Chapter 79
Translator: Redolens
Editor: Aeonsiac
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. The Demon King never left the lodge once. He’d only just arrived in the human realm to take care of matters, and he had many people he needed to meet with.
The moon was bright and there were a few stars in the sky. Bai Yang, who had nothing to do, wandered around idly until he was some distance away.
Suddenly, he noticed a burst of movement in the nearby forest.
“Who’s there?” He sensed someone whose cultivation was probably at the Ascension Stage quickly approaching him.
“Help! Save me!” That person heard Bai Yang’s voice and immediately rushed, running and screaming, in his direction. Their aged voice was full of fear.
This person should be an older man, judging by their voice.
Bai Yang was wary.
This place could be considered the middle of nowhere as there were no humans within 100 li. Moreover, Lou Jianfeng’s people had set up a maze array here. If someone burst in, they’d get caught in it. This man, however, was able to cut through and break in. The most likely scenario was that he knew how to unravel the array.
Bai Yang thought about it for a moment and then, in a flash, appeared in front of the owner of the voice.
The man’s vision was blurred. When he saw that a person had landed before him, he was immediately overjoyed. He shouted loudly, “Help me! Quickly save me! Someone is coming after me!”
Bai Yang took advantage of the moonlight to carefully examine the person. Once he’d looked him over, he smiled. Surprisingly, this person was someone familiar. He was originally an elder of the Black Cloud Sect who was actually an agent for the demon race: Elder Qiu.
This Elder Qiu was very interesting. He betrayed his clan and cooperated with demons. Later, he ran away to Xianmen and won their sympathy by crying and saying that there’d been a demon invasion. He later a.s.sumed the position of Black Cloud Sect’s Elder and was immensely proud of himself. Even though he never openly quarreled with the demon race, he was constantly using dirty tricks in private. Bai Yang was there when Lou Jianfeng reported the matter in full detail to the Demon King, and so, naturally, he knew all of it.
If it weren’t for the fact that he was still somewhat useful, the Demon King probably would have already let Lou Jianfeng kill him.
Bai Yang didn’t have a good impression of this man. He smiled faintly and his voice was a bit cold. “I was wondering who it was making such a scene. Turns out it’s Elder Qiu.”
Elder Qiu also seemed to recognize the person in front of him and paused. He said, pleasantly surprised, “It’s Lord Xie! Lord Xie, save me!”
He seemed relieved, less nervous.
Bai Yang sized him up and saw that his clothes were shabby, his hair was a mess, and there were some wounds on his face. He really cut a sorry figure.
“What happened? Who’s after you?” Bai Yang asked calmly.
Seeing one of the four guardians of the Demon Realm, Elder Qiu completely relaxed. He took a breath and said, “It’s that d.a.m.n youngster Zhou Ying! He knows my secret. He’s been trying to kill me!”
Although Bai Yang continued to appear indifferent, when he heard that sentence, he was instantly nervous. Zhou Ying? That Zhou Ying?
Outwardly, he said calmly, “Who did you say was after you?”
“Zhou Ying, that boy from the Soaring Clouds Sect! The one who took the Dragon Blade!” Elder Qiu said hatefully. “I also don’t know how his cultivation suddenly became so advanced. I wasn’t prepared at all. He just suddenly attacked. I was seriously injured!”
It really was Zhou Ying!
Bai Yang was inwardly shocked. Zhou Ying was coming?
But this was a demon stronghold, and it just so happened that the Almighty Demon King was here as well!
Was he crazy?
Bai Yang was worried. Then he had a thought. With Zhou Ying’s character and wisdom, he wouldn’t intentionally throw his life away. The most likely scenario was that he pursued Elder Qiu who deliberately led him to this place to save his own life.
“Why is he chasing you?” Bai Yang wracked his brain, trying to find a topic to distract Elder Qiu.
“He discovered that I helped you wipe out Black Cloud Sect…. Lord Xie, it’s because of all of you that I have someone trying to kill me. You must help me.” Elder Qiu saw Bai Yang and mistakenly thought he’d seen an accomplice. He continued, saying, “He’s right behind me. He’ll be after me right away.”
Bai Yang said, “You say he’s coming here?”
“Yes.”
Bai Yang immediately lifted his head and looked over his shoulder. All he saw was a black haze and nothing else. However, Lord Xie’s five senses were very sharp, and he immediately used his magic to extend his insight to cover a perimeter of 10 li from himself.
Within the scope of his insight, he did indeed discover a figure.
That person’s speed was very fast, and he moved athletically. He was still wearing his night clothes and he still had a mask on. Despite that, Bai Yang could still recognize who it was with just a glance. It really was the person he was going to meet with: Zhou Ying.
Zhou Ying had rotten luck. The Dragon Blade told him how to suppress his cultivation and his spiritual energy, so he was able to conceal his spiritual energy so well that it would be difficult for anyone to detect unless he encountered someone with a very high level of cultivation. Unfortunately, Bai Yang was exactly that person with a high level of cultivation, and the Demon King was even more so.
d.a.m.n! This kid appeared so unexpectedly!
If he let the Demon King find him, he’d immediately be flayed to death!
Then Bai Yang recalled the order the Demon King had given the black-robed man earlier that day. He’d arrived at the decision that all Sons of Destiny were to be killed.
Zhou Ying had the Dragon Blade. If he wasn’t past the Nascent Soul Stage, the Demon King probably wouldn’t kill him. However, the method the Dragon Blade gave Zhou Ying to suppress his cultivation didn’t work on the Demon King. If he found out that the protagonist’s cultivation was already past the Nascent Soul Stage, he’d definitely kill him without hesitation.
