Chapter 657: Southern Demon
Within the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion, many beautiful peaks stood tall. Qilins lay before cliffs, ancient herbs grew alongside, their fragrance spreading far and wide. There were also open spaces, dotted with lakes like bright pearls, where flood dragons emerged and submerged, gathering divine beauty.
As soon as Ye Fan entered the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion, he was discovered. Qi Huoshui led dozens of people to block him at the mountain gate, drawing a crowd.
"The prodigy from the Eastern Wasteland has arrived, his true body has entered the mansion!"
This news spread quickly. Many people rushed over, all wanting to see his true appearance. His reputation had been too resounding lately, and many wished to meet him.
Of course, there were no shortage of conceited talents who felt unconvinced and hurried over, while prodigy-level existences were even stirred, emerging from seclusion one after another.
"Ye, you scoundrel, you're not getting away today!" Qi Huoshui gritted her teeth. Her beauty was beyond doubt; she was a pearl of the Southern Ridge, a peerless beauty who made all flowers pale in comparison.
"Go ahead and shout, shout until your throat is hoarse, it won't do any good. Ye Fan hasn't done anything to you." Pang Bo said very lecherously.
Qi Huoshui was so angry she almost fainted. Her face flushed bright red, and she was so choked up she could barely speak. She forcefully exhaled a breath before shouting, "You... damn it!"
At these words, jaws dropped all around. Qi Huoshui was a peerless beauty, usually elegant in speech and demeanor. She was clearly pushed to her limit.
"Who have I provoked? Ye Fan really hasn't done anything to you. Did I say something wrong? Is there some hidden story?" Pang Bo wore an expression that begged to be punched.
"You... disappear right now!" Qi Huoshui was so angry she wanted to bite someone.
"We're not that familiar, are we? Don't get so excited when you see me. Did you set up this big scene to welcome me or what?" Ye Fan asked.
"Shut up, I'm here to suppress you!" Qi Huoshui was even more agitated, her face flushed with anger, her slender jade-like body almost trembling. She shouted to the people beside her, "All together, seal him!"
However, although several dozen people had arrived, full of aggressive momentum, when it came down to it, not a single one dared to make a move, turning a deaf ear to her words.
Qi Huoshui was furious. She shouted for a long time, but no one stepped forward. She was left alone facing Ye Fan, utterly humiliated and enraged.
"What are you afraid of? Isn't he just a Sacred Body? With so many people, can't you beat him?"
These people still didn't act. They all looked at each other, unmovable as thunder. Come on, this was a killing star who dared to slaughter even Great Powers. Who would dare go up now?
"Princess, he just killed the Northern Emperor's own uncle. Are you sure you want to suppress him?" A woman beside her quietly reminded.
"So what?" Qi Huoshui said dismissively.
"The Northern Emperor, a figure even sect masters have to be wary of. His uncle was killed, which shows how arrogant the Sacred Body is. It's not a good idea to provoke him now."
"What about the Northern Emperor? My brother is still the Southern Demon. What about the Sacred Body? My distant cousin Yao Yuekong is still a Heavenly Demon Body." Qi Huoshui muttered.
"Are you a demoness?" Pang Bo exclaimed in surprise.
"Shut up, disappear!" Qi Huoshui had a hundred and twenty dislikes for him. Veins bulged on her smooth, jade-like forehead.
"No wonder you're unrealistically beautiful, a demoness so captivating. You're a demon girl, from the Southern Ridge where many demon lords reside. You're from the Demon Emperor Hall." Pang Bo cried out strangely.
Princess Qi's forehead was covered in black lines. "Fatty, I'll remember this. Both you and that Sacred Body are no good. Just wait."
In truth, Pang Bo wasn't fat at all, just overly burly, two or three heads taller than normal, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, arms thicker than other people's thighs.
"You're the fatty. This is called being robust, alright? Haven't you seen a demon with such manliness?" Pang Bo said.
"Go to hell!" Qi Huoshui ordered the others to act. When they wouldn't obey, she sacrificed a demon tower herself. Silver light flickered as it flew forward.
"Ding"
Ye Fan acted, catching it with his bare hand. He tapped it, sending it flying back. Stroking his chin, he looked Qi Huoshui up and down and said, "Really a demoness?"
He had once captured Qi Huoshui and never expected her background to be so great. She came from the Demon Emperor Hall, which had existed since ancient times, and was the younger sister of the Southern Demon.
"Whether it's the Heavenly Demon Palace of the Eastern Wasteland or the Demon Emperor Hall of the Southern Ridge, both produce world-shaking great demons. Their descendants are born in human form, their true bodies invisible, just like Yan Ruyu." Pang Bo said. He knew more than Ye Fan, having spent a long time among the demon clan.
