NOVPUB"The day has finally arrived. The Demon Clan has become increasingly numerous and difficult to control... We urgently need the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect to intervene!"
Yang Genshuo put down what he was working on and looked towards the game.
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Danai Dynasty.
A Treasure Ship emerged from the void...
The Treasure Ship, grand and majestic like a flat mini-castle, sped towards Bright City.
A middle-aged envoy stood on it, facing the wind.
Ding Zhen and Yang Shi stood at the highest peak of the Xuan Stone Sect, and together they bowed towards the sky,
"We welcome the Upper Sect Envoy!"
Boom!
The Treasure Ship landed at the Xuan Stone Sect, creating a huge noise that drew the attention of many cultivators in Bright City, who also felt a surge of joy upon seeing it.
For the past six months, the constant arrival of the Demon Clan had directly compressed the safe space for human cultivators to just around Bright City and a small surrounding area.
Their self-cultivated Spirit Fields were gone, the resources in the wild were gone, even the Demon Beasts outside... all opportunities were lost.
Everyone was living off their saved resources.
Only a few Spirit Fields around Bright City were still being cultivated.
Fortunately, the cultivators who had developed the Devil Wind Forest in previous years had saved quite a lot, enough to last a few more years.
But... it was frustrating!
Cultivators longed for the grand, adventurous life of Immortal Cultivation, not to be cooped up in the city as if isolated.
Even if Demon Path Kill and Three Kingdoms Kill were fun, there were times when one could grow tired of them!
But the cultivators of the Danai Dynasty did not have the strength to drive out the Demon Clan, and the Xuan Stone Sect had decreed that no one below the Golden Core Stage was to leave the city without permission.
And in the entire dynasty, there were only a few Golden Cores.
All the cultivators were looking forward to the annual tribute collection by the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect to manage this situation and reseal the Demon Clan.
"After so many years of tribute, it’s about time the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect stood up for us, right?"
"We’ve been calling on the Upper Sect for so many years, it’s time for the Upper Sect to act!"
"Don’t worry, my great-nephew entered the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect a few years ago through the Immortal Path Competition. He sent me a letter saying that the atmosphere in the sect is very good, united and friendly, truly a major sect’s style. Everyone, just rest assured."
"If you say so... then I feel reassured."
"Heh-heh~ Let the Demon Claspiry hop around for a few more months, wait for the Great Cultivation of the Upper Sect to arrive, and grab them all for stew!"
The cultivators of Bright City discussed fervently, their faces showing great anticipation.
Yang Shi and Ding Zhen felt the same way.
After the two and the envoy had inventoried the tribute materials and loaded the ship, they started discussing the matter.
"Envoy Shen, did you notice anything unusual on your way here?"
"Unusual? I was cultivating on the ship... I didn’t pay attention."
"Did you feel... any Demon Energy?"
"Hiss~ It seems there was."
After being reminded by Yang Shi, Envoy Shen recalled it.
"Envoy Shen, save our Danai Dynasty!"
Ding Zhen and Yang Shi bowed together.
"Sect Leader Ding, Vice Sect Master Yang, absolutely not! You flatter Shen too much!"
Shen Hao, at the Foundation Establishment Stage, even with the aura of the Upper Sect, could not pretend too much in front of those in the Golden Core Stage, let alone his admiration for Yang Shi’s achievements, a mortal... reaching this stage was legendary.
The story of Yang Shi was widely known in the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect.
The two told him about the spatial rift, and took him to visit the area. Along the way, they even encountered a Golden Core Stage old turtle attacking the treasure ship!
Upon returning, Shen Hao’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
"This matter... indeed urgent, I will report to the Sect Leader immediately upon my return. Rest assured, the sect will definitely help you."
Hearing this, the two felt relieved.
"Thank you, Envoy Shen! On behalf of the four billion people of the Danai Dynasty, we thank you! This object is an Imprint Stone we’ve recorded, containing many of the most threatening Demon Clans. Please take it back to the sect for the Sect Leader to view."
"I dare not delay given the current emergency, Shen must hasten back to report to the Sect Leader! Please do hold on for a while, I will surely bring back the Great Cultivators from the sect."
Shen Hao, merely responsible for collecting tributes at the Foundation Establishment Stage, was not yet in a position to act, but he too felt indignant!
The Demon Clan had reached our territory, it was time to show them our strength!
Shen Hao took the Imprint Stone given by Ding Zhen and hastily drove the Treasure Ship away.
Ding Zhen, watching the departing silhouette of the treasure ship, said, "Brother Yang, now that the envoy has returned, will the sect send help?"
"We’ve shown him the Demon Clan, and we have the Imprint Stone as evidence. The Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect can’t pretend nothing has happened. Moreover... the strength of the Demon Clan is only much stronger than ours, but for the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect, they are still suppressible."
According to what Yang Fu saw, the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect had at least four Nascent Souls.
The Sect Leader, the Heavenly Spirit Pavilion Master, the Earth Spirit Pavilion Master, and... the old gatekeeper of the Book Collection Pavilion.
To say nothing of the others, Long Hong, after returning from the Dragon God Immortal Palace, with his own strength severely injured the deputy sect master of the Myriad Beasts Sect, who was also at Nascent Soul Stage, powerfully supporting the Yang Family. When Yang Fu led a counterattack that annihilated the Jin Family altogether, the Myriad Beasts Sect dared not utter another word.
It was also because of Long Hong’s intervention that the Yang Family of the Immortal Clan had been safe for the past twenty years.
The disciple whom Long Hong protected, who would dare touch him?
This was also one of the reasons Yang Fu could peacefully engage in closed-door cultivation for over a decade.
The family’s power had risen, and they had the protection of a great figure, a golden period for development; the Yang Family on the Spirit Miao Continent had been living very comfortably for these years.
"Fu’er’s master is a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator; as long as he is willing to take action... the Demon Clan is nothing to worry about."
To beat up another Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was for Long Hong, dealing with those Golden Core Stage Demon Clan... was nothing different than eating and drinking.
Seeing the tribute ship departing, Yang Shi’s mood had improved significantly.
At that moment, a muffled voice came from behind.
