Make a splash?

Jiang Zuo chuckled. "Not interested."

Then, Jiang Zuo turned and left.

’The Holy Land isn’t exactly a good place for me. And he wants me to go there and make a splash? Maybe it would have been fine in the past, but now? It’s no different from walking to my own death.’

Watching Jiang Zuo leave, Chi Xue Child sighed. In truth, making a splash at the Holy Land wasn’t about martial prowess. He felt that Jiang Zuo could definitely go and shine.

He would swear on a popsicle that his intuition was right.

Just then, Mo Yan came up to Chi Xue Child’s side and said with a smile, "How about you take me? I’m pretty amazing, too. Don’t look down on me just because I’m a Demon Cultivator. My master trained me to be an all-rounder and made me learn everything."

Chi Xue Child rolled his eyes. "What else do you have besides your Nightmare Specialization? Reading Feng Shui to find Clothes Tombs?"

Mo Yan: "..."

She hated it when people brought that up now. It was a disgrace to her as a Demon Cultivator.

Chi Xue Child couldn’t be bothered with Mo Yan. He decided he might as well go talk about making a splash with the others who were going to the Holy Land.

As for Mo Yan, being a Demon Cultivator, she wouldn’t be invited by the Holy Land anyway. She could be ruled out immediately.

On his way back, Jiang Zuo was walking when he suddenly stopped.

He had just remembered something. The location of the Holy Land seemed to be very close to the position he had calculated.

Jiang Zuo sighed. ’I hope I don’t run into Su Qi.’

But after another thought, Jiang Zuo figured that if the conditions were right, he could go and see Su Qi.

"CAW," Sweet Potato suddenly cried out.

Jiang Zuo glanced at Sweet Potato and saw that it wasn’t asking for food. Then, Sweet Potato used its wing to point in a certain direction.

Slightly surprised, Jiang Zuo walked over. In reality, there was only a small alley there.

As Jiang Zuo got closer, he smelled it—the scent of a Blood Demon.

’But Sweet Potato sensed the Blood Demon ahead of time?’

Regardless, Jiang Zuo moved to circle around. There was no one in the alley, but there was a door.

Inside was a small courtyard, likely the Blood Demons’ hiding place.

Without hesitation, Jiang Zuo walked right in. There weren’t a large number of Blood Demons here. If he wasn’t mistaken, there should only be two.

One Blood Rift, and one Blood Butterfly.

The two of them probably thought that the most dangerous place was the safest place.

Not only were they hiding among a crowd of people, but they were also close to a Cultivator’s home. Indeed, few would suspect this place, especially since their Concealment Cultivation Technique was perfected.

Unfortunately for them, they had run into the strange Sweet Potato, and Jiang Zuo, whose ability to identify Blood Demons had reached the level of Mastery.

Jiang Zuo didn’t deliberately conceal his aura, nor was he cautious. He simply opened the door and walked in openly.

He wasn’t afraid of the two inside discovering him. Because of the suppression from their higher Cultivation, it was impossible for Jiang Zuo to hide from them no matter how he tried.

Therefore, even the stupidest Blood Demon wouldn’t be scared off by a Tier 1.4 Cultivator serving himself up on a platter.

However, the two people inside were unexpectedly panicking.

"Old Six, what do we do? Should we run or not?" Blood Rift asked frantically.

"I don’t know! Don’t you always claim to be smarter than everyone? Could he be here to hold us accountable? We got so many of our kin killed," Blood Butterfly said, terrified.

That’s right, they were afraid. It was because, within the Blood Demon Grand Array, Jiang Zuo had taken two steps that even they were incapable of taking.

Although they had never seen Jiang Zuo in person, the other Blood Demons were skilled artists and had quickly recreated the entire process. Now, both Blood Butterfly and Blood Rift believed he was a supreme expert.

If he wasn’t a supreme expert, who would dare to walk in so openly with a mere Tier 1.4 Cultivation?

