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

Cao Meng watched as Gu Teng and his group, like tigers among sheep, went on a killing spree and collected materials for the sword-making ceremony.

Cao Meng was very satisfied; this was exactly what he wanted!

"You two stay here and oversee the battle!"

Cao Meng left Qin Lin'er and his wronged senior sister here to oversee the battle, while he planned to take Shishi to wipe out the other Xuantian Sect forces in the vicinity!
"Why should you slack off? I have to work!"

An Yingji was somewhat indignant. She felt that Cao Meng just wanted to find a place to slack off and leave her and Qin Lin'er here to supervise the work!

"This achievement can be credited to both of you, okay?"

Cao Meng pinched An Yingji's jade-like cheek and said something in an annoyed tone.

"Junior brother, go and have fun. I, your senior sister, will keep a close eye on this place for you and make sure that not a single person from the Xuan Yun Dynasty is left alive!"

"I even scramble eggs until they're yolk, and I split earthworms vertically!"

Upon hearing that the credit was to be hers, An Yingji's expression immediately changed, and she patted her chest to guarantee it.

Destroying a second-rate dynasty would be a great achievement for me!

Putting aside the credit, let's talk about how much benefit we'll get this time!
Just imagine that this scoundrel junior brother, who doesn't keep his word, becomes a peak master and a sect leader.

He could use this achievement to get a lucrative job and then just coast along!

"You scramble the egg yolk and split the earthworm vertically; you've got quite a talent for wiping out entire families!"

Cao Meng teased An Yingji, then tossed several memory stones to An Yingji and Qin Lin'er, instructing them:

"You two remember to use the recording stone to imprint the scene of Gu Teng and his gang wreaking havoc. I'll need it later!"

Cao Meng's decision to send Gu Teng and his men to kill people was not as simple as it seemed; there must be a more important purpose behind it!

He plans to give these photo stones away later, so he has to deal with them properly!

"Junior brother, don't worry, I'll definitely get this done for you!"

An Yingji felt that as long as Cao Meng didn't steal credit from her, everything would be fine.

"Yu Rui, protect them!"

Just in case, Cao Meng left Yu Rui with An Yingji and Qin Lin'er. Yu Rui's strength was at the peak of the fifth rank, and her combat power had reached the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Cao Meng felt that leaving Yu Rui with An Yingji and Qin Lin'er, along with Gu Teng and his group, should be fine as long as they weren't at the Void Refinement stage!

"Rest assured, Master, I will definitely protect them!"

Yu Rui readily accepted the task, since she only needed to protect the two of them and wouldn't have to lift a finger as long as they weren't in danger. It was a great job to slack off and do nothing!

"Cao Meng, I will go protect the two of them. Take this flower spirit with me!"

Hong Qi also discovered that the job of protecting An Yingji and Qin Lin'er was one where she could slack off and not have to do any work, so she started competing for the job.

Princess Hongqi is of noble status, so she should be doing such easy work.

Let others handle the hard work involving fighting and killing.

"hehe!"

Cao Meng sneered, then slapped Hong Qi with a candied chestnut before dragging her away.

Jin Ning'er and Shi Shi followed behind Cao Meng, searching for their next prey.

At the same time that the Xuanyun Dynasty was attacked, other affiliated forces of the Xuantian Sect were also attacked one after another.

Some of them came from the Hehuan Sect, while others came from the Beast Soul Sect.

However, both the Hehuan Sect and the Beast Soul Sect share a common characteristic: they are extremely ruthless.

They either arrest or kill anyone they see; they absolutely do not let a single person go.

The affiliated forces of the Xuantian Sect all sought help from Xuantian, after all, they had served the Xuantian Sect for so many years.

The other party can't just take the benefits without doing any work!
……

The Xuantian Sect's External Affairs Hall is responsible for managing and contacting the Xuantian Sect's affiliated forces; the Golden Core Stewards are responsible for managing and contacting third-rate forces; and the Nascent Soul Elders are responsible for managing and contacting second-rate forces.

