Urban All-Round Master

By evening... Zhang Mengjie’s news came in fast. She’d already dug out the background of the people who ambushed Nangong Bing—it was the War God Sect and Taiyi Sect under the Heavenly Punishment Alliance!

And a bunch of other forces had already started their assassination operations too. Nobody knew why, but this bunch was like they’d gone crazy, dead set on going after Nangong Bing.

Now Lin Zifeng had no choice but to rearrange the whole layout.

That night... Lin Zifeng gathered Jia Zhenjing and the others. Based on the most accurate intel Zhang Mengjie had gotten, he estimated there were several big sects about to come make trouble for South Heavenly Gate. As South Heavenly Gate’s momentum kept surging lately, naturally it was making more and more enemies.

Inside a certain secret conference chamber at South Heavenly Gate headquarters...

Jia Zhenjing, the Old Man, Nangong Shui, and the Pretty Boy were all present.

Lin Zifeng sat at the head and handed out a copy of the files to each of them. Then he told them the intel Zhang Mengjie had gotten.

”How could this be? Don’t tell me they all found out about the supreme treasure my daughter carries?”

Nangong Shui slowly put down the files in his hand, his frown growing deeper and deeper. All these files recorded how many forces there were in Huaxia, where they were distributed, and which ones had been especially active lately.

And quite a few big sects were openly unhappy with South Heavenly Gate.

”No idea. But one thing’s for sure: this time their goal is no longer just the Heavenly Painting Halberd on me.” Lin Zifeng said with a half-smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

Ever since he’d gotten the Heavenly Painting Halberd, his fame had exploded. All of Huaxia knew the title ”Young Master Lin” now. It had also pushed South Heavenly Gate right under the eyes of all the major forces.

”Old Nangong, there’s something I don’t know if I should say or not.” The Pretty Boy had a cigarette dangling from his lips, shaking his head as he spoke with exaggerated human-like mannerisms.

”Say it.” Nangong Shui was more on edge than anyone right now.

Someone had attacked his daughter, and the ones who’d come were all Sub-Saint-level figures. Who the hell knew if even stronger experts would show up later.

”Brat Lin, you tell Old Nangong. I’m scared if I say it, this old bastard will beat the crap out of me.” The Pretty Boy still didn’t dare reveal that Nangong Bing was a Demon. For a dog like him, to whom everything but death was a trivial matter, he knew others definitely wouldn’t be able to accept this.

”...” Lin Zifeng was speechless. Dumping a bomb like this on him—how the hell was he supposed to say it?

Seeing this, everyone’s gaze shifted back and forth. In the end, the Pretty Boy could only sigh and say, ”Looks like it’s still up to your daddy me to spit it out.”

”Demon Hound, what’s wrong with my daughter?”

Nangong Shui was extremely anxious. He didn’t really know what state Nangong Bing was in right now. After all, Demon Cultivators weren’t something just anyone knew about.

”I’ll be straight with you. Your girl has already fallen into Demonhood.” The Pretty Boy’s tone was flat, like he was just making small talk.

Thunk!

Nangong Shui slammed the table and shot to his feet, his eyes bulging like cow’s.

”Fallen into Demonhood? What do you mean, fallen into Demonhood?”

”Fuck! Don’t get so damn jumpy, will you. Fallen into Demonhood means your daughter’s already changed. She’s not the same little Nangong chick she used to be. To put it another way, your daughter is now a Demon Cultivator. You know what a Demon Cultivator is? It means she relies on killing people to raise her Cultivation. Once she enters Demonhood, no one can stop her, she loses her rationality—that kind. Got it?”

Nangong Shui shook his head; clearly he didn’t really understand. But the word ”fallen into Demonhood” spoke for itself, and he seemed to sense something.

In contrast, the Old Man and Jia Zhenjing’s faces turned extremely grim the moment they heard the term ”Demon Cultivator.”

”What the hell is going on? Can’t you explain it properly to me?”

