Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Previously, Cao Meng regretted it, but now that An Yingji sees that Cao Meng has let Xia Yulan take on so many tasks, she immediately regrets it too.

She had already accepted all the missions related to the Ghost Kingdom of Yunfu when she arrived.

So now it's not Xia Yulan who's negotiating the profit-sharing with Cao Meng, but An Yingji!
She was furious that she had missed out on such a large sum of spirit stones!

Little did she know that something even more infuriating was yet to come. Xia Yulan and Consort Duanmu were currently discussing a major matter at the Hehuan Sect.

They discussed how to get Cao Meng to hand over the business of Wenxianji to the two of them to control!

……

The corpse energy and malevolent energy in the Yunfu Ghost Kingdom are incredibly dense, causing it to be perpetually dark and gloomy.

As a result, many cultivators with low cultivation levels came to Yunfu Ghost Kingdom to seek opportunities, but instead were invaded by corpse energy and evil aura, becoming members of the corpse ghosts.

As soon as Cao Meng entered the Ghost Kingdom of Yunfu, the long-lost system came online:

"Beep, based on the host's current situation, reward options are being issued:"

Option 1: Hunt down two million ghouls. Reward: One random mythical beast egg!
Option Two: Hunt down ten direct disciples of righteous sects. Reward: One random divine beast egg!

"Chief, I choose option two!"

Upon seeing the reward options, Cao Meng didn't hesitate and immediately chose option two.

Although the Yunfu Ghost Kingdom has an endless number of corpses, killing two million corpses would be disastrous if it attracted the attention of higher-level corpses.

In comparison, it is easier to hunt down the direct disciples of righteous sects.

After all, the direct disciples of righteous sects are generally only at the Golden Core stage. Even if the opponent protects them with heavy treasures, their strength is still just so-so!
Given the same reward, Cao Meng would definitely choose the one with less risk!
……

Yunfu Ghost Kingdom is a place of evil, but it is also a blessed land and a place of trial for both the righteous and the demonic paths.

Many disciples from both the righteous and demonic paths come here to undergo trials, capturing and killing fierce corpses and evil spirits!

The birth of a rare ghoul general has attracted many people.

Therefore, Cao Meng's mission objective of having ten direct disciples from righteous sects is more than enough!
Based on the clues in An Yingji's mission, the Corpse Demon General had once appeared in the southeastern part of the Yunfu Ghost Kingdom's outskirts, and Cao Meng and his group immediately began searching.

Cao Meng and his group searched for more than an hour and then encountered a few cultivators.

Have you seen the Corpse General?

Cao Meng stopped the other party and began to inquire.

"So what if I've seen it, or I haven't?"

One of the black-clad monks was already furious because of something that had happened.

Now that he's met Cao Meng, he can finally vent his frustrations.

The black-clad male cultivator was venting his anger on Cao Meng one second, and the next second a sword aura swept past, separating his head from his body.

Do you really think Cao Meng is a pushover who won't kill anyone?
"Can we talk now?"

After killing the leader of the black-clad male cultivators, Cao Meng questioned his companions.

"Senior, our group is not very clear about the location of the Corpse Demon General."

"However, there are top-tier sect prodigies capturing people ahead. I suspect that those prodigies are after the Corpse Demon General, and they are capturing rogue cultivators to use as bait to lure the Corpse Demon General!"

Knowing that Cao Meng was a ruthless man, these people quickly revealed what they knew.

"lead the way!"

At Cao Meng's signal, the group quickly led the way, afraid of inadvertently displeasing the fierce Cao Meng.

……

Three hundred miles to the southeast of the Floating Cloud Ghost Kingdom, there is a deep abyss several hundred feet long and bottomless, from which corpse energy and malevolent aura constantly overflow.

At this moment, nearly a hundred imprisoned cultivators were thrown out of the abyss as bait.

Not far away, a number of people were lying in ambush; clearly, this group was the fishermen!

