Chapter 202
Jiutian City is located at the southern end of Canglan Continent, built against the mountains, keeping millions of ferocious beasts out of the city gates.
When they reached the outside of Jiutian City, Gu Yufei and his party got off the Cangzhou one after another. There was no such thing as a no-fly zone in Jiutian City. The reason they chose to get off the Cangzhou and walk into the city was because they wanted to see the Jiutian City Wall, which was considered a unique sight in Canglan.
When Li Yubai got off the Cangzhou carrying Jiaojiao, Tao Youyu, who had gotten off earlier, looked around like a thief, and only felt relieved when he saw that there was no one who looked particularly powerful.
Looking at his posture, it seemed as if he was afraid that some powerful person with profound cultivation would appear outside the city gate and be able to recognize the identity of the Demon Lord at a glance.
Jin Bingwen knocked him on the back of the head with the handle of his fan and said disdainfully, "You're so sneaky! Are you afraid that others won't notice what's wrong with us?"
Besides, the identity of that evil guy wouldn’t be easily seen through.
Tao Youyu touched the back of his head which was aching. Perhaps because he was afraid of attracting the attention of people around him, he did not argue with Jin Bingwen.
Jin Bingwen sneered at this and turned around as usual to hug Jiaojiao, but when he remembered that Jiaojiao was in Li Yubai's arms, his movement froze.
Tsk, how could such a silly little dumpling be the young master of the demon clan?
How could the evil Lord give birth to such a fair, tender and soft child?
Jin Bingwen, who was halfway turning around and pretending to fan himself naturally, was puzzled. He glanced at Jiaojiao, who was tilting her little head back in Li Yubai's arms.
He looks so soft and easy to bully, and I don’t know how to suppress those evil demon cultivators in the future.
By the way, was Jiaojiao deliberately made to have this personality by the Demon Lord?
If so, why?
Thinking of this, he frowned. If Jiaojiao were really in the demon clan, wouldn't she be bullied and cry?
“Oh~”
Jiaojiao, who was in her father's arms, let out a small cry of surprise and tilted her little head back hard. She couldn't even tell how high the city gate was until the back of her head touched Li Yubai's chest, and her already round eyes widened.
"It's so high~" Jiaojiao reached out and grabbed her father's clothes, pointing her little hand at the gate of Jiutian City, her round eyes full of novelty and surprise.
Hearing this, Li Yubai also turned his gaze towards the city gate in front of him. Jiutian was not a strange place to him, but its city wall was quite unfamiliar to him. Every time he came here for hundreds of years, he passed by in a hurry and never cast his eyes on this city wall that had stood here for thousands of years.
The ancient city walls stretch along the mountains and valleys, as if lurking between heaven and earth, like a blue dragon under the sky, majestic and majestic.
Looking up at the towering city wall, you can't see where it meets the sky. It seems as if it is connected to the sky.
There are two characters "Jiu Tian" on the city wall. The characters are solemn and written with iron strokes and silver hooks. The Taoist meaning contained in them makes those with lower cultivation feel uneasy and dare not look at them a second time.
"Fuck!"
Tao Youyu tilted his head back and squinted his eyes, trying to see how high the city wall was but failed. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, looking extremely stupid.
Jiaojiao peeked out from her father's arms, looked at Tao Youyu, then at the city gate. After blinking, she uttered two words: "Fuck!"
A rare trace of surprise appeared on Li Yubai's face: "......?"
Jin Bingwen, Gu Yufei and others held their foreheads in unison, while silently praying for Tao Youyu in their hearts.
After a moment of stunned silence, Tao Youyu came to his senses and suddenly widened his eyes. He looked at Jiaojiao in disbelief, and a sharp roar erupted from deep within his heart, "My little ancestor, you are trying to kill me! !"
Seeing Brother Tao Youyu's frightened look, Jiaojiao tilted her head in confusion: "Huh?"
Li Yubai reached out and pressed Jiaojiao's little head back into his arms. He glanced at the person who had corrupted his child, made a mental note, and then walked towards Jiutian City with Jiaojiao in his arms.
Tao Youyu behind him looked as if he had lost all hope in life.
Seeing this, Jin Bingwen opened his fan to cover the corners of his slightly raised mouth, approached him and said, "Tell me, if that master knew all the words and actions you taught Jiaojiao along the way, would he be happy? Or would he be happy?"
