Volume 8: Demon Suppression Chapter 18 Lu Qingshan must die!
After Mo Yan refined the Yin Demon Flame, he chose to return to the Candle Dragon Palace.
One reason is that the next action is Lu Qingshan and Tan Tai Qingrun’s own business, and they don’t need his help, and he can’t help.
Secondly, after Mo Yan comprehended the true meaning of the origin of fire, he could advance to the stage of refining emptiness at any time, and he didn't want to delay it any longer.
Especially after he discovered that Lu Qingshan had already opened up such a large gap between him and himself, his desire to break through the realm of refining emptiness became even more urgent.
As for Lu Qingshan, when he discovered that the peach blossom mark imprinted on the body of the Taoist Six Fires stayed in a small area after three days and no longer moved much, he roughly locked down the location of the new branch of the underworld.
However, compared with Panmen, the strength of this new branch of the underworld must be much stronger, and there must be divine cultivators among them. It is not something that he and Tan Tai Qingrun can handle on their own.
Fortunately, the identity of monk Tan Tai Qingrun Xiuchun allows them to borrow the power of Zhishou Tower in the Western Region.
Half a day later, a detailed address was delivered to the high-ranking cultivator of the Xiyu Zhishou Tower in the name of Tan Tai Qingrun.
At this time, only a few days had passed since the destruction of the Southern Territory Underworld, and Tan Tai Qingrun's enthusiasm had not yet subsided.
Therefore, the Western Region Zhishou Tower did not hesitate at all and decisively mobilized the monks to take action.
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In the gloomy hall.
"Prometheus?" Palace Master Lei Yan murmured the name and fell into deep thought.
This was actually the first time he had heard of this name.
But his ideas were completely different from those of Liuhuo Taoist.
Precisely because the name seemed so strange, he believed that it was not a fictitious name but a real force.
Because, if it was really a name made up on the spur of the moment, according to common sense, it should be a very easy to pronounce name, so how could it be so difficult to pronounce?
"This Prometheus must be a real force," Palace Master Lei Yan gave a positive judgment, "a mysterious force hidden in the dark."
"Palace Master is wise." Taoist Six Fires didn't know how Palace Master Lei Yan made his judgment, but this did not affect his flattery to the Palace Master. He asked again, "Now that the Yin Demon Flame has appeared, the fact that Panmen is actually a branch of our underworld has been exposed. How should Panmen be dealt with now?"
Yes, after he escaped through the Sky-Splitting Talisman, he did not inform other colleagues in Panmen of his exposed identity and rushed here. He really took the "die for your comrades, let me live" approach to the extreme.
"It's a time of trouble, and the Panmen, whose identity has been exposed, is a hot potato," said Palace Master Lei Yan, with a deep look in his eyes. "We can just abandon it. If we try to bring it back by force, they might find out more about us by investigating our roots..."
"Wait..." At this point, Palace Master Lei Yan suddenly realized something and was shocked. Looking at the trembling Taoist Liu Huo below, he hurriedly asked, "How did you escape from the ambush? What were the details of the situation?"
When Taoist Six Fires heard the tone of Palace Master Lei Yan, he also understood the hidden meaning behind his words.
He trembled all over and quickly explained the situation at that time to prove his innocence, "I caught those three people. One was refining the magic fire, one was distracted by his companion who was refining the magic fire, and one was chasing the Seven Fires. I decisively used the Sky-Splitting Talisman to escape..."
Taoist Liuhuo's explanation did not make Palace Master Lei Yan feel relieved, but instead made him look even more embarrassed.
"Since that person dared to refine the devil fire on the spot, he must have been confident. His companions must also be aware of this. How could they be careless and let you escape because of this?"
"They... let me go on purpose?" Taoist Six Fires' face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Then why did they do this?"
"It is very likely so." Palace Master Lei Yan had already stood up, his expression gloomy, and he was a little confused, "As for the purpose..."
He couldn't figure out the connection for a moment.
If the person who made the move came from Zhishou Tower, then the reason for deliberately letting Liuhuo Taoist go is very simple. It must be a trap in order to follow the clues and catch bigger fish.
The main problem was that he didn't know much about this force called "Prometheus" and all the information he had was sourceless, so he couldn't accurately judge the other party's purpose.
But he already had a bad feeling in his heart.
Taoist Six Fires saw the solemn expression on the face of Palace Master Lei Yan, and he became frightened and worried.
He thought that he had made a comeback and would be on the rise from then on, but he didn't expect that things would develop like this. Taoist Liuhuo felt very desperate.
A heavy atmosphere permeated the hall.
According to Palace Master Lei Yan, no matter what the other party's purpose is, the most correct choice should be to immediately evacuate all the personnel in this branch palace.
