Chapter 731

Upon hearing the news transmitted back from Wan Yao Pass, the Tianlong Saint Lord was instantly stunned, and even the wine cup in his hand unconsciously fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Earlier, the Red Dragon Demon Emperor had already sent a message, explaining his cooperation with the Qing Tian Saint Lord and the entire plan to attack Wan Yao Pass soon.

Originally hearing that Wan Yao Pass was now guarded by the Dao Yi Sect, the Tianlong Saint Lord still intended to persuade the Red Dragon Demon Emperor to calm down a bit.

But before he could contact the Red Dragon Demon Emperor, it had already acted impulsively.

It loves glory and achievement; that is the Red Dragon Demon Emperor's nature.

But the more one worries about something, the more likely it actually happens.

Upon hearing that Wan Yao Pass suffered a great defeat and the Red Dragon Demon Emperor was captured alive by the Dao Yi Sect, the Tianlong Saint Lord felt his vision go black and his body staggered involuntarily.

「Shèngzhǔ.............. 」

「It's fine, tell me in detail, what exactly happened。」

He shoved aside the beast beside him, the Tianlong Saint Lord glared blood‑red at the Demon King before him; that terrifying killing intent made the Demon King instantly feel as if plunged into an ice cellar, his hairs standing on end.

But facing the Shèngzhǔ's inquiry, it could not refuse; it had to grit its teeth and truthfully recount what it knew.

After hearing that, the Red Dragon Demon Emperor gritted his teeth and cursed.

「Stupid, utterly stupid, why would you so easily trust a vile human。」

From this Demon King's mouth, the Tianlong Saint Lord heard only one meaning: that the Qing Tian Saint Lord had harmed the Red Dragon Demon Emperor.

If not for the Qing Tian Saint Lord, how could the Red Dragon Demon Emperor have launched such a massive assault on Wan Yao Pass, fallen for the trap so easily, and been besieged inside Wan Yao Pass by the Dao Yi Sect?

Everything is the Qing Tian Saint Lord's doing; it is him, it is him, a vile human.

Then, thinking of the Dao Yi Sect again, the killing intent in the Tianlong Saint Lord's heart could not be concealed; this Dao Yi Sect is simply the nightmare of their Tianlong Holy Land.

Earlier, in Dongzhou, they had slain ten demon emperors of their Tianlong Holy Land.

Ten, exactly ten, and they were demon emperors, not ordinary beasts.

Now even the Red Dragon Demon Emperor has fallen into the hands of the Dao Yi Sect.

As for the outcome, it goes without saying—once in the Dao Yi Sect's hands, what good could the Red Dragon Demon Emperor expect?

But after all, it is a demon emperor; even a holy land cannot afford such a loss.

The cost of losing a demon emperor is something that ten demon emperors cannot compare to.

「Go, contact the Dao Yi Sect; no matter what price we pay, as long as they are willing to release the demons, my Tianlong Holy Land can negotiate。」

Although he held little hope, the Tianlong Saint Lord felt he could still struggle a bit.

Upon hearing that, the Demon King nodded and quickly withdrew from the Dong Fu.

After the Demon King left, the Tianlong Saint Lord then plopped down onto his seat.

「Dao Yi Sect, my Tianlong Holy Land will surely be irreconcilable with you; this emperor will not let you off。」

Not long after, a furious dragon's roar echoed across the skies of the Tianlong Holy Land.

This was the demon emperor's roar; for a moment, all the demon beasts within the Tianlong Holy Land fell silent like cicadas in winter.

They still did not know what had happened at Wan Yao Pass, but seeing the demon emperor's great anger, they dared not provoke him.

The Tianlong Holy Land acted swiftly; in less than a day, a demon emperor from the front lines rushed to Wan Yao Pass.

「Huh? You still dare to come? 」

The cultivators tasked with guarding the city, upon seeing this demon emperor appear, each showed a look of doubt.

They had just suffered a major defeat; do they still dare to come? Are these demon beasts that thick‑headed?

Perhaps they themselves have not even realized that, under the leadership of the Dao Yi Sect, after successive great victories, facing these demon races they no longer feel any pressure.

In the eyes of the human cultivators, these demon races seem no more than that.

「I want to see the people of the Dao Yi Sect。」

This demon emperor halted outside Wan Yao Pass, his gaze icy as he looked at the few human cultivators on the city wall, speaking in a cold voice.

Upon hearing that, those few human cultivators naturally had no good temper either.

「Wait。」

「You............ deserve to die.......... 」

Faced with such an indifferent attitude, this demon emperor's heart burned with anger, yet upon recalling the Shèngzhǔ's order, it could only suppress its fury.

After all, this visit was to negotiate with the Dao Yi Sect and do its utmost to rescue the Red Dragon Demon Emperor.

Soon a cultivator passed the news to Qi Xiong and the others; the group, who had been sipping afternoon tea, heard that a demon emperor wished to see them.

Almost instantly, Qi Xiong guessed their purpose and said with a smile.

「I suppose they came for the Red Dragon Demon Emperor. 」

「That must be it; they want to save the demon? 」

「Then we........... heh heh............ 」

「Heh heh heh............ 」

I don't know why, but Qi Xiong and the others all started to sneer, while the cultivator beside them was left bewildered.

"What do you mean by that? Speak properly, why are you laughing?"

Moreover, why does that laughter sound so eerie?

After much difficulty, the laughter faded; Hong Zun looked at that cultivator and said.

「Go, invite it in. 」

「Ah? 」

「It isn't going to capture us, is it? Invite it in. 」

「Oh, okay.......... 」

In any case, they didn't understand anything, but since the senior sect had spoken, that cultivator naturally could only obey.

He nodded in agreement, then quickly went back and forth, directly opening the city gate.

The Upper Sect warmly entered the city for a chat.

Good.

Hearing this, the demon emperor didn't think much, and even couldn't help feeling a little pleased.

In its view, since the Dao Yi Sect was willing to invite it into the city for a meeting, that showed this was a good start.

After all, for negotiations, if people can't even see each other, what's there to talk about? This is a good start.

Have to say, this demon emperor is still too naive.

If it were Long Aotian, or those demon kings and demon emperors that once existed in Dongzhou, they absolutely could not enter the city now.

Can the Dao Yi Sect's words be trusted? Not even a punctuation mark can be relied upon— entering the city like this isn't just walking into a trap?

The matter of Huling back then is still fresh in memory; they said it was a negotiation, but damn, not a single demon king went.

Striding into the city, they quickly arrived at the lord's manor; but just as this demon emperor had just stepped through the gate, suddenly several burly men rushed forward— Hong Zun, Qing Shi, Qin Shanhai, Lin Potian.

They didn't give this demon emperor any time to react, going up and pressing it to the ground.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? I, representing the Heavenly Dragon Holy Land, have come to negotiate— what do you mean by this?"

The sudden change— not to mention this demon emperor, even the cultivator responsible for leading the way was stunned on the spot.

Wasn't this supposed to be a negotiation? How did they suddenly start fighting?

But Hong Zun and the others completely didn't care about these, paying no attention, skillfully tying the Demon-Binding Rope, sealing their cultivation, Zhao Zhengping and Xu Jie, who had been waiting nearby, stepped forward and directly took this demon emperor away.

"Let me go, I am here to negotiate."

"Do you humans still have any sense of morality? I want to negotiate, I want to negotiate!"

"That upper sect, are we doing this...?"

Even that human cultivator couldn't bear to watch any longer, but before he could finish speaking, Qi Xiong impatiently interrupted.

"You don't want the ingredients that came right to your door?"