Thinking about it this way, Third Young Master Ji actually felt somewhat ashamed — he had been a bit unhappy earlier. Now that he reconsidered, when had Jiang Chen ever done anything without being confident?
If the Demon Race truly had a hand in this, his entire Panlong bloodline could end up in trouble!
Perhaps the Demon Race's next target would be him, Ji Laosan himself.
"Chen Shao, I, Ji Laosan, have never truly admired many people in my life, but you are the one I respect the most. Tell me — what do we need to do next?" After his thoughts cleared, Third Young Master Ji decided to stop overthinking and directly asked Jiang Chen for guidance.
"Protect yourselves. Protect the Panlong bloodline. Be on high alert against the Demon Race's schemes. They attacked the Panlong Great Emperor but didn't kill him — they must have their own purposes behind it. And that elder's reaction was rather suspicious as well. I can't yet deduce the specifics of their conspiracy, but we absolutely must remain vigilant."
The Demon Race acted in bizarre ways, and even Jiang Chen couldn't immediately figure out what ambitions they harbored.
Third Young Master Ji said with a bitter expression, "Staying vigilant goes without saying, but the Demon Race's claws seep into every crack. I'm worried that no matter how many precautions we take, in the end we still won't be able to stop them."
"Don't worry. Within the territory of the Glazed Glass City, the Demon Race still doesn't dare to act too brazenly. If they were bold enough to do so, they would have come out to cause havoc long ago instead of skulking around in the shadows like this."
Third Young Master Ji thought it over carefully and felt somewhat reassured.
"Go back for now. Don't alert the snake by disturbing the grass. Remember — act completely natural!" Jiang Chen cautioned.
Third Young Master Ji nodded. "Fine. I'd like to see just how impressive this Demon Race really is. I, Ji So-and-so, will play along with them."
After Third Young Master Ji left, Jiang Chen's mood was quite heavy.
He hadn't expected that traces of the Demon Race would eventually surface.
Perhaps right now these demons could only carry out small-scale operations, but once the demonic calamity truly erupted, it would be far too late to respond.
He had to take precautions before anything happened.
Of course, the most urgent thing right now was to continuously strengthen his own power — and keep strengthening it.
At the same time, the work of restarting the Myriad Heavens Ten Thousand Spirits Lock Divine Formation had to begin.
In a secret realm within the Peacock Sacred Mountain, Jiang Chen summoned the Four Great Divine Beasts alone. Apart from the Taisui White Tiger, who still needed more time to mature, the other three great spirit beings had already reached the Divine Dao Realm.
The Four Divine Beasts found it somewhat odd that Jiang Chen had called for them individually.
They naturally remembered what Jiang Chen had told them about the history of the Four Divine Beasts bloodlines, and assumed he was going to bring up those ancient secrets once more.
In truth, they were quite eager about this deep down.
They too wanted to see whether those ancient secrets were really as miraculous as described — could the gathering of all Four Divine Beasts bloodlines truly refine the Five Elements anew, reshape heaven and earth, and give rise to the Heavenly Dao?
"There's no need to be so formal. You are all my companions. No matter how long or short we have known each other, the fact that we have gathered together means we are sworn partners, loyal to each other through and through."
Seeing their serious expressions, Jiang Chen deliberately lightened the mood.
The Vermilion Bird Divine Beast laughed. "We're not being formal — we're just a bit excited."
"Excited?" Jiang Chen blinked. "I haven't even said what this is about yet, and you're already excited?"