677: Chapter 88 The whole story, the connection

"You know the owner of this token?"

Chonglou nodded: "He was the previous Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, and also my master. Come to think of it, my decision to take Xi Feng as a servant has something to do with him."

"Is that so? Let's talk while we walk."

Meng Li added, steering the cloud back.

Chonglou flapped his wings to keep up, saying: "Back then, when I had achieved success in my cultivation, I challenged all the members of the Demon Race beneath the Demon Lord, and I never lost a single fight. While this made me happy, I also found it boring, so I challenged the old Demon Lord, and I won again."

"From then on, I became the new Demon Lord."

"I had thought I would be very happy."

"But after being the Demon Lord for a while, I realized that being the Demon Lord was just 'that'—it wasn't even as good as before."

"What do you mean?" Meng Li asked curiously.

Chonglou replied: "Before becoming the Demon Lord, I could still find some opponents, and I had a goal and a direction worth striving for. But after becoming the Demon Lord, no one in the entire Demon Realm dared to challenge me. I had no opponents left, and I had to deal with so-called administrative matters; it was truly boring to the extreme."

"So, I went to the Human Realm, wanting to bring the old Demon Lord back to spar with me and handle the affairs of the Demon Realm."

"As it turned out, the old man was unwilling to return, babbling about 'each generation has its own mission,' 'since I have become the Demon Lord, I should naturally shoulder the responsibility of managing the Demon Realm,' and something about 'the Human Realm is peaceful, no need to think of the Demon Realm.'"

Meng Li felt amused.

Once people retire, few want to go back to work; he hadn't expected demons to be the same.

"You didn't drag him back?"

Chonglou said unhappily: "I couldn't catch him."

"The old man's strength wasn't as good as mine, but like you, he was proficient in space Spells. Although I know space Spells, my attainments aren't as good as his. I chased him all over the Human Realm, the Monster Realm, the Spirit Realm, and the Evil Spirit Realm, but I never caught him."

"In the end, I got annoyed, and he didn't want to keep running around, so we made a deal."

"He taught me a mirror space Spell, allowing me to spar with myself in the mirror, which barely counted as having an opponent, and then he helped me look for a candidate who could handle tasks to help me deal with the miscellaneous affairs of the Demon Realm."

"I stopped pestering him and let him be free and unfettered."

"And that candidate for handling the tasks was Xi Feng?" Meng Li asked accordingly.

"Correct."

Upon receiving this answer, Meng Li exclaimed, "Good guy!"

According to Old Mo Tou, Xi Feng had taken care of him, only for him to turn around and set a trap to make Xi Feng come to the Demon Realm to work like a beast of burden.

He had to admit, a Devil Head is a Devil Head.

However, whether this was good or bad for Xi Feng was hard to say.

In a short while, they reached the Demon Lord's palace.

The reason they came here was that when Xi Feng was casting the Spell to reveal the battle scene, Meng Li and Chonglou sensed it and knew that Hong Kui, Lan Kui, and the others had come here.

At the same time, they didn't care that the battle was being watched, otherwise, they could have cut it off at any time.

As soon as Meng Li and Chonglou entered the palace, the most excited Xi Feng greeted them first.

"Master, Mr. Meng."

Meng Li nodded slightly.

Chonglou raised his hand, condensed a red light, and struck it at Xi Feng.

As the red light entered his body, Xi Feng's appearance changed instantly: the permanent heavy makeup that enhanced his looks faded, revealing his bare Face. Then, bumps appeared around his right eye socket. The left half of his Face became pockmarked, with skin like a toad's, and two obvious buckteeth appeared in his mouth.

Zixuan, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, Tang Xuejian, and Xu Maoshan were all shocked.

Seeing their reactions, Xi Feng immediately understood that he had returned to his original ugly appearance. He subconsciously lowered his head and covered his Face with his hand.

Chonglou said to Meng Li: "He is yours now."

Hearing this, Xi Feng called out to Meng Li: "Master."

His voice was no longer hoarse but had become deep and magnetic.

Being called "Master" by a man felt strange to Meng Li, so he immediately said: "You may just call me 'Mr. Meng'."

"Yes, Mr. Meng." Xi Feng changed his address as instructed.

