"Rest well for the next few days. There's no rush to cultivate here.
"When the people from each cave return, the welcoming assembly will officially begin. Help a cave select its successor.
"I advise you not to wander around in the next few days. Even if you want to pass on information to the sect, it's best to wait until after the welcoming assembly.
"It's too dangerous now, and you don't have any valuable information.
"Don't tell me you're like children, telling your family that you're safe!"
Ai Li crossed his hands behind his back, came to Qiu Ya's side, bent down, and said with a smile.
"You're the child. Master already predicted that we wouldn't be in danger, so there's no need to tell us that we're safe!"
Qiu Ya pinched the thousand paper crane in her hand and quietly erased the words on it before putting it away.
From the marks, one could clearly see the words, 'Master, I miss you so much! The grapes you stole for me have been eaten up' and so on.
"It's good that you don't. The Earth's fire will erupt during the welcoming ceremony that happens once every hundred years.
"When that time comes, the entire demon den will be covered in Earth's fire and lava, cutting off all contact with the outside world. Even if you steal my armored heavenly centipede, it will be a waste of effort."
Ai Li touched Qiu Ya's theft and left with a smile.
"Senior sister, what should we do next?"
After confirming that Ai Li was far away, Qiu Ya heaved a long sigh of relief and hopped over to Bai Ling's side.
"Let's wait and see. Don't act rashly.
"Don't forget that ten thousand years ago, the saintess of the Jade Fairy Mountain infiltrated the demon sect as a spy. She was assimilated by the demon sect and became one of the eight bitter Dharmaraja Kings. She's still alive now!
"We must stick to our hearts and not be fooled by the demonic music."
Bai Ling looked around and didn't forget to remind everyone.
10,000 years ago, the saintess' betrayal was the death of Jade Fairy Mountain, causing the inheritance of Jade Fairy Mountain to almost be destroyed. Water Moon Fairy hated her to the bone.
According to seniority, the traitor saintess was Bai Ling's grandmaster.
With such a senior in the demon sect, Bai Ling and the others had to be a hundred times more careful.
Alan leaned against the wall with his sword in his hand, looking dispirited.
Bai Ling and the others' worries were of no use to Alan.
In terms of demonic techniques, even the demonic lord was a realm lower than Alan.
Not to mention the eight bitter Dharmaraja sect masters and the others.
Not only would Alan's mind be bewitched by the demonic techniques, even the great demonic sect would not use such crude methods.
If Ai Li really only wanted to control a few people, Alan would be very disappointed.
The orientation assembly was in full swing, and Ai Li did not have any restrictions on everyone as he had previously said.
Even if Bai Ling and the others brazenly went out to plan the terrain, they would turn a blind eye to the intelligence gathering.
It was not just Ai Li who did not care, but the other demonic sect disciples also did not care.
In the entire catacombs, everyone was busy with their own matters. No one cared about Bai Ling and the others at all.
Bai Ling also tried to pass on the intelligence.
Just as Ai Li had said, during the orientation assembly, the Earth's fire was extremely hot.
The thousand paper cranes used to pass on the intelligence would automatically burn up after flying less than a kilometer. It was impossible to pass on any intelligence at all.
On the other hand, Alan had been dragging his 'sick' body around these past few days to scout around and obtain a lot of crucial intelligence.
For example, this underground demon cave was actually an existence that was similar to a small world.
Or rather, it was a separate world, a dimension-like space.
All the demon beasts, plants, and insects in the entire demon cave fed on the lava and Earth's fire that flowed underground, and their fire resistance was extremely high.
Ai Li was not telling the truth.
His armored heavenly centipede's tunneling through the ground was a camouflage, but it was actually passing through a spatial barrier.
If one wanted to enter and exit the demon cave, one had to have a method that was proficient in spatial magic, or a demon beast.
Not only that, all the caves around the demon cave were also separate dimensional spaces.
In order to confuse everyone, Ai Li built a temporary passage to connect the cave and the demon cave.
That was why no one could feel it.
Alan was the only expert of the Heavenly Demon Realm in the nine regions. Although he had never learned spatial magic, his sharp five senses allowed him to discover many things.
He could even see through space.
At that time, Ai Li was discovered by Alan just like that.
Alan strolled in the demon den, watching countless monsters enter and exit, and the space barrier opened and closed.
If he could not discover it, it would be too stupid.
After seeing this, Alan tried to simulate the method of the monsters passing through space. He condensed demonic qi at the tip of his finger and gently cut it.
Crash!
The sound of glass shattering rang out.
Alan had condensed too much magic energy and was too strong. The space in front of him could not withstand such a huge force and was directly broken.
It was like a cup of water. After it was broken, the water inside would naturally flow out.
Alan cut open the space in front of him. The fire-type spiritual energy in the space was like a volcano erupting, and it spewed out with a bang.
The instant the spiritual energy shot out, a faint, barely noticeable demonic energy appeared in front of Alan and disappeared in a flash.
The fire element spiritual energy was like a clay ox entering the sea. It disappeared without raising any waves.
After all, it could even swallow the heavenly tribulation. In front of Alan, this bit of spiritual energy was not even able to cause any waves.
Alan calmly observed his surroundings. After confirming that he did not notice the abnormality here, he heaved a sigh of relief and condensed his demonic energy to slash out in front of him again.
This time, Alan restrained most of his strength. It was as if his finger had been inserted into a basin of warm water.
It was as if he had pierced through a thin film of inaction.
The space in front of him rippled like the surface of water. Alan's finger disappeared into thin air before his eyes as if it had been broken off.
"Is this an alternate dimension?"
Alan moved his finger and felt the different temperatures, air, pressure, and various molecules colliding in the air on both sides.
He was like a child who had just gotten a new toy, always wanting to find out what was going on.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Alan spread his demonic aura all over his body. With a light bang, he disappeared from where he stood.
The blue sky, the dark green grass, the gentle wind mixed with the refreshing fragrance of flowers.
Alan took a deep breath and opened his arms as if he wanted to embrace the whole world.
Moo!
A beast's roar broke the silence. A buffalo that looked like a huge mountain stood up from the lake.
Its body was covered with all kinds of plants. Some of the trees were even dozens of meters tall. It was obvious that it had been sleeping at the bottom of the lake for many years.
As it woke up, a huge wave was rose in the lake.
The huge wave washed ashore and destroyed countless rocks and trees. It gave people a feeling that the world had changed.
Logically speaking, such a huge beast should have no natural enemies.
After all, it was too big. Just a casual movement would cause the earth to shake and the mountains to shake. Even a sneeze could form a hurricane.
With such a huge force, just a pure physical attack was enough to be fatal.
However, reality quickly broke Alan's imagination.
In the clouds, a pitch-black, stinky, and inversed-scale-covered huge snake-like head came down and bit the neck of the huge bull. It rolled up and disappeared into the clouds.