"What did you say?"
Several voices overlapped and questioned him, forcing the demon general to cover his ears with his hands to avoid being deafened by his companions' roars.
"What's the big deal? It's just a hole punched in it. Why are you making such a fuss?" he asked the person next to him, looking annoyed.
"This is the Demon Palace, the Venerable One's Demon Palace. How could someone have a hole punched in the wall, and he himself has never mentioned it?"
"Isn't this like me drawing a pig's head on your meteor hammer, and you still going out and using it to beat people up without even realizing it?"
The demon general, wielding a meteor hammer, couldn't help but scratch his head.
"So what? Maybe His Excellency has some special interests?" He couldn't be said to be completely confident, but his doubts were genuine.
"When has he ever explained 'why' before doing anything?"
Everyone was speechless after hearing his words.
What else can I say? How can I reason with someone who has lived for four digits and is meticulous in everything except for his unparalleled dominance in the demon realm?
"Alright, where is that dog hole you're talking about?" someone nearby interrupted the tense atmosphere.
The group hurriedly left the main hall and, guided by the demon general who mentioned the dog hole, found the tiny entrance that could only accommodate one person crawling in and out.
"It really is a dog hole..."
Why did His Majesty specifically leave out such a place?
"If he wants to go out, he can just go through the main gate, right?"
"Perhaps His Majesty deliberately enjoys this feeling of sneaking around?"
"In the Demon Palace? Would you dig a hole in your own backyard wall just to enjoy the fun of going in and out?"
"It's His Excellency, not me."
"...I forgot that the premise is His Excellency."
Amidst the clamor of the crowd, Wu Qi squatted down beside the small hole and reached out to touch the stones inside.
“It smells like Chihiro,” he said.
"With Qianxun here, things are much better. If they left from here, we can bring the demon hound and find them right away." Hearing Wu Qi say this, everyone felt much relieved.
Ji Mofan was able to swallow an entire bottle of Spirit Dispersing Pills for these people back then. If they capture these people now and threaten them with their lives, he's sure to show himself.
"So what exactly happened with the Spirit Dispersing Pill that day?" Clearly, more than one person had connected the dots to Ji Mofan's reaction at the time. The group exchanged glances, but none of them could find any answers in each other's eyes.
The doubts have once again reached a stalemate.
"Alright, stop thinking about it and hurry up and find someone."
"Yes, if we just let a mere righteous sect bring the Venerable One back to the cultivation world, what will become of our Demon Realm's reputation?"
"And we need to find the Venerable One to kill him and take the throne."
The Demon Lord used to disappear all the time.
Now, even the demon cultivators in the demon realm no longer believe that he will unknowingly perish in some corner. Unless his head is truly thrown in front of everyone, it will be difficult for him to be recognized and officially become the new Demon Lord.
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With a burden on his shoulders, Ji Mofan didn't run too far.
The scene outside the city was chaotic and impossible to maintain order. He put his two bamboo hats on his own head and Xihe's head next to him, and weaved through the coming and going demonic cultivators for a while, and successfully took advantage of the chaos to run to a secluded place.
Only when the noise subsided to the point of being barely audible did Ji Mofan finally dare to slow down.
Thankfully, those demon generals still believed that the one in his hand was the true Demon Lord.
Because of Xiao Wangyan's many absurd actions in the past, those people would rather suspect that Xihe was joking than suspect that he was not the Demon Lord at all.
"I said, can you please take your sword out of my hand?" Xihe asked him sullenly after a long silence.
Ji Mofan looked down and realized that the Embracing Snow Sword had frozen the wound on his hand.
The blood congealed into a dark red color, but at least the bleeding stopped.
The sword blade was pulled out by Ji Mofan with a whoosh.
Xihe winced in pain, "You really don't hold back at all when it comes to me."
"When you pinched the wound on my neck back then, you weren't very gentle at all." Ji Mofan twirled the Embracing Snow Sword to shake off the blood, then sheathed it.
Xihe was choked by his words.
"You really do hold grudges," he said sullenly.
He touched the wound on his hand and fiddled with the demon-binding rope around his waist. "Could you untie it for me? At least let me heal my wound."
"No time, we're in a hurry to get going." Ji Mo Fan took out a map and studied the surrounding terrain. He didn't even glance at him while he spoke.
"If you're in such a hurry to get going, shouldn't you untie me?" Xihe walked around to face him, lowered her head, and forcibly placed her face on Jimo Fan's map.
"Wouldn't it be faster if I used my demonic energy to travel with you?"
Ji Mo Fan simply removed the map.
Xihe:......
"How can you remain unmoved by my face?" he couldn't help but ask again.
Even if he himself was originally plain-looking, what about His Excellency?
He didn't believe anyone could remain unmoved by the appearance of the Venerable One!
Ji Mofan then seemed annoyed by him and lifted his eyelids slightly.
"If you're really bored, how about I take you to the Never-Sleeping Street to burn off some energy?"
"I'm not overflowing with energy!" Xi He was truly bewildered by Ji Mo Fan's logic. "I just want you to play with me!"
“…Sweetie, go play somewhere else by yourself.” Ji Mofan sighed.
This is too troublesome. This is not even facing the Demon Lord Xiao Wangyan himself, but just Xihe, whose personality is somewhat similar to his.
However, in order to resolve the historical issues that have existed between the cultivation world and the demon world, he would have to deal with Xihe, and even later, actively seek out Xiao Wangyan.
Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
It seems better to replace the Demon Lord with someone else.
Anyway, Xiao Wangyan has already run away, and he doesn't seem to want to go back to take charge.
There are twenty-eight demon generals alone. Surely one of them could be chosen as the Demon Lord?
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