Meng Li turned to Chonglou and said: "Then we shall be leaving."

Chonglou nodded, then seemingly remembering something, he reminded: "Don't forget the previous agreement. Three hundred years after you return to the Human Realm, I will come to find you for a battle."

Meng Li said in surprise: "Didn't we already determine the winner?"

Chonglou replied: "You won this time, but that might not be the case next time."

Meng Li: "..."

Forget it, let him fight if he wants to, it's a matter for three hundred years from now anyway.

Thinking this, Meng Li didn't bother to say more and left directly with Hong Kui, Lan Kui, and the others.

Outside the Demon Lord's palace, Hong Kui asked Meng Li: "Where are we going now?"

Meng Li didn't answer but asked instead: "Is there any response from the mystic light mirror?"

Hong Kui shook her head: "No."

Saying this, she handed the mystic light mirror to Meng Li.

Meng Li took it, pinched a Spell, and called out to Jing Tian through the mystic light mirror: "Jing Tian, can you hear me? Jing Tian."

Soon, Jing Tian's voice came from the mystic light mirror: "I can hear you, Elder Brother Meng. This is Jing Tian, I can hear you. How is it on your side? Are Maomao, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, Pig Woman, and Zixuan okay?"

These words immediately attracted the attention of Xu Maoshan, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, Tang Xuejian, and the others.

Meng Li replied: "I've resolved the matters on my side, everyone is fine, they are right here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Maoshan, Hong Kui, and Lan Kui began to greet Jing Tian on the other side.

"Boss, it's Maomao. I'm very well, don't worry."

"Brother, it's Hong Kui."

"Brother, it's Lan Kui, we are all safe and sound, you don't need to worry."

"Stinky Tofu, it's Xue Jian."

"Jing Tian, it's Zixuan, are you and Changqing okay?"

Jing Tian replied: "I heard you all, it's good that you are all fine. White Tofu, say something, Zixuan is asking you."

The last sentence was directed at Xu Changqing.

In an instant, Xu Changqing's voice came through: "Zixuan, and everyone, Brother Jing and I are safe and sound, you don't need to worry."

After a round of greetings, both sides felt much more at ease.

Afterward, Meng Li asked Jing Tian: "Jing Tian, where are you and Daoist Xu now? We agreed to contact each other once you reached the Divine Realm. I've already finished my fight on this side, and you haven't contacted me for a long time. Are you not at the Divine Realm yet?"

Jing Tian responded: "White Tofu and I arrived at the Divine Realm long ago."

"However, as soon as we arrived at the Divine Realm, we saw a group of celestial soldiers guarding the place."

"We were new to the Divine Realm and didn't know the situation. I was afraid that if I contacted you directly in front of those celestial soldiers, something might go wrong, so I wanted to find a place where there was no one else before talking."

"Unexpectedly, as we walked, we walked straight into a great hall, which was full of immortals, and the Heavenly Emperor was there too."

"As soon as that old man, the Heavenly Emperor, saw me, he grabbed me and started telling stories about Feipeng, the Red-Haired Demon, and Xi Yao. After all, he is the boss of the Divine Realm, and there were so many immortals watching, so I couldn't refuse to give him Face, and I had to listen to the end."

"After he finished speaking, White Tofu and I finally had the opportunity to state our purpose for coming to the Divine Realm."

"Then, that old man, the Heavenly Emperor, told us that the wind spirit pearl is with Xi Yao. And because Xi Yao threw some fruit from the Divine Tree into the Human Realm, she violated the heavenly laws and was punished, her Soul turned into flowers and plants, hiding among a patch of flowers and plants."

"The old Heavenly Emperor couldn't find her either."

"White Tofu and I are just about to go into that patch of flowers and plants to look for Xi Yao."

"There is no one around here, I was originally planning to contact you, but I didn't expect you to contact me first, Elder Brother Meng."

"Hey, White Tofu, is this the place the old Heavenly Emperor was talking about?"

Xu Changqing replied: "It should be."

Jing Tian immediately said to Meng Li's side: "Elder Brother Meng, White Tofu and I will go find Xi Yao first. If there's nothing else, we'll talk later."

"Good."