The so-called ancient beasts are not demon beasts, but some special creatures. Ancient beasts are very large, and even if their strength is comparable to that of transformed demon beasts, they cannot transform.
Zhang Ling was not very clear about the reason for this, but only knew from some ancient books that even if ancient beasts were comparable to true immortals, they would not transform, and their intelligence was often only equivalent to ordinary beasts.
There is also a legend that ancient beasts are transformed from the turbid air between heaven and earth, and their lifespan is extremely long. Each ancient beast can live for at least tens of thousands of years.
They were already very rare in ancient times, but he didn't expect to see one here.
Riding the Pterodactyl beast only took ten breaths of time, and Zhang Ling estimated that they had flown hundreds of miles. Suddenly, the ancient beast under his feet cried out again, and its huge body sank suddenly.
First, a series of clouds and mists kept receding, and then a flash of light appeared in front, and he saw towering peaks below. Among them, one mountain peak was very strange, as if it had been cut off in the middle, leaving only the lower half. It looked extremely flat.
On this flat mountain, you could see a huge stone city.
After a few breaths, the group landed on the top of the mountain. The stone city was built very simply, and its scale was only equivalent to a medium-sized immortal city, far inferior to Vientiane City. It was like being built from whole pieces of black-green boulders, and there were no traces of formations engraved on it. The entire immortal city didn't even have a city gate plaque.
Seeing this stone city built on the top of the mountain, many cultivators showed doubtful expressions. This stone city looked very simple and very different from the imagined Myriad Demon City.
Only a huge stone tablet, somewhat dilapidated, stood at the city gate. There was not a single word on it, and it seemed to be a wordless monument.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but release his divine sense to scan this strange stone tablet. Suddenly, his face changed, and a wisp of his divine sense was swallowed after approaching the stone tablet.
And many people next to him, like him, also changed their faces and no longer released their divine sense to observe the wordless monument.
The Confucian scholar youth brought everyone to the front of the wordless monument and turned his head to say to everyone, "This is Myriad Demon City. You can enter on your own, and gather here again in a month. I will take you out of the city."
Saying this, this person took a few demon beasts and walked in another direction. Halfway there, this person suddenly stopped and a leisurely sentence came.
"After entering the city, you must not kill any living beings. This is the only rule for you to enter Myriad Demon City. If you disobey, hmph... kill."
After speaking, the youth turned into a gust of breeze and disappeared without a trace.
After the Confucian scholar youth left, everyone bypassed the wordless monument and saw a long stone staircase behind it, leading to a stone arched doorway. The doorway was more than twenty feet high and five or six feet wide, and seemed to be the city gate.
Watching everyone, either in groups of twos and threes or alone, pass through the doorway and enter Myriad Demon City, Zhang Ling also walked towards the city.
Suddenly, his footsteps stopped and he turned his head to look at an old man in a red robe walking towards him. This person's cultivation was the same as his, both in the middle stage of the Golden Core, but his aura was steady, obviously only one step away from the late stage.
The old man walked towards him with a smile on his face, and Zhang Ling couldn't help but frown and asked, "What's the matter, fellow Daoist."
"I am Li Yuanpeng, and I want to invite fellow Daoist to act together. I wonder what fellow Daoist thinks."
Zhang Ling opened his mouth to refuse, but he saw the old man preemptively smile.
"Fellow Daoist, don't rush to refuse. This is your first time in this Myriad Demon City, right? I have been here three times. I just contacted three other fellow Daoists. If we add little friend, the five of us acting together will be better to have someone to take care of each other."
Saying this, the old man also pointed to two men and one woman standing not far away.
Zhang Ling glanced slightly at the three people. Except for a woman in palace dress who was also in the middle stage of cultivation, the other two men were both in the early stage of cultivation.
He naturally didn't care about these people, but the information in the old man's words made Zhang Ling hesitate.
He didn't know much about the information here. This old man had been here three times, and maybe he could get some useful information from this person.
Thinking like this, Zhang Ling also cupped his hands and returned a salute.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Li. I am Wang Fengyou. I don't know what Fellow Daoist Li means by acting together?"
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist, please. Let's talk as we walk." Saying this, the old man greeted the three people, and the group walked towards Myriad Demon City together.
Arriving in a place not controlled by humans, if someone could explain the situation, it would be of great help to cultivators like Zhang Ling who were here for the first time.
Zhang Ling also smiled slightly and followed behind the group, wanting to listen to what this old man surnamed Li was saying?
The group walked and listened to the old man explaining the situation here. The three people following behind him seemed to be here for the first time like him.
Old man Li also introduced the group to each other. The woman who was also in the middle stage of cultivation was surnamed Pan, and the two early-stage men, one surnamed Zhao and one surnamed Sun, also wore black robes to cover their faces.
"Fellow Daoists, in fact, this Myriad Demon City is no different from the immortal cities outside, but the real master here is the transformed demon king. It's just that only entry is allowed here, so not much information flows to the outside world."
The Hidden Demon Valley was originally managed by Vientiane City, but from ancient times to the present, the human race has experienced many attacks by desolate beasts. There were several times that were very dangerous. The most dangerous time was when Vientiane City was directly breached, and the human race directly abandoned a large area near Vientiane City.
In the abandoned area, a large number of mortals were also eroded by turbid air and transformed into desolate beasts.
There was a period of time when it was very chaotic. After the desolate beast tide receded, it would attract a demon beast tide.
Because demon beasts will also be eroded by the turbid air of the desolate region, high-level demon beasts can resist the erosion of turbid air for a short time with their own spiritual power. But low-level demon beasts have no resistance at all. Like mortals, they will be transformed into desolate beasts.
Whenever the turbid air of the desolate region spreads, many demon beasts are eroded and turned into desolate beasts. These new desolate beasts are often directly driven by the demon race to the human race area, forming a new round of beast tide.
Over time, the human race and the demon race naturally had constant disputes, and they even fought several times to the death. Many high-level cultivators fell, and in the end, both sides were often hurt, and neither side gained any advantage.
Finally, the two sides reached an agreement to maintain relative peace, and that's how this Myriad Demon City came to be.
And Myriad Demon City was not originally built by the demon race, but was an immortal city built when the human race was in control. It only became what it is today after being controlled by the demon race.
This is also a place of illegality. If a cultivator offends some big forces outside, as long as they can hide here, they can basically avoid disaster.
But if you want to go out again, you can only take advantage of the opportunity to open it once every hundred years.
Although the Confucian scholar youth said just now that it is not allowed to kill living beings after entering Myriad Demon City, this is only said for demon beasts and those half-demons.
If killing other human race cultivators is not within this rule, the scale in their hands is the proof to leave the city.
A month later, any human race cultivator with scales can be taken away from this place. Therefore, after entering the city, their threat comes from those human race cultivators who want to go out.
