After a long time, Ying Mingyue raised her head, stared at Lu Qingshan with wide eyes, and said word by word: "You didn't lie to me?"
Seeing her performance, Lu Qingshan knew that this matter was likely to succeed.
He was not in a hurry, but said calmly: "Lie to you? Do I need to do that?"
"After all, after we get married, our relationship is linked together. If you don't get along with Demon Lord Honglie, I will have to get involved whether I like it or not."
"If I didn't need the Blood Spirit Crystal and wanted to cooperate with you, I wouldn't have said this to you, let alone lie to you, to show my sincerity."
"Mingyue, this is no longer just a small dispute over status. You should understand that the decisive battle between our Demon Realm and the Human Realm is not far away. It may break out in one or two thousand years, or even less than a thousand years."
"Once the war breaks out, there will be unprecedented changes and the situation will be reshuffled. This is our chance. Before that, what we have to do is to improve our strength so that we can get a share of the spoils in this war. Time is running out and we don't have much time left, so I have to fight so hard and even make a direct statement to my peers."
"I can do this, are you still going to muddle along like this? Are you going to blindly tolerate the targeting of Demon Lord Honglie and others?
Once I become the master of the realm, I will use the power of the Senluo King Realm to help you.
For us, the best choice is for us to cooperate sincerely with each other! "
Every word Lu Qingshan said was full of wisdom and logic, and it touched Ying Mingyue's heart.
Ying Mingyue bit her lip and suddenly said dejectedly, "It's too late."
"What do you mean?" Lu Qingshan was shocked.
"Our Burning Moon Territory's 'Huang' has already appeared, so there are less than a thousand years left before the final battle. Perhaps within two or three hundred years, our Burning Moon Territory will launch the final battle against the Human Territory, or even in a shorter time."
"Huang appears?!" Lu Qingshan was surprised and speechless.
He had never seen a wasteland, but he had heard that once the world fell into decline, a wasteland representing destruction and death would appear.
Ying Mingyue nodded, "And he appeared in Jianluo King City. My father was injured because he rashly entered the wilderness to investigate the situation. The area where the wilderness is located has now been blocked and turned into a restricted area."
"Originally, the spread of Huang was not very fast in the early stage. It would be fine if it lasted for a thousand or two thousand years. But who made Huang appear in Jianluo King City?"
“The people in the royal vein will never sit idly by and watch Huang devour the royal city. They must be coordinating with other holy demons to launch a war.”
“Although the other seven holy demon tribes would probably prefer to see us lose and refuse to cooperate with our Burning Moon Region, one thing is certain: no matter what the final coordination result is, when the time comes, our Burning Moon Region will immediately launch a decisive battle and attack the Eastern Region of the Human Race with all our strength!”
"Because we can't delay."
Lu Qingshan's eyes flickered, and all kinds of thoughts were flying in his mind, "Where did Huang appear? What is the specific situation? Can you tell me?"
Ying Mingyue nodded and introduced Huang's location and situation to Lu Qingshan in detail.
After all, the matter of "Huang" was not a secret at all, and they blocked the news just to avoid causing panic .
"All energy is forbidden in the wilderness..." Lu Qingshan felt complicated and indescribable.
'Huang' was so terrifying that even the Demon Lord could hardly block his attack.
Faced with such a terrifying existence, no matter how tenacious the human race is, the demons will continue to attack the human domain to the death and will never retreat.
Because for them, if they don’t take over the human domain, they will die.
The situation was far worse than Lu Qingshan had imagined.
Before coming to Jianluo King City, Demon Lord Xuanren did not tell him the reason why Demon Lord Shiwu was injured, and he did not think much about it.
As it turned out, the injury of Demon Lord Shi Wu was actually related to such a big secret.
Ying Mingyue didn't know what Lu Qingshan was thinking at the moment, and continued to talk to herself: "You are only a primary demon general now. In the next two or three hundred years, let alone growing to the ninth rank and ruling the king realm, even if you just want to advance to the eighth rank, it will be extremely difficult."
As demons grow older, the power of their bloodline will continue to emerge.
Compared to the human race who relies solely on their own practice to gain strength, the demon race gains power with incredible ease.
