If I had known I wouldn't have saved you!

Traveling through the clouds with the black dragon, Lin Shiyi kept sighing all the way.

Black Dragon was annoyed and couldn't help but said, "Master...if you really miss them, you can go back and I will go to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Monsters by myself, okay?"

Lin Shiyi rolled his eyes at him and said, "You go by yourself. What if they are hostile to you?"

Black Dragon stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said: "I will bear with them for now, and use courtesy before force."

"Be polite before using force? If someone is hostile to you and doesn't accept you, what are you going to do?" Lin Shiyi asked again.

Hearing this, the black dragon shook his head and said, "Then I can only eat them... I will eat whoever doesn't obey me, and I will spare whoever obeys me."

Lin Shiyi laughed in anger, and was too lazy to hit him, so he could only say: "If you continue like this, even if you take down the entire demon tribe, you will still follow your father's old path in the future."

Hearing the word "father", Black Dragon looked sad.

Seeing this, Lin Shiyi knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly comforted him: "But you are now a level nine demon beast, your father will definitely be happy for you."

Only then did Black Dragon recover from his grief, and soon he started chatting with Lin Shiyi again.

As the two were ninth-level demons and mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, their escape speed was naturally as fast as a shuttle. Five days later, they arrived at an extremely dilapidated ancient city.

Lin Shiyi and Black Dragon concealed their breath and flew in the air, overlooking the city that was full of traces of time.

The city wall was tall, broad and thick, but covered with spider-web-like cracks. Several little demons were either standing or lying, guarding the city gate. The city was even more bustling with demons and beasts running rampant.

There were quite a few monsters roaring and fighting in the streets, but the monsters had tough skin and high defense, so there were no major casualties. In addition, there was actually a monster market on the ancient street, and those monsters that bought and sold goods could actually speak human language. Although it sounded extremely stupid, it was surprising enough.

If the monsters want to advance to a higher level of cultivation, they must transform, because the human body is the most in line with the way of heaven. So they must first speak human language, cultivate human bodies, do human things, and overcome human tribulations. But if they do not have spiritual intelligence, it is impossible for them to speak human language. The black dragon is a natural spirit beast, different from other monsters.

Except for some special monsters, ordinary monsters can only develop intelligence after they have cultivated to level five or above. And it is extremely difficult for even a level six monster to speak human language. Only when they reach level seven can they cultivate human-shaped organs, and once their minds are opened, they can speak eloquently.

But there were clearly many level three and four demons in the market, and some even looked to be only level two, but they could all speak human language, which surprised Lin Shiyi immensely.

After discussing with Black Dragon, they decided to go down and find out the news.

Lin Shiyi asked the Black Dragon to suppress its cultivation to about level eight, and he sprayed some Taotie powder on his body, and then the two of them fell downwards together.

This Taotie powder is made from the flesh and bones of various monsters. After spraying it on the body, the whole person will be filled with monster energy. It was refined by Lin Shiyi after the war between humans and monsters, just in case.

The two entered the market. Apart from the excessive demonic energy and fear of other demonic beasts, they did not encounter any special situations. After all, this was a gathering place for demonic beasts, and the more powerful demons there were, the better. Just like when a great monk entered a human town, people would only envy and worship him, and would not be hostile to their own kind. The same was true for demonic beasts. Because of their mental disabilities, they would even more blindly worship the strong.

Sure enough, not long after, a monster that looked like a merchant came in front of the two of them.

"You two are from other places, right? Are you going to pay homage to the Holy King after your human body?" This monster has a sheep's face and a human body. He has a three-inch beard and wears white clothes like a scholar. He looks extremely weird.

Lin Shiyi quickly smiled and said, "Boss, we are going to pay homage to the Holy King, but we don't know the way. We just transformed and didn't master the speed, so we flew here all of a sudden."

