Catching Monsters

Chapter 403 Our People Made Their Move

The news spread quickly throughout the entire Demon Kingdom, mainly because many notices with this message appeared overnight in Dragon Crystal City.

In the Demon Kingdom, any demon clan with even a little power would send some demons to garrison Dragon Crystal City.

As a result, this news spread like wildfire throughout the entire demon kingdom.

"Who did it?"

Inside the Serpent Clan's grand mansion, Chang Yuning stared coldly at the detailed information written on the document, detailing how he had imprisoned Yan Jiu there.

He couldn't help but tear the paper in his hand into countless pieces, scattering them all over the ground.

This is a matter of utmost importance concerning the resurrection of the Demon Saint!

The various demon clans will undoubtedly try every means to seize Yan Jiu.

Chang Yuning alone is not enough to protect Yan Jiu.

At this moment, in the living room where Chang Yuning was, many snake clan experts from Dragon Crystal City had been summoned by him.

Among them were two elders of the snake clan who were both at the third rank.

The two of them had naturally received the news as well, and their gazes turned to Chang Yuning in unison: "Yuning, is the news about that proverb in Dragon Crystal City true?"

Chang Yuning kept this matter highly confidential, and even the two snake clan elders were unaware of it.

Chang Yuning took a deep breath. Now that the whole world knew about this news, there was no point in continuing to hide it. He nodded slightly and said, "That's right, the person is indeed in the hands of our snake clan."

Seeing Chang Yuning nod, the expressions of the two snake clan elders became extremely solemn.

One of them spoke up, saying, "Yu Ning, we need to get the person out of Dragon Crystal City as soon as possible."

"It's too late, I'm afraid it will be too late."

……

Inside the Dragon Palace.

In the palace of the Demon Emperor Bai Jing, Ao Yu had already quickly arrived at the residence of the Demon Emperor Ao Lie.

Ao Lie's residence was not this magnificent and enormous palace.

Beneath the palace, a massive underground palace had been built, where an enormous dragon was resting in a pool of water.

The true form of the Demon Emperor Ao Lie was enormous; his head alone was six meters tall.

After Ao Yu arrived, Ao Lie slowly opened his eyes.

“Father, the news about that demon has spread far and wide today.” Ao Yu said in a deep voice, “It is said that many experts from the snake, tiger and fox clans are heading towards our Dragon Crystal City.”

A cold glint flashed in Ao Lie's eyes; he was not surprised by the news.

This demon is related to the revival of their various demon saints, so how could they not care?

"Notify the three clans that our Dragon Clan will not interfere in this matter. If they have the ability, they can each fight for this demon man based on their own skills." Ao Lie paused here, and continued, "However, no matter how much trouble they cause, there must be some rules."

"Let the younger generation compete for it. Those old fogies at the second and first ranks are not allowed to enter Dragon Crystal City for the time being."

"If this rule is violated, my dragon clan will take action."

Hearing Ao Lie's words, Ao Yu was slightly taken aback and said with some surprise, "Father, you only let these guys at the third rank make a move?"

Ao Lie nodded and slowly said, "These three races will stop at nothing to fight each other in order to revive their own demon saint."

"If we really ignore this and let these people run wild, the entire Dragon Crystal City will probably be razed to the ground."

Ao Yu instantly understood his father's meaning: in short, he wanted the young geniuses of these three demon clans to fight each other.

Regardless of which side ultimately succeeds, the younger generation of monsters will suffer significant losses.

This is also a common tactic used by the Dragon Clan to suppress the three races for thousands of years.

……

Tengyang Pavilion.

At the Tiger Clan Restaurant, Wei Li was quite busy early this morning. He left Tengyang Pavilion and disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Yun and Linglong rested in their room.

Linglong sat on the windowsill of the house, looking down at the street below, and couldn't help but ask, "Will spreading this news really help Yan Jiu?"

Jiang Yun was sitting cross-legged on the bed meditating when he heard Linglong's question. He then opened his eyes and said, "That depends on Yan Jiu's own fate."

Indeed, at this moment, the three races of the demon kingdom are stirring up trouble because of a piece of news, and the instigator of it all is naturally Jiang Yun.

"Let's go, let things take their course. We've come all this way to Dragon Crystal City, let's wander around." Linglong was also the type to stay still. Having come all this way to Dragon Crystal City in the Demon Kingdom, how could she really just stay quietly in this restaurant?

