Chapter 2323: Bad News

“That’s right, the Celestial Court!” The great elder now had a different kind of glint in his expression. His slightly stooped back had now straightened too.

“Is the Celestial Court that one with the countless deities?” Zu An wasn’t worried about misunderstandings anymore and tried to sound the situation out.

“That’s right. In the past, it was the True Demon ancestor that established the Celestial Court; he was a deity that millions and millions of creatures looked up to. He had all manner of immortals that obeyed his orders, and his celestial army of a hundred thousand dominated the realms...” the great elder explained with a tone full of respect.

Zu An felt more and more that these things were similar to the Celestial Court he'd known about before. He was also quite shocked. He asked, “May I ask what the ancestor’s taboo name was?”

Was it the same as the one he was thinking of? More importantly, why had the Celestial Court of the myths ended up being connected this Monster World?

“The ancestor’s taboo name is unknown to all. For those at their level, anyone who spoke their name while not being strong enough would only bring destruction upon themselves.” The great elder shook his head. “But I know that everyone referred to him as the Celestial Emperor.”

“The Celestial Emperor?” Zu An frowned slightly. That name was really a bit too widely applied. It was difficult to get more information out of just that.

He couldn't help but remember the Fiend races’ Imperial Tomb secret dungeon. He seemed to have come into contact with a Celestial Court there too. At the time, there was a Celestial Emperor who had granted him a red bow with white arrows. He wondered if that was the same Celestial Emperor as the True Demon race’s ancestor.

Wait, the Monster World and the Fiend races have a close connection. That secret dungeon was also in the Fiend races’ Imperial Tomb. Is it really just a coincidence?

“That’s right. This is something that not even the Monster Lord knows about. It is our True Demon race’s greatest secret. You absolutely cannot speak of it, or else it will bring about a great calamity upon our True Demon race,” the great elder warned again.

Zu An nodded. This secret really was shocking. He had just been testing his luck. How could he have known that there would be such a huge discovery to unearth?

“That is why, whether it is the Monster Lord or the Lord of Slaughter, they are nothing more than passing mist. Even though they are strong, they are nothing compared to us esteemed True Demons.” The great elder harrumphed. “That is why what you need to do is to look for the ancestor’s remains in the Cultivation World and obtain his inheritance. At the very least, you need to find the method to awaken our bloodline, the same way we can activate the bloodlines of the Fiend races in the Cultivation World. Once our True Demon race becomes stronger, we won’t need to listen to either the Monster Lord or the Lord of Slaughter anymore.” He looked upward as he spoke. His eyes filled with madness as he exclaimed, “If you encountered the ancestor’s real inheritance, or even awakened his will, who would even care about that world-destroying Annihilation Beast anymore?!”

Zu An was speechless.

Does the Monster World not have any normal people? They’re all scheming something, each bigger than the last...

But the ancestral remains the elder had mentioned were actually in the Cultivation World... He wondered which corner they were hidden in. He kept getting the sense that the Cultivation World was more and more mysterious. Not only had there been a secret dungeon like the underworld, there was even the remains of the True Demon race’s ancestor.

Zu An thus said, “But I had to return early to avoid that world’s regent. I didn’t receive any valuable gains from this trip.”

“You brought back the Demon race’s four saintesses, so how is that without value? Furthermore, you’ve brought back a lot of ki stones, food, and other things. That is already a great help to to the True Demon race.” The great elder patted his shoulder to console him.

However, a glint passed through his eyes when he touched Zu An’s body. Even though Adiljan’s report had been proven to be a misunderstanding, he was still a bit suspicious. He had followed the young master earlier before he met the Monster Lord, and now he deliberately touched his body, only to sense that it was indeed a True Demon body. He now completely felt at ease.

Hmph, that idiot Adiljan really deserves to die ten thousand times over!

Zu An naturally knew the elder was trying to investigate his real identity, but he wasn’t worried at all. The Myriad Transformations skill didn’t have those kinds of flaws. Sure enough, he sensed relief from the elder, and he also completely calmed down as a result.

“There is still another problem. The formation disc was destroyed this time because of the transportation. I need more materials to make a new formation disc.” Zu An could now freely make his requests.

“Even though various resources are guarded, our True Demon race can still gather most materials. But there are still a few crucial materials that have already been used up during the previous trips. The rest are in the Monster Lord’s treasury and might be difficult to obtain.” The great elder frowned, clearly finding the request a bit troublesome.

“This is also why I got closer to Salamay. They have a way to get me into the treasury,” Zu An said seriously.

“That is a good solution.” The great elder’s eyes lit up. “But this is an extremely risky matter. The slightest mistake would mean no hope of reprieve.”

“With how things are, there’s no other choice. We can only take a gamble,” Zu An said. In reality, the fact that the Monster Lord had made him a double agent made the matter less risky.

“What does Salamay want you to do by helping them?” the great elder asked gravely.

“To help them find out information about the Lord of Slaughter, of course, and it would be even better if the Lord of Slaughter wais rescued.” Zu An sighed inwardly as he spoke.

Salamay’s faction has gone to such an extent and schemed so deeply, yet they have no idea that the Lord of Slaughter has already perished. All of their plans are doomed to never bear fruit.

“Hah, as expected. However, even though you can help them, you cannot truly side with them. The Monster Lord’s influence might not be as great as it was before, but if he is truly angered, his wrath is not something that our True Demon race can endure,” warned the great elder.

“I know what I'm doing.” Zu An used the chance to say, “By the way, after this panicked trip, I suddenly realized that my knowledge of formations seems to be a bit lacking. There are areas that can still be improved upon...”

He wanted to ask if the True Demon race had any formation knowledge he could learn from. Donarie would definitely know about such things, so he couldn't ask directly.

Fortunately, there were many situations in which others could infer what you were trying to say without spelling it out. The great elder gave him a look of appreciation. “Young master, it seems you’ve really matured a lot after your trip to the Cultivation World. You always felt proud and complacent when I made you study in the past, feeling as if you already knew everything about formations.

“The young master is a genius in this respect, of course, but the field of formations is limitless. How could you have already learned everything?” he continued while taking out a jade token. “This is the key to our True Demon race’s collection. In terms of formation knowledge, our True Demon race’s library is not inferior to the Monster Lord’s own. You should use this chance to study well.”

“Thank you, great elder!” Zu An was really happy. After all, there was still ten to twenty percent that he and Xie Daoyun still didn’t understand about the transport formation. Now that they could make up for that knowledge, they could return once they collected the required materials.

Zu An was about to leave when the great elder suddenly called out to him. “By the way, you seem to like those women quite a bit. However, playing with them is enough. They are of an inferior species, after all. They are not of our kind, so their way of thinking will always be different.”

“But of course!” Zu An’s expression grew strange, but he still agreed.

Just then, a servant ran over and exclaimed in a panic, “Great elder, bad news!”

“What happened?” Zu An recognized that this was the one who had taken Jiang Luofu and Ji Xiaoxi to the medicine field. He immediately had an awful premonition.