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

Under Cao Meng's threat, You Zhiquan and his accomplices gritted their teeth in hatred.

At this moment, if it weren't for Cao Meng's status, they would have all wanted to fight him to the death.

Despite their anger, You Zhiquan and his group of accomplices still didn't dare to make a move.

Because this is Spring Breeze City, if they dare to make a move against Cao Meng, the Hehuan Sect's enforcement team will definitely take them down immediately.

In fact, they made the right decision, because once they took action, Cao Meng would physically deliver them to the Western Paradise.

Left with no other choice, You Zhiquan and his group of wronged souls each took out spirit stones to pay the bill, vowing that even if Cao Meng begged them to come next time, they would never come again.

As each wronged soul paid their dues and left, Min Xue began to tally the profits. After deducting costs and gains, Xuan Tian Pavilion's net profit for this round reached nearly ten million.

The boss, Cao Meng, took away five million low-grade spirit stones and also gave out five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones as bonuses to his employees, since these beauties had indeed performed quite well last night!
The remaining spirit stones were left in the Xuantian Pavilion to maintain its normal operation.

Ever since You Zhiquan and his gang of traitors returned and claimed that Cao Meng had slaughtered them like pigs, Xuantian Pavilion has truly earned its reputation as the number one den of iniquity in Chunfeng City!

Although it was Cao Meng's scheme to slaughter pigs, he could still make a profit of ten million low-grade spirit stones in one night, which shows he was quite capable!

……

"Cough cough!"

On their way back, Cao Meng, An Yingji, and Hong Qi, along with the fox, were greeted by An Yingji coughing at Cao Meng. Her meaning was clear: she wanted to divide the spoils.

That damn junior brother, he said yesterday that he would take me to rob spirit stones. Now that he has obtained so many spirit stones by slaughtering pigs, it is not unreasonable for him to share some with me, right?

"These are the spirit stones I'll use to support you for a month!"

Cao Meng gave An Yingji 500,000 low-grade spirit stones. Cao Meng knew that the share of the wronged senior sister's money had been swindled away by the female demon.

For Cao Meng, both the female demon and his nemesis senior sister were equally dear to him, so he could only pretend not to know anything.

Anyway, I treat everyone equally. My foolish senior sister was tricked by the female demon, so who can she blame?

Moreover, Cao Meng felt it was better for An Yingji to be poor, so that he could control her.

"Cao Meng, I want one too!"

Hongqi, in Cao Meng's arms, also raised her paws, strongly demanding a share.

"You ate so much last night, and I didn't even ask you to give me any spirit stones. How can you be so shameless!"

Cao Meng pinched Hong Qi's little face and scolded her in an annoyed tone.

Last night, Hong Qi's meal cost well over 500,000 low-grade spirit stones, and Cao Meng didn't really let Hong Qi pay the bill.

Cao Meng felt that he couldn't let Hong Qi continue eating like this, otherwise he wouldn't be able to afford to support her.

After Cao Meng returned to the Hehuan Sect, he originally wanted to ask the female demon to let him guard the gate and protect the sect's safety!
But the female demon wouldn't approve. How could she, as the master, not know what this rebellious disciple was thinking?

This traitorous disciple just wanted to accept the gift and pocket it!
These congratulatory gifts had to be accounted for through official channels. If they could be embezzled, Consort Duanmu would have already done so. It was Cao Meng's turn to try and take advantage of them.

……

At the Hehuan Sect's sacrificial altar, Duanmu Fei and the other seven peak masters simultaneously used their spiritual power to refine the altar.

"Qiongtan, appear!"

With a loud shout from Consort Duanmu, an incomparably magnificent palace appeared, transforming the entire sacrificial plaza into a fairyland of jade pools and celestial palaces.

"This item is called Yaochi Qiongtai, a spiritual artifact crafted by an old ancestor of the Hehuan Sect."

This Jade Pool and Jade Terrace are only brought out for use during large-scale celebrations held by the Hehuan Sect!

Xia Yulan looked at the Jade Pool and the Jade Terrace and began to explain to Cao Meng.

"Uncle-Master Xia, this Jade Pool Terrace must be worth quite a few spirit stones, right?"

