This cultivation world was never serious from the start.

The three of them came to uncover the secrets of the Demonic Sect, though their in-depth study within the Heavenly Demon Sect was fraught with danger.

However, the three of them had only been with the Tianwen Sect for a month at most. If they were discovered, they could simply say that they had abandoned the light and joined the darkness!

"Good! When you arrive at the Heavenly Demon Sect headquarters, you must put in a good word for me!" the Forgotten Heavenly Demon Lord said excitedly.

The journey to the Heavenly Demon Sect was much faster. The Forgotten Heavenly Demon Lord personally rented a flying boat, set the destination, and watched the three of them depart.

The flying boat flew above the clouds at an extremely high speed, and in the blink of an eye it was already dozens of miles away.

"A flying boat at the Golden Core stage can travel ten thousand miles a day," Chen Feng said after glancing at the flying boat.

"You know all this?" Zhang Haizhu asked, looking puzzled.

"I rode in one of these flying boats when I was a child," Chen Feng said.

"Brother Chen must be wealthy, otherwise he wouldn't have given you several hundred spirit stones to settle things the first time we met," Su Zhe said.

Chen Feng nodded, neither denying it nor denying it.

The flying boat sped along, and in just two hours it had already appeared a thousand miles away, a journey comparable to a slow horse taking three to five days.

However, as they passed a mountain range, the speed of the airship suddenly decreased, causing the entire hull to shake violently and nearly throwing the people off.

"You audacious fiend! How dare you leave Linshui City so openly! Prepare to die!"

A terrifying sword light shot out from the mountains below, heading straight for the flying boat!

If this sword strikes, none of the people on the flying boat will survive!

At the critical moment, a white light burst forth from Su Zhe's body.

The next moment, a portrait flew out from Su Zhe's chest, deformed in mid-air, and turned into a paper figure!

The paper figure raised its hand and forcefully blocked the sword.

Seeing the paper doll that had tormented him for a month, Su Zhe was so moved that he almost burst into tears.

"And there are protectors!"

The person below seemed furious, drew his sword, and in the next moment rushed into the air to confront Su Zhe and the other two. His long sword flashed with cold light again, as if he was about to make another move.

"Wait! Senior! You've misunderstood!"

At this critical moment, Su Zhe quickly spoke up.

  

He recognized the swordsman; he had seen him before when he accepted the mission.

"Ha! Misunderstanding? I, Yang, have spent my life slaying demons with my sword. When have I ever been mistaken?" The swordsman sneered, already swinging his longsword.

"We are disciples of the Tianwen Sect! We came to Linshui City to investigate after accepting an undercover mission from the Demonic Sect!"

Su Zhe quickly spoke up.

The city lord of Linshui City had already unleashed his sword, but at the crucial moment, he rushed forward and blocked his own sword.

"Ahem, are you three virtuous nephews truly from the Heavenly Inquiry Sect?"

The city lord of Linshui, whose body had been cut in two, asked the question.

"Yes!" Su Zhe said with a look of horror on his face.

"Hahaha! Nephew, why didn't you say so sooner? You almost...almost..."

As he spoke, the city lord of Linshui City suddenly collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Su Zhe: !!!

What the hell!

How could such a powerful city lord die right before my eyes?

The three men looked at each other, unsure of what to do with the corpse on the ground.

"How about... we take it to the Heavenly Demon Sect and see if we can piece it back together?"

Zhang Haizhu swallowed hard and spoke.

"Take it with you." Su Zhe could only nod.

He forced himself to open his eyes and pieced the corpses back together.

Strangely, although Yang's body was split in two, there was no bleeding, and you could even see the golden core that had been split open in his lower abdomen!

The golden elixir has also split in two, and it looks like it has lost its vitality.

However, deep within the Golden Core, a phantom figure let out a long sigh.

"That's terrifying! It's actually from the Heavenly Inquiry Sect! That paper figure looks like a portrait of the old sect leader... Are these new disciples really that powerful? We can't afford to mess with them! Let's play dead and hide for a bit; they'll probably be gone in a few days..."

On the flying boat, Su Zhe had already pieced together the body of Yang, the city lord of Linshui City.

"It's really inappropriate to leave Senior Yang's body exposed in this desolate wilderness. Although the Heavenly Demon Sect is a demonic sect, mechanical ascension might be able to help save Senior Yang."

Su Zhe sighed and carefully placed Yang's body at the stern of the airship.

The paper figure had fallen off and turned into a portrait of a deceased person, which Su Zhe stuffed into his pocket.

Chen Feng and Zhang Haizhu were puzzled by the origin of the paper figure, but Su Zhe casually brushed it off, not daring to let them know that he carried the portrait of the sect leader with him.

Very unlucky.

So the flying boat continued forward, carrying Su Zhe, Chen Feng, Zhang Haizhu, and the corpse that had been split in two at the tail of the flying boat, heading towards the headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Along the way, they were above the clouds, unable to see the scenery below, only able to sense that they were flying westward... towards the center of the continent.

About half a month later, after several minor adjustments to its direction, the airship finally descended from the clouds and slowly came to a stop.

Su Zhe looked around and realized that they were below a volcano.

"Now that's more like the headquarters of the Demonic Cult." Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief.

The Demonic Cult branch in Linshui City is too abstract; this place is more like the Demonic Cult.

When the flying boat landed, the cultivator responsible for welcoming the three of them was surprisingly a Golden Core cultivator!

The Golden Core cultivator was eight feet tall, with his upper body bare. His entire chest was covered in metallic colors, indicating that he had been completely transformed into a metal body. Only his neck and head remained flesh and blood, making him look quite bizarre.

"Hahahaha! You three are the born demon seeds that little Wangtian mentioned?" The Golden Core expert walked over with a broad smile.

"My name is Su Zhe."

"My name is Chen Feng."

"My name is Zhang Haizhu."

"Greetings, senior!"

Su Zhe, Chen Feng, and Zhang Haizhu all spoke at the same time.

"No need to be so polite. We are all members of the Heavenly Demon Sect. You can just call me the Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor."

The Golden Core cultivator raised his metal arm and waved slightly.

The name surprised Su Zhe.

No, does your Heavenly Demon Sect Master even know that his subordinates are all this rebellious?

First there was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who called himself the Forgotten Heaven Demon Lord, and now there is a Golden Core cultivator who calls himself the Heaven-Defying Demon Lord.

So, all you Heavenly Demon Sect do is think about how to deal with your leader regarding your Daoist titles?

"Ahem, greetings to the Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor."

Despite his inner turmoil, Su Zhe still managed a devout and obsequious smile.

"Wow! No wonder he's a born demon; he looks just like a demon!"

The Demon Emperor, beaming with pride, swept his gaze over the three men, expressing his heartfelt admiration before finally settling on a corpse at the stern of the flying boat.

"You came all this way, why bring a gift?" The Golden Core expert was taken aback and asked.

"Ahem, this is..."

Su Zhe's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly spoke.

Before he could finish speaking, the two halves of the corpse began to wriggle and merge, becoming one in full view of everyone, transforming into a real human form.

Yang opened his eyes, a smug smile on his face. "Heh heh, with this 'golden cicada shedding its shell' move, I neither offended the Heavenly Questioning Sect nor failed to escape. I'm truly..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Su Zhe, Chen Feng, Zhang Haizhu, and a powerful man whose upper body gleamed with a metallic sheen staring at him.