Night!
No moon!
Nor stars.
A quiet mountain village.
Hidden in the darkness, a single solitary lamp lit up, becoming the only light source within a radius of dozens of miles.
The solitary lamp was placed in a rather spacious thatched cottage, inside of which a group of Taoist priests sat in a circle.
"Why hasn't the Senior Apprentice-Brother returned yet?"
A Taoist priest with a goatee said with an anxious expression.
"Second Apprentice-Brother, you shouldn't worry too much."
"The Senior Apprentice-Brother is the most powerful successor of our Chang Sheng Temple. His magical power is profound; he has merely gone to deal with a little demon cub," said the youngest among the many Taoist priests.
The goatee Taoist shook his head and said, "You're being too optimistic!"
"The Senior Apprentice-Brother is indeed formidable, and his strength has an uncrossable chasm between ours."
"However..."
"The enemy he faces this time is not mediocre folks like us. Those people are without exception the most talented of this generation, and the factions behind them are equally extraordinary."
"Talent! Cultivation! Foundation! Techniques! Magical artifacts! Background... Sigh!"
"The Senior Apprentice-Brother does not hold an obvious advantage," the goatee Taoist said dejectedly, shaking his head.
The Senior Apprentice-Brother of Chang Sheng Temple went to intercept and kill a Celestial Demon!
Regarding this matter, emotionally speaking, the goatee Taoist was against it—the risk was simply too great. Yet from a rational perspective, he had to participate in the battle this time to prevent the Celestial Demon Sect successor from obtaining a physical body. The people of the Celestial Demon Sect were already powerful; if they also acquired the Supreme God Body of the Supreme God Sect, then there would be no need to play this trial.
"May the Senior Apprentice-Brother be blessed with his own natural