"Demon Master, these people want to see Your Majesty, but they refuse to say what it is about."
The guard felt wronged as well. He had merely been carrying out his duty, though he did look down somewhat on those from the lower realm.
"Demon Master, they are making things difficult for us, but we truly have something urgent to report."
The Lesser Demon hurriedly defended himself.
"Enough. Tell me what this urgent matter is, and I will report it to the Demon Emperor for you."
It was just a small misunderstanding, yet they had caused such a commotion.
"Demon Master, please speak with us somewhere private. This matter is too important; we must prevent word from spreading."
Even after encountering Kunpeng, the Lesser Demons remained extremely cautious. This was the key secret to restraining the Witch Clan, as well as their ticket into the Heavenly Court.
"Fine!"
Kunpeng wanted to see what secret these Lesser Demons possessed.
They went to a corner of the South Heaven Gate, where the Lesser Demons looked around repeatedly to make sure no one was nearby.
Seeing this, Kunpeng set up a barrier around several people. "Speak!"
"Demon Master, we discovered that after eating members of the Human Race, we Demons encounter no bottlenecks at all and can rapidly increase our cultivation."
"That is rather strange. Still, I imagine it is not of much use to our Demon Clan. Besides, the Human Race was created by Saint Nuwa. Slaughtering them would offend a Saint."
Kunpeng had thought it was some great matter. He had not expected these Lesser Demons to dare lay hands on the Human Race.
"Demon Master, you misunderstand. You may not realize that we were previously only Heavenly Immortals."
"What?!"
Kunpeng was greatly shocked. To leap from Heavenly Immortal to Grand