At this moment, the Grand Elder suddenly spoke up: "Your Excellency, now that you have taken office, shall we adopt an honorific title?"

"A title?" Qin An stroked his chin, glanced at the Bloodthirsty Sword in his hand, and then thought of the Wood Spirit Flame bestowed upon him by his master, and said, "Let's call him Bloodthirsty Flame!"

Afterwards, Qin An had the elders report on some recent developments in the Demon Realm, and then let them leave.

After seeing the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder walk out, Jiaqi and Liyuan exchanged a glance and quietly followed them.

Jiaqi and Liyuan were highly skilled at concealment, and neither the Sixth Elder nor the Seventh Elder noticed that they were following behind them.

After reaching a safe area away from the Demon Palace, the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder, seeing that no one was around, both turned pale.

"Who does he think he is? The Venerable One? Just a little brat who hasn't even grown up yet?" The Sixth Elder slammed his fist into a rockery, creating a large crater.

"That's right, I'm the first to disagree with making a little kid our leader!" The Seventh Elder also looked displeased.

"The position of the Venerable Lord belongs to the capable. Which of us isn't stronger than him? This position of the Venerable Lord should be ours!" As he said this, the Sixth Elder's face became somewhat ferocious.

"It should be ours!" The Seventh Elder clenched his fists, a burning anger simmering within him.

The Sixth and Seventh Elders were indignant, unaware that their ugly behavior had been witnessed by Jiaqi and Liyuan.

Suddenly, the Sixth Elder changed the subject: "Have all those people been arranged?"

"Everything's arranged. Don't you trust me to handle things?" The Seventh Elder patted his chest.

"That's good! Then we'll let that little brat see who's truly worthy of the Demon Lord's throne!"

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder exchanged glances and then both laughed with ill intent.

After obtaining the information they wanted, Jiaqi and Liyuan both carefully left the place.

After leaving, Jiaqi and Liyuan went straight to the Demon Palace and reported everything they had heard to Qin An.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, we are useless and do not know anything about the group they are talking about. Please punish us!" Jiaqi and Liyuan said in unison, then knelt down and lowered their heads.

Qin An waved his hand, "You two get up!"

Qin An paced back and forth in the main hall a few times. "No matter what schemes or tricks they have, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. We just need to prepare in advance."

Then, Qin An instructed, "You two continue to investigate the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder. Also, strengthen the security of the Demon Palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Then, Jiaqi and Liyuan hesitated, as if they wanted to say something but didn't.

Qin An noticed their unusual behavior and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty!" Jiaqi spoke up at this moment, "Now that you have succeeded to the position of Demon Lord, it is necessary to announce it to the entire Demon Realm!"

"So, Your Majesty, when will you hold the proclamation ceremony?" Li Yuan chimed in from the side.

"Announce it to the entire Demon Realm?" Qin An tapped his finger on the throne. "Then let's do it in three days! It'll be a good time to see what those nobodies are up to."

"As for all matters concerning the proclamation meeting, I'll leave them to the two of you!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I obey!"

Three days passed quickly, and the proclamation meeting was officially held.

This proclamation meeting summoned all those with a voice in the entire Demon Realm. Apart from some forces hostile to the former Demon Lord, almost all the demon cultivators attended.

The Demon Palace suddenly became bustling with activity.

During the banquet, all the demon cultivators drank and ate meat to their hearts' content, and toasted the Demon Lord.

Qin An accepted all toasts. Whenever someone offered him a drink, he would drink a cup and then secretly use his spiritual power to neutralize the alcohol.

While everyone was enjoying their drinks, the Sixth Elder suddenly gave a wink to the bartender beside the Demon Lord. The bartender quietly nodded in acknowledgment.

Then the sommelier poured Qin An another glass of wine, and during this time, he secretly sprinkled something into Qin An's glass through his fingers.

Seeing that the waiter had succeeded, the Sixth Elder quickly raised his wine cup: "Your Excellency, I would like to offer you a toast! May Your Excellency's path of cultivation be smooth and unobstructed, and may you rise to great heights!"

Then, the Sixth Elder downed the wine in his glass in one gulp, but secretly glanced at Qin An out of the corner of his eye.

Qin An picked up his wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.

After seeing Qin An drink the wine, the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder exchanged glances and then smiled.

Qin An had just finished drinking the wine when he sensed something was wrong. The Wood Spirit Flame within his body suddenly became agitated, and then it all concentrated in his stomach, beginning to burn the wine he had just drunk.

How could Qin An not know what had happened after seeing this? Someone must have poisoned the wine, otherwise Mu Ling Sheng Yan wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

Thinking of this, Qin An suddenly felt fortunate.

Fortunately, my master bestowed upon me such a precious thing as Wood Spirit Flame beforehand; otherwise, I would probably be doomed today.

Thinking this through, Qin An's eyes turned cold. He looked in the direction of the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder, and saw their malicious smiles.

Now, Qin An was certain that the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder were involved in poisoning the wine.

As the demon cultivators were drinking, one of them suddenly cried out, "I can't use my demonic energy!"

"Me too!"

"Who did this?!"

...

The scene immediately descended into chaos.

When they saw that the time was right, the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder stepped forward.

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