The two left Tengyang Pavilion not long ago.

Wei Li, with a sullen face, returned from outside with many of his snake clan subordinates.

He had just been notified to go to the Dragon Palace and learned from Ao Yu the Dragon Clan's attitude toward the matter.

Only monsters at the third rank are allowed to make moves in Dragon Crystal City.

Nobody's a fool; everyone knows what the dragons are up to.

Isn't the goal simply to incite the experts of the three races to fight each other recklessly?
The key point is that even if they know the dragon clan's intentions, the three clans can only take the bait if this demon is truly related to the resurrection of their own demon saint.

Then no matter the cost, it's worth it.

Upon returning to Tengyang Pavilion, Wei Li immediately relayed the news to the Tiger Clan and instructed them to promptly dispatch a large number of Rank 3 demon experts.

……

"Jiang Yun, you know what, there's a lot of delicious food and fun things to do in Dragon Crystal City." Linglong said, looking at the various kinds of food being sold on the street with her hands behind her back.

Those who stroll the streets and sell goods are mostly human slaves.

They primarily used Dan Tickets, which were the common currency of the Demon Kingdom.

Soon, Linglong arrived at a candied hawthorn stall, bought two candied hawthorns, and patted her pockets, finding she had no money. She turned to look at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun shrugged. Did he look like he had money?
The slave selling the goods was around forty years old and thin. He noticed the two men's predicament, looked around, and then said in a low voice, "You two haven't been in the demon kingdom for long, have you? These are just two candied hawthorns, I'll give them to you."

"You two have just arrived in the demon kingdom, haven't you?"

Jiang Yun smiled and nodded, then asked curiously, "Where's your brother? How long have you been here?"

"I was born in the Demon Kingdom," the slave smiled and said, "Unlike you, I've heard quite a few people talk about human kingdoms..."

Jiang Yun and Linglong's original intention in coming here was to learn more about the Demon Kingdom from the locals.

Just as the two were talking, suddenly, a monster from not far away strode over and scolded the slave selling candied hawthorns, "What are you doing?"

This monster cannot fully transform into human form; its head is shaped like a lizard, and it also has a long lizard tail.

He was tall and strong, and was carrying a long knife.

The slaves on this half-street were all brought by their families to earn Dan tickets.

This monster was acting as the overseer, and he had just noticed that the slave was not accepting money from the two men.

He had intended to give the damned slave a good talking-to after work, but upon closer inspection, he discovered that the two people who came to buy candied hawthorns were actually human.

Furthermore, there were no slave markings on their foreheads.

The lizard demon approached the two, scrutinizing them with a somewhat unfriendly gaze: "Whose slaves are you two?"

"Do we look like slaves?" Linglong replied with some dissatisfaction.

Jiang Yun and Linglong's attire was clearly very different from that of the slaves on this street. Upon hearing this, the lizard demon's eyes lit up with joy. According to the rules of the demon kingdom, unclaimed slaves belonged to whoever captured them.

It raised its hand, ready to strike.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun and Linglong were slightly taken aback.

It was mainly Jiang Yun, because the voice sounded quite familiar.

He turned around and saw Hu Yi and Hu Meier.

Seeing that the lizard demon was about to attack, Hu Yi quickly stepped forward and glared at it fiercely: "What do you want to do?"

"Who are you?" The lizard demon sensed the extraordinary demonic aura emanating from Hu Yi and vaguely felt that the other party was not someone to be trifled with.

A demonic aura slowly emanated from Hu Yi, and he said in an icy voice, "I am Hu Yi, one of the Twin Demons of the Fox Clan!"

"Never heard of Lao Tzu's fame?"

"This person is my friend. What are you trying to do by raising your hand?"

The lizard demon's raised hand trembled slightly. The fox clan's twin demons?

The fact that a lizard demon was assigned to guard slaves here means that he is not considered a big shot, even among the lizard demon race.

The reputation of the two fools of the fox clan was already well-known.

It is said that these two foxes are fools. Although they are very strong, they are not very intelligent and will kill people at the slightest disagreement.

Snapped.

The lizard demon raised its hand and slapped itself hard across the cheek.

After slapping himself, the lizard demon smiled obsequiously.

"Get lost." Hu Yi glared at him, and after watching the lizard demon turn and leave, he turned back and looked at Jiang Yun with a big smile: "Brother, you, you came to the demon kingdom and didn't come to me right away."