"Qi demoness, I don't really have any grudge against you. Don't get so excited when you see me. I haven't planned to go to war with your legendary brother yet."
People in the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion had heard rumors. The Southern Demon was extremely mysterious, rarely appearing, always studying the manuscripts of past mansion sages in seclusion.
"Ye, don't be so arrogant..."
"Cousin, what are you doing? Water from the great river flooding the Dragon King's temple—these are all friends." A light laugh came from not far away. A purple-robed man walked over, very heroic.
"Brother Yuekong!" Ye Fan laughed heartily. It was none other than Yao Yuekong, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, as spirited as ever.
"Long time no see. Brother Ye, your fame now shakes the world. Truly impressive." Yao Yuekong walked over.
"Cousin, how do you know him?!" Princess Qi was very dissatisfied, still brooding over Ye Fan taking her as a servant girl. Being imprisoned for a month still made her teeth itch to think about it.
"Let bygones be bygones. Brother Ye is not an outsider." Yao Yuekong smiled.
"Boom"
Deep within the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion, an ancient mountain erupted with demonic energy that pierced the heavens. Infinite divine light shot through the sky. An ancient Demon Emperor Hall materialized, as majestic and grand as the ancient Heavenly Court.
A figure, reaching up to the nine heavens, materialized out of thin air. Black hair cascaded like a waterfall, eyes held endless stars forming and extinguishing, deep and unfathomable, like a demon god descending.
"Could it be the legendary Southern Demon?!" Many were shocked.
Ye Fan's expression froze. Both the Demon Emperor Hall and that god-like man were merely manifestations of a wisp of divine thought, emerging through the ancient mountain. Such earth-shattering power showed the level of that person's cultivation!
"Like a demon god!" Pang Bo was also shocked.
"Qi Qi, come back." A cold voice transmitted. That wisp of divine thought turned into a beam of divine light, piercing through the void, sweeping Princess Qi away, vanishing in an instant.
"The Southern Demon is so powerful. A wisp of divine thought surpasses all others. In a thousand years, I might be able to beat Wang Teng into a pig, so even his mother wouldn't recognize him?" Li Heishui said.
Everyone was speechless, silent for a moment.
"Figures like the Northern Emperor and Southern Demon can't lack potential. Such momentum is unstoppable in the future. They won't stop. It's hard to say what heights they'll reach."
Late at night, stars twinkled, moonlight was soft. Even Ji Ziyue's little face was flushed red from drinking, shouting about suppressing her brother.
Ji Haoyue's forehead was covered in black lines. He helped her sober up, trying to pull her away.
"Not drunk. Thousand-year immortal brew, I can drink many cups. Just had one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight cups..." Her breath was like orchid fragrance. She danced among the peach blossoms, like a spirit under the night moon, drunkenly dancing.
"Little Leaf, tomorrow we'll go suppress the Southern Demon, suppress the Central Emperor, suppress... the mansion master." Ji Ziyue was forcibly dragged away by her brother. She was indeed a bit tipsy, muttering coquettishly, also wanting to suppress her wicked brother.
"Do you know where the Stellar Ancient Path leading to the outer domain is?" After seeing off Ji Ziyue and her brother, Ye Fan returned to ask Yao Yuekong and Dongfang Ye.
"No one knows where it is." They all shook their heads.
The night was deep. They left the small tavern and arrived among a range of spirit mountains. There were many peaks, each person having their own cave dwelling, flowing with auspicious energy under the pure white moonlight.
In the latter half of the night, all was silent. Ye Fan walked out alone, standing on the mountain peak, overlooking the entire Extraordinary Scholars Mansion. It stretched endlessly, with Soaring Immortal light rising in places.
Suddenly, he sensed a powerful aura. He quickly turned around, only to see a man walking out of the void, standing within an ancient Demon Emperor Hall, like a demon god.
"Southern Demon!" Ye Fan's heart jumped.
The Southern Demon was unfathomably deep. A wisp of divine thought opened a small world, as if standing in the ancient Heavenly Court, looking down below. His eyes held star domains, as if the ancient demon emperor had been reborn.
"I've seen you before. You're from the outer domain." The Southern Demon, Qi Lin, spoke calmly.
Ye Fan was greatly shocked. He stared at him, not understanding why he said this.
Moonlight like water. The Southern Demon, Qi Lin, stood in the void, his eyes deep. "Nine dragons pulling a coffin, coming from the outer domain. There were over a dozen of you, crossing the star domain. You were one of them."
"You..."