While Lu Qingshan and Yu Luo were communicating with each other with their own ulterior motives.
Another demon city hundreds of thousands of miles away, Tianyu City.
The three-eyed demon commander Puqu had a face as gloomy as water, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Demon Marshal, there is news about His Highness Qingge." Just at this moment, someone hurried in from outside.
"Speak." Upon hearing this, the expression on Demon Marshal Puqu's face looked a little better.
Good news.
Due to Marquis Anhai's desperate entanglement and Qingge's reckless pursuit, he and Qingge were forced to separate.
Although he didn't think that there would be any turning point when Qing Ge chased a fifth-level swordsman.
But such a long time has passed and Qingge has not returned yet.
In addition, he had not received any news from Qingge, and he was afraid that Qingge was unlucky and had met other human cultivators, so he was very uneasy.
"For some reason, His Highness Qing Ge appeared in Yumo City."
"Yumo City," Puqu Demon Marshal frowned, puzzled, "Isn't that the territory of Black Sand Demon Lord? How did Your Highness appear there? Are you passing by?"
"He probably wasn't just passing by, because His Highness not only appeared in Yumo City, but he even stayed there. Lord Demon Marshal, what do you think His Highness is up to?"
Puqu Demon Marshal shook his head and was silent for a long while before he slowly said, "Who can guess what our prince is thinking?"
"Lord Demon Marshal, it's too difficult. It doesn't matter whether it's His Highness Chi Pu or His Highness Diao Feng, but why did Lord Demon Lord assign us to His Highness Qing Ge? He is simply a hopeless case. This time, he brought such a powerful force to attack a small city of the human race, but in the end he failed because of his arrogance. After we return to the Senluo King Realm, we will probably be laughed at by others." The demon cultivator who delivered the message complained dissatisfiedly.
"Hmm?" Demon Marshal Puqu's voice turned cold. He looked coldly at the seventh-rank demon cultivator who said this in front of him and said in a cold voice: "Since the Demon Lord has assigned us to His Highness Qingge, we will always be His Highness Qingge's subordinates until we die. Even if you look down on him, keep your dissatisfaction in your heart. Next time, if you dare to say bad things about His Highness in front of me, don't blame me for not remembering our old friendship and teaching you a lesson on behalf of His Highness."
"I overstepped my authority." The demon cultivator who spoke shuddered and quickly admitted his mistake.
After a while, he asked again: "Then how should we deal with this, Your Highness?"
"Feather Demon City is the territory of Black Sand Demon Lord. We can't go there in a big way, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstandings..." Puqu Demon Marshal thought for a while and said, "But I am worried about your highness staying in Feather Demon City alone. With his temper, he might cause some big trouble. So, I will go to Feather Demon City in person to pick up your highness."
…
Feather Demon City, in the City Lord's Mansion, in the Yuhua Courtyard.
Lu Qingshan leaned back in his chair, squinting his eyes, looking relaxed.
"Your Highness Qingge, this is the information you want." Yu Luo carefully handed over two dark jades.
The black jade is square, with flashes of light on it.
This is the "Jade Slip" of the demon clan.
Lu Qingshan snorted lightly, and a demonic energy surged out of his body, grabbing the two black jades and finally landing in his palms.
Afterwards, he carefully checked the information in the black jade and compared it with the information he knew, and finally had a general understanding of his current situation.
…
There are eight domains in the abyss, one more than the seven domains of the human race.
The eight domains correspond to the eight holy demon clans.
The area where the Soldier Demon Clan resides is called the Burning Moon Area.
In the center of the Burning Moon Region stands the royal city of the Soldier Demon Clan - Jianluo Royal City.
The royal city is governed by the descendants of Demon Lord Mangcang, who call themselves the Jianluo lineage and are regarded as the orthodox lineage of the military demons.
Naturally, the Jian Luo lineage is also the most powerful lineage among the Bingmo clan.
Outside of Jianluo Royal City, there are twenty-seven royal realms.
Each kingdom is suppressed by a demon lord.
Generally speaking, the system of the demon clan looks a bit like the feudal system.
The Jianluo Royal City is the "royal family", and the twenty-seven kingdoms are the fiefdoms of the princes.
