"Big Brother Long, it seems that the official registration does not start until tomorrow. Looks like we will have to stay here for the night." Mu Qianxue had gone to gather information and returned to tell Ling Feng what she learned. "Mhmm. Let's go find somewhere quiet." Ling Feng and Mu Qianxue found a secluded spot to sit down. Mu Qianxue picked a round stone and sat on it. Her beautiful eyes rested on Ling Feng's back, though no one knew what she was thinking about. The night passed in silence. Early the next morning, just as the eastern sky turned pale, hundreds of people stepped out from the Canglong Sanctum. They wore robes in eight colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and black. Each robe was embroidered with a dragon design, and a round iron badge hung on their right shoulder. The badge had a blood-red character for "Cang" engraved on it, which looked strange and ominous. These were the disciples of the Canglong Sanctum! In this sense, the Canglong Sanctum did resemble the human sects, though the demons preferred to follow a totem and a faith. The hundreds of disciples lined up in rows and set out long tables to organize the registration for those who had come to take part in the selection. They checked information and made records. Soon, under the guidance of these disciples, the crowd of more than ten thousand was split into dozens of lines that were arranged neatly. In front of a massive power like the Canglong Sanctum, no one dared cause trouble. Here, the Sanctum held absolute power over life and death. It did not matter if you were a descendant of a king beast bloodline. Once you stepped onto this ground, even if you were a dragon, you would have to bow your head! Because Ling Feng and Mu Qianxue had come out a bit late, they ended up near the end of one of the long lines. Fortunately, the disciples worked efficiently. In about an hour, nearly everyone's information was verified. When it was Ling Feng's turn, his face, which looked no different from a human's, still gave the disciples quite a shock. However, once Ling Feng released his Chaotic Scent, they let him pass the first round of registration. Among the demons, the stronger one's bloodline, the more humanlike one's appearance after transforming. Ling Feng's features left a deep impression on the disciples, who thought he must be a descendant of some top-tier king beast bloodline. The clan Ling Feng was pretending to belong to, the Three-Headed Demonic Jiao Clan, did indeed count as a high-ranking demon clan. After registering, everyone followed the disciples to a vast square to wait for the selection to begin. "Look at that. There are so many people taking the test this year. Three years ago when I came, there were not even half as many." A dark-faced man clicked his tongue in surprise. "Stop making such a fuss!" A young man in white robes curled his lip, "Canglong Sanctum has added twenty extra spots this year, of course even more demon geniuses are attracted to sign up. "Even with twenty extra spots, most people are just here to make up the numbers. I hope my ancestors are watching over me this time so I can get through!" "Please, with your early-tier demon lord cultivation, you had better stop dreaming. To stand a real chance of passing, you need at least to reach mid-tier demon lord. If you want to pass easily, you need to be a high-tier demon lord or above. By the time you reach the third-refinement demon lord, you will probably be more than two hundred years old, hahaha!" The Canglong Sanctum had a strict rule that only demon lords under two hundred years old could sign up for the entrance selection. If you were older than that, they would not accept you no matter who you were. For demons with long lifespans, two hundred years was about the same as being in one's late thirties or early forties for humans. Ling Feng quietly listened to the conversations of the demons nearby. Just then, someone suddenly said that they had heard the disciples who passed this test would each receive at least ten thousand high-grade blood crystals as a reward. "Wow, high-grade blood crystals! The Canglong Sanctum really is on another level." "That is not all. There will be three rounds in total. The top ten in each round will get an extra reward. If someone takes first place in all three, let me do the math." The man counted on his fingers for a moment before he said, "Three hundred thousand high-grade blood crystals if anyone manages to clean sweep!" "Three hundred thousand!" All around them, many demons' eyes turned green. Blood crystals were extremely valuable. For demons to advance, they needed to absorb demonic qi and boost their vitality. Blood crystals were filled with highly concentrated vitality essence, which was extremely useful for tempering a demon's body. For humans, especially those who trained in body refinement, blood crystals were also incredibly precious treasures. One blood crystal was worth at least ten elemental crystals, sometimes even more. "Three hundred thousand high-grade blood crystals." Ling Feng touched the bridge of his nose. He could not help feeling tempted. The first level of his Eight Desolations Body Refinement Art, the Four Transformations of Eight Desolations, had already reached the peak Sky Breaking Transformation. The second level, the Eight Desolations Undying Body, would need an enormous amount of vitality to cultivate. "I must get those three hundred thousand high-grade blood crystals!" A sharp glint flashed in Ling Feng's eyes before it disappeared. Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound came from the back of the square. Ling Feng looked up and saw a huge earth dragon demonic beast pulling a luxurious dragon carriage that slowly moved into the square. The next moment, a figure stepped out from the carriage. A middle-aged man dressed like a servant jumped down from the driver's seat. He put on a fawning smile for the young man inside and bent low so the young man could step on his back and get down from the carriage. "What a show of power!" Ling Feng's eyelids twitched. The demon youth looked very young. His transformation was so complete that there were no visible demon features left. His skin was as white as jade and his face was quite handsome. However, his eyes held a trace of cruelty and poison that revealed his true nature. The youth wore a white long gown that gave him the air of a scholar, but his strength made Ling Feng's heart tighten. He had actually reached the terrifying level of peak demon lord! "The Canglong Demon Domain really is extraordinary!" Ling Feng touched his nose. Any demons at demon lord level or below would not be able to stir up any real trouble for Ling Feng. Ling Feng's eyes then shifted to the servant beside the youth. It was the same filthy man who had tried to block him and Mu Qianxue on the road before. "My heavens, that is Yin Xue! That terrifying monster, the heir of the Silver Wolf Demon Clan, descendant of the Silver Wolf Demon Emperor, one of the eight peak demon emperors." (Author's note: Long ago there were nine great demon emperors, but after the Qiongqi Demon Emperor fell, only eight remained.) "Damn it, now out of a hundred spots there are only ninety-nine left. I would bet everything that the champion of this test will be Yin Xue." "Fuck, why was I not born into a clan like that?" Countless exclamations and sighs rose and fell in the crowd. Ling Feng touched the bridge of his nose. Since this was the descendant of the Silver Wolf Demon Emperor, he would have to give him some very special "attention"!
