A white rainbow descended, revealing a tall, upright figure.
The man’s face was weathered, but one could still discern the handsome features of his youth.
He wore a long white robe embroidered with cloud patterns in gold thread, accentuating his noble air.
With a slight wave of his sleeve, a gentle Demon Power made the Group of Demons, who were about to rise, sit back down. He spoke slowly, "There’s no need for formalities."
In an instant, another crimson rainbow descended, revealing a stunning and enchanting figure.
The woman appeared to be in her twenties, her face holding a hint of wildness.
Tattoos traced in red ink adorned her wheat-colored skin, converging on her exposed back to form a ferocious tiger.
Then, nearly a hundred streaks of light descended in unison, scattering between the two high mountains.
They carried no Demon Banners, but every one of them exuded a powerful aura.
In addition to the original thirty-some Demon Generals of the mountains, there were dozens of unfamiliar faces.
Lin Shu raised an eyebrow and tossed the branch in his hand into the fire.
’A proper World Traveler Disciple of the Yu Family, surrounded by Demons.’
Between the mountains, the thirty-plus local Demon Generals scanned the crowd, as if searching for someone.
Soon, they had overlooked three familiar faces, passed over the remaining Little Demons, and then ruled out Xie Yutang based on her gender.
Finally, a dense collection of gazes converged entirely on that one handsome face.
In that instant, a chorus of shouts erupted, the sound waves shaking the heavens.
"He’s Moon-Devouring!"
Already pale from his injuries, Elder Xu’s face turned even whiter from the shock of the roar.
Monkey instinctively shrank back.
Beside him, Lu Yun swallowed hard. He had previously been terrified of Demon Transformation, but now he only wished it would happen faster.
’Death Dao Foundation, hurry up and transform!’
’If I don’t fully transform into a Demon, I’m really afraid this pack of Demon Generals will eat me alive.’
’But Senior Brother Lin is really something else.’
Lu Yun glanced over and saw that Lord Moon-Devouring, who also had no Demon Qi about him, was sitting there with a completely normal expression.
"Pardon me, but could you all please be a little calmer and quieter?"
The Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch glanced helplessly at the mountainside, his words not particularly stern.
Yet, with just that one sentence, he made all the Demon Generals swallow their shouts.
"My apologies for the scene. They’ve wanted to come see you for a while, but things have been busy these past two days, so I’ve been holding them back."
He retracted his gaze and looked at the handsome young man nearby, sighing with a light chuckle. "To single-handedly stop the entire army of the Demon-slaying Bureau outside the mountains... a truly formidable junior."
"There weren’t that many."
Lin Shu wasn’t used to such grand exaggerations and calculated seriously, "In total, there were less than two hundred people."
The previous plan to have the Qingming Demon General escort Elder Xu was because everyone had considered a particular problem.
The Moon-Devouring Demon General had no Demon Qi, yet the fight for Yongzhou Pass involved the life and death of every Demon in the mountains.
If the Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch were to see him and worry that he was a spy sent from Yongzhou Pass who would report this matter back to the Yu Family... that would not be good at all.
This was why all the Little Demons had been so nervous earlier.
But now that they had actually met, they found the situation was completely different from what they had imagined.
"Two hundred isn’t a small number, and there were more than a dozen at Core Formation among them. How many more did you want to kill?"
The Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch hadn’t expected the young man to reply like that. His smile widened as he bantered back.
"Enough of that. Let’s get to business."
He walked slowly toward Elder Xu. "You’re the one who’s injured?"
"In reply to the Demon Monarch..." Elder Xu’s body was a bit stiff. One had to remember that while the man before him seemed kind, he was, in essence, a Golden Core Powerhouse!
"Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch, these are the resources we have prepared." The Qingming Demon General also stood up and presented a prepared Storage Bag.
The middle-aged man didn’t look at the bag, instead placing his palm directly on Elder Xu’s shoulder.
