229: Return to Lingtian Pass, demons attack the city

Several hours later.

Ling Country, Lingtian Pass.

Outside the Pass, shouts of battle echoed.

Jiang Lan saw from afar that groups of demons were gathering, assaulting Lingtian Pass.

The towering and majestic high walls seemed to be on the verge of collapse under the impact of tens of thousands of demons.

Jiang Lan could even hear the shouts of the soldiers on the wall.

“Shoot arrows! Kill these damned demons!”

“How could it be Demon Core demons leading them? Heavens, can we hold out?”

“Bullshit! We have to hold out even if we can't! Your wives and children are behind you. If you can't hold out today, not only will your parents, wives, and children die, but everyone's parents, wives, and children will also die!”

“Kill!”

Jiang Lan stood in the sky, looking at the battlefield below.

He didn't expect such a coincidence.

Demons attacking the Pass, and he happened to encounter it.

Naturally, Jiang Lan had to intervene in such a matter.

On one hand, it was for the soldiers on the city wall.

Behind every soldier, there was a family.

If these people died, who knows how many families would be torn apart because of it.

Moreover, if the demons truly entered the Pass, the scene would be unimaginable, certainly a catastrophe.

Jiang Lan was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see such a sight.

Secondly, and most crucially.

The dense crowd of demons below, in Jiang Lan's eyes, were not demons at all, but rather jumping numbers.

Roughly estimated, there were about twenty thousand demons below.

Even if each of these many demons only provided him with a few years of lifespan, it would still add up to nearly two hundred thousand years.

How could Jiang Lan miss out on such a good opportunity?

A flash of light flickered in his eyes, then he extended his palm.

A giant hand, covering the sky and sun, instantly formed under Jiang Lan's palm and pressed down towards the ground.

He wasn't using this move now, but it was simply too convenient.

Especially when facing a large number of enemies.

As the giant hand landed, the more than twenty thousand demons below were instantly annihilated.

Smoke and dust billowed wildly, so much so that the soldiers couldn't clearly see what was happening on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, text prompts flashed rapidly before Jiang Lan's eyes.

“Killed a Qi Gathering First Level demon, gained three years of lifespan...”

“Killed a Qi Gathering Third Level demon, gained four years of lifespan...”

“Killed a Qi Gathering Third Level demon, gained four years of lifespan...”

“Killed a Qi Gathering...”

A smile tugged at the corner of Jiang Lan's mouth.

Though each demon provided him with little lifespan, the sheer number of demons made up for it.

This round alone was probably equivalent to the lifespan contributed by almost half of Yellow Demon Peak.

A moment later, the smoke and dust dissipated.

Outside Lingtian Pass, apart from the ground covered in demon corpses, not a single living demon remained.

And Jiang Lan, still high above, was like a Heavenly God.

All the soldiers below were dumbfounded until someone saw Jiang Lan in the sky.

“It was Senior who made a move!”

Upon hearing this, the leader among the soldiers also looked up, then he knelt on one knee and asked loudly:

“I am the defender of Lingtian Pass. Senior's great kindness, Junior will never forget. May I ask Senior's name?”

Hearing the inquiry from below, Jiang Lan had no intention of answering.

He wasn't here to show off on this trip back.

Jiang Lan was preparing to leave directly.

But just as he was about to activate his True Qi, a location flashed through his mind.

Cold Crow Pavilion.

As the undisputed number one assassin organization of the Human Race within Chihong Province, their intelligence network was also extremely formidable.

Therefore, they might know the information Jiang Lan was looking for.

However... Cold Crow Pavilion seemed to charge money for any question.

Money?

Jiang Lan's eyes lit up again.

If he remembered correctly, the woman from Cold Crow Pavilion had told him before that they also did business in recycling demon corpses.

Jiang Lan truly didn't have anything else.

But for corpses, he had plenty.

These more than twenty thousand demon corpses on the ground, if sold, he wondered how much money they would be worth.

In any case, it certainly wouldn't be a small sum.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lan lightly raised his palm.

Immediately, several hundred demon corpses below ascended directly into the air with his movement.

Of course, Jiang Lan couldn't possibly sell all twenty thousand demon corpses.

So, he only selected some of the stronger ones.

He took these five hundred corpses; the weakest were all high-level Mortal Shedding.

The most powerful one seemed to be an early-stage Demon Core.

In Jiang Lan's eyes, they were all the same, all taken down in large numbers with a single palm.

However, their value difference should still be quite significant.

He would take this group of corpses to Cold Crow Pavilion to try his luck first.

Perhaps, he could directly get the information he wanted.

Below, the many soldiers of Lingtian Pass saw this scene, and no one stopped him; instead, they all opened their mouths in astonishment.

To bring hundreds of demon corpses into the air with one's own power, what terrifying strength would it take to achieve that?

But Jiang Lan paid no attention to the people below and directly took a pile of corpses, crossing the Pass.

After passing through the Pass, a familiar natural chasm lay before Jiang Lan.

Once past the chasm, it would be the territory of Lingtian City.

At this moment, Jiang Lan was preparing to send these demon corpses to the Cold Crow Pavilion within Lingtian City.

Before the city gate of Lingtian City, Jiang Lan did not land but flew directly in with the demon corpses.

He only slowly landed when he reached the street where Cold Crow Pavilion was located.

A full three hundred demon corpses were neatly arranged on the street by Jiang Lan.

Originally, the street was bustling with people.

Upon seeing Jiang Lan, everyone else seemed to be under a paralysis spell, standing motionless, all looking at Jiang Lan and the many demon corpses beside him with astonished eyes.

The people inside Cold Crow Pavilion also noticed the commotion and hurriedly came out.

The one who emerged was a flamboyantly dressed woman, her clothes half-revealing, full of charm.

However, this girl was not the one Jiang Lan had previously met at Cold Crow Pavilion.

Nevertheless, both women were of excellent appearance.

Seeing Jiang Lan, the girl widened her eyes in surprise, covering her mouth as she asked:

“This... what is this?”

“Don't you collect demon corpses?”

“Ah?” The woman seemed to awaken from a dream, “Yes! Of course we do! Young Master, please follow me.”

Saying that, the woman was about to lead Jiang Lan inside.

Jiang Lan didn't refuse, directly controlling the corpses again to arrange them neatly at the entrance of Cold Crow Pavilion, and followed the woman into the interior of Cold Crow Pavilion.

The woman said:

“Young Master, please have a seat first; I'll go consult.”

Jiang Lan nodded, signaling for the woman to leave.

It was understandable.

After all, these three hundred demon corpses were no small number for any place.

It would be strange if this woman could make the decision herself.

Jiang Lan didn't have to wait too long; the woman who had just gone upstairs came back down in about ten breaths' time.

Behind her, she brought an older but more beautiful woman.

“Young Master, you've waited long.”