21 The Long Journey (2/2)

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While the whole sect was still boiling with excitement and everybody was talking about how Devil Fang had single handily crushed and swept the entire core disciples ranking, Ling Chen, the main culprit behind Fang Lan's skyrocketing strength quietly left the Heavenly Demon Sect on a mission.

As for Fang Lan, his first follower, he naturally wished to follow by his side and exert his strength for him. Needless to say, Ling Chen was more than happy to grant him his wish.

Ling then didn't know anything about the mortal world while Fang Lan was an expert compared to him as he has been there a couple of times and knew the way. As for the people Ling Xiao was supposed to lend him, well, none of them showed. In fact, he hadn't seen Ling Xiao since the Inner Sect Battle Ascension.

According to his father, the journey to the mortal world would be a long and tortuous path. This journey was not only to clean up all the traitors within the domain of the sect, but it was also a self-discovery journey. It was a way for him to discover the world outside the Heavenly Demon Sect.

As such, early in the morning, the two devils had long left the sect and were on the way to the first kingdom under the rule of the Heavenly Demon Sect, the Sky Lion Kingdom.

At this moment, Ling Chen and Fang Lan sat on top of a huge black eagle and watched as the white clouds floated by and the whistled of the wind.

The Sky Lion Kingdom was too far from the Heavenly Demon Sect. They were separated by thousands of miles. It would take months just to travel there by using horses or other land-bound mounts.

As such, Ling Chen was given an aerial demon beast by the sect a way of transportation. The aerial demon beast would return to the sect after getting him to his destination. Though Ling Chen was a peak Martial Sovereign and had the ability to fly, the distance was too great and the sect didn't want to take any chances.

The aerial beast that they were riding was a Lightning Black Eagle that had the bloodline of an ancient divine beast. Though the bloodline was very thin as the ancient divine beast bloodline has ceased to exist, it was still able to break through the Demon Emperor because of it.

It was also one of the guardian beasts of the Heavenly Demon Sect. Even though it hadn't broken through the Demon Sovereign realm yet and gained wisdom to transform into a human form, it was still as smart as a human adult and was able to talk in human tongue as well.

At this moment, the massive body of the black eagle was soaring through the sky at a high speed. Even though the two of them were sitting on the back of the black eagle, they still had enough space to spare. The massive body of the black eagle was more than sufficient for five to six people to sit on.

For an aerial demon beast to transport a human, it had to be significantly larger than a human. Although there were numerous demon beasts throughout Heaven Desolate region, they were mostly land-bound. As for the handful of the aerial demon beasts, most of them were small in stature. It's one of the reason why aerial beast such as the black eagle they were riding was very rare and precocious, even for a sect such as the Heavenly Demon Sect. Except for the Beast Taming Sect, each one of the Fifteen great influences only had two or three of such aerial demon beast.

On top of the black eagle, Ling Chen was fascinated by the vast and boundless mountain range below him. There were countless trees that towered over the sky and numerous demon beasts roamed freely amid them. Without sufficient strength, it would pretty hard to travel through this mountain range.

Soon, the sky was getting dark. After a long day of traveling non-stop, the two of them felt slightly drained, not to mention the black eagle. As such, they chose to land on the ground to spend the night.