Where is this place!

Ye Tianfan looked at the surrounding green mountains and rivers and shouted in his heart.

"No... it can't be?"

Ye Tianfan saw a building, a large hall, among the green mountains and rivers, and exclaimed in surprise.

The reason Ye Tianfan was so surprised was not because of the hall itself. The hall alone would not have shocked him so much, but above the hall was a plaque inscribed with a large character: Demon.

"Could this be another lair of the Demon Sect?" Ye Tianfan muttered to himself with a bitter face, after all, barely escaping a pack of wolves only to fall into a tiger's den is somewhat overwhelming!

"Who might you be?"

Just as Ye Tianfan was about to stealthily slip away, he suddenly heard a gentle and refined voice behind him.

Ye Tianfan hurriedly turned his head and looked warily at the newcomer, only to see a person wearing a moon-white loose floral brocade robe with a round collar, a dark purple python-patterned belt around his waist, black hair, and black eyes. His figure was perfect, truly dashing, elegant, and refined.

"Who are you?" Ye Tianfan said guardedly.

The newcomer smiled and didn't mind Ye Tianfan not answering his question, he first responded to Ye Tianfan's question.

"My humble name is Zhang, named Tian, styled Youji. I heard a loud noise and came here to check it out. I didn't expect to meet you here. May I ask who you are?"

This gentle and refined person was none other than the Demon Sect Leader, Zhang Youji. Originally, he was practicing daily in the Saint Demon Hall, when he heard the "boom!" from this side. Feeling a bit bored, Zhang Youji stopped his subordinates who intended to check out the noise and came personally. As soon as he arrived, he saw a disheveled figure and then noticed the collapsed cave.

Zhang Youji was puzzled, wondering why there was a cave here. He hadn't seen a cave in this area before. Moreover, in the sacred land of the Demon Sect, near the Demon Sect Headquarters and Saint Demon Hall, if there were a cave, it should be thoroughly investigated.

Actually, neither Ye Tianfan nor Zhang Youji knew that this place was indeed sealed, but only with a thin layer, the kind you could easily push down lightly. However, who would idle their time away pushing mountains, so the Demon Sect Headquarters staff had never discovered it, only passing by on routine patrols.

And this thin layer fell due to the vibrations from the collapse. The major vibrations followed behind Ye Tianfan, while the minor vibrations, at the start of the collapse, spread throughout the mountain, causing this thin layer to collapse.

Moreover, Zhang Youji could clearly see that Ye Tianfan had rushed out from the collapsed cave, instantly piquing his interest in where the now-collapsed cave led.

As for why he didn't immediately capture Ye Tianfan, Zhang Youji thought, right now, Ye Tianfan is like a little brother in front of him, one of those little brothers you could easily destroy with a finger.

"Zhang Tian?" Ye Tianfan mumbled in his heart, "Who is this? Wait, no, styled Youji? Zhang Youji? The Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji? My God!"

Ye Tianfan was feeling a bit dazed, what to do? He didn't expect to encounter the Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji under such circumstances. Could this be the end for him?

It's like when you just left the beginners' village, went to the wild to fight monsters, encountered a group of monsters, easily dispatched them, but the group decided to perish with you. After narrowly escaping, you suddenly run into the final boss; this completely ruins the game experience!

Ye Tianfan rapidly churned his mind, trying to figure out any way to escape his current predicament.

Zhang Youji saw Ye Tianfan not only ignoring his words but also spacing out, and suddenly, a flash of fierceness crossed his eyes, unconsciously exuding the aura of the Demon Sect Leader's authority.

Although Zhang Youji quickly retracted it, it still startled Ye Tianfan, who was planning his escape.

"Sir, who exactly are you? If you don't make it clear, you might suffer!" Zhang Youji became a bit impatient. In the Demon Sect, no one dared not to admire him, yet this person not only ignored his question but also spaced out.

Looking at Zhang Youji, who was threatening him, Ye Tianfan suddenly felt that he should not have taken that detour. He should have just charged forward head-on. If buried, so be it; at worst, he would just cut a path through.

Thinking about those things was useless now; now he had to think about how to resolve the current crisis.

Suddenly, Ye Tianfan thought of something, and at a speed even Zhang Youji hadn't anticipated, he threw himself at Zhang Youji's leg, crying loudly.

"Sect Leader, please stand up for us! We are suffering!"

Zhang Youji watched as Ye Tianfan sobbed and sniffled, black lines forming across his forehead. He was not swayed by Ye Tianfan's cries of suffering, instead directly summoning a favorite playful magical treasure, a dark purple short dagger, placing it against Ye Tianfan's neck, and coldly asked, "What's your surname? What's your name? Where are you from? Where are you heading? How many people in your family? How much land per person? How many cows in the fields? Speak, speak, speak...!"

This barrage of questions left Ye Tianfan bewildered. This accent? This expression? They don't match!

A cold expression, coupled with such an accent, was laughable, wasn't it?

In fact, Zhang Youji was inherently playful, but all these years of sitting as the Demon Sect Leader forced him into a demeanor of coldness.

The reason for his behavior towards Ye Tianfan was that he thought, later he could just kill Ye Tianfan. After all, no one would know, and it would ease his bad mood from the recent days, achieving several goals at once.

"I... my surname is Zhao, my name is Min, from... Polo Cave, seeking the Sect Leader's help, we are suffering!" Ye Tianfan said, and started lamenting again.

"Polo Cave?" Hearing this, Zhang Youji lost even the mood to play around. He knew that Polo Cave was a crucial part of his world-altering plan. Now that something went wrong in Polo Cave, Zhang Youji would have to expend more energy, manpower, and resources to cultivate the Demon Realm's four fierce spirits, particularly the Demon Cyan Dragon. Finding a suitable vessel for the Demon Cyan Dragon took fifteen years, and it's been cultivated for over seventy years, passing through several groups of people already.

Now with Polo Cave's interference, he would have to also find new vessels for the other three. Otherwise, the imbalance in their strength odds will greatly increase the potential for failure in his plan.

This was something Zhang Youji could not allow. He wouldn't tolerate even a hint of possibility for failure in his plan; it had to be perfect.

"Zhao Min, you tell me, what exactly happened?" Zhang Youji's eyes flashed with deep killing intent as he asked Ye Tianfan.

If Ye Tianfan didn't give an explanation today, Zhang Youji could just eliminate him!

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