These twenty-seven kingdoms seem independent, but in fact they still have to obey the orders of the Jian Luo lineage.
Qing Ge's father, the Demon Lord of the Bone Blade, is one of the twenty-seven princes of the Soldier Demon Clan and is in charge of the Senluo Kingdom.
The Demon Lord of the Beast Blade has three descendants, Chi Pu, Diao Feng, and Qing Ge.
Chi Pu and Diao Feng are both pure-blooded soldier-demons, and now both of them possess the combat power of a seventh-rank demon commander.
The Eastern Region Underworld is controlled by the Xiren lineage, and is now handed over by the Xiren Demon Lord to his eldest son Chi Pu.
In terms of power in hands, Chipu is undoubtedly the most powerful among the three brothers.
As for Diao Feng, he is in charge of the royal guards of Senluo Capital and is also in a high position of power.
…
The information on the black jade is just superficial.
This is also normal.
After all, their Yumo City has no grudge against Chi Pu and Diao Feng.
Since it is none of his business, why would he investigate the information of other descendants of the Demon Lord for no reason?
If it weren't for the long-standing feud between Black Sand Demon Lord and Hound Blade Demon Lord, which made them a little more aware of Hound Blade Demon Lord's situation, they might not even have this little information.
Lu Qingshan didn't care about this, instead, all kinds of complicated thoughts flashed through his mind...
No wonder the human race was overwhelmed by the demons and could only defend the city gates all year round.
The difference in power is just too great.
Just among the Bingmo clan, there is the Demon Lord of the Jianluo lineage, plus the twenty-seven Demon Lords in the twenty-seven king realms, which means there are at least thirty Demon Lords.
Under the command of each Demon Lord, there are at least five or six ninth-grade demons following him, and as many as dozens.
For example, under the command of the Black Sand Demon Lord, there are eight ninth-grade demon cultivators following him.
With this rough calculation, there are about two hundred ninth-grade demons in the Burning Moon Region.
What a terrifying number this is?
Moreover, the Soldier Demon is only one of the eight holy demon clans in the abyss.
If the demons hadn't been afraid of Xia Daozu, I think they would have already sent their army to invade again, right?
…
"How much do you know about my power?" After thinking for a while, Lu Qingshan suddenly asked.
——In the black jade, there is only information about Chi Pu and Diao Feng, but nothing about Qing Ge.
Yu Luo was stunned, a little confused.
Why are you asking this?
"If you want to surrender to me, you have to show your value," Lu Qingshan said coldly, "To tell you the truth, there is actually a spy planted by Chi Pu among my subordinates, and he is in a high position with considerable power. I want to see if you can determine which of my subordinates is Chi Pu's spy."
I see.
Yu Luo reacted immediately.
His Highness Qingge is testing him.
He was not afraid of the test. After pondering for a moment, he carefully analyzed his words and said, "First of all, since Your Highness said that this person is in a high position, it means that this person should be at the level of a Demon Marshal. Among Your Highness's subordinates, there are currently three Demon Marshals, namely Puqu, Wusen, and Green Snake."
"Among them, Demon Marshal Puqu is a high-level Demon Marshal, and the other two are both primary-level Demon Marshals. Demon Marshal Puqu is from the Blood Demon Clan, cultivating the Blood Divine Body, Demon Marshal Wusen is from the Armor Demon Clan, cultivating the Black Scale Demon Body, and Demon Marshal Green Snake is from the Snake Demon Clan, cultivating the Ten Thousand Poison Demon Body."
Yu Luo paused for a moment, as if he was organizing his thoughts, and then continued, "On the surface, it should be that Wu Sen Demon Marshal is the most likely to be the traitor. Because the Jia Mo Clan he belongs to is one of the forces behind His Highness Chi Pu. But it is precisely because of this that Wu Sen Demon Marshal was the first one I ruled out as a traitor. After all, if he is really His Highness Chi Pu's spy, he is too conspicuous, and naturally he is not trusted by His Highness, so it is difficult for him to perform the spy mission entrusted by Chi Pu. Then the next choice is between Pu Qu Demon Marshal and Green Snake Demon Marshal."
