The mortal world! West Continent! Not far from the Human Dao Sect!
Inside the great hall where Black Mountain Old Demon resided.
Black Mountain Old Demon sat upon his throne, while a group of men and women stood below.
"Master, Great Zheng has sent out its army to wage war against the West Continent. Look how fierce their momentum is! Why won't you let us join them?" a man asked indignantly.
"Senior Brother, the Heavenly Emperor naturally has his reasons! Don't speak recklessly!" a woman called out beside him.
"Yu Er, you don't understand. Reasons? What reasons? They've already conquered most of the West Continent. Who knows how many merits we've missed? If we keep sitting here, those merits will never fall into our hands!" Senior Brother said with an ugly expression.
"But compared to Shen Gongbao, Kong Xuan, and the others, can you seize all those cities the way they can?" Yu Er retorted.
"Uh, but—but—but it's still better than sitting here, isn't it? Look at Zhao Tian Ci. He directly became a commander of an entire army and has accumulated so much merit! After all these years, his achievements are already enough to raise him to Marquis! Marquis, you know what that means?" Senior Brother said with envy.
"That's because he has the ability!" Yu Er said.
"But...!" Senior Brother was about to say more.
"Enough!" Black Mountain Old Demon shouted coldly.
Everyone immediately fell silent and looked toward Black Mountain Old Demon.
"Do your own duty. No one is to bring this up again!" Black Mountain Old Demon said in a deep voice.
"But...!" Senior Brother was still unwilling to give in.
"Yes!" The others bowed respectfully in unison.
Black Mountain Old Demon looked at his eldest disciple and said calmly, "The Heavenly Emperor personally instructed me