Mo City Lord Had Returned

At that moment, Mo Chengkong was still laughing wildly when he suddenly grabbed Ye Wen and took him out of the lightless cave.

Once they were out, they arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. But Mo Chengkong didn't put Ye Wen down or stop walking. Instead, he continued toward the rear of the mansion.

They didn't stop until they reached a small square. Ye Wen glanced around. It was a place ordinarily used for sacrifices. He had even visited it with Zhang Jingyi last time.

Mo Chengkong said nothing. He simply carried Ye Wen over to a tower. It was in a terrible state of disrepair, yet remarkably sturdy. The last time Ye Wen had come here, he had used all his strength and still couldn't push open the door at its base.

This time, Mo Chengkong used some unknown method to open the tower's door with ease, then took Ye Wen inside.

"You old bastard, where are you taking me? Didn't you say you'd let me go after I wrote out the cultivation technique? What are you trying to do? Are you going to go back on your word and break your promise?"

Ye Wen struggled with all his might, but helplessly realized that without his demonic blade or berserk state, he was like a kitten in the old geezer's hands. He was like a cat being held by the tuft of fur at the back of its neck—no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get free.

Mo Chengkong was in an excellent mood today. He didn't care about Ye Wen's tone and even kindly explained himself.

"Look, didn't I let you out of the cave? So I haven't broken my word. I really did let you out."

"But what do you mean by grabbing me and bringing me here? Is this what you call letting me go?"

Ye Wen retorted indignantly.

"Haha, Ye, I only promised to let you out of the cave. I never promised to let you leave Demon Suppressing City."

"Shameless! You shameless old bastard!"

Ye Wen hadn't expected the other man to play word games with him. No wonder the heart of a centuries-old geezer was black as pitch.

"Down you go, brat!"

As he spoke, he kicked Ye Wen, sending him tumbling down. A hole had just opened in the floor at the center of the tower, and the pitch-black void swallowed Ye Wen.

Mo Chengkong closed the hole again. As it slowly shut, his sinister voice reached Ye Wen's ears once more.

"Know why this place is called Demon Suppressing City? Because a great demon is sealed beneath it. This tower was once called the Demon Suppressing Tower! The great demons were all sealed beneath this tower. I hope you're lucky and there aren't any living great demons down there. Then you might get to live a few more days."

His cackling laughter vanished as the hole closed. Ye Wen was truly in despair now. He had heard that this was the Demon Suppressing Tower—the very place where Demon Suppressing City sealed its great demons.

"You damned old geezer, may you die a horrible death! When I get out, I'll make you regret this. I'll make your whole Mo Family regret it!"

Furious, Ye Wen ranted as if he'd lost his mind. He knew that despite all the books he'd read, he had never once come across a great demon that had escaped after being sealed by Demon Suppressing City!

Gazing into the endless, profound darkness, Ye Wen's heart sank like ashes.

Mo Chengkong returned to Demon Suppressing City, his eyes sharp as an eagle's as he gazed into the distance.

"My old friends, I wonder if you've all died of old age. Once I break through this time, I'll come find you. I hope at least some of you are still alive. Otherwise, our era really will have been all but forgotten!"

Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Mo Chengkong saw that the current family head, Mo Hongjie, had returned. He couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.

"Hongjie, you raised a fine daughter. She helped me complete my task. Given the special circumstances last time, I let her leave first. Now that everything's settled, you can send someone to bring her back."

Mo Hongjie was Mo Ruxue's father and the City Lord of Xingyu Demon Suppressing City. He had just returned and, upon hearing that the Old Ancestor had emerged from seclusion, hurried over to pay his respects.

"Also, I'll settle the score with Xinglong Demon Suppressing City for detaining you this time. That old geezer really thought I was dead, did he? Once he saw I was out, he had the sense to release you."

Lord Mo spoke up.

"So the Old Ancestor had emerged from seclusion. I wondered why people from the other Demon Suppressing Cities were beaten to death as soon as they were detained, while we were merely imprisoned. They must have known the Old Ancestor was still in seclusion and feared him."

"Mm. The one from Xinglong Demon Suppressing City is an old friend of mine. Looks like he's grown restless after all these years. He's even planning to establish a kingdom. Has the ban been lifted? Otherwise, he wouldn't dare show off, even if he had ten times the courage!"

Lord Mo had no idea what ban his Old Ancestor was referring to. Perhaps he wasn't on a high enough level. In any case, with the Old Ancestor here, there was no need to worry about anyone attacking them.

"Go and wipe out every last remnant of the Fang Family in the city. I don't know how you've been serving as City Lord if you can't even keep your subordinates in check. Then gather every expert in the city. We'll establish a kingdom too, and annex Xingyuan Demon Suppressing City before Xinglong Demon Suppressing City can get there first."