Volume 8: Demon Suppression Chapter 28: Lu Qingshan, the Underworld Monk
Luoyan Pass.
The guard who was in charge of this pass, Marquis Anhai, was standing on the outer city gate at this time, looking at the vast wilderness that looked white in the rain, frowning slightly.
"Is the demon clan going to make another big move? Recently, more and more cultivators have spotted the demon clan near Luoyan Pass," Marquis An Hai's expression was not good, and it could even be said to be very heavy. "But, it has been less than five years since the last large-scale battle..."
The time when the demons launch large-scale battles is not fixed, but it will be at least ten years apart. Why is there an exception this time?
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal, which made Marquis Anhai very puzzled and even had some bad premonitions in his heart.
"General, the three monks we sent out to investigate the situation a few days ago have not returned yet, and we have completely lost contact with them," said Tang Ze, the lieutenant general of Luoyan Pass, behind Marquis Anhai. "I'm afraid..."
"Only control what comes in, not what goes out." Marquis Anhai murmured.
These days, they felt that something was not right, so they sent monks out of the city many times to investigate the situation.
The vast wilderness was like a sleeping beast, swallowing up all the monks who left the city. So far, no one has been able to return to the city.
What's even more strange is that none of the monks they sent out returned, but those monks from Yumen Pass and other city passes who received the battle reports and came to support were able to enter Luoyan Pass safely.
There is an air of conspiracy everywhere.
…
The wilderness area thousands of miles away from Luoyan Pass is a forest area that is relatively rare on the battlefield outside the domain.
Because of the rain, a layer of fine mist covered the sky and the earth, and the forest was even more foggy.
Flying at a low altitude, Lu Qingshan landed quickly in front of a small river that ran through the forest.
From his low altitude position, he saw something different in the river, which was swollen due to the rain.
"What's going on?" When he got closer to the river, he finally saw the true appearance of the strange object.
In the swirling water, there was actually a person floating, a male cultivator wearing black armor.
The black armor is the standard black armor used at Yumen Pass, indicating that this person is a monk guarding the pass.
The monks guarding the gate have to obey the orders of the commander of the city gate, defend the city gate and carry out various tasks. They are not like independent monks like him who can freely choose where to go.
Lu Qingshan quickly pulled the male cultivator out of the river .
After rescuing the man, his heart suddenly sank.
The scene before me was truly horrifying.
There were dozens of wounds deep enough to see the bones on the body of this male cultivator.
A dark demonic aura lingered above the wounds , lingering for a long time, making it impossible for the wounds to heal, and even the flesh and blood at the wounds had begun to rot.
"Is this... a soldier demon?" When Lu Qingshan saw the wound, he immediately thought of the scar on the face of the scarred monk who led them into Yumen Pass. Like the man in front of him, the scar was difficult to heal and was surrounded by demonic energy.
After careful observation, he concluded that the wounds on the corpse must have been caused by the soldier demon.
This dead body was wearing black armor.
The material of the black armor is magical. When raindrops fall on it, they just roll down like falling on lotus leaves.
On the chest of Xuan Jia, there is a depiction of a flying wild goose with its wings spread.
"This is the black armor of Luoyan Pass. He is the monk guarding Luoyan Pass." Lu Qingshan immediately identified it.
"The body of the monk guarding Luoyan Pass was left here, and was killed by the soldier demon." Lu Qingshan frowned, as if he smelled something wrong, and his mind was instantly shocked. "During this period, there happened to be traces of large-scale demon activities near Luoyan Pass..."
Just as he was lost in thought, the corpse, which had long lost any breath of life, suddenly sat up.
This scared Lu Qingshan.
Because he had checked carefully, the male cultivator in front of him had a scattered spirit and was already dead, so how could he suddenly come back to life?
"Did you save me?" The male corpse sat up, saw Lu Qingshan in front of him, his eyes darkened, and asked.
"You are still alive?" Lu Qingshan quickly regained his composure and asked.
Cough cough!
The male cultivator suddenly coughed, and as he coughed, blood foam mixed with fragments of internal organs came out of his mouth, which was extremely horrifying.
There were a few burnt scars scattered across his face, making him look particularly hideous, like a ghost crawling out of hell.
"To make a long story short, I don't have much time now." The male corpse took a breath and said with difficulty.
"Not much time left?"
"I am now relying on a forbidden technique to barely hang on. It was also with this forbidden technique that I was able to hide from the demons and escape..." The male corpse suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed Lu Qingshan's shoulders. "Remember, you must convey my next words to the commander-in-chief of Luoyan Pass, Lord Anhaihou."