Looking at the Jade Pool and the Jade Terrace, Cao Meng had two ideas: one was to sell it and exchange it for spirit stones.

Secondly, they would occupy the Jade Pool and Jade Terrace, using it as a garden to raise female demons and great fairies!
Xia Yulan: Screw you! Is this a garden? This is clearly a harem!
Xia Yulan knew that Cao Meng was eyeing the Jade Pool and Jade Terrace, so she gave him a heads-up:
"You little rascal, don't even think about refining this Jade Pool and Jade Terrace. It can only be successfully refined by the peak masters of the eight main peaks using eight special methods!"

"Even with the strength of Senior Sister Duanmu Fei and the others, they could only barely make Yaochi Qiongtai appear."

To activate the Jade Pool Terrace for both offense and defense, at least eight cultivators at the fifth level of the Void Refinement stage would need to work together!

Xia Yulan also came from Baihua Peak, and she had heard Xifeng tell her about the details of Yaochi Qiongtan.

On the surface, the Jade Pool Terrace appears to be a palace, but in reality, it is a flying artifact that combines offense and defense.

"Good stuff!"

Xia Yulan's words made Cao Meng realize that the Jade Pool Terrace was even more precious. He just wondered which was more valuable, the bracelet given by the old Living Buddha or the other!

……

"Open the door and welcome our guests!"

At Consort Duanmu's command, the head of Jinle Hall rang the golden bell of Yaochi Qiongtai.

"Brilliant!"

The resounding bell echoed from the Hehuan Sect, spreading to a distance of over 100,000 miles beyond the four cities of Feng Hua Xue Yue.

The restrictions on the main gate of the Hehuan Sect were removed, and guests were officially welcomed.

The task of welcoming guests was handled by the Hehuan Sect's External Affairs Hall and several other halls.

"Music, begin!"

At Consort Duanmu's command, the eight halls in charge of ritual music—metal, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, gourd, and bamboo—immediately ordered their disciples to perform the ritual music.

Eight instruments began to play, ethereal and otherworldly music!
At this moment, the entire Jade Pool and Jade Terrace transformed into a true paradise on earth.

"Uncle Xia, the ancestor who created this Jade Pool Terrace certainly knows how to enjoy life!"

Looking at the fairyland of Yaochi and Qiongtai, Cao Meng couldn't help but sigh to Xia Yulan.

"No matter how much the old ancestor enjoys himself, he can't enjoy himself as much as you do. After all, you opened a brothel just to listen to music there!"

Xia Yulan gave Cao Meng a sarcastic remark, then added:

"Your Xuantian Pavilion hasn't been divided up yet, has it? Shouldn't it be divided up by now!"

Xia Yulan used to look down on Cao Meng's Xuantian Pavilion, thinking it wouldn't earn her any spirit stones. But not long ago, Min Xue reported to her that Xuantian Pavilion made a pure profit of ten million spirit stones overnight.

Xia Yulan knew, of course, that the overnight profit of tens of millions was mainly due to Cao Meng's scheme to slaughter the pig.

However, this also proves that Xuantian Pavilion does have a market.

Xia Yulan estimated that Xuantiange's reputation as the number one den of iniquity in Chunfeng City would soon spread.

Although it's infamous, it will still bring in some traffic.

Although the potential profit of ten million low-grade spirit stones per night is not very reliable, a profit of several hundred thousand should not be a problem!

"Uncle Xia, let me see your sincerity tonight!"

As soon as Cao Meng finished speaking, Xia Yulan offered him some roasted chestnuts.

……

As the Hehuan Sect officially welcomed the guests, An Yingji had already disappeared; she had gone to fetch Lanzhi and Elder An. Meanwhile, the Hehuan Sect's affiliated forces also began to come to pay homage and present congratulatory gifts.

The first top sect to take their seats was naturally the Beast Soul Sect, an ally of the Joyful Union Sect.

The leader was naturally Zi Dongji, a Void Refinement stage cultivator, while Zi Xixue, a Nascent Soul stage sect leader, could only follow behind.

Princess Taiping, Zi Rou'er, entered the arena arm in arm with a woman in a black dress and tight-fitting clothes; the two women bore a striking resemblance.

