Chapter 447: The Heavenly Demon Sect and the Earthly Demon Sect: Search for the Heavenly Demon Talisman!

He quickly walked onto the street, weaving constantly through the crowd.

When he reached a deserted dead end.

He first glanced around.

Once certain no one was following him.

He then carefully pulled out a jade tablet and pressed it against the wall.

Soon after.

A flash of red light appeared.

The wall's surface rippled like a pool of water!

Seeing this, the middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and walked inside.

When his figure vanished from the spot.

All anomalies instantly disappeared, and the wall returned to its ordinary appearance.

Inside the wall.

After the middle-aged man entered.

Before his eyes appeared a vast, red hall.

Dense rows of black-robed figures moved about busily.

The middle-aged man seized the moment, swiftly dodging through the crowd and entering a room.

Inside was a modestly furnished study.

Two wooden chairs held an elderly man in a red robe and a young man dressed in lavish attire.

The middle-aged man's gaze fixed on the red-robed elder, and he immediately knelt and bowed: "Your servant Liu Yi pays homage to the Great Protector!"

Having spoken, he then turned to the young man: "Your servant pays homage to the Lord."

As his words faded.

The Great Protector first lifted the teacup on the table and sipped the hot tea.

Only then did he raise his head and speak softly: "Speak. What news have you brought this time..."

Liu Yi hurriedly replied: "Today, I heard a major event at headquarters! The Lord of Tiandou Prefecture, Sima Nan, was killed by a clan lord!"

"Oh? That's somewhat interesting. But Tiandou Prefecture... I recall Sima Nan was merely at the ninth layer of Moon Wheel cultivation, right?"

"Such a weakling, dead is dead. Why bother coming here to report it?"

The Great Protector's expression turned displeased.

This Liu Yi was a spy deliberately planted by the Heavenly Demon Sect within the Xianshui Guard.

Every report carried the risk of exposure.

Thus, he had been repeatedly instructed: unless it was something vital, do not return casually.

Yet now, merely to report a minor matter, he had risked exposure to return.

Such conduct was truly foolish!

At this moment, Liu Yi sensed the atmosphere had turned tense.

He quickly added: "If it were only that, I would certainly not have come here to report—but the crucial point is, the one who killed Sima Nan was named Jiang Daoxuan!"

"And at the time, Sima Nan had already broken through to the half-step Sun Wheel cultivation level—yet he was still obliterated in a single blow by Jiang Daoxuan!"

"This enraged the Qin Wang, who ordered the Lord of Yanlingfu, Gu Zheng, to travel to Cangwu Jiang Clan to investigate the true nature of their clan lord, Jiang Daoxuan..."

At these words, the Great Protector's expression changed slightly!

"Jiang?"

He silently turned his head toward the young man beside him.

The young man sat with his head lowered, lost in thought.

The red-robed elder withdrew his gaze and said coldly: "Tell me everything you know about the Cangwu Jiang Clan."

Hearing the Great Protector speak, Liu Yi knew full well the man's power—he was a Second Layer Ten Thousand Forms cultivator—and dared not hesitate.

He immediately revealed all the information the Xianshui Guard had secretly gathered on the Cangwu Jiang Clan.

Wudan City... established for centuries...

A tiny Purple Mansion clan suddenly rose to prominence...

Jiang Daoxuan... Jiang Chen... Jiang Hao...

After learning all this, the Great Protector's gaze grew increasingly bright.

"The time when the Cangwu Jiang Clan's ancestor arrived in Wudan City coincides precisely with the sect's great calamity—isn't that too convenient?"

"And to rise from a tiny Purple Mansion clan to such a dramatic transformation—given the meager resources of Tiandou Prefecture—this is nearly impossible. Only someone with a great fortune could achieve it..."

At this, Liu Yi chimed in: "Precisely because I suspected this might relate to the Ninth Young Master, did I come to report."

Long ago, the Heavenly Demon Sect suffered a sudden catastrophe.

When the sect members outside returned to headquarters, they found only corpses scattered everywhere.

Later, when the Great Protector, who had been on a mission abroad, returned.

After investigation, they discovered all eight of the Lord's sons had perished—yet the ninth son, Jiang Zheren, was nowhere to be found.

Moreover, after searching the scene thoroughly, the Heavenly Demon Talisman was also missing.

They thus deduced that the Ninth Young Master, Jiang Zheren, had fled with the Heavenly Demon Talisman.

For these past centuries, they had never abandoned their search for Jiang Zheren.

Yet the territory of the Great Qin's thirty-six prefectures was simply too vast.

So vast it was like searching for a needle in an ocean.

Thus, after centuries of searching, they had gained not the slightest trace.

But now, clues regarding Jiang Zheren had suddenly burst into their field of vision.

Thinking of all this, the Grand Protector couldn't help letting out a loud laugh:

"Hahahaha! This news came at just the right time. Once I find the Demon Lord's Token, I'll grant you first merit!"

Liu Yi's heart leapt with joy: "Thank you, Grand Protector!"

The Grand Protector nodded: "However, Gu Zheng possesses cultivation base of Ninth Layer of Sun Wheel Realm. Qin Wang sent such a figure to the Cangwu Jiang Clan—this likely means he intends their annihilation."

"You may go now. I shall set out myself shortly to investigate the Cangwu Jiang Clan."

"If this Cangwu Jiang Clan truly descends from the Ninth Young Master, hmm… I certainly won't stand idly by and let them meet annihilation…"

A flash of ferocity and greed gleamed in the Grand Protector's eyes!

The Demon Lord's Token hides clues to the Demon Lord's Treasure Vault.

Within the vault lie not only countless resources and treasures.

But also the Heaven-Class cultivation art, "Demon Lord's Scripture," accessible only to past Demon Lord Sect leaders!

And the Life-Soul Stones into which all Ten Thousand Manifestation, Sun Wheel, Moon Wheel, and Star Wheel cultivators were forced by Lord Jiang Mingsheng to split their true spirits!

Once a Life-Soul Stone is crushed, the corresponding cultivator's true spirit is obliterated, causing instant death!

Precisely because of this, it is said that whenever the Demon Lord's Token appears, no sect member may defy it!