"That means you'll have a top-grade spirit vein to cultivate with, free of any constraints imposed by your surroundings!"
Li Yunjing swept his lightning-sharp gaze over the demons. "Our demands are simple. We don't expect you to defeat the Heavenly Net Dao Sect. You only need to make them pay and stop invading the sects of the East Sea!"
"Hahaha!"
The Golden Winged Roc King suddenly burst into laughter, shaking the demon moon stones in the hall's ceiling. "What an openly laid scheme! But..."
His tone shifted. "Why should we trust you?"
"I didn't come here today as an individual!"
Li Yunjing raised the Divine Firmament Token and said solemnly, "The Divine Firmament Dao Sect won't tarnish its reputation of hundreds of thousands of years by breaking faith with a few demon kings!"
"So much for the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's reputation!"
Golden light flared in the Golden Winged Roc King's eyes, and all three pupils contracted to pinpoints.
"But did you know that your human race used those very words, 'good faith,' to trick our race into signing the Nine Nether Contract?"
He slammed a hand onto his throne's armrest, making the entire hall tremble. "And what happened?"
"This is your human race's so-called good faith!"
The white-bearded elder suddenly summoned an ancient animal hide glowing with bloody light, densely covered in golden runes.
Li Yunjing looked closely, and his heart shook.
It was none other than the original contract signed between the human race and the Demon Race in primordial times.
Although Li Yunjing had never seen the original, he figured that if the Demon Race dared produce the Nine Nether Contract, the humans must have done something dishonorable.
The matter had nothing to do with Li Yunjing, but as a member of the same race, he still