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

As a descendant of the nine-tailed celestial fox, Hongqi knew about the three-legged golden crow.

A pure-blooded nine-tailed celestial fox, born no weaker than ordinary immortals and gods.

As a born emperor of the demon race, the Three-Legged Golden Crow's strength upon birth is probably even more frighteningly high.

But Jin Ning'er was only half a sixth-level cultivator at birth, which is very strange.

After careful consideration and considering her own situation, Hongqi suddenly realized the truth.

"Oh!"

"So you, this three-legged golden crow, are also of mixed blood!"

Hongqi felt that only if Jin Ning'er was not a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow could everything be explained and the situation be made sense.

This guy previously mocked the noble Princess Hongqi for being of mixed blood, but it turns out he himself is a mixed-blood three-legged golden crow who is not pure blood.

Is it meaningful to laugh at someone who is fifty steps behind while being a hundred steps behind?

Jin Ning'er trembled when she realized her secret had been discovered, and then retorted:
"Even if I am not a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow, my bloodline is still more noble than yours, you fox spirit!"

That's right, Jin Ning'er is not a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow, but she remains as steadfast as ever in her belief in the nobility of her bloodline!

"Hehehe!"

Hong Qi gave a cold laugh, and she just smiled without saying anything.

So what if you have noble blood? You're still just like me, serving as Cao Cao's pet.

Moreover, he arrived first, and Cao Cao promised to make him the boss and put Jin Ning'er in charge.

Cao Meng, who was just watching the drama unfold, learned about the true nature of Hong Qi and Jin Ning'er through their mutual tearing apart.

After all that, it turns out that neither the pink-haired fox nor the golden-haired loli are pure-blooded divine beasts, but rather creatures with impure bloodlines!
Cao Meng could accept that Hong Qi's bloodline was impure, since he had captured her himself.

But Jin Ning'er is different; she was hatched from a divine beast egg given by the system.

I always thought Jin Ning'er was a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow, but now I'm told that Jin Ning'er, who has been incubated for so long, is actually not a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow.

"Damn system, shouldn't you explain why Jin Ning'er isn't a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow?"

Increasingly angry, Cao Meng immediately summoned the system, demanding an explanation and requesting after-sales service.

At Cao Meng's summons, a beep was heard and the system went online.

"Host, you can't handle a purebred three-legged golden crow!"

The system said one sentence first, and then explained in detail:
"The Three-Legged Golden Crow is the emperor of the demon race. A pure-blooded Three-Legged Golden Crow possesses the strength to kill immortals from birth, and is invincible to anyone but a Great Luo Immortal!"

"Moreover, among the three thousand great worlds, there is only one pure-blooded three-legged golden crow left, and that is the Great Sun Tathagata."

The other three-legged golden crows are of mixed blood, or perhaps they were created from the essence and blood of the Great Sun Tathagata!

The system felt that Cao Meng was too greedy; in the entire Three Thousand Great Worlds, only the Great Sun Tathagata had a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow.

Cao Meng actually wants a pure-blooded three-legged golden crow. He can't possibly ask me to capture the Great Sun Tathagata, can he?
Cao Meng was speechless upon hearing this. There was only one pure-blooded three-legged golden crow in the three thousand great worlds, and that was the Great Sun Tathagata.

Why are purebred three-legged golden crows so rare?
Who did it?
Yi the Great: Back then, ten beasts wanted to burn the world, but I shot down nine of them with a single shot of the Nine Stars Alignment!

The last one ran too fast; I didn't have time to shoot it.

Otherwise, the Three-Legged Golden Crow clan would have been wiped off the map long ago in the Three Thousand Great Worlds!
After the system went offline, Cao Meng watched Hong Qi and Jin Ning'er still arguing and felt helpless.

"You two should get along well here. Just keep it light and playful. Don't cause any real trouble, and don't go up to the mountaintop to cause any more trouble!"

After giving instructions to Hongqi and Jin Ning'er, Cao Meng left with Shishi, leaving the two beast pets behind.

