Chapter 207: Demon Hunters
Chen Zemin, feeling the multiple gazes directed at him, coughed as he composed himself.
The silver-haired leader's question had not only broken the tense silence but also threw the focus back onto him.
He took a deep breath, stepping forward slightly to address the unexpected group.
"This is the planet Nexara, and you are in the Eastern Continent, within one of the territories belonging to the Chen family," Chen Zemin began, his voice steady.
"I am Chen Zemin, head of the Chen family, and these are the family leaders of various clans across the continent.
We summoned you here so that you can help us by establishing a force to combat the rising threat of evil cultivators."
'Whoa, this guy copied the lines from those mangas where the protagonist gets summoned into a world where he needs to defeat a demon king or something,' Xu Qianghua's clone thought as he rolled his eyes.
Hearing this, the silver-haired leader nodded slowly, his gaze still cold. "I see," he replied, his tone still cold and unreadable. "And you expect us to help with this... threat?"
Chen Zemin hesitated, unsure of what to say next. The aura around these six people was unsettling, not in the way he had expected.
They did not act like the other summoned people, and their presence carried an air of authority that made it clear they were not to be trifled with.
Yet, Chen Zemin pressed forward despite wanting to stay away from them. This was the only Diamond card he had, and he had to make the most of it.
"Yes," he said firmly. "You were summoned because we need individuals who can deal with evil cultivators.
Although we do not know how strong they are or how many there are, from what we saw before, we can be sure that they will be a major threat."
The silver-haired leader glanced at the other five people, exchanging silent looks with each of them.
Clearly, they communicated without words, so no one said anything as they let them decide. After a moment, he turned his attention back to Chen Zemin.
They did this because they knew that these people were really not the same as all the other summons, so they had to be careful with the way they treated them.
As anything wrong could lead to accidents that everyone wants to avoid if possible.
Just when the silver-haired leader was about to say something, he suddenly closed his eyes which all the other five people soon followed.
After a few minutes, all of them opened their eyes as they lowered their weapons.
'Looks like the World's Will finally did its work," Xu Qianghua's clone thought.
Meanwhile, the silver-haired man who had recovered slowly mumbled, "So this is a different world,"
Cough Cough
Then he coughed twice as he spoke, "I am not sure where we are and how we got here but just a few seconds ago.
We were installed with all the information about this world, including the evil cultivators you want us to deal with.
And the good thing is that we have experience dealing with evil cultivators.
In fact, from what we remember, it seems that we were demon hunters who killed these kinds of people."
This caused a stir among the family heads. Whispers broke out as they tried to understand what was being said.
Some looked to Chen Zemin for an explanation, while others seemed to be still digesting the information.
The silver-haired leader, Shen, nodded as he continued. "From the information I got, these evil cultivators you're dealing with... they sound very similar to the demons we've hunted in our world.
Demons there also used forbidden methods, sacrificing lives to gain power, corrupting their surroundings with dark energy, and hiding in plain sight.
They'd often embed themselves within human society, manipulating events from the shadows until it was too late."
Chen Zemin and the other family heads listened carefully, and a few exchanged glances, realizing that this group had more in common with their current situation than they initially thought.
Chen Zemin spoke up, his tone firm. "That is exactly what we are dealing with here.
These evil cultivators work in secrecy, using dark arts to strengthen themselves at the cost of innocent lives.
They've infiltrated cities, even governments, as seen in the recent incident involving the city lord. We cannot allow this threat to spread further."
Another family head nodded, stepping forward to explain further. "Our plan is to create a special force made up of our most trusted cultivators, trained to root out these evil practitioners.
We need to stop them before their influence spreads to other parts of the continent."
Chen Zemin continued, addressing Shen directly. "This is where we need your expertise.
We do not want this special force to be led by any of us because we are not sure who is a spy, but from the looks of it, you and your group have experience dealing with these kinds of threats.
We want you to help us train this special force and guide them in tracking and eliminating these evil cultivators. Your knowledge will be invaluable to us."
Shen exchanged glances with his team before nodding. "We will assist you. If these evil cultivators are anything like the demons we've faced, we know their methods. We'll help you prepare your force to deal with them."
The room slowly regained its lost vigor as many family heads started chatting with the six people, trying to find more information about these evil cultivators.
Meanwhile, Xu Qianghua's clone, seeing this, quickly transmitted all of this information to its original body, which also acted normal.
But the clone knew that the real body would not respond for a few days, so he was not really worried about a response.
Instead, he was making sure that he could contact these people when the real body responded.
This is because it can see that this group of six are a special batch compared to what he saw before, so the main body should be interested in the way they were able to come into this world.