that exaggerated.
“Yao Buqi is not one of the Demon Emperors. Among the twelve Demon Emperors, one of them is called Hu Li.”
Their next words made Zhou Shu’s eyebrows twitch. “Hu Li? Demon King Hu Li?”
Hu Li was also an old acquaintance of Zhou Shu’s. He had the Wind and Thunder Wings that Zhou Shu had personally forged for him.
“Yes, the current Demon Emperor Hu Li is Demon King Hu Li from back then. Yao Buqi is currently serving under him,” Meng Bai said.
“They can be considered anomalies of the Demon Realm. They occupy the Demon Realm Ancestral Court and never partic.i.p.ate in the battles between the Demon Realm and the human race. Instead, they have been gathering the power of the Demon Realm.”
A strange look flashed across Zhou Shu’s eyes. Is Yao Buqi still carrying out the plan from back then?
Hu Li was brave but not scheming. Zhou Shu didn’t believe that he was capable of such things himself. There was a high chance that it was because of Yao Buqi. Hu Li was just leading the charge.
The two of them were quite compatible.
“Have you come into contact with them?” he asked.
“No.” Meng Bai and the others shook their heads. “The Demon Realm is very tightly guarded now, and the Demon Realm Ancestral Court is deep in the Demon Realm. It’s not easy to get there, and our strength has never allowed it…”
Although they were already Grotto-Heaven realm powerhouses, even they couldn’t enter and exit the Demon Realm as easily as Zhou Shu had back then.
Over the years, they had sighed with emotion about Zhou Shu’s strength countless times. Now that they saw him again, they realized that they still couldn’t see even his back.
Moreover, all these years, they had been targeted by the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven. Great Wei didn’t have the energy to contact Hu Li.
Besides, they didn’t know what Hu Li and Yao Buqi were thinking.
Zhou Shu nodded. “Hu Li becoming a Demon Emperor is beyond my expectations. I’ll find an opportunity to meet them later and see what they’re thinking.”
Hu Li’s apt.i.tude was actually not much better than Yao Buqi’s. Back then, he had been lucky to become a Demon King. Zhou Shu didn’t expect him to become a Grotto-Heaven Master in just a hundred years. The world really changed. It was unexpected.
“Your Highness, the current Demon Realm is very different from the Demon Realm back then. If you want to go, please be careful,” Meng Bai said seriously.
Last time, Zhou Shu suddenly disappeared without explaining anything. In the end, he went away for a hundred years.
If not for the fact that they were lucky, they would probably be dead by now.
Now that Zhou Shu was finally back, they didn’t want him to disappear again. They couldn’t afford it.
“Don’t worry,” Zhou Shu said.
“There’s no need to go.” Suddenly, a voice sounded. In the distance, a figure was walking over.
“Yao Qing, you’re still alive?” Zhou Shu didn’t look surprised at all.
With his current cultivation, how could he not notice anyone approaching?
He had long noticed Yao Qing approaching, but he didn’t point it out.
“I can’t die even if I want to. I’m just trying to survive,” Yao Buqi said expressionlessly. “You want to see Hu Li and Yao Buqi just so you can ask what their positions are.”
He said directly, “There’s no need to go. I can tell you that Hu Li and Yao Buqi won’t attack the human race, but they won’t help the human race either.”
“The Demon Realm Ancestral Court won’t interfere in the war between the human race and the Demon Realm. As long as the Demon Realm doesn’t attack the Demon Realm Ancestral Court, the Demon Realm Ancestral Court won’t take the initiative to attack the demonic beasts of the Demon Realm.”
Meng Bai looked at Yao Qing and said coldly, “Is that so? Then, why is it that we’ve received news that Hu Li has been recruiting demonic beasts from the Demon Realm?”
“Is that contradicting what I said? Recruitment is not dealing with them. If any demonic beast is willing to join the Demon Realm Ancestral Court, we will open our door and welcome them,” Yao Qing said without changing his expression.
“Yao Qing, you mean that you, Yao Qing, Yao Buqi, and Hu Li have established a third party outside the human race and the Demon Realm?” Zhou Shu looked at Yao Qing with a faint smile.
“Yes!” Yao Qing said. “We don’t want to interfere with the matters of the human race and the Demon Realm. We’re just a group of demonic beasts who want to live well.”
Yao Qing was a human-demon hybrid. But now, he seemed to be more inclined to think of himself as a demonic beast.
Back then, when his father, Ji Lutian, returned to the human race, his mother had disappeared. It was unknown if she was dead or alive now.
From the looks of it, there was a high chance that she was no longer around.
Otherwise, Yao Qing wouldn’t look like he had nothing to live for. He even said that he couldn’t die even if he wanted to.
“Yao Qing, it’s hard for me to believe you. If it’s just Hu Li, there’s a possibility of what you said. But Yao Buqi…” Zhou Shu shook his head. He knew Yao Buqi too well.
It was true that Yao Buqi was afraid of death, but he had never been a demonic beast who was willing to be lonely.
Zhou Shu would never believe that he only wanted to obediently guard the Demon Realm Ancestral Court and merely survive.
Yao Buqi had always liked to show his weakness to the enemy. Back then, during the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, he could even lower himself to be Zhou Shu’s miner, not to mention the series of events that followed.
To praise him for being flexible was being polite. Face was nothing to Yao Buqi.
Would such a demonic beast be willing to hide in the Demon Realm Ancestral Court for the rest of his life?
Zhou Shu couldn’t forget the reaction of Yao Buqi when he told him that he would be a spy in the Demon Realm and become the ruler of the Demon Realm.
Yao Buqi was ambitious.
But when his strength was not worthy of his ambition, he would hide it very well. Just like when he was in front of Zhou Shu, he always kept his att.i.tude extremely low because he knew that he was no match for Zhou Shu.
Zhou Shu looked at Yao Qing. “Yao Qing, let’s be straightforward. You couldn’t have infiltrated the human race for no reason, right?
“Why did you take such a huge risk to pa.s.s through the Demon Realm and infiltrate the human race?”
If the Demon Realm Ancestral Court was really willing to stand on its own, then Yao Qing shouldn’t leave it.
In any case, if people didn’t offend them, they wouldn’t offend others. They could just hide in the Demon Realm Ancestral Court. The enormous Demon Realm Ancestral Court was completely self-sufficient.
For Yao Qing to appear here at this time, he definitely didn’t come after receiving the news of Zhou Shu’s return. He must have already infiltrated the human race.
Zhou Shu was a little curious about why he had come to the human race.