The escorts from Da Qian Escort Agency immediately gathered around. “That young woman is the young sect master of Frost Sword Sect, Grace Foster. She’s only twenty-eight, yet already a genius at the ninth level of Qi Refining. The person behind her is a Frost Sword Sect elder, Benjamin Foster, a genuine expert at the Condensing True stage. But during the sect’s extermination six days ago, he used a forbidden technique and suffered severe damage to his vitality.”

“Frost Sword Sect?”

Samuel Cooper was taken aback. “Frost Sword Sect, one of the four great sects around White Jade City? The sect was wiped out? I remember the sect master of Frost Sword Sect was a powerful cultivator about to form a Golden Core!”

“Exactly! The Frost Sword Alice Foster is one of the top ten experts in White Jade City. Her Frost Sword alone commands respect for eight hundred miles around Yunling. But unfortunately, the ones who targeted them… were human demons!”

At this point, the Da Qian escort involuntarily lowered his voice. “Human demons at the Golden Core stage!”

“Human demons at the Golden Core stage!”

Samuel Cooper’s expression changed instantly.

There are demon beasts, and there are human demons!

These are fiends who have lost all reason and become utterly deranged. They feed on the negative emotions of sentient beings, and after occupying a place, they torment the inhabitants mercilessly, devouring them alive when their negative emotions reach their peak!

Such evil beings deserve to be destroyed by all.

They are also the main culprits behind the current chaos in the world.

Even the demon race, plagued by these fiends, has had to temporarily cease hostilities with the human race to jointly resist the ever-intensifying demonic turmoil.

Chapter 4: Frost Sword Sect

“Human demons have appeared outside White Jade City, and yet City Lord Bai Yixian and Sword Academy Master Thomas Wright aren’t leading people to exterminate them?”

Samuel Cooper couldn’t help but ask.

“There are quite a few of these human demons, and even Golden Core stage ones have shown up. Otherwise, Frost Sword Sect, guarded by the Frost Sword, wouldn’t have been destroyed. Without knowing the exact number of these human demons, or how many Golden Core stage ones there are, White Jade City doesn’t dare to act rashly.”

The Da Qian escort paused, then continued, “Besides, eight hundred miles west of Frost Sword Sect is the territory of the Black Ridge Demon King. If the human demons flee into the Black Ridge Mountains, should the great cultivators of White Jade City pursue them or not?”

To deal with the chaos of rampaging demons, both the human and demon races have temporarily ceased hostilities, but only to the extent of not launching attacks.

The blood feud between humans and demons has lasted tens of thousands of years. If a great cultivator from White Jade City dares to step into the territory of a Primordial Spirit Demon King, dying there would be a pointless death.

“It’s already been six days?”

“Six days. The people of Frost Sword Sect… have probably already been tortured to death.”

The Da Qian escort sighed.

Samuel Cooper thought of the fate awaiting ordinary people and cultivators who fall into the hands of these fiends—unable to live, unable to die—and felt a deep sense of helplessness.

“What are they doing here?”

Henry Carter, standing nearby, asked.

“Grace Foster is pleading with City Lord Bai and Academy Master Thomas Wright to take action against the human demons and avenge Frost Sword Sect. But the two great cultivators, not knowing the strength of this group of human demons, dare not act rashly and are passively waiting for reinforcements from the southern capital. So, she’s come to the Demon-Slaying Academy for help, hoping to find a cultivator skilled in investigation and divination to go with them and probe the true situation of the human demons, so that City Lord Bai and the Sword Academy can take action. But…”

The people from Tianxing Escort Agency seized the chance to interject, “Who would dare go?”

Henry Carter was moved by what he heard.

He followed the crowd, moving closer to where Grace Foster and Benjamin Foster stood.

He saw Grace Foster issuing a mission.

“Seeking a cultivator skilled in divination and investigation, at late Qi Refining stage or above, to scout out the true situation of the human demons two thousand miles away in Yunling. Once the information is confirmed, a reward of six hundred spirit stones and a high-grade magic artifact will be given.”

Six hundred spirit stones, and a high-grade magic artifact.

Seeing this reward, Henry Carter was secretly shocked.

The most cutthroat competition in the cultivation world is in the low-level artifact forging and alchemy industries. The price of magic artifacts has dropped by ninety percent compared to a thousand years ago, but even so, a high-grade magic artifact still costs five or six hundred spirit stones.

If the quality is better, it could sell for seven or eight hundred spirit stones without issue.

In other words…

This job starts at over a thousand spirit stones.

Even the annual salary of a Condensing True cultivator in the Liu family is only a hundred spirit stones.

But then again, the higher the pay, the greater the danger.

A Golden Core stage demon.

And hundreds of Condensing True and Qi Refining level demons lurking about.

Because of this, there were many onlookers, but not a single person actually stepped forward to accept the mission.

No matter how much money, you need to be alive to spend it.

Henry Carter glanced over and said to Samuel Cooper, “Get me a copy of the mission details.”

Samuel Cooper was startled. “Young master, you…”

“Just curious and want to know more.”

“This kind of thing… You really shouldn’t be too curious. With even one Golden Core stage demon… our entire Liu family of White Jade wouldn’t be enough to fill that pit.”

“I know. Go, get me the details so I can take a look.”

Henry Carter said.

Samuel Cooper had no choice but to comply.

After all, Henry Carter was his young master.

After Samuel Cooper left, Henry Carter sat in the lounge area, flipping through the mission details.