"Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang..."
The loud, piercing sound of a gong instantly echoed throughout the entire mountain top.
The little demons, being extremely sensitive to the gong that awakens them each day, were jolted awake as soon as they heard the sound.
Then, after staying befuddled for a few seconds, the little demons remembered, oh... it's time to wake up.
Lu Fei, who was in the middle of cultivating his breathing skills, was also startled awake by the gong.
Although he wanted to complain about being woken up in such a manner every day, fearing that he'd eventually suffer from nervous exhaustion,
he also knew that without such a crude awakening, these little demons wouldn't wake up at all.
For the low-level little demons, concepts like "self-consciousness, self-discipline" were completely foreign to them.
They were used to obeying the strong, obeying power, obeying brutality, obeying their instincts, rather than anything else.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang..."
The ear-piercing sound of the gong continued.
Lu Fei opened his eyes and saw the Crow Demon sitting up like a corpse on the stone bed opposite him, its eyes bewildered, and the Little Pig Demon, Red Pi, groaning as he woke up.
"I feel like I just lay down..."
The Crow Demon whose eyes had regained focus, uttered.
"You're not mistaken, we did just lie down not too long ago…"
Red Pi, the Pig Demon, sat up with effort, rubbing his eyes continuously as he spoke.
While the two demons were talking.
There was a faint flicker in Lu Fei's mind.
Swipe, swipe, swipe...
Rows of virtual data emitting a faint white light began to appear in front of his eyes.
[Host: Lu Fei]
[Realm: Level One Demon Soldier (36/100)]
[Cultivation techniques: Demon Breathing Skills (Beginner) (19/100)]
[Abilities: Spear Skills (Beginner) (18/100); Archery (Beginner) (6/100)]
[Divine Skills: None]
[Innate Talent: Sky Wolf Swallowing the Moon (Beginner) (7/100)]
[Soul Power: None]
[...]
"My realm score has increased by one, and my cultivation technique score has increased by two..."
Looking at the constantly emerging data in front of his eyes,
Lu Fei, who had a clear memory of all the data on his panel, immediately observed the changes in the panel.
"With such clear data, it seems I've been practicing my breathing skills in meditation for four hours…"
Lu Fei thought to himself, he was now to some extent using changes in the virtual panel's data to keep track of time.
Even though now as a demon, he was very sensitive to the changes in the sky and time.
"Bear leader is surely going to assign us tasks today, we need to get there early..."
"We should get going..."
"White Hair...?"
At this moment, the Crow Demon's voice sounded.
"Let's go..."
Lu Fei came back to his senses, said a word, then dismissed the virtual data and got off the stone bed.
Although his attention was mainly focused on the virtual panel, he still heard what the Crow Demon said.
His ability to multitask was getting better and better.
Tightening the grey bear leather around his waist,
Lu Fei followed behind the Crow Demon and left the stone cave.
The last to exit, the Little Pig Demon Red Pi, could not resist touching the sleek, gray bear skin girded around Lu Fei's body as he looked on.
Startled by a touch on his buttocks, Lu Fei turned around to look at the Red Pi, a Pig Demon, behind him and snapped, "What do you think you're doing?"
Little Pig Demon Red Pi scratched the bristles on his neck and chuckled, "Just wanted to see if it is really soft enough."
Lu Fei looked at the somewhat naive looking Little Pig Demon and retorted huffily, "Well, now you know."
Red Pi nodded, "I get it, I want to get one too…"
The Crow Demon chimed in aptly, "Aren't you afraid of the Bear leader, Red Pi?"
Red Pi shook his head, "Not at all. I plan to get some feathers, they will surely be softer..."
A surprised Crow Demon confessed, "I hadn't thought of that..."
Listening to the conversation between the two demons.
Lu Fei couldn't help but interject, "If you guys keep dilly-dallying, we're definitely going to be whipped by the Bear leader…"
By the time the three little demons arrived at the usual hilltop for their gatherings.
There were already a multitude of little demons waiting.
Based on his predecessor's memories, Lu Fei had a clear understanding of the situation on Rolling Mountain.
The Great King was at the top of the hierarchy, a Wild Bull Demon.
Below the Great King, there were two Great Commanders.
They were the Wolf leader and the Sheep leader.
Below the commanders, there were the lower-level leaders.
At present, Rolling Mountain had a total of nine such leaders.
Each low-level leader governed ten to twenty little demons.
Thus, the total number of demons on Rolling Mountain was roughly around two hundred.
Lu Fei, the Crow Demon and the Pig Demon Red Pi belonged to Bear leader's group.
After finding Bear leader's towering figure,
The three little demons quickly joined their fellow demons under Bear leader's command.
Seeing familiar demons, especially a Gray Skin Rat Demon, which was slightly over a meter tall and had a rat face, the Crow Demon's heart was filled with an urge to show off and gossip.
So, he swaggered over pompously.
Lu Fei glanced at the Crow Demon, without asking, he could guess that the guy was probably boasting to the Rat Demon about his exploits in the human village last night.
Watching for any movement from the Bear leader, who was over two meters tall and burly, with a bear head and a human body, it seemed he was waiting for something.
Lu Fei was reminded of the scene when he woke up and went to attend the Great King's meeting yesterday.
Because the Great King's cave was too small and the number of demons too many, a low-level demon like Lu Fei had no qualifications to enter the cave.
Even when he gathered outside the cave, the view of the entrance was obstructed by the numerous Bull Demons, Bear Demons, Tiger Demons, Elephant Demons, and other demons with naturally larger body sizes.
Thus, he and his two companions hadn't even seen the face of the Great King, the strongest Wild Bull Demon.
Even at the end, when he heard the voice of the speaker, it was only a brief briefing about the impending battle with the creatures of Snake Coil Mountain and a few commandments to low-level little demons.
That was the complete process of his participation in the Great King's convened meeting yesterday.
Right now, having the virtual panel within his body, what Lu Fei needed the most was time.
Given enough time to practice Breathing Skills and cultivate, he could gradually become stronger.
But at present, he is just a weak, low-level little demon.
If he doesn't want to leave Rolling Mountain, become a wanderer or a Wild Demon with no guarantee of life.
He must obey orders.
Right now, he was most concerned about when the battle with Snake Coil Mountain, as mentioned by the Great King yesterday, would commence.
If possible, the longer this could be delayed, the better.
Just as Lu Fei was silently praying.
Suddenly, the clear sunny sky swiftly became overcast with clouds.
Then, chilling squalls accompanied with cries of despair, curses and screams suddenly arose making the faces of all the little demons on the hill turn pale and their bodies tremble uncontrollably.
Feeling an ominous presence, Lu Fei, trying to ignore the weakness pervading his body due to the icy wind, struggled to lift his head and look up.
As he did, he saw an enormous illusion the size of a small mountain looming above the summit.