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

At Wanqi Peak, Shen Aoxue summoned her eldest disciple, Ying Ling'er, and gave her instructions:

"Ling'er, take your junior sisters to Spring Breeze City and help your junior brother Cao Meng defend the city for a while!"

Unlike other peak masters, Shen Aoxue did not have her own affiliated forces.

She had no affiliated forces, so she could only command her own disciples.

“Master, although our Wanqi Peak has been banished to the cold palace, I am still a direct disciple. It would be too shameful for me to guard the city gate!”

Ying Ling'er didn't want to guard the city gate. First of all, she was the senior sister of Wanqi Peak, and she had to save face.

Secondly, she was also waiting to see Cao Cao make a fool of himself, since he had ruined his health and was now denying his debts!

"Ling'er, how did I teach you to be grateful?"

"Your junior brother Cao Meng taught me the method of refining the Immortal Inquiry Machine and shared 10% of the profits with Wan Qifeng."

Moreover, every time Cao Meng comes to Wanqi Peak, he brings gifts for you nominally senior sisters.

"Ling'er, you must understand that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of gratitude!"

Shen Aoxue sternly rebuked Ying Ling'er for her ignorance, saying that she didn't even understand the simple principle of repaying a small favor tenfold.

Moreover, Cao Meng was not an outsider, but one of our own.

Once things are out in the future and Cao Meng's relationship becomes public, Cao Meng will still be Ying Ling'er and the others' teacher-in-law!
"Master, please don't scold me. I'll take my junior sister to guard the city gate for that traitor Cao, okay?"

Under Shen Aoxue's repeated reprimands, Ying Ling'er had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Meanwhile, Ying Ling'er secretly added another charge against Cao Meng in her mental notebook:

That damned Cao traitor! He caused me to be reprimanded by my master.

Now, the female demon Duanmu Fei, along with the great demons Xia Yulan and Shen Aoxue, are all thinking of transferring people to Cao Meng to help him in his emergency.

To maintain order in the first half of Chunfeng City and prevent problems from arising, which would have led to Cao Meng being dismissed from his post as city lord after only a few days.

……

While the female demons were busy with their activities, Cao Meng and the Blood Cloud Ancestor were still feasting at Baiyuexuan.

As for the city's garrison, Cao Meng was not worried at all. Since he dared to let Nie Xuan transfer the people away, he had naturally made full preparations long ago.

……

Blood Cloud Ancestor and Cao Meng had almost finished eating. When Blood Cloud Ancestor saw Bai Yaxian arrive, he pretended to say:

"Little brat, I hate those freeloaders more than anything in my life..."

Blood Cloud Ancestor glanced at Cao Meng a few more times, clearly indicating that the person he was referring to as someone who was freeloading was Cao Meng.

"Why are you looking at me like that, senior?"

"I didn't freeload!"

Cao Meng was thick-skinned, so naturally he wouldn't admit that the person the other person was talking about was himself.

"Manager Bai, I remember that your Baiyuexuan is an affiliated property of Mengshifeng, right?"

After Cao Meng pointed out the relationship between Bai Yaxian and the Hehuan Sect, he added:
"Manager Bai, since you are one of Uncle Song's people, you should know how important Senior Xueyun is to our Hehuan Sect."

Now that Senior Blood Cloud has come to Spring Breeze City, our Joyful Union Sect should naturally extend the hospitality of a great host!

"Consider today's meal a welcome feast for Senior Xueyun, and I will report to the sect later and credit the achievement to Uncle Song!"

Cao Meng knew without a doubt that Bai Yaxian had already informed Song Yafei about the matter.

He figured that if he didn't give her the spirit stones, Song Yafei would definitely come after him for the money later.

Cao Meng decided to pin the credit on Song Yafei, making it impossible for her to come after him for the debt.

"Since Lord Cao has said so, this humble woman has nothing more to say!"

