Chapter 1444: Chapter 61: Plotting Against the True Demon

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Qi Hongzhao’s excitement was simply unstoppable. His originally gloomy old face bloomed into a smile: “Our Yinsha lineage is returning to its peak, revival is hopeful~! Little Demon Sovereign, hehehe~ you would never dream of this, my disciple Ruobing might actually compete with you.”

Beside him, Wang Longyan timidly asked, “Master, what is this about…?”

“This, haha~ it’s a long story.” Qi Hongzhao, the Demon Lord of Yin Sha, was brought back from his uncontrollable excitement by Wang Longyan’s question, and pulled her to sit down beside him to explain, “My dear disciple, you should know that our Yinsha Sect’s founding ancestor was originally expelled from the Real Demon Palace, right?”

“Mhm.” Wang Longyan nodded.

“But people only know one side of the story, not the other.” Qi Hongzhao explained, “Our forebears of the Yinsha lineage, left the Real Demon Palace after failing to compete for the Ming Sha True Demon Scripture, suffering ostracism within.”

At this point, he was full of emotion and detailed to Wang Longyan the conspiracies and schemes from the past due to which the old ancestor lost the True Demon Sutra, how shamelessly others acted, and how he faced much discrimination and unfair treatment among other things.

Wang Longyan listened quietly without giving any opinions.

Qi Hongzhao’s words were obviously exaggerated and processed, plus with word-of-mouth, who knows how much truth there was. Such words were better to just listen to, taking them seriously would be foolish.

However, one thing was certain, the original Yinsha Sect was also a lineage of the Real Demon Palace, and seemed quite formidable.

Fortunately, after a long-winded talk from Qi Hongzhao, he finally got to the main point: “Later, although our old ancestor left the Real Demon Palace, he never gave up hope, always dreaming of the day he could return to the Real Demon Palace and retrieve the Ming Sha True Demon Scripture.”

“Sadly, the competition for the True Demon Scripture is fierce, and to stand a chance in this competition, one would need at least a World’s Best Grade B qualification. Our Yinsha Sect is located in a remote area, and since then, no disciple qualified to compete for the True Demon Scripture emerged. Naturally, the subject was dropped. However, this has become a fixation of the successive Yinsha Sect Masters. Unexpectedly, after more than ten thousand years, there’s now hope in my generation.”

“Master.” Wang Longyan asked with a face full of surprise and doubt, “Do you mean that I can compete for the True Demon Sutra in the Demonic Dynasty?”

“Of course.” The Demon Lord of Yin Sha naturally nodded, “The True Demon Scripture of the Real Demon Palace is called ‘Ming Sha True Demon Scripture’. Our lineage’s ‘Yinsha Codex’ was derived from the Immortal Scripture and is even one of the core inheritances. Since you are cultivating the ‘Yinsha Codex’, you naturally have the qualifications to compete for the True Demon Sutra.”

Wang Longyan was stunned for a moment.

She then realized that she had been trapped in a misconception all this while.

Da Qian had split from the Immortal Dynasty and many rules and customs originate from the Immortal Dynasty. The scrutiny for inheriting cultivation techniques continues in the strict tradition. Without legitimate and pure Immortal Palace disciple status whose ancestors’ identities could withstand scrutiny for several generations and who had made significant contributions to the Immortal Palace, inheriting the Immortal Scripture would be impossible.

But the Demonic Dynasty was different.

The Demonic Dynasty always revered strength; as long as one’s Cultivation Technique was compatible, anyone could compete for the True Demon Scripture.

Of course, you would need sufficient strength to win; otherwise, the consequences of losing in the competition could be dire, and the process often involved all kinds of underhanded and malicious tactics; naturally, it was generally not harmonious.

Competing in the peaceful and harmonious manner of the Immortal Dynasty, where even if one failed, they could still carry on being the lord of a sacred land cordially, was very difficult to achieve in the Real Demon Palace.

As Qi Hongzhao spoke, he also became excited again: “That Little Demon Sovereign is very popular in the Demonic Dynasty, with superb qualifications, having inherited his lineage’s Codex and reached World’s Best Grade A, he currently has no rivals in the Real Demon Palace. Although your qualifications were not bad before, the gap between you and him was too big, I thought that even competing seemed nearly hopeless, hence I hadn’t mentioned it. But now it’s different.”

He looked at Wang Longyan with excited and hopeful eyes: “Your qualifications have now reached the Peak of World’s Best Grade B. Once you complete the inheritance of our ‘Yinsha Codex’ and are nourished by its terrestrial forces, your qualifications will surely reach Grade A. Maybe, you will even be stronger than that Little Demon Sovereign. This is a once in a millennium opportunity, once successful, you could take over the Real Demon Palace and become the next Demon Lord!”

“Our Yinsha Sect could once more become the orthodox inheritance of the Real Demon Palace!”

It could be seen that this issue had long become a heart disease successive Yinsha Sect Masters harbored, to the extent that Qi Hongzhao’s mood and excitement spilled over in his tone during the conversation, almost without any attempt to conceal it.

Getting excited as he spoke, he suddenly stood up, grabbing Wang Longyan and walking outside: “Let’s go, let’s go, I will pass down the Codex to you now. After you return, grasp the time to practice diligently. Once you advance to the Divine Power Territory, I will take you to the Immortal Dynasty, to properly compete with that Little Demon Sovereign and snatch back the True Demon Sutra!”

The True Demon Sutra, like the Immortal Scripture, selects its inheritors among Cultivators of Shen-tong realm, and Wang Longyan’s current Cultivation base is still not enough.

As Wang Longyan followed him out, doubts lingered in her mind: “But Master, our foundation in the Demonic Dynasty is shallow, if we really compete, aren’t we at a disadvantage?”