Paying Respects to the Martial Ancestor

Bai Qiuran and Wisdom Immortal stood a few feet apart, scrutinizing the strange Demon Race.

"I have never seen Demon Race so short before."

Bai Qiuran looked at the humanoid Demon Race and said, "Moreover, I've never seen Demon Race that can speak human language before. Even Great Demon with Superpower couldn't speak so clearly."

Wisdom Immortal examined it; the Soulfire flickered. He then said, "According to the feedback from Great Wisdom, this type of Demon Race is called Demon Venerable within Demon Race. They are a level above the Great Demon, and of course, their strength is far more terrifying."

"So the Demon Race haven't been fighting us at full strength all this time?"

Bai Qiuran looked at the Demon Venerable and said.

"No, this kind of Demon Venerable evolved only over the thousands of years between the Demon Race and this one, and their numbers within the Demon Race are not very large."

Wisdom Immortal replied, "It should be considered one of those that diminishes with each kill."

"Alright, let's kill him here."

Bai Qiuran raised his hand, then lowered it again, and asked, "If I leave his body intact, Wisdom Immortal, could you analyze the principles behind the formation of this Demon Race?"

"I can't say for sure about these things, but weren't the higher-ups of your Profound Law Academy just taken away by that old man? If you show him the Demon Venerable's complete corpse, you might find something useful."

Wisdom Immortal suggested.

"Middle."

Bai Qiuran stepped out of the bamboo forest, appearing brazenly right under the Demon Venerable's nose.

Who are you?

He was spotted by some surrendered Cultivators flying in the sky, Cultivators immediately questioned him, "How dare you be so bold in front of the Demon Venerable?!"

"Hmm? Human Race?"

The Demon Venerable also turned around with his arms crossed, and said coldly, "You've got some nerve, don't you know..."

A flash of white light appeared, and the Demon Venerable remained standing in the same spot, but his eyes had dimmed.

Bai Qiuran shook off the red and black blood on her hands, walked up to the Demon Venerable, picked it up, sealed it with magic, and put it into her Storage Bag. Only then did the surrounding Cultivators realize what had happened.

"The Demon Venerable is dead?"

A Cultivators shouted, "Oh no! Run!"

He had barely finished shouting when a tall Demon Race beside him opened its massive maw and swallowed half of his body whole.

Sharp teeth severed his body, blood spurted out, and amidst screams, the Golden Core Stage Cultivators perished on the spot.

After losing the Demon Venerable's control, the scene immediately descended into chaos. The swarming Demon Race around them could no longer suppress their ferocity and began to indiscriminately attack all other races in the vicinity.

Amidst screams, the traitorous Cultivators were almost instantly slaughtered, and then the surrounding Demon Race turned their attention to Bai Qiuran.

Do you want to play with me?

Looking at these Demon Race with fierce eyes, Bai Qiuran spread his hands and shrugged.

Unparalleled Sword Qi erupted, and a few seconds later, Bai Qiuran emerged from the forest, shook off the demonic blood on her hands, and without looking back at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood behind her, she left directly, Book of Questions the Immortal Emperor known as "Red Dust Immortal Elder".

This Immortal Emperor was extremely fast and very skilled at concealment. If it weren't for the Wisdom Immortal as a tracking device, Bai Qiuran have had a real hard time tracking his direction.

Bai Qiuran followed him all the way, only to find that this Immortal Emperor had actually come directly to the Headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Sect in Northern Abyss.

The fact that the Heavenly Demon Sect Mountain Protection Array wasn't forcibly opened suggests that either this Immortal Emperor directly manipulated space to enter, or someone deliberately allowed him to enter.

Seeing this, Bai Qiuran followed suit and Earthly Advantage Spatial Arts to travel into the Heavenly Demon Sect.

As luck would have it, after he went inside, he saw the Old Man standing in a square of the Heavenly Demon Sect, surrounded by a large group of high-ranking figures from the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Sect Alliance.

Led by Daoist Zhufeng and Huangfu Feng, the group of men are now thanking the Old Man in unison.

Bai Qiuran no longer concealed her whereabouts and walked directly over.

"Sword Ancestor."

Upon seeing Bai Qiuran, the people from the other sects hurriedly bowed in greeting.

"Martial Ancestor Uncle."

Inside the Azure Nether Sword Sect, Zhu Feng and Jueyunzi, who had just gone to participate in the rescue, along with the other Elder who had just been rescued, also hurriedly bowed.

"Um."

Bai Qiuran nodded, then looked at the Old Man and asked, "May I ask your name?"

"This is the Red Dust Elder we met by chance in a bamboo grove."

Jueyunzi explained, "Our successful escape this time was entirely thanks to the old gentleman's help."

Bai Qiuran glanced at them. In fact, after they escaped from the Prison to that mountain wilderness, Bai Qiuran had been trailing behind them at a distance. Even if the Old Man hadn't appeared, they would have been fine.

But it was in that remote mountain area that Bai Qiuran sensed the Old Man's presence, which is why she decided to hide and see what the Old Man was planning to do.

"I see."

He pretended not to know anything and thanked the Old Man, saying, "These young men are truly grateful for your help, senior."

After Bai Qiuran appeared, the Old Man kept looking him over, seemingly deep in thought. Upon hearing this, the Old Man quickly waved his hand and said, "I dare not accept such praise. I am, after all, a member of the Human Race. This is merely my duty."

He paused, then looked at the others present, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Everyone, this old man has something I'd like to say to this fellow Daoist privately. Could you please excuse me for a moment?"

Does he recognize me?

Bai Qiuran somewhat surprised. Then he looked at the others present, coughed, and said to them, "You all go ahead with your work. I'll accompany this old gentleman for a walk up the mountain."

The others exchanged glances and then dispersed; they did indeed need time to attend to other matters.

Before leaving, Su Xiangxue, who was holding You Meiqiao, and Li Jinyao, who was being pulled by Ji Lingyun, turned back to look at Bai Qiuran. Bai Qiuran shook her head at them, indicating that they didn't need to worry.

After everyone had left, Bai Qiuran extended his hand to the Old Man and said, "Please, sir. Although this isn't my sect, I've been here a few times before. I can show you around."

"No, no, I wouldn't dare."

The Old Man bowed his head and said, "Let me lead the way for you."

"But you've never been here before, do you know how to get around?"

Seeing him like this, Bai Qiuran couldn't help but chuckle.

"This..."

The Old Man thought for a moment, then replied helplessly, "Then I'll have to trouble you."

"What's the trouble?"

After saying that, Bai Qiuran led the Old Man towards the mountainside where the Heavenly Demon Sect's Mountain Gate was located.

On the way, he casually asked, seemingly unintentionally, "The old gentleman seems to recognize me?"

The Old Man hesitated for a long time before finally replying, "Yes."

But I have never seen the old gentleman.

Bai Qiuran asked, "Sir, could you tell me where you learned that there was such a person as me?"

Well...

The Old Man pondered for a long time, and finally, after Bai Qiuran led him to a secluded place, he stepped past Bai Qiuran, came in front of him, and then knelt down and kowtowed to him.

"Disciple Mo Chen greets Grandmaster."