If Zi Rou'er is a blooming wildflower, then the woman in the black dress and tight-fitting clothes is a cold and aloof snow lotus!

It has to be said that the Beast Soul Sect, as an ally of the Joyful Union Sect, sent a very generous congratulatory gift!
"Greetings, Senior Zi!"

Duanmu Fei and other high-ranking members of the Hehuan Sect bowed and paid their respects to Zi Dongji.

After all, they were only at the Nascent Soul stage, while Zi Dongji was at the Void Refinement stage.

"Fei'er, you are my friend, there is no need for you to bow to my brother."

Before Zi Dongji could even speak, Zi Xixue quickly helped Duanmu Fei up, showing no respect for her brother Zi Dongji whatsoever.

She was Consort Duanmu's daughter, and Zi Dongji was her brother; they were all family, so there was no need for formalities.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Zi Dongji coughed, giving Zi Xixue a warning, and then gestured for everyone to dispense with formalities:
"No gifts!"

After gesturing for Consort Duanmu and the others to dispense with the formalities, Zi Dongji glanced at Consort Duanmu a few more times.

Despite Zi Dongji's long-term seclusion, he knew about his sister's affair with Consort Duanmu.

He had scolded Zi Xixue countless times for this, but every time Zi Xixue just let it go in one ear and out the other!
If Zi Xixue weren't his biological sister from the same parents, Zi Dong would have slapped her to death long ago to avoid making her look bad!
Since the Beast Soul Sect has come to the Void Refinement stage, the Joyful Union Sect, as the host, naturally needs its Void Refinement stage ancestor to show up as well.

After Nangong Yan broke through the void and appeared, she sat on the seat of honor and said to Zi Dongji in a mocking tone:

"Zi Dongji, it's been many years. Why hasn't your cultivation improved much?"

Nangong Yan and Zi Dongji were from the same era, and they even fought each other back then. From Nangong Yan's words, it seems that Zi Dongji was beaten up by Nangong Yan.

Faced with Nangong Yan's mockery, Zi Dongji's expression turned rather unpleasant. What was there for this old woman to be so proud of!
"Senior Sister Nangong, I am not as good as you. You are all alone, without any ties or worries!"
Unlike my junior brother, who has a Daoist partner, I already have a disappointing younger sister, and two good-for-nothing daughters to teach. Where would I find the time to cultivate?

Zi Dongji has lived for over a thousand years and is no pushover; anyone can argue and fight!

You laugh at my low cultivation level, I laugh at you for having no Daoist partner and no descendants!
Let's hurt each other, who's afraid of who!
"Zi Dongji, your cultivation is inferior to mine, your sister's cultivation is inferior to my disciple's, and your daughter's cultivation is inferior to my grand-disciple's!"

Nangong Yan wondered what was wrong with her being alone. She might not have any descendants, but she had a successor!

Back then, I could beat up Zi Dongji, and my successors can beat up Zi Dongji's descendants.

"Senior Sister Nangong, my good-for-nothing eldest daughter is also a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, and her cultivation is no weaker than Cao Meng's!"

Zi Dongji felt that his youngest daughter's cultivation was a bit weak, but his eldest daughter's cultivation was not weak at all, and she could definitely fight Cao Meng!
"I remember your eldest daughter, Zi Mengran, is over a hundred years old, isn't she?"
My damned grand-disciple seems to be only nineteen years old, not even twenty!

Nangong Yan really wanted to ask Zi Dongji which lineage they belonged to, how dare they compare themselves to hers.

Cao Meng, a bystander, felt offended. "Grand-disciple is fine, but why add 'bastard' to that?"

"hehe!"

Zi Dongji sneered, then said in a sarcastic tone:
“Senior Sister Nangong, my daughter Zi Mengran is indeed over a hundred years old, but her cultivation level is the result of her own hard work and cultivation.”

"I heard that Cao Meng has some kind of furnace body and is supposedly a cultivation partner with a Nascent Soul cultivator. I wonder how he got his half-step Nascent Soul cultivation?"

Zi Dongji felt that Cao Meng was not worthy of being compared to his daughter.

He's just a gigolo who achieved a half-step Nascent Soul stage by exploiting women's primordial energy.

