Best Young Master

The excitement of the two elders from the Zi Mo clan is well-founded!

After all, the Innate Death Body is extremely rare, appearing only one in a billion. In the entire history of the demon world, less than three have emerged, each a formidable existence.

Without accident, the Innate Death Body can at least reach the Heavenly King Realm, and the strongest combat power in the demon clan now is only the Heavenly King Realm. Those who surpass the Heavenly King Realm are taken away by people from above.

The demon world is actually quite pitiful. They are like livestock raised in a world; as soon as there is a strong person capable of breaking this world, they are inevitably taken to another world.

However—

The identity of the Innate Death Body is extremely special and noble. Once it appears, it inevitably becomes the core secret of the family, kept hidden before it has the ability to protect itself.

Generally, only those families with strong bloodlines, or families that have produced Demon Emperors, have a chance of an Innate Death Body appearing. It’s almost impossible among ordinary people.

This physique is extremely rare throughout the demon clan. If cultivated properly, it is bound to shine brightly in the future, even elevating the status of the Zi Mo family greatly, allowing them to compete with top families.

The two elders of the Zi Mo family exchanged a glance, seeing the light of excitement in each other’s eyes.

In their view, this matter must be kept confidential, without any leaks. Otherwise, it would attract the covetousness of other large families. With the strength of the Zi Mo family, they absolutely cannot protect an Innate Death Body.

Ye Fan had no idea that he was already being watched by two high-level members of the Zi Mo family.

After dealing with Zi Quankun’s body, he walked with Zi Huan towards the ancestral shrine.

"They are coming to find me; accompany me to take a look so as not to misjudge." The robust elder smiled at the other elder across.

"It’s an honor to meet the Innate Death Body with the clan leader, an honor for me, Zixiao Fei!" the other elder said.

"Enough of that, go if you want. If not, forget it. Stop flattering me."

Clan leader Zixiao Yu laughed and cursed, disappeared from the spot.

Then, the other elder Zixiao Fei and Ye Fan disappeared as if they had never appeared, while the other people in the inn were accustomed to it, not surprised.

The Zi Mo family’s ancestral shrine is very tall, with each pillar reaching the clouds, requiring dozens of people to encircle it. The whole ancestral shrine is built with hard obsidian, engraved with various strange patterns, including flowers, birds, fish, insects, various demon beasts, and innate runes.

The entire ancestral shrine appears solemn and sacred, exuding a sense of the vicissitudes of time. Even the demon clan retains some human race habits.

Ye Fan discovered a large number of ancient human race texts on the wall. Although he didn’t understand the meaning, he vaguely guessed that the demon world might have intricate connections not only with humanoid creatures but also with the human race!

Humanoid creatures indeed resemble the human race in appearance, but their bodies are covered with dark green scales, some with double horns on the head, some with wings on the back, some with pig heads on human bodies, and others with human heads on snake bodies.

Yet the demon clan in the demon world is no different from the human race, except they lack vitality and cultivate death energy, thus resembling the human race, an important reason for Ye Fan daring to impersonate a demon clan.

With death energy, as long as he carefully gathers his vitality, he wouldn’t be exposed.

Of course, many martial arts secret skills cannot be performed, such as Xuandi Fist, Mountain and River Seal, Soldier Control Technique, Divine Soul Resonance Sound Wave Technique, etc.

These martial arts can only be activated through divine power.

Once divine power is activated, his identity will be exposed, posing severe danger!

In such a situation, unless facing life-threatening moments or ensuring to kill witnesses, he absolutely cannot use these martial arts, or divine power, only using death energy and martial arts activated by death energy.

This is why he deliberately didn’t kill that middle-aged man earlier, instead deduced the opponent’s martial arts—he was eager to learn a martial art from the demon world!

Only then can he maintain his disguise better in the demon world.

Having been in this world for many days, he has been keeping an eye on the altar for traversing the star domain, but hasn’t found any clues.

Perhaps it’s because his current status isn’t high enough to access some core secrets of this world.

But he believes that given time, he can stand at the pinnacle of this world, finding out what kind of relationship exists between this world and humanoid creatures.

The demon world is a source of disaster, especially with the ancient Xing Kong Gu Road still passable, likely leading them to the Linxian Ancient Star.

"You are Ye Fan, who saved my daughter, indeed young and promising!"

A loud voice interrupted Ye Fan’s thoughts.

Looking up, Ye Fan found himself already inside the ancestral shrine, seeing a row of memorial tablets not far from him, with a mighty, unparalleled elder sitting in front, with leopard eyes and sword-like whiskers.

"The clan leader overpraises me, I dare not accept!" Ye Fan calmly said, neither humble nor arrogant.

"I heard you went to the Ancient Battlefield, did you gain anything?" Zixiao Fei, sitting beside, smiled and asked Ye Fan.

"It is indeed a cultivation holy land; I have greatly benefited from it."

Ye Fan’s words were true; he indeed gained immense benefits by the Divine Demon Lake on the Ancient Battlefield.

"That’s good, I see you seem to have great potential. Would you like to join our Zi Mo family? If you join, I promise all resources will tilt toward you, free for you to use, and Zi Huan can accompany you," the robust clan leader Zixiao Yu smiled at Ye Fan.

This is an irresistible temptation for ordinary demon clan cultivators; all resources tilting represents a family’s will to cultivate him as a seed strong person!

