"Hunyuan?"
True Person Han Xian frowned slightly.
"What are those furred and horned Beasts from Spirit Mountain doing here at Wuxiang Mountain?"
The Disciple bowed his head and replied respectfully, "Demon Emperor Hunyuan says he has a great treasure to offer to the Elder."
"A great treasure?"
A strange light flashed in True Person Han Xian's eyes.
At his Realm, ordinary Heaven And Earth Treasures no longer caught his eye.
If something was called a great treasure by a Demon Emperor, it likely wasn't anything ordinary.
"Let him in."
"Yes."
The Disciple took the order and withdrew.
Not long after.
Accompanying a series of heavy footsteps,
a hunched figure clad in a black robe walked into the hall.
As soon as he entered,
Demon Emperor Hunyuan knelt and prostrated himself with great familiarity.
"The minor demon Hunyuan pays respects to True Person Han Xian."
His posture was extremely lowly.
There wasn't a trace of the prestige of a Spirit Mountain Demon Emperor left.
True Person Han Xian leaned back in his chair, looking down at him from above.
"Hunyuan, instead of staying at Spirit Mountain, you've come to my place saying you want to offer a treasure?"
"If you've brought some scrap metal to amuse me..."
True Person Han Xian's tone was chillingly cold, "I just so happen to be lacking a footstool made from your dog skin."
Demon Emperor Hunyuan trembled all over.
He hurriedly knocked his head against the ground.
"The Immortal Master is wise; even if I had ten thousand times the courage, I wouldn't dare be insolent before you."
As he spoke,
Demon Emperor Hunyuan waved his large sleeve.
In the open space of the hall, a light flashed.
A figure bound tightly by thick chains crashed heavily onto the floor.
It was a woman.
She was dressed in a tattered red feather garment.
Her long hair was messy and her face pale, yet it was hard to hide her peerless beauty.
Only at this moment,
her eyes were tightly closed and her aura was weak.
"This is..."
The Elder sitting below stood up abruptly. "A demon with the Phoenix Bloodline?"
True Person Han Xian's pupils, small as soybeans, also constricted suddenly at this moment.
The jade orbs in his hand stopped rotating.
"Hunyuan, where did you get such a rare specimen?"
Phoenix Bloodline.
Even in ancient times, it was an extremely rare existence.
Much less now... For any Cultivator, the essence blood of a demon possessing a Divine Beast Bloodline was a priceless treasure.
Even for True Person Han Xian, who had been stuck at Ascending the Tower Perfection for many years and was unable to achieve a Breakthrough, it could be considered a fine medicinal catalyst.
Seeing True Person Han Xian's interest, Demon Emperor Hunyuan felt a sigh of relief in his heart.
He gave a flattering smile and hurriedly said, "To answer the Immortal Master, this demon was found by that fellow Crimson Blood Demon Emperor from somewhere unknown."
"A few days ago, news of a True Dragon appearing spread. I, along with Thousand Feathers Demon Emperor and Crimson Blood Demon Emperor, went to pursue it, but..."
A flash of fear crossed Demon Emperor Hunyuan's eyes.
"Crimson Blood and Thousand Feathers were slain before they could even finish their first encounter."
"Seeing things weren't right, I risked half my old life to escape back."
At this point,
Demon Emperor Hunyuan pointed at Ni Chang on the floor.
"I thought... since that fellow Crimson Blood is dead, wouldn't it be a waste if this Phoenix specimen he left on his mountain went to waste?"
"Therefore,"
"I took the liberty of bringing her to offer to the Immortal Master."
"Consider it a small merit; I only ask that the Immortal Master takes me in and finds a place for me to settle down on Wuxiang Mountain."
Demons like him, even if they were subordinates of the Wuxiang Lineage,
usually had no right to live permanently on Wuxiang Mountain.
In the past, he wouldn't have bothered to stay under the eyes of these Dao Lineage Immortal Masters.
But now..."
Spirit Mountain was almost wiped out by that woman!
If he didn't seek protection soon, who knew if that crazy woman would come knocking on his door?
He was thinking this when he suddenly noticed the atmosphere in the hall had become strangely tense.
He subconsciously looked up.
The several Elders sitting above were all frozen in their seats, their breathing even hitching for a moment.
A specimen with the Phoenix Bloodline was indeed good... but not to the point of making them lose their composure like this, and as for some mess about a Spirit Mountain Demon Emperor falling... they wouldn't care at all.
In the minds of everyone present, only those two words that Demon Emperor Hunyuan had just casually blurted out remained.
True Dragon.
"What did you say?!"
True Person Han Xian could no longer maintain his poise.
He stood up abruptly.
"True Dragon?!"
"You just said... True Dragon?"
Not just him,
the other several Elders also stood up abruptly.
Each of them was breathing heavily,
staring fixedly at the Black Dog Demon Emperor kneeling on the floor.
Demon Emperor Hunyuan was stared at by these predatory gazes.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Oh no.
The news of the True Dragon's appearance
was currently only known to a few Demon Emperors of Spirit Mountain.
He had just been too quick with his mouth
and had actually blurted out such a massive secret.
In the past,
if he said it, he said it.
In any case, if these Dao Lineage Immortal Masters went to fight for the True Dragon,
it had nothing to do with him.
But now it was different.
He was here to seek protection.
That fierce woman was incredibly terrifying; even fierce characters like Jiuying and White Eye couldn't last a few rounds in her hands.
Even though Wuxiang Mountain was one of the Twenty-Five Lineages and had a deep foundation,
in Demon Emperor Hunyuan's heart... Wuxiang Mountain might not necessarily be able to block her.
If they were slaughtered clean by then,
wouldn't he become a stray dog once again?
"Uh..."
Demon Emperor Hunyuan swallowed his saliva.
Cold sweat poured from his forehead.
"To... to answer the Immortal Master."
"I... I was also just hearing rumors just now. Whether this True Dragon is real or not... I wouldn't dare to make a definitive conclusion."
He tried to backtrack.
But how could True Person Han Xian believe such nonsense?
"You dare to speak nonsense before me?"
True Person Han Xian took a step forward.
He instantly appeared in front of Demon Emperor Hunyuan,
looking down at him from above.
"Speak... exactly what is going on. If you dare to hide a single word... I will skin you right now!"
Hearing this,
a look of helplessness flashed across Demon Emperor Hunyuan's face.
He really didn't want to say it.
But given the current situation, if he dared to utter another 'no',
the other party might truly skin him to make a footstool.
"Immortal Master, please calm your anger... please calm your anger!"
Demon Emperor Hunyuan didn't dare to play any more tricks and hurriedly said, "This matter... it has to start with Demon Emperor Red Silk Ribbon."
"Back then, Demon Emperor Red Silk Ribbon unexpectedly perished outside. Before dying, she used her last breath to send a message back to Spirit Mountain."
"The message only mentioned four words—True Dragon has emerged."
In the great hall, the breathing of several Elders instantly became much heavier.
Demon Emperor Hunyuan stole a glance at everyone's expressions and continued, "Third Master... that is, the Demon Emperor of the Third Cave, did not make it public after learning about this, but secretly ordered me to investigate the truth."
"I followed the clues and finally found a Seed Lotus minor demon who knew the inside story. After some interrogation under torture, I learned some of the True Dragon's deeds."
"Thus, I went with Thousand Feathers and Crimson Blood, the two Demon Emperors, to investigate together, thinking that if we could really capture the True Dragon, it would be a heaven-sent fortune..."
"And the result?" True Person Han Xian asked coldly.
"The result..."