latelenovela Chapter 174 Shi Tian Arrives
Chapter 174 Shi Tian Arrives
The name of Jiuqi City comes from the Jiuying clan. The Snake Mother Li Ji did not change the name of Jiuqi City during her two hundred years in power.
It must be said that the emperor's edict did indeed guess some of the truth.
The demon cultivators in the city were shaken by this incident in their early years, believing that the fact that Jiuqi City was not renamed was irrefutable proof that Li Ji was afraid of offending the Jiuying clan.
At the beginning of the change of the Demon King's throne, the demon cultivators in the city all pinned their hopes on Shi Tianhui killing Li Ji and taking back Jiuqi City.
Unexpectedly, Shi Tian went far away to return to his clan and did not return to Jiuqi City for two hundred years.
Two hundred years after Li Ji ruled Jiuqi City with her iron-fisted methods, the name of the Snake Mother completely replaced the prestige of Jiuying, and no demon cultivator dared to mention the name Jiuying again.
Only a few former followers of Jiuying still yearn for their former master and desire to recreate the glory of Jiuying in the past.
Unfortunately, they were not Jiuying, and could not find the Jiuying clan's territory.
These demon cultivators were even more eager to find Shi Tian than Ling Wan was.
However, they were destined to be disappointed.
Because their beloved young master was sitting right opposite Li Ji—and they were having a very pleasant conversation.
"It's strange, isn't it? You've been wandering abroad for two hundred years, and suddenly you want to come back?"
A woman's languid and charming voice came from behind the shimmering, sheer curtain.
Shi Tian, gazing at the drifting clouds from the railing, was not surprised at all.
They were currently on the highest floor of the Demon Tower in the center of Jiuqi City. The Demon Tower hung quietly in the clouds, isolated from the world, and no foolish demons would come to disturb them.
The air inside the pavilion was still filled with the lingering fragrance of incense. Shi Tian sniffed it and smiled, "Indeed, this familiar sandalwood incense smells the best; it calms the mind and soothes the spirit."
"You hated this scent when you were little."
The curtain swayed in the wind, and the next moment a delicate, boneless hand with prayer beads on its wrist parted the curtain, revealing a stunningly beautiful and elegant face.
Her hair was thick as clouds, her eyebrows were delicate as moonlight, and even her cold, vertical pupils could not conceal her stunning beauty.
This is Li Ji, the current master of Jiuqi City.
Li Ji's original form was a snake demon. The sheer, floor-length black gauze could not conceal her close-fitting embroidered lotus belly, and her charming and slender shoulder blades were partially exposed, making her extremely beautiful.
When Shi Tian saw Li Ji, he sighed, "People always grow up."
Li Ji was a close friend of his mother, as close as sisters.
His mother was obsessed with cultivation, while his father was busy with trivial matters, so Li Ji spent most of her time with him.
Li Ji's gentle nature was unlike that of a demon cultivator, and unlike other demon cultivators, she practiced vegetarianism, chanted Buddhist scriptures, burned incense, and observed the precepts.
When Shi Tian was young, he couldn't understand why a woman as beautiful as Li Ji could be so boring.
He originally thought that Li Ji was sealed by the prayer beads in her hand, so he decided to play a trick and snatched the prayer beads away.
As a result, on that occasion, the usually gentle Li Ji was truly enraged by him.
She fought him with a raging battle, just to get back the rosary beads.
Feeling wronged and confused, Shi Tian went to his mother to complain and learned that the prayer beads were a gift from a Buddhist monk from the human realm to Li Ji many, many years ago.
Li Ji was thus converted and seems to have voluntarily embarked on the path of human cultivation and Buddhism.
After hearing this, Shi Tian felt even more disgusted with human cultivators.
The Nine Infants clan is said to have had a man who could be called the clan's war god tens of thousands of years ago. After going to the human world, he never returned.