’Does he think there are no Blood Demons here?’ 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

’Impossible. He completely ignored the Array outside.’

This was clearly the posture of someone here to call them to account.

Blood Rift gritted his teeth. "Run! We’ll go back after we’ve recovered. If worst comes to worst, we’ll never go back. We’re not stupid. Where can’t we go and dominate a region?"

"Use Blood Escape again? It’s very damaging."

"Do you have the confidence to escape without it?"

"..."

Then, Blood Rift said, "Wait. I’ll leave something for him. It would be best to dissuade him from looking for us again."

Blood Butterfly nodded. After all, if he could find them once, he could naturally find them a second time.

However, they couldn’t just use Blood Escape to get away every single time.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo had just reached the door to the room. He gently pushed it open, a coin flipping in his hand. He wasn’t worried about a sneak attack.

They were just two gravely injured, dying Blood Demons. It was true that a starved camel is still bigger than a horse, but Jiang Zuo wasn’t competing with them in size.

But when Jiang Zuo walked in, he was surprised to find that there wasn’t a single person inside.

Jiang Zuo frowned and surveyed his surroundings. Looking at Sweet Potato, he asked, "They were just here, weren’t they?"

Munching on an apple, Sweet Potato let out a "CAW" without even turning its head.

Jiang Zuo more or less understood what it meant.

Jiang Zuo inspected the house again. It was a slightly old room with a broken wooden table inside. Sunlight spilled onto the tabletop, revealing motes of dust floating in the air.

Just then, Jiang Zuo sensed something flash on the table. When he walked over, he found many words written in blood on the tabletop, along with two blood-colored rings.

The blood message read:

Great Blood Demon Forebear, we know our sins are grave. We beg for your forgiveness, Forebear.

For the sake of our kinsmen, we must preserve our useful bodies. Once our injuries have healed, we will seek justice from the Holy Land, and then we shall return to personally atone for our sins before you, Forebear.

We leave our Elder’s tokens in your care for now, Forebear. When our great vengeance is achieved, our lives will be yours to decide.

—Blood Demon, Blood Rift, and Blood Butterfly.

Jiang Zuo: "..."

’Are they calling me "Great Forebear"? Is it because of what happened at the Blood Demon Grand Array?’

Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but shake his head. Should he consider these two Blood Demons clever, or foolish?

But they had already fled, so there was nothing Jiang Zuo could do about them.

Then, Jiang Zuo’s gaze fell upon the two rings.

’Elder’s tokens? These might be useful.’

After stowing the rings, Jiang Zuo searched the area one more time. Confirming there was nothing else, he finally left the courtyard.

"CAW." This time, Sweet Potato was crying out because it had nothing to eat.

And here Jiang Zuo had been happy for a moment.

Jiang Zuo then left the courtyard. No one had noticed what happened here.

If not for Sweet Potato, even Jiang Zuo wouldn’t have known that Blood Demons were hiding here without getting close.

After Jiang Zuo had gotten some distance away, he noticed a group of people rushing toward the small courtyard.

’People from the Holy Land? Are they going to capture the Blood Demons?’

Curious, Jiang Zuo watched from where he stood and saw that they were indeed heading for the courtyard where Blood Rift and the other had been.

’How did they know?’

After a moment of doubt, enlightenment dawned on Jiang Zuo. He saw the undercover agent.

Heh. He just didn’t know if this agent was there to deliver supplies or to borrow a knife to kill someone.

After that, Jiang Zuo paid them no more mind. He couldn’t care less if these people died in the Array.

As long as Su Qi wasn’t there, it was fine.

However, he hadn’t walked much further when he felt a powerful fluctuation of Spiritual Qi.

An intensity of that level had to be at least Tier Four Peak.

Alright, now he could be sure. The undercover agent was there to kill with a borrowed knife.

’So, by some strange twist of fate, did I end up helping Blood Rift and Blood Butterfly again?’