The Sect Master Said You Were Three Thousand Years Old

Inside the great hall on Heavenly Demon Peak, the Demon Sect's senior members stood in two rows below, while Zhou Qiong sat above them, demonic flames surging to the heavens.

Beside him, Liansheng, dressed in red robes, bowed to Zhou Qiong. "Sect Master, all of Black King City has been brought under our Demon Sect's command. We have located every energy mine belonging to the eight major factions: eleven high-grade energy mines and fifty mid-grade energy mines."

"Mm, very good. Step up mining operations. Our Demon Sect needs to increase its strength quickly."

"As you command!" With that, Liansheng returned to Zhou Qiong's side.

At that moment, Huang Yi, wearing a bronze mask, knelt on one knee and said, "Reporting to the Sect Master, we have confirmed that the Land of Chaos has a total of two hundred and twenty cities, all roughly the same size as Black King City. The closest one to Black King City is Heavenly Sea City!"

"What is the situation in Heavenly Sea City?"

"Reporting to the Sect Master, Heavenly Sea City is controlled by the human Hong Family. Its city lord is the Hong Family's ancestor, Hong Tu. He is over ten thousand years old, and his cultivation reached the True Martial Realm as early as three thousand years ago. His exact current realm is unknown! They also have over twenty Eternal Realm cultivators and several thousand Profound Understanding Realm cultivators."

After hearing this, Zhou Qiong pondered silently for a moment. With the Demon Sect's current strength, they could not yet take Heavenly Sea City.

"Liansheng, Bai Haotian, step forward!"

"Your subordinates are here." Liansheng and Bai Haotian both bowed in response.

"I will give you two years. Make use of every resource available. Two years from now, our Demon Sect will officially march on Heavenly Sea City!"

"As you command!" the two shouted in unison.

After the Demon Sect's many senior members withdrew, Zhou Qiong sat in the great hall, silently contemplating.

"Ding! Mission unlocked: dominate the Land of Chaos. Rule the entire Land of Chaos. This mission has ten stages. For every tenth completed (every twenty-two cities brought under your rule), the host will be rewarded with one level increase and one million Villain Points. No penalty for failure. No time limit. Does the host accept?"

"Accept!"

"System, I still have some unused draws, don't I? Use them all now."

"Understood..."

Meanwhile, news that Black King City had been occupied by a faction called the Demon Sect spread through the surrounding cities, but it caused little stir. Although cities changing hands was not commonplace in the Land of Chaos, it happened from time to time. At most, others merely sighed over it.

On a peak in the Demon Sect's rear mountains stood an enormous peach tree, radiating five-colored light. One glance was enough to tell that it was no ordinary peach tree.

At that moment, Bai Haotian stood before him, dressed entirely in white.

Bai Haotian cupped his hands toward the peach tree. "Greetings, Protector Mu!"

An old man's face slowly materialized on the peach tree's trunk. Looking at Bai Haotian, he said softly, "Protector Bai, there is no need for such courtesy. You are the chief protector. By rights, I should be paying my respects to you." As he spoke, his trunk swayed gently and actually bent in a bow.

"No need for such courtesy, Protector Mu. I have come on the Sect Master's orders to collect some peaches!"

"Certainly!" Protector Mu agreed and shook his trunk. Over a thousand peaches flew straight toward Bai Haotian, who waved a hand and put them away, but did not leave.

"Is there anything else, Protector Bai?"

"Protector Mu, these peaches are too few. Our Demon Sect has so many members. Even if we only distributed them among the elite disciples, there would not be enough!"

"There is something you do not know, Protector Bai. My spirit peaches bear fruit only once every ten years. I do not have much stock left!" Elder Mu looked at Bai Haotian helplessly.

"The Sect Master said you were over three thousand years old."

Elder Mu nearly choked to death at Bai Haotian's words. So what if I'm three thousand years old? Does being three thousand mean I should have more peaches? Isn't this just bullying? Seeing that Bai Haotian clearly had no intention of leaving without more peaches, Elder Mu sighed deeply.

He shook himself again, and another thousand-odd peaches flew toward Bai Haotian. Seeing Bai Haotian look his way once more, he hurriedly blurted out, "No more! There really are no more this time!"

Bai Haotian gave a speechless chuckle and turned to leave. He had only taken a few steps when a voice behind him called him back.

"Protector Bai, please wait."

Bai Haotian turned to look at Elder Mu. A crack opened in Elder Mu's trunk, and a peach glowing with white light was sent toward Bai Haotian.

"Protector Bai, this is a gift from me. I hope you will put in a few good words for this old man with the Sect Master in the future."

Bai Haotian picked up the peach and examined it. Unlike the batches of spirit peaches from earlier, this one was clearly a grade higher. What he did not know was that Elder Mu had only ever given away two of these immortal peaches. The other was the one he had given Zhou Qiong at the previous banquet.

Inside the empty Heavenly Devil Hall stood a black figure, his presence domineering and bloody, like an ancient demon god standing there. Behind him knelt four people wearing different masks. As though cowed by his presence, they kept their heads bowed very low.

"How has the strength of the four divisions developed?"

"Reporting to the Sect Master, our Heaven Division currently has one Eternal Realm cultivator and fifty Profound Understanding Realm cultivators."

"Reporting to the Sect Master, our Earth Division currently has one Eternal Realm cultivator and forty-three Profound Understanding Realm cultivators."

"Reporting to the Sect Master, our Profound Division currently..."

"Reporting to the Sect Master, our Yellow Division currently..."

Indeed, the heads of the Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow Four Divisions had all entered the Eternal Realm. It could be said that, among the Demon Sect's current senior members, no one except Liansheng was a match for the four of them.

This was because, not long after ascending, Zhou Qiong had obtained a secret cultivation manual called "Dark Division" through a system draw. It happened to be perfectly suited to the four divisions.

With the full supply of the Demon Sect's resources as well, the four divisions had already grown terrifyingly powerful. Moreover, with this cultivation technique, they would only become more and more terrifying.

"Your four divisions will split up in four directions and investigate the cities throughout the Land of Chaos with all your strength. All of this will be our Demon Sect's territory in the future!"

"As you command!" the four answered in unison, their figures slowly disappearing from the great hall.

"System, how many Villain Points do I have left?"

"The host currently has two hundred thousand Villain Points remaining."

"Open the shop. I want to redeem a cultivation technique!"

"Understood!"

Zhou Qiong browsed the shop continuously until he finally spotted an interesting cultivation technique. Its entire name consisted of a single word, "Demon," yet its redemption price was frighteningly high: a full five hundred million Villain Points.

"System, what is going on with this technique? I clearly can't afford it, so why is it lit up? And why can't I open its description?"

"Host, this technique can be redeemed one level at a time. The first level costs only one hundred thousand Villain Points, and the price doubles with each subsequent level. Its description can only be opened after redemption."

"How many levels does this technique have in total?"

"Thirteen levels."

"..."

Although the system was a real swindler, Zhou Qiong redeemed it in the end. In truth, this was the most valuable thing Zhou Qiong had redeemed from the system so far, even if it was only the first level.

Zhou Qiong opened the description of "Demon" and was instantly astonished. Damn, I've struck treasure!