Chapter 1137

Clear-stewed snake soup, fragrant braised snake meat.

Looking at today's dishes, everyone's eyes lit up, though just like Ye Changqing, they were all curious about where this Heaven-Swallowing Python had come from.

Eventually, they learned it was brought by Xu Jie and the others, and Qi Xiong had even specifically sent them to go get it.

However, in a rare turn of events, not only was Xu Jie not reprimanded, but the very next day, a major event suddenly occurred among the Northern Continent demon race.

Several of their Demon Kings had inexplicably gone missing.

It was as if they had evaporated into thin air; there was no sign of the living, nor any corpse of the dead, which was truly strange.

Only at the Dao One Sect, where Qi Xiong and the others had returned with the corpses of several Demon Kings, did Ye Changqing say softly while looking at the remains.

"Sect Master, shouldn't we be a bit more steady?"

The Emperor's Tomb hasn't even opened yet, and you lot bring back a few Heaven-Swallowing Pythons today and a few Demon Kings tomorrow—have you considered the feelings of the demon race?

Yet, Qi Xiong and the others didn't care in the slightest.

"It's a rare opportunity; how could we not taste them?"

Fine, since the ingredients were already laid out before him, what else could Ye Changqing say?

It was another sumptuous feast.

In the following days, because the Emperor's Tomb remained unopened, the people from the various major factions and holy lands could only choose to wait.

However, the ones suffering the most were undoubtedly the Northern Continent demon race.

Because the situation was simply too outrageous—a few demon beasts missing today, a few Demon Kings missing tomorrow.

"Dao One Sect, that damned Dao One Sect."

But paper cannot wrap up fire forever; the several Demon Emperors of the Northern Continent soon locked their suspicion onto the Dao One Sect.

After all, every single one of the missing demon beasts and Demon Kings had had contact with people from the Dao One Sect.

Although the processes were bizarre and varied, they were all inseparable from the Dao One Sect.

Either they were swindled or they were lured; the Dao One Sect members would come alone, using themselves as bait to stir up evil intentions in these demon beasts, only for them to inexplicably vanish afterward.

They were coming to swindle and ambush these "simple" demon folk.

"Damn it, this can't go on."

"I have already told all the demons to stay far away from anyone from the Dao One Sect from now on."

Not daring to make an enemy of the Dao One Sect, they could only choose to ignore them.

But was such a tactic useful? The Dao One Sect proved to them with facts that it was of no use at all.

Because upon discovering that the Northern Continent demon beasts were ignoring them and refusing to engage, the Dao One Sect members simply began using treasures to lure them.

From time to time, not far from the Northern Continent demon race, some treasure would suddenly appear, and without exception, these treasures were of immense help to the demon race's cultivation.

Facing treasures right before their eyes, some demon beasts could not hold back, greed took root, and then they were gone, never to return.

Since they couldn't be swindled, they would just be lured directly with treasures—and these were items so precious that even a Demon King would turn green with envy upon seeing them.

"Damn it, why are demon folk still going missing?"

Learning that more demon beasts had vanished, the several Demon Emperors of the Northern Continent were thoroughly enraged, and a Demon King below lowered his head and replied.

"It... it's just that recently, some treasures have been inexplicably appearing around the encampment, and they are all supreme treasures. Some fellows couldn't resist, so..."