"It would be rude of me to bring the Heavenly Tomes back to the Mountain and Sea Realm in front of the Devil Sovereign." Feng Ang shook his head. "Normally it wouldn't be a problem, since the Mountain Monarch would take care of me. But now I have a mission in the mortal world, and I need the Devil Sovereign to take care of me. I have no choice but to be courteous."
Cheng Hui's eyes flickered, but his expression remained calm. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Feng Ang looked at Cheng Hui. "Leave the Heavenly Tomes in the mortal world, then go to the Mountain and Sea Realm alone. I can introduce you to the Mountain Monarch."
Cheng Hui cleared his throat and said, "Going to the Mountain and Sea Realm without contributing anything at all? I'm ashamed, and would never dare to dream of such a thing."
Feng Ang chuckled.
It was no wonder that Cheng Hui felt guilty. After all, he wasn't a true Demonfolk. If he went to the Mountain and Sea Realm, he would inevitably be ostracized by the other Greater Demons.
Furthermore, he was seriously injured, which made him even more uneasy.
"Fellow Daoist," Feng Ang said casually. "Why would I bother you with your injuries? Find a place to hide and get some rest."
Cheng Hui sighed. "Fellow Daoist," he said. "Something went wrong with my cultivation. In addition to the Heavenly Tomes, there was also a vicious blood essence."
Feng Ang's eyes flickered with contemplation.
He looked Cheng Hui up and down, and Cheng Hui felt as if his gaze were solid, as if it were piercing through him.
Cheng Hui didn't resist. Instead, he opened his door wide, allowing the Greater Demon to examine him.
After a long moment, the Greater Demon laughed. "So, Fellow Daoist, you're not here to offer your treasures. You're here to trick us into giving you our treasures."
"I wouldn't dare," Cheng Hui said Slowly. "I've come to the Mountain and Sea Realm to beg the Mountain Monarch and Fellow Daoist to save me."
"In your current state," Feng Ang said, his voice calm, "if you had a Witherheart Stone, you would be able to start over and heal your injuries. If I remember correctly, the Mortal World has something like that."
"To tell you the truth," Cheng Hui said calmly, "I've tried, but Witherheart Stones have long since disappeared from the mortal world. Therefore, Fellow Daoist, please save me and grant me a Destiny's Vine."
The Uniwing Horse rose to its feet, shaking the earth and the mountains.
"It's understandable. The Withered Heart Stone can help you become a human again. As the ruler of a country in the mortal world, you must have considered this path first." Feng Ang examined Cheng Hui closely. "The Destiny Vine, combined with that page of the Heavenly Book, can also resolve your current predicament. However, you will only become more inclined towards the people of the Mountains and Seas. Naturally, that is the last option you will consider when you have no other choice."
"Fellow Daoist, you've misunderstood. I'm indeed going to look for the Witherheart Stone first. However, the Destiny Vine isn't a last resort. It's just that the Destiny Vine has long since gone extinct in the Mortal World. With this treasure, I'll be able to cross the final barrier and break through to the 20th Realm." Cheng Hui replied, "At that time, if Fellow Daoist has any plans in the Mortal World, I will be able to lend you a hand."
"You know why I came to the Red Dust World?" High Wind was surprised. "You're so sure that I need help from others, and I need your help?"
"I really don't know the specifics." Cheng Hui said, "However, the Demon Sovereign is easy to meet, but the little demons are difficult to deal with. The Demon Sovereign believes in ruling by doing nothing, and everyone depends on their own luck. As long as they don't make a big mess, they can do whatever they want. However, Fellow Daoist, you're inevitably alone in the Mortal World, aren't you?"
Feng Ang smiled. "You being able to break through to the 20th Realm can indeed be considered a great help. However, you're originally a person of the Mortal World, and yet you're helping me. Don't offend the Demon Sovereign because of this. If that happens and I'm implicated, then wouldn't I be losing the big picture for the small?"
