Chapter 1003: Chapter 1001: This Day Last Year 3
Dream Dao Attainment, Opening Scheme Against Cultivators
Dream-Making Expert
“Lin Qi?!”
“Where is Lin Qi?”
“Who is Lin Qi?”
“Lin Qi, you are simply audacious beyond belief, daring to force your way into my Heaven Demon Macrocosm’s Demon Court!”
“You are seeking your own death!”
…
As Lin Qi announced his name outside the Demon Court’s Heavenly Gate.
The next second.
The entire Demon Court was instantly thrown into turmoil.
One after another, the Demon Race experts revealed their might, their auras surging to the heavens, rousing their true forms and dharma manifestations.
Blotting out the sky, swaying the Star River.
In that instant.
Lin Qi was as insignificant as an ant, while before him stood Demon Race experts as vast as the sun and moon.
Some were undying Golden Pengs, some were towering Flood Dragons.
There was a Nine-Headed Snake Demon swaying its nine heads, forming the visage of devouring stars.
There was a Qingluan rending the sky, its wings stirring wind and thunder, with the power to obscure the Star River.
Then, even the Demon Race’s Great Sages seated deep within the Demon Court, in secluded cultivation, were startled.
Among them was an old acquaintance of Lin Qi.
A Half-Step Dao-Fusion Realm existence of the Demon Race known as Great Sage Candle Dragon blazed with radiance, standing above the assembled demons, coiled like a dragon and crouched like a tiger, overlooking Lin Qi as he said sternly.
“Lin Qi, you truly have immense nerve.”
“Instead of hiding in your cave residence to cultivate, you dare come alone to my Heaven Demon Macrocosm to run wild.”
“Do you truly think my Heaven Demon Macrocosm does not dare touch you?”
“This poor Daoist wondered who was speaking so loudly.”
“So it’s Fellow Daoist Candle Dragon.”
“Many years have passed. Has Fellow Daoist Candle Dragon been well?”
“Oh, right. I heard your Undying Wa Huang has gone missing?”
Lin Qi’s gaze was indifferent. Even though his cultivation and strength had not yet recovered to their former state.
At most, he could now only exert the spiritual power of the Nascent Soul realm.
But even with the demons surrounding him and Great Sage Candle Dragon displaying his might, what did he have to fear?
“Audacious! You dare blaspheme against Empress Wa!”
“Candle Dragon, move aside, let This Sage swallow him!”
“Let’s see what the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm can do to me!”
Another Demon Sage was enraged, roaring across the Star River, about to bypass Great Sage Candle Dragon and devour Lin Qi in one bite.
But Great Sage Candle Dragon stopped him.
“Taotie, there’s no need to lower yourself to this little brat Lin Qi.”
“He only has that sharp tongue left.”
“Just drive him back to the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm.”
“We must not let momentary anger ruin Their Majesties’ grand plan.”
Great Sage Candle Dragon’s gaze was like a torch; he had detected that something was wrong with Lin Qi’s current strength.
But he knew Lin Qi was cunning by nature.
He simply assumed Lin Qi was deliberately feigning weakness to trick them into acting.
Then he would have an excuse to let the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm raise a great army and come.
After all, the Undying Wa Huang had been missing for ten thousand years.
In this turbulent, many-affairs autumn of All Heavens at war.
The Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm might well have long wanted to strike at their Heaven Demon Macrocosm.
Now Lin Qi was deliberately feigning weakness, coming under the pretext of seeking his disciple.
Hmph.
It was nothing but an excuse to start a war.
How could one as wise as Great Sage Candle Dragon fall for it so easily?
Great Sage Candle Dragon sneered, certain he had seen through Lin Qi’s scheme, unwilling to speak further with this cunning creature whose mind had more holes than an ass.
He opened his mouth and sprayed, intending to blow Lin Qi out of the Cosmos in one breath.
But suddenly.
Something occurred to Great Sage Candle Dragon, and he stopped. Turning his head toward the depths of the Demon Court, he shouted at Fang Yun.
“Prince Consort.”
“That cheap Master of yours has come.”
“Hurry over and see him, then send him off quickly.”
With that.
Great Sage Candle Dragon shot Lin Qi a provocative glance and sneered softly.
“Fortunately This Venerable has read the art of war.”
