The Endless Promise

85. The Biggest Reason

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Back at the Arena, Luoyin reverse-summoned himself again, but Sect Leader Xu, Lord Huo, and the disciples were no longer present, and an annoyed Sect Warrior told Luoyin off for being outside.

"Get back to your home! Sect Leader Xu has ordered everyone below Sect Warrior to stay indoors!"

"Ehehe, sorry, sorry!" Luoyin hastily left, intending to return home, but he suddenly sensed a dense aura.

'Demon aura...?!'

He moved quickly and came to the same cliff the cloaked woman and floral deity had been.

'This is -!' The aura in this place wasn't just any regular demon aura.

It was the same dense demonic aura which had caused the change in his dragon colour back then.

An extremely powerful demonic aura, the likes of which had no business in the mortal realm.

After the fall of the Demon King, more than five hundred thousand years ago, Shadow Realm was sealed, locking the demons there.

Then during a past civil war in Sky Realm, those seals had been opened to let demons out, so Bailong had personally sealed it and reinforced the seals, ensuring the demons were sealed for good.

Through the years, there had been cracks here and there, especially from the much older seals, so demons did escape from Shadow Realm, but the Fate Mirrors detected any high-level demon activity in the Mortal Realm, so only low-level demons dared come here.

Most high-level demons either directly attacked Sky Realm for some reason or the other, or preferred to stay back and rule in Shadow Realm, fighting for power in the lawlessness of their own realm.

But this aura here...

Luoyin did not believe in coincidences, and he had had a growing suspicion since the night he sensed the dragon.

He had suspected Lord Mo might involve a demon or shady immortal, and he had warned Sect Leader Xu, but he never imagined anything with this level of power...

This aura was powerful enough to make Luoyin genuinely afraid, and it had nearly defeated him once.

So Luoyin drew the most likely conclusion...

His hidden enemies had found him!

"Hmph, if it isn't my silly disciple!" A snide voice spoke from behind, and Luoyin swivelled to find Immortal Kai Zhen, his usual smile in place.

"Master!" Luoyin hurried over to greet him, but an oppressive aura forced him to his knees midway.

"Insolent! So you still call anyone 'Master'?!" Immortal Bao appeared, an annoyed look on his face.

"Yo, if it isn't High Grand Immortal Bao." Kai Zhen fanned himself. "Old man, won't you retire? Still going around, trying to steal other people's disciples?"

"Calling me 'High Grand Immortal', and then daring to insult me..." Old man Bao shook his head. "Do you still want your life?"

"Heh! Bullying a junior will only make you petty! I dare you..." Kai Zhen challenged. "You'll only make Xiaobai prefer me!"

"You -! Ahem!" Old Man Bao lightly coughed into his sleeve. "Grand Immortal Kai, you're not young either... Why are you still trying to steal my disciple? Not only is he my disciple, he's my great grandnephew... Aren't you going too far?"

"Ei ei, don't try using blood ties to confuse the poor boy! There's no blood relationship between us, yet he willingly gave me the *three bows!"

(*Direct disciples customarily offer their Masters three bows to acknowledge them as 'Masters'!)