"That bastard's cultivation level is indeed related to dual cultivation. You're just a daughter, you can't beat that bastard!"

Nangong Yan admitted that Cao Meng's cultivation level was inflated and that he had taken a shortcut.

Moreover, it wasn't just the primordial yin of one Nascent Soul cultivator; it was at least two: Xia Yulan and Duanmu Fei!

Nangong Yan had long suspected that Consort Duanmu and Cao Meng were having an affair. Consort Duanmu was her disciple, so how could she not know Consort Duanmu's cultivation level?
Ever since Duanmu Fei lost her primordial yin and her cultivation suddenly reached the half-step Void Refining stage, she had a vague suspicion that Duanmu Fei was keeping the good stuff within the family and had taken away Cao Meng's primordial yang from his furnace body!
Although Nangong Yan disliked Cao Meng, she still believed in the strength of this scoundrel.

"We'll only know after we fight!"

Zi Dongji also had great faith in the strength of his eldest daughter, Zi Mengran.

And so, Nangong Yan and Zi Dongji unwittingly sealed the fate of a battle between the two juniors.

……

Cao Meng approached Duanmu Fei from behind and asked in a low voice:
"Master, what's going on?"

Cao Meng's intuition tells him that there is a conflict between Nangong Yan and Zi Dongji!
"You bastard, if you want to ask, ask my grandmaster!"

Just as Consort Duanmu was about to speak, Nangong Yan pulled Cao Meng over and began to recount what had happened back then:

"A thousand years ago, Zi Dongji defeated a few good-for-nothings and then proclaimed himself the number one among the younger generation, so he went around challenging people."

This guy is courting death by challenging your grandmaster, trying to establish his authority by using me as his master.

So I hung this guy up and beat him for three days, and his dad had to spend ten million low-grade spirit stones to ransom him!

"This guy can't even beat me, yet he wants to challenge Lu Xiaobu, that demon from the Netherworld Palace."

"Luckily he didn't challenge the Demon Lord Lü, otherwise he probably would have been pinned to the ground by Lü's halberd long ago!"

Nangong Yan recounted what happened back then. Actually, it wasn't a big secret; anyone who lived long enough would know!

"Senior Sister Nangong, you're exaggerating. You were only slightly better than me back then!"

"And if you were to face Lu the Demon, you'd probably be pinned to death by his halberd!"

Seeing that Nangong Yan was exaggerating, Zi Dongji opened his mouth and said something.

"I definitely can't beat that Demon Lord Lü. In our generation, who could beat him?"

Nangong Yan readily admitted it, after all, no one in her generation could beat Lü Xiaobu in a one-on-one fight, so it wasn't shameful that she couldn't beat Lü Xiaobu!
Nangong Yan estimated that among those of the same realm, perhaps this bastard in front of her could fight against Lü Xiaobu back then!
When the topic of Lü Xiaobu came up, Nangong Yan and Zi Dongji stopped arguing and began to discuss each other's affairs.

The main reasons why the Hehuan Sect and the Beast Soul Sect are preparing to form an alliance are twofold: firstly, the Corpse Yin Sect is too powerful, and secondly, the matter of Lü Xiaobu of the Netherworld Palace.

Just then, the Demon Sword Sect arrived.

The Demon Sword Sect was led by two Void Refinement stage elders, followed by the sect leader, the Nine-Flower Sword Demon, and more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

It has to be said that they did give their ancestor a bit of face by switching sects!

"Jian Yun, Jian Yan, you two actually came!"

Nangong Yan warmly greeted the two Void Refinement stage elders of the Demon Sword Sect, after all, she would be a super senior after today!

"Nangong Yan, enough with the nonsense. As long as your Hehuan Sect lets us take Ancestor Wen Bing away, my Demon Sword Sect is willing to pay any price!"

Jian Yun was straightforward and didn't want to waste time with Nangong Yan.

During this period, the higher-ups of the Demon Sword Sect finally confirmed Shi Shi's identity. In addition, the Demon Sword Sect's Nascent Soul stage ancestor finally emerged from seclusion, and they directly ordered the ancestor to be welcomed back.

The two Void Refinement stage elders, Jian Yun and Jian Yan, have come today to discuss the ransom. (End of Chapter)