Nine Provinces Cauldron

In another, more secluded secret chamber of Mountainview Tower.

Jiang Dian pushed the door open and entered.

The chamber was pitch-dark.

Yet a candle was lit at that moment.

A dark room of a thousand years needed but one lamp to shine bright.

A figure sprawled upon the grand master's chair at the center of the room.

It was a Sixth-Order Great Demon named Qi Wufeng.

It had the head of an elderly human, its features withered and gaunt, yet two clusters of ghostly green flame burned within its eyes.

An utterly terrifying aura coiled around its body.

"The talks fell through?"

The Sixth-Order Great Demon's voice was hoarse.

"That old fox Shangguan Xuan refused to step forward. Even Cui Yu, a mere Seventh Rank county magistrate, would not yield to either soft or hard tactics."

Jiang Dian displayed little emotion.

For a man like him, emotions were merely something shown to others.

Within, his heart was as still as an ancient well.

"What do you mean?" the great demon asked.

"Since none of them will obey, then let all of Qingzhou descend into chaos!"

"The thing inside the Bronze Cauldron of the Ancient Demon Battlefield is something the Eighth Prince must obtain."

Jiang Dian pondered for a moment before speaking.

At those words, the ghost-fire eyes on the Sixth-Order Great Demon's withered face suddenly flickered.

"All of Qingzhou? Wouldn't that make too great a stir?"

A trace of surprise entered its voice.

It had thought that throwing Pingyang County into chaos would be enough.

Who would have thought that the one behind Jiang Dian harbored ambitions extending beyond a single county?

This was to drag all of Qingzhou into a sea of blood!

"What, can't you do it?"

Jiang Dian gave it a glance.

"I can. Of course I