Nangong Shui was anxious to death. He glanced at Jia Zhenjing, then swept a look over at the Old Man.

In the end his gaze landed on Lin Zifeng. Everyone’s expression had turned strangely unnatural; it was impossible to tell if they were pleased or worried.

”In the last five thousand years, there have only ever appeared two Demon Cultivators. If you count that War Demon from a thousand years ago, then in all of Huaxia over the last thousand years, there’ve only been three such Demon fiends.”

The Old Man furrowed his brows. He knew the rumors surrounding Demon Cultivators. Whenever an era produced a Demon Cultivator, it was definitely something terrifying.

Because Demon Cultivators can only raise their Cultivation through endless slaughter. In other words, the higher a Demon Cultivator’s Cultivation, the more people they’ve killed—and it’s the kind of killing with no end.

It’s said that five thousand years ago, that Demon Cultivator cultivated the Swallowing Heavenly Demon Technique and forged Divine Artifacts, becoming unrivaled under the heavens. In that era, no one could defeat him. Later, for some unknown reason, that Demon Lord simply vanished into the long river of history.

”What Demon Cultivator? What’s wrong with my daughter? What exactly happened to her?”

Nangong Shui’s emotions grew more and more agitated. He only had this one daughter, and he adored her beyond measure.

”It’s fine. It’s just that your daughter is now a Demon Cultivator. And throughout history, Demon Cultivators have never been well-liked. Their cultivation mode is endless killing—the more they kill, the higher their Cultivation Realm climbs. Once they’ve killed enough, even becoming a Saint isn’t hard. But in the Mortal World there’s a clear written rule: any who enter Demonhood must be executed!”

”What!!! How could she be a Demon Cultivator?”

Nangong Shui’s eyes went wide; he refused to believe things could be this bad. He wasn’t an idiot—he fully understood how serious this was.

”You’re asking me? Who the hell am I supposed to ask then?” The Old Man rolled his eyes.

”The danger posed by Demon Cultivators is indeed huge. In the Mortal World there’s a clearly written rule: for any Demon, execution is mandatory. That’s a rule passed down from the ancestors five thousand years ago.

Most Cultivators know this law. But in the last thousand years, Demon Cultivators have basically gone extinct. A Great Power once calculated that after that War Demon from a thousand years ago, a Demon Cultivator should appear again within two thousand years. But it seems this one came a bit too early.”

”So by that logic, now that my daughter is a Demon Cultivator, the whole world is going to want to kill her?”

Nangong Shui froze, not daring to think further, sucking in a sharp breath. If the whole world wanted to hunt her down, then it was over.

”You can understand it that way.” Jia Zhenjing nodded.

”...”

Thump~ Nangong Shui collapsed back onto the stool, his eyes turning vacant.

”Motherfucker, it’s just a Demon Cultivator. She hasn’t completely fallen fully into Demonhood yet. What’s the point of worrying so much? Besides, doesn’t brat Lin have the Divine Artifact Demon Bracelet on him? With a Divine Artifact suppressing her, nothing big will happen.” Wanting to calm everyone down, the Pretty Boy really didn’t want to see Nangong Shui in this state.

”Honestly, Demon Cultivators sound serious, but they’re not that serious. It’s just raising your Cultivation by killing people. And look, didn’t the first Demon Lord successfully cultivate the Swallowing Heavenly Demon Technique and forge the Heavenly Divine Artifacts? Once your Cultivation reaches the Peak, who in this world can do anything to you? It’s not like everyone is Liu Shen. Besides, a Demon Cultivator should still have some rationality, just more bloodthirsty. As long as it’s controlled properly, that little Nangong girl definitely won’t turn into some world-ending Demon fiend.” the Old Man said.

”What we’re most worried about right now is that news of the little Nangong chick being a Demon Cultivator absolutely cannot leak out. Otherwise, the world will definitely plunge into chaos, and all the major forces will have every excuse they need to join hands and wipe out South Heavenly Gate.”

Jia Zhenjing said helplessly.