"The Blood God Body of Demon Marshal Puqu can cultivate a Blood God Pupil, which has many auxiliary magical powers and infinite uses. Because of this, Demon Marshal Puqu is highly valued by His Highness. On the contrary, Demon Marshal Green Snake has cultivated a body of ten thousand poisons, which is full of poisons. Others dare not approach easily, which makes His Highness keep a distance from him, making him the lowest in status among the demon marshals under His Highness. Since Chi Pu wants to place someone around His Highness, he must ensure that this person can be valued by His Highness. Because only by having a deep contact with His Highness can His Highness' confidential information be obtained."
“It seems that,” Yu Luo’s pupils suddenly shrank, and he said in horror: “The nail that Chi Pu planted beside you, Your Highness, could it be…Pu Qu Demon Marshal?!”
He couldn't believe it.
The strongest person around His Highness Qingge is actually another prince's man?
How can we play this game? We are completely crushed.
Is it too late to regret surrendering now?
Bang bang bang!
The crisp applause interrupted Yu Luo's reverie.
Lu Qingshan clapped his hands and praised, "You have some brains. You guessed it right. The Demon Marshal Puqu is the spy that my good brother An Suo has planted beside me."
He praised Yu Luo verbally, and he felt the same way in his heart, but he was praising a different aspect.
I was right about you. If I give you a stage, you will be able to take off.
He just started it casually, without any special guidance, Yu Luo had already made a sophisticated analysis and pointed the finger directly at the Puqu Demon Marshal.
Traitor?
Who knows whether it exists or not, Lu Qingshan was just saying it casually.
Anyway, no matter whether there is one or not, or who it is, the result is the same.
That is, the Puqu Demon Marshal must be a traitor.
And through Yu Luo's analysis just now, he finally figured out Qingge's power.
His next priority is to find a reason to get rid of the Puqu Demon Marshal who is highly valued by "Qingge".
…
On this side, when Yu Luo saw Lu Qingshan confirm his guess, he instantly felt a chill in his heart.
Lu Qingshan saw what Yu Luo was thinking and sneered, "Status is not something that I give you for nothing. You have to fight for it yourself."
"I already knew the identity of the Demon Marshal Puqu, but I still used him. Why do you think I did that?"
Yu Luo was startled, then suddenly realized, "Your Highness, are you trying to take advantage of my trick?"
No wonder after I came into contact with Qing Ge, I clearly felt that this prince was incredibly cunning, but others kept saying that he was a "brainless and reckless man."
It turns out that His Highness Qingge was acting this out on purpose for others to see...
"It is precisely because I have never had anyone who can really be used that even if I knew the identity of Puqu, I could only pretend to be kept in the dark. After all, if I were to expose his identity directly, there would be a second Puqu, and a third Puqu, and it would become even more difficult to deal with."
"Unless I can find a subordinate who truly obeys my orders, I will just let him do it."
"I know your little tricks very well," Lu Qingshan glanced at Yu Luo and said sinisterly, "But if you want to get more, you have to pay more. Since you want to surrender to me, you must be mentally prepared to die for me."
"I asked you to hand over the information about the Black Sand Demon Lord as a token of your loyalty, but what you finally gave me was nothing but worthless things that everyone knows. What? Do you really think that I am a fool and think that you can fool me like this?"
"How dare I fool Your Highness? It's just that Lord Demon is high above you, and we in Yumo City are of low status and have little influence. The intelligence given to Your Highness is all the information we can grasp..." Yu Luo felt a chill running down his spine and explained quickly.
"You don't need to tell me so much," Lu Qingshan interrupted Yu Luo's explanation, "It's very simple. If you want to gain a foothold by His Highness' side, help me get rid of the thorn of the Puqu Demon Marshal!"
"Your Highness means..." Yu Luo's face changed drastically.
"If nothing unexpected happens, Demon Marshal Puqu will come to find me soon. I want you to take action then..."
"Puqu Demon Marshal is a high-level demon marshal..." Yu Luo said hurriedly upon seeing this.
