Zongman: A journey through time starting from the Supreme

If he were to borrow the power of other demons, he wouldn't need the existence of the Mother of Evil. Just relying on the perfect spiritual nature of the 'Aging Demon' would be enough for him to crush all the demons.

"Then I'll leave Ganyu to you, Gechenlang City..."

Xixiang nodded slightly to Gechenlangshi Zhenjun, then he took a step forward, the space control technique was activated, and Xixiang disappeared from the eyes of Ganyu and Gechenlangshi Zhenjun.

Seeing Xixiang leaving, the serious expression on Gechenlangshi Zhenjun's face faded and a smile appeared.

She walked forward a few steps, took Ganyu's hand, and said with a smile: "...This demon god really likes you, little Ganyu."

"...This gentleman always gives us immortals a sense of inaccessibility and terror. Even just talking to him just now still makes me feel terrified."

Immortals feel both respect and fear towards the devil.

Demons like Morax are very friendly to the fairies, but there are also many demons who do not care about the thoughts of these fairies and are very cruel to them.

"My Lord is very gentle, just like... just like Lord Guizhong."

Ganyu couldn't help but say at this time.

Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun was stunned for a moment. She never expected that Ganyu would compare Xixiang to the end.

If it is really like Lord Guizhong, it would be great.

After all, there are not too many demon gods like Morax and Guizhong who are friendly to fairy beasts in the land of Liyue.

"It's just that... I seemed a little disrespectful just now. I wonder if Lord Zaratul will hate me."

Ganyu said in a silly and cute way, with a worried tone.

Seeing Ganyu's expression, Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun smiled with his hands covering his mouth.

She fiddled with the bell on her waist and said, "...Ganyu, don't worry too much. When that gentleman left just now, he entrusted you to me. I know he cares about you."

"...When I was young, I was also ignorant. I loved beauty, and when I saw this beautiful bell, I begged the Emperor to give it to me."

"The Emperor couldn't persuade me, and he found me annoying, so he gave me the bell. But the Emperor never disliked me."

When Gan Yu heard what Ge Chen Lang Shi Zhen Jun said, she blinked her beautiful amethyst-like eyes and said blankly: "...Really?"

"of course it's true."

Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun couldn't help but stroke the Qilin horn on Ganyu's head with his hand, and said softly: "...Ganyu, you are half human and half immortal, which is actually your advantage."

"...You have the long lifespan of an immortal beast, so learning immortal techniques will be twice as effective with half the effort. At the same time, you are different from other immortals. You can integrate well into the human world."

"Look, even the demon god that we immortals fear takes care of you and likes you. It shows that the demon god loves people, and he loves you too."

True Lord Gechenlangshi's words made Ganyu hide her worries. She then said, "...But True Lord Gechenlangshi, aren't you different from True Lord Liuyun and the others? Don't you like to interact with humans?"

"So, I am the extraordinary immortal."

Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun said with a little pride.

Then she took Ganyu's hand and said, "... Let's go. That adult is right. You may not be ready to come into contact with humans right now."

"...In that case, let's go back to the cave."

Ganyu nodded as if she understood, and under the magic of the immortals, the two of them disappeared in Liyue Harbor in a mist.

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Xixiang temporarily left Liyue Harbor and came to the land called Liyue.

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The land of Liyue is vast. In addition to the continent where Liyue Harbor is located, there are many peninsula-like areas connected to it.

According to Xixiang's estimate, there are still millions of square kilometers of land.

Even in any other world, the size of this land is enough to be called a huge country.

Today, the land of Liyue is divided and ruled by many demons. Each demon and his followers have formed a country similar to a city-state.

And the devil is the god and king of this country.

If I were to describe it, it is somewhat like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when many vassal states were fighting for the throne of the emperor.

With Xixiang's now endless magic power and mature use of space control techniques, he can reach a land of millions of square kilometers in a moment.

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However, Saigo was not in a hurry. He spent several months traveling across this land, visiting almost all the territories of the demon gods and observing their development.

There are even two sea demons, and their followers are all on the archipelago, with one island connected to another.

It can be seen that the demons do love humans, and every demon wants to help humans develop as much as possible.

However, although it is true that demons are powerful, not every demon is smart, and not every demon can understand the needs of humans.

Just like Morax, the people of Guiliji, whom he used to rule, lived a prosperous life, but they mainly relied on business.

As the demon god of contracts, Morax attaches great importance to contracts, which is how contracts developed into businesses and brought wealth.

But Saigo also talked with Morax, and this demon god knew a little about human politics, but he was not particularly proficient in it.

This is the limitation of the demons' thinking. After all, they are demons, not humans.

Just like Morax, he completed all governance through contracts, which accidentally happened to meet the needs of civilization development. Therefore, Guili Ji in the past established its country based on commerce.

After all, rule is a contract.

But other demons are different. They don’t understand contracts, they just love people in their own way.

The human beings living under the rule of these demon gods are not much better than the many people in Guiliji who are now displaced.

After traveling through many city-states, Xixiang finally came to a small country on the land of Liyue, an inconspicuous small country.

This is the kingdom of the "Demon of Salt".

Chapter 13 Heulia

Xixiang has been traveling in Liyue for more than a few months, and this country is the most unsettled and smallest country he has ever encountered.

During these few months, Saigo's goal was to find those demons and see how to solve them directly.

But these demons seemed to know he was coming, and they all hid themselves and never showed up.

After a brief thought, Saigo knew what these demons were planning.

When Guili Ji killed Guizhong before, although this group of demons joined forces to severely injure Morax, most of the demons were also injured to varying degrees.