Hearing this, the sheep demon rubbed his hands enviously and said, "You two brothers are so lucky. After you transform, you can go to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons to pay homage to the Holy King. The Holy King will definitely appoint you as generals!"

Lin Shiyi smiled and said, "You are not bad either. You are only one step away from transformation. Good days will come!"

"You're welcome! You two great monsters should be reasonable. It's hard to have a chat with these low-level beasts when you stay with them!" The sheep monster first bowed, then looked at the monsters walking on the street with great disgust.

For a moment, Lin Shiyi felt a little strange. He spoke clearly and even looked down on his own kind. This sheep monster seemed to be quite intelligent?

So he asked indirectly, "Brother, we have been sleeping for hundreds of years. We really don't know what happened here. These beasts don't seem to have any cultivation, but how come they can all speak the language of human cultivators? Can you tell us the reason behind this?"

Hearing this, the sheep demon slapped his thigh and said, "Hey! This is not a rare thing. You two come into the store and I will talk to you in detail!"

After a few polite words, Lin Shiyi invited Black Dragon to go into the shabby shop of the sheep demon, but as soon as he entered, he was horrified.

The cabinets in the store were filled with human skulls and various ornaments made of bones. On the walls were various recipes for cooking human flesh and methods on how to train people into slaves.

Black Dragon didn't react much. After all, in his eyes, except for Lin Shiyi and his wives, he treated all of them as food, whether they were human cultivators or monsters. Seeing that Black Dragon was calm and composed, Lin Shiyi quickly calmed himself down and sat down at a table in the store with them.

After making them a pot of tea, the sheep demon said with a smile: "This is the red dust fragrance of our shop, you two should try it..."

Black Dragon immediately picked up the cup and took a sip, then praised it endlessly: "Good! Good tea!"

Lin Shiyi looked at the tea in the cup in confusion and asked curiously, "May I ask, brother, what kind of tea is this Red Dust Fragrance? What's the story behind it?"

Hearing this, the sheep demon laughed and said, "It seems that you two are really new here. This Red Dust Incense is made from water boiled from the bones of human cultivators, with dried skin and flesh used as tea leaves, and supplemented with the scented bait of female human cultivators. That's why it's so sweet."

After hearing these descriptions, Lin Shiyi felt extremely disgusted.

How could he drink tea made from human bones and dried human flesh? Not to mention the sweet bait offered by the female cultivator, which didn't sound like a good thing.

So he quickly said, "Is that so... But it's a pity that I can't touch the water, so I can't taste this good tea."

After hearing what Lin Shiyi said, the Sheep Demon immediately understood: "Could it be that Big Brother's true self is afraid of water...? Oh... I understand... I didn't think it through."

Some monsters grow in places where there is no water source. They have never touched water from childhood to adulthood. After they transform, they cannot touch water, otherwise their vitality will be seriously damaged. The sheep monster is also a monster, so it naturally knows this.

Afterwards, they talked for a long time, and Lin Shiyi also learned a lot of important information from it, so it was not a wasted trip.

It turns out that after the monsters in the demon world reach adulthood, they will practice a special technique. This technique is said to have been created by the Dragon King Chen Jun. He made this technique into dozens of stone tablets and transported them to every city in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Monsters.

This technique can allow monsters to awaken their intelligence earlier. After awakening, they can choose to continue practicing or live an ordinary life like humans. However, because some monsters are born without supernatural powers and their progress in practice is slow, they simply stop practicing and learn to do business like humans, which is quite free and easy.

Just as they were about to leave, the sheep demon said with a smile: "My two brothers, since you are going to pay homage to the Holy King, why don't you bring some gifts? I have a lot of things here, and the Holy King will definitely like them."

Having said that, without waiting for Lin Shiyi to refuse, it clapped its hands towards the inside. Not long after, the door of the warehouse opened, and several little demons came out pushing seven or eight iron cages.

When Lin Shiyi saw the thing in the cage, his eyes widened suddenly.