The deputy hall master is responsible for managing and contacting top-tier forces, while the hall master, Mo Dian, is in charge of overseeing everything.

Elder Bai Xuan had injured his foundation in the past when he helped the hall master Mo Dian take a knife for him.

Knowing he had no hope of reaching the Nascent Soul stage, Bai Xuan began to slack off early on. Since there was no hope of reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he might as well start enjoying life sooner.

Bai Xuan was flirting with a female steward at the Golden Core stage, just like any other day.

Bai Xuan wanted to become Daoist partners with the other party, then have children and raise them well.

Bai Xuan had already thought it through, even if his children were not successful in the future.

He could also use his connections in the Foreign Affairs Office to get his children into the Foreign Affairs Office, guaranteeing them at least a deacon position.

It is said that Bai Xuan was the responsible elder of the Xuan Yun Dynasty. Just as he was flirting with a girl, the communication jade talisman that he used to contact the Xuan Yun Dynasty royal family was vibrating incessantly.

"Brother Bai, you go ahead and do what you need to do!"

The Golden Core female steward greeted Bai Xuan and then withdrew.

"You scum of the Xuan Yun Dynasty, you'd better have something to say to me, or I'll make you regret it!"

Bai Xuan, whose plans had been ruined, was furious and vented his anger on the communication jade talisman.

"Elder Bai, the Xuan Yun Dynasty is on the verge of destruction. We beg the Xuan Tian Sect to intervene and save the millions of lives in the Xuan Yun Dynasty!"

From the communication jade talisman came the cry for help from the emperor of the Xuan Yun Dynasty.

"What? The Xuan Yun Dynasty is about to be destroyed?"

Bai Xuan was startled, for the Xuan Yun Dynasty was crucial to his achievements!

"This elder remembers that the surrounding dynasties of your Xuan Yun Dynasty are all of similar strength."

"And wasn't your Xuan Yun Dynasty's ancestor at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage? Don't you have an army of millions?"

"Furthermore, your main cities are all reinforced by fourth-order formations, so how did this situation occur?"

Although Bai Xuan spent most of his time at the Xuan Tian Sect, as the responsible elder of the Xuan Yun Dynasty, he was quite clear about the situation of the Xuan Yun Dynasty.

"Elder Bai, among our powerful enemies is a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. So-called fourth-order formations are utterly ineffective against them!"

"They kill and kidnap anyone they see, regardless of whether they are ordinary people or cultivators, or the elderly, weak, women and children."

Even my millions of troops from Xuan Yun cannot stop them!

The emperor of the Xuanyun Dynasty poured out his bitterness through the sound transmission jade talisman!
His Xuan Yun Dynasty was just a second-rate power, so how did it attract an attack from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?
Upon hearing that it concerned the Nascent Soul stage, Bai Xuan frowned.
"How dare they! Don't they know that your Xuanyun Dynasty is an affiliated force of my Xuantian Sect?"

"They dare to attack your Xuanyun Dynasty? Aren't they afraid my Xuantian Sect will send troops to annihilate them?"

Bai Xuan wanted to know what the other party's background was, that they dared to attack the Xuan Tian Dynasty's affiliated forces in broad daylight, and that they killed and kidnapped people indiscriminately.

Could it be a top sect of the demonic path?

Bai Xuan thought about it more and more and more likely it was, after all, only those top-tier demonic sects would dare to do such a thing!

“You old man, Emperor Xuanyun, please hold on a little longer, Xuanyun Dynasty. I will go and report to the Hall Master and request the sect to send a Nascent Soul cultivator to help you.”

Bai Xuan gave the emperor of the Xuan Yun Dynasty a brief explanation, then put away the communication jade talisman and hurried to the dojo of Hall Master Mo Dian!
If it concerns a top-tier sect of the demonic path, then this is something a mere elder like him could handle.

This kind of thing needs to be reported up the chain of command, and Bai Xuan estimated that even Hall Master Mo Dian couldn't make a decision on his own.

