Chapter 562 - 238: Investiture of the Black Lotus Saint Son! Mission Arrives!
"He was already killed by me."
Jiang Shi shook his head again.
"Killed by you?"
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader laughed with anger once more.
Good boy!
This guy truly isn’t one to suffer losses easily.
"Boy, since you’ve already killed him, let bygones be bygones. For the sake of your first offense, I won’t hold you accountable. Come back with me to the Celestial Demon Sect."
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader slowly got up from the ground and spoke calmly.
"Return to the Celestial Demon Sect? For what?"
Jiang Shi frowned, a sense of vigilance rising in his heart.
He was not willing to easily accompany the other party to the Celestial Demon Headquarters.
"For what else? I said I would nurture you greatly. Follow me back to the main headquarters, and I will announce to everyone that from today, you are conferred the title of Celestial Demon Saint Son."
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader waved his large hand, speaking with authority.
Originally, he had four Saint Sons: East, West, South, and North. But not long ago, the East Saint Son was fatally poisoned and near death, and the other Saint Sons were more or less injured in various ways.
Each hall and stronghold was also lacking manpower. Now, the Holy Sect is more in need of people than ever before, so naturally, he planned to nurture Jiang Shi greatly.
"Nurture me?"
Jiang Shi’s eyes flickered as he reevaluated the Celestial Demon Sect Leader.
"What? You don’t believe it?"
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader’s face darkened with anger, saying, "This old man keeps his word and never goes back on it. Besides, your life is now in my hands. Aren’t you afraid of angering me, being killed by a single strike from this old man!"
Once again, an invisible oppressive aura emanated from him, enveloping the surroundings, making the space seem to freeze suddenly.
Jiang Shi was inwardly alarmed, cupping his hands as he said, "Since the Sect Leader favors this junior and is willing to nurture me, I naturally have no objections. But... shouldn’t the Sect Leader return my Blood God Pill?"
"Hahaha..."
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader laughed heartily and unusually brightly, with a wave of his hand, he once again tossed the blood-red elixir, which Jiang Shi caught.
"Rest assured, joining my Celestial Demon Sect, you won’t be treated unfairly!"
He flicked his large sleeve, his gaze as sharp as electricity, also swept over to Chen Long, Pang Ban, Venerable Withered Wood, saying coldly, "These people are your subordinates, right? They are not bad either. From today, they will also join my Celestial Demon Sect, and remain under your command."
"Thank you, Sect Leader!"
Chen Long, Pang Ban, Venerable Withered Wood and the others all bowed low with their foreheads to the ground.
A tide of thoughts surged through their hearts.
Today’s experience was truly full of ups and downs, unbelievable.
Did they really just join the Celestial Demon Sect like this?
"Jiang Shi, who is that person? Why does this old man feel they are somewhat familiar, yet cannot recall?"
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader narrowed his eyes, suddenly fixed on Daoist Master Xuan not far away, and inquired directly, intrigued.
"He is a friend of this junior. Speaking of which, the Sect Leader may have heard of his name before. He was previously known as Daoist Master Xuan."
Jiang Shi replied calmly.
"Daoist Master Xuan!"
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader’s gaze tightened as he stared intently at Daoist Master Xuan, saying, "So it’s you!"
"Celestial Demon Sect Leader, I’ve heard about you for a long time."
Daoist Master Xuan said with a smile.
Several thousand years ago, he had indeed heard of this Celestial Demon Sect Leader.
However, at that time, the Celestial Demon Sect Leader had yet to take command of the Celestial Demon Sect!
He was merely a prodigy with boundless potential in the Celestial Demon Sect.
"It’s truly unexpected that you are still alive."
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader sighed softly.
"Just struggling to survive, incomparable to the Sect Leader’s vigour and spirit."
Daoist Master Xuan replied.
"Enough, since you are a former senior of mine, join Jiang Shi in entering my sect together."
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader said, "Come, follow me back to the Holy Sect!"
He immediately turned around and walked into the distance.
Jiang Shi gently nodded, glanced at Daoist Master Xuan, and then called out to Chen Long, Pang Ban, Venerable Withered Wood and the others, immediately following the Celestial Demon Sect Leader.
A life-and-death crisis was resolved just like that.
...
Inside White Dragon City.
In a spacious residence located in the North City.
A huge Teleportation Array, constructed entirely of large stones, stood silently here.
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader, accompanied by Venerable Bai Mei, Jiang Shi, and a group of others, walked directly towards the Teleportation Array, with aides quickly activating it.
The entire Teleportation Array shuddered, light flashed, and all the figures on it disappeared in an instant.
The next moment.
In a dim, rugged, ancient cave.
A flash of white light.
A dozen figures instantly appeared atop a vast stone platform.
Jiang Shi, Chen Long, and the others immediately cast their gaze in all directions, secretly astonished.
The entire cavern was spacious, engraved with pavilions and towers.
Black flags were inserted everywhere, torches flickered, casting a green glow.
At some crucial passages and corridors, there were also many figures guarding.
Those figures all had blurry and unreadable auras.
All of them were true experts.
Even the weakest had strength comparable to Chen Long’s.
"As expected of the Celestial Demon Headquarters..."
Jiang Shi murmured to himself, following along behind the Celestial Demon Sect Leader.
After exiting this cave, a wide and winding mountain path stretched out into the distance.
As soon as the Celestial Demon Sect Leader stepped out of the cave, a figure quickly approached from afar, respectfully saying, "Sect Leader!"
"Sound the gong! Have all the high-level members assemble, I have an important announcement!"
The Celestial Demon Sect Leader said coldly.
"Yes, Sect Leader!"
The figure felt a chill in their heart and swiftly retreated.
Before long, deafening and powerful gong sounds began to resonate, strange and eerie, as if containing an intangible soul impact.