The evil energy in the wounds on the male cultivator's body suddenly erupted at this moment, causing him to feel extremely painful. His face turned pale and he was sweating profusely.
He could only bite his lips tightly and said hurriedly: "Luoyan Pass cannot be defended! This time, the demons are no longer preparing to bleed Luoyan Pass, but to massacre the city! The leader is a demon general from the Soldier Demon Clan. He has gathered tens of thousands of demons outside Luoyan Pass, including dozens of seventh-grade demons..."
Boom!
A bolt of lightning struck Lu Qingshan's heart.
The highest level of cultivation of the monks sent by the human race to guard the city gates other than Yumen Pass is only the seventh level.
Of course, this is not because of lack of manpower. After all, no matter how weak the human race is, they can still provide more than a dozen eighth-level cultivators.
This was just a tacit understanding reached between the human race and the demon race across the air - no cultivators above the seventh realm would be dispatched to attack small city gates, and the demon race would also not dispatch cultivators above the seventh realm when attacking these small city gates.
Because cultivators or demons at this level are not beings that can be easily lost by both sides, so they will not be dispatched easily.
It’s true that the demons have an overpopulation, but that only refers to low-quality demons.
No matter when, demons above the seventh rank have a high status in the abyss. How could they be used as cannon fodder to exchange with humans?
If the demons dare to do this, the first ones to disagree will be the high-level demon warriors.
In addition, if the human race sends out the eighth-level cultivators to guard the pass, the demon race will have to send out the eighth-level demons to break through the pass if they don’t want to defeat them for nothing.
How fierce is the battle of the eighth rank? If the battle continues like this, the original conventional offensive and defensive battle will soon escalate into a decisive battle.
But the demons are extremely wary of Xia Daozu's existence, and the human race also has many fears about the demons.
Neither side wanted to start a decisive battle easily without adequate preparation, so they could only exercise restraint in a tacit understanding.
This time, the demons actually dispatched dozens of seventh-grade demons to attack Luoyan Pass. Their determination to kill was obvious - since they could not dispatch an eighth-grade demon lord, they could only stack up the number of seventh-grade demons to ensure victory in the battle.
The male cultivator's voice was becoming weaker and weaker, and in the end he even lost his voice completely. He just held on to his breath and stared at Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan instantly understood what the male cultivator meant, nodded slightly at him, and promised: "I will definitely send this message to Luoyan Pass."
After hearing Lu Qingshan's assurance, the male cultivator's body suddenly stiffened again and he could no longer hold on. His breath suddenly stopped and he fell straight back and died.
Seeing the male cultivator fall to the ground, Lu Qingshan felt a little depressed and sighed silently.
He did not dare to waste any more time and quickly buried the monk from Luoyan Pass whose name he did not know. Then he stood up and prepared to rush to Luoyan Pass at full speed.
This is important news concerning the life and death of all the monks in the city, and he must deliver it in time.
"This is the first time I've entered an extraterritorial battlefield, and I've encountered something like this," Lu Qingshan couldn't help but shook his head, secretly sighing, "I'm really lucky!"
Whoosh, whoosh!
He had just flown up on his sword when he suddenly heard an unusual noise coming from the west.
Lu Qingshan's face suddenly changed and he looked towards the west.
Over there, there was a ball of black fog rising into the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and it kept getting bigger in his sight.
The black fog is formed by the condensation of demonic energy.
In the black fog, there are thousands of shadowy and terrifying figures.
"This is the demon army! The demon army is probably about to launch an attack on Luoyan Pass!"
In front of Lu Qingshan, a huge black fog also appeared at this time.
Without time to think, Lu Qingshan quickly hid his body and moved towards the east, preparing to take a detour.
But after a moment, he stopped again, his heart as if it had fallen into an icy cave.
Because in the east, there is also a large army of demons appearing.
The demon troops on the east and west wings are rapidly closing in.
"The war is about to begin," Lu Qingshan gritted his teeth. He didn't expect that things would happen so coincidentally. "This is going to be troublesome."
These demon armies that had been hiding outside Luoyan Pass for a long time were just preparing to launch an attack on Luoyan Pass at this time.
And his current position was exactly where the eastern and western wings of the demon army met.
In the north direction, a huge army of demons also appeared.
All three roads were blocked. His only choice now was to immediately retreat along the original route in the south direction.
Otherwise, in a few moments, he would be surrounded by the demon army.
He is just a fifth-level swordsman, not a sword immortal. If he were trapped in an army of demons numbering over a thousand or even tens of thousands, even if he were given nine lives, they would not be enough for him to die.