Because of the location here, it is very likely that it has been exposed because of the existence of Six Fire Taoist.
However, this branch temple is not some insignificant small branch temple, but a large branch temple that commands the underworld of several states. The cost of evacuating personnel is extremely high.
He was worried that he was seeing things and causing the underworld to suffer unnecessary losses.
Just when Palace Master Lei Yan was struggling with the pros and cons.
boom!
A loud bang sounded not far away, followed by a fierce fluctuation of spiritual power.
Zhishou Tower is here!
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In the seventh year of Tianyuan, the sky seemed unusually chaotic.
After the Southern Region's underworld was destroyed by Zhishou Tower, although the underworlds in other regions were not as miserable as the Southern Region, they also suffered considerable losses to a greater or lesser extent.
This sudden blow made the underworld very angry.
This disrupted their plans and plunged their underworld into unprecedented chaos. For a time, everyone was in danger.
…
A secret place.
Several hazy shadows gathered together.
"In my Zhongwu Territory, a state-level branch temple was discovered by Zhishoulou yesterday."
The head of the Zhongwu Territory Underworld, Palace Master Ji Kang, said, "So far, except for the main palace lineage in the Zhongling Territory, our six lines have more or less suffered from the precise attacks of Zhishou Tower, and the South Territory has suffered even more severe losses."
"Hateful," said the Lord Zhou Qi of Zhongtian Domain in a gloomy voice, with an unconcealed brutality in his tone, "This Lu Qingshan is really hateful!"
The masters of the six meridians of the underworld have always been at odds with each other.
The reason why they gathered together in harmony this time was entirely out of their common hatred for Lu Qingshan.
"Who would have thought that we, the Underworld, have been lurking among the human race for so many years, and Zhishoulou couldn't do much to us. Instead, it was a small Lu Qingshan, a cultivator of the Void Refining Realm, who could torment us to this extent?"
Palace Master Ziren, who suffered the most serious losses, laughed at himself and said, "My Southern Territory clan has suffered the most this time. It will take at least a hundred years of recuperation before we can recover to our previous state..."
"At least your clan in the Southern Region has a situation where everyone is satisfied with their work. What about me?" The Lord of the Western Region Underworld, Yu Lei, had an even darker expression on his face than Ziren.
After the incident in the Southern Region Underworld, soon afterward, an extremely important branch of his Western Region lineage was also caught by Zhishoulou.
With the previous experience of the Southern Region in mind, he hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to reluctantly cut off the tail and quickly evacuate several other important branch halls, stopping the loss at the cost of his own injury.
As a result, judging from the subsequent development of events, except for the Southern Region, the losses in the other five regions were limited to one or two branch halls - I was completely scared and made things difficult for myself.
It's so embarrassing.
Even though the other palace masters didn't say anything on the surface, they were definitely laughing at me in private.
Thinking of this, Yu Lei's hatred for Lu Qingshan became endless.
"We are already in disarray and have lost the initiative. Zhishoulou is seizing this opportunity to pursue the victory and expand the results of the battle," said Zhang Heng, the head of the Northern Territory, in a deep voice. "No matter how great the losses are, they are a thing of the past. We don't need to dwell on them too much. The most important things right now are two things..."
"First, we must stabilize our position. We cannot continue to cause chaos. We must stop the losses here."
Mansion Master Zhang Heng spoke at a steady pace, neither hurriedly nor slowly, "The Second War will not drag on for too long. Once the Demon Lord has completed the final preparations, the war will be launched in full force. By then, as the nails in the heart of the human race, our most important task will be to restrain the human race and cause them enough internal strife to affect the war situation. But if the current situation continues, let alone posing a strong threat to the human race, I'm afraid we won't even be able to organize a decent manpower!"
The others were silent, but all nodded in agreement.
In recent years, they have indeed jumped a bit.
The lesson they learned this time made them realize again that the reason why they had always defeated the human race was not because they were so powerful, but because they were “rats” in the underworld.
Rats can cause headaches and make humans hate them because they are always stealing human food.
But can mice defeat humans?
Impossible.
"Second," Palace Master Zhang Heng continued, emphasizing each word: "Lu Qingshan must die, must die!"
When he mentioned this name, even he revealed a hint of gnashing of teeth in his tone.
"Whether it was the Sword Sect's instruction or Xia Daoyun's suggestion, since there are traces of him everywhere, he must die," Zhang Heng's eyes were gloomy, "and, I even suspect that this information is most likely from him..."
"How is this possible?!" Yu Lei objected subconsciously: "He is just a Void Refining cultivator, how can he know such secret information?"
