Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The middle-aged man was still in shock, but after hearing Chen Tian's question, he swallowed hard, hurriedly got up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, and said with a smile, "I am Zhou Qingran, a third-generation disciple of the Maple Forest Sect. Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your help this time. I am truly grateful!"

Looking at the corpses of the demon beasts all over the ground, Zhou Qingran, a Spirit Guiding stage cultivator, breathed a sigh of relief and put his heart at ease.

"Maple Forest Sect, Zhou Qingran?" Chen Tian muttered his name, then frowned and said, "The most powerful of these demon beasts are only at the early stage of Spirit Guiding, and their intelligence is not yet developed. You have already cultivated to the middle stage of Spirit Guiding. Logically speaking, it should be more than enough to deal with this group of demon beasts. Why were you chased so embarrassingly?"

Chen Tian was indeed a little puzzled. Although Zhou Qingran's strength was not high, he was still at the middle stage of Spirit Guiding. Dealing with such a group of low-level demon beasts should have been easy. Why was he chased into such a state?

"Huh?"

However, after hearing Chen Tian's question, Zhou Qingran showed a surprised expression. After a doubtful sound, he began to circle around Chen Tian, as if he had seen a strange new species.

Chen Tian became impatient with Zhou Qingran's strange gaze. His face sank, and he said coldly, "Speak directly if you have something to say. My brother and I don't have the patience to circle around with you!"

As soon as Chen Tian finished speaking, Jia Yan behind him very cooperatively showed a fierce expression, staring at Zhou Qingran, making him tremble all over.

Having witnessed Jia Yan's ferocious strength just now, Zhou Qingran knew that these two were not easy to provoke, so he didn't dare to beat around the bush anymore and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist, please calm down. I just find you a little strange."

"Hmm?" Chen Tian frowned and asked doubtfully, "What's so strange?"

"Hehe, fellow Daoist, don't be alarmed. Let me explain slowly." Zhou Qingran smiled and said, "In recent years, the demon beasts on the Qian Yuan Continent don't know what's going on, but they have started to go berserk one after another, intruding into the territory where we humans live. Moreover, a person named 'Duanmu Ya' has emerged and established the 'Demon God Sect', leading the demon beasts to be invincible. They have quickly occupied most of the Qian Yuan Continent's territory. Unfortunately, we are under the control of that 'Demon God Sect', so in this place, the demon race's status is higher than the human race's. Anyone who dares to kill demon beasts without permission will be executed without pardon upon discovery! So…"

When he said this, Zhou Qingran's voice stopped abruptly. He shrank his neck and raised his head to secretly size up Chen Tian's expression.

From the moment he heard this guy's first sentence, Chen Tian's face had gradually darkened. In the end, Chen Tian's face was filled with endless anger, as if he was about to kill Zhou Qingran in the next second.

Seeing this, Zhou Qingran couldn't help but shudder and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Chen Tian.

Chen Tian was indeed very angry at this time. He had originally been wondering why Zhou Qingran didn't use his full strength to deal with those two demon beasts but instead wanted to drive them to his side.

Now, after hearing Zhou Qingran's explanation, Chen Tian finally understood. This guy was afraid that killing the demon beasts would attract the 'Demon God Sect's' revenge, so he wanted to use a scheme to have Chen Tian solve these demon beasts.

In this way, even if the 'Demon God Sect' investigated, he could push all the responsibility onto Chen Tian, and he himself could get away scot-free.

Chen Tian had been tricked by Zhou Qingran without realizing it, which made him not angry.

Seeing Chen Tian's face becoming increasingly cold, Zhou Qingran was also a little worried. After rolling his eyes, he hurriedly smiled apologetically and said, "Fellow Daoist, don't be angry. Actually, with the strength of you and your friend behind you, you can leave this place and escape back to your hometown to avoid the danger for now. Unlike me, not only is my cultivation low, but my life and wealth are all left here. I can't escape anywhere. Helplessly, I have to borrow the strength of you two to block this disaster for me. Alas…"

After saying that, Zhou Qingran showed a helpless look and sighed.

But how could Chen Tian fall for his trick? He saw his right hand flash, and the Azure Luan longsword appeared in his hand, emitting a bright green light. A fierce killing intent burst out, shooting straight at Zhou Qingran!

Zhou Qingran was shocked by this extremely strong killing intent, and his voice trembled even more as he begged for mercy, "Fellow Daoist, please calm down. I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again."

"Next time?" Hearing Zhou Qingran's words, Chen Tian laughed in anger and said, "What? You still want a next time?"

Looking at Chen Tian's increasingly gloomy expression, Zhou Qingran knew that he had said the wrong thing. Just as he was about to explain, suddenly, a strange dark cloud floated over from the distant sky.

This dark cloud was extremely fast. At first, it was just a small black dot, but in the blink of an eye, it swept across half the sky, completely blocking the gradually setting sun, as if it had entered the night ahead of time.

At the same time, gusts of demonic wind mixed with a fishy stench swept over the sky and covered the earth, causing the mountains and forests around Chen Tian to rise and fall like waves.

"Demon… demon… demon beasts! People from the 'Demon God Sect' are here…"

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qingran's pupils instantly dilated, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

"Demon God Sect?"

Chen Tian's gaze also trembled imperceptibly. Although he had heard the name of the 'Demon God Sect' twice from Wen Ying and Zhou Qingran, this was actually the first time Chen Tian had seen people from the Demon God Sect, which made him a little curious.

Watching Chen Tian observe the approaching demon cloud in the sky with great interest, Zhou Qingran's eyes rolled with treachery. As if he had made up his mind, he reached into his arms and took out a transparent, earth-yellow orb.

Muttering a few words, dazzling golden light scattered from the orb.

"Not good!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Tian was immediately shocked, and the phrase immediately appeared in his mind.

'Damn it, that kid slipped away!'

Chen Tian knew that Zhou Qingran had already dived into the ground hundreds of feet deep. With his current spiritual sense, he could not penetrate such a thick layer of soil to lock onto him.

Therefore, wanting to find Zhou Qingran was like finding a needle in a haystack, simply as difficult as ascending to heaven!

And more importantly, at this time, the demon cloud in the sky had completely spread over Chen Tian's head!