Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 85 Demonic Appearance
"Liu Moqing, Jinshi City has joined the Flying Sky Alliance and is in dire need of resources and territory. I will lead my men to help you seize them. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Sikong Bo began to warn Liu Moqing.

"Master Sikong, that's a good thing for the Flying Sky Alliance. I'm still willing to trade with the Demon Clan."

Liu Moqing wasn't stupid. Once Sikong Bo seized the Luojin Mountain Range, it would be occupied by the Flying Sky Alliance, and Jinshi City would be out of the picture.

"Liu Moqing, you're quite clever!" Sikong Bo praised, "Then let the Falling Gold Mountain Range be ceded to the Cloud Heaven Sect!"

"Huh?!" Liu Moqing exclaimed in surprise. This was even worse than the Guifeitian Alliance. Jinshi City would never get refined gold again!
Because Yuntian Sect only sells finished products and will never sell refined gold to Jinshi City, the price of which is not acceptable to everyone.

More than a dozen flying boats landed directly in the Luojin Mountains. Sikong Bo had already notified the people of Jinshi City to come.

"Liu Moqing, you can leave now!" Sikong Bo waved to Liu Moqing as if shooing away a fly.

The demon, monster, and witch clans have already withdrawn, so there's no need to worry about Liu Moqing tipping them off. Staying here would only be an eyesore.

The elders who remained in the Fallen Gold Mountains have begun searching for and eliminating the remaining cultivators from the demon, monster, and witch races.

Sikong Bo did not allow Zi Dong to lead the demon-hunting team into action immediately. For safety reasons, he planned to wait until the elders finished their search and the people of Jinshi City arrived before they could act together.

The Luojin Mountains are much less barren than the Qinglong Mountains, mainly because there are few rivers and lakes, and the vegetation is not very lush.

Sikong Bo chose a large mountain to rest on, which he used as the command center for clearing the Luojin Mountain Range.

Night fell quickly, and the temperature dropped sharply. If it was early autumn in the Azure Dragon Mountains, it was already deep winter in the Falling Gold Mountains.

Sikong Bo had just finished arranging the elders for the night watch when the elder in charge of the search immediately sent word that a demon spirit had been discovered in the Luojin Mountains.

On the Tianyun Continent, the most troublesome creatures are not the Heavenly Demons, because they require demon cultivators to set up formations to guide them.

Demonic spirits, however, are not subject to any restrictions and can appear at any time. They can also possess a cultivator's body directly, turning the cultivator's soul into a ghost.

Sikong Bo quickly arranged for all the elders to protect the demon-hunting team, and then led the deacons to the place where the demon spirit had appeared.

Zi Dong learned about demon spirits from the jade slips in the Sutra Repository; even the most powerful Void Breaking Realm cultivators on the Eastern Continent were unwilling to face them.

Demon spirits are monsters created when a powerful demon cultivator's physical body is about to collapse, by refining the physical body into a spiritual form and then fusing it with the original body.

Therefore, demons can transform into their true form, or into human form, and can even blend into the world to launch surprise attacks.

"Zi Dong, the Demon Hunter Team should head to Jinshi City first. Demon spirits are hard to guard against," Zhou Xinyu reminded him.

“Demon spirits only exist in the Great Snow Mountain, how could they appear in the Falling Gold Mountain Range?!” Feng Qingwu was very puzzled.

"Could it be something the demon, monster, and witch clans prepared for us?" Zi Dong had always felt that the retreat of the demon, monster, and witch clans was a bit suspicious.

"Elders, I am Liu Moqing!" Just as the three were guessing, an urgent shout suddenly came from down the mountain.

"Why is he back?!" Feng Qingwu muttered in surprise, then saw Liu Moqing walking up the mountain in the moonlight.

"Lord Liu, why are you back?" Zi Dong was also surprised and quickly called Liu Moqing over.

“There are demonic spirits in the Luojin Mountains. I was almost possessed!” Liu Moqing walked over and sat down in a somewhat frightened manner.