But relatively speaking, the time required is extremely long.
The demons can indeed speed up this process to a certain extent through practice.
However, it is only a leap from a thousand years ago to five hundred years. There is no such rapid progress as that of human cultivators.
Therefore, two or three hundred years is really too short!
Ying Mingyue was not disdainful of Lu Qingshan, but just came to this conclusion based on objective circumstances.
Lu Qingshan's mood gradually became heavy. He slowly lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
According to Ying Mingyue, the time left for the human race, the time left for him, is only two to three hundred years, or even less...
He definitely felt that time was running out, and was a little confused.
With such a short time, does he really have the ability to change anything?
Seeing Lu Qingshan lower his head, Ying Mingyue said regretfully, "I admire your ambition and I recognize your ability to a certain extent. But the reality is cruel. If you want to complete your plan in this short time, you will not have enough time."
"No, it's not too late." Lu Qingshan suddenly raised his head, dispelling all the confusion in his heart, and said firmly to Ying Mingyue and himself: "It will be too late only if you do nothing."
Ying Mingyue was slightly stunned.
She fell silent, not knowing what she was thinking.
After a moment of silence, she finally spoke, saying faintly: "Since you insist, I won't say much."
"I can lend you the Blood Spirit Crystal, but you have to fulfill all the conditions you promised before," she said in a slightly dull voice, "and you can't lend it for free, you have to pay interest."
"How do you calculate the interest?" Lu Qingshan frowned.
"My father gave me a total of five blood spirit crystals. I can lend you a maximum of three blood spirit crystals. You have to keep two for my own use, and you need to return four to me when the time comes." Ying Mingyue said gritting her teeth.
It was called interest, but in fact it was just to give myself a reason to convince myself to lend the Blood Spirit Crystal to Lu Qingshan.
After all, this was just a verbal agreement. If Lu Qingshan didn't return the blood crystal to her in the future, she would have no way to stop him.
It's a gamble.
…
Done!
Lu Qingshan was delighted.
Ying Mingyue was still too young, and she was really fooled by him with just a few words.
As for the interest?
If he has no intention of paying it back, no matter how high the interest rate is, what impact will it have on him?
However, at the last step, Lu Qingshan became even calmer.
He did not immediately agree to Ying Mingyue's conditions, but deliberately pretended to be hesitant.
After "deeply considering" for a long time, he nodded and agreed: "Although the interest rate is a bit high, I really need blood crystals now. I can accept your conditions."
"Three blood spirit crystals." Immediately, Ying Mingyue said nothing more, three jade boxes appeared in his hand, and handed them to Lu Qingshan.
The emotions in her eyes were particularly complicated. "Sweeping the same generation, even with the blood crystal to help you purify your bloodline, it is still very difficult. I hope you won't let me down."
Lu Qingshan took the jade box and said confidently: "Just wait and see."
Seeing Lu Qingshan's posture, Ying Mingyue couldn't help but murmur in her heart.
Although she is also not a pure blood, she is far from being as confident and ambitious as "Qingge". She is even so weak that she escapes in various ways and can only be manipulated by others.
It was because of this that Demon Lord Honglie could easily target her and even kill her mother...
Back then, she almost followed her mother and boarded the warship back to Fire Silkworm City.
If it weren't for some unexpected incident, she would have stayed in Jianluo King City and not boarded the warship.
I'm afraid she died together with her mother in the so-called evil bandit attack.
My father investigated the situation and killed those bandits personally, but he never said that these bandits were instructed by someone.
Doesn’t father know?
How could my father not know something that even the Demon Lord Hound Blade could find out?
I just know but pretend not to know.
Because, in his eyes, how could the life of his wife, who was not from the Soldier Demon Clan, be as important as that of his pure-blooded legitimate son?
How ridiculous!
She admitted that Demon Lord Shi Wu treated her very well indeed, but what was the use?
Some things are deeply ingrained and cannot be changed.
Ying Mingyue suddenly felt that there were many things worth learning from Qingge.
…
Here, Lu Qingshan put away the Blood Spirit Crystal and asked casually, as if he was curious: "By the way, if I want to see the clan's magic weapon of our Bingmo clan, are there any restrictions?"