Remembering how he taught Jiaojiao how to confront people and fight ferocious beasts along the way, and even how he took him to roll in the mud to achieve a perfect camouflage effect, Tao Youyu's steps suddenly became stiff and his expression gradually became ugly.
He asked the system in his mind: "What do you think? If the Lord Demon finds out that his soft and cute little cub has gone in the opposite direction after being raised by me for a few months, will he not be angry at all? Instead, he will be very happy?"
The system's mechanical and indifferent voice broke his fantasy: "Daydreaming is not a good habit."
Tao Youyu: '...'
He looked up at Jiaojiao, who was in Li Yubai's arms, looking up and talking to her father with bright eyes. He felt like his life was over and he didn't know if it was too late to run away.
As the Immortal Alliance Conference approaches, all you can see in Jiutian City are cultivators dressed in costumes of various sects. The ones wearing blue and white costumes with runes embroidered along the edges of the collars are from the Tianyi Sect, the ones wearing purple costumes with dark gold patterns embroidered on the chest and abdomen are from the Ziyang Sect, and the ones wearing gold costumes with silver runes are from the Taixuan Sect. In addition to the cultivators, you can also see many demon cultivators and devil cultivators.
Compared to the tense situation with the demon cultivators, the atmosphere between the various sects and the demon race is a little more relaxed, but not by much.
There are many people who will do anything to improve their cultivation. There are often cultivators among the human race who like to dig out the inner elixirs of the demon race to improve their own cultivation, which leads to the demon race's unified hatred of the human race. However, the demon cultivators among the human race are more rampant, so in comparison, the relationship between the demon race and the major sects seems to be slightly more relaxed than that of the demon cultivators.
Looking at the monks from various major sects all over the street, Tao Youyu, who had poor psychological quality, began to feel his heartbeat accelerate.
Every time he passed by a cultivator who looked very powerful at first glance, he would be nervous, fearing that the identity of Demon Lord Li Yubai would be seen through, and that they and their group would be put on the blacklist of the righteous path.
Especially Li Yubai's outfit and the sight of him holding a three-year-old child were very eye-catching, with an 80% rate of turning heads. Tao Youyu wanted to take Jiaojiao from Li Yubai's arms, but he was not brave enough after all, so he could only be worried all the way.
Even under such circumstances, Li Yubai still calmly held Jiaojiao in his arms as he entered the Ascension Tower, which was packed with cultivators. At that moment, Tao Youyu almost wanted to rush over and shake Li Yubai's shoulders, loudly demanding to know if he had the self-awareness to be a demon cultivator, the enemy of righteousness and the Lord of the Demon Realm. How could he dare to live in the Ascension Tower, which was packed with cultivators?!
Li Yubai moved in here because the environment here is suitable for raising children. If he didn't come here, would he go to the Baina Building where cultivators, demons, and monsters gather?
After resting upstairs for a while, Li Yubai carried Jiaojiao downstairs to eat. Tao Youyu, Gu Yufei and others also followed.
There was no other way. They were temporarily tied to this Demon Lord. If they didn't go downstairs together, they were afraid that this Demon Lord would do something earth-shattering without their knowledge.
Moreover, the rice and vegetables in the Dengxian Tower are all watered with spiritual liquid, so they can be eaten even if you are fasting.
"Have you heard? The Demon Lord is coming to the Immortal Alliance Conference!"
"Really? That devil of a guy probably has bad intentions when he comes to the Immortal Alliance Conference!"
"What a joke! That devil is capable of killing his own father, and he still has good intentions?"
"It seems that this Immortal Alliance Conference is not peaceful!"
"The Immortal Alliance Conference has always been attended by the three races of humans, demons and monsters. Isn't it normal for the Demon Lord to come?"
"The problem is that this Demon Lord only attended the Immortal Alliance Conference three hundred years ago when he was still at the Golden Core stage. He hasn't been here for hundreds of years. Coming out of the blue now makes me wonder if he has bad intentions."
Jiaojiao, who was sitting in her father's arms and being fed by him, puffed out her cheeks and turned her head to look at the monks who were talking at the table behind her, then looked up at her father, with doubts flashing in her big eyes.
Tao Youyu, who was eating at the side, almost buried his face in the bowl. He did not feel the joy he felt when he ate the spiritual rice before. He was afraid that the demon lord who was being discussed next to him would start a killing spree if he was unhappy.
