Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 363 Shut up! Don’t whine at me!

Atop Demon Silence Mountain, Ning Xuan sighed heavily. He hadn't expected to arrive in the Yao Guang Realm only to immediately incur a massive debt.

"Right now, I just hope that swindler hasn't found the Demon Path here," he muttered. "Otherwise, my lifelong reputation is going to be ruined by that damned scammer!"

Standing at the mountain's peak, Ning Xuan's gaze was as sharp as lightning, scouring the vast range. According to what those three had said, it was highly likely that Demon Silence Mountain held a secret passage. If he could find it, he could find the long-dormant fiends of the Demon Path. Those fiends were skulking around, their strength negligible. They had come here for the same reason: to find the passage and "borrow" some Divine Crystals from the other side.

Ning Xuan used his Divine Vein Power, searching for most of the day, but found nothing.

"Ah, I completely forgot about that guy Shentu Yi. It would have been great if I'd brought him along." Shentu Yi was the foremost expert of the Yao Guang Demon Path's younger generation. With him around, finding the passage would have been easy. But now, it was too late for regrets.

What if I just bury those three? That way, no one would know I was ever here, right?

"Run! He's going to bury someone!" Wenren Jun's voice suddenly shrieked from below.

Ning Xuan vanished. The next moment, he reappeared on a patch of flat ground. Nanling Lang and Helian Qi, who had just been leaving, smiled awkwardly at his sudden return.

"You're back just in time," Ning Xuan said, his face expressionless. "Hand over all the Divine Crystals you have."

"We really don't have any Divine Crystals," Nanling Lang said, still trying to joke around. "If you really want our lives, then just take them." After his father, Nanling Buliang, had returned, he had mentioned Ning Xuan to him often. Besides, Nanling Lang had seen Ning Xuan before during the celestial broadcast. Ning Xuan wasn't someone who killed indiscriminately; he was just trying to scare them.

"Are you sure?" Ning Xuan glanced at Nanling Lang.

At just that one look, the young man's heart stuttered, and sweat instantly beaded on his palms and back. He felt the terrifying sensation of being targeted by a predator from Ancient Times.

What a terrifying gaze!

Nanling Lang's lips quivered, and he didn't dare say another word. Fight back? He had lost the courage even to speak, let alone make a move.

What happened? In such a short time, Ning Xuan's strength seems to have improved so much! Nanling Lang thought in bitter disbelief.

Helian Qi, reading the room, took out the few Divine Crystals he had and offered them to Ning Xuan. For some reason, he had the bizarre feeling he was facing one of his clan's elders. Since he didn't dare fight, it was better to be obedient. He wasn't willing to gamble with his life.

"This is it?" Ning Xuan glanced at Helian Qi's hand, his face a mask of disdain.

"Big Brother, we're really not lying! Wu Pianpian took all our Divine Crystals," Helian Qi said, on the verge of tears.

"She didn't take them, she *borrowed* them," Ning Xuan corrected him. "Speaking of which, did she leave an IOU?"

The three men nodded repeatedly, their expressions a bit strange.

"It's under my name, isn't it?"

They nodded again, looking apprehensive. They were afraid that Ning Xuan, out of sheer humiliation and anger, would squash them on the spot.

The corner of Ning Xuan's mouth twitched. "Do you know where she is now?"

"The patriarchs of the great families went after her," Helian Qi answered. "But many days have passed, and they haven't returned. We don't know what happened."

"Which direction did they go?" Ning Xuan immediately pressed. Searching here for that illusory passage was far less reliable than finding Wu Pianpian.

"We don't know," the three of them replied, shaking their heads.

Ning Xuan felt his mind go numb. "What do you mean, you don't know?!"

"They were moving too fast. We couldn't see which way they went."

Ning Xuan grew furious, cracking his knuckles. "Then what good are you?"

"AAAH! HELP!" Wenren Jun shrieked in terror.

"Shut up! Stop your damn screaming!" his two companions snapped in unison.

Ning Xuan had no intention of killing them; otherwise, he would have already made his move. But if this idiot kept squawking, that was subject to change.

"Big... Big Brother, there really is a passage on Demon Silence Mountain! I swear I'm not lying to you!" Nanling Lang mustered his courage to say.

"Why are you so sure?"

Nanling Lang glanced around before lowering his voice. "We have a man on the inside. The information came directly from him. Unfortunately, he was discovered before he could reveal the exact location."

Ning Xuan just looked at him. Though afraid, Nanling Lang held his ground.

The next moment, Ning Xuan flicked his sleeve. The trio was sent tumbling down from Demon Silence Mountain as if blown by a great wind. Wenren Jun wanted to scream, as did Nanling Lang and Helian Qi. To their horror, they found they couldn't make a sound. With just a flick of his sleeve, Ning Xuan had handled them as if they were ants, to be crushed at his whim. They were all utterly stunned.

Just how powerful has Ning Xuan become?! It feels like only yesterday we saw him on the screen on the top floor of the Righteous Alliance building! How on earth did he do it?!

Nanling Lang was so floored that he didn't even react when they landed safely at the foot of the mountain, not until Helian Qi tugged on his arm.

"What are you—" Nanling Lang started to speak instinctively, but Helian Qi clamped a hand over his mouth and gestured with his eyes. Following Helian Qi's gaze, Nanling Lang peered through a gap in the bushes toward the mountain peak and saw a portal split open in the sky. Three beams of light descended, landing on the summit.

"What's going on?" he sent to Helian Qi via voice transmission.

"Someone has broken through the realm! They're probably here for Ning Xuan! And they're most likely fiends from the Demon Path!" Helian Qi replied, his expression grave.

"So Ning Xuan sent us away to save us?"

Helian Qi's mouth twitched. Is that really what you're focused on right now? But since Nanling Lang was technically right, he could only nod.

"Then why are we hiding? We should go help!"

Helian Qi yanked Nanling Lang back down as he tried to stand up. "Have you lost your mind?" he said, exasperated. "Whoever's coming is definitely a master. Do you think you can beat them?"

Just as Nanling Lang was about to reply, Ning Xuan's voice echoed directly in their minds. "Can you three shut up?! The new arrivals are supreme masters. If you keep yapping, I'll bury you for real!"

All three immediately clapped their hands over their mouths, their faces filled with horror.

They hadn't even spoken aloud! Their communication was entirely through voice transmission! How could Ning Xuan still hear them? This was like seeing a ghost! What kind of divine power was this?!

The trio was terrified. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Meanwhile, atop Demon Silence Mountain.

"So this is the Yao Guang Realm? What an irritating aura," Zang Wu said, his face etched with annoyance.

Beside him, Shentu Yi smiled. "My Lord, please be patient. We have not yet entered the true heart of Yao Guang. Please, follow me." With that, he began to lead the way, his steps light and quick.

Shentu Yi hadn't expected to land right on this peak. Coincidentally, a passage back to the Demon Realm—his home turf—was nearby. Once he returned, he could first stabilize this fellow and then plan his next move. That would turn a passive situation into an active one!