Episode 14: Demons Chapter 14: Demon Castle

Although Linley and the others weren’t cheap, they wouldn’t waste their money frivolously either. Linley and the others left this hotel and wandered around Emperor Wing City for a while longer, going to a dozen or so hotel lodgings to take a look around, before finally choosing a hotel that was elegant and serene in scale.

The price for a year’s stay was 210 inkstones.

After paying the 210 inkstones and receiving a black license plate. Linley and the others then entered their residence and pushed open the courtyard door, unfolding in front of Linley was an elegant courtyard, with the flower garden taking up a third of the courtyard.

Behind it was a small, ancient two-story building.

Linley and Delia couldn’t help but be satisfied as they looked at it.

“Boss, this courtyard is quite quiet.”

Bebe said playfully, “Boss, I live upstairs.”

Bebe directly leapt up to the second floor, only a moment later, Bebe transformed and flew down again, skimming his lips, “This hotel is really stingy, apart from the beds and tables and chairs, there’s nothing else.”

“It’s already pretty good to have such an environment.”

Linley nodded his head in satisfaction, then took out two Zhan stone slabs respectively and gave them to Delia and Bebe: “Bebe, Delia, one of you will take 200,000 inkstones for now, and if you want to buy anything in the future, decide for yourselves.”

“Hehehe.”

Bebe lifted his eyebrows and connected over.

Delia also nodded and took it.

Linley tilted his head to look at the sky, it was only mid-afternoon and that blood-colored sun was still hanging high in the sky.

“It’s still early, it’s not even dark, there’s a curfew in this Diwing City, that’s also from twelve o’clock at night when you’re not allowed to be on the streets, let’s go out and take a look first.”

Linley was the first to think of the Demon Castle, “Let’s go straight to the Demon Castle. See what’s going on with that demonic examination.”

“Demon castle?”

Delia and Bebe both rose in anticipation as well.

Wasting no time, Linley and the three of them immediately set off for the Devil’s Castle!

The ancient Devil’s Castle. Purple and black all over. In particular, the Devil’s Castle’s iconic giant carvings —- of a blurry face and that one demonic red one-eye could not be forgotten once one had seen it.

The number of people heading towards the Devil’s Castle was obviously far less than the number of people heading towards the Purple Bauhinia Castle and the Black Sand Castle.

However, although the number of people heading towards the Devil’s Castle was sparse. However, there was a sense of confidence as they walked along the streets looking around. Most of them had the Devil’s Medal on their chests, and it was clear that ……

They were all demons!

The elite people of hell!

Linley’s trio stepped down the steps and stepped into the first floor hall of the Demon Castle Grounds.

“So quiet.”

Bebe said softly.

The first floor hall of this Devil’s Castle was very empty, and there were very few people in this hall. There were only a few hundred people. Hundreds of people in such an empty hall just gave one a sparse feeling. Linley and the others saw the counter for demonic applications at a glance.

There was a beautiful turquoise-haired woman sitting inside at that counter, while bottles of fine wine were placed on the shelves behind her.

“Yuna, have a glass of Ouray, in the red bottle!”

A big, bald, black-armored man casually placed a Zhan stone on the table.

“Hey, can’t you see I’m in the middle of something? Wait a minute.”

The blue-haired beauty, however, ignored the burly man and instead talked to a dark-haired young man in front of her.

“Angie, what can I say to you before you listen. The last demonic examination. Of the thousand people who participated in the examination, only fifty-three succeeded. There were also twenty-eight who kept their lives even though they didn’t succeed, and the other over nine hundred people all died! You’ve already failed the test twice in a row, you’re lucky to have saved your life. But you can be lucky twice. Can you still be lucky a third time?”

The turquoise-haired beauty anxiously persuaded.

Linley’s trio also walked over.

The dark-haired youth’s voice was low: “Yuna, although I know that the first two times were luck, I don’t want to give up. The first two times I came up short, this time I’ll definitely succeed.”

“Can’t you just cultivate again and wait until your strength improves a bit?”

Yuna sighed. “I’m in charge of this demon application. I don’t know how many I’ve seen who want to become demons like you. But the Demon Examination, that’s an extremely high mortality rate. Only a few dozen people out of a thousand usually succeed. Those who survive don’t even exceed a hundred!”