Learning from the example of this war god, the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan designated the human realm as one of the dangerous forbidden areas.
Shi Tian disliked this elder War God. He had seen some human cultivators who had fallen into the demon realm, who considered themselves the pride of heaven, but they were nothing special.
Since he went to the human world and couldn't come back, it seems that his title of God of War was just an empty name.
The Nine-Headed Serpent Clan is small, and many young people share his thoughts.
Until two hundred years ago, his father suddenly went crazy and said he wanted to go to the human world to find the man known as the Nine-Headed War God.
Only then did Shi Tian realize that this "God of War" was related to his ancestors.
In short, his father's father, that is, his grandfather, was the brother of the nine-headed infant who was lost in the human world.
His grandfather had always wanted to go to the human world to find his brother, but he couldn't find a way.
The dumbest way is to travel from the demon realm to the human realm.
This journey is long, the return time is uncertain, and it is also possible that one will never return.
His father had only been born a short time then, so his grandfather had to temporarily give up going to the human world and focus on raising his young son.
When his father grew up, his grandfather finally succeeded in reaching the human world.
The name of Jiuying is known to everyone in the human world.
However, he had a fearsome reputation as a servant guarding the mountain gate.
His grandfather was deeply saddened and could not believe that his revered elder brother had fallen to such a state.
Without daring to see him, his grandfather fled back to the demon realm in a panic.
This matter later became a knot in his grandfather's heart.
When he fell, his grandfather regretted it and confided in his father that he regretted not seeing his brother one last time and not calling on his clansmen to raze that human clan to the ground.
The "Tian" in Shi Tian's name comes from that elder, and Shi Tian means "I hope that elder will be freed soon."
In short, his father inherited his grandfather's last wish and investigated for a long time before learning that the human sect had long been destroyed.
The matter should have ended there, but his father used a clan secret method to learn that the elder still had his essence and blood remaining in the world.
Therefore, he had to go to the human realm, and for this reason, his father did not hesitate to abdicate in his place early.
Shi Tian was young and playful, so he had no interest in the position of Demon King.
When Li Ji heard that her father was going to the human realm, she begged to go with him.
Shi Tian and his mother had never been close. When he saw that his father and Li Ji were going to the human realm, he angrily abandoned his duties.
Left with no other choice, Li Ji stayed in Jiuqi City to temporarily assume the position of Demon King, waiting for Shi Tian to return.
This is why Jiuying's former subordinates were dissatisfied; in their eyes, Li Ji was taking the opportunity to usurp the throne!
Shi Tian asked unintentionally, "My father hasn't returned yet, has he?"
Li Ji sighed, "No, but the teleportation array was discovered and used by others."
When Shi Tian's father went to the human realm, he hid so well that even they didn't know where the teleportation array was.
It was only when the strange phenomenon of the Nine-Headed Serpent transforming into human form was reported from the seaside that Li Ji sent people to investigate and discovered the teleportation array.
Shi Tian's relaxed expression vanished instantly. He asked, "What do you mean by 'discovered and used by others'?"
"My father was killed, and then someone stole the teleportation array?"
His tone was filled with murderous intent, clearly indicating that he would not let the other party off the hook.
Li Ji said, "That's not it."
"Some time ago, a demon cultivator suddenly took human form at the location where the teleportation array was discovered. Even more strangely, someone saw the Nine-Headed Serpent there that day."
"I thought it was your father returning, so I sent someone to investigate, but it turned out to be a little white-haired, red-eyed demon."
"What your father was looking for in the human world may have already fallen into the hands of this evil demon."
Li Ji's guess was pretty close. She believed that it was impossible for Shi Tian's father to have a child with E Yao in the human realm. The only explanation was that E Yao had obtained the essence and blood of Jiu Ying.
Shi Tian said, "My father was wise all his life, but he insisted on going to the human realm to search. He should have just stayed in Jiuqi City."
"Where is that demon? I'm going to go and meet him."