On his way to Mo Dian's dojo, Bai Xuan was startled because he encountered many elders from the External Affairs Hall.

"Elders, the subordinate forces under your jurisdiction have also been attacked?"

Bai Xuan asked the question almost unconsciously, since these elders of the External Affairs Hall were rarely seen.

There must be a reason why so many people are suddenly gathered here!

"Ok!"

"You too?"

Some of the Nascent Soul elders nodded, some were surprised, and some were astonished!

"But there are Nascent Soul stage cultivators attacking, killing and kidnapping anyone they see, regardless of age, weakness, women, or children!" Bai Xuan asked urgently when he saw that the forces they managed had all been attacked.

They're discussing the situation on the way so they can report back to Hall Master Mo Dian when they meet him later!

"Yeah!"

The elders of the Foreign Affairs Hall nodded in agreement, as this was generally the case with the reports they had received.

"Could it be the Hehuan Sect?"

Bai Xuan suspected it was the Hehuan Sect, after all, the Xuantian Sect and the Hehuan Sect had a long-standing feud.

It is highly possible that the other side will attack the affiliated forces of the Xuantian Sect!

"According to the report from the forces I manage, the Nascent Soul stage cultivator who made the move was male!"

"Most of the cultivators here are male!"

"Most of the cultivators here are female!"

Several elders recounted the attacks on their respective jurisdictions.

"If there's a male cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, then it shouldn't be the Joyful Union Sect!"

Because of the intervention of a male cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, the elders of the External Affairs Hall immediately ruled out the Hehuan Sect as a suspect.

After all, based on what they knew, the Hehuan Sect's cultivation methods had some problems; they were more suitable for female cultivators than male cultivators.

In fact, in the known history of the Hehuan Sect, there has never been a male cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, and male cultivators at the Infant stage are extremely rare.

It seems that Cao Meng is the only male cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage in the Hehuan Sect in the past thousand years.

Therefore, Bai Xuan and his group ruled out the Hehuan Sect as a suspect, but they could be fairly certain that they dared to launch such a large-scale attack on the Xuantian Sect's affiliated forces.

Given their ruthless methods, they are undoubtedly a top-tier demonic force no less powerful than the Xuan Tian Sect!
……

Since Tiancong Daoist was deposed as sect leader, the position has been vacant, and the major peak masters are all vying for the position and forming factions.

The External Affairs Hall oversees all of Xuantian Sect's external affiliated forces, and the tributes paid by those affiliated forces are also managed by the External Affairs Hall.

Therefore, the External Affairs Hall is of great importance in the Xuantian Sect. Mo Dian, the head of the External Affairs Hall, is now a hot commodity being courted by several peak masters.

The weather is nice today, and Mo Dian, the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall, thinks it's a good day.

Mo Dian planned to go out for a stroll to see which of the peak masters offered the highest price, so he could choose sides later.

As soon as Mo Dian stepped out, he ran into Bai Xuan and a group of elders from the External Affairs Hall.

"Master, something terrible has happened!"

Upon seeing Mo Dian, Bai Xuan and his group immediately shouted their greetings.

"what?"

Bai Xuan's shout immediately dispelled Mo Dian's initial joy.

"Could it be that they want to take action against my Foreign Affairs Office and audit its accounts?"

Mo Dian mistakenly believed that the peak masters were trying to force him to take sides and thus wanted to deal with him by investigating the accounts of the External Affairs Hall.

After all, the Foreign Affairs Hall is in charge of collecting the annual tributes from the Xuantian Sect's affiliated forces.

How could the Foreign Affairs Office possibly be clean with such a lucrative position? They would definitely take a cut of the annual tribute from their affiliated forces.

"Master, that's not it!"

Seeing that Mo Dian had misunderstood, Bai Xuan and his group quickly explained.

"It's good that it's not this one!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Dian breathed a sigh of relief, then glared angrily and rebuked Bai Xuan and the others:
"If it's not that, does it mean the sky has fallen?"

"These elders of the Foreign Affairs Hall are acting so flustered and rashly. What kind of behavior is this!"

