Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 153 The Heavenly Demon Clan is Not Welcomed
“Princess, please calm down.” Ai Shang quickly advised, “I can go and find the clan chief for you. Please wait patiently in the city.”

"You?!" Jinlan frowned, glancing at Ai Shang: "Even Shui Ruoxin couldn't find Aunt Yun, how could you possibly find her?!"

“Princess, you may not know this, but the eastern coastline of Tianshui City has been occupied by Daoist cultivators. I naturally have a way to deal with that!” Ai Shang said smugly.

"Aishang, aren't you still planning to build the market? How can you have time to go see my mother?" Shui Ruoxin quickly winked at Aisang.

“It won’t take much time. You settle the little princess first, and then we’ll go together.” Ai Shang winked at Shui Ruoxin.

"Alright." Although Shui Ruoxin didn't know what Ai Shang was up to, she still agreed.

After bringing the five Jinlan members into the city lord's mansion, Shui Ruoxin and Ai Shang quickly left Tianshui City.

Since there was no golden light inside the city, if the two were to talk, they would certainly not escape the detection of the five Jinlan members.

Even using divine sense wouldn't work, because neither of them was as skilled as the five Jinlan members, and divine sense wouldn't be safe either.

"Aishang, are you really going to find my mother?!" Shui Ruoxin asked impatiently as soon as she stepped into the Golden Light after leaving the city.

“The city lord needs more righteous energy to attack Demon Heaven Peak, which will take time. We can use the sworn brotherhood to buy the city lord some time,” Ai Shang said as they walked.

"How do we stall for time?!" Shui Ruoxin was taken aback and quickly caught up with Ai Shang to ask.

"Jinlan is definitely heading for the teleportation array, not only to stop reinforcements from the Eastern Continent, but also to cut off the city lord's retreat," Ai Shang analyzed.

"Then let the clan leader directly refuse Jinlan. Jin Hong will be furious and send demon cultivators to attack Tianshui City."

"Aren't you trying to make my mother completely turn against the Heavenly Demon Clan?!" Shui Ruoxin was very worried, since the Water Demon Clan was still a demon clan.

"Ruoxin, don't you think this is an opportunity for the Water Demon Clan?" Ai Shang didn't answer directly, but looked at Shui Ruoxin with a smile.

"What opportunity?!" Shui Ruoxin frowned. Ai Shang's actions would plunge the Water Demon Clan into utter ruin.

"Tianshui City has a strong sense of justice, and with the support of the Daoist sect and the Eastern King, the Water Demon Clan will definitely be able to defend it. What do you think will happen?" Ai Shang smiled even more brightly.

“The demon race has always respected the strong. If the Water Demon Clan can defend Tianshui City, their status within the demon race will rise in the future.” Shui Ruoxin finally understood.

"Then what do you have to worry about? Hurry up and go find the clan leader!" Ai Shang excitedly grabbed Shui Ruoxin's little hand.

“But the Water Demon Clan is also very likely to be rejected by the Demon Clan!” Shui Ruoxin remained unmoved.

"As long as the Water Demon Clan defends Tianshui City, no matter how much the Demon Clan rejects them, they will eventually acknowledge the Water Demon Clan's status," Ai Shang had to persuade again.

"This is unpredictable!" Shui Ruoxin shook her head with difficulty, as this was a matter of great importance concerning the survival of the Water Demon Clan.

"Let the clan leader make the decision. No matter how much we analyze it, it's useless." Ai Shang had no choice but to pass the problem to Shui Yun.

"Can you find my mother?!" Shui Ruoxin wasn't lying to Jinlan; she genuinely didn't know where Shuiyun was.

"The clan leader is on the beach near the teleportation array." Without waiting for a reply, Ai Shang pulled Shui Ruoxin toward the beach.

Shuiyun was indeed cultivating on the beach near the teleportation array because she wanted to know how many Daoist cultivators had been teleported over.

Although they had joined forces with Donglai City, Shuiyun was still worried about the Daoist sect, fearing that the Water Demon Clan would be wiped out along with other demon clans.

