Chapter 167: Nine Demons Attack

Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

Chapter 167: Nine Demons Attack

Xi Ri pointed at himself with confusion evident on his face. He could guess some of City Lord Azure Leaf’s intention after sending Ziye to accompany their every need, but it wasn’t something that bothered him at all. He had long grown accustomed to people offering tribute to those more powerful than them, but why did Lushu point at him when he was obviously talking about Tianyi?

“Don’t play dumb,” Lushu said, his eyes growing fiercer at Xi Ri’s expression of confusion. “Over the past month, countless residents saw you and Lady Ziye walking the streets. There were even eyewitnesses of you forcing yourself onto her!”

Xi Ri wanted to cover his face with his hands. He never thought his investigation into the lives of the city’s residents would cause such a misunderstanding. And when did he ever force himself on Ziye?!

Thinking from another point, the residents of Azure Leaf City had to struggle every day for their life, so it was no wonder they would try to find entertainment in any possible way. Stories were one of the greatest pastimes of the city, and where did stories come from?

Rumors.

It was like a game of telephone. After the story was passed from one person to another, the story of Ziye guiding Xi Ri morphed into Tianyi forcing himself onto her. Because the rumors were about the famous people of Azure Leaf City, something the ordinary citizens could never hope to interact with within their entire lives, the rumors became a hot topic for the residents. Truly, the imagination of humans could not be underestimated.

Xi Ri held his hand up to silence Lushu, who seemed to be able to speak for days. “First of all, I don’t have such intentions for Miss Ziye. At most, we are simply acquaintances.”

“Lies,” Lushu calmly said, not believing Xi Ri’s words at all.

“Second,” Xi Ri ignored Lushu’s rejection and spoke his second point. “The Grandmaster Xi you spoke of is not me. The one people called Grandmaster Xi is over there.”

Xi Ri pointed at Tianyi, who was also baffled. When Lushu started to speak, he expected Lushu to accuse him, but when Lushu accused Xi Ri, Tianyi’s brain absolutely stopped working. As for the rumors of people seeing him force himself on Ziye, Tianyi just attributed to the rumor mill imagining things up from whatever information that was leaked from City Lord Azure Leaf’s mansion. He never expected Xi Ri to be the cause of the rumors.

Seeing Lushu look over, Tianyi only glanced at him and lightly waved, amusement evident on his face as he pondered how Lushu would react. At the same time, Tianyi was looking closely at Lushu, feeling as if he had seen him before.

Lushu looked between Tianyi and Xi Ri with disbelief, but he soon calmed himself down. “Even if you aren’t Grandmaster Xi, you must be Great Immortal Master Xi. I saw it with my own eyes that you were getting intimate with Lady Ziye. How do you explain that?”

Xi Ri couldn’t hold it any longer and finally palmed his face. “That is just your own imagination. I’m ultimately not someone of this realm. Forging any lasting connections here is meaningless to me.”

Seriously, what is with these people?

This wasn’t the first time Xi Ri had been affected by rumors. It was especially rampant in the Xi Dynasty. Being the most favored child of the emperor, Xi Ri was constantly being watched by the dynasty’s people, from ministers to the common citizens. Still, due to his young age, the rumors were nothing more than who would be betrothed to him and no apparent scandals.

Did getting close to another woman mean that they were an item? It was moments like these that Xi Ri missed the culture of Earth.

“Be that as it may,” Lushu still appeared that he didn’t believe Xi Ri’s words but continued speaking, turning his attention towards City Lord Azure Leaf. “City Lord, please grant me your daughter’s hand in marriage.”

City Lord Azure Leaf, who was watching this farce, finally found a point that he could interject. In truth, he thought quite highly of Lushu. Lushu was able to enter the Acupoint Opening Realm at any time. All he needed was the right opportunity.

Lushu was originally a nameless resident of his city, but over twenty years something years ago, his strength had dramatically and continuously risen until he was at the peak of the Body Transformation Realm. Compared to the immortals that would leave the realm, City Lord Azure Leaf actually preferred Lushu. City Lord Azure Leaf glanced at his daughter, Ziye, to see an appearance of conflict on her dainty face.

Normally, in the face of all her admirers, she would reject them all without hesitation, but seeing his daughter conflicted, City Lord Azure Leaf realized that Ziye had some feelings, or at least goodwill, towards Lushu. Glancing at the Tianyi, Daoyi, and Xi Ri, City Lord Azure Leaf made up his mind. “Ziye’s marriage is a major event that can’t be decided on the spot at this time. Give me seven days to think about the matter. I will tell you my answer when you come on the seventh day.”

Seeing this, the guests couldn’t help but be disappointed. Lushu was a topic that was often discussed in every family’s home. He was someone who was constantly in the spotlight of Azure Leaf City. There were many girls who admired him, but Lushu rejected them all. It turns out that the girl he sought was the city lord’s daughter!

