Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

No wonder the Left Immortal Envoy thought this way; during his eighty years of duty, he had already encountered three groups of oddities waving the flag of 'liberate the Demon Venerable, bring chaos to the world' and seeking out Chongming Mountain, hoping to arouse the fighting spirit of this bird to cause trouble for the Three Great Sacred Lands.

Of course, those who came to Chongming Mountain with such ideas were merely low-cultivation deviants. Real high-level demons knew what kind of creature this bird was and wouldn't entertain such thoughts at all.

The Right Immortal Envoy was shouting enthusiastically outside, so naturally, the Left Immortal Envoy inside the hall could not go on reading and had to stop to ask Venerable Chongming:

"My lord, the Right Immortal Envoy has something urgent. May we pause this morning's reading for a moment so I can inquire about the situation?"

"Hmm? Is there another of my followers wishing to ascend the mountain to pay respects to me?"

Venerable Chongming opened his eyes, looking at the Left Immortal Envoy with excitement.

Immediately realizing that the people outside were not who he thought, he closed his eyes again in disappointment:

"Go ahead."

...

"Brother Teng, something big has happened!"

"What big event? Brother Zhang, you must be cautious; we were jointly appointed by the Three Great Sacred Lands to guard Gan State. As long as the Three Great Sacred Lands stand, we mustn't lose composure, no matter what happens!"

"Demon Venerable Chen Zhixing has come! He specifically wants to see Venerable Chongming!"

Teng Qianshou: "???"

"Brother Teng, Brother Teng!" Seeing Teng Qianshou seemingly paralyzed by the news, Zhang Chong turned pale with anxiety: "What should we do? There's already one inside, and now another has come.... My master told me before I came that this would be an easy post, never expecting anyone would actually come for a prison break!"

"Pri...prison break?" The words 'prison break' seemed to electrify the Left Immortal Envoy, turning his previously rosy complexion pale.

"Yes, Brother Teng, otherwise, should we just run? Once we're back at the sect, my master will be there. At most, I'll be punished with a century of meditation, but if we really clash with the one at the mountain's base... even if I don't die, my uncle will come to apologize with my head!"

Ugh....

Reputation precedes the individual.

The mention of Chen Zhixing, in recent months, spread throughout the entire East Profound Continent, along with the disasters in Central State. It made everyone in East Profound aware that the Daluo Taoist Lands had forced the Ziwei Chen Family into a corner. In a fit of rage, their prodigy, Chen Zhixing, stormed Emperor's Foot Mountain and battled with multiple True Monarchs of Daluo Taoist Lands for a month, causing the entirety of Central State to be plagued by natural disasters, like purgatory....

Ordinarily, people should call Chen Zhixing a demon; after all, the title Venerable is typically not bestowed on a cultivator below Long Life.

But since Chen Zhixing's reputation was already vast, acknowledged as the seed of Longevity, and given the immense trouble he caused for the Daluo Taoist Lands, from which they failed to recover him, nor has any Long Life True Monarch yet come forward to apprehend him... with such formidable achievements, the title Venerable naturally follows the Demon part.

Some disciples in the Three Great Sacred Lands even jokingly said, 'Currently we call Chen Zhixing the Demon Venerable, but perhaps in a few centuries, we'll have to change it to Ziwei Immortal Venerable!'

Implying that the Daluo Taoist Lands bullies the weak but fears the strong!

But whether Immortal Venerable or Demon Venerable, Chen Zhixing's name was cemented; no one considers him just a Peak Realm genius anymore, but rather a true formidable figure, a Demon Venerable capable of toppling the world in an instant.

The two on Chongming Mountain at this moment were understandably distraught upon hearing that the Demon Venerable would come to pay a visit.

"Don't panic just yet; as you said, we fear a conflict with the Demon Venerable... if we simply refrain from conflict, won't that solve it?"