“Anji, you go back to cultivate again, wait until your strength improves a bit, and then come over again. I will definitely promise to enroll you.”

Yuna persuaded.

“Strength boost?”

The black-haired youth shook his head, “I’m already a Medium God now, and I’ve comprehended three types of Law Arcana. But I know …… that even if I cultivate again, comprehending the fourth won’t take me long. Even if I comprehend it, so what? Strength won’t progress. Unless one reaches the Upper God Realm! But that’s too far away.”

“Could it be that I should refine the divine lattice to become a god? I’m not willing to do that, not to mention, I don’t have enough money to purchase an Upper Divine Lattice.”

The black-haired youth looked at the turquoise-haired woman, “Yuna, don’t stop me.”

“Haha ……”

Suddenly the bald black-armored big man next to him laughed, that laughter instantly resounded throughout the empty and quiet hall, many demons looked over, the bald black-armored burly man turned his head towards his friends, “Brothers, come and take a look. There’s a little guy here who has kept his little life for two consecutive demon examinations, ah, he’s really lucky. Now he has to take the test for the third time. Haha ……”

“Oh, preserving his little life twice in a row?”

Quite a few people over there came over, these people all had demon medals on their chests.

“Saved your little life twice by fluke, and you still want to come? You think your life is too long?”

Those demons walked over with reckless talk and laughter.

That black-haired youth lowered his head, his brows furrowed, and his whole body trembled slightly. This was humiliation!

“Yuna.”

That bald black-armored burly man laughed, “This little guy wants to go to his death by himself, why are you still persuading him, let him go to the test and die.”

“Shut up, Crompton!”

Yuna glared at him and chided.

The bald, black-armored strong man was stunned, then became furious: “Yuna. You dare to talk to me like that!”

“What? Can’t you?”

Yuna’s chin lifted slightly as she coldly stared at the bald black-armored burly man, “Crompton. That’s how I speak to you. What’s wrong?”

“Shit!”

This Crompton angrily slammed the table and stared at Yuna with a pair of red eyes.

Yuna was startled, but she still gathered her courage and said forcefully, “Crompton, what are you doing, this is the Devil’s Castle!”

Yuna actually knew that this Crompton, was one of the more powerful demons. The strength itself was already an Upper God.

“Crompton!”

Some of the demons that came over immediately opened their mouths and chided, “Don’t make trouble.”

These demons who were greeted by Crompton. They were all friends of Crompton’s ground.

“Hmph.”

Crompton snorted coldly, he also knew that he couldn’t make a move in Emperor Wing City. He could only get angry.

“Yuna, Crompton has this fiery temper, right, Ou Lei come with a bottle, hurry up.”

The other man with long crimson hair next to him pushed the piece of zhan stone on the counter to Yuna, who also borrowed a step down. Collecting the zhan stone and taking out a bottle of fine wine and handing it to them.

At this time, the dark-haired youth, Angel, whispered, “Yuna, I’m sorry.”

Yuna looked at him and could only shake her head and smile.

“I know my cultivation speed well.”

The black-haired youth looked at Yuna, “It took me a hundred thousand years to cultivate the third Law Arcana. I know clearly that within 100,000 years, it is impossible for my strength to increase much. And I only have enough money to live in Emperor Wing City for just a few more decades. There’s no time for that!”

Yuna gave him a look.

“Fine.”

Yuna finally gave in.

“Excuse me, are there any requirements for a demon application?”

A voice rang out, and Linley’s trio walked up to the counter.

Yuna glanced at him. He covered his head, “Goodness. A Medium God who had failed twice in a row to save his little life and still presumed to continue taking the examination. It was already crazy enough. Now, it wouldn’t be a lower god that also wants to come and participate in the Demon Examination.”

“Hey, my boss is asking you.”

Bebe stared at her.

When Yuna saw Bebe, she couldn’t help but be puzzled for a moment and opened her mouth in surprise, “He, is your boss?”

Yuna could see that Bebe was a Medium God, while Linley was just a Lower God.

“What, no?”

Bebe asked rhetorically.

Yuna couldn’t help but choke.

