Chapter 534: The Suspicion of the Demon Lord (1)
At this time, inside the Demon Palace
Qiu Qianran sat against the wall, without any aura of a demon lord.
The space opposite fluctuated, and then a ball of black mist gradually turned into a human shape, with an extremely ugly appearance.
The "person" said sinisterly, "Did you do this on purpose?"
Qiu Qianran pulled out a pot of wine from somewhere and poured several gulps into his mouth. After a while, he replied nonchalantly, "What are you doing on purpose?"
"Tianlei, did you attract the thunder on purpose?"
When Qiu Qianran heard this, he couldn't control his laughter and laughed so hard that his eyes were wet.
After laughing so hard that the "person" opposite him was about to lose his temper, he looked over sarcastically and said, "You actually think I'm capable of this?"
"You don't, but Tao Zi does."
"If you insist on thinking this way, I can't help it."
Qiu Qianran took another sip of wine before continuing, "Then tell me what benefits I can gain from doing this. If you can provide enough benefits, I don't mind doing it once."
The "person" was angered by this, but didn't know what to say, so he could only bring up the past: "Ever since you killed the previous Demon Lord, demon cultivators have been subject to many restrictions and can't easily attack mortals. You are clearly protecting Xuan Yue."
Qiu Qianran rolled his eyes: "Idiot."
"What do you mean!"
He said angrily, "If I hadn't restricted them, your people would have been killed by Yi Nian Men long ago. Don't you think about how many more accomplices the alien races have gained among the demon cultivators since I took over?"
The "person" was speechless, but then it immediately reacted, pointed at the corpses in the palace, and said: "Yinianmen didn't kill them, but you did!"
When Qiu Qianran heard this, he immediately threw the wine jug in his hand, and his tone was even more sinister than the aliens across from him: "Why did I kill them? Don't you know?"
The other party remained silent. He stood up, pointed at it, and began to curse: "I've done so much for you, and in the end, just because of a so-called calculation, you want to go find that so-called new Demon Lord and force me to give up my position! I only killed them and not you. I'm already very restrained!"
The "person" seemed to calm down suddenly, and his tone softened a lot: "Qianran, we won't kill you, but the new Demon Lord has the qualifications of a Heavenly Lord. Isn't it normal for our clan to want to control him?"
Qiu Qianran sneered and said, "Oh, someone changed?"
"It was indeed a bit irritable just now. I apologize on its behalf. Let's talk about the terms. You can't keep killing people like this."
Qiu Qianran said disdainfully, "If it weren't for your people spreading the news about the new Demon Lord and causing people to waver, how could I have killed anyone?"
"This is due to our inconsiderateness. As I said before, please make some conditions."
He coldly watched the aliens across from him pretending to be sympathetic. After some persuasion, he finally spoke, "Alright, I have only one condition: the Demon Lord can only be me. If you need a new Heavenly Lord so badly, I can be it."
The alien said, "You don't have the qualifications."
"Neither does Qinglan. After we find the new Demon Lord, we can transfer all his luck and bones to me. After all, he's just been born, so I think his age and cultivation level are not high, so he'll be easy to deal with. How do you think?"
Qiu Qianran waited for a long time but received no answer. He couldn't help but sneer and said, "As expected, you think I'm hard to control and want someone else to control me. What? Do you think the new Demon Lord is younger and easier to control than me? You're dreaming. Who with the qualifications of a Heavenly Lord is easier to control? I advise you to think carefully and not shoot yourself in the foot!"
The alien's voice deepened. "Have you forgotten that you are just our pawn? It won't hurt you to straighten your attitude."
"So what if my attitude isn't right? Can you kill me? Once I'm dead, the One Thought Sect will immediately gather the righteous people to attack the demonic cultivators. By then, your plan will be completely ruined. It will take at least a hundred years to reorganize. Are you willing to do that?"
The two sides were deadlocked for a long time before the alien said again, "Okay, but first you have to tell us the location of the new Demon Lord. We promise to hand him over to you."
"My people must follow."
"Can."
Qiu Qianran got the assurance, and then he said: "North, he is in the north."
Only after the foreigners left did he order people to move all the corpses out of the palace.
Looking at the blood all around him, he closed his eyes tiredly, but soon regained his spirit and walked towards a room.
When the door was opened, there were five ice coffins inside, and lying inside them were all demon lords, dead demon lords.
He walked to the latest ice coffin, looked at the demon lord whom he had killed with his own hands, and fell into silence. No one knew what he was thinking, not even the aliens in the dark.
At this time, Tao Zi and others on the spirit ship had already contacted their respective connections and began to collect information about all previous masters of the Demon Palace, with the focus on Qiu Qianran's past.
She didn't know much about Qiu Qianran. She only knew that when he rebelled against Chunqiu Sect, he killed the previous leader and outstanding disciple of Chunqiu Sect. However, he had feelings for Chunqiu Sect. After becoming the Demon Lord, he refused to touch Chunqiu Sect and avoided them. Apart from that, she knew nothing.
The news came quickly, especially from the master's side. They had a special booklet to record the affairs of each Demon Lord.
Xing Zhan also got the real past of Qiu Qianran by contacting Xuan Huan.
The three of them gathered together and looked over the documents over and over again, becoming more and more silent as they read.
Cheng Luo murmured, "Why haven't I discovered so many strange places before?"
Tao Zi pointed at the information about someone who was almost as tall as him and said, "If you don't read it with the mindset that there must be something wrong, who can tell?"
Cheng Wuchou added, "To be exact, no one will watch it at all."
Cheng Luo took a deep breath and looked at the formations around him. Uneasy, he added another one before speaking. "According to the information, three of the five previous Demon Lords were disciples of sects before they became demons. One of them was even a senior disciple of the One Thought Sect. They all had excellent reputations before becoming demons. After becoming demons, they rarely attacked mortals except when they lost control."
But this is not surprising. The Demon Lord allowing his subordinates to slaughter mortals and the Demon Lord slaughtering mortals himself have completely different meanings. The latter may cause a sect to attack, and even the Heavenly Lord will be alarmed.
In fact, even if it is the former, Yi Nian Sect will take action to demand an explanation. If the demon cultivator is too powerful, Yi Nian Sect will contact other sects and take action together.
Cheng Wuchou added, "Before Qiu Qianran became a demon, his reputation was said to be very good."
Cheng Luo continued, "Before being killed, the five Demon Lords had gone mad for various reasons and slaughtered many demon cultivators, including some new Demon Lords who were being cultivated."
Just looking at this, you might think that demon cultivators are inherently bloodthirsty, but considering Qiu Qianran's situation, it's a different story.
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