Bai Yaxian only realized how difficult Cao Meng was at this moment. To be honest, she estimated that after Cao Meng's words, Song Yafei could forget about getting the money back from Cao Meng.

Just as Bai Yaxian was pondering these things, Cao Meng spoke up again:

"This fifth-grade spirit wine tastes quite good. Senior really likes it. Pack me a few hundred jars!"

It wasn't Cao Meng's nature to leave after eating and drinking his fill; he wanted to take some food with him.

"Young man, don't talk nonsense and ruin my lifelong reputation!"

"Moreover, these fifth-grade spirit wines are barely palatable to me!"

Seeing that Cao Meng was using his name to take advantage of people, Blood Cloud Ancestor quickly spoke up to express his opinion.

"Yes, yes, it was all my own idea!"

After responding to Blood Cloud Ancestor, Cao Meng turned to Bai Yaxian and said:
"Manager Bai, didn't you hear the hidden meaning in the senior's words? Hurry up and prepare the spirit wine!"

Just kidding. Cao Meng doesn't care what Blood Cloud Ancestor's attitude is; he's determined to eat and take everything.

Bai Yaxian could tell that Cao Meng wanted to take everything, and that it had nothing to do with Old Ancestor Xueyun, but could she point it out?

She was only at the Nascent Soul stage, while Cao Meng was at the Divine Transformation stage.

Furthermore, Cao Meng is still the city lord of Chunfeng City. If I don't give it to him, he might turn around and start a fight with Bai Yuexuan.

Bai Yaxian averted disaster and avoided financial loss, sending Cao Meng away. She then instructed Song Yafei to confront Cao Meng and cause trouble.

Cao Meng swept up all the remaining jars of fifth-grade spirit wine in Baiyuexuan.

Satisfied, Cao Meng put his arm around Bai Yaxian's shoulder, looking like a good friend, and laughed:

"Manager Bai, whether you are a cultivator or a mortal, you must keep improving!"
If you remain stagnant, you're falling behind, and falling behind means you'll be vulnerable to attack!

Bai Yaxian was furious. This damned Cao traitor had already taken advantage of her, and now he was even taking liberties with her and threatening her to submit to him. It was simply too much.

After Cao Meng finished reprimanding Bai Yaxian, he released her and then left Baiyuexuan with Blood Cloud Ancestor.

……

"Boy, don't you think you should give the spirit wine to this old man?"

As soon as Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor left Baiyue Pavilion, Blood Cloud Ancestor reached out his hand to Cao Meng, demanding the spirit wine that Cao Meng had just swindled out of.

"Senior, what do you mean?"

Cao Meng immediately pulled the trick of pretending to know what he didn't. This old man had often embarrassed him in front of outsiders before, and now he was dreaming if he wanted a share of the spoils.

"Boy, you used my name to extort the spirit wine, shouldn't you give it to me?"

Blood Cloud Ancestor felt that Cao Meng was going too far, since these spirit wines were all extorted by Cao Meng in his own name.

It's impossible for me to take the blame and let Cao Meng reap all the benefits, right?
“Senior, you yourself said before that these spirit wines are barely palatable to you.”

"Senior, you are a Void Refinement stage elder, how can you wrong yourself?"

Cao Meng directly retorted with the exact words of the Blood Cloud Ancestor.

Wasn't this old guy supposed to be a paragon of virtue and integrity in front of outsiders?

Then please keep going!
"Senior, why don't you go and explore Spring Breeze City first? I, the lone city lord, am going to patrol the city now, so I won't accompany you!"

After Cao Meng finished speaking, he ran away without looking back, ostensibly to patrol the city!
……

Cao Meng took a walk under the guise of patrolling the city. After a three-quarters-minute walk after the meal, he returned to his headquarters, Xuantian Pavilion.

As the saying goes, once you've eaten and drunk your fill and had enough exercise, it's time to go to the brothel and listen to music.

While listening to music in the boudoir, Cao Meng took out the "Questioning Immortals" device.

"Pink Fox, you and Yu Rui come to Spring Breeze City right away!"

