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"A pure-blooded true dragon!" Niu Dahang and Ma Zoutian were startled.

"So it was a member of the nobility in person! To have offended the imperial carriage is truly a crime deserving of death!"

The two demons, one bull and one horse, immediately knelt down, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

Upon hearing this, Jing Yu laughed and said, "Oh? How did you know I'm a pure-blooded true dragon?"

“This dragon’s might is unmistakable.” Ma Zoutian said first, “I once had the honor of seeing a pure-blooded dragon descendant, but even that dragon’s might was not as pure as yours. It is clear that you are a first-class bloodline among the dragons.”

Niu Dahang chuckled and said, "There's always a strange, pungent smell in the aura of mixed-blood dragon descendants. How could they possibly try to implicate a noble race?"

Jing Yu didn't refute, but instead asked, "Then are you two demons willing to submit?"

"How could we not want to work under a pure-blooded true dragon?" Ma Zoutian said with a mournful face and tears streaming down his face. "If you had revealed your identity earlier, even if I had a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't have dared to offend you. Why did you have to go through all this?"

The horse-faced man was crying so bitterly, probably because he was heartbroken over the ghost talisman that had been used to take his place in death.

The two demons willingly surrendered a portion of their true spirit, which was captured by the Immortal in the Pot and placed into the Demon Refining Pot. From then on, the lives of these two demons, the ox and the horse, were in Jing Yu's hands, and there was no possibility of them rebelling again.

With the help of two Cave Heaven Realm experts, Jing Yu was in high spirits. He casually rewarded the two demons with some spiritual resources suitable for Cave Heaven Realm experts, making Niu Dahang and Ma Zoutian overjoyed. At the same time, they thought to themselves, "Pure-blooded dragon descendants are really generous. I didn't expect to turn misfortune into blessing."

At this moment, Niu Dahang cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you so much for your...so...reward...ah?"

At this moment, Niu Dahang's mouth was covered by Ma Zoutian, but Ma Yao's face showed a cautious expression as he tentatively asked, "I wonder if you have any taboos regarding how you address me?"

"What taboos about addressing someone?" Jing Yu asked, somewhat puzzled.

Niu Dahang realized what was happening when Ma Zoutian covered his mouth, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, but when we lower-ranking people address nobles of high status, if we're unsure, we usually call them 'Sir,' but I don't know if you have any reservations about this form of address."

"What's the logic behind this?" Jing Yu asked, intrigued. "There's no such rule among the dragons, so why can't I be called 'Master'?"

"Perhaps it's because the master has been in seclusion within the clan and hasn't been in contact with the outside world, so the news is somewhat out of reach."

Ma Zoutian explained, "The term 'Master' is a generally accepted title, but the problem lies in the word 'human,' which has caused dissatisfaction among many high-ranking cultivators of the demon race. They feel that the demon race should create a new term, otherwise they would be putting the human race at a disadvantage."

Niu Dahang interjected, "It's not just 'Master,' but also 'Immortal.' If we're talking about the three realms of immortality, the generally accepted titles in the immortal world are 'Celestial Immortal,' 'True Immortal,' and 'Golden Immortal'... They've been used for who knows how many years."

"But the character '仙' (immortal) has the '人' (person) radical, which demon cultivators don't like to use. They want to change it to '天妖' (heavenly demon), '真妖' (true demon), '金灵' (golden spirit), etc... Sigh, they're just wasting their time."

Jing Yu stroked his chin and pondered, "That's understandable... but I don't have any such taboos. You can just call me 'Master'."

"Yes!" the two demons bowed in agreement, then asked, "May I ask what your real name is, sir..."

Jing Yu said calmly, "Bai Yuan."

He borrowed the name of [Baiyuan Longjun] without hesitation.

Jing Yu looked at the two demons, the ox and the horse, and laughed again: "When you first appeared, I thought you were the ox-headed horse from the Underworld coming to claim my life. You know what, you really did look like that."

Upon hearing this, Niu Dahang said with a shameless smile, "My lord, to tell you the truth, although we are of different races, our relationship is closer than that of blood brothers. We did indeed agree to go to the underworld in the Nine Netherworld after we die to take on a certain task."

Ma Zoutian added, "My two brothers are weak and mediocre. They have exhausted their potential in the first level of the cave realm. I am afraid that they will have little hope of achieving great success in this life. So I thought about making arrangements for their affairs after death."

"I've heard that in the Netherworld, there's a rare treasure called the 'Register of Names.' When a soul attaches itself to it, it's like registering one's name... As long as the name on the register isn't erased, it's equivalent to having an endless lifespan, enjoying a lifespan of an entire era."

"It just so happens that the Underworld has a particular fondness for bull demons and horse demons. Many of the Underworld's ghost messengers are cultivators from these two races who died and became officials... We've found a way to get our names on the register once we've collected enough tribute."

"To be honest, the reason we've been holed up on the edge of this star field, robbing and pillaging, is to accumulate more spiritual resources so we can use them to make a fortune in the future..."

Upon hearing this, Jing Yu chuckled and said, "That's quite a good idea... Well, you've gained an opportunity to join my ranks. If you have a bit of luck, you might even be able to aspire to the Great Ascension Realm."

"Now, tell me about the Azure Dragon Starfield."

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"Are you saying that the domain lord of this [Azure Dragon Star Domain] is a true immortal who attained enlightenment through the [Iron-backed Dragon]?" Jing Yu asked thoughtfully.

“Indeed, although Lord [Azure Dragon] is a mixed-blood dragon descendant and his bloodline is not as noble as yours, he has been able to cultivate all the way to become a True Immortal. He is truly an example for us lowly demons,” Niu Dahang said.

Three streaks of light streaked across the starry sky as Jing Yu and the two demons, Niu and Ma, flew away, learning about the basic situation of the [Azure Dragon Starfield].

"My lord, we have arrived. Ahead lies [Azure Dragon Star], the most prosperous star in the entire star field."

Jing Yu and the other two pressed down on their escape light and landed on Qingqiu Star.

Before them stood a majestic demon city, its walls constructed of rough, dark blue boulders. The city gate was over twenty feet high, and three large characters carved with claw marks could be faintly seen on the gate plaque: "Qingqiu City".

Upon entering the city, the streets were more than three times wider than those of the human immortal city. The shops on both sides were not much different from human architecture, except that they were enlarged several times in proportion.

To Jing Yu's surprise, although most of the cultivators on the street exuded a faint demonic aura and were clearly genuine demons, almost two-thirds of the demon cultivators were in human form and did not have any demonic characteristics.

Another third of the demon cultivators, like Niu Dahang and Ma Zoutian, transformed into beast-headed, human-bodied forms, retaining only a few demonic characteristics, but at least their bodies were humanoid.

Only a few demon cultivators still insist on showing their true forms to the demons, but most of them are small-sized creatures, and it is rare to see giant beasts that are tens or hundreds of feet tall.

Just as Jing Yu was about to ask the two demons, Ox and Horse, what was going on, she suddenly noticed two demon cultivators who had revealed their true forms standing on one side of the city gate.

One demon was a giant elephant, and the other a bat. Despite their vastly different sizes, they stood obediently before the city gate, each with a sign floating in front of them, inscribed with words written in demon blood—

"In all realms, demons are revered, and they refuse to take human form!"