How can simply creating a sect make you invincible?

Upon hearing Xiao Ningyun's words, the seven quasi-emperor demons trembled with fear and begged for mercy.

At this moment, Hu Qing'er stood up, bowed slightly to Han Bingli and the others, and said softly, "Young heroes, let me go and communicate with them! Qing'er will make them tell you everything they know."

After a moment of contemplation, Han Bingli nodded: "Yes, you and they are all demons, so communication will be easier."

With Han Bingli's consent, Hu Qing'er nodded and went straight to the row of quasi-emperor demons kneeling in front of her, giving a slight bow: "Qing'er greets all the senior demons."

Then, she went to the seven-tailed fox spirit, Meiniang, and bowed, saying, "Qing'er greets the senior of the fox clan."

When they saw that it was a fox demon coming over, all the demons were taken aback.

Ignoring the reactions of the demons, Hu Qing'er directly stated her purpose: "Seniors of the demon race, the two divine beasts and young heroes have entered the Demon Emperor's Tomb for the Demon Emperor's inheritance. If you seniors are willing to reveal the secrets of the Demon Emperor's Tomb, I can plead for your lives and spare your lives."

Nine-Headed Serpent and the Wild Bull immediately protested: "Little fox, what did you say? You want us to betray the Demon Emperor? That's impossible! We won't say a word, even if it means death. Change your terms."

Fox Qing'er wasn't in a hurry and continued softly, "Seniors, do you intend to stay in this small world forever? Don't you want to go out and see the world?"

Upon hearing Hu Qing'er's words, the Devouring Python, Crimson Flame Tiger, Soul-Devouring Sparrow, Seven-Tailed Fox, and Ink Jade Demon Ape exchanged glances.

They've lived here their whole lives; if they could go out, who wouldn't want to see the outside world?

However, Jiuying continued to resist: "Little fox, don't try to deceive us! We will not disobey the dying wish of our ancestors!"

The Primordial Bull immediately chimed in, "Yes! Little girl, change your conditions."

Upon hearing this, Hu Qing'er sighed softly and looked at the two demons, saying, "Jiuying, we've been guarding this place for so long, don't you want to see how vast the world outside is?"

Hearing the Seven-Tailed Fox's words, Jiuying knew that all the demons had been persuaded, so he looked at the Seven-Tailed Fox and said: "Meiniang, if we let them destroy the Demon Emperor's tomb, how can we face the Demon Emperor and our ancestors?"

Upon hearing this, the seven-tailed fox immediately stood up and sneered: "Ancestors? Have you ever considered that our ancestors might not want to come and guard the tomb either?"

"Is it possible that we, the seven great demon clans, were captured by the Demon Emperor to guard his tomb? We, the seven great demon clans, have guarded the Demon Emperor's tomb for over two hundred thousand years; we have already done our duty to him."

"The Seven-Tailed Fox is right. Our ancestors were probably captured by the Demon Emperor. They didn't volunteer to guard the tomb," the Devouring Python, Crimson Flame Tiger, Soul-Devouring Sparrow, and Jade Demon Ape chimed in.

Seeing that the five major demon clans were all interested, Hu Qing'er immediately spoke up: "Seniors, if you reveal the secret of the Demon Emperor's Tomb, the two divine beasts will not treat you unfairly. If you can be favored by the young heroes, you may even become emperors in the future."

Upon hearing this, the five demons—the Devouring Python, the Crimson Tiger, the Seven-Tailed Fox, the Jade Demon Ape, and the Soul-Devouring Sparrow—were completely tempted.

Becoming an emperor! Who wouldn't want that? But the laws within a small world are too thin, making it impossible to become an emperor.

However, Jiuying and the Primordial Bull remained unmoved.

The largest head in the middle of the Nine-Headed Serpent spoke in a deep voice: "Little fox, we appreciate your kindness, but our Nine-Headed Serpent clan would rather die than betray the Demon Emperor, nor can we disobey the dying wishes of our ancestors."

The ancient savage bull echoed in a gruff voice, "That's right! Even if I die here, I would never betray the Demon Emperor!"

For a moment, the atmosphere reached a stalemate.

