The sound of dragon’s breath filled the air.
The Red-eyed Giant Ape gulped, barely believing the scene before its eyes, "How could there be a Flood Dragon!"
If someone said there was a Flood Dragon in the East Lake, it might believe it, considering how vast the lake is. Yet, it was only a belief, for there’s no Flood Dragon in the East Lake. Take its Vajra Bloodline for instance, it’s lower than a dragon’s level but about the same as a Flood Dragon. A pure-blooded Vajra wouldn’t appear in such a barbaric place like East Lake, which means a Flood Dragon wouldn’t either.
They exist in a much broader world, and to them, the East Lake is merely a small pond where they might not even bother to extend their limbs.
Yet, no matter how hard it was to believe, a real Flood Dragon stood right in front of it.
At this moment, Wen Ping’s voice echoed in its ears, "Die, or stay at the Immortal Sect as a gatekeeper. Choose one of these two paths."
The Red-eyed Giant Ape felt quite helpless. How should it choose?
It was the king of the forest, loving the freedom to come and go, enjoying the feeling of being worshipped by all beasts. How could it become a Sect’s Mountain Guardian, flipping its role to worship others?
But if it didn’t choose, this Flood Dragon might devour it at any moment.
What’s more important, life or dignity?
Wen Ping continued, "If you can’t choose, I’ll choose for you. Work for me for three hundred years, and once that’s over, you’re free to leave."
"Is it really only three hundred years?"
Its lifespan was over eight hundred years; for survival, wasting merely three hundred years at the Immortal Sect was worth it.
But it was still rather upset; not only was the Golden Shuttle Leaf stolen and unrecovered, now it was captured by the Immortal Sect, forced to be a "watchdog".
Thirty years ago, it was tricked by the Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader Wen Yan to sign a Blood Contract. Thirty years later, upon returning to the Immortal Sect, it ended up being captured.
While lamenting inwardly, Wen Ping pointed to the Flood Dragon overhead and coldly said, "Remember, if any traitorous thoughts cross your mind, it will consume you as if you’re breakfast."
The Red-eyed Giant Ape quickly shook its head.
Wen Ping nodded, then coldly addressed the demons behind the Red-eyed Giant Ape, "Why are you all still kneeling here? Return to the forest, or do you want to join your king as my gatekeepers?"
A Saber-toothed Tiger was the first to stand and then quickly turned to run down the mountain.
Once there’s a first, naturally there would be a second.
Before long, all the demons at the mountain’s summit had descended. Seeing the situation settled, the Red-eyed Giant Ape could only wave its hand to let its subjects retreat as well.
The beasts retreated like a tide, and seeing this, the soldiers jumped up with joy, crying tears of happiness as they shouted to the sky, "They retreated!"
Upon hearing those words, this good news spread through most of Cangwu City like wildfire. Regardless of gender or age, all came to the streets, some even kneeling on the ground, thanking the heavens and everything else they could think of. Eventually, everyone knelt towards Yunlan Mountain, for it was the Immortal Sect that saved them.
Without the Immortal Sect, Cangwu City would surely have perished.
On the city wall, Huan Cheng watched as the beasts retreated, hearing everyone in the city chanting the words "Immortal Sect" with relief on his face, "Wen Ping, that fellow, outshined the old man, solving the Red-eyed Giant Ape and indirectly saving the whole Cangwu City. This lad deserves to be called a hero."
A subordinate standing beside Huan Cheng also sighed with admiration, laughingly saying, "I can’t imagine how the Red-eyed Giant Ape of the Middle Profound Realm ended just like that. That was an existence even the Chief of the Hundred Sects Alliance dared not provoke. The Demon King perished here, so should no Demon or Beast clans dare to come to Cangwu City in the future, right?"
"They won’t come again."
Huan Cheng exclaimed with a smile.
While the two were chatting, far away at Yunlan Mountain, Wen Ping received a notification of task completion!
"Congratulations to the host for completing the main quest — Rising Fame. Reward gained: Unlock Construction Feature and a Heaven and Earth Transformation for the Immortal Sect."
Once he heard the system’s voice, Wen Ping was delighted, but instead of immediately checking the task rewards, he looked up at the black Flood Dragon, waved his hand, and the Flood Dragon soared into the sky, storming away from the Main Hall. As it left, Qin Shan and others gathered around, gazing in awe at the place where the Flood Dragon had disappeared.
Huai Ye immediately asked, "Sect Leader, isn’t that just below the dormitory area..."
Everyone took a sharp intake of breath, then all turned to look at Yu Mo.
Yang Lele spoke up, "Senior Yu, you’re done for. You always threw leftovers into the pond; it will surely hold a grudge."
"Those weren’t leftovers, they were fish bait, fish bait!"
Yu Mo shouted, filling his chest with air.
At this moment, Yun Liao walked up to Wen Ping, glanced at the Red-eyed Giant Ape, and asked, "Sect Leader Wen, keeping this Demon King in the Immortal Sect is like raising a tiger to invite trouble."
Wen Ping replied, "So many trees were trampled, shouldn’t they be replanted?"
Yun Liao squeezed out a helpless smile, but said nothing more. The idea of having a Demon King plant trees seems like something only his own Sect Leader could come up with.
After all, this is the Immortal Sect.
Demon Kings weren’t worth much.
Upon hearing this, the Red-eyed Giant Ape felt completely distressed. Staring with wide eyes at Wen Ping, it questioned, "I am the Demon King with a dozen Great Demons under my command, and you want me to plant trees?"
Wen Ping calmly replied, "I’ve got someone to guard the gate, someone to sweep the floor, to me, your only value is in planting trees. You have one month to plant new trees all over this half of the mountain. Zhao Yi, go down the mountain later and buy it a hoe and saplings. If it slacks off, come and tell me right away."
With that said, Wen Ping walked directly towards the Tingyu Pavilion.
The Red-eyed Giant Ape watched as Wen Ping walked away, feeling the anger bubbling inside, ready to explode. Being made a Sect Guardian is already shameful, let alone planting trees. Is this something a Demon King should do?
However, thinking of that Flood Dragon, the Red-eyed Giant Ape chose to endure.
Three hundred years is a blink of an eye, revenge can wait!
At this time, Qin Shan and others also began to disperse, eager to go to the dormitory area to see the Flood Dragon.
Then Zhao Yi came over, though a bit scared, he was emboldened by Wen Ping standing behind him and said, "Demon King senior, just focus on planting trees. Three hundred years pass in a blink. I’m the one who sweeps the floor, if you need anything, feel free to ask for my help."
The Red-eyed Giant Ape looked at the human in front of it, who was only at the first stage of Body Refinement, and a feeling of humiliation arose, after glaring at Zhao Yi, it turned and left.
Upon returning to the Tingyu Pavilion, Wen Ping finally opened the map of the Immortal Sect.
Sure enough, compared to the previous map, the current map of the Immortal Sect now featured a construction icon on every small plot of land, although many of the building icons were still grey and locked.
"System, what’s going on?"
"Unlocking construction areas requires completing tasks."
"Then what is the point of enabling this construction feature for me?"
"The construction feature allows for independent building, enabling the host to select special structures at will, which is far better than random special transformations."
"Free construction is great, but right now there’s only one place I can build anything, isn’t it a bit too little?" Wen Ping said, opening the only unlocked construction area — behind the Fierce Beast Trial Ground at Churao Mountain.
(That’s all for tonight’s update... Good night)