162: Qinglian Sect, Black Snake Gorge

The bear demon’s fierce face was twisted into a knot, coupled with the four temporarily staunched blood holes on his cheeks, making him look exceptionally terrifying.

Jiang Lan could tell that the expression on the bear demon’s face at this moment was one of great surprise, as if he had never expected Jiang Lan to ask such a question.

“Where in the world did you come from, fellow? You hold the ten thousand demons token, but you don’t know how to enter the Ten Thousand Demons Hall?” As he spoke, the bear demon seemed to think of something and frowned, “Could it be that you came from the Azure Lotus Sect’s territory?”

Jiang Lan narrowed his eyes.

Azure Lotus Sect.

This was the first time he had heard of this place.

However, from the bear demon’s words, he could guess that the Azure Lotus Sect should be a force adjacent to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.

Earlier, in the Cold Crow Pavilion, although that woman hadn’t told him the specific names of each demon Sect, she had generally mentioned their distribution.

The demon forces collectively consisted of Three Demons, Five Emperors, and Seven Sovereigns, totaling fifteen Great Demons.

Each Great Demon independently managed a force.

Jiang Lan remained outwardly calm, but was actually deep in thought.

His reaction, in the bear demon’s eyes, was clearly an unwillingness to answer.

As if afraid Jiang Lan would act again, the bear demon paused, seemingly muttering to himself:

“That’s right, the Azure Lotus Sect is about to fall apart. It’s not uncommon for someone like you to seek another path.”

Jiang Lan narrowed his eyes.

The Azure Lotus Sect... is about to fall apart.

Could it be that the Azure Lotus Sect was the Green Lantern Goddess’s force?

Jiang Lan still remembered that when he had dreamed of the Green Lantern Goddess before, the figure in the green dress was indeed sitting on a green lotus platform.

Moreover, Yao Banxian had told him earlier that the Green Lantern Goddess was also a demon in the Soul Transformation Realm.

This meant she should also be a well-known figure among the fifteen Great Demons.

And the Green Lantern Goddess was now severely injured and recuperating, so it was normal for her Sect to have problems.

At this moment, Jiang Lan was six or seven parts certain that the Azure Lotus Sect the bear demon spoke of was the Green Lantern Goddess’s former territory.

The bear demon continued:

“I don’t know how you got your ten thousand demons token, but according to the Sect rules, as long as you have the token, you can join the Outer Sect. The Deacon won’t care where your token came from.”

Seemingly not wanting to get too entangled with Jiang Lan, the bear demon pointed to the east, “Two hundred li to the east, and you’ll reach the place you’re looking for.”

Jiang Lan still said nothing, but stared at the bear demon with a pair of grayish-white eyes.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust the bear demon, but that he currently knew almost nothing about his whereabouts.

In front of these three demons, Jiang Lan was naturally unconcerned.

Because even if he was exposed, he could simply kill these three demons directly.

But if he were truly exposed within the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, problems would likely arise.

Although it wouldn’t necessarily cost him his life, a lot of trouble would certainly be unavoidable.

Moreover, it would disrupt his original plan.

Therefore, Jiang Lan planned to follow the bear demon for a while first.

It wouldn’t be too late to kill him after he had sorted out some things.

The bear demon gritted his teeth.

“I’ve already told you everything you asked, Old Bear. What else do you want to do?”

Jiang Lan had already figured it out; killing these three demons now was too low-value for him.

It was better to first use these three demons to understand the situation of this place.

After a moment of thought, Jiang Lan remembered the conversation he had just overheard from the bear demon and his companions.

After a pause, Jiang Lan said:

“You guys, are you going to look for the fire cicada molting?”

Hearing Jiang Lan’s words, the bear demon’s brownish-yellow eyes lit up.

“What, White Wolf, do you know where there’s a fire cicada molting?”

Although there was also infighting among demons, they were not humans, so it was certainly much less.

Generally speaking, after a fight, either one side died, or if not, after a battle, whatever had happened before was considered settled.

Those who secretly struck from behind afterward, while not unheard of, were extremely rare.

Moreover, Jiang Lan’s tone was much softer than before.

Therefore, the bear demon now held this attitude towards Jiang Lan.

In his opinion, he had indeed cursed Jiang Lan before, but Jiang Lan had also poked several blood holes in his face, so the two demons were now even.

Jiang Lan had just said he wanted to kill him, but since he didn't make a move, that meant he wasn’t killing him.

Jiang Lan was expressionless.

He didn’t know anything about a fire cicada molting; it was just a random excuse.

Although he hadn't seen it, just by the name, he knew that what they were looking for was a cicada’s shed shell.

“I’ve seen it. Is it red?”

“Yes, yes, yes!” The bear demon’s huge head nodded repeatedly, “Red! I didn’t expect you to have actually seen it! That thing is extremely rare. Our three brothers have been looking for two days and haven’t even seen a shadow of it!”

The bear demon then continued to ask:

“Wolf Brother, where did you see it before?”

Jiang Lan raised his eyelids.

“Are you asking me?”

The bear demon froze, then his small head began to spin rapidly.

A moment later, he came to a conclusion.

This white wolf was asking him for benefits.

“What do you want? Anything I have, I can give you. If not, when you enter the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, I’ll split half of this mission’s contribution with you.”

Contribution... Jiang Lan keenly caught the information revealed in the bear demon’s words.

The Ten Thousand Demons Hall also used contributions.

He just didn’t know how the method of obtaining this contribution differed from that of the Zhenwu Pavilion.

However, Jiang Lan didn’t ask, but instead said:

“What is the Black Snake Stream you just mentioned?”

“Of course, it’s a market.” The bear demon stared, “You don’t even know about Black Snake Stream?”

Jiang Lan frowned slightly.

“You’re asking too many questions.”

The bear demon grinned, somewhat disgruntled:

“Just asking.”

After making a slight excuse for himself, the bear demon continued, “Black Snake Stream is a market. You should have them where you’re from too. The market owner, Black Snake, is quite famous in this Black Stone Mountain Range area.”

Jiang Lan nodded.

“Lead the way.”

The bear demon froze.

Why should I lead the way for you?

Do I owe you something?

Just as he was about to refuse Jiang Lan, the bear demon remembered the matter of the fire cicada molting.

The words he was about to refuse got stuck in his throat, and the bear demon forced an ugly smile on his face.

“Let’s go...”

Coincidentally, they hadn’t found any trace of the fire cicada molting anyway and were thinking of trying their luck at the Black Snake Stream market.

Now, bringing Jiang Lan along wouldn’t be much more trouble.

Next to the bear demon, the other two snake demons clearly deferred to him.

Seeing the bear demon agree, the two demons said nothing, their tails drooping as they wriggled on the ground.

Jiang Lan nodded, and the bear demon then led the two snakes, guiding the way ahead.

Jiang Lan, on the other hand, walked leisurely behind.

This was a good opportunity to observe the customs and culture of this demon world.

He hadn't expected there to be markets in the demon world.

He had originally thought that demons lived like savages, dwelling in caves every day.

But now, it seemed not only was it not as he had previously thought, but it might even bring him some surprises.