Ji Mofan didn't refuse; his original goal was to sneak into the main city, so he followed along.
Yu Jifa reacted even more strongly, "Wu Qi! What are you doing! Have you forgotten how he completely outmaneuvered us before? What are we waiting for if we don't chop his head off and hang it on the city wall now!"
Wu Qi turned back and gave him a meaningful look, "It wasn't just him who made me run around in circles."
The fire that had been burning above Yu Ji's head went out immediately.
Yes, it wasn't just him; their esteemed leader was also involved.
Thinking of this, Yu Ji couldn't help but shudder and subconsciously looked around.
Hiss... Surely His Majesty wouldn't openly send Ji Mofan back alone, but secretly hide somewhere nearby to spy on them and see how they handle this matter?
He's done similar entrapment operations before!
He didn't want to face the fear of being dominated by the Venerable One anymore! They had only been masters for a few months!
"You've already run away, why are you coming back now?" Wu Qi asked Ji Mofan.
The three walked along the main road leading from the city gate to the Demon Palace, their pace not particularly fast.
Ji Mofan looked around.
It looked much the same as when he left.
Although he caused some chaos and set fires in the city at that time, they were just fireworks imbued with demonic energy, not real fire-attribute demonic energy attacks. So, although it seemed like a mess and things caught fire wherever they were lit, the actual damage was not particularly great.
The burned eaves and various infrastructure structures damaged by the crowds have been repaired and are now exactly the same as before after these past few months.
It's completely different from the atmosphere in the border town.
It seems they're just waiting for Xiao Wangyan to come back and stay for a while.
It seems that Xiao Wangyan wielded considerable power over them during his time in power. Even after disappearing without a trace, the Demon Realm still dared not neglect him.
Having looked around, Ji Mofan turned his gaze back to Wu Qi, who was answering his question, "Of course, I only came back because something happened."
"The demonic cultivators from your border have come to the cultivation world to provoke us, burning, killing, and looting, turning dozens of villages and several sects into empty realms."
"Can't I ask you what you mean? Sending a bunch of scoundrels to lead the charge while you hide far away in the main city enjoying peace and quiet? I never knew you demonic cultivators could be so patient."
Wu Qi realized that Ji Mofan was implying they were cowards, and was about to say something when Yu Ji, quick to speak, preemptively said, "You cultivators are inferior in skill and were killed by us demons, and you come here demanding an explanation? Is that what you mean?"
He seemed genuinely amused, even chuckling twice. "It's like getting into a fight with kids, losing and getting bullied, and then going to complain to the other kid's parents. How childish!"
"That's true, you can't be blamed for that, after all you're just a kid who's not even thirty!"
He spoke so quickly and rapidly that Wu Qi couldn't even find a moment to interrupt him.
Later he gave up and thought, "Let it be. There aren't many people here anyway, so it's just Yu Ji who's losing face."
Ji Mofan didn't seem annoyed by him, and his tone remained calm and indifferent, "So you ordered them to do all these things?"
"With the Demon Lord absent, you dare to defy his will, arbitrarily provoke the cultivation world, and incite a great war?"
Yu Ji's bared teeth immediately retracted.
Oh no, how could he have forgotten about that?
When he looked at Wu Qi, the latter was looking at him like he was a stupid pig.
Yu Ji scratched his head, hesitated for a moment, and then felt that there was nothing seriously wrong with what he had done. "That border town is not my fiefdom, so what does it have to do with me if something happens to it?"
Wu Qi almost laughed out of anger.
He actually started snorting when called a stupid pig.
It wasn't Yu Ji's fiefdom, but it was Wu Qi's fiefdom.
Shifting blame right in front of people? They have a little brain, but not much.
After the words were already out, Yu Ji belatedly realized that something seemed amiss.
He scratched his head again. "We've provoked your border regions quite a bit before, but you've never made a big deal out of it, have you?"
How dare they come all the way to the Demon Realm's main city to demand an explanation?
Yu Ji has lived for hundreds of years and has never seen a righteous cultivator with such audacity!
Besides, it's just a minor skirmish. Even if a few people from the cultivation world died, at most they can find the culprits and kill them to make them pay with their lives.
Yu Ji didn't care about a few lives; he considered it his skill to kill them.
He definitely wouldn't cooperate in finding the person; in his eyes, this was done brilliantly, and he even wanted to secretly reward him.
But when he said this, he only received a cold laugh from Ji Mofan.
Yu Ji felt his heart skip a beat.
Although the righteous sect leader, who was chosen by their esteemed ruler to be the Demon Queen, didn't treat them very well in the past, Yu Ji had gotten used to it. In fact, it would be a miracle if the righteous sect leader could get along with them.
But Ji Mofan would never show such a harsh expression in front of them.
"Provocation?" Ji Mofan's voice sounded somewhat light and airy.
Wu Qi was momentarily distracted by Yu Ji's smooth, confident way of shifting the blame, and before he could even process all the tortures he had inflicted on Yu Ji, he was brought back to reality by Ji Mo Fan's voice.
He couldn't help but frown at the unusual tone of voice.
"It seems you really don't know what your people are doing out there." Ji Mofan raised an eyebrow, his expression full of mockery.
There are forty-three mortal villages bordering the Demon Realm, which are under the jurisdiction of eight minor sects.
"The smallest village has fewer than ten households, while the largest has nearly two thousand registered residents. The number of orthodox cultivators in the eight small sects ranges from dozens to hundreds."
"Now, of the forty-three villages, only one civilian has survived, and two of the eight minor sects have been completely wiped out. I would like to ask you, are you trying to provoke the Demon Realm and the Cultivation Realm into declaring war on each other with such provocation!"
Upon hearing this, both of their expressions changed.
"How could that be!" Wu Qi spoke first this time. "Before I left, I ordered the border city to enter a state of war preparedness, but I never ordered them to send troops to the cultivation world in an organized manner!"
Ji Mo Fan believes this.
Even if some of the twenty-eight demon generals in the demon realm are stupid, it's impossible for them all to be stupid.
For them, with the Demon Lord's whereabouts currently unknown, starting a war at this time would not benefit them in the slightest.
Because there is a Supreme Venerable in the cultivation world, and in the demon realm, apart from the Demon Lord, no one can rival him.
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