Hu Qing'er wanted to persuade her again, but then Jin Xiao's voice came from behind her.

"Little fox, you don't need to persuade them anymore." Jin Xiao's tone was cold as he glanced at the seven quasi-emperor demons. "Since they refuse to talk, don't blame us for being ruthless."

"Master," Jin Xiao turned to look at Xiao Ningyun and said softly, "These seven guys are refusing to listen to reason, so why not just place a mental restriction on them and make them obey you from now on? What do you think?"

Little Ningyun blinked her big eyes, looking completely bewildered: "Impose a restriction on the sea of ​​consciousness? What's that?"

Han Bingli smiled and explained, "It's a control method that makes them obey your commands. You can make them do whatever you want, even kill them."

"Oh~" Xiao Ningyun nodded as if she understood, then looked at Jinxiao: "Jinxiao, can you do it?"

"Hmph!" Jin Xiao snorted disdainfully: "A mere few quasi-emperor demons, I, the Divine Phoenix, can annihilate their souls with a single claw, let alone just break the restriction on their sea of ​​consciousness."

Upon hearing this, the seven-headed quasi-emperor demon's expression changed drastically.

To place a restriction on one's sea of ​​consciousness? Wouldn't that mean one's life and death would be controlled by others from then on? That's worse than death!

"No!" Jiuying suddenly raised its head, its gaze blazing at Jinxiao: "We would rather die than suffer such humiliation!"

"That's right!" the ancient savage bull roared, mustering its courage. "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! If you have the guts, then kill us!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Jin Xiao tilted his head, his eyes full of mockery. "Since you all want to die, then this Divine Phoenix will grant your wish!"

Before he finished speaking, the golden-red divine flames on Jinxiao's body suddenly surged, dyeing the entire sky a crimson gold.

"Wait!" The ancient bull trembled, and tears streamed down its face.

Although it claimed it wasn't afraid of death, when death actually came, it realized it couldn't face it calmly at all.

"I...I..." The ancient bull stammered, wanting to say something, but unable to get the words out.

"You savage bull!" Jiuying roared, "Didn't you say you weren't afraid of death? Why are you trembling all over?"

"I...I'm afraid of dying..." After saying that, the Primordial Bull lowered its head: "Nine Infants, I don't want to die...I still want to live...I also want to go outside and see the world."

"You...you...you're such a cowardly bull." Jiuying was so angry at the bull that he didn't know what to say.

The Crimson Flame Tiger hurriedly spoke, its voice trembling, "Divine Beast, spare my life! I...I'm willing to accept the restriction!"

"Me too!" the Soul-Devouring Sparrow cried out in a shrill voice.

The Devouring Python's eyes were filled with struggle, but it finally sighed, "Nine-Headed Serpent, as long as the green hills remain, there's always firewood to burn... It's always better to be alive than dead!"

The Jade Demon Ape stammered, "Nine Infants, I... don't want to die either."

In an instant, apart from Jiuying, the other six demons all chose to surrender.

Nine-Headed Serpent shook its head helplessly. What it knew, the other demons also knew. Now, even if it died, it would be pointless, so it simply chose to remain silent.

The seven-tailed fox mustered its courage and went straight to Han Bingli and the others, kneeling down and respectfully requesting: "Two divine beasts, young heroes, we can all choose to submit to you and are willing to tell you everything here truthfully, but this little demon has a small request, please grant it, divine beasts."

Han Bingli looked at Qiwei Gu, her tone icy: "What request? Tell us! If the request is too outrageous, we won't grant it."

The seven-tailed fox immediately kowtowed and replied, "Heroine, this humble demon's request is not excessive. I only wish to ask the divine beast lord to spare the other lesser demons in our little world."

Upon hearing this, Han Bingli pondered for a moment and nodded. If they were really killed, the demons would rather self-destruct than submit.

"Yes, but... you must enter into a contract or a prohibition."

Hearing Han Bingli's words, the other great demons all breathed a sigh of relief.

(Dear readers, this struggling author has been sick recently, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, and has been bedridden for several days, so I haven't been able to update for a few days. I'm so sorry! I'm starting to resume writing slowly now.)