"I never expected to get my hands on this so quickly."
On the way back, Li Ling toyed with the Travel Permit he had obtained for a while. He discovered that its material was of little consequence; instead, the seal at the bottom carried a peculiar power that even he could not see through.
It faintly reminded him of facing Blood Sea Demon Venerable.
"It must have been left by a Demon God of the demon race. Forging it would be all but impossible."
He read the writing on it and discovered that it was actually Immortal Script from the Primordial Era.
Demon civilization and human civilization shared deep roots, so Immortal Script was often used by ancient cultivators of both races. The demon race also had its own unique demon script, but little of it remained in circulation.
Li Ling could roughly make out that the text commanded subjects of every rank within the demon kingdom to open their checkpoints and grant passage. Anyone holding this permit could bring their own people in and out freely, traveling without obstruction.
But it was valid only within Partridge Ridge.
"It doesn't grant passage throughout the entire Bashan Demon Kingdom?" Mu Qingsi said regretfully. "Lord Bashan might be able to issue a Travel Permit like that."
Li Ling said, "Yu Kai doesn't have that authority, and neither does Lord Bashan. The demon kingdom uses a feudal system of fixed territorial fiefs, rooted in Spirit Peak Blessed Lands. Each radish has its own hole."
"Why is that?" Mu Qingsi asked. "Lord Bashan is the sovereign of the entire demon kingdom, and a peak expert of the Nascent Soul Realm himself. Shouldn't he hold every matter, great and small, in his grasp?"
Li Ling explained, "It has to do with the framework the Demon