“Otherwise I really would have nearly fallen for your trick.”
“You came under the pretext of seeking your disciple. If we do not let you two meet.”
“With your duplicity, you would surely use your disciple’s disappearance as an excuse to send troops into my Heaven Demon Macrocosm to search for him.”
“What a pity.”
“A mere petty scheme, how could it hide from This Sage’s dharma eye?”
Great Sage Candle Dragon was busy filling in the blanks himself, treating Lin Qi like a scheming devil.
But Lin Qi simply ignored him.
His eyes only fell upon the depths of the Demon Court.
Though the dharma manifestations of the assembled demons blocked his view, making it impossible to truly see Fang Yun.
He felt as if he could already see Fang Yun hesitating within the palace, wavering over whether or not to come see him.
Such hesitation and wavering.
Made Lin Qi frown unconsciously.
This was not the same as what he had imagined before.
Could it be that Fang Yun truly intended to disown him as his Master?
Never mind.
In the end, I still have to go out and meet him.
But Master.
Did you come to save him, or to kill him?
Many thoughts flickered through Fang Yun’s heart.
He had once desperately longed to see Lin Qi again.
But now he was anxious about meeting Lin Qi once more.
Because he did not know whether Lin Qi had come to save Wang Ling from dire straits, or to tell Wang Ling that he was merely a necessary sacrifice.
Fang Yun hoped it was the former, and it had to be the former.
If it was not.
Fang Yun lowered his eyes.
Amid Wang Ling’s excitement and his wife Bai Ling’er’s worry, he walked step by step toward Lin Qi.
Finally, under the encirclement of the assembled demons, under the overlooking gazes of Great Sage Candle Dragon and the others.
Fang Yun finally saw Lin Qi.
Just one glance.
Fang Yun instinctively raised his hand to cover his face.
Just like back then in the Heaven Demon Macrocosm.
When he had been trapped in a prison cell and the Peerless Young Master came to see him.
The same shame, the same not daring to face his Master.
Everything he had hesitated and agonized over now, at the moment he truly met Lin Qi.
After ten thousand years, it transformed into the same feeling.
“Fang Yun, my disciple.”
“Lower your hand.”
“What disciple of mine does not dare face his Master!”
This was Lin Qi seeing Fang Yun again after a very, very long time.
Back then, the Peerless Young Master had walked a trip through the Heaven Demon Macrocosm in his stead and seen Fang Yun after his transformation into a Heaven Demon.
But after returning.
He had forgotten to ask, and the Peerless Young Master had forgotten to mention it.
So he did not know what Fang Yun looked like after becoming a Heaven Demon.
Thus in his memory, Fang Yun was still the cowherd boy from back then.
So when Fang Yun obeyed and lowered his hand.
Seeing clearly what Fang Yun looked like now.
Lin Qi could not help but lose himself slightly.
Then, just as many years ago when the Peerless Young Master saw Fang Yun in the prison cell, he spoke gently.
“Not bad.”
“Your current transformation is very handsome!”
A single sentence after many years apart, yet just like last year, today.
It instantly struck Fang Yun’s brow like a bullet.
Fang Yun grinned, as if crying and laughing at once.
But in the end, he only fell to his knees and respectfully kowtowed three times toward Lin Qi.
“This unworthy disciple Fang Yun, pays respects to Master.”
“Good disciple, rise.”
“First take your Master to see your Junior Brother.”
Lin Qi spoke softly.
Fang Yun hesitated for a moment, then silently rose and led the way, guiding Lin Qi to see Wang Ling.
Seeing the Master and disciple pair walk into the depths of the Demon Court as if no demons were present.
The assembled demons were furious.
Especially that Taotie Demon Sage, who immediately acted as if insulted and stressed, about to strike.
But Great Sage Candle Dragon stopped him.
“Don’t fall for it.”
“Hurry and let him see.”
“Damn it.”
“That sickly ghost really is Lin Qi’s disciple too.”
“This is bad. We absolutely cannot let that sickly ghost actually die in my Heaven Demon Macrocosm.”
“Let that little brat Lin Qi find an excuse to fly into a rage.”
“Quick, everyone hurry and search for any more life-extending treasure medicine.”
“We absolutely must not let that sickly ghost truly die here!”
…