Chapter 1 Demon Traitor

"Demon traitor…"

Hearing these words, An Qisheng couldn't help but chuckle. It was the first time he had been evaluated like this. He wasn't angry, but he couldn't help but feel some emotion.

He had traveled through many worlds, and the distinction between humans and demons was most severe in this world of Earth Immortals.

From Qi Cun, to Qiao Moke, and now to the middle-aged man in front of him, it was always the same.

Humans kill demons, demons kill humans.

It had been unknown for how many tens of thousands of years.

"Your aura is pure, containing vitality. You should be a plant spirit. Although plant spirits are extremely rare among the demon race, you are undoubtedly a demon."

The middle-aged man stared at An Qisheng, guessing his background.

"As you say, what is a demon?"

An Qisheng shook his head slightly and asked instead, "If we talk about bloodline and form, jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, birds, beasts, insects, and fish are all different. If we talk about spirituality, both humans and demons have it. If we divide by region, both exist between heaven and earth…

What do you think is a demon? What is the difference between humans and demons?"

Xuan Xing had no demons.

An Qisheng first encountered the demon race in the Human Realm, but he was curious as to what existence could so accurately separate humans and demons.

"Anything not of human spirit is a demon!"

The middle-aged man raised his head slightly, a gleam of cold light flashing in his eyes, "What kind of demon are you? Why do you speak for humans?"

He was already somewhat displeased: "All spirits kill each other only for survival, but humans not only eat beasts, but also often torture and kill them! How can such a race be compared to us?"

An Qisheng sipped his tea, feeling slightly moved.

But for him, speaking for humans as a human, and speaking for demons as a demon, was not right or wrong. It was just that the traces in his heart were human, and the changes in his physical shell could hardly change his heart.

Although he was touched, it was difficult for him to share the same feelings.

"For more than ten years, that Qiao Moke held the army and acted tyrannically, sweeping through the mountains and forests, and countless demons were hung on city walls and eventually became human rations. Such an evil race, I wish I could kill them ten thousand times!"

Seeing that An Qisheng was unmoved, the middle-aged man became more and more indignant, almost unable to restrain himself.

He had been out of the mountains for decades, but he had not seen many real demons in all the places he had traveled. He did not expect that the one he met was a 'demon traitor' who was close to the human race.

"Is that so?"

An Qisheng remained unmoved, simply reaching into his arms. With a flick of his fingers, he pulled out a dossier: "This is a dossier I found elsewhere. You might as well take a look."

"Hmm?"

The middle-aged man frowned, took the dossier, and frowned even more as he opened it.

"In the first year of Qi Tang, a wolf demon howled in the mountains and rampaged through the four Daos of Nanhua, Qingliang, Zhengde, affecting seventy-two cities and over a thousand towns… By the end of the battle, the army counted more than three million just in collecting corpses…"

"In the ninth year of Qi Tang, a tiger demon haunted Nanhua, driving tens of thousands of伥鬼 (chang gui, spirits of those killed by tigers), breaking dozens of cities in one battle, leaving corpses everywhere…"

"In the seventeenth year of Qi Tang, an unknown great demon emerged from the mountains, devouring the people of three cities in one bite…"

"In the twenty-third year of Qi Tang…"

"In the thirty-first year of Qi Tang…"

…

An Qisheng shook his head slightly: "Humans kill demons, and demons also eat humans. Buddha speaks of karma. If there were no causes of demon races wreaking havoc, how could there be the result of Qiao Moke slaughtering demons?"

This dossier was obtained from Qiao Moke's primordial spirit imprint.

It recorded the 'demon disasters' of Qi Tang over the years, and these statistics only included major demon disasters. The number of people killed and eaten scattered throughout the country would not be less than this number.

This was also the reason why all countries, including Qi Tang, would not let go of any demons they saw, even during their own battles.

"Humph!"

The middle-aged man's hand trembled slightly, but his attitude remained cold: "The beasts eaten by Qi Tang in a single day are more than a million! In my opinion, they are still killed too little!"

Even so, his attitude had softened somewhat.

"How much is too much, how much is too little?"

An Qisheng put down his teacup and sighed softly, "Right and wrong are inherently unclear."

He thought of Qi Cun.

This great demon king crossed time and space, willing to die to question himself, was he not like this old rabbit in front of him?

"I don't care about right or wrong, the human race deserves to die, all of them deserve to die!"

The middle-aged rabbit demon waved his hand impatiently.

"Then what do you want to do?"

An Qisheng glanced at the rabbit demon.

His cultivation was not enough to hide anything from An Qisheng. In the time of a few words of conversation, An Qisheng had seen him through and through, inside and out.

This rabbit demon was gifted, and his cultivation was not necessarily high, but his innate supernatural power was not bad. It was a escape technique renowned for its speed.

Presumably, this was the rabbit demon's confidence in daring to enter the human territory.

"I've been wandering around Qi Tang for many years, and I've gradually understood where the demon race falls short. Compared to the human race's unity, the demon race is too scattered, without a real great power that can integrate the demon race…"

The middle-aged man's eyes shone brightly, flickering with intense fluctuations: "If the demon race had a court like the human race, with an emperor, with an army, then…"

"Oh?"

An Qisheng was a little surprised, his eyes moved slightly, as if with a smile: "Could it be that you want to be a demon king?"

"Why not?"

The rabbit demon raised an eyebrow: "To be honest, the reason why I ventured into the human hinterland at great risk was to learn from the human race, and I also hired several teachers to learn the art of kings!"

"The art of kings?"

An Qisheng couldn't help but smile. He had felt something before and thought that a great demon was about to be born here, but he didn't expect to encounter such a rabbit demon.

There were not a few stories of demon races transforming and hiding to join human sects to cultivate, but he had never heard of anyone transforming and learning the art of kings from ordinary people.

But from the fact that he said everything as soon as he met himself, this rabbit obviously didn't even learn the basics, and was probably deceived.

"You don't believe me?"

As if noticing An Qisheng's disbelief, the rabbit demon shook his head, sighing in his heart that starting a business was difficult. Just such a small demon was already so difficult to subdue.

But he did not give up, and looked at An Qisheng deeply: "Follow me!"

With that, he got up, as if he was not afraid that An Qisheng would not follow.

He walked with a dragon's stride and a tiger's pace, and with his tall stature, he did have some aura.

An Qisheng found it funny, put down a few copper coins, and followed unhurriedly.

The market was crowded with people, but after walking through three streets, it became much more desolate and sparsely populated.

Soon, the rabbit demon stopped.

An Qisheng raised his eyebrows and looked over. In front of him was a simple, patched-up, crude courtyard. Although it was simple and even somewhat dilapidated.

But it covered a large area.

"This gathering place is located in the middle of Nanhua, Qingliang, and Zhengde, and is the easiest to be overlooked…"

The rabbit demon pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard.

An Qisheng's eyes swept over the scene, revealing a strange look. The first thing that caught his eye was a field of napa cabbages.

And what attracted his attention was the middle of the napa cabbage field, a large napa cabbage that looked extremely good, green and lush.

A cabbage demon?