Chapter 124 - The Gates of the Demon Realm (2/2)

“We also found out that there were many places like that in the outskirts of the city. There was at least one such place every ten feet, but we don’t know the reason for this. Could it be related to what Brother Lonemoon said about the gates of the demonic realm?”

Lonemoon frowned. It was true that only demonic entities could repel immortal Qi.

“Shen Ying!” He shouted, turning toward Shen Ying. “Where in the city did you see the gates of the demonic realm?”

“In that… whatever tower…” Didn’t I already say so before?

“Weighty Tower?” Bao Feiping clarified.

“Yes, just before you entered.” She pondered over this for a moment, then added, “It disappeared in a flash.”

Just before they arrived… That means it appeared just when the demons escaped? The demon escaped into the demonic realm. That was why it did not leave a trace?

But they already checked the Weighty Tower several times. Contrary to the other weird places they identified, the Weighty Tower had the thickest immortal Qi in all of the Bao Family’s property.

“City Lord, can you bring us there?” Lonemoon suggested. There were some things that they could not see, but that Shen Ying – the cheat – could.

Bao Feiping nodded and led the few of them into the courtyard. Lonemoon checked the Tower where Shen Ying said she had seen the gates of the demonic realm several times. Yet, just as Bao Feiping had said, he found nothing out of the ordinary.

They subsequently checked the odd places that Bao Feiping had pointed out earlier. Similarly, they found nothing else out of the ordinary.

“Father has already gone to the capital to report this matter,” Bao Feiping informed them. If their city indeed contained the gates of the demonic realm, they did not have the power to make any decisions.

Lonemoon nodded and surveyed his surroundings once again. He still could not find anything odd. He was beginning to doubt if Shen Ying really had seen the gates of the demonic realm earlier. She could very well have been seeing things. He could not help but turn to Shen Ying beside him and ask, “Hey, have you found anything?”

“Yes,” Shen Ying answered.

“Oh… what?” Lonemoon asked in surprise. Even Bao Feiping turned around immediately, staring at her in shock. “What do you see?”

“A gate.”

“Holy shit, you see the gates of the demonic realm? Where?”

Shen Ying pointed to the ground. “Here!”

Everyone looked down at the space on the ground that Shen Ying was pointing at.

“…” There was nothing there.

“There… and there!” Shen Ying pointed in seemingly random directions. “They’re all around.”

The corners of Lonemoon’s mouth twitched. “What does that mean?” Were the gates of the demonic realm rat holes? Why were they located all over the ground? “Where exactly is it? Speak clearly!”

“…”

Shen Ying sighed, turned around to face Yi Qing and said, “Chef, help me to fly up there.”

Without any hesitation, Yi Qing drew his flying sword and flew Shen Ying up into the air. They flew higher and higher, until they were about a thousand metres in the air. Then, she pointed downward and turned to address Lonemoon and Bao Feiping, who flew up together with her.

“Here!”

The two of them looked down and suddenly understood. The colour drained from their faces.

Damn!