……

As soon as Cao Meng led Shishi out of Suqin Peak, Shishi became somewhat worried.

"Cao Meng, if you weren't here, those two would definitely have made a huge move!"

Shishi's intuition told her that Hongqi and Jin Ning'er were definitely going to fight, and it was very likely that Hongqi would get beaten up.

After all, Hong Qi was only at the fifth level of the half-step stage, while Jin Ning'er was at the sixth level of the half-step stage. There was a whole realm difference between the two!

If Hongqi doesn't get beaten up, who will?
Shishi had known Hongqi for a longer time, and between Hongqi and Jin Ning'er, she would definitely choose Hongqi.

Seeing that Shishi was worried about Hongqi, Cao Meng comforted her:
"Don't worry, Shishi, that pink fox has a lot of good stuff on it."

With her shrewdness, she won't suffer any major losses!

If Shishi could guess that Hongqi and Jin Ning'er were about to have a major confrontation, how could Cao Meng not guess it?

To be precise, all of this was part of his plan; what he wanted was for the two to attack each other.

Although Hong Qi is weak, her Heavenly Fox Divine Bell is a high-level spiritual artifact with considerable power.

In addition, Hongqi also had talismans and other treasures in her possession, so Cao Meng was not very worried about Hongqi's life!

Cao Meng wanted to take this opportunity to put pressure on the two of them and, incidentally, extract information about Hong Qi's wealth.

As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.

Hongqi and Jin Ning'er are the snipe and the clam, while Cao Meng is to be the fisherman!
……

After Cao Meng took Shishi away from Suqin Peak, he went straight to Chunfeng City to start doing something big!

Cao Meng had gone to great lengths to reclaim the land and drive away most of the markets and hamlets; now it was time to give the front city a much-needed boost.

On Suqin Peak, as soon as Cao Meng and Shishi left, Hong Qi confronted Jin Ning'er.

"Pink-furred fox, you claim to be a descendant of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, yet you serve as a pet to a lowly human cultivator."

"You have utterly disgraced the fox clan and are a disgrace to the demon race!"

Jin Ning'er angrily rebuked Hong Qi, accusing her of being spineless and not worthy of being Cao Meng's pet.

"A three-legged crow? Is it not allowed for this princess to do as she pleases?"

Hong Qi directly retorted to Jin Ning'er and even gave her a nickname.

Hongqi was naturally not happy about it, but she suspected that Cao Meng might not have left, but was watching everything from the shadows.

At this moment, Hong Qi was also furious. Did she want to be Cao Meng's pet?

Of course it is—no!

If Princess Hongqi had a choice, she naturally wouldn't have become Cao Meng's pet.

Now she has the Heart-Eating Soul-Devouring Gu placed in her body by Cao Meng. If she does not submit, there will only be one outcome—death!

No, it's worse than death!

"Damn fox spirit, how dare you blaspheme the Three-Legged Golden Crow, the emperor of the demon race!"

Upon hearing the nickname 'Three-Legged Crow,' Jin Ning'er immediately flew into a rage, her inner fire surging forth.

Actually, the nickname "Three-Legged Crow" wasn't something Hong Qi came up with randomly.

Because in the Northern Underworld Continent, there is a demon race called the Three-Legged Fire Crow. The Fire Crow race has the bloodline of the Golden Crow race, but not much of it!

"Pooh!"

Hong Qi spat on the ground, her eyes filled with disdain, and then said:
"What demon emperor? He's just Cao Meng's pet beast."

Hongqi felt that everyone was the same kind of demon, and all of them were Cao Meng's pet beasts.

The biggest difference is simply that it's first come, first served!
Of course, Hongqi also guessed Jin Ning'er's situation. The other party should be similar to herself, both being controlled by something, which forced them to become Cao Meng's pet!