That won’t do. He can’t let him come over.
Meanwhile, Elder Qiu was still talking, “That kid is definitely hiding his cultivation. He’s already pa.s.sed Nascent Soul Stage. I don’t know how he’s doing it. I must report this matter to his Highness and have him kill him.”
Bai Yang slowly turned his head and stared at him coldly.
Elder Qiu involuntarily broke out in a cold sweat under his gaze. “Lord Xie?”
“You lied,” Bai Yang said.
“What?” Elder Qiu was confused.
“There’s no one around. Speak! Who on earth sent you?” Bai Yang grabbed Elder Qiu’s neck and lifted him, choking him.
“I’m not lying. That kid really is chasing after me!” Elder Qiu was being choked and his face gradually reddened. He struggled and spoke with some difficulty.
Bai Yang couldn’t let him say any more. If he let him return to the stronghold and tell the Demon King that Zhou Ying was chasing him, he wouldn’t be able to protect the protagonist. No matter what, he couldn’t let this information be leaked.
Bai Yang’s gaze gradually became cold-hearted.
Kill him!
In a split second, he came up with a violent idea and he immediately carried it out.
“Lord Xie, please let me go…. I really didn’t lie….” Elder Qiu struggled with all his might.
Bai Yang laughed coldly. “Even if you didn’t lie, you have to die! To go so far as to attract people to our stronghold. If that person tells others of the existence of our stronghold, you’d be scared stiff and wouldn’t be able to handle the responsibility!”
Once he said that, he didn’t give Elder Qiu any opportunity to explain. He just tightened his grip on his throat.
He, one of the strongest in the Demon Realm, held him in a powerful grip and the neck was the weakest part of the body.
In a split second, there came the sound of bones shattering and Elder Qiu spat out a mouthful of blood. His limbs twitched for a moment before finally hanging limp.
He never expected to be killed. He hadn’t died on the way here, and he hadn’t been killed by Zhou Ying. Instead, he was killed at the hands of the self-righteous accomplice, Xie Zetian.
Bai Yang killed him. He belatedly felt the warmth in his hands. A wind from far away blew by and he felt cold.
He hurriedly threw away the body.
f.u.c.k! Just now, he unexpectedly killed him without any hesitation!
The idea to kill appeared in his mind and he suddenly carried it out. It seemed killing a person was like killing a chicken to him. He didn’t feel any guilt.
These sorts of circ.u.mstances were anything but rea.s.suring. He was unconsciously a.s.similating into this world. He was adapting more and more to a “strong prey on the weak” mentality. It’s possible that one day, his three views would gradually change….
No, this is not the time to think about it.
Bai Yang sensed Zhou Ying coming. He just wants to rush over and drive him away. Suddenly, he sensed a trace of a familiar aura and he immediately stopped.
In the s.p.a.ce of a breath, the Demon King’s figure appeared in front of him.
“Your Highness, what are you doing here?” Bai Yang never thought that the Demon King would suddenly come out. He was very shocked, and his expression was also somewhat stiff. Fortunately, it was very dark which concealed his unnatural reaction.
The Demon King was just in his room discussing business when he suddenly sensed Bai Yang’s insight increase. He took out the South Sea Mermaid’s Pearl and used his magic to see what was happening. He saw that Bai Yang was talking to someone who he killed soon after.
He worried Bai Yang was in danger and immediately dismissed the people in the room to fly to his side.
“Who is this person?” He furrowed his brows and kicked Elder Qiu’s body. It flipped over, exposing a red and swollen face.
“Elder Qiu,” the Demon King said.
Bai Yang was terrified on the inside. He didn’t expect the Demon King, who always stayed in the Demon Realm, to know Elder Qiu. Originally, he planned to report to the Demon King that he’d killed a thief who’d broken in by mistake.
Bai Yang momentarily couldn’t think of any excuses, his mind was blank.
What should he do?
If he asked him why he killed Elder Qiu, how should he respond?
As of right now, he probably hasn’t expanded his insight. If he did, he would definitely sense the protagonist, Zhou Ying. If the Demon King also expanded his insight….
What should he do?
Bai Yang’s heart pounded, and the veins popped up at his temples.
“Just now, he seemed to say somebody was after him?” The Demon King inclined his head towards the frozen-in-place Bai Yang. Just now, when he’d taken out the South Sea Mermaid Pearl, Bai Yang had already finished talking with Elder Qiu. He only heard half a sentence; something like “that kid.” He hadn’t heard anything else. Therefore his reason for asking was to understand what had happened.
However, Bai Yang wasn’t sure how much the Demon King knew about the situation. He heard him asking that kind of question and his mood became even more agitated. How did he know about the conversation between me and Elder Qiu? It couldn’t be that he’d been hiding not too far away this whole time?
“What do I do, Xiao Ling. Should I confess?” Bai Yang was so anxious that he didn’t know what to do.
Xiao Ling consoled him in his mind. “Sir, calm down a bit. First, calm down then think about how you’ll manage this. Take a deep breath. Good. Take a deep breath….”
Bai Yang took a deep breath and thanks to Xiao Ling. He gradually calmed down. His insight still covered a radius of 10 li and he discovered that Zhou Ying, who’d been chasing after Elder Qiu, seemed to realize something was wrong and started to retreat out of the maze.
Good, he’s leaving!
Bai Yang’s spirit lifted and then he realized that he had to stall the Demon King.