The First Demon of the Chan Sect

On the empty white jade platform, the musicians had already stopped playing, and all the beautiful fairies had also retreated outside the hall.

Everyone came back to their senses from the narrative of the Golden Sun City Lord, and only now did they fully realize the situation!

"Alright, I've told you everything about us. In return, shouldn't you tell us about the state of Pangu's Great Thousand World?" Mang Niu interrupted everyone's thoughts and said straightforwardly.

"Okay!" Li Qingming nodded and said, "In this Third Epoch of Pangu's Great Thousand World... Although the Demon Race exists, they are confined to one corner... The Ten Ancestor Witches have transformed into the Ten Halls Yama... Thus, we have come to the Path to Heaven!"

"Damn, these accursed Chasing Daoists! Do they really think there's no one in Pangu's Great Thousand World?" Mang Niu buzzed with Blood Qi throughout his body, roaring angrily.

Golden Sun also had a gloomy face, saying, "Times have changed, I didn't expect so many things to have happened in Pangu's Great Thousand World!"

Li Qingming smiled, stood up, and said, "Well, ladies and gentlemen of the City Lords! We have each gained what we needed and cleared our doubts. It's time for us to take our leave and continue on our journey!"

"Oh, you're leaving just like that? Don't you want to know where the Golden Boat City Lord has placed the Tao Origin Qi?" Mang Niu was caught off guard, feeling a bit surprised.

"I guess the Golden Boat City Lord has already set restrictions around the Tao Origin Qi, right? Unless we find it ourselves, even if several City Lords graciously offer it, it might not recognize us!" Li Qingming patted his Daoist robe and spoke casually.

"Hahaha, you are indeed open-minded! That being sai— What the heck, someone is attacking Scorpion City!" Mang Niu was about to joke with the others, but a sudden internal shock made his expression change drastically.

"Mang Niu City Lord, what's wrong?" Seeing his drastic change in expression, Li Qingming intuitively connected it to the Tao Origin Qi.

Mang Niu said with a grim face, "The twelve of us City Lords are linked by mind. Just now, the Scorpion City Lord, Han Xie, sent a distress signal, saying someone is attacking Scorpion City, fearing that the gates will be breached in a very short time!"

"Who is it?" Yin Xi furrowed his brows, suddenly recalling Qin San who died in the Killing Array when they first arrived at the Desert.

Golden Sun furrowed his brows and sensed for a while, before saying, "It's a group of people dressed in black robes, covered in Demonic Qi. The leader is someone called the Desert King!"

"Huntian!" Everyone was startled and said, "That's not right! Even if Huntian was released by the Golden Boat City Lord, he shouldn't have the capability to dare attack a city guarded by a Saint! Unless..."

"Unless what?" Mang Niu and Golden Sun looked at each other, asking further.

Yin Xi said, "Unless there is something in that city he absolutely must obtain, and there's also someone backing him!"

Li Qingming also caught on and said, "Could the Tao Origin Qi be in Scorpion City?"

Mang Niu didn't speak but silently nodded.

"Forget all that, we need to hurry up, otherwise we'll be too late!" Golden Sun urgently yelled at everyone and transformed into a beam of light flying towards the depths of the hall.

"Come with me, the Teleportation Array to Scorpion City is at the depth of this hall!" Mang Niu called out to everyone and also flew up chasing after him.

Watching the two beams of light disappearing into the sky, Yin Xi pondered for a moment and said, "I think this matter is not that simple! Firstly, why would the Golden Boat City Lord let Huntian and his group go? Secondly, who gave Huntian the audacity to attack a city guarded by a Saint?"

"Never mind, we'll know once we go! Who knows, the Tao Origin Qi might choose us!" Long Xuhu couldn't sit still any longer, rubbing his hands eagerly, ready to try.

"Let's go, follow them!" Li Qingming waved his hand, leading everyone to transform into bolts of lightning and dash towards the distance, arriving at the depths of this hall a quarter of an hour later.

Looking at those twelve teleportation arrays, everyone chose the one marked with the word "Scorpion" and stepped onto it.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as they exited the teleportation array, several powerful spiritual treasures flashed with dazzling brilliance, bringing tremendous pressure as they bore down on everyone.

"Holy shit, what's this? Has Huntian already breached the city?" Li Qingming was startled, instantly merging his Primordial Spirit back into his body, and summoning the Qiankun Tripod to shield everyone in front.

"Clang clang..."

A few huge sounds of metal clashing rang through the Heavenly Vault, the enormous force causing Li Qingming's arms to go numb.

As the aftermath faded, everyone looked up to see several figures radiating endless saintly might and unfriendly expressions standing opposite them, among whom Mang Niu, the Lord of Golden Bull City, was also present startlingly.

"Hey Old Bull, what's the meaning of this?" Man Niu held a grudge since Mang Niu had once left him completely bare, thus he was not polite with him.

Mang Niu's face was full of smiles, saying, "Hahaha, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! We thought it was those guys outside who took advantage of the teleportation array to attack the city!"

Li Qingming, full of black lines on his forehead, thought to himself, "Lucky it was me, if Xuan Tian had faced those Saint-level attacks, he probably wouldn't have survived without serious injuries!"

Mang Niu, somewhat embarrassedly touched his nose, grabbed everyone and said, "Come, come, let me introduce you! This is the City Lord of Twin City, Wu Shuang; this is the City Lord of Giant Crab City, Chong Xie; this is the City Lord of Lion City, Kuang Lion!"

This City Lord Wu Shuang from Twin City, dressed in white, was remarkably handsome and filled with scholarly aura, had one not known from Mang Niu's introduction, who would have thought this scholar was actually a Saint.

Giant Crab City Lord Chong Xie, clothed in blue, was short-statured but had thick eyebrows and big eyes, exuding an indescribable commanding presence.

As for the City Lord Kuang Lion of Lion City, true to his name, he was tall and burly, and beneath his tightly stretched golden battle robe was full of explosive power.

Everyone was a bit restrained as they greeted the three City Lords, after all, these three were the venerable elders from Pangu's Great Thousand World.

Interestingly, the three City Lords, having heard from Mang Niu that Li Qingming and others were from Pangu's Great Thousand World, seemed to warm up to them out of the blue.

After exchanging pleasantries with City Lord Wu Shuang and others, Li Qingming glanced at Mang Niu and asked, "City Lords, may I know how the situation is outside now?"

Kuang Lion's face showed a grave expression, he said, "It's not optimistic! Those minor minions with low cultivation are easier to handle, but Huntian, somehow, has gathered over a hundred Half-step Saints. They've formed several attack formations by pooling their strengths and are fiercely attacking one specific point of the defensive formation of Scorpion City. If this goes on, I'm afraid the formation won't hold out much longer!"

Hearing this, Li Qingming frowned and said, "Can you take us to the city wall to have a look?"

"Let's go, I'll take you there!" Wu Shuang, brushing his Daoist robe, threw these words to everyone and turned to leave. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommend, monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)