"Lord Liu, don't you have dealings with the demon, monster, and witch races in the Fallen Gold Mountains? Why would the demon spirits attack you?" Zi Dong couldn't help but tease.

"Those who come and go are people, not demons or spirits that are neither human nor ghost!" Liu Moqing was very annoyed.

"Lord Liu, do you think these demonic spirits might have been deliberately brought here by the demon, monster, and witch races?" Zi Dong asked tentatively. "It's quite possible!" Liu Moqing paused for a moment, then immediately nodded affirmatively.
"The Fallen Gold Mountains are the largest gathering place for the demon, monster, and witch races on the Eastern Continent, and refined gold is their main source of income. They will definitely not give it up easily!"

"Lord Liu, why don't you ask the demon, monster, and witch clans? After all, you're trapped too?"

Zi Dong thought that the three races of demons, monsters, and witches would let Liu Moqing leave the Luojin Mountains safely, since Jinshi City was the biggest customer of the three races.

"I only do business with the demon, monster, and witch races; they don't care whether I live or die!" Liu Moqing said angrily.

"Be on guard!" Zi Dong was about to say something when he heard a low shout from below the mountain, and then he saw all the elders fly into the air.

Spirits are more likely to hide at night and can hide for longer periods of time, so they generally come out to move around at night.

Because demons are similar to ghosts, they don't have physical bodies and dare not be exposed to sunlight for long periods of time, and are more familiar with the atmosphere of darkness.

Zi Dong quickly ordered the Demon Hunter Team to be on high alert, because if the disciples were possessed by a demon spirit, it would be a dead end.

With a "whoosh," a bolt of lightning suddenly shot from afar, transforming in the blink of an eye into Sikong Bo, standing proudly atop the heads of Zi Dong and his group.

"Form the formation!" With his shout, the elders guarding the surrounding area immediately unleashed countless bursts of true energy, enveloping the entire mountaintop.

"Let's stay here for one night and head to Jinshi City as soon as it's light!" Sikong Bo instructed Zi Dong and the others.

"Master Sikong, we can also travel by flying boat!" Liu Moqing quickly stood up and shouted.

Although he also had a flying boat, he couldn't pilot it and defend himself at the same time, and he would also be attacked by demons.

"Liu Moqing, do you know how many demon spirits are in the Fallen Gold Mountains?!" Sikong Bo asked sharply, looking down.

"I really don't know." Liu Moqing quickly shook his head. He didn't dare to investigate at all and ran back immediately.

“If there are a large number of demons, even the flying boat can’t defend against them. Let’s wait until dawn,” Sikong Bo said solemnly.

The elders who were searching the Luojin Mountains soon arrived at the mountain and joined the defensive formation.

The entire mountaintop was shrouded in a transparent, dim light, resembling a calm lake under the moonlight.

None of the Zi Dong members were cultivating; they were all staring intently at the dome-like transparent light shield.

Many of them had never seen a demon spirit before, and with the sect elders protecting them, it was a good opportunity for them to witness one.

Liu Moqing hesitated, holding the communication jade slip, glancing at the protective shield from time to time, unable to make up his mind.

"Lord Liu, are you trying to contact the demon, monster, and witch clans?" Zi Dong asked curiously.

"What's the point of me contacting them!" Liu Moqing glared angrily at Zi Dong.
"I want to contact Jinshicheng and have them come and pick me up. It's not safe for me to stay here!"

"Demon spirits have also been discovered within Jinshi City. The protective array has been activated, and no one will leave the city!"

Sikong Bo was even more annoyed. He hadn't expected to encounter such a troublesome demon spirit this time, making it almost impossible for him to do anything.

"What happened in Jinshi City?!" Liu Moqing immediately became nervous and quickly contacted his subordinates.

His family and men are all in the city. If the demon spirits cause such a disturbance, not only will he suffer heavy losses, but no one in Jinshi City will dare to go there!
(End of this chapter)