The rest of the journey went smoothly. Even when trouble cropped up from time to time, the demons who came looking for trouble with Cheng Yu always changed their attitudes after turning away, or simply disappeared.
Of course, Cheng Yu knew what was happening. Even though he could not sense them now, he knew full well that quite a few Demon Race experts were secretly following him, and they were far from weak.
But Cheng Yu did not care. As long as they did not bother him, they could do whatever else they pleased.
So even under surveillance, Cheng Yu stuck to his usual principle: as long as he did not see or hear about something, he could remain entirely ignorant of it.
After leaving Beijing City, Cheng Yu took Niu Ba straight to Central Continent.
Although he had known everything about Demon Race territory while playing the role of Shen Yu, that feeling had been like watching television. Knowing was one thing, but he had never actually visited those places.
Experiencing them in person was still different from the scenery in his memories.
During their travels, Cheng Yu also learned about the current state of the Demon Race as an observer.
Objectively speaking, the Demon Race was not as powerful as it had been ten thousand years ago.
The Monster Emperor's self-inflicted cut had stabilized the declining Demon Race, but it had also limited the potential of some exceptionally gifted demons.
Although the great clans were the main source of unrest within the Demon Race, everything had two sides. The reason they could cause such unrest was that most of the Demon Race's finest fighters also came from those clans.
The introduction of the Demon Laws had placed the avenues of advancement firmly in the Demon Dynasty's hands, but