Ten Thousand Demons Plot

The matter of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect ambushing and slaughtering people had naturally long reached the ears of the three great powers stationed in Red Maple Market. They were equally shaken by this horrifying, utterly inhumane news.

However, as the local emperors of the market, they had no thoughts of tracking down, sweeping through, or even encircling the Ten Thousand Demons Sect. Their thinking was simple: protect their own share of interests. Do not let the Ten Thousand Demons Sect affair affect them.

Thus, their first choice was to pull back their forces and strengthen the market's defenses.

Each man swept the snow before his own door. This was also the law of survival and profit by which they lived.

Being able to guard Red Maple Market well was the best support they could offer the trade route patrol.

The vicious incident of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect's ambush in the Red Maple Mountain Area naturally drew the attention of the Town Pacification Office and the Universe Control Division. What they had not expected was that this matter would attract Chen Ping'an, this great deity, and that he would arrive so fast!

There were fewer than ten days until the North Azure Auction officially began. In their expectations, a young prodigy like Chen Ping'an surely would not be able to endure solitude and would have headed early to the North Azure Stronghold to join the grand occasion and experience the gathering storm clouds there.

Yet at this critical juncture, he had actually come to Red Maple Market.

They were situated on the outskirts of the Dragon Peace Trade Route, so they naturally knew something about the Town Pacification Office official responsible for the Outer Trade Route Patrol. Back when Chen Ping'an had still been the second-in-command of the Outer