"Your father, the Lord of Yumo City, is no weaker than Puqu Demon Marshal. What's more, Yumo City is your territory. You can't get rid of him on your territory, so why should I accept a waste like you?" Lu Qingshan paused and sneered.
"I won't let you work for nothing. Once you get rid of the Demon Marshal Puqu, his position will be yours."
In fact, Lu Qingshan had seen through it early on that the young city lord of Yumo City was trying to please everyone.
He just remained calm and let him perform, and at the same time took advantage of the situation and made Yu Luo boil the frog in warm water.
There is a very interesting psychological effect called the inch effect.
That is, when you want someone to accept a big or even difficult request, it is best to let him accept a small request first.
Once he accepts this small request, he will easily accept higher requests.
This is what Lu Qingshan did - he first asked Yu Luo to hand over the information about the Black Sand Demon Lord, and after he did so, he went a step further and asked Yu Luo to deal with the Puqu Demon Marshal.
As expected, Yu Luo fell into a dilemma.
"Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. My father has not returned yet, and I don't know what he thinks. I cannot give Your Highness an answer now, can I..." Yu Luo struggled hard.
"Okay," Lu Qingshan looked at Yu Luo meaningfully, and said meaningfully, "But you have to remember that it's best to get your father back as soon as possible.
If he can return to Yumo City before Puqu arrives, you can still prepare well on how to "welcome" Puqu. "
"I understand, Your Highness." Yu Luo retreated with a heavy heart.
…
After exiting Yuhuayuan, Yu Luo quickly left the City Lord's Mansion and headed towards a remote house in Yumo City.
When he entered the house, he saw two people in the room, looking like they had been waiting for a long time.
These two people, one is Yu Kui, the deputy city lord of Yumo City, and the other is Yu Luo’s father, Yu Sha, the city lord of Yumo City.
Lu Qingshan guessed correctly. In fact, the Lord of Yumo City had already returned to Yumo City, but he deliberately did not show up, waiting for the result of Yu Luo's test.
"Luo'er, what's going on?" Yu Sha asked with a frown when he saw Yu Luo walking in with a worried look on his face.
"Father, Uncle, things are a bit complicated..." Yu Luo quickly told Qing Ge what he had said.
A moment later.
"Qing Ge wants us to help him get rid of the Demon Marshal Puqu?!" Yu Kui exclaimed.
"That's right..."
"This Highness Qingge really surprised me." The Lord of Yumo City murmured.
"City Lord, what do you think?" Yu Kui frowned slightly and turned around to ask.
"Since he offered the location of Puqu as a condition..." Yusha's eyes flickered slightly, looking extremely dangerous, "Then we should agree to his request!"
"But..." Yu Luo objected subconsciously: "Father, if you take action, we will have no choice but to abandon the Black Sand Demon Lord and turn to the Beast Blade Demon Lord, and we will be on the road to the end."
The Lord of Yumo City looked at his only offspring with a look of satisfaction, and said seriously: "Luo'er, there is not much time left before the war between our demon race and the human race begins.
Once the war begins, the battlefield outside the domain will become the front line of the confrontation between the two races. Our cities will be cannon fodder and may be destroyed at any time.
If you still stay in Yumo City at that time, it will be too dangerous. If something goes wrong, our Yu family will be buried along with Yumo City.
Therefore, I have been wanting to send you back to the abyss all these years, but I have no connections, and all my efforts have been fruitless.
Now we have obtained the promise from His Highness Qingge.
As long as you get rid of the Demon Marshal Puqu, you can take Puqu's place and follow this prince.
Given the love that the Demon Lord of the Sword has for Qing Ge, if you can gain his favor, you will be able to rise to prominence and have a promising future."
Yusha looked at Yuluo again, sighed, and said, "Luo'er, you are brave and resourceful, much better than me...but your father is incompetent and cannot give you too much...It's a rare opportunity to let you leave this dangerous place and stand firm in the abyss, how can I miss it? Besides, your father is already so old, why should I be afraid of taking a risk?"
Everyone has the feeling of protecting their children.
Not to mention that their Yu family has only one descendant by the time of Yu Luo's generation comes around, so it can't be that there will be no descendants, right?
The Lord of Yumo City paused, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a fierce voice: "We did it!"