"You vixen, I was tricked by Cao Meng and forced into a servant contract, which is why I am under his control!" Jin Ning'er didn't want to admit her status as a beast pet, so she kept explaining to defend her dignity!
"(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~"

Hong Qi looked disdainful, as if everyone had been betrayed by Cao Cao.

"Three-legged crow, Cao Meng has handed you over to me. From now on, you are my subordinate. You must serve me well and obey my orders!"

Hongqi began to assert her dominance, claiming that she was Cao Meng's number one pet, so Jin Ning'er, the second-in-command, should serve her!
Hong Qi was a little excited at the thought of having the three-legged golden crow of the demon emperor serve her!
"presumptuous!"

After repeated provocations, Jin Ning'er immediately shouted angrily:

"Pink-furred fox, you truly deserve to be called a fox spirit; you were born to use someone else's power to intimidate others."

"Today I'll teach you a lesson and show you that the Golden Crow clan cannot be insulted!"

Jin Ning'er is preparing to teach Hong Qi a lesson, to let her know who the real king is, and to make her understand that the emperor of the demon race cannot be insulted!
"You're going to make a move, huh?"

"This princess is not afraid of you. Do you really think you can manipulate me at will?"

Hong Qi sneered, showing no fear of Jin Ning'er.

As for the difference of one major realm between him and Jin Ning'er, it's just one major realm. He has plenty of ways to control her.

"Three-legged crow, look at the talisman!"

Hong Qi immediately took out two fifth-tier talismans and threw them at the opponent.

So what if Jin Ning'er is a half-step sixth-tier demon beast? Half-step sixth-tier still means she's a fifth-tier demon beast. She hasn't advanced to sixth tier, and fifth-tier talismans are enough to deal with her opponent!

Two talismans were unleashed, locking onto Jin Ning'er's hair before transforming into a raging storm as they attacked her.

"You vixen, you shameless thing to use talismans!"

"Do you dare to fight me without using talismans?!"

Faced with such a fierce attack, Jin Ning'er dared not take it head-on and could only keep dodging.

Jin Ning'er truly didn't expect Hong Qi to be so shameless.

"Humph!"

Hong Qi put her hands on her hips, snorted coldly, and said irritably:
"Three-legged crow, you think you can bully this princess just because you have higher cultivation? Aren't you shameless?"

Hong Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with her actions. As a fourth-tier demon beast, she was fighting against a fifth-tier demon beast. As long as she could win, the means didn't matter.

If we're talking about shamelessness, then the one who bullies the fox spirit by taking advantage of their superior cultivation is truly shameless!
"You vixen, my cultivation is my own, how is that shameless?"

While dodging Hong Qi's talisman rain attack, Jin Ning'er retorted to Hong Qi.

"Three-legged crow, my talisman is also my own, so it's not shameless!"

Hong Qi modified Jin Ning'er's original words and directly retorted.

And so, just as Cao Meng had predicted, Hong Qi and Jin Ning'er, neither willing to yield to the other, launched their attack!

……

Meanwhile, Cao Meng had already brought Shishi to Chunfengqian City.

Today, the former city of Chunfeng has been destroyed by Cao Meng's policies, leaving only 30% of the shops still in operation.

With Han Sijing and her gang causing trouble and secretly sabotaging things, Cao Mengchunfengqian City became exceptionally deserted!
Cao Meng arrived in the city and saw that the city walls he had instructed Yu Rui to build were already completed.

This city wall can be said to have completely divided Spring Breeze City in two, making the front city and the rear city completely two separate cities.

When Cao Meng ordered Yu Rui to build this city wall, Nie Xuan from the rear city wholeheartedly supported it.

Cao Meng was afraid that Nie Xuan would take advantage of him, and Nie Xuan was also afraid that Cao Meng would take advantage of her.

The city wall solved everything perfectly, and for Nie Xuan, she didn't need to exert any effort; she only needed to watch.

Cao Meng took out the sixth-tier top-grade array plate he had obtained as a reward for checking in earlier—the Four Symbols Constellation Array. Setting up an array takes time, but the array plate makes up for that.