Mo Dian felt that as long as the accounts weren't being audited, it wouldn't matter if the Xuan Tian Sect's sky collapsed, since there were still other patriarchs to hold it up.

"Sect Master, the Demonic Sect has attacked our Xuantian Sect's affiliated forces..."

Bai Xuan and his group quickly reported the situation in detail.

"Protruding!"

After learning the whole story, Mo Dian's face turned cold, and he cursed:

"What good are those undercover agents? They didn't even report such a big thing beforehand!"

As a high-ranking member of the Xuantian Sect, Mo Dian knew that the Xuantian Sect had spies in many top sects of both the righteous and demonic paths.

The fact that the Xuan Tian Sect received no information about such a large-scale operation by the demonic sects is entirely due to the dereliction of duty by those undercover agents!
"You all hurry back and contact those affiliated forces to reassure them and encourage them to begin a full-scale defense while awaiting support from the sect!"

"In addition, contact the top-tier powers in the vicinity and ask them to help those second-tier powers!"

"..."

After giving instructions to the elders, Mo Dian hurried to the council hall.

This matter concerns a top-tier sect in the demonic path; even a mere hall master like him couldn't handle it. The decision would have to be made by the sect's peak masters and patriarchs.

……

"Brilliant!"

Mo Dian struck the golden bell in the Xuan Tian Sect's council hall, causing it to ring out loudly.

Upon hearing the bell, the high-ranking members of the Xuantian Sect immediately went to the council hall.

The golden bell in the council chamber should not be rung unless something major happens; once it is rung, it means something big has occurred.

In an instant, apart from Gu Teng, all eight peak masters of the Xuan Tian Sect and a large number of high-ranking Nascent Soul stage cultivators arrived at the council hall.

Sitting in the peak master's seat, Tian Cong looked at the empty sect master's seat, a strange look appearing in his eyes.

Back then, he sat in the position of sect leader, how majestic he was, but now he can only sit on the edge of the peak chairman's seat.

"Junior Brother Mo, you should know the consequences of ringing the golden bell without cause. Now that you've rung the bell, what exactly happened?"

Yu Mengshang spoke up to ask Mo Dian, as she had tried to win him over recently, but Mo Dian had been rather ungrateful and wanted more benefits.

If Mo Dian's ringing of the golden bell doesn't cause any major problems, she can take this opportunity to deal with him.

Mo Dian bowed to the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xuan Tian Sect present and explained the whole situation:

"Dear fellow practitioners, I did not ring the bell without reason to disturb your cultivation."

"Instead, the demonic sects are simultaneously attacking multiple affiliated forces of my Xuantian Sect, and those forces are now in imminent danger..."

"I had no choice but to ring the golden bell and invite you all to discuss this!"

Mo Dian wasn't stupid; he naturally knew the consequences of ringing the golden bell without cause.

"what?"

"They have such audacity!"

The Nascent Soul stage cultivators present were all incredibly surprised and found it hard to accept this outcome!

"Is it the Hehuan Sect?"

"The Hehuan Sect and my Xuantian Sect have a long-standing feud. Now that my Xuantian Sect is weak, it must be them!"

"These demons from the Hehuan Sect have caused our sect to lose face and suffer heavy losses at the Jade Pool and Jade Terrace."

They even launched a sneak attack on us now, how despicable!

Upon receiving this news, the first group of Nascent Soul cultivators present suspected the Hehuan Sect!
"Gentlemen, according to information we received from the External Affairs Hall, quite a few male cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage have made a move, so it's likely they're not from the Joyful Union Sect!"

Mo Dian revealed his speculation: it was common knowledge in the Eastern Region Dao Continent that the Hehuan Sect did not have any male cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

"Killing and kidnapping anyone they see, regardless of whether they are cultivators or mortals, old, weak, women, or children—this is somewhat like the Blood Demon Sect's style!"

The Hehuan Sect is currently considered a very low suspect, therefore Yu Mengshang suspects the Blood Demon Sect instead. (End of Chapter)