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Chapter 150 Looking for fun
The Demon Realm was different from what Cheng Shuyan had imagined. She thought the Demon Realm was dark and gloomy, and the demon cultivators were bloodthirsty and brutal.
When she actually saw what the Demon Realm looked like, she suddenly felt a huge sense of contrast.
In addition to the pervasive demonic energy, the people in the Demon Realm, perhaps because they practice demonic energy, are mostly hot-tempered and impulsive, but not as bloodthirsty as she imagined.
She was teleported to a small town on the outskirts of the Demon Realm. The highest-level cultivator in the town was a Jindan-stage demon cultivator, and there were only a few foundation-building demon cultivators.
This city is mostly populated by Qi-cultivating monks and mortals, and the monks are very gentle towards the mortals.
In the Cang Xuan Continent, cultivators and mortals are clearly distinguished. Cultivators claim to have detached themselves from the mortal world and are unwilling to have too much interaction with mortals.
But in the small city of Demon Realm, she saw mortals and demon cultivators living together, and many shops such as teahouses and inns were run by mortals.
These demon cultivators do not rely on their own cultivation to do evil. Instead, they all abide by the rules and will pay mortals with magic crystals to buy items.
Cheng Shuyan wandered around the city for a day and discovered that most of the prejudices that the cultivators in Cangxuan Continent had against the demon cultivators were actually groundless accusations.
She sat in the teahouse, listening with great interest to the storyteller's passionate narration of how the Demon Realm had turned the tide and saved the Thousand Spirit Realm ten thousand years ago.
This is a scene that is impossible to happen in the Cang Xuan Continent. The cultivators of the Cang Xuan Continent seem to be extremely wary of that war.
She could hardly find any information about the war. There were some records left by forces like the Cheng family and the Xuanfeng Sect, but they were all kept secret and inaccessible to ordinary cultivators.
She was listening intently when a handsome man came over to her with a pile of melon seeds and sat down next to her. He asked curiously:
"This fellow Daoist looks unfamiliar, but have you come here specifically to participate in the Holy Son selection?"
The man was kind and had no ill intentions towards her, so Cheng Shuyan started chatting with him.
"I just came out of seclusion and happened to come here. I have heard a little about the selection of the Holy Son that you mentioned, but I don't know the whole story."
The jade slip she bought from Wan Lao San mentioned the opening of the Demon Cave, which included the selection of the Holy Son.
The Holy Son is actually a protector. Each city in the Demon Realm will select people with outstanding qualifications to go to the Holy City. At that time, the Holy City will choose five people from among those sent by each city to become the Holy Son.
These five holy sons are the protectors of the Young Demon Lord. They will practice with the Young Demon Lord. If the Young Demon Lord can succeed to the throne of the Demon Lord in the future, these people will be his right-hand men.
Originally, the selection of the Holy Son should have begun after the Young Demon Lord made his selection, but for some reason, the selection of the Holy Son this time was delayed.
Now that the Demon Cave is about to open, the Young Demon Lord will definitely enter the Demon Cave, and the selection of the Holy Son is imminent, so the selection order was hurriedly issued.
The man immediately became interested when he heard this and started talking to her.
"That's quite a coincidence, fellow Daoist! The selection of the Holy Son will begin in three days. I heard that this time the selection will not only consider cultivation and aptitude, but also a special condition.
I was planning to try my luck in three days. Since you are here, why don't we go together?"
"That's exactly what I was thinking. My name is Cheng Li, and I'm temporarily staying at the Suyin Inn. I haven't asked for your name yet, fellow Taoist."
"My name is Wu Lan. What a coincidence, Fellow Daoist Cheng, I also live in the Suyin Inn. It's truly fate!"
The two chatted for a while and agreed to go to the City Lord's Mansion together to participate in the selection three days later.
After listening to the story for a while, Cheng Shuyan returned to the inn.
Three days passed in a flash, and when she walked into the lobby of the inn, Wu Lan was already waiting for her, waving a fan.
When the two of them arrived at the City Lord's Mansion together, quite a few people had already gathered there.
Most of these demon cultivators have ferocious looks, but they actually don't seem to have any good intentions.
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one else came in, a demon cultivator in the late foundation building stage walked out from the inner hall and said to everyone:
“Needless to say, you all are gathered here for the purpose of selecting the Holy Son.
However, this time the selection of the Holy Son is somewhat special. We will not consider your cultivation level or aptitude. We only want Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators with a bone age of forty or less!"
As soon as the words fell, the crowd exploded, and everyone was very confused.
"What? Only sword cultivators? What kind of requirement is that! How many sword cultivators are there in the Demon Realm?"
"Yeah, isn't the sword what those cultivators in Cangxuan Continent usually use? Few of us in the Demon Realm practice that!"
Wu Lan also quietly approached Cheng Shuyan and said in confusion, "This standard is really strange. Most of us demon cultivators are physical cultivators, and we will fight anyone who doesn't obey us.
Even when they use magical weapons, they tend to prefer swords, halberds, and the like. Very few magic cultivators use swords, so how can they choose?"
Cheng Shuyan was also a little surprised. After these few days, she found that there were indeed very few swords among the magical weapons sold in various shops in the city.
She did use a sword, but her sword was a spiritual sword and naturally could not be exposed in the Demon Realm.
"Ahem! Be quiet, everyone. If the higher-ups want sword cultivators, then we'll become sword cultivators! In the end, we'll all go to the Holy City, and the decision will be made by the Young Demon Lord.
You all have one day to prepare. If you can become a sword cultivator, you will be eligible to participate in the competition. Okay, come back tomorrow!"
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the inner hall, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
What he said couldn't be clearer. As long as you can get a sword, who would question you if you said you were a swordsman?
"Goodbye, I'm going to buy a sword!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and then the man rushed out of the City Lord's Mansion and disappeared in a flash!
Everyone woke up and rushed out, fearing that they would be a step slower and be overtaken by others.
"Hurry up! Let's go and join in the fun!" Seeing this, Wu Lan excitedly pulled her and ran out.
Cheng Shuyan suspected that he didn't want to choose any Holy Son at all, he was just here for fun!
Cheng Shuyan came here just to get some information.
She is now using the magic energy created by the Shadow Stone to conceal her identity, making it difficult for others to discover her.
If she really participated in the selection of the Holy Son and was lucky enough to be selected and sent to the Holy City, then her identity as a cultivator would be unconcealable!
However, Wu Lan pulled her and ran out. Since there was nothing to do for the time being, she simply followed Wu Lan to join in the fun.
"Haha, the allure of being the Holy Son is truly immense! Even though it's such a dangerous undertaking, they're all desperately trying to be chosen!"
Looking at the demon cultivators crowding into various magic weapon shops, Wu Lan said excitedly.
"Ordinary cultivators are mostly limited by cultivation resources, and it is difficult for them to improve their cultivation, thus wasting their lives.
"Becoming a Holy Son one day means receiving support from the Holy City and no longer having to worry about cultivation resources, so everyone naturally wants to give it a try," Cheng Shuyan said with emotion.
Wu Lan shook his head, disagreeing with her words: "They are not after the so-called resources, but for the Cold Flame Soul-Melting Flower!"