Next to her, Delia laughed, “Ms. Yuna right, can you tell us what are the conditions for a demonic application?”

Yuna spoke, “This demon application, there are no other conditions, as long as one pays 10,000 inkstones they can participate in the assessment. Once the assessment is passed, then it is a one-star demon. However,…… although there are no clear requirements to participate in the demon assessment,…… this gentleman, you’d better cultivate to a Medium God before coming to participate in the assessment. Inferior Gods, that, that’s too dangerous.”

Yuna looked at Linley and could only smile awkwardly.

What Yuna had said was the truth.

This was also clear to Linley, as he had heard it just now.

Of the one thousand people who took the test, only fifty-three succeeded, and no more than a hundred survived. This probability of death was truly terrifying. Moreover, those who participated in the examination should have all reached the Medium God realm. The degree of danger of this examination can be imagined.

Crompton and his friends were sitting around the edge of the hall drinking, and he was indignant at the moment.

“Damn, stinking bitch!”

Crompton’s heart was filled with anger, glaring at Yuna in the distance from time to time.

“Eh?”

Crompton was suddenly stunned, “Brothers, look …… at that brown-haired youth, he’s only in the lower God realm, right?”

A few others were also stunned and took a closer look.

“Ya, it’s really a lower god!”

Those people were surprised.

“You guys aren’t going to apply for the Demon Examination now as well, are you?”

Yuna looked at Linley’s trio.

“There’s no rush, let’s wait for some time, then we’ll come back.”

Linley said with a faint smile, Linley knew that this Demon Examination was so dangerous that even if it was for Delia and Bebe’s sake, he couldn’t risk it himself. Moreover, he had already comprehended most of the elemental arcana of earth.

Even if he slowly fused it to greatness, decades would be enough.

There was no rush.

Just as Linley’s trio was about to leave, a voice suddenly rang out from the side-“Come back after some time? Haha ……”

The voice was extremely shrill.

Linley turned his head to look, and the person at the head of it was none other than the Crompton from earlier, Crompton snorted and looked at him with a disdainful gaze, “Haha, you want to participate in the examination even as a lower god?”

This Crompton had a loud voice.

Hundreds of people in the hall cast their gazes over, and many of them walked over.

“An Inferior God participating in the Demon Examination? I didn’t hear it wrong.”

Some people were still unclear about what was going on.

“Inferior Gods to participate in the Demon Examination, I’ve only heard about it, I don’t know how many years ago this kind of thing happened, but I’ve never seen it with my own eyes.”

A red-haired man, also carrying a wine glass, also walked over.

Those people only swept their eyes before casting their gazes on Linley.

“Is that him? Wanting to take the Demon Examination?”

They could all tell that the only one of these people who was an Inferior God was Linley.

“Yes, it’s this brat.”

That Crompton said with a smile.

Linley’s face was ugly, and Delia and Bebe were likewise extremely angry.

“It’s not just this brown-haired kid, there’s also that black-haired one. He failed two demonic examinations in a row, but he saved his little life both times he got lucky, and now he even wants to take the examination again.”

Crompton laughed, “Today idiots are not generally many, they think …… that with their kind of strength, they also want to be demons? What do they think demons are? What a big joke!”

That black-haired youth clenched his fists in anger as he looked towards Crompton.

Linley’s face was also grim.

“Shit, asshole!”

Bebe roared, but Linley stiffly grabbed Bebe, “Bebe, don’t be impulsive, it’s not worth it to get angry with this kind of trash!”

Linley said, Linley knew very well that he couldn’t let Bebe make a move, making a move in Emperor Wing City would be the end.

The still laughing Crompton’s expression instantly froze as he turned his head to look at Linley.

“Hey, Crompton, did you hear that? A lower god called you trash.”

Some of the people beside him immediately fanned the flames.

“What did you say?”

Crompton’s face was gloomy.

“Want me to say it again?”

Linley had a crying expression, “I didn’t expect that there would be people looking for a scolding ground, well, I’ll say it again, I said you ……”

Linley’s expression also went cold, looking straight at Crompton, “Rubbish!”

“Let’s go!”

Linley held the hands of Bebe and Delia, Linley didn’t even look at this Crompton again before heading outside.