After returning to the small city, Shen Luo and the others, led by the Ghost General Zhao Feiji, successfully reunited with Ru Meng and Feihong.
The group found an inn in the city, rented two rooms, rested for two days, and only then set off again.
Wuman'er departed with the three Sprites for Divine Wood Forest, while Shen Luo continued alone along his original route toward Heavenly Mechanism City, seeking a way to repair the Jade Pillow.
Lion Camel City.
Rolling black clouds pressed down upon the city, and the heavens were pitch-black.
Within a grand fortified city, baleful energy soared into the sky. The demons throughout the city were all filled with outrage.
Inside a brightly lit hall in the City Lord's Manor, a middle-aged man dressed in a black-feathered cloak sat on an ornate golden chair at the center of the hall. His face was clouded with worry as he leaned sideways against the armrest, gently rubbing his brow with one hand.
Though he wore the face of a middle-aged man, his features were quite handsome, save for an overly prominent hooked nose.
He was none other than the lord of Lion Camel City, the Golden-Winged Peng.
Several other figures stood in the hall, all broad-backed, thick-waisted, and vicious-looking. They watched the figure seated above with nervous expressions.
One of them, a tall man with a leopard's head, a human body, and scale armor, cautiously said, "My king, the Second King has sent someone to press us again. He wants us to hand over Fu Donglai at once. We..."
Before he could finish, the hooked-nosed man slowly opened his eyes, and he immediately fell silent.
"My second brother wants me to hand him over. What did my eldest brother say?" the Golden-Winged Peng asked.
"The Great King...