Chapter 16: The Villain Senior Brother Is About to Turn Dark, the Psychotic Junior Brother Pretends to Be Blind [16]

Chapter 16: The Villain Senior Brother Is About to Turn Evil, and the Crazy Junior Brother Pretends to Be Blind [16]

Bai Yan had just arrived at Lanzhou City when he saw demonic energy lingering above it, even thicker than what he had observed some time ago.

However, only demons and cultivators with high cultivation levels could sense it.

Since he carried the bloodline of the Demon Sovereign, his perception of demonic energy was naturally sharp, and now he could even directly see the dense demonic energy.

Upon entering Lanzhou City, aside from this demonic energy, Bai Yan also noticed that many more cultivators had gathered here.

He narrowed his eyes—so they were all here because of the demons appearing in this area.

But they truly overestimated the demons.

The demons in this world were not that ferocious; they merely cultivated different paths and methods compared to the cultivators.

Back then, however, the demons and cultivators had clashed fiercely over cultivation resources and territory, and the demons were routed, eventually being banished to what was now the demon realm.

History is written by the victors—the destruction and damage caused by both sides during that conflict were all pinned on the demons.

After all, apart from demons and cultivators, most beings in this world were ordinary humans.

Once everything had become settled, those cultivators finally remembered they needed to give these ordinary people an "explanation."

Unwilling to bear the blame themselves, they naturally shifted all faults from both parties onto the demons.

Who told the demons to be the losing side?

But they feared the demons might return for revenge, and they also feared they might come back to seize territory again, so they joined forces to place a seal over the demon realm.

Too much time had passed—so long that they had spoken of the demons' evils so many times that even they themselves believed it to be the truth.

They washed their hands clean of those events, truly believing themselves to be the saviors who sealed away the demons.

Few of those original cultivators remained alive, and the demons had become the greatest terror of the current generation of cultivators.

Just the word "demon" alone was enough to make them fearful and disgusted, even if the demons had done nothing at all.

Now, the seal was loosening, and the demons were about to emerge from the demon realm.

These people's first reaction was that the demons' appearance would bring catastrophic destruction to the entire continent.

Coincidentally, the current Demon Sovereign—the original body's deadbeat dad—did harbor ambitions, genuinely intending to conquer the entire continent.

The original body's mother had also been among the cultivators who went to investigate when the demon realm's seal showed signs of weakening.

She was captured by demons and delivered to the Demon Sovereign.

After conceiving the original body, she was schemed against by other demons, and with her dying breath, she sent the original body out of the demon realm...

Bai Yan lowered his eyes slightly. After being rejected by the Spirit Mountain Sect, the original body had returned to the demon realm, but the Demon Sovereign had more than one child, and his mother had been a cultivator.

His days in the demon realm had naturally been difficult, yet he still managed to gain a foothold quickly through his own means.

Using his years at the Spirit Mountain Sect and his understanding of the current cultivation world, he offered strategies to the Demon Sovereign, becoming his most "favored" child—the little prince of the demon realm.

Later, taking advantage of the Demon Sovereign being wounded by the male lead, Ye Beiyu, he stabbed the Demon Sovereign in the back and seized power himself.

But before he could even settle into the position of Demon Sovereign, he was sealed away by Ye Beiyu...

A slight smirk curled Bai Yan's lips. He had no intention of following that long path—he wanted to seize power outright.

Then he would wait for Ye Beiyu to come to him, crush him, replace him, and take his protagonist halo.

With the plot and the original body's memories, whether it was the Demon Sovereign or other demons, he could handle them all in record time.

Bai Yan already had a plan in mind, and since Lanzhou City held people he knew, he didn't want to run into them and naturally didn't want to stay long.

Glancing up at the darkening sky, Bai Yan calculated the time and headed straight for the trading market.

The original body had also made contact with those demons at the trading market.

However, those demons hadn't approached him right away, wanting to first confirm the original body's identity.

After confirming it, they confronted the original body openly, right in front of the cultivators, exposing his identity and demanding he go back to the demon realm with them.

After all, the original body was the senior disciple of the Spirit Mountain Sect, and many among the cultivators recognized him—word spread fast.

In just a few days, the entire cultivation world knew that Bai Yan, the senior disciple of the Spirit Mountain Sect, was a demon—and not just any demon, the bloodline of the Demon Sovereign, no less.

The Spirit Mountain Sect naturally couldn't keep him after that...

Bai Yan snapped out of his thoughts, stepped into the trading market, and watched the others cover their faces with various artifacts to conceal their identities. He couldn't care less.

He just wrapped himself in a white robe and followed the direction 717 pointed him in.

Bai Yan cut through a narrow bluestone alley and stopped in front of a rundown, forgotten shop.

His eyes landed on the cobwebs and the broken door, his brows arching slightly as he stepped inside.

He paused, studying the door made of two wooden planks, and noticed the lingering formation etched into it.

With a flick of his finger, he gathered spiritual energy, and with a light push, the broken door crashed down.

The two people inside froze mid-action and quickly stashed their things away.

They hadn't expected anyone to walk in here, and they stared at Bai Yan with wary, guarded looks.

The tall, lanky man reacted first, sizing Bai Yan up. Unable to read his background or strength, and not wanting to cause trouble, he was about to drag the other man out when the latter grabbed his arm.

The tall, lanky man was puzzled, but the man beside him had a conflicted look in his eyes and lowered his voice:

"He carries the bloodline aura of the Sovereign Lord on him..."

Bai Yan walked right up to the two of them, his gaze settling on a dust-covered chair. He raised a hand, formed a spell, and cleansed it.

He grabbed the edge of his white robe, flicked his fingers to untie it, and draped it over the chair before sitting down.

"And who exactly are you?"

The two still watched him warily, their questions cautious and probing, but neither made a move to strike.

Bai Yan stared at them in silence, only confirming with 717 in his head.

[717, are you sure they need external help to get through the demon realm's seal, and that thing is on both of them?]

[Yes! Host, do you want to just reveal your identity to them now?]

717 blinked, as if confirming Bai Yan's intent, then spoke up again:

[That works too, saves us the hassle. We'll just go straight to them...]

Before 717 could finish, the next thing he knew, Bai Yan summoned a sword and took down one of the demons in one clean move!

717: [(|| ﾟДﾟ)]

Wait, what the hell just happened? Someone tell him what happened!

Bai Yan leaned back in the chair, propped his head up with one hand, crossed his legs, and lounged with a lazy air. He raised his other hand and gave a subtle flick of his fingers.

The other demon snapped to attention and instinctively bolted, but he didn't even make it to the door before the sword pierced his chest too!

Bai Yan used the sword to hook their storage pouches and bring them over.

He wiped off the lingering spiritual sense, rummaged through them, and found what he wanted.

After grabbing what he needed, he tossed the pouches aside carelessly, a flicker of disgust in his eyes.

"Tsk, so dirty..."

717 swallowed hard, his throat bobbing. Seeing Bai Yan like that, he didn't dare make a peep.

But glancing at Ye Beiyu's situation, he hesitated for a moment before cautiously piping up:

[Um... uh... Big Shot, the male lead, he's...]