"Thank you for your kindness, better to follow your command!"

Ye Fan naturally wouldn’t refuse such a good deal and nodded in agreement.

"Great, fantastic, our Purple Demon Family has gained another promising individual! In the future, during the selection in Demon City, our Purple Demon Family will surely make a name for itself!" Zi xiao Fei said with a loud laugh.

"Transmit my clan leader order, host a three-day banquet to welcome Ye Fan joining our Purple Demon Family!"

Clan Leader Zixiao Yu casually tossed a Purple Gold Token and instructed.

"I’ll go announce this news!"

Zi xiao Fei picked up the Purple Gold Token, strode out of the ancestral hall, and went to announce Ye Fan’s participation in the Purple Demon Family.

"Congratulations, Brother Ye!"

Zi Huan excitedly hugged Ye Fan and kissed him on the cheek, startling Ye Fan nearly to reveal his qi and blood.

"Hmm?"

How sensitive was Clan Leader Zixiao Yu’s perception?

Ye Fan had only a slight fluctuation of qi and blood, which was immediately noticed by him.

In an instant, his expression became grave, and sharp Divine Radiance shot from his eyes, looking towards Ye Fan as though seeing through him.

Ye Fan was startled in his heart but remained calm and continued to suppress his qi and blood, his body filled with pure Death Aura.

After observing for a while, Zixiao Yu couldn’t perceive any abnormalities and asked curiously, "I clearly felt a fluctuation of qi and blood earlier, why is it gone now? Could it be that your body has actually generated qi and blood?"

Ye Fan’s heart stirred, and the use of the term "generated" by Zixiao Yu instantly gave him a countermeasure.

Sighing, Ye Fan gently pushed Zi Huan away from his embrace, then said, "You weren’t mistaken, my body seems to have indeed generated a trace of qi and blood."

"How is this possible? Tell me more about it in detail."

Such a matter is no trivial issue, even for someone like Clan Leader Zixiao Yu, who must treat it cautiously.

"The course of events is as follows..."

Ye Fan spoke eloquently, weaving a tale of lies and artistically detailing the events that occurred in the Ancient Battlefield.

According to Ye Fan’s account, he saw a strange phenomenon in the Ancient Battlefield, and then pursued the anomaly to a mysterious place, where there was endless Divine Aura; it greatly harmed the Demon Clan, so much so that even a Heavenly King Realm’s strong cannot stay there for long.

He thought he was certainly going to die, but after a long time, nothing happened, and there seemed to be some peculiar fluctuation within his body. He didn’t know what it was, and after thinking for a long time, he suspected it might be the legendary qi and blood but didn’t dare approach it again and retreated.

He always wasn’t certain, so he didn’t mention it earlier, but since you’ve sensed it, I have nothing to hide anymore.

This talk mixed truth with falsehood, false with truth, dizziness mixed with clarity, soon left Zixiao Yu bewildered.

"Heaven must be watching over us; for millions of years, no one in our Demon Clan has ever generated qi and blood within their body, and even a trace of qi and blood means certain death. Is Heaven truly allowing our Purple Demon Family to rise from now on?"

Zixiao Yu was nearly on the verge of kneeling down to thank Heaven, overcome with excitement.

The generation of qi and blood within one’s body is the dream of all cultivators in the Demon Clan for millions of years, and even the greatest significance of the Demon Clan’s existence, yet it has never been realized. How could he not be extremely excited now that it has appeared in Ye Fan?

"This matter must be kept secret; only the three of us should know, no fourth person should find out. Do you understand?"

After the excitement, Zixiao Yu quickly calmed down and realized the importance of secrecy in this matter. If other family members knew that Ye Fan not only had an Innate Death Body but also mutated, to the extreme of death, having generated a trace of qi and blood, they might spare no effort in seizing him.

When that time comes, the Purple Demon Family absolutely couldn’t protect Ye Fan against so many powerful families, so secrecy becomes particularly crucial.

If Zi Huan weren’t his biological daughter, he might even consider killing to silence her; knowing fewer people means greater safety.

That evening, the city where the Demon Clan congregated was filled with dazzling lights and bonfires, more brilliant than the stars in the sky, and the air was filled with the aroma of alcohol and meat.

"Fellow clansmen, taking this opportunity of the gathering, I have an announcement to make to everyone."

With these words, the imposing and burly Clan Leader Zixiao Yu appeared before the crowd, accompanied by his brother Zi xiao Fei.

Suddenly, the entire square fell silent, as everyone watched the Clan Leader, wondering what big announcement he was about to make. Meanwhile, not far away, Zi Tianmo’s heart sank with a sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, next, Clan Leader Zixiao Yu announced: "A few days ago, Ye Fan, who saved our Zi Huan Lingzhu from the Demon Lord of the Duomu Family, officially joins our Purple Demon Family! I declare that from today, Ye Fan will replace Zi Tianmo to become our Purple Demon Family’s seed contestant, preparing for the Demon City selection. Everyone, give your support and applause."

"Wow..."

Instantly, applause erupted like thunder.

"Ye Fan, I want to challenge you, to prove with strength that I am stronger and more suitable as the seed contestant for the Demon City selection!"

As soon as Clan Leader Zixiao Yu’s voice fell, Zi Tianmo immediately stepped forward, aggressively challenging Ye Fan, aiming to use strength to prove he is more fitting as a seed contestant.

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