"That depends on what Fellow Daoist came to the Mortal World for." Cheng Hui asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you want to harm the Mortal World?"
"That's naturally impossible." Feng Ang looked at him with interest.
"Then, I'm just an opponent of Fellow Daoist to settle some personal grudges." Cheng Hui nodded.
Feng Ang stared at Cheng Hui for a while and suddenly smiled. "You're quite lucky. I have the Destiny Vine with me, so I don't mind giving it to you. However, everything else depends on you."
As he finished speaking, a ball of green light floated from his body and floated in front of Cheng Hui.
Cheng Hui let out a long sigh and accepted the ball of light. "Thank you, Fellow Daoist."
"Now that your injuries are healed," Feng Ang said coolly. "You can go to the Mountain and Sea Realm on your own. However, you might not be able to take that page of the Heavenly Book with you. Why don't you just offer it to the Demon Sovereign?"
Cheng Hui shook his head. "Fellow Daoist, I've received a great favor from you, so it's only natural that I repay you. While you're in the Mortal World, if there's anything you need, just say the word."
Feng Ang shook his head. "It's not time yet, Fellow Daoist. You should find a place to recuperate. It's not convenient for me to entertain you here. If there's anything you need, I'll contact you."
"I understand. Farewell." Cheng Hui's figure vanished, passing through the astral winds that surrounded the valley.
The single-winged horse once again lay down in the valley. "It seems the Southern Chu Dynasty is finished. That bastard has quite a few enemies. I wonder if they have anything to do with Chen Luoyang and Xu Ruotong?"
After a while, his expression flickered.
They really do have something to do with each other?
Feng Ang looked up and saw a figure appear in the valley. It was none other than Chen Luoyang.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, what can I do for you?" Feng Ang asked.
"Southern Chu's Cheng Hui." Chen Luoyang looked at the single-winged horse in front of him. "Do you know this person?"
Feng Ang nodded. "I've only heard of him before, but I've just met him."
He calmly looked at Chen Luoyang. "This Fellow Daoist Cheng's bloodline seems to have changed. He's no longer human. The reason for this is related to a page of the Heavenly Scroll. He came to me with the Heavenly Scroll and asked me to recommend Mountain Paragon to the Mountain and Sea Realm, but I refused."
"Oh?" Chen Luoyang was noncommittal.
"I have Mountain Paragon's mission, so I stayed in the Mortal World to wait for the Mortal Emperor's Mausoleum to appear. Thanks to Devil Sovereign's care, I can't have any designs on the Heavenly Scroll of the Mortal World." Feng Ang smiled. "In front of the Heavenly Scroll, I was indeed tempted, but I could only refuse Fellow Daoist Cheng."
"Where is he now?" Chen Luoyang didn't bat an eyelid.
"I stayed in the Mortal World to wait for the Mortal Emperor's Mausoleum to appear," Feng Ang answered. "I didn't want to complicate matters. I couldn't help Fellow Daoist Cheng, but I didn't want to make things difficult for him. I just wanted him to know when to retreat. As for where he is now, I don't know."
Chen Luoyang said, "The Martial Paragon Realm has the ability to transcend the Heavens, so he can go to the Mountain and Sea Realm on his own."
"Fellow Daoist Cheng's injuries are quite serious, so it'll be difficult for him to make the trip. However, I can't say for sure," Feng Ang said. "However, if he really wanted to leave the Mortal World and go to the Mountain and Sea Realm, I'm sure he would leave that page of the Heavenly Scroll with Devil Sovereign. I don't think he's someone who doesn't know what's important."
"If he knew what's important, how could he have ended up like this?" Chen Luoyang was indifferent. "As for you, you've clearly missed an opportunity."
Feng Ang laughed. "There are too many opportunities in the Mortal World, and that might not be a good thing for me. Fellow Daoist Cheng, on the other hand, has an enemy like you. No matter how cautious he is, he can't avoid today's ending, can he?"
