At the back of the emeral jade mountain where a multitude of high level demonic beasts inhabited, vague figures of two unknown persons could be spotted. This area of the mountain was only used during monthly tests and trials of the Jianyu Sect. Apart from sect elders, no disciples or any other outsiders were allowed to step into this place at normal times.
But today, there were these two suspicious figures suddenly popping out of thin air just a flash ago, one in his black cloak and another.... well, to portray this one's physical features, it would be a bit complicated. He'd got such terribly long and dark claws. And there, on his awfully hideous face was those wide and big reddish eyes and poisonous fangs.
In fact, this creature was no other than a demonic human cultivator at first. But as this cultivator got more powerful, he found himself becoming more and more hideous. And this was the final transformation of himself after cultivating a certain route of demonic art.
A man in the cloak sealed up his nose with his right hand as that incredibly stinky smell of the demon beside came into his nostrails. The half-beast, half-human demon saw this act of the man who showed not even a bit of hesitation to express his disgust towards him.
Instead of being enraged or whatsoever, the demon just chose to brush this offensive behavior aside as he wiped away the disgusting drool which would not stop trickling down from his smelly mouth all the time.
The man who was feeling uncomfortable in the presence of such a beast assumed he still had some manners after seeing the demon wiping his drool away. But what the demon did next had him getting this nauseous feeling even more.
That damn demon..... instead of cleaning that drool from his hand or something alike, he licked it clean, taking out that long and dark tongue of his.
Creasing his brows, the man covered his mouth and nose with one hand in contempt before turning around to check the situation of this unfamiliar surrounding. It was pretty late already. But still, it didn't stop him from making out the place he had suddenly transported along with this demon.
"Are you sure it's this place? "
Feeling a bit doubtful, the man asked without even sparing a glance at the disgusting creature beside.
"Of course, you doubt my skills? Just search around here tomorrow morning and I bet you would find your target within a mile radius. "
The two had been working together since a week ago, intending to look for a particular kid. To tell the truth, neither of them were good persons. Nor they were finding that particular kid with some good motives.
One was a mysterious man whose identity still left unknown whereas the other was a half-beast, half-human demonic cultivator who was helping this man according to a particular deal between them.
The man nodded perfunctorily before taking another step only to pause in surprise in the next second. He could feel there was a certain powerful barrier hovering above this mountain.
No wonder the kid was here, yet they didn't find him for decades. There was such a barrier here which could dispel the life aura of him. Well... seem like this really is the place that kid had been hiding all this while.
"According to what the stars say, this is the most possible place. I've never been wrong when it came to reading stars.....
Anyway, now that I've already given you what you want, what about mine? "
The man took another glance into the distance of the forest they were in before reaching out for his space ring, digging something out. The demon's eyes had gone sparkled at the sight of them. Not even waiting for the man to take the initiative to give them to him, the demon snatched it away with hints of greed in his eyes.
Smelling the things in his hands, the demon uttered some words of praise "seem so delicious" before opening his big and beast-like mouth and devoured it right in a flash.
What did this demon just eat? To tell the truth, they were hearts of nascent soul staged cultivators. Yeah.... this demon just ate hearts. But it was not only a simple process of eating but also gaining powers of those dead cultivators from these hearts.
The man in cloak made a face at the sight of this disgusting sight. Couldn't this beast even wait to be alone to fill his stomach? He didn't know whether or not this creature kept doing such disgusting things like that just to get to him or out of habit. But one thing was for sure. It really made him disgusted like hell.
" So, these hearts were in your space ring all this while. But why can't I sense it? That's strange. "
And at this query, the man's cold and unfeeling eyes behind his hood turned into gentle ones out of the blue. Brushing the ring with his thumb gently, the man replied as though boasting about it.
"Of course, how could you sense it? This space ring was personally given by princess Jingyi to me. "
A gentle smile tugged on the corner of his lips as he spoke. And the demon beside rolled his big eyes at his words. Here he goes again. They've only been working together for a week but because of this man, he already got familiar with that name "princess Jingyi" like crazy. This man would not stop bringing up the conversation about that princess like 24/7.
This man was cold and distant at other times. But as soon as the topic of their conversation changed to that of the princess, this man became drastically talkative like he was not himself at all.
Here's the thing. The princess they were talking about was not one of the offsprings of emperor Ming or something. It was just a daughter of a powerful demon from the demon realm.....to be exact, she was the daughter of a demon who would be the second most powerful after the deceased demon king Zhang.
"Okay.... okay, I got it. Don't talk about her anymore. Now can I leave? Our work ended here, right? "
Clearing his throat, the embarrassed man in black tried to get his cool vibe again before asking.
"Wait, where can I find you if I have some task for you in the future?"
Licking the strains of blood left on his hands, the demon chortled mischievously.
"I myself don't even know where I'm going next. How could it be possible to tell you? I'm making sure to roam around the entire realm of humans to taste some delicious things. "
With that said, a black-shadow like sphere engulfed the demon and disappeared in a flash.
As soon as the demon had vanished, the man in the cloak took off his hood, revealing that striking features beneath. Some rays of moonlight, which managed to penetrate through this wild forest, landed on his face.
But because he was lowering his head at the moment, his appearance couldn't be seen apparently.
Kissing the space ring on his fingers, the man passionately said something in that magnetic tone of his.
"Princess, just wait for a bit more. Soon this prince will make you mine. "
The man kept staring at the ring for a while even after uttering those words. And after quite some time when he finally took his eyes away, the man gazed up into the night sky through the dense forest with that handsome smirk.
Rays of moonlight landed on his face. And at that moment, one could see his features very clearly.
This mysterious man....in fact, this mysterious man in the black cloak was no other than .....
the crown prince of this kingdom.....the eldest brother of Ming Rong...