Li Yubai noticed his thoughts and slowly raised a smile, which was sarcastic and indifferent. He picked up smaller meatballs from the bowl and fed them to Jiaojiao, with a bit of nonchalance in his movements.
He is not crazy, so how could he start killing people in front of Jiaojiao just because of a few words from others?
Thinking of this, he touched the corners of Jiaojiao's eyes. Such beautiful eyes would not look good if they were stained with blood.
Jiaojiao puffed out her cheeks as she chewed the meatballs her father fed her. When she heard the people behind her talking more heatedly, she turned her head and looked at them again.
Seeing this, Li Yubai thought they were disturbing Jiaojiao. When he was considering how to quietly make them quiet down forever, Jiaojiao suddenly slipped out of his arms.
The Demon Lord seems to be Daddy. Brother Tao Youyu has called Daddy the Demon Lord, so they are saying bad things about Daddy?!
Jiaojiao, who finally understood this, pursed his lips unhappily, pulled out the small wooden sword that Tao Youyu had carved for him from the collar on his chest, shouted "Hey, look at the sword", and ran forward with his short legs holding the small wooden sword, and stabbed the monk in the butt with the wooden sword.
The monk who was drinking was caught off guard and was stabbed by a sword. A mouthful of spiritual wine suddenly spurted out of his mouth with a "puff".
Tao Youyu turned his head and saw this scene, so he covered his face with his hands, unable to bear to watch. He knew very well who Jiaojiao was imitating. He buried his head and didn't dare to even glance at Li Yubai's expression.
Jiutian City is located at the southern end of Canglan Continent, adjacent to Ziyang Sect. A round trip can be controlled within a day, but Hesniemen did not want to listen to Yan Zhao's possible nagging, and immediately flew towards Jiutian City.
Go south, cross the abyss and ravine that spans the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Forest, and then pass the seven mountains of Tianzhu, Zhaoyao, Fuxi, Changming, Lianhua, Tianshan, and Jiuqu to reach Jiutian City.
After Hesniemen arrived in Jiutian City, he directly landed in the courtyard prepared by Jiutian City for Ziyang Sect.
The Lord of Jiutian City and Elder Li of Ziyang Sect, who had sensed the fluctuations, arrived in an instant. After seeing that it was from the Hesnie Sect, they stepped forward to exchange a few words before turning and leaving.
Hesnemen has a pair of golden eyes that are as bright as the sun. Most people who have never seen him in person or have only heard him speak from afar would think that he is a gentle person. However, anyone who has looked directly into his eyes would understand that no matter how gentle he is in his actions and words, he is not a gentle person in essence.
Under those eyes, you will feel firsthand that in his eyes, you are no different from the flowers and plants by the roadside or the stones in the stream. All his gentleness is only because you are insignificant to him and cannot arouse any emotional waves in him. It is a kind of gentleness that is superior and treats everything equally with extreme indifference.
After the Lord of Jiutian City left, Elder Li, who led the team, reported to Hesniemen what he had learned about the Demon Lord.
Just after listening halfway, Hesniemen signaled Elder Li not to continue.
He did come here because of the Demon Lord, but it was none of his business what this madman was going to do. He only had to protect the sect's disciples when he took action, and the rest was the responsibility of the Lord of Jiutian City, and it was also his concern.
If he intervened before the resident of Jiutian City spoke, he would be overstepping the boundaries.
Moreover, he was not willing to take on this trouble. With his willful personality, it was unlikely that he would make preparations in advance. He was probably just in a good mood and wanted to have some fun at the Immortal Alliance Conference. It was troublesome because he couldn't grasp the rules.
On this side, Tao Youyu, who had escaped from the Demon Lord again, collapsed on the bed in the room, holding his chest with a look of relief on his face.
He felt that this life was too exciting and if he continued like this he might shorten his life.
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door, and along with it came Jiaojiao's childish voice: "Brother Youyu, open the door for Jiaojiao!"
Tao Youyu dragged himself over and opened the door. He leaned against it and asked gravely, "What's the matter?"
Jiaojiao waved at him mysteriously, "Brother Youyu, squat down and I'll tell you something."
Seeing this, Tao Youyu's curiosity instantly piqued, and he immediately squatted down and leaned over to listen: "Go ahead."