"You're wrong, I don't have enemies," Chen Luoyang laughed. "I won't mistreat those who are loyal to me."
Feng Ang blinked.
Even though he was mentally prepared, he couldn't take it anymore.
Was this guy talking like a human?
Cheng Hui wasn't a demon, and he didn't speak like a human.
Asking a Martial Paragon to submit to you, a Martial Saint?
No one could afford to lose face like that!
But when Feng Ang thought about it carefully, it didn't seem so strange.
His ears and ears in the Mortal World weren't very well-informed, so he hadn't heard about what happened in Southern Chu.
But Feng Ang had heard about Chen Luoyang's battle with Mountain Chieftain Yan Ran, and the news that a Martial Saint had killed a Martial Paragon.
Without knowing the details, it was hard to not believe it, and the rumors were exaggerated.
Not just in the Mortal World, but even in the history of the Mountain and Sea Realm, this was unprecedented.
But seeing Cheng Hui beaten into such a sorry state by Chen Luoyang, it seemed to prove how terrifying Chen Luoyang was.
Feng Ang was now facing Chen Luoyang, and he couldn't seem to see through this Martial Saint.
Of course, he couldn't examine Chen Luoyang the way he had examined Cheng Hui, and he couldn't really probe him. But with his cultivation and strength, he couldn't see through a Martial Saint. That in itself was enough to explain the problem.
Even without considering the Demon Lord, the person in front of him was already a giant in the Mortal World.
"Fellow Daoist Chen is shockingly talented, and your ambition is higher than the heavens. It is truly admirable," Feng Ang said politely.
"Since Cheng Hui is not here, I won't stay any longer. Rest well, Fellow Daoist." Chen Luoyang didn't say anything more. He turned and left.
Feng Ang watched him leave, and thought, "It seems I underestimated this Demon Lord's successor. It hasn't been long since I last saw him, but he seems to have improved since the first time I met him in the East Zhou Dynasty. It seems he has more than Emperor Xi's spell formation to rely on. To be chosen by the Demon Lord as his successor, he really is unique."
Chen Luoyang left Stellar Cloud Valley, and said to Han Zheng and Han Mei, "This demon only said half of what he said, and he didn't tell the whole truth. Don't trust him completely. Cheng Hui's whereabouts are unknown, so you still have to be careful."
Han Mei looked like she was about to cry.
Han Zheng tried to ask, "Chu … no, Cheng Hui is close to the Demon Race, and he might be colluding with a Greater Demon from the Mountain and Sea Realm. Won't the Demon Lord punish him?"
Chen Luoyang glanced at her.
She hurriedly said, "Han Zheng wouldn't dare to question the Demon Lord's decision. I'm just too concerned. I hope the Demon Lord can forgive me."
"It's just Cheng Hui," Chen Luoyang said coolly. "My master doesn't have the time to deal with him.
"As long as they don't collude with the outside world to lure the Demons of the Mountain and Sea into the mortal world, my master won't mind. Feng Ang is a pure Demon, and he's even stronger than Cheng Hui. How could my master allow him to live in the mortal world?
"He's holed up now, but even if he wants to fight for his own territory in the mortal world, as long as he doesn't break the rules of the mortal world, my master will let him do as he pleases. Years ago, the Sea of Bitterness, as well as many of the Demonic Path, came from this."
Han Zheng was speechless. She remembered hearing that during the reign of the Human Emperor, there was no Demonic Path in the mortal world.
"Of course," Chen Luoyang said indifferently. "If the Demon Race really wants to conquer the mortal world, they'll immediately become public enemies. That's much more difficult than the Sea of Bitterness."
Han Mei smiled bitterly and asked, "Could it be that this Greater Demon has a Witherheart Stone to help Cheng Hui heal?"
Chen Luoyang shook his head. "I can't say for sure right now. I'll need to see Cheng Hui and his page of the Heavenly Book to make a judgment."
His eyes flickered. "If Cheng Hui wants to heal, he might need more than just a Witherheart Stone."
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