There wasn’t much of a flashy aura.
As his five fingers applied pressure, strands of golden thread emerged from the old man’s body and flowed into his own through his palm.
He exhaled.
He closed his eyes for a few breaths and pursed his lips slightly.
Then he opened his eyes, looked at the beautiful woman, and said helplessly, "You child. This Monarch hasn’t been back in many years. Now that I’ve finally made a trip home, must you act so distant?"
As the Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch lifted his palm, the Demon-Suppressing Golden Light inside Elder Xu, which had left everyone helpless, completely dissipated.
"Let me introduce you. This is Demon Monarch Hong Ling from the Great Shun Dynasty."
"And this is the Moon-Devouring Demon General. His recent battle record has been so terrifying that it’s gotten this bunch of my kids a little excited." He noticed the Group of Demons from the Great Shun Dynasty were curious, so he added this for the woman’s benefit.
"Congratulations, Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch, on gaining another fierce general."
Demon Monarch Hong Ling’s lips curled up. Her tone suddenly shifted, and her laughter was crisp. "But This Monarch has been watching for a long time. He doesn’t seem like a Demon, does he? What do you all think?"
The Great Shun Demon Generals, who had been silent for a long time, all had a cold light flicker in their eyes.
In contrast, the local Demon Generals from Moon-Devouring Mountain looked over at the opposing group with hostile expressions after a brief moment of shock.
In an instant, a tense, sword-drawn atmosphere filled the air.
*Sigh.*
The gentle and refined Cloud Dragon Demon Monarch slowly let his smile fade. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "First, he is not a Demon General under my command."
"Second, for you to arrive here for the first time and immediately try to sow discord in my house... isn’t that a bit presumptuous?"
He stepped forward slowly, his body blocking the bonfire and the young man beside it.
His calm gaze fell upon Qingming Mountain.
BOOM! BOOM!
The next moment, an invisible pressure suddenly descended.
It pressed down on the dozens of Demon Generals from the Great Shun Dynasty, their expressions turning to horror as their bodies uncontrollably dropped to their knees, shattering the flagstones!
"This Monarch does not like the look in your eyes. So, don’t let there be a next time."
Beside the bonfire, Lin Shu watched with a slightly strange expression.
Then, he leisurely retracted his Wind-Riding Mountain Patrol Divine Technique, as well as the Ink Flood Dragon Sword he had been planning to throw toward Qingming Mountain before leaving.
The reason he dared to sit here so brazenly was not that he was out of his mind.
After Yu Sheng came of age, he had also learned about the Wind-Riding Mountain Patrol Divine Technique from the Inheritance Spiritual Light.
This was the most advanced Moving Technique in all of Yongzhou.
Now, surrounded by mountains and rivers, if he was determined to escape, a Golden Core Cultivator would not be able to stop him, provided they weren’t prepared in advance.
But now, it seemed he wouldn’t need to.
Demon Monarch Hong Ling licked her lips, staring intently at the middle-aged man before her. "If you say it’s sowing discord, then so be it. This is the Liang Kingdom, after all, and I can’t afford to provoke Lord Su Xin."
A fierce light appeared in her eyes. "But if something really does go wrong, you’d better be able to bear the responsibility."
"And by the way, This Monarch would like to ask one more thing. If you came here with the intention of just visiting your old home, you’d better make that clear now. Otherwise, I really don’t understand why you can trust a Cultivator like him."
Faced with the young Demon Monarch’s questioning...
Cloud Dragon glanced over casually. "Is this reason enough? Back then, Demon King Yuan Yuan—in the body of a Cultivator, and even with the title of a Demon-slaying General—was the one who saved a Little Demon like me from the clutches of the Demon-slaying Bureau."
Not every Demon is forced to fall onto the Demon Path.
There are always those heroic souls who give up the glorious immortal path and resolutely step onto this one.
In his view, the latter were far more worthy of admiration than the former.

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