Jiaojiao cupped her hands into trumpet shapes and covered his ears, whispering, "Daddy was just talked about, he must be unhappy. Jiaojiao wants to buy a gift to appease Daddy. Brother Youyu, can you go with Jiaojiao?"
Tao Youyu: “…”
Just now, when the Demon Lord saw you defending him, the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK. What made him unhappy?
Just as he was about to refuse, he sensed the Demon Lord's slightly warning consciousness. His expression froze and he couldn't help but complain in his heart, what a pervert and control freak! Jiaojiao is young and ignorant now, and doesn't care about being enveloped by his consciousness like this. If the Demon Lord does this again when he grows up, the father and son will definitely fall out.
Who in their right mind can stand such a strong desire for control from their parents?
In the end, Tao Youyu was forced by the Demon Lord's tyranny to agree to accompany Jiaojiao to choose gifts.
In addition to Tao Youyu, Jin Bingwen and Gu Yufei also went to buy gifts. Jin Yaoer went to Taixuan Sect after dinner and has not returned yet.
When Gu Yufei picked up Jiaojiao, who was looking for him, and walked out, there was a barely perceptible smile in the depths of his eyes. He glanced at the little ball nestled in his arms, and inevitably felt a little regretful in his heart. Since the Demon Lord came, he had never held Jiaojiao again.
On the bustling streets, the crowds were bustling and the cries of hawkers were incessant. The Immortal Alliance Conference was being held in Jiutian City. Not only the large and small sects and families came to the conference, but also many independent cultivators who came to watch the fun and gain some experience. The large flow of people made the entire Jiutian City very lively.
Many disciples of the sects would find a place, tear off a piece of cloth and put it on the ground, and then start selling magic weapons, pills, talismans and other things that they no longer needed after their promotion.
However, the things to be given to the Demon Lord certainly could not be found on these small vendors. Jin Bingwen led them towards the Lingque Pavilion in the depths.
Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jingyun were also shopping. Being short of money, they did not go to places like Lingque Pavilion, but instead looked at various small stalls to see if there was anything they needed.
It is not easy to save spirit stones these days. Disciples of the elders of the main peaks of a large sect like theirs are only given a hundred spirit stones each month by the sect. If it is not enough to cover their expenses but they still want spirit stones, they have to go to the mountain gate to take on tasks and earn them. Therefore, Zhao Zaizhou and his men are very frugal when spending spirit stones and try to save as much as possible.
Zhao Zaizhou, who was carefully looking at the spiritual herbs in his hand, was suddenly nudged by Ji Jingyun's elbow.
"What's wrong?" He turned his head in confusion.
Ji Jingyun raised his chin forward, with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "Look."
Zhao Zaizhou looked in the direction he pointed, and the next second the spiritual herb in his hand fell on the vendor's stall: "Is that... Uncle Hes's son?"
Ji Jingyun shook his head: "Probably not. The age doesn't match that of my uncle's son."
Zhao Zaizhou hesitated: "Then... is that my uncle's grandson?"
Ji Jingyun was also unsure, his eyes fixed on Jiaojiao, who was in Gu Yufei's arms with a pair of bright dark eyes, looking around curiously.
The child in front of him couldn't be said to be similar to Uncle Hess's son, they were exactly the same.
The two looked at each other, thinking that Uncle Hess had been looking for his son all these years. After hesitating for a while, they finally decided to go forward and find out.
But when the two noticed Jiaojiao and the others, Tao Youyu and the others also noticed them.
When his eyes fell on the two men's purple robes with dark gold patterns, Tao Youyu instantly became alert. What were the people from Ziyang Sect planning to do as they walked towards them?
Could it be that they have already noticed that something is wrong with Jiaojiao?
Because Jiaojiao's father is the Demon Lord, Tao Youyu, who is not very smart, is afraid that they can see through Jiaojiao's appearance that he is the young master of the demon clan, and he suddenly becomes nervous.
When he got nervous, his IQ, which was not very high to begin with, plummeted. He took Jiaojiao from Gu Yufei's arms, pressed Jiaojiao's face into his arms, and ran away.
Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jingyun, who were walking towards them, were stunned and subconsciously followed.
Jin Bingwen and Gu Yufei, who were standing there and didn't understand how things were going, looked at each other silently. From a distance, they met the equally puzzled eyes of Jiaojiao, who was sticking her head out of Tao Youyu's arms. They gritted their teeth.
Tao Youyu is such a stupid idiot!
After scolding the two of them, he still raised his foot and chased after them.