These demons are not united, they only join forces to fight the enemy because Morax is too powerful.

But if they defeat Morax, they will still fight each other in the end until only one person survives and ascends the throne, just like a poisonous insect.

In this situation, these demons have to be wary of each other, and they are also afraid that Morax will seek revenge on them.

Even if Morax was seriously injured, he was still stronger than these demons. If Morax came alone, he would surely die.

In this situation, the best way is for everyone to hide until their injuries recover and then come together to besiege Morax and eliminate the strongest one.

So Saigo wandered around for several months but couldn't find any trace of the demon.

Of course, he also has a way to lure out the devil. The devil loves people, and as long as he takes action against the devil's people, the devil will definitely be furious.

But if Saigo did this, he would undoubtedly become enemies with Morax, because Morax is also a demon god of love.

Morax is Saigo's contractor. Compared with other demons, Morax is obviously more important to Saigo. In the end, this idea was abandoned by Saigo and was not actually done.

Now, after traveling in Liyue for several months, he finally found a demon god.

This demon is not hiding, but is in his own kingdom.

This country is called the 'Salt Country', and it is also the only place called a 'country' on the land of Liyue.

You must know that in other demon realms, the demon is both the god that the people believe in and the king who governs the people.

But this "Salt Kingdom" is completely different. The gods and the king are completely separated.

The people here believe in the Salt Demon, but they have their own human king.

This country is small, but because of the power of the Demon God of Salt, the people are actually very wealthy.

Salt is a necessity for all humans. Almost all the salt in Liyue is produced here. Even before the Demon War began, the salt from the "Salt Kingdom" could be exported to other regions.

At that time, except for Guiliji, the people in Liyue were the richest and happiest.

But now, all Saigo saw in the eyes of the people of this country was despair.

This despair was completely different from the despair that the people of Liyue felt when they left Guiliji. Although the people of Liyue were also desperate after experiencing defeat at that time, everyone still had surging motivation in their hearts.

But the people here are almost dead silent, like the walking dead.

There were some people making loud noises on the street. Saigo walked closer to listen, only to discover that these people were actually giving a speech in the market, cursing the Salt Demon with spit flying everywhere.

"Interesting, he actually cursed the God he believed in like this."

Xi Xiang was very interested. This kind of thing could never happen in Liyue Harbor today.

Not to mention that everyone in Liyue Harbor is devout in their belief in Morax, but if you really say bad things about Morax, you will definitely not be able to leave Liyue Harbor.

But it’s different here. When someone cursed the Salt Demon in the street, others were not angry. Instead, they felt it was natural and acted as if they were used to it.

After listening carefully, Saigo roughly understood why the people here cursed the devil like that.

However, that demon god was too cowardly and incompetent. Facing the aggressive pressure from other demon gods, she did not resist at all, but kept ceding land and paying compensation.

The former 'Kingdom of Salt' was very large and was one of the few large countries in this land. However, during the Demon War, the entire country was divided up by other demons. After years of war, the huge country was reduced to this tiny piece of land.

All citizens know that there is no land left in the country. When the demons attack again, what can the Salt Demon use to satisfy the appetites of other demons?

Could she consider herself as compensation? But no one wants such a weak demon!

When the troops enter the country, the entire country will fall apart, and countless people will die here.

It was precisely because everyone saw their own future, and because of the inaction of the Salt Demon, that they all denounced the Demon, calling her cowardly and incompetent.

"Get out of the way, and arrest those leaders who dared to curse the Demon God just now!"

At this time, a group of soldiers came to disperse the crowd, and the people who had given the speeches had already fled.

Everyone glared at these soldiers, thinking that they were unable to resist foreign invasion and only dared to oppress the people.

But seeing that they were unarmed and the other side was armed, they could only lower their heads and leave...

The only ones who still support the Demon God of Salt are the royal family of this country.

People think it is natural for the royal family to support the Salt Demon God because their power was granted by the Demon God, so for the sake of their own power, they must support the Demon God.

The crowd dispersed and the streets fell into silence again, with everyone waiting for the end of the world in despair.

"Today I cede five cities, tomorrow I cede ten cities, then I can sleep peacefully for one night, when I wake up and look around, the Qin army is here again."

Saigo inexplicably thought of this sentence from the Rokukoku Ron, and this Salt Demon undoubtedly fully explained it.

The image of a cowardly, panic-stricken, pot-bellied and incompetent king suddenly flashed through Saigo's mind.

"It's rare for a demon god to be this cowardly."

However, Saigo felt that there must be other hidden secrets in this, but this also made Saigo develop a strong interest in this demon god.

He raised his eyes and looked towards the largest building in the city. That must be the royal palace, and the aura of the devil was also there.

Saigo took a step forward and disappeared into the street.

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In a magnificent temple inside the palace, a frail demon with beautiful white hair was sitting on the throne.

Her eyes seemed fierce, but within that ferocity there was an extreme gentleness.

The demon god stared outside the temple with a trance-like expression, as if he was looking at the land ravaged by war from afar, his eyes full of compassion.

At this time, there was a commotion at the gate of the temple. The King of Salt Kingdom was walking into the hall with several guards.

The king did not make any announcements at all. Although he appeared pious, his behavior when meeting his god could almost be described as blasphemous.

Heulia retracted her gaze, her seemingly fierce but actually gentle eyes fixed on the newcomer, and she spoke softly with her beautiful voice, "... King, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"... Could it be that another demon is coming?"

She looked worried and sad.

"Lady Heulia."

The king, who was in his prime, looked at the demon god sitting on the throne. His expression was complicated and his eyes were full of reverence, but deep in those eyes there was also a hint of imperceptible love.