Chapter 611: Demon City

Chapter 611: Chapter 611: Demon City

Zhang Qing and the other Demon Palace members were all passed out drunk, but Lin Yun and his companions were still drinking. With their tolerance, this small amount of alcohol was nowhere near enough to get them drunk. To be precise, if Lin Yun’s group didn’t want to get drunk, it was impossible for them to do so.

So, Lin Yun and his group couldn’t understand it. These people from the Demon Palace were clearly experts of the Celestial Spirit Realm, so why did they get this drunk from just a little alcohol? After mulling it over, Lin Yun concluded, ’It must be because we come from different worlds.’

They had entered a different Light Gate than Luo Feng’s group. At this point, it wasn’t just Lin Yun’s party that had encountered the Divine Palace and Demon Palace; Luo Feng and even Qingfeng Saint’s group had also run into the same factions.

The only difference was that the three Light Gates corresponded to three different realms: the Earth Saint Realm, the Spirit Realm, and the Celestial Spirit Realm.

The members of the Demon Palace whom Lin Yun’s group encountered were all at the Celestial Spirit Realm in their cultivation, as were those from the Divine Palace. In contrast, the people Luo Feng and his group met from the Divine Palace and Demon Palace were all at the Spirit Realm.

As for Qingfeng Saint’s group, everyone they encountered was a Saint at the Earth Saint Realm.

Interestingly enough, Luo Feng and the other experts from Flawless Palace, along with the experts from the Spiritual Light Pavilion, also chose the Demon Palace. The Wuji Sect, Celestial Eagle Valley, and Taiqing Academy chose the Divine Palace.

As for Qingfeng Saint’s contingent, Qingfeng Saint, Spiritual Essence Saint, the Saint from the Death Row Shelter, Celestial Bamboo Saint, and Flowing Water Saint likewise chose the Demon Palace. Meanwhile, individuals like Aunt Lan and Celestial Light Saint also chose the Divine Palace.

Of course, Lin Yun was unaware of all this. Right now, he was trying to sort through his thoughts. This world was simply too bizarre. From reading between the lines of Zhang Qing’s words, Lin Yun could guess that these people from the Divine Palace and Demon Palace had likely lived in this place for generations.

If these people had truly lived here for generations, then there was only one explanation: Zhang Qing’s ancestors had been sent into this space by the very expert who had sealed it off.

In fact, rather than being ’sent’ into this space, it was more accurate to say that this expert had imprisoned them within it.

To put it bluntly, this entire space was just a slightly larger cage. It was just that people like Zhang Qing, having lived here their entire lives, had already grown accustomed to it.

Lin Yun had already formed some theories about this world, but some things still puzzled him greatly.

’First of all, what is the connection between this space and the mysterious ruins? And what was the point of this expert sealing off three spaces and having those who enter the ruins go into them separately?’

’Furthermore, why does it seem like gods and demons coexist in this space? Can the Divine Palace and the Demon Palace just be a coincidence?’

’Finally, what secret—or what treasure—do these mysterious ruins actually hide? With ruins this astonishing, I refuse to believe they exist merely to guard these three spaces.’

He was more inclined to believe that these three spaces were, in fact, a trial for those who entered the ruins.

He couldn’t figure it out. There were too many mysteries surrounding these ruins. Most importantly, all signs pointed to the ruins having some sort of connection to the Divine Realm and the Demon Realm, which was what Lin Yun was most concerned about right now.

The night passed, and early the next morning, Zhang Qing and the others began to wake up. Zhang Qing seemed a bit embarrassed about getting drunk the night before.

"Brother Lin Yun, I’m terribly sorry about last night. We should have been the ones protecting you," Zhang Qing said with a smile.

"Don’t worry about it, Brother Zhang Qing," Lin Yun replied, waving it off. "By the way, how much longer until we reach Demon City?"

Hearing Lin Yun’s question, Zhang Qing told everyone they would arrive at Demon City before evening.

The group set out again. Walking alongside Zhang Qing, Lin Yun asked about the current difference in strength between the Divine Palace and the Demon Palace.

Faced with this question, Zhang Qing replied with a hint of indignation, "Ten years ago, our Demon Palace and the Divine Palace were evenly matched. But ever since, the Divine Palace has defeated our Demon Palace time and again in battle, causing the gap in our strength to grow wider and wider..."

As he spoke, a flash of anger crossed Zhang Qing’s face. It seemed that in the ten years of conflict between the Demon Palace and the Divine Palace, the former had indeed suffered disastrous losses, causing the gap between the two sides to grow ever wider.

Listening to Zhang Qing’s account, Lin Yun understood that the gap between the Demon Palace and the Divine Palace was now indeed immense.

Because of their consecutive defeats, the Demon Palace’s morale had plummeted, while the Divine Palace pressed its advantage, rapidly widening the overall gap in strength between them.

The Demon Palace now had ten Commanders, while the Divine Palace had twelve. The Demon Palace only had ten thousand warriors, while the Divine Palace had already surpassed thirty thousand.

The number of warriors differed by a factor of three. The main reason was the heavy casualties the Demon Palace Warriors had suffered over the past decade. In ten years of fighting, the Demon Palace had barely won a single battle, and an untold number of its warriors had died.

As Lin Yun and Zhang Qing chatted along the way, the group finally arrived at Demon City. It was built between two mountains, with only one road in or out. Thus, Demon City was easy to defend and hard to attack, which was how the Demon Palace had been able to hold out for so long.

The sight of Demon City was not particularly impressive to Lin Yun. It was nothing compared to the likes of Wind City and Fire City, two of the Five Great Cities of the Eastern Heart Domain.

If it had any unique quality, it was that Demon City seemed weathered and worn by the long passage of time.

Under Zhang Qing’s lead, Lin Yun and his companions entered Demon City with ease. The entire city had only a single gate.

Walking the streets of Demon City, Lin Yun discovered that it wasn’t just populated by Demon Palace Warriors; there were also many women and children.

According to Zhang Qing’s explanation, these women were also part of the Demon Palace; they simply weren’t warriors.

This made sense to Lin Yun. To have survived and procreated in this space for so many years, it was impossible for either the Demon Palace or the Divine Palace to be comprised solely of men.

They traveled to the most central plaza in Demon City. Directly ahead, at the far end of the square, stood a massive black hall. This was the heart of the entire Demon Palace.

Because of Lin Yun and his group’s arrival, numerous Demon Palace Warriors and the women of Demon City flocked to the central plaza. In no time, the edges of the massive square were crowded with members of the Demon Palace.

"Why do I feel like we’re a bunch of monkeys on display?" Monk grumbled under his breath, annoyed at being stared at by so many people.

Hearing the Monk’s complaint, Lin Yun gave a slight smile. Zhang Qing had gone to request an audience with the Grand Commander of the Demon Palace, asking Lin Yun and the others to wait in the plaza for a moment.

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