"Then tell me, no matter it is Jian Zong or Xia Daoyun, why did they convey the news from our underworld to Zhishou Tower through Lu Qingshan? Is there any problem for them to contact Zhishou Tower themselves?" Zhang Heng analyzed calmly: "What's the point of pushing Lu Qingshan out of nowhere?"
"Also, according to intelligence, Lu Qingshan has been around since the Zhenjiang Corpse Rebellion. You have to know that he hadn't yet joined the Sword Sect at that time, and he didn't know Xia Daoyun. Who provided him with the information at that time?"
"Because of his Lianxu cultivation, you all think that he is just a puppet and there is another master behind him," Zhang Heng said in a raised voice, "But if you calm down a little and think carefully, you will find that this speculation is illogical everywhere..."
Zhang Heng's words made everyone else fall silent.
After careful consideration, they had to admit that what Zhang Heng said made a lot of sense and that they had fallen into a misconception.
"Anyway, no matter if there is another master behind him or he has some secrets, this Lu Qingshan has no reason to live," the helmsman of the Southern Region Underworld, Palace Master Ziren, was the first to break the silence, "As long as he is still alive in this world, I will feel uncomfortable all over."
For a cultivator of the Void Refinement Realm to be able to make these palace lords who hold high positions and are extremely cunning hate him so much, he is truly extremely capable.
"The problem is that Lu Qingshan has disappeared and is wandering around like he has evaporated from the face of the earth," Zhou Qi frowned and asked, "How can we kill him if we can't find him?"
"Yu Lei, what do you say?" asked Mansion Master Ziren.
"No," Yu Lei replied in a muffled voice, "The world is so big, it's not easy to find a cultivator who deliberately hides his identity and whereabouts, not to mention that he has been jumping around in various states. Finding him is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"Wenhe, what about you?" Yu Lei thought for a moment and asked again: "After all, Lu Qingshan is from the Eastern Region Sword Sect, so the possibility of him returning to the Eastern Region in the end should be the greatest."
Wen He, one of the leaders of the Eastern Region Underworld, also shook his head and sighed, "I have no news either. As you know, the Sword Sect is the most special among the seven major sects. With their structure, I simply cannot place my own people in the Sword Sect."
The others fell silent.
On this point, they did not laugh at Wen He's incompetence - it was indeed unrealistic to arrange manpower into the Sword Sect with a total number of more than 3,000 people without being discovered.
The six palace masters compared their intelligence with each other, but still found nothing.
A feeling of powerlessness came over them, and their mood was somewhat complicated.
This was originally their way of torturing Zhi Shoulou - to make you hate me to the core, but unable to find me.
Unexpectedly, one day they actually experienced this feeling themselves.
It is true that heaven spares no one.
The atmosphere fell silent again.
Everyone had a solemn look on their faces, and no one knew what they were thinking.
After a long time.
"Since we can't find Lu Qingshan," Zhang Heng said hoarsely, "then why don't we just give up looking for him and let him show up on his own?"
"Let him show up on his own?" Ziren was startled and frowned slightly. "Zhang Heng, what do you think? Let me tell you in advance, I'm not trying to discourage you, but we in the Southern Region have used this trick once before. With the means this kid has shown, it's unlikely that he will be fooled twice now that we are on guard."
He was referring to the plan that made Lu Qingshan the strongest in the four realms.
"Of course it's impossible to just repeat the same old trick," Zhang Heng shook his head. "This time, we'll ask for help from the main government lineage and ask them to lure Lu Qingshan out."
"The General Mansion's lineage?!" Ji Kang asked subconsciously, "Will they be willing to help?"
What Ji Kang was worried about was that the general government was unwilling to help, not that the general government’s efforts would be useless.
The same is true for other palace masters.
They all have full confidence in the main force lineage.
"Although the Zongfu lineage has always looked down on us," Zhang Heng said firmly, "they also need our cover to hide their identities. If we suffer heavy losses, it is definitely not what it wants to see, so as long as we ask for help together, it will definitely help us."
"That's true." Yu Lei agreed, and was the first to express his support. "I agree with Zhang Heng's statement."
The other four palace masters looked at each other, weighing the pros and cons.
After a moment, everyone reached a consensus.
"I agree."
"Me too."
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"Since everyone agrees with me," Zhang Heng concluded, "we will all seek help from the government later."
"We had several opportunities to take him down before, but we missed them all because we underestimated him. Now we have to make such a fuss about it," Master Wenhe sighed at last, "Tell me, what is this all about..."
Wenhe, Yulei and Ziren, the three palace masters who had attacked Lu Qingshan, couldn't help but have slightly distorted expressions, but in the end the three of them did not say a word to refute.
Admit it!
Soon, all the figures dispersed and the place returned to peace.
After the calm, there will be big waves and sinister fangs.