Simply imprint the formation onto the array plate in advance, and when needed, just summon the array plate to make the formation appear immediately.

Users can also control the array formations displayed on the array plate!

As Cao Meng summoned the array plate, the Four Symbols Constellation Array manifested, enveloping the city of Chunfeng.

Twenty-eight divine lights rose from the sky, corresponding to the twenty-eight constellations.

The seven constellations of the East—Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, and Winnowing Basket—converge into the phantom of a Azure Dragon, guarding the eastern city gate!

The seven northern constellations—Dou, Niu, Nu, Xu, Wei, Shi, and Bi—transform into the Black Tortoise, guarding the northern city gate!
The moment the Western and Southern Seven Mansions are activated, the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird return to their positions simultaneously, as do the West Gate and the South Gate.

While the four symbols returned to their positions to guard the four city gates, they were also absorbing a large amount of stellar power.

As the power of the stars permeated the city, the concentration of spiritual energy within the city was also increasing at an alarming rate.

Cao Meng looked at the four illusory figures, though his current strength was not great.

However, as the owner of the array plate, he was well aware of the mysteries of array formations.

As long as the Four Symbols phantoms absorb enough star power over time, their combat strength can reach the half-step Integration stage.

At that time, the four elements will combine their power and mobilize the power of the twenty-eight constellations to slay a cultivator at the first level of the combined realm!
Now that we have the Four Symbols Constellation Formation, our base is secure.

The city is now filled with the power of stars and spiritual energy, making it a true holy land for cultivation.

Cao Meng's actions were so significant, coupled with the sudden surge in spiritual energy within the city, that many people came out to observe.

Seeing so many people watching, Cao Meng immediately announced:
"Fellow Daoists, in order to distinguish between the front city and the rear city and to avoid disputes over names, the front city will henceforth be renamed—Four Symbols City!"

Cao Meng felt that he couldn't share the name of Spring Breeze City with Nie Xuan, otherwise she might use the name of Spring Breeze City to swindle and deceive people in the future.

Therefore, he changed the name of the city, completely separated from Nie Xuan, and gave the name Spring Breeze City to her.

"Starting tomorrow, my Xuantian Pavilion will begin auctioning fifth-tier spiritual artifacts!"

As Cao Meng spoke, he took out dozens of fifth-tier spiritual weapons, ranging from low-grade to top-grade, with spiritual swords being the most numerous!
Why are there so many spirit swords?

The main reason is that the Eastern Region Dao Continent has the most sword-wielding cultivators, so spiritual swords and other spiritual weapons sell the best!

"Of course, if you feel that the magical artifacts in my possession are not suitable for you, you can also customize them!"

The authority to customize fifth-tier spiritual artifacts is limited to merchants in Four Symbols City!

Cao Meng knew that some people used unusual magical artifacts, so he gave them the special privilege of having their artifacts custom-made.

Just then, a Nascent Soul cultivator who was in charge of a shop bowed to Cao Meng and asked:
"City Lord Cao Meng, what is the price for a fifth-tier spiritual weapon sold directly?"

Of course, it wasn't that this Nascent Soul cultivator wanted to buy it, but rather that he was asking about the price for someone else behind him.

After all, a fifth-tier spiritual weapon is something a Nascent Soul cultivator like her can only dream of!

Actually, this is a question that other people also want to ask.

Everyone who has cultivated immortality for hundreds of years knows that auctions are a trap, as they can easily drive up prices.

Therefore, they are more interested in a fixed price than an auction!

After all, as long as the fixed price is right, those who come after them can buy it directly!

"Master, she's from Qiongjiu Peak!"

Upon arriving and witnessing this scene, Yu Rui revealed the other party's background to Cao Meng.

Upon recognizing that the other party was an informant of his drunken martial uncle, Cao Meng laughed and said:

"Please tell Martial Aunt Wanqing for me that I haven't finalized the fixed price for spiritual artifacts yet, but I can guarantee it will be cheaper than outside!" (End of Chapter)