161: Aren't you a local demon?

The snake demon on the left, his voice reached Jiang Lan's ears.

“Second Brother, does this place really have the fire cicada molting that Elder wants?”

The bear demon turned his head and said gruffly:

“Whether it does or not, we won’t know until we look. If we go back empty-handed, Elder might just have snake soup.”

The snake demon seemed to shiver at his words.

As for Jiang Lan, he still followed behind the three demons.

He had been listening to the three demons’ conversation for a while now.

Based on his deduction, these three demons should be Disciples of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.

And their purpose for coming out this time was to collect something called a fire cicada molting.

“Forget it, let’s look first. If we really can’t find it, Black Snake Stream is just ahead…”

Just then, a gust of wind blew, rustling Jiang Lan’s robes.

“Who is it?”

Jiang Lan had been listening perfectly well from behind, but the bear demon walking in front suddenly turned around and looked at Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan raised his eyebrows.

Oh, snapped.

He was discovered.

However, even though he was discovered, he didn’t feel any particular emotion.

Not to mention, these three demons seemed to only be at the Qi Gathering Realm.

As long as it wasn’t a Demon Infant, he wouldn’t panic at all.

Moreover, Jiang Lan’s current appearance was that of a purebred demon.

Although he wasn’t sure what demons’ attitude was towards their own kind, he thought it shouldn’t be the same as their attitude towards humans.

If it were, there wouldn’t be Sects or similar places.

The bear demon turned to see Jiang Lan, a hint of confusion appearing on his ferocious face.

“Who are you?”

Jiang Lan pondered for a moment.

The names of demons were also strange and varied.

There were all kinds of names.

However, unlike human society, demons’ names were usually self-chosen.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Lan casually gave himself a name.

“Lang Qing.”

“What are you doing following us three brothers?” the bear demon asked in a low, deep voice, his face terrifyingly ferocious.

Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow, stepped forward, completely unafraid.

“What, did you open this Dao? Only you can walk, and I can’t?”

If it were before, Jiang Lan wouldn’t have wasted words with a few Qi Gathering Realm demons; he would have simply drawn his blade and killed them.

But the situation was different now.

These three were from the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.

And he knew very little about the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.

Although he had a token that could allow him to join the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, Jiang Lan didn’t even know which way the Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s main gate opened.

Therefore, what he needed to do now was to first gather information.

“You white dog, what a foul mouth. Are you looking for death?”

Fierce light flickered in the bear demon’s eyes.

In his opinion, Jiang Lan was only at the Qi Gathering Mid-Stage, not much different from him.

But there were three of them, fighting Jiang Lan alone; it would be easy and pleasant.

Jiang Lan narrowed his eyes.

Without another word, his figure suddenly vanished from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of the bear demon.

He extended his right wolf claw and swung it heavily at the bear demon.

The sharp claw brought with it a whooshing sound, and the bear demon couldn’t react at all, only watching helplessly as Jiang Lan’s silver-furred paw gradually approached.

“Hiss!”

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out, and the bear demon’s thick-skinned face instantly gained four bloody holes, scarlet blood flowing from them.

“Roar!” The bear demon cried out in pain, quickly shaking off Jiang Lan, his huge body swaying left and right.

Jiang Lan stood rooted to the spot, watching the bear demon with cold eyes.

“Since you can’t speak, then this mouth of yours is useless.”

The bear demon ignored him, still wailing in pain.

And beside him, the two snake demons’ minds hadn’t quite caught up yet.

How did they suddenly start fighting?

Although demons were known for their volatile tempers, situations where they fought at the slightest disagreement were not common.

Moreover, although the wolf demon’s Realm was comparable to theirs, his strength was clearly a notch higher.

Jiang Lan remained still throughout, until the bear demon regained some semblance of reason, then he said coldly, “Still running your mouth?”

The bear demon covered his cheek with his thick paw, and a clear hint of fear appeared in his eyes as he looked at Jiang Lan.

He shook his head.

In the demon world, strength was inherently revered.

Previously, thinking their Realms were similar, the bear demon hadn’t feared Jiang Lan.

But after they started fighting, he realized it wasn’t like that at all.

He even felt that if Jiang Lan wanted to kill him, it wouldn’t take any effort at all.

If the wolf claw could pierce his cheek, then it could just as easily pierce his neck.

“Good.” Seeing the bear demon become much more obedient, Jiang Lan nodded and said, “Next, I ask, you answer. Fail to answer, and you die.”

The bear demon’s face showed shock.

This guy had such heavy Killing Intent.

Just a verbal dispute, and he wanted to kill a demon?

Yet, looking at the ruthlessness of Jiang Lan’s earlier attack, he felt that Jiang Lan wasn’t lying to him.

The bear demon’s mind raced.

The three of them might not be able to defeat this wolf.

But the two snake demons were even weaker than him, and if they really fought, the outcome might not be certain.

After pondering for a while, the bear demon still gave up the idea of resisting, nodding resignedly and speaking in a gruff voice:

“Speak, what do you want to ask?”

“Are you from the Ten Thousand Demons Hall?”

Hearing Jiang Lan’s inquiry, the bear demon seemed to regain his confidence and looked up, saying:

“Of course, I am a Disciple under Elder Huang of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall. If anything happens to me, Elder Huang will surely turn this Black Snake Stream area upside down.” He continued gruffly, “So I advise you, think carefully before you act.”

A sneer tugged at the corner of Jiang Lan’s mouth.

Did he look that much like a fool?

Not to mention, whether this bear demon had a backer or not, he wasn’t afraid.

Even if he truly had a backer, it might not be able to do anything to Jiang Lan.

What’s more, if he had a backer, the bear demon would have surely started threatening him when his cheek was first pierced, so why would he wait until Jiang Lan asked?

“Elder Huang? Never heard of him.”

A human-like look of astonishment flashed across the bear demon’s face, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

“You’ve never heard of him?”

“What, do I have to have heard of him?”

The bear demon was already thick-skinned, and now the blood holes Jiang Lan had just poked in his face had stopped bleeding and no longer hurt as much.

The bear demon frowned.

“You’re not a local demon?”

Jiang Lan caught some useful information from the bear demon’s words.

The Elder Huang he mentioned seemed to be very famous in this area.

From his tone, it seemed that every local demon knew him.

Jiang Lan felt like laughing.

Demonic society actually had a distinction between local and foreign demons.

It seemed that any society composed of intelligent life would ultimately be largely similar.

Of course, it was also possible that these demons were imitating humans.

Without answering the bear demon’s question, Jiang Lan pulled out the Ten Thousand Demons Hall token from his pocket, waved it in front of the bear demon, and then asked:

“Don’t worry about where I’m from. I’m asking you, where can this thing be used?”