Chapter 32: Do I Look Like That Kind of Person?

“Excellent! I’ve heard that the Northern Mountain Demon Emperor, Destruction Heavenly Lord, overpowered every demon in Northern Mountain with nothing but his fists. I’d really like to have a bare-knuckle fight with him!”

The speaker was Mu Shenqi, who wore a lion mask. He was one of the very few members of the Mu family, within the Dao Alliance, gifted with an extraordinary talent for body cultivation.

By tempering their bodies to the utmost limit, members of the Mu family could even clash head-on with magic treasures and powerful demons.

Yang Qingyuan cast Mu Shenqi a silent glance. His courage was certainly admirable, but a demon of the Great Demon Emperor level was still far beyond what he could challenge at present...

“I have no objections. Remaining in the Dao Alliance truly offers us no further benefit. I need to ‘see’ more things.”

Yang Yitan nodded. Ten years had passed, and the little boy he once was had become a graceful young gentleman in the blink of an eye.

“Indeed.”

Ji Wuji nodded.

Ji Wuji of the Wind-and-Thunder Wings was a prodigy of the Ji family, known as the “Sky-Beyond Flying Immortal.” The Ji family’s Divine Wing Technique allowed its user to cross a thousand miles on outstretched wings.

Ji Wuji had gone even further, fusing the family’s secret art—the Purple Empyrean Divine Thunder—with his twin wings. His wind-and-thunder wings were as swift as lightning and struck with the force of thunder.

As for the so-called Purple Empyrean Divine Thunder, it was also known as the Universal Divine Thunder of the Nine Heavens. Its power was immense and its range exceptionally broad. No demon below the Demon King level could withstand it head-on.

One after another, the others voiced their opinions and thoughts as well.

Most of them agreed with Wangquan Hegemony’s plan. Only Wangquan Zui offered no opinion.

Yang Qingyuan knew that Wangquan Zui actually supported him in her heart. However, she also understood that since everyone had chosen to support Wangquan Hegemony, her own opinion was no longer particularly important.

The Masked Organization had always made decisions according to the principle that the minority followed the majority.

Sure enough, after seeing that most of them supported his plan, Wangquan Hegemony smiled faintly.

“Very well. From this moment onward, let us set our sights on the Four Great Demon Kingdoms.”

“But, Chief, there is one problem. According to the historical records, the Circle exists in Northern Mountain, the Southern Kingdom, and the Western Regions. Yet among the Four Great Demon Kingdoms, Tu Mountain is the sole exception. Do we still need to make a trip there?”

“Moreover, Tu Mountain has always been rather friendly toward humans. I’ve heard that even when members of the Dao Alliance went there to provoke them, the fox demons of Tu Mountain never killed anyone.”

The words of Li Quzhuo and Li Zizai plunged everyone present into thought.

Clearly, not many of them were willing to visit such a special demon kingdom.

However, Wangquan Hegemony’s purpose in visiting the Four Great Demon Kingdoms was not merely to verify the existence of the Circle with their own eyes. Investigating the current strength and circumstances of each demon kingdom was also one of his objectives.

Therefore, no matter what, someone still had to go to Tu Mountain.

“I’ll go.”

At that moment, Yang Qingyuan finally spoke.

“Qingyuan...” Wangquan Hegemony looked at him with a complicated expression.

Judging from the commotion caused by the test at the Blue Sky Assembly all those years ago, Yang Qingyuan was probably the most talented among them.

Over the years, Wangquan Hegemony and the others had privately sparred with Yang Qingyuan on several occasions, but without exception, every match had ended in a draw.

No matter how much strength they displayed, Yang Qingyuan always seemed able to resist them with precisely the same amount of power.

Thus, no one knew exactly how strong Yang Qingyuan was now, and no one had ever truly forced him to reveal his limits.

“I’m going to Tu Mountain too!” Wangquan Zui raised her hand.

“I’ve heard that the fox demons of Tu Mountain are especially skilled in spiritual arts. I’d really like to see them for myself. That works out perfectly—Qingyuan and I will go to Tu Mountain, while the rest of you can divide yourselves into groups of three for the other three demon kingdoms.”

“All right.”

Wangquan Hegemony pondered for a moment before finally agreeing to let Wangquan Zui travel to Tu Mountain with Yang Qingyuan.

As for the remaining nine, they followed Wangquan Zui’s suggestion and formed three groups of three, each choosing one of the remaining demon kingdoms.

In the end, Wangquan Hegemony and the Li brothers chose the Southern Kingdom. Ji Wuji, Mu Shenqi, and Yang Yitan chose Northern Mountain. Zhang Zheng, Deng Qiyue, and Qingmu Yuan chose to travel to the Western Regions.

“Now that everyone has chosen their destinations, I have nothing more to say. There is only one thing you must remember during the coming operation: our destination lies within the territory of demons, so you must proceed with the utmost caution.

“No matter what emergency you encounter, think three times before acting. If anything seems amiss, remember to contact the others through the magic treasures refined by Fourth Brother and call for reinforcements!”

“Understood!”

“Got it, Chief.”

“Then that settles it. Return home and rest for a while. One month from now, we will set out separately.”

With that, Wangquan Hegemony turned his gaze toward Wangquan Zui, who stood beside Yang Qingyuan.

“Little Sister, come over here for a moment.”

“Okay.”

Wangquan Zui obediently answered and followed Wangquan Hegemony aside. No one knew what the siblings were discussing.

Meanwhile, Yang Yitan removed his mask and walked over to Yang Qingyuan.

“Qingyuan, shall we return home together?”

“Mm.”

Yang Qingyuan nodded, but then he suddenly seemed to remember something.

“Yitan, how did your investigation go? I asked you to look into the secrets hidden within the patriarch’s residence of our Yang family.”

“I did investigate it, but as for the secret...”

At this point, Yang Yitan gave Yang Qingyuan a somewhat peculiar look.

“What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Yang Qingyuan asked in confusion.

“It’s nothing. There is a room within the patriarch’s residence surrounded by numerous magical formations, but from childhood until now, I have never known who actually lives inside.

“Even when I asked Father and Grandfather about it, they always answered vaguely and brushed the matter aside.

“I think that may be the secret you wanted me to investigate.”

“A room...”

Yang Qingyuan stroked his chin, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

During these ten years, he had devoted his entire mind to cultivating the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art and spear techniques—in other words, every method capable of increasing his own strength.

With his current cultivation, he might still be unable to swagger unchecked throughout the Dao Alliance, but at the very least, he now possessed the power to protect himself.

Thus, he had gradually begun investigating the incident involving the wolf demon from those years ago.

“Yitan, can you sneak inside without triggering the restrictions?”

“No. There are too many of them, and they are extremely complicated. I heard that the intruder who infiltrated our Yang residence back then touched one of those restrictions, which was how he was discovered.”

Yang Yitan shook his head.

“All right.”

Yang Qingyuan nodded. In that case, it seemed they could only proceed with caution and make a long-term plan.

“Don’t do anything reckless. No matter what, that place is still our home.”

“Don’t worry. Do I look like the kind of person who would do that?”

Yang Yitan stared deeply at Yang Qingyuan before nodding with utmost seriousness.

“You do!”

Yang Qingyuan fell silent.