"Why are there no movements from the corpses in this abyss? Could it be that these rogue cultivators don't suit their tastes?"

Lu Wang, a direct disciple of the Netherworld Palace, was very dissatisfied with the performance of these rogue cultivators as bait. They had captured so many people just to use them as bait.

Now, most of the day has passed, and there has been no movement from the abyss.

Not only did he not see the Corpse Demon General, he didn't even see a single low-level Corpse Puppet, which made Lü Wang very suspicious of the bait!

"They're probably too far away; they can't smell it!"

"Draw some blood from them, and throw a few more people down; that should have an effect!"

Nalan Youruo, a direct disciple of the Blood Demon Sect, offered a suggestion.

Despite being a woman, she learned to fish from her grandfather and has some experience in it!
The fish aren't biting because there must have been no baiting!

They're just baiting the hook without actually creating a feeding area; it's no wonder the ghouls in the abyss won't take the bait.

Nalan Youruo then waved to her group, and several disciples of the Blood Demon Sect immediately bled the bait and kicked several of them into the abyss.

"You demons, using living people as bait, you are utterly unworthy of being human!"

Several disciples from the righteous sects of Xuantian Sect began to condemn the actions of the Blood Demon Sect and the Netherworld Palace disciples.

"Stop pretending to be good people, you righteous sects! We're all pretty much the same, except we demonic sects do it openly, while you do it in secret!"

Lu Wang, who also had a fiery temper, retorted directly.

"The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, is the natural order of things!"

"If you disciples of righteous sects can't stand it, you're welcome to leave. But if you try to ruin our plans, don't blame us for taking action against you!"

Xing Lan of the Soul Refining Sect was equally blunt, making her stance clear.

The demonic sects went to capture people as bait, while the righteous sects reaped the benefits and still dared to complain. Did they really think they were being disrespectful?
If it weren't for the fact that the demonic sects initially thought the righteous sects could help draw fire when capturing and killing the Corpse Demon General, they would have driven those people away long ago.

"Fellow Daoists, let's save them some face. After all, they need face to cover up their ugly faces!"

Nalan Youruo of the Blood Demon Sect appeared to be trying to mediate, but in reality, she was adding fuel to the fire.

"Hahaha!"

The disciples of the demonic sects could no longer contain themselves and burst into laughter.

"You demonic disciples are going too far!!"

Someone from the righteous sects shouted, and the atmosphere immediately became tense. Both sides took out their spiritual weapons and prepared to fight!

"Are you going to resort to violence?"

"Go ahead and attack! Do you really think we, the disciples of the demonic path, are afraid of you?!"

With Lü Wang, Nalan Youruo, and Xing Lan taking the lead, the atmosphere between the righteous and demonic paths reached its peak, and disciples from both paths were ready to make a big move at any moment.

"It's quite lively, huh?"

Just then, a mocking laugh broke the awkward atmosphere, and a strange group of four people and a fox appeared.

"An Yingji of the Hehuan Sect!"

"Zi Rou'er of the Beast Soul Sect!"

"The Furnace Saint Body of the Hehuan Sect!" After the newcomer appeared, the disciples of both the righteous and demonic paths recognized Cao Meng and his companions.

There was no way around it; An Yingji and Zi Rou'er were already quite famous, and Cao Meng, relying on his reputation as the Furnace Saint Body, was even more famous!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Cao Meng couldn't help but cough when he heard how others addressed him.

It's true that Cao Meng possesses the Furnace Cauldron Sacred Body, but he doesn't call himself the Furnace Cauldron Sacred Body; he has a real name.

"It really was him! That traitor Cao has ruined me so badly, I must make him pay with his blood!"

Upon seeing Cao Meng, a female cultivator from the Xuantian Sect immediately turned red in the eyes and secretly made a vow in her heart.

