strictlysupreme Chapter 169, Eight Crossroads
Chapter 169, Eight Crossroads
The demon realm has fourteen cities, and these fourteen cities are scattered across the four spiritual domains of the east, west, south, and north.
Unlike the human realm, which is bordered by the snow-covered Kunlun Mountains to the north, the demon realm's Northern Spirit Domain is situated by a vast ocean.
The city that Yun Yici and her group were in was located in a sea area that was relatively close to Jiuqi City.
The city lords of the demon realm are different from those of humans. The lesser demons below them generally address them as Demon Kings, just as Ling Wan and the others call Wu Lin the Scaleless Demon Lord.
If the demon king is not so cruel, the lesser demons will call him "Master" to show their affection.
The term "Snake Mother" used by these water demon clan leaders is a respectful title used to express affection.
Of course, this person's name is not Snake Mother; Shui Lan and the others are just calling her that because that's what everyone else calls her.
The emperor didn't care at all; he was only thinking about finishing the ceremony quickly so he could go on a trip to the Nanhua Temple.
Li Shao kept this in mind and specifically inquired about Jiuqi City from Shui Lan.
The snake mother's real name is Li Ji, a python that has cultivated for over a thousand years, nearly two thousand years.
The Snake Mother succeeded the city lord two hundred years ago; the previous city lord of Jiuqi City was from the Jiuying clan.
Wait... something seems off...
The teleportation array that suddenly appeared two hundred years ago, and the demon king who suddenly changed hands in Jiuqi City.
Could this mountain python demon really kill the ancient ferocious beast, the adult Nine-Headed Serpent?
These two are monsters that are almost not even in the same league.
Li Shao couldn't wait to report his latest findings to the Emperor.
Upon hearing this, the emperor, who had been slacking off to the point of exhaustion, became interested: "Oh?"
"Invite Fellow Daoist Wen and his disciples here, and then call Ling Wan and Xue Lian over."
However, when Li Shao found the residence of the master and his disciples, he did not see Wen Fuyue. Instead, he saw Yun Yici and Ning Tinglan competing, as well as Mu Yunjian and the other two watching from the sidelines.
After receiving confirmation from the Emperor's decree that day, Yun Yici focused on her cultivation with Wen Fuyue. She never expected that the Emperor's decree would suddenly send Li Shao to invite her.
When Yun Yici met Li Shao, she asked with difficulty, "Is there something urgent? My master is taking Wan Nian to undergo his transformation tribulation today."
The tribulation that took place ten thousand years ago was delayed, and then various other things dragged it out.
Fortunately, there were still more than half a month before they returned to the human realm. Wen Fuyue asked Ling Wan about a safe place to undergo tribulation and specially chose today to take Wan Nian to undergo tribulation.
Unexpectedly, by sheer coincidence, the Emperor sent Li Shao to invite them over.
Ning Tinglan asked worriedly, "Could it be that something has gone wrong with the Ling Clan's secret treasure?"
When Yun Yici was vaguely approaching the threshold of the Golden Core stage, his competitive spirit as the senior brother completely erupted.
While Yun Yici slept at night, he was out hunting sea monsters.
When Wen Fuyue led Mu Yunjian to challenge demon cultivators everywhere, he would consciously follow along and watch. When he felt itchy to fight, he would ask Wen Fuyue to allow him to fight against the demon cultivators.
With Ning Tinglan, a prodigy with extraordinary talent, relentlessly pursuing him, Yun Yici felt an unusual sense of urgency.
Aside from needing to sleep at night, on her days off, she would follow Ning Tinglan's example, observing Mu Yunjian's battles with demon cultivators, and then challenging demon cultivators just like Mu Yunjian.
The two disciples were putting in a lot of effort to cultivate, and although Wen Fuyue was pleased, she was also worried that haste makes waste.
Of the four, Mu Yunjian was the only one who was genuinely happy.
In short, after days of arduous training, Ning Tinglan and Yun Yici are now at their peak, just waiting to return to the human realm to undergo their tribulation.
Li Shao said, "This matter has little to do with your master. As long as young friend Mu is here, that's fine."
"It's the same as telling Fellow Daoist Wen when he returns."
Yun Yici and Ning Tinglan both looked towards Muyunjian.
Mu Yunjian had been holding back his anger when he watched them practice swordsmanship before, and now the tacit understanding between the two of them watching at the same time made him even more unhappy.
Mu Yunjian sneered and said, "I'd like to see what your master wants with me."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
Yun Yici quickly stopped him, saying, "Senior Brother Rong is still in the room, I'll go and call him."
Since exchanging ideas with the aquatic artifact cultivators, Rong Xuan has locked himself in his room, seemingly tinkering with something.
Fortunately, he came out as soon as Yun Yici called out.
The fellow disciples followed Li Shao to see the imperial edict. Yun Yici was worried that Wen Fuyue would return early, so she specially left him a letter.
On the way, Yun Yici quietly tugged at Mu Yunjian's sleeve and whispered as he turned his head to look at her, "You must not be as presumptuous in front of the imperial edict as you were just now."
The gentle expression on Mu Yunjian's face as he held her hand instantly turned icy: "What are you worried about?"
Yun Yici: "I'm worried about you."
I'm afraid you'll anger the emperor and he'll burn the edict to the ground.
Yun Yici muttered to herself.
Mu Yunjian doesn't yet have the strength to challenge the Emperor's decree. Being too arrogant and angering the Emperor would be disastrous.
Upon hearing this, Mu Yunjian awkwardly turned his head away and remained silent.
Looking at his calm profile, Yun Yici couldn't immediately guess whether what she had just said had upset him, so she had no choice but to let go of his sleeve.
The system, which hadn't spoken until now, whispered, "Host, why don't you poop a little longer?"
"The sudden fluctuations in Mu Yunjian's favorability rating just now startled me."
Upon hearing the system's voice, Yun Yici joked, "I thought you had retired."
The system's retirement is of course impossible; it's just that no new chosen one has appeared.
The current favorability of Yun Yici among those with good fortune has remained at a very high level, and it is unlikely that it will change any further.
System: "You have no idea, Mu Yunjian lost 1 point of favorability when he asked you a question just now."
Yun Yici: "1 point of favorability?"
System: "Hehe."
The system almost wanted to ask Yun Yici if she had forgotten that Mu Yunjian had deducted 30 points of favorability from her as soon as she arrived.
Among these lucky ones, Mu Yunjian is the most despicable. If he says the wrong thing, his favorability rating can be reduced to a negative number.
System: "In the end, he was quite satisfied with your answer and added 10 points to your favorability. Then you let go of his sleeve, which deducted 1 point from your favorability. Now you have 95 points of favorability."
"Why don't we just take them along?"
Unmoved by the system's rambling, Yun Yici successfully arrived at the palace of the imperial edict.
Upon entering the magnificent council hall, Yun Yici discovered that Xue Lian and Ling Wan were also there.
Upon seeing that only Yun Yici and his three fellow disciples were present, the Emperor asked, "Where is Fellow Daoist Wen?"
Li Shao replied, "Fellow Daoist Wen took Wan Nian to undergo his transformation tribulation. I thought it wouldn't hurt to tell him after I found out, so I brought a few friends over first."
Actually, Mu Yunjian could have come alone, but Wen Fuyue was extremely protective of her child, and Mu Yunjian didn't get along with the Emperor's decree.
Li Shao thought that inviting the master and his apprentice over together could help mediate the conflict between the two and prevent them from losing face later.