Ji Yuan's Second Infiltration of the Demonic Dao [Monthly Votes Requested]

...That bastard had arrived even faster!

Ji Yuan had thought he had come early enough. After all, Icefire Old Man had taken him out as soon as the message ended. Though the old man had not traveled at full speed, he had hardly been slow.

Yet he had still failed to beat this Demonic Cultivator here.

That left only two possibilities. Either the man had a powerful Golden Core Cultivator backing him, enabling him to travel so quickly,

or... his hiding place was somewhere nearby.

Ji Yuan hoped it was the latter. He slowly turned to look at the person behind him.

On the mountaintop stood a viewing pavilion, placed there by some kindhearted cultivator.

Ji Yuan stood in its center, facing north.

The newcomer behind him was a middle-aged man in a blue-and-yellow spirit robe. He was fairly handsome, but his eyes were sunken and his complexion yellowish.

Either he had cultivated some demonic art, or years of drink and women had taken their toll.

Beside him stood a delicate, beautiful woman. She had been holding his arm, but when Ji Yuan turned, she hurriedly let go, trotted over, and took Ji Yuan's arm instead. In a small voice, she called,

"Husband."

...I killed you, and now I have to hear your wife call me husband. I swear I didn't mean to.

Ji Yuan silently apologized to Huang Richeng. Outwardly, he merely nodded. "You've suffered during this time."

Even as he said it, Ji Yuan felt like retching.

The man was at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, while the woman was only at Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Neither had a higher cultivation level than Ji Yuan, so if a fight broke out, he would have to strike with everything he had.

A blush crossed the woman's face. Hiding behind her