After all, the feud between the demon race and the Taoist sect has lasted for countless years and cannot be resolved by simply uniting.

Moreover, Shuiyun couldn't be certain of Zidong's true position within the Daoist sect, as his cultivation level was too low. "You want the Water Demon Clan to betray the Demon Clan?!" After listening to Shui Ruoxin's account, Shuiyun looked at Aishang with a gloomy expression.

"Mom, Ai Shang and I discussed it together," Shui Ruoxin quickly explained, while Ai Shang lowered his head in fright.

"You want to gamble with the lives of the entire Water Demon Clan?" Shui Yun's face remained gloomy.

"Mom, this isn't gambling!" Shui Ruoxin quickly shouted:

"With Zi Dong's help, we will surely win a great victory, and not a single member of our clan will lose their life!"

"Will Zi Dong save Tianshui City?" Shui Yun looked at Ai Shang again, seemingly having accepted Shui Ruoxin's suggestion.

"Clan leader, Jinlan didn't come for Tianshui City this time. She came for the teleportation array. City Lord Zidong will naturally protect her with all his might!" Ai Shang assured Zidong confidently.

"Would Zi Dong abandon Tianshui City in order to take over Motian Peak?" Shui Yun pondered for a moment, then stared intently at Ai Shang and asked.

"Clan leader, the City Lord of Zidong would never gamble with his own life and the lives of more than 100,000 Daoist cultivators!" Ai Shang assured him again.

"Ruoxin, go tell Jinlan that the Water Demon Clan has allied with Donglai City, and Tianshui City does not welcome the Heavenly Demon Clan!" Shuiyun said this time very decisively.

"Mom, I'll go tell her right now!" Shui Ruoxin excitedly grabbed Ai Shang and ran towards Tianshui City.

"Pass down the order to prepare for battle!" Shuiyun commanded, watching Shui Ruoxin and Ai Shang depart into the distance.

"Yes, clan leader!" The two elders behind him immediately responded excitedly and then rushed towards Tianshui City.

The Water Demon Clan only wanted to cultivate in peace and seek the path to immortality, and did not want to fight with the Daoist sect, so they were constantly suppressed by other demon clans.

The cultivators had long been holding their breath, eager to fight a great battle with the other demons, but due to their inferior strength, they could only swallow their anger.

Now that Zi Dong is backing them up, they are naturally going to make a big splash and defeat the other demons!

"Shui Ruoxin, what you're doing will harm the Water Demon Clan. Take me to see Aunt Yun!" Jinlan simply didn't believe that the Water Demon Clan would be an enemy of the entire Demon Clan.

"Jinlan, do you think I would dare to impersonate the clan leader?!" Shui Ruoxin was even more furious.

"Little princess, it is the Water Demon Clan's right to do what they want, and outsiders should not interfere!" Ai Shang said calmly.

"Fine, then you just wait and see!" Jinlan angrily led her four guards away immediately.

After Ai Shang and Jin Lan left Tianshui City, they immediately contacted Zi Dong, who informed them that the Demon Clan was about to launch a major attack on Tianshui City.

“The purple aura is coming from the east, what should we do?” Zi Dong quickly asked in his divine sense, as the righteous energy of the Central Continent had not yet been fully replenished.

[Let the Water Demon Clan cultivators merge with the Righteous Qi.] Donglai Ziqi remained calm, and the area surrounding Tianshui City was filled with Righteous Qi.

"Can a Water Demon Clan cultivator fuse with Righteous Qi?!" Zi Dong was completely dumbfounded. Could anyone fuse with that?
"The Water Demon Clan can devour water, and water can merge with righteous energy. Do you think Water Demon Clan cultivators can merge with righteous energy?" Donglai Ziqi countered.

"That works?!" Zi Dong certainly knew that water could fuse with righteous energy, but could the Water Demon Clan devour water that had fused with righteous energy?!

Donglai Ziqi ignored him, so Zi Dong had no choice but to contact Ai Shang and ask Shui Ruoxin to bring a few Water Demon Clan cultivators to Blood Demon Mountain to give it a try.

(End of this chapter)