In fact, Tao Youyu is not stupid. At least he was a person with normal IQ in modern times. It's just that he suddenly came to such a world of cultivation where killing is almost not illegal after living in the modern times for twenty years. He was trying hard to adapt and his heart was always tense. He would easily do stupid things without realizing it if he was stimulated a little.
Especially after being scared by Li Yubai two days ago and then heading to Jiutian City together, his mind unconsciously recalled the fate of the famous and upright disciples who had colluded with the demons that he had read in novels in the past. Things like extracting spiritual roots, shattering golden elixirs, and going to the Zhuxiantai kept appearing in his mind, causing him to be like a frightened grasshopper at the slightest sign of trouble, and his frequency of making stupid mistakes was so frequent that it was hard to complain.
Tao Youyu was running wildly in front with Jiaojiao in her arms, while Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jingyun were subconsciously chasing after her. The noise attracted quite a few onlookers.
Jin Bingwen and Gu Yufei's cultivation was far higher than Tao Youyu's. They appeared beside Tao Youyu in a blink of an eye. Before holding his shoulders to make him stop, Jin Bingwen couldn't help but hit Tao Youyu's head hard with the handle of the fan.
He had never been so embarrassed in public before, so he lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, "Why are you running? Why are you running? I'm asking you, you idiot, why are you running?!"
Tao Youyu stopped and covered his head with his hands, baring his teeth. Seeing this, Jiaojiao, who had returned to Gu Yufei's arms, subconsciously reached out and hugged his head. With a pair of big eyes like black grapes, he said softly and obediently, "Jiaojiao didn't run away. Brother won't hit Jiaojiao on the head."
Gu Yufei, whose lips curled up slightly at the cuteness, raised his hand and touched his head, comforting him: "Well, don't knock."
Hearing this, Jiaojiao, relieved, raised her head and rubbed his chin, her eyes curved on her fair and tender face: "Hello, brother."
"Isn't that a disciple of your Ziyang Sect?" Huo Youqi, who was wearing a golden robe and leaning drowsily against the railing on the second floor of Lingque Pavilion, raised his eyelids and glanced down.
Upon hearing this, Hesniemen raised his eyelids and glanced down. He had some impression of these two disciples. One was a disciple from Wanren Peak and the other was a disciple from Changji Peak. They were both considered to be the more outstanding disciples of Ziyang Sect this year.
Since Gu Yufei was holding Jiaojiao with his back to Lingque Pavilion, Hesniemen did not notice Jiaojiao. He just glanced at Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jinyun, then looked away and did not pay any more attention to them.
"So indifferent? It seems like something happened to them!" Huo Youqi, with dark eyelids and a sleepy look, said weakly.
Hesnemen's figure gradually faded away, and he ignored his words.
He came here to get something, and now that he has got it, he should leave.
Seeing this, Huo Youqi waved his hand and lit some calming incense for himself. Without caring that he had not completely left, he leaned on the beauty bed with his chin supported and closed his eyes to take a nap.
Downstairs, Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jingyun did not achieve their goal. Probably because Gu Yufei noticed that their target was Jiaojiao, he pressed Jiaojiao's face in his arms and sent them away with two perfunctory words.
Seeing this, the two of them had nothing more to say and could only turn around and leave.
However, the two were not discouraged. After all, they were in Jiutian City, and judging from their attire, they were here to participate in the Immortal Alliance Competition. There would always be a chance to meet again.
Before his figure completely disappeared, for some unknown reason, Hesniemen inexplicably looked at Gu Yufei and the others again.
He still didn't see Jiaojiao, so he glanced at her and then looked away. However, at this moment, because Gu Yufei turned around, he caught a glimpse of the child buried in his arms out of the corner of his eye.
Hesnemen's heart skipped a beat and his figure completely disappeared from Lingque Pavilion.
When he opened his eyes again, Hesnemen found himself back in Yinghui Courtyard. He suppressed the almost urgent impulse in his heart, lowered his eyelids and thought about the scene he had just seen with his spiritual consciousness.
He didn't see the child's face, nor even his back, he only got a vague glimpse of him. But that one glimpse gave him a feeling of being familiar to the core.
After calming down for a while and making sure that he had not fallen victim to any strange tricks, Hesnemen raised his hand and placed it on his chest, feeling the heart in his chest that had almost never beaten so fast, and finally made a choice.
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