Demonic Dao Fanfiction: Protecting You from Worries for a Lifetime

With Chaoyang's help, Lan Xichen flourished within the Lan Clan and gained control of the clan. Meanwhile, Lan Wangji's life in Qishan was also fulfilling thanks to Wei Ying's help.

Muxi Mountain Basalt Cave.

Since the training at Mount Qishan, the swords of the children of the noble families have been confiscated, and their living conditions are difficult, with insufficient food. They are also required to be taken by Wen Chao on night hunts.

Today, Wen Chao learned that a legendary powerful demonic beast inhabited Muxi Mountain. He gathered a group of noble family members and sent them deep into the forest to search for the demonic beast. He had used similar tactics before, sending unsuspecting noble family members as vanguards. Once they had battled the demonic beast to exhaustion, Wen Chao would strike the final blow with his sword, then boast of having single-handedly killed the demonic beast, thus enhancing his reputation. Although the noble family members were dissatisfied, they could only swallow their anger and endure silently.

This was a group activity, with Wen Chao and many of the Wen Clan's disciples participating, including the Danhua Master Wen Zhuliu. Wei Ying and Fen Hua maintained a distance, observing from afar.

Because Lan Wangji's leg injury was no secret, and the Lan and Nie families had a close relationship, Nie Huaisang also stayed by his side to carefully take care of Lan Wangji. Due to Nie Huaisang's well-known reputation as a "wasteful person", it did not cause much controversy.

Wen Chao was now completely focused on Jiang Cheng, who didn't take him seriously, and had no time to think about Lan Wangji. This also made Lan Wangji and Nie Huaisang happy to have some free time, and they even had the mood to search the woods for some useful wild fruits and herbs, just in case.

Jiang Cheng was unlucky. He was already starving and barely able to walk. Wen Chao's favorite concubine, Wang Lingjiao, kept a close eye on him. Whenever he tried to rest, she would brandish a branding iron and shout at him from behind, exhausting him until he was dizzy.

Just when Jiang Cheng was about to collapse, someone finally discovered the monster's tracks and shouted, "Found it!"

Wang Lingjiao, beaming with joy, ran to Wen Chao and excitedly reported, "Second Master, we found it!"

Wen Chao gently pulled her closer, put his arms around her slender waist, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work, Jiaojiao. Take me to see it."

The people around him thought to themselves: How shameless. Wen Zhuliu stood behind Wen Chao, looking straight ahead, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Wen Chao didn't care what others thought. He hurried to the location and found the cave entrance under a large tree. The roots were intertwined and covered with leaves, making it difficult to find. Looking at the dark cave entrance, Wen Chao asked someone to throw a stone down to test it. After a long time, there was no sound of the stone hitting the ground. Wen Chao was overjoyed: "This must be it, hurry up and get down!"

Jin Zixuan couldn't control his temper and said coldly, "You said you were here for a night hunt, so you should at least tell us what kind of monster it is."

Wen Chao stood up, pointed at Jin Zixuan first, then pointed at himself and said: "Tell you? Don't get it wrong, you are just the monks under me, I am the one who gives the orders." His tone was high and arrogant, which made people feel disgusted and funny.

Wang Lingjiao scolded, "Didn't you hear what Master Wen said? Hurry up and go down!" She turned around and coquettishly suggested to Wen Chao, "Second Master, this cave is too deep, and we don't know what's going on down there. Why don't we send someone down to explore first to see if there's any danger out there?"

Jin Zixuan was so angry that he was about to jump down with his clothes lifted up, but when he heard this, he was quickly dragged back by Jin's disciples.

Wen Chao still listened to what Wang Lingjiao said. After thinking about it, he thought, what's the big deal? So he agreed with Wang Lingjiao's statement.

Wang Ling let out a sweet laugh, rolled her eyes, and pointed at Jiang Cheng, saying, "Why not let Jiang Cheng go? He's the young master of a first-rate family, and he ranked among the top in the archery competition. I think he's quite capable, so he's the most suitable person to go down."

Wang Lingjiao knew her own weight. Her honor and disgrace all depended on Wen Chao, so she liked whoever Wen Chao liked, and hated whoever Wen Chao hated.

Jiang Cheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he angrily questioned, "Why me? Jin Zixuan and Lan Wangji are also from first-class families. Jin Zixuan and I are also young sect leaders. Why shouldn't they go?"

His questioning didn't shake Wen Chao's resolve; it only made him more resolute to let him participate. Wen Chao winked at a security guard, who quietly slid behind Jiang Cheng and kicked him off. "Get off! You're honored to be allowed to go down by the Second Young Master," he said coldly.

"Ah!" Jiang Cheng hadn't anticipated Wen Chao's decision to have someone kick him down. He lost his balance and fell defenselessly into the bottomless cave. Although he tried his best to mobilize his spiritual energy to slow his descent, the immense force of the impact still caused Jiang Cheng to fall heavily.

Jiang Cheng lay on the ground, feeling excruciating pain all over his body, as if his bones were about to fall apart. Jiang Cheng struggled to stand up, but found that his body seemed to be unable to obey his will and he could not get up for a long time. Hearing Jiang Cheng's wailing, Wen Chao ordered everyone to get off.

The cave was dark. Wen Chao had people light torches and distribute them to the nobles, urging them to continue walking in. They didn't see any trace of the beast until they reached a large pool of water deep in the cave. Finally, Wen Chao grew impatient and said, "Find someone to bleed the beast and lure it out."

Wang Lingjiao originally wanted to let Jiang Cheng and the woman named Mianmian bleed together, but then she thought that if something really happened to Jiang Cheng, the Wen Chao Jiang family would not dare to take action, but it would be easy for her Jiang family to retaliate. Wang Lingjiao knew all the dirty tricks of the aristocratic family, otherwise she would not have been so successful in Wen Chao's backyard.

So she changed her mind and decided to let Mianmian bear the unfair treatment alone. Wang Lingjiao thought to herself that this way, she could satisfy Wen Chao and avoid direct conflict with the Jiang family, which was a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy.

Wang Lingjiao pointed directly at the woman named Mianmian; "It's her." Mianmian was pretty and charming. Wen Chao had glanced at her several times. Wang Lingjiao had long regarded her as a thorn in her side. If she could prove herself, why not kill her?

Mianmian naturally wouldn't just let someone bleed her, so she hid in the crowd. Wherever they hid, the people scattered. Only Jin Zixuan and Lan Wangji stood still and let Mianmian hide behind them.

Eventually, the aristocratic and Wen clansmen engaged in a brawl in the cave. Perhaps due to the noise or the strong smell of blood, the boulder in the cave's lake began to shake. It turned out the monster they were looking for had been inside the cave. By the time the Wen clan and the aristocratic clansmen reacted, chaos had already broken out.