"If I hadn't run into this by chance today, I wouldn't even know about this."

"Come on, let me take you out for a good drink."

Hu Yi put his arm around Jiang Yun's shoulder and was about to lead her to drink when Hu Meier quickly walked over from behind and reminded Hu Yi, "We have important business to attend to in Longjing City this time."

"We need to get there quickly."

"Hey, what's this talk about, important or not?"

“Back in the capital of Zhou, if it weren’t for Brother Jiang’s help, you would still be imprisoned in the Imperial Guard’s prison. We must express our gratitude for this kindness.”

Hearing Hu Yi's words, Hu Meier felt somewhat helpless.

How did I end up with such a fool?

She grabbed Hu Yi's wrist and whispered, "Don't forget, the person we're here to snatch is related to the great matter of our fox clan's ancestor's revival."

Upon hearing this, Hu Yi's face stiffened. He gave Jiang Yun an awkward smile and then put his arm around Jiang Yun's shoulder, saying, "By the way, little brother, I have some important business to attend to in Dragon Crystal City this time."

"Do you want to help your brother out?"

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's go find somewhere we can have a drink."

Under Hu Yi's warm hospitality, Jiang Yun and Linglong followed the two to a restaurant, which was clearly not cheap.

Those sitting inside are mostly monsters.

At this moment, the monsters inside were all talking about the news of that sorcerer.

Hu Yi requested a private room on the second floor. After entering the room and taking his seat, he ordered a table full of food.

"Brother, you probably don't know, but a freak has appeared in Dragon Crystal City."

"Damn it, I don't know who left this proverb back then, saying that this demon is related to our demon race's sleeping ancestors."

"Anyway, we went to the capital of Zhou, and we haven't even had a chance to rest properly since we got back."

"They were sent to Dragon Crystal City."

As he spoke, Hu Yi picked up a pot of wine and took a sip.

With a smile on his face, Jiang Yun asked indirectly, "Brother Hu, how do you plan to snatch that sorcerer?"

"How else can we rob them?" Hu Yi took a sip of wine and said, "Why should that junior Chang Yuning be allowed to secretly hide the demon?"

"If you ask me, we should either cut that sorcerer into three pieces and give one piece to each of us."

"Or we can just take on their snake clan."

"It's not uncommon for the demons in our demon kingdom to fight and kill each other over the years."

Hu Meier rolled her eyes at Hu Yi and said in a low voice, "If only it were as simple as you say."

"Let's not even talk about the snake clan and the tiger clan."

"Just considering our fox clan, how many masters have we had over the years?"

"If things really turn into a complete mess, the happiest people will be the dragons."

Listening to Hu Yi's words, Linglong couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yun beside her a few more times, thinking to herself.

There are truly no wrong nicknames, only wrong names.

This guy's IQ isn't actually that high.

Just as the group was eating and chatting, suddenly, there was a loud bang.

The shock nearly knocked the bowls and chopsticks off the table.

Jiang Yun's expression changed slightly as he looked in the direction from which the explosion had come.

"what's the situation?"

Jiang Yun pushed open the window and looked into the distance. At this moment, an incredibly dense demonic aura was spreading in one direction from Dragon Crystal City.

The explosion came from a direction about five miles away.

From a distance, a dozen figures could be seen gathering above the source of the explosion.

Hu Yi slapped his forehead and cursed, "Damn it, the Tiger Clan must have made the first move!"

"Damn it, these bastards, how could they strike first? But it's good, let's wait until the snake clan and the tiger clan fight to the death."

"Let's take advantage of the situation again."

Hu Meier, her face dark with anger, slowly said, "It was our people who made the move."

Hu Yi's face darkened: "Then why didn't you notify us?"

Hu Meier glared at him: "We were notified a long time ago, that we should hurry over and help, but after you saw Jiang Yun, you dragged him here to drink and chat."

"Really? Why didn't you remind me?" Hu Yi's eyes widened upon hearing this.

"How much more do I need to remind you? I kept saying when I came that I had important business to attend to..."

"Brother, you drink first. I'll go kill those snake bastards and bring you two hundred-year-old snakes to soak in wine!"

After Hu Yi finished speaking, he turned around and, together with Hu Meier, transformed into a wisp of black smoke and soared into the sky.

(End of this chapter)