Intuition compelled Cao Meng to glance at the other person, and seeing that the other person was wearing a jade pendant belonging to a direct disciple of the Xuantian Sect, he was immediately puzzled:
Who is this innocent-looking woman?
In his previous life, Cao Meng was a disciple of the Xuantian Sect. He had memories of all the disciples of the Xuantian Sect, but he had no recollection of this pure and innocent woman.

In his memory, it seemed that the Xuantian Sect did not have such a personal disciple!
This pure and lovely female cultivator is none other than Xiao Wu, who has been reborn through possession and is now called Ning Xiao Wu!

Ever since Ning Xiaowu learned Cao Meng's true identity, she knew that if she wanted to take revenge on Cao Meng, she would have to leverage his influence!

Being merely an inner disciple wouldn't be of much use to her. Only by becoming a direct disciple, or even taking a step further, could she use the Xuantian Sect to help her take revenge.

So Ning Xiaowu risked being discovered by the higher-ups of the Xuantian Sect and went to become a disciple of Dan Songzi, the master of Xuandan Peak of the Xuantian Sect.

Dan Songzi was a fanatic alchemist, so he didn't investigate further.

With her Golden Core cultivation and talent for the medicinal properties of spiritual herbs, Ning Xiaowu successfully became a disciple of Dan Songzi and a direct disciple of the Xuan Tian Sect.

The innate medicinal properties of spiritual herbs are a skill inherited from the demon beast.

Let alone demonic beasts, even a dog kept by an ordinary person will know to eat some roadside grass to save itself when it gets sick.

The alchemy fanatic Dan Songzi sent Ning Xiaowu to be his disciple mainly because her talent for medicinal herbs could help him; he didn't care about Ning Xiaowu's cultivation level.

After becoming a direct disciple of the Xuantian Sect, Ning Xiaowu took on many sect missions and left the sect openly and legitimately, arriving in the Yunfu Ghost Kingdom.

In the past few months, she has thoroughly refined her remaining inner core in the Cloud Floating Ghost Kingdom, and has also consumed a lot of human cultivators who were undergoing trials in the Cloud Floating Ghost Kingdom, as well as some spiritual medicines!
Now, her strength, which was once that of a fifth-tier demon beast, has been restored to the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Looking at Cao Meng in front of her, she felt that her chance for revenge had come.

However, having suffered a loss at Cao Meng's hands before, she decided to hold back for a while and observe the situation before taking action.

Among the demonic sects, Xing Lan of the Soul Refining Sect had some connection with Cao Meng, so she greeted Cao Meng and tried to get information out of him:
"Fellow Daoist Cao Meng, you've also come for this Corpse Demon General?"

To be honest, Xing Lan was quite wary of Cao Meng's appearance.

She had witnessed Cao Meng's strength back in the secret realm of the Longevity Sword Sect; he was capable of capturing and killing a second-level Nascent Soul cultivator.

Now that so much time has passed, the opponent's combat strength must have increased significantly, and their strength is probably no weaker than that of a fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivator!

"That's it!"

Cao Meng nodded in response. He remembered this woman; back in the secret realm, it was this woman who helped him extract the memories of the Xuan Tian Sect members from their souls.

As for feeling guilty?

Cao Meng had no idea that Xing Lan had the strength to snatch the Soul Refining Sect's ancestor, Hun Wuji, back to him, even though he still possessed a fifth-grade supreme spiritual artifact. He simply didn't believe that Xing Lan had the power to take it back from him!
In fact, Xing Lan had no idea about this matter. She had come to Yunfu Ghost Kingdom to hunt a long time ago, and had no idea that this had only happened recently.

With Cao Meng's appearance breaking the awkward silence, Bi Feng, a direct disciple of the Red Academy, felt it was her time to shine, and thus stepped forward:

"The reason why these rogue cultivators failed to lure out the Corpse Demon General is most likely because they are too weak and have ordinary physiques."

"If it were someone with a special constitution, they might be able to lure out the Corpse General!"

As soon as Bi Feng spoke, both the righteous and demonic factions knew what the other meant, so they subconsciously turned their gazes to Cao Meng.

