77: The demon king invites!

The next day, Jiang Yang led you toward the passage guarded by the Xiao Family.

Jiang Yang told you that the passage was on the other side of the Desolate Region, and to get there, you had to pass through the core area of the Desolate Region.

Passing through the core area of the Desolate Region might alert the Yao Beasts within.

In response, you did not use the Great Void Art to carry the two of them this time, choosing instead to move forward slowly and discreetly.

You knew that using the Great Void Art in a high-profile manner would easily attract the attention of the Yao Beasts.

Half a year later—

You arrived at the most core region of the Desolate Region—the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Jiang Yang told you that he had only heard that the Ten Thousand Mountains were the Holy Land of the Yao Race in the Desolate Region.

However, he was not clear about the specific Yao Beast forces within the Ten Thousand Mountains.

After arriving near the Ten Thousand Mountains, you encountered a Yao Beast above the Core Formation Realm almost every short distance you traveled.

You even saw two Soul Transformation Realm Yao Beasts fighting each other, seemingly over something.

After entering the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Mountains, you used a shapeshifting technique to disguise yourselves as Yao Beasts and proceeded discreetly.

However, what you did not know was that the moment you entered the Ten Thousand Mountains, a Yao King deep within the mountains suddenly opened its eyes.

The Ten Thousand Mountains covered a vast area, and the Xiao Family passage was not far from them.

You initially wanted to bypass the Ten Thousand Mountains to avoid passing through them, but later discovered it was completely impossible.

"Little Junior Brother, is this method of yours really reliable?"

Jiang Yang looked at his own simple transformation into a Tiger Yao and knew that anyone with intent could see through this disguise at a glance.

You sighed inwardly at Jiang Yang's skepticism.

You also knew that such a low-level disguise was easily seen through, but in the current Canglan Realm, there were basically no Advanced shapeshifting techniques, nor were there even any Yao Race Cultivation Techniques.

"I don't know if it's reliable, but if we don't disguise ourselves, we would definitely be discovered the moment we entered the Ten Thousand Mountains."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yang knew the current situation and had no choice but to treat a dead horse as a living one.

You knew that the Ten Thousand Mountains before you were just the first hurdle to leaving the Desolate Region; the subsequent breakout at the Xiao Family would be the most difficult part.

Seven days later—

After entering the Ten Thousand Mountains, your speed of travel slowed down significantly.

After seven consecutive days of travel, you still had not left the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

In the outskirts, the highest cultivation level of the Yao Beasts you encountered reached the Soul Transformation Great Perfection Realm.

A month later, you finally left the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Mountains and entered its depths.

After entering the depths, you found that the Yao Beasts you encountered began to become scarce.

However, every Yao Beast you encountered had a cultivation level no lower than the Soul Transformation Stage.

Not long after you had been walking, you suddenly discovered your path was blocked by a Flood Dragon.

You initially thought this Flood Dragon was cultivating here and that your arrival had disturbed it.

Consequently, you prepared to bypass the Flood Dragon and continue moving forward.

At this moment, the Flood Dragon before you suddenly spoke in human language.

"Everyone! There is no need for you to disguise yourselves; our Yao King discovered your arrival long ago."

Hearing this, your heart jolted, and you stared at the Flood Dragon before you with wide, incredulous eyes.

Afterward, the three of you looked at each other and smiled, then dispelled your disguises to reveal your human forms.

At this time, Jiang Yang sent a voice transmission to you, asking what you should do next and whether you should force your way through.

You told Jiang Yang not to act for the moment and to see what the other party's intentions were.

You could tell that the Flood Dragon before you held no malice toward you.

"So, were you specifically waiting here for our arrival?"

The next second, you saw the Flood Dragon before you transform into a human and walk up to you.

"That's right, I was indeed waiting here for you; I didn't expect it to take you so long to get here."

"By the way, my name is Heitian, and the Yao King sent me to invite you into the palace!"

Upon hearing that it was the Yao King inviting you, your heart was filled with doubts.

You did not know the purpose of the Yao King's invitation, and you had previously learned from Jiang Yang that Yao Beasts hated humans the most.

Yet now, from Heitian's attitude, it was clear that the Yao King held no hostility toward you.

You knew that refusing the invitation at this moment would be an unwise choice.

"Then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Heitian to lead the way for us."

You followed in Heitian's footsteps, all the way into the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Not long after, you arrived before a magnificent palace.

You saw that the guards here generally had cultivation levels at the Body Integration Stage.

Even in the Central Region, such cultivation levels were the backbone of a top-tier power.

Heitian led you all the way into the main hall, where you saw a composed middle-aged man sitting on the throne in the center of the hall.

"Father King, I have brought the people to you."

Following Heitian's gaze, you looked at the man on the throne and saw him slowly open his eyes after hearing Heitian's words.

Afterward, you discovered that those cold eyes swept back and forth over the three of you, finally resting on Zhou Lingxi.

"I have finally waited for you!"

Next, you saw the Yao King slowly stand up from the throne and walk toward you.

At the same time, Jiang Yang sent a voice transmission to you, telling you to be careful of the Yao King.

"Little Junior Brother, the strength of this Yao King is above the Body Integration Stage; it is at least at the Mahayana Realm Early Stage."

Hearing this, your heart immediately sank.

Jiang Yang was currently the strongest among you; if there was an enemy even he could not defeat, you would have absolutely no power to fight back.

You saw the Yao King walk up to Zhou Lingxi and circle around her body a few times.

"Are you the person from the prophecy?"

Upon hearing this, your brows furrowed, and you were suddenly somewhat confused as to what the Yao King meant by this sentence.

Since you had entered just now, the Yao King had kept his gaze on Zhou Lingxi.

And from these two sentences of the Yao King, you could see that Zhou Lingxi seemed to have other secrets you did not know about.

Zhou Lingxi glanced at the Yao King, then turned her head to look at you with confusion.

"What prophecy? I am not the person you are waiting for."

At Zhou Lingxi's denial, the Yao King smiled slightly.

"Do not be in such a hurry to deny it; are you not curious why your identities were exposed as soon as you entered the Ten Thousand Mountains?"

Upon hearing this, you were indeed particularly curious, and you asked the Yao King what the reason was.

The Yao King glanced at you, did not answer your question directly, but looked at Zhou Lingxi and spoke.

"Have you been cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Art?"