Uninvited Guest

Outside Dragon Scale Island's teleportation array, a group of Demon Race cultivators dressed in splendid attire stood in two neat rows.

Seventeen Lady Jiao stood at the very front, her black gown making her look conservative and dignified. As a Spirit Transformation expert and the chief manager of Dragon Scale Tower, Seventeen Lady Jiao rarely treated anything with such solemnity.

This time, Ninth Lady Jiao and Jiao Leihai were bringing several Spirit Transformation experts over. She had to be more formal.

In truth, the Demon Race had not been this troublesome in the past. After spending all day mingling with human cultivators on Dragon Scale Island, they had gradually picked up all sorts of messy rules and cumbersome rituals.

She had once thought such things were quite good—full of ceremony, capable of displaying the importance of those in high positions.

Only when it became her turn to handle these elaborate rituals did she realize they were utterly useless, exhausting, and a tremendous drain on time and energy—a colossal waste of resources.

Still, everyone in the Dragon Scale Association had grown accustomed to these ceremonies. If she did not show enough solemnity, Ninth Lady Jiao and Jiao Leihai might not say anything aloud, but they would certainly take issue with it in their hearts.

Because they were waiting for these Spirit Transformation experts, the grand teleportation array had been temporarily shut down, refusing all other incoming teleportation talisman connections.

Quite a few demons watched the teleportation array from afar, guessing which great figure was coming—someone important enough for Seventeen Lady Jiao, the chief manager of Dragon Scale Tower, to personally receive them.

Quite a few humans were also watching nearby. Most of these human cultivators were simply curious, though some came from major sects to observe the situation.

Seventeen Lady Jiao