Cao Meng sent a message to Hong Qi and Yu Rui, saying that he needed workers to keep an eye on Chunfeng City for him.

These two are quite shrewd, so they're a good match.

After sending messages to the two women, Cao Meng then opened the large group chat for the Hehuan Sect. This group chat was created by the female demon at Cao Meng's suggestion.

The main reason for the existence of this large group is to quickly disseminate the sect's announcements, notices, and orders.

It can be said that everyone in the Hehuan Sect who possesses the ability to inquire about immortality is now in the group.

Cao Meng tagged Song Yafei, as well as some other important high-ranking officials:

Today, Blood Cloud Ancestor, the Void Refining stage master of the Blood Corpse Hall of the Corpse Yin Sect, has arrived in Spring Breeze City.

Thank you, Uncle-Master Song, for arranging this welcoming banquet at Baiyue Pavilion for the sake of the sect.

Uncle Song's generosity is truly worthy of being the peak master of the Hehuan Sect!

……

Cao Meng praised Song Yafei in the group chat, instantly elevating Song Yafei's image, and the group members also praised her.

Cao Meng refused to believe that Song Yafei would have the nerve to ask him for money after he had used moral blackmail against her.

After seeing the message in the group, Song Yafei was furious and crushed the Wenxianji in her hand to pieces.

After calming her anger, Song Yafei took out her spare Inquiry Machine and replied in the group chat:
Nephew Cao Meng, you flatter me. As the master of a peak, it is only natural for me to contribute ten million low-grade spirit stones to welcome and entertain this Void Refinement stage expert.

Although Song Yafei was furious, she could only reply in accordance with Cao Meng's wishes.

However, she was also careful and deliberately mentioned the cost of Cao Meng's meal.

Indeed, the meal that Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor had was quite expensive, costing nearly ten million low-grade spirit stones.

The reason why Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor's meal was so expensive was mainly due to the fifth-grade spirit wine they drank.

Fifth-grade spirit wine is not cheap to begin with, and Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor drank quite a lot. Cao Meng even packed a batch to go. How could the meal not be expensive?
……

Ten million low-grade spirit stones for a single meal? That's an incredible appetite!

I don't know how long it will take to save up ten million low-grade spirit stones!
……

After hearing the price, the group members started discussing it amongst themselves.

Don't underestimate the significance of ten million spirit stones; for a high-level Nascent Soul cultivator, it's nothing.

But for many people, it's already an astronomical figure.

Some high-ranking officials also discovered the scandal and roughly guessed that Song Yafei had been ripped off by Cao Meng and cheated out of millions of low-grade spirit stones!
However, the higher-ups didn't expose it, since Song Yafei was the victim and they didn't directly point it out.

Is it appropriate for these bystanders to point things out?

Moreover, once the truth is revealed, both Cao Meng and Song Yafei will be offended!

Just as Cao Meng was browsing the divination tools, he suddenly received a friend request.

"Is this woman here to insult me?"

Upon seeing the friend request from Song Yafei, Cao Meng muttered to himself.

However, Cao Meng eventually agreed, after all, he had tricked the other party out of millions of low-grade spirit stones, so he should accept the friend request!
After all, if I disagree, the other party will be furious!
Upon seeing that Cao Meng had accepted the friend request, Song Yafei immediately made a video call to him.

"Cao Meng, I'm not done with you for what you did today!"

Song Yafei was furious when she saw Cao Meng still listening to music in the brothel across from her.

This traitor Cao cheated me out of my spirit stones, and I'm raging here while the other party is listening to music in the brothel.

Cao Cao deserves to die!
"Uncle Song, don't be angry. I wasn't angry when you confronted Uncle Yuwen to ask about the method of refining the Immortal Coin."

And I wasn't angry when you supported Aunt Nie Xuan as the city lord!

Cao Meng replied to Song Yafei with a grin, and the more angry she was, the happier he became.

"Cao Meng, you better not piss me off, or don't blame me for dealing with you!"

