Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Demon Hunting Order

Wang Jian also took a sip of his tea, savoring the complex flavors before responding. "Sect Master Li surely jests. If yours is a humble sect, then what are we?" he spoke with a warm smile, though his mind was racing.

He thought to himself that this place had undergone quite the transformation since the last time they had visited. When they had flown here using their usual route, they discovered that the entire terrain had changed completely and the sect was nowhere to be seen.

They had wondered if they somehow had the wrong coordinates, spending several hours running around in circles and searching the area before finally being noticed by Elder Huang and escorted inside.

To think that this sect would possess such a sophisticated concealment formation that not even he could detect the slightest trace of its presence. It must have been at least a fourth-grade formation, and an exceptionally well-crafted one at that.

But that wasn’t all that had shocked him. When they finally stepped inside the sect’s boundaries, the qi concentration within the area was simply on a completely different level from anything he had experienced. The spiritual energy was so dense and pure that you could cultivate just by breathing.

Even the young master had confirmed that such extraordinary qi concentration could only be found in the most special and protected zones within the holy lands. Just how much had this sect transformed in the span of only a few weeks?

Even the sect master herself had undergone a dramatic change, he thought as his gaze lingered on Li Yao. Before, he had been confident that he was stronger than her. But now, he couldn’t even begin to estimate her true power level. From what had happened earlier with that overwhelming aura, she gave him more intense pressure than even the cult leader.

Just how did such a monster, no, just how did those two monsters end up in this world?

His expression then became serious as he shifted to the real purpose of their visit. "Sect Master, we just received some critically important news from the central continent and thought we should share it with you," he said.

"News?" Li Yao wondered aloud.

"That’s right," Liu Feng spoke this time. "The demon hunting order is about to begin," he said.

"Demon hunting order? What’s that?" Li Yao asked in confusion, having never encountered this term before.

"Ah, I forgot the sect master is of the younger generation, so she might not be familiar with this," Wang Jian laughed. "The demon hunting order is something that is carried out every one thousand years."

"Every one thousand years, the demons that have been sealed away in the abyss break free from their prison and launch attacks against the human world. We are then forced to seal them away again, and the cycle continues endlessly."

His expression darkened as he let out a weary sigh. "We had thought that these seals were intentionally broken with the help of demonic cultivators. That was part of the reason why we were so adamant on defeating the cult leader. But it seems we still couldn’t stop it."

Li Yao seemed lost in thought for a moment. "Does this demon invasion happen all over the world?" she asked.

Wang Jian shook his head solemnly. "No. Only the eastern, western, northern, and southern continents are directly affected by these invasions. The central continent, with its many high-level experts and powerful defensive formations, is able to successfully resist the demonic invasion each time."

"But don’t worry too much. The central continent won’t simply abandon the other continents to their fate. Every time this invasion occurs, they issue the demon hunting order, deploying large numbers of skilled cultivators from the central continent to the other continents specifically to hunt down and eliminate the demons. That’s how the other continents have managed to survive and rebuild after all these repeated cycles over the millennia."

Live reaction inside li yao’s spiritual sea:

Xiang Yu: Sus

Li Yao: Sus

Human Empress: Definitely Sus

Yao Yao: Sus?

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"When is this demonic invasion going to start?" Li Yao asked.

Wang Jian showed a brief look of surprise before quickly composing himself. As expected of the sect master, she didn’t even bat an eye at such world-shaking information. It seemed she wasn’t scared in the slightest by the prospect of a continent-wide demonic invasion.

"We don’t have the exact timing information, but..."

Outside the hall, Liu Feng had grown restless during the lengthy political discussion. He looked up at the sun hanging high above, thinking to himself how incredibly boring it was sitting in there with those older cultivators. And that Li Yao, was she even truly of the same generation as them? How could she speak so naturally with the sect master as if they were old friends who had known each other for decades?

"Well, I’ll just walk around for now," he thought to himself as he started exploring the sect grounds.

As he wandered through the various courtyards and pathways, he came across many disciples going about their daily duties and training routines. What surprised him was that he couldn’t sense any cultivation emanating from most of these people, they appeared to be completely ordinary mortals without any cultivation.

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