Cao Meng possesses the Furnace Cauldron Sacred Body. Male cultivators with the Furnace Cauldron Sacred Body belong to the Yang category, and a Yang Sacred Body is indeed the best bait for evil spirits.

"Cao Meng, it is wrong for your demonic sect to use weak cultivators as bait to lure the Corpse Demon General."

I hope that for the greater good, you will volunteer to act as bait, using your life essence to lure out the corpse demons and replace those rogue cultivators!

Bi Feng's saintly speech, which was entirely based on moral righteousness, forced Cao Meng to submit.

"hehe!"

Cao Meng couldn't help but sneer. Today was truly an unlucky day; he had run into a hypocrite.

“Fellow Daoist, it’s fine for me to act as bait, but…”

Cao Meng suddenly changed the subject and hurriedly said:
"Fellow Daoist, I've recently been refining some Snow Maidens, but I'm lacking the souls of some female cultivators. So I hope you'll cooperate by committing suicide and willingly entering my Myriad Soul Snow Banner!"

This sanctimonious hypocrite wanted Cao Meng to bleed her as bait, and Cao Meng even wanted to use her to refine the Snow Maiden.

As long as this sanctimonious bitch dares to commit suicide, Cao Meng will immediately bind himself and obediently become bait.

Upon hearing Cao Meng's words, Bi Feng immediately flew into a rage:
"Cao Meng, are you kidding me!"

Bi Feng has a bright future ahead of her; she's destined to become an immortal. Cao Meng actually made her commit suicide—that's outrageous!

"You fucking joked with me first!"

"Snapped!"

As soon as Cao Meng finished speaking, he flashed to Bi Feng's side and slapped her across the face, sending her flying.

"Te!"

After Cao Meng finished off his opponent, he spat on the ground and cursed:

"Truly worthy of being disciples of the Bitch Academy, born bitches indeed!"

Bitch Academy, that's the nickname given to Red Academy by all the top sects of both the righteous and demonic paths!

Although the Red Academy is a top-tier sect, it does not belong to the righteous path, nor the demonic path, but rather to the neutral faction!
Red Academy does not accept men, only women.

The Red Academy's doctrine is that women are supreme and men are inferior and should be women's slaves.

The Red Academy's theory offended all the male cultivators and patriarchs of both the righteous and demonic paths.

The female cultivators of the Red Academy also did many things they shouldn't have done, such as selling babies, committing marriage fraud, and having extramarital affairs!

The main reason why the Red Academy has survived to this day is because they are good at being prostitutes.

The Red Academy is founded on the concept of prostitutes, takes the cultivation of prostitutes as its main mission, and considers being a prostitute as a way to survive. Therefore, the Red Academy is jokingly referred to by all the top sects as the "Prostitute Academy" and the "Gathering Place of Prostitutes"!

After being slapped by Cao Meng, Bi Feng covered her face and scolded:

"Cao Meng, as a cultivator from the Eastern Region Dao Continent, what's wrong with sacrificing a little of your essence for the rogue cultivators of the Eastern Region? It won't kill you!"

Bi Feng vowed that she would make Cao Meng pay the price. In the name of righteousness, she would lead the cultivators of the Eastern Region Dao Continent to kill Cao Meng!

"I'm about to break through to a higher realm, and I need a female cultivator's primordial yin to help me. How about giving me your primordial yin?"

"Forget it, I guess you don't even have virginity, you're just a slut like a prostitute, I find you disgusting!"

Cao Meng never considered that Bi Feng possessed primordial yin, after all, the Red Academy, that bitch academy, often used the sect to cultivate bitches to curry favor with other top sects.

"Hahaha!"

Many people couldn't help but laugh, which shows how disgusting Bi Feng, this self-righteous hypocrite, is.

The Red Academy already had a bad reputation, and Bi Feng's hypocritical, sanctimonious behavior only made it more detestable! (End of Chapter)