“Not bad, a human actually managed to replicate the Golden Crow Clan’s power.”

Lushu felt his body shake as the roof of City Lord Azure Leaf’s mansion exploded, revealing nine figures, obviously not human, standing in the air. Each of the nine figures exuded a heavy pressure that far outstripped the pressure exuded by City Lord Azure Leaf, but there was a uniqueness that all the humans of the Demon Cage Realm could detect.

It was the aura of demons.

Each of the figure’s bodies was of a different shape, but the one who spoke and stared at Lushu was a colossal snake with purple, white, and blue rings on it. Lushu felt his heart stop beating under that snake’s terrifying gaze. Thankfully for Lushu, the snake demon’s gaze moved away towards Tianyi.

“Azure Leaf,” The snake demon’s voice seemed to boom into the people’s ears. None felt this more than City Lord Azure Leaf himself. His heart palpitated under the snake demon’s slitted eyes. “Did you really think you borrow the outsider’s power to defeat us? The outsiders have repeatedly come, but they have never been able to fully defeat us demons.”

That’s because the Buzhou Immortal Sect needed the demon population to be sustainable. Tianyi inwardly retorted.

“You were a minor issue in our eyes, so we were content to let you go. Hmpf, but since you dared to collaborate with outsiders, your city doesn’t need to exist anymore. Especially since those outsiders dared to kill our kind!” The snake demon finished, and his demonic aura skyrocketed along with the eight other demons.

The city lord still had a calm expression on his face, despite the erratic beat of his heart. He turned to face Tianyi, cupped his hand, and bowed. “Great immortals, please save us from the demons.”

Tianyi didn’t immediately react, and Daoyi and Xi Ri looked towards Tianyi for instruction. Both Daoyi and Xi Ri weren’t able to take on so many Nascent Soul Realm equivalent demons unless they used the treasures bestowed upon them.

“When we dispatched the three demons chasing after your subordinate, I sealed off space, so only those present should know,” Tianyi said, looking calmly at City Lord Azure Leaf.

City Lord Azure Leaf’s heart skipped a beat at Tianyi’s words, but his expression didn’t change at all. “I do not know, the demons’ means are far beyond mine. There might even be a traitor. Please save us. I will make sure to give an explanation when all of this is over!”

Tianyi stared at him some more before turning his attention towards the nine demons flaring their aura. He found it strange that they were provoking him but not daring to attack. Was it because he was inside City Lord Azure Leaf’s mansion? If it was so, then they wouldn’t have blown off the roof earlier.

Placing his hand over where his heart should have been, Tianyi felt the nervousness tainting his body. He knew that the nine demons were no match for him, but he still couldn’t help but be nervous. Memories of the pain inflicted by the Dragon Emperor flashed through Tianyi’s mind.

Tianyi looked up and focused on the nine demons. He raised his palm towards the nine demons, and lightning surged forth. The onlookers’ vision became dyed in white. When they regained their vision, they discovered that the nine demons were trapped in a cage of lightning.

The nine demons became fretful. The lightning cage appeared nearly instantaneously, making them unable to resist. Roaring in rage, all nine demons attacked the lightning cage, attempting to break out, but no matter what they did, they were unable to break out, like insects inside a glass jar.

The worst part was those demons who used their body to attack the lightning cage. Their bodies were scorched and electrocuted upon touching the lightning, causing them great pain and injuring them. The nine demons fell a chill on their back as they discovered that they couldn’t do anything to the lightning cage at all.

Recalling the horror stories of how the descending immortals slaughtered demons in droves, the nine demons felt regretful. Why didn’t they take their ancestor’s warning seriously!?

City Lord Azure Leaf watched all of this with shock evident upon his face. He never expected the nine demons to be able to so easily be restrained by the youth before him. He felt a cold sweat drench his back, afraid for what would happen to him if his schemes were to be discovered.

However, Tianyi wasn’t paying attention to him at all and asked Daoyi and Xi Ri. “Do you two want to try fighting a Nascent Soul Realm equivalent demon?”

Xi Ri almost immediately blanched. “Forget it, I’m just an early core formation master, and I just acclimated myself to the Demon Cage Realm. Fighting a Nascent Soul Realm level demon is still too early for me.”

Tianyi nodded. He felt that Xi Ri didn’t need to worry too much with him watching, but he wasn’t going to force him. He then turned to Daoyi.

“Can I attack from outside your seal? I want to test how effective my attacks are on Nascent Soul Realm level demons.” Daoyi asked as she took out her guqin-shaped lifebound artifact.

“Of course,” Tianyi snapped his fingers, and the weakest demon of the bunch was instantly segregated from within the lightning cage. In fact, Tianyi just wanted to prolong his battle with the demons. When it came to something he didn’t want to do, Tianyi tended to procrastinate.