Days have passed.
Ning Tian's image in the Demon Sect had instantly transformed from a useless disciple to a mysterious and omnipotent ancestral master.
Especially the event a few days ago, when he used a thunder tribulation to open up spiritual veins in the scripture pavilion and directly created one hundred and ninety-nine spiritual veins, became widely discussed within the Demon Sect.
Many disciples had already become loyal fans of Ning Tian.
Even a slogan started to circulate within the Demon Sect:
With the ancestral master here, there's no surprise to be shocked.
The movements within the Demon Sect and the terror of the thunder tribulation that day were still lingering in the hearts of many power leaders in the Heavenly Spirit Domain.
Many forces that did not want to make an enemy of the Demon Sect were planning to show goodwill, by sending their prodigies to debate the way with the Demon Sect.
The debate was both literary and martial.
It was a discussion on the path of cultivation.
As a cultivator, it was a relatively friendly way of exchange.
Shadow Demon Sect.
Within the Heavenly Spirit Domain, there is a distinction between the righteous path and the demonic path. If the Demon Sect is said to be the leader of the demonic path, then the Shadow Demon Sect could be considered second.
At this moment, within the Shadow Demon Sect.
Unlike the Demon Sect, the Shadow Demon Sect was located in the dark forest, where it was gloomy and eerie, without sunlight all day, aptly fitting the name Shadow Demon!
A gust of gloomy wind blew through.
Inside the main hall of the Shadow Demon Sect.
A hook-nosed old man stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with a chilly light, and behind him stood a young man with a fair complexion who at a glance possessed a feminine beauty.
If not for his Adam's apple, it might have been mistaken for a woman.
"Master, your disciple has arrived."
The feminine young man looked towards the hook-nosed elder and spoke slowly.
"Good, good that you're here."
The hook-nosed elder nodded and said to the feminine young man: "Thirty, you have… broken through again?"
"Yes, Master."
Yin Thirty nodded, a faintly beautiful smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, "Now, I'm only half a step away from entering the Kingly Realm, at the peak of the Spirit-assimilating Realm."
"Half a step to Kingly Realm?"
Hearing this, the hook-nosed elder smiled approvingly, as the power of the Kingly Realm would grant one the status of an ordinary elder among the many forces of the Heavenly Spirit Domain.
Yin Thirty was only in his twenties but was already comparable to those elders aged fifty or so.
With such potential, with a little cultivation, he would be a candidate for the future leadership of the Shadow Demon Sect.
"Thirty."
The hook-nosed elder looked at Yin Thirty and said, "Have you heard about the matters of the Demon Sect recently?"
"Your disciple has heard some."
Yin Thirty nodded, "The day the thunder tribulation shook the sky, the clouds obscured the sun, and I happened to witness it."
"Alas."
The hook-nosed elder sighed, "Now the Demon Sect is becoming more and more powerful, with the Empress sitting in power, our Shadow Demon Sect really can't stand up anymore."
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Hearing these words, Yin Thirty was silent.
"Thirty, do you think the Demon Sect is worthy of being the leader of the demonic path?" The hook-nosed elder's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he looked at Yin Thirty and asked.
"Your disciple is dull and does not dare to interfere in the strife between the sects."
Yin Thirty pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head.
"Ha ha ha!"
Upon hearing Yin Thirty's words, the hook-nosed elder looked at him more approvingly, and the admiration in his eyes grew stronger.
Yin Thirty knew that such topics, for a minor disciple like him, were completely beyond his right to discuss, and he answered in a very tactful manner.
Good!
This was the disciple he valued!
"Don't be afraid!"
The hook-nosed elder patted Yin Thirty's shoulder and laughed heartily, "You are in the Shadow Demon Sect, no matter what you say, it will be fine! Speak boldly."
It was then that Yin Thirty nodded his head and hesitated slightly.
"Your disciple is untalented and feels that the Demon Sect is both worthy and unworthy of being the leader of the demonic path."
"Worthy."
"And yet unworthy?"
The hook-nosed elder muttered to himself, looking puzzled at Yin Thirty, "What do you mean by this? Isn't it contradictory?"
"Not at all."
Yin Thirty shook his head and said unhurriedly, "Master, please listen to your disciple explain slowly."
"Your disciple believes that the Demon Sect is powerful, with countless followers and numerous elders, and even the Empress presiding. In terms of strength, it certainly is worthy of being the leader of the demonic path."
"There are no forces in the demonic path that are stronger than the Demon Sect."
"But."
"Here comes the problem."
"Although the Demon Sect is a part of the demonic path and practices demonic arts, the deeds it does and its style of conduct are not that of the demonic path."
"The demonic path is characterized by killing and bloodthirst, but the Demon Sect does not."
"They only focus on practicing demonic arts quietly, such 'demon' is not suitable to be the foremost of the Heavenly Spirit Domain's demonic path!"
"The above is your disciple's view."
Yin Thirty slowly stated.
A demon sect should embody the nature of demons, which includes killing and bloodthirst!
This is the style of the demonic path in the Heavenly Spirit Domain, but ever since the Empress took charge of the Demon Sect, the sect does not kill or lust for blood, yet their power grows ever stronger!
This has already annoyed quite a few demonic forces.
But being afraid of the strength of the Demon Sect, they only dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.
Which person of the demonic path has not stained their hands with blood?
Despite appearing weak, Yin Thirty himself has been stained with the blood of innocent people from a village.
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After Yin Thirty finished speaking, the hook-nosed elder was momentarily stunned, a flash of brilliance in his eyes.
Immediately thereafter.
He burst into laughter!
"Ha ha ha! Good insight!"
Yin Thirty's words directly touched the hook-nosed elder's heart!
"Nowadays, with the Demon Sect rampant, despite being a part of the demonic path, they don't engage in demonic deeds. If this continues, won't the demonic path of the Heavenly Spirit Domain become a name without substance?"
"Hmph!"
"Just a young girl leading the Demon Sect, wanting to become the leader of the demonic path, ruining the spirit of the demonic way!"
The hook-nosed elder's eyes flickered with sinister intentions, his expression one of indignant disdain.
He was also a powerful person at the imperial level, but his strength was only at the seven-star Divine Emperor realm, while Luo Wuqing was at the peak of the Divine Emperor realm!
It was unacceptable for him to be overshadowed by a woman!
"Master, do you mean"
Yin Thirty was taken aback.
He frowned slightly, sensing that his master seemed to be plotting something big.
"Hehe."
"Just wait and enjoy the show!"
The hook-nosed elder's lips curled up into a sneer.
"Many old demons in the demonic path are dissatisfied with the Empress, and it is said that tomorrow many forces will send their prodigies to the Demon Sect to debate the way. If there's an attempt to force the palace tomorrow, the Empress's authority will be greatly undermined, do you think the Demon Sect will still be their turn?"
"Hisss"
Yin Thirty's heart trembled!
He had not expected that so many forces within the demonic path already had thoughts of forcing the palace!
And moreover, it was during the time when many forces were going to the Demon Sect to debate!
If successful, the Empress's authority might indeed be shattered in an instant!
At that time, as the sect second to the demonic path, they naturally could rightfully become the leader of the demonic path!
"Then Master, you called your disciple here because?" Yin Thirty narrowed his eyes, puzzled as he looked at the hook-nosed elder.
(End of Chapter)