Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

"That old lecher!" Gou An cursed inwardly.

He was just being coy and unwilling, but his attitude changed so quickly when he heard there were more than twenty female demons.

Gou An initially wanted to train an army in the Palm Heaven Diagram, but Xuan Kongzi told him that the monsters and people inside were all given power that did not belong to them by means of pills.

They were already limited to this level of strength, and could not be made stronger through ordinary cultivation methods, so they could not become an army at all.

So Gou An temporarily abandoned this idea and just told them to focus on farming.

Everything in the Heavenly Palm Map is now in order, and Liu Dayong alone is more than capable of managing it.

As night slowly faded, a faint golden-red hue appeared on the eastern horizon.

A brand new sun slowly rose, its morning light bathing the City of Ten Thousand Demons and dispelling the chill of the entire night.

As dawn broke, Gou An went to the courtyard to stretch his limbs, still worried about Xuan Kongzi impersonating Lord Jin Yang, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

Just then, a beam of white light fell from the sky and landed steadily in front of the courtyard gate.

Gou An raised his eyes and saw that the newcomer was once again the Evil Bone Taoist.

Arriving at the door so early in the morning, the visitor must be up to no good.

"Good morning, Master Gou." The Evil Bone Daoist strode into the courtyard without any politeness.

"Evil Bone Protector, what business do you have with me today?" Gou An stepped forward and bowed slightly.

"I've come specifically to deliver the Demon King's decree." The Evil Bone Daoist smiled faintly and said, "The Demon King summons you to see him. Yesterday, I presented my deductions to the Demon King, and he was furious. He ordered me to come and take you there to prevent you from escaping."

Upon hearing this, Gou An smiled helplessly: "I believe the Demon King will make his own judgment."

Seeing that Gou An was still stubborn, Xie Gu sneered: "Then come with me and see how you will argue when we get to the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, he gently shook his folding fan, and a whirlwind suddenly rose up, lifting Gou An into the air and flying straight towards the central hall of the Demon King's Palace.

At the same moment, in the main hall of the Demon King's Palace.

The Desolate Demon King sat high on the throne, his expression solemn, his gaze sweeping over the hall, with the other guardians standing on either side.

The Evil Bone Taoist activated the whirlwind, carrying Gou An directly to the outside of the palace gate, and then led Gou An into the main hall.

Gou An followed behind the Evil Bone Taoist, looked up at the other guardians, and frowned slightly.

Jin Yangshan was nowhere to be seen, and it was unknown where Xuan Kongzi had taken his physical body.

On the left side of the platform sat three demon cultivators.

Besides the old fox, Master Cangxuan, there was also a bull demon with white fur all over its body, strong and powerful, with two exceptionally thick horns.

It is evident that he has devoted all his cultivation to strength, and he still has a bull's head on his neck, showing almost no physical cultivation.

He is the recluse of Zhenyue!

Then came a young man wearing a dark blue robe with dragon horns on his forehead, clearly the Azure Sea Dragon Lord!

On the other side, two people were sitting and refining, one young and one old.

The younger one, dressed in a blood-red robe with blood-red eyes, was clearly the so-called Blood-Drinking True Lord.

The other old man, with white hair and beard, wearing a black robe, and with his exposed hands appearing somewhat bluish-black, should be the Hundred Poisons Hermit.

At this point, Gou An had met all seven guardians of the City of Ten Thousand Demons.

"Your Majesty, I have brought Master Gou here." The Evil Bone Taoist stepped forward and bowed to the Demon King to report.

"Take a seat!" The Desolate Demon King nodded and said in a low voice.

The Evil Bone Taoist turned around and gave Gou An a wicked smile. Then, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and flew up to sit on the side of the high platform.

Gou An looked up and saw that there were seven seats around the Demon King, but only one was empty. That should be the seat of Lord Jin Yang.

"Master Gou!" the Desolate Demon King then spoke, getting straight to the point: "I ask you, do you know the whereabouts of Lord Jinyang?"

"Your Majesty, I do not know!" Gou An immediately bowed and denied it.

"Liar!" At this moment, the Evil Bone Taoist spoke up to question, "The night before Lord Jinyang last appeared in the City of Ten Thousand Demons, he was drinking and chatting with me."

"He told me personally that he would follow you after you leave the city tomorrow and find an opportunity to test you."

"His target is you; there's no way you haven't seen him!"

Faced with the words of the Evil Bone Taoist, the Demon King and the guards on the high platform all turned their attention to Gou An.

Being stared at by a Nascent Soul stage demon and a group of Nascent Soul stage demons and cultivators, Gou An felt his breathing become much heavier.

"I don't know if what the Evil Bone Protector said is true or false!" Gou An took a deep breath and calmly replied, "But I have never met Lord Jin Yang, nor have I encountered any tests. I was just searching for the spiritual materials needed to refine the ancient pill for the Queen in the Demon Beast Mountain Range."

"You're lying!" Evil Bone Daoist questioned, "Since Lord Jinyang wants to test you, he will definitely do so. Even if he doesn't need others to test you, he will test you himself."

Gou An looked at the Evil Bone Daoist and retorted, "I don't understand why the Evil Bone Protector insists that I'm the one who caused Lord Jin Yang's disappearance?"

At this point, Gou An feigned a wronged expression and continued, "I'm just a little demon who has only recently taken human form. Whether in terms of strength or cultivation, I'm no match for Lord Jin Yang. How could I let him disappear?"

"Having conquered the ancient tower's secret realm, you must possess its most precious treasures!" Evil Bone immediately emphasized, "Lord Jinyang may have been careless and fallen for your underhanded trick!"

"But these are all just your guesses, Evil Bone Protector!" Gou An immediately retorted, "I don't possess any supreme treasures, and I didn't even manage to pass through the Ancient Tower Secret Realm back then!"

Faced with the argument between Gou An and Xie Gu Dao Ren, the Demon King Huang Ku simply sat calmly in his chair and listened without any reaction.

"Whether it's there or not, a body search will tell, won't it?" A cold smile suddenly appeared on Xie Gu's lips. "Palms, throat, storage bag, storage stones—search them all, and you'll know whether it's there or not."

Upon hearing this, Gou An was shocked. If they really searched him, the treasure he was hiding on his body would definitely not be able to be concealed.

Although there was nothing belonging to Lord Jinyang inside, once it was exposed, it would inevitably attract attention.

Most importantly, why hasn't Xuan Kongzi appeared yet?

"Why are you afraid now?" the Evil Bone Taoist immediately pressed. "Or is it that you already have a guilty conscience?"

"Most of what I have on me are various spiritual materials used for alchemy!" Gou An replied, "Forcibly taking them out would damage the medicinal properties."

"Moreover!" Gou An changed the subject and continued, "The so-called deductions made by the Evil Bone Taoist are actually quite problematic in themselves."

"What's wrong with it?" Evil Bone asked back.

"Huguo said that Lord Jinyang was with him the night before he last appeared in the City of Ten Thousand Demons!" Gou An said, "Then wouldn't you be the last person to see Lord Jinyang?"

"No, you are!" Evil Bone immediately retorted.

Gou An shook his head and continued, "Furthermore, you said that Lord Jin Yang said he would follow me out of the city, but my decision to leave the city to find medicine was made suddenly in the early hours of the morning. How did Lord Jin Yang know about it in the middle of the night?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze fell upon Xie Gu.

This made the Evil Bone Taoist frown unconsciously.