Cao Meng's sarcastic remarks made it clear to Song Yafei that Cao Meng was holding a grudge against her for these two incidents and was seeking revenge.

That damned Cao traitor, does he really think Song Yafei is easy to bully?
"Cough, cough, cough!"

Cao Meng's throat was a little dry, so he coughed once, and then solemnly said:
"Uncle-Master Song, let me remind you, I am no longer the Cao Meng you can bully."

"I am currently at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage, while you seem to be only at the fifth level, right?"

"Once we start fighting, I guarantee I'll be the one pinning you down!"

Cao Meng kindly reminded Song Yafei that he was quite confident in his abilities.

Dealing with little Song Yafei would be a piece of cake.

When Song Yafei saw Cao Meng in the video showing off his cultivation level to her again, she was so angry that she almost crushed the Inquiry Machine again, but fortunately she held back.

"Cao Meng, do you really think of me as a piece of trash like Nie Xuan?"

You, a mere cultivator at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage who relies on yin-yang cultivation, dare not be arrogant in front of me!

In fact, it wasn't just Song Yafei who looked down on Cao Meng in the Hehuan Sect. Several peak masters also thought that Cao Meng, a mere sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, was a sham and his combat strength was not that great.

The main reason, of course, is jealousy!
The peak masters like Song Yafei have all cultivated for hundreds of years, but they are still only at the fifth or fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Cao Meng had only cultivated for less than three years and had already reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage; it was no wonder they were envious.

Only by thinking of Cao Meng as a fake sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator would Song Yafei and the others feel a little better.

As Song Yafei grew angrier, she decided to take her magical artifact to teach Cao Meng a lesson and show him what it meant to respect his elders.

Just then, Cao Meng in the video appeared with a mocking expression:

“Uncle-Master Song, back when I was only at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, many people said I was a fraud, but I defeated Yuan Tai, whose cultivation was close to the third level of the Nascent Soul stage!”

Cao Meng was already used to the label of "counterfeit goods," so he wasn't angry at all.

After all, ever since the sword competition, he has been known as a fraud.

Cao Meng never argued with anyone about the label of "counterfeit goods"; he always let his sword and fists do the talking.

Yup!

This traitor Cao, at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, has already defeated a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Even if this guy is a fraud and his combat power isn't at its peak, he's still no weaker than a Nascent Soul cultivator of the same realm.

Upon thinking of this, Song Yafei's body went limp, and she gave up the idea of ​​dealing with Cao Meng.

Song Yafei had some reservations; she was better off not taking a chance than risking something unexpected.

If I were really beaten to the ground by Cao Meng, a junior.

Just like Nie Xuan, his reputation was ruined, and he would definitely not be able to hold his head up among his peers.

“Uncle-Master Song, it is only in the Hehuan Sect that you can call me nephew, address me by my name, and refer to yourself as ‘this seat’!”
"If we were outside, you'd have to call me 'senior,' and I'd call you 'ant.'"

Cao Meng felt that Song Yafei had already gotten a great deal, considering that in some demonic sects, seniority was just a formality.

Those sects have abandoned etiquette, placing respect on strength and regarding those who have reached a certain level as teachers. Their seniority is determined by their strength level.

Let's assume that you and the female demon are in a sect where strength is paramount. Before you reach the Nascent Soul stage, the female demon is your master.

However, after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, he reached the same major realm as the female demon.

His relationship with the female demon was no longer that of master and disciple, but automatically upgraded to that of senior and junior siblings.

If one's cultivation surpasses that of the female demon by even a little bit, one will be promoted to senior brother.

If I were to advance to the Void Refinement stage while the female demon was still at the Half-Step Void Refinement stage, she would have to call me "Uncle-Master".

In sects where strength is paramount and those who have achieved mastery are considered teachers, relationships within the sect are often chaotic.

Many people were once master and disciple, but later became senior and junior brothers, senior and junior sisters! (End of Chapter)