Trouble in the Hidden Nether Realm

Liu Duanyue has been quite busy these days, as he has to manage the future development of Moonless City while also cultivating a suitable successor for himself.

Unfortunately, his chosen successor Liu Chengzhi, preferred to spend his days wandering around the city, inquiring about news from all sides, rather than sitting down to help him handle the city's affairs.

Helpless, Liu Duanyue had no choice but to handle everything herself, keeping him busy for even a moment.

Fortunately, after that strange event, Moonless City has now returned to stability.

Those who joined the Sun-Chasing Hall in the past, those who committed serious crimes were basically executed, and the rest were assigned to various places in Moonless City to repair houses and do other work.

Although the "Curse" on these people has been removed, they have lost some of their lifespan because they had spent too much energy on it. They still need Liu Duanyue to support them.

Fortunately, Liu Duanyue is a kind person, and these people are now living a relatively good life in Moonless City. As long as they are willing to work hard, they should have no problem supporting themselves.

It is said that after they have atoneed for their sins, City Lord Liu will give them a room to live in, and they will then be considered proper citizens of Moonless City.

These people, who previously dared not see the light of day, now cherish this goal and work diligently in the city every day.

Among these people, Yu Heng was the hardest worker.

Given the evil deeds he had committed, he should have been imprisoned for life. However, because a group of the Sun-Chasing Hall apostles who were also imprisoned and about to be executed tried to escape, Yu Heng secretly passed the message to the jailer, preventing the chaos that was about to happen. As a result, he was granted a pardon and released.

The zombies controlled by Wuyue Sha were incredibly destructive. When Sang Ying and the others left, almost half of the city was still in ruins and had not been repaired.

Yu Heng and the others are doing this kind of work now.

Because of their past actions, even though Liu Duanyue was willing to give these people a chance, most people didn't really trust them. So the City Lord's Mansion found a way to seal their cultivation levels, only allowing them to do so for a short period each day while they were doing their work.

Yu Heng and his team can now say that they have rebuilt those damaged houses entirely on their own.

During the time they spent repairing the houses, they worked diligently every day and were kind and polite to everyone. After all the houses in the city were rebuilt, the people in the city had a much better impression of Yu Heng and his group than before.

Sometimes, when Yu Heng was walking on the road with his apprentice Dongdong, they would encounter people whose houses he had helped repair, and those people would casually give Dongdong a few spirit fruits.

These spiritual fruits weren't worth many Spirit Stones, and Yu Heng didn't care much about them. What he cared about was the recognition he received from the people of this city.

Only at times like these did Yu Heng feel that he was living the life a human being should live, and that the past years were like a nightmare. He was only grateful that the nightmare was over.

After thanking the old man across the street for the handful of medicinal vegetables, Yu Heng led his apprentice into his own house.

This was built by City Lord Liu for all of them. For now, it can only be considered as temporary accommodation. Once everyone's lives stabilize and they save up some Spirit Stone, they can buy their own houses.

It is said that City Lord Liu will only symbolically collect some Spirit Stone, as if he were giving the house away for free.

While calculating the remaining Spirit Stone in his pocket, Yu Heng took the spirit vegetables and spirit fish into the kitchen to cook for Dongdong.

Dongdong hasn't reached the Foundation Establishment Realm yet, so he still needs to eat every day. Since his cultivation is sealed most of the time, he naturally gets hungry too, so he just eats and drinks like an ordinary person, just like Dongdong.

As soon as Yu Heng stepped into the kitchen, he felt a strange aura suddenly rush towards him!

Yu Heng's cultivation was merely sealed; he was no longer an ordinary person. He nimbly dodged the attack and tried to escape the kitchen, but he was still a step too slow.

The barrier that had appeared out of nowhere bounced Yu Heng back. Dongdong, who was only separated from him by a door, was still sorting out the day's gains between the master and disciple, completely unaware that her master was in danger.

Seeing this, Yu Heng had no choice but to stop what he was doing and turn to look at the person who had come.

The black mist emanating from the creature reminded Yu Heng that it was a demon. The woman beside the tall demon, however, seemed strangely familiar to Yu Heng.

He glanced at them hastily, then quickly forced a smile, "I wonder what business you two have with me? I'm just a laborer in Moonless City, I'm afraid I can't be of any help to you."

The two of them were so careful in coming to find him, it seemed they didn't want to make too much of a commotion and attract attention. Realizing this, Yu Heng's mood calmed down a bit.

But he was clearly too happy too soon. The demon opposite him simply raised his hand, and a wisp of black energy rushed straight at Yu Heng's face, causing him to faint on the spot.

A moment later, Yu Heng staggered to his feet. His eyes were now just whites, and he looked as if his soul had been taken away, leaving only a puppet-like body.

The woman, Qi Yaoji, who had been ordered to bring Fan Nanjun to the Hidden Nether Realm, smiled slightly, "Go, spread the Demonic Qi as a gift to celebrate the arrival of the Devil Race!"

Having lost all his senses, Yu Heng staggered out of the kitchen as Qi Yaoji instructed, and Dongdong, who was completely unaware of any danger outside the kitchen, became his first target.

However, after Yu Heng stepped out of the kitchen, his hand, which was about to rest on Dongdong's shoulder, suddenly stopped.

"Dongdong!"

Amid Yu Heng's struggling cries, Dongdong quickly realized something was wrong.

Before Dongdong could even turn around, Yu Heng used all his strength and the last shred of his sanity to forcefully push her out the door.

"Go find City Lord Liu! A demon has broken into Moonless City!" Yu Heng left his disciple with these last words, then slammed the door shut and rushed towards the two people in the kitchen.

Qi Yaoji clicked her tongue in disapproval, and with a single gesture, she sent Yu Heng tumbling against the wall.

A crater was smashed into the wooden wall, and the commotion inside could no longer be kept secret from those outside.

Dongdong, who already had a tacit understanding with his master, immediately spread Yu Heng's words after being pushed out the door. Although he was also worried about his master's safety, Dongdong knew what was important and what was urgent.

"A demon has broken into Moonless City!" Dongdong wiped away her tears as she ran wildly toward the City Lord's Mansion.

It was obviously too late to stop them now, but Qi Yaoji didn't care. Her mission was simply to bring Fan Nanjun here.

"Now it's up to you." After saying this, Qi Yaoji quickly disappeared from the spot.