As the Left Immortal Envoy spoke, he felt the urge to slap himself! If the Demon Venerable were as easily fooled as that foolish bird on the mountain, would the term Venerable even be preceded by Demon!

But... to flee?

Where could he run?

Zhang Chong's family, the Zhang, is deeply rooted in the Huayu Sacred Lands; his ancestor, Lei Fa True Monarch, is still alive, and even if Zhang Chong abandons his post and flees, he won't face severe punishment!

But Teng Qianshou....

Heh, can he run?

If Zhang Chong runs, won't all responsibility fall on him!

Thinking back to this damned luck, pushed through by the Immortal Ascension Sect, when his colleague should have been a female cultivator... Teng Qianshou felt the desire to just lay down and die.

"But Brother Teng, I'm scared! This is the Demon Venerable we're talking about! He kills without batting an eye!"

"Sigh... let's not be hasty. We should go down the mountain to assess the situation. Even if we decide to flee, we can do it after meeting him at the mountain base, together!"

"This...."

"No more hesitations, Brother Zhang, let's go see how things stand below the mountain!"

To hell with the Immortal Ascension Sect!

If you dare run first, I'll break your leg before I run!

...

Not to mention the two Sacred Lands guardians outside Chongming Hall were so scared they were practically petrified.

Let's just say once Left Envoy Teng exited Chongming Hall, the purple-tinted blue eyes of the golden roc opened again, immediately locking onto a position within the hall.

"Demon Venerable, Chen Zhixing?"

A question mark appeared over Chen Zhixing's head as he stepped out of the shadows.

Demon Venerable?

Him?

What the hell!

"Hahaha, yeah, that's the dumbfounded look I imagined! Hahaha, when I heard those two idiots outside discussing your title earlier, I guessed you'd have this expression! Hahaha, I guessed right, hahaha...."

Can you imagine a bird as big as a goose, rolling back and forth on a bed, holding its belly with its wings, laughing boisterously?

The scene facing Chen Zhixing now was precisely this absurd.... scene.

Venerable Chongming laughed for a while and, seeing that Chen Zhixing wasn't joining in, helplessly 'sat up' and pointed at itself with its wing, addressing the speechless Chen Zhixing:

"I'm Venerable Chongming, surprise, huh?"

Chen Zhixing: "..."

"What's with that expression? You aren't surprised! I! Venerable Chongming! Chief of the Good Beast! Turns out to be a golden roc! The kind of Extremely Evil Roc that can swallow a hundred thousand people in one gulp!"

"..."

So, what kind of trauma did this golden roc suffer?

Could it really have been driven to madness by the Three Great Sacred Lands?

"Why aren't you surprised."

"Should I be surprised?"

"Alright, that's your prerogative. But why did you come to Chongming Mountain; let me be clear, I've not had enough of life and have no intention of joining you to fight against the Daluo Taoist Lands, so don't even bring it up!"

"...so you're willingly imprisoned here?"

"Imprisoned? Your words are ugly and imprecise!"

The golden roc wiggled its wings, proudly pointing at itself: "I, golden roc, descended from the Extremely Evil Beast, born with mediocre cultivation talent, lacking support, but relying on my inherent speed surpassed by none, earned a fearsome reputation as the one before whom the Long Life True Monarch of East Sea shudders!"

"And then?"

"Then my title became the Guardian of Gan State. The strongest in Gan State! This comes jointly recognized by the Three Great Sacred Lands. I have Peak Realm slaves who attend to my happiness in shifts each day."

And then it went on bragging, "Look at you, born a noble family heir, with cultivation talent that could be said to be the crown of your Human Race, even stronger than that kid from the East Sea. Your birth was as if Heaven put the world's golden spoon right in your hand!

And what happened?

You, a fine Human Race prodigy, with an almost divine background, didn't enter the Three Great Sacred Lands, and yet now you've ended up with the name Demon Venerable... hahahah... Demon Venerable... isn't that ridiculous?"

Chen Zhixing: "..."

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