But the problem is, if he chooses to retreat now, the demon army will block him after they gather together.
He, the demon army, and Luoyan Pass became a straight line.
The demon army is exactly at the midpoint.
In this situation, he had no way of passing the message that the male cultivator had told him to Marquis Anhai of Luoyan Pass before the demon army arrived at the city.
If the monks at Luoyan Pass had not received the message and retreated in time, they would have surely died in the face of the long-planned and fierce attack by the demons, and the city would have been filled with bones.
Lu Qingshan's eyes kept changing and he was in a dilemma.
Perhaps it cannot be said to be a dilemma, because even if he stayed here and did not retreat, he had no way to break through the encirclement of the demons and spread the news.
"Let's go, young master." Qin Yitian, who witnessed everything, knew all too well what was going on in Lu Qingshan's heart. A gentle voice sounded in his heart, and he comforted him softly, "This is not Zhan's fault, young master, you don't have to blame yourself."
"This is war. If you don't have infinite power, the power of a single person here is like a small drop of water, which can't make any sound at all," Lu Qingshan said bitterly to Qin Yitian: "The so-called strongest four realms are actually useless in a place like this."
He seemed to be able to see the tragic death of the monk from Luoyan Pass.
More importantly, when he thought of the monk from Luoyan Pass who was gasping for breath and didn't even have the strength to say his own name, but entrusted the message to him with difficulty, hoping that he could bring hope of life to Luoyan Pass, he felt very upset.
However, in this situation, unless these demons can stop wanting to kill him, he has no choice but to retreat.
But how is this possible?
Given the hatred that the demons have for humans, once they discover a human cultivator like him, they will probably swarm over him and cut him into pieces.
"Sir, if the strongest four realms are useless, then the strongest five realms, the strongest six realms," Qin Yitian's firm voice sounded, "even the strongest seven realms! One day, these demons will no longer be able to stop you!"
"As for now, we can't delay any longer..." The Sword Spirit Girl said softly, "When these demons get closer, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."
It was time to make a decisive decision. With Qin Yitian's comfort, Lu Qingshan finally made up his mind and prepared to evacuate quickly.
"Wait!" Just as he was about to move, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, "Unless the demons don't want to kill me... this doesn't seem impossible?"
"Young Master, what are you doing..." Qin Yitian was very confused when he saw Lu Qingshan stop again.
"Yitian, do you still remember..." Lu Qingshan paused and said in a deep voice: "The little gadget I seized in the North State Sea Area?"
"Young Master, are you preparing?!" The smart Qin Yitian was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what Lu Qingshan was talking about.
“Although it’s a bit risky…” Countless thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan’s mind at this moment. In the end, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind, “If there is really no other way, I can still retreat with peace of mind. But now, since there is a glimmer of hope, if I still leave, I can’t get over this hurdle in my heart.”
"Sir, now that you have made up your mind, just do it," Qin Yitian's voice was still as gentle as before, "Anyway, no matter what, I will be with you."
"Thank you, Yitian," Lu Qingshan's heart moved, "I want you to accompany me on an adventure again."
"I am the young master's sword," Qin Yitian said with a smile, "It is my duty to fight alongside the sword master. Why should I thank you?"
…
Lu Qingshan's heart moved, and then a piece of flesh like a leech appeared in his hand.
The piece of meat squirmed slightly in his palm.
Yin Viper Center!
"I had a feeling that I might need this thing someday," Lu Qingshan muttered to himself as he looked at the tentacle-like flesh on the center of the Yin Viper that had begun to attract his palm, "I didn't expect it to come true, and it happened so quickly."
The core of the Yin Viper was moving along his palm and sinking into his body little by little.
Soon, the small piece of meat had completely penetrated into his body.
Lu Qingshan closed his eyes slightly, as if feeling something.
A moment later, demonic energy surged out of his body.
The demonic energy was so strong that it blew his hair apart, making it flutter wildly in the wind and rain.
In the biting wind and rain, shrouded in the eerie demonic aura, Lu Qingshan at this moment really looked like a demon from afar.
Convert.
Convert one kind of mana into another kind of mana.
This is the unique ability of the Yin-Hui Center.
The demons use this ability to convert their own demonic energy into the spiritual power of cultivators, thereby lurking safely in the human territory.
And now, Lu Qingshan is using the power of the Yin Hu Center in reverse to transform his own spiritual power into the demonic energy of the demon clan.
The next moment, he leaped up, with a strong demonic aura lingering around him. He transformed into a beam of light and flew towards the demon army that was gathering from the east.
"From now on, I am a monk from the underworld!"