"You want to see the 'devil' sword?" Ying Mingyue raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.
"Mo" is the name of the magical weapon of the Bingmo clan.
Lu Qingshan nodded and said casually: "As you can see, the weapon born from my 'forge' is a sword. I have always had a deep love for swords, so I will delve into swordsmanship."
"The Demon Sword is a divine weapon left behind by the first generation of Saint Demons who entered the semi-saint realm of our Soldier Demon Clan. It is the weapon that Demon Lord Mang Cang used to be invincible for ten thousand years. It is recognized as the strongest sword. Isn't it normal for me to be interested in it?"
"So..." Ying Mingyue could still accept Lu Qingshan's statement and didn't take it too seriously.
"Speaking of restrictions, there aren't too many, because no one has been able to control the magic sword for so many years, not even the Demon Lord can do it, so there is no need to strictly guard it."
"It's just that the Demon Sword is the sacred weapon of our Bingmo clan, and it's an artifact that symbolizes the bloodline and fortune of King Jianluo. It is enshrined in the Sword Controlling Platform and has extraordinary symbolic significance, so not ordinary people can see it, and the Sword Controlling Platform is even regarded as a holy place." Ying Mingyue thought for a moment and said so.
Lu Qingshan frowned.
Isn't this the same as saying nothing?
Fortunately, Ying Mingyue quickly added: "If you are just interested and want to see the magic sword, there are actually many opportunities. Every twenty years, the royal bloodline will hold a ceremony to worship the ancestor and go to the Sword Control Platform to worship the magic sword. When the Sword Control Platform is open, you can go to watch the ceremony..."
"How long will it take until the next ancestor worship?" Lu Qingshan asked.
“This year.”
"What's so magical about the magic sword? Why can't even the Demon Lord control it?" Lu Qingshan asked again.
"There are two barriers that restrict others from controlling the magic sword." Ying Mingyue patiently explained: "If you want to control it, you must first gain the recognition of Mangcang Demon Lord, and then gain the recognition of the magic sword.
"Only when you have both of these can you control the magic sword."
"The approval of Demon Lord Mangcang?" Lu Qingshan was puzzled.
Demon Lord Mangcang has been dead for who knows how many years, so how can we get his recognition?
Ying Mingyue said calmly: "Before his death, Demon Lord Mangcang built the Sword Controlling Platform and left behind an extremely powerful seal, which sealed the Demon Sword in the Sword Controlling Platform."
"With the semi-saint strength of Mangcang Demon Lord, how could the seal he left behind be easily broken by others?"
"So, it is impossible to lift the lockdown violently. We can only follow his rules."
"This seal is composed of six battle method tablets. The Demon Lord Mangcang has imprinted his lifelong insights into battle methods on these six battle method tablets, which contain great mysteries. Only those who are truly invincible can comprehend the mysteries of the battle methods he left behind in these six battle method tablets."
"And once you can gain insights from any of these six battle monuments, you will be recognized by Demon Lord Mangcang, and the seal will be opened to you, allowing you to enter the Sword Control Platform."
"These battle steles are very mysterious and difficult to comprehend?" Lu Qingshan asked curiously.
"Let me tell you this. Ever since the death of Demon Lord Mangcang, in the history of our Soldier Demon Clan, only fourteen people have gained anything from the Battle Method Monument over the years."
"The most among them was only one person who gained insights from the two battle method monuments."
“And these fourteen people who gained insights into the battle methods of Demon Lord Mangcang, without exception, have achieved extraordinary achievements. Eleven of them later became Demon Lords, and the remaining three are all outstanding among the Demon Lords. None of them is an ordinary eighth or ninth rank, and they are all the strongest in the same realm.” Ying Mingyue said coldly.
Lu Qingshan was secretly moved.
The history of the demon race dates back at least hundreds of thousands of years.
After such a long period of time, only fourteen people gained anything from the Battle Method Monument?
How horrible, how exaggerated.
"We demons have respected blood since ancient times, and have used blood to distinguish between high and low. There are not many ways to break the discrimination based on blood. This battle monument is one of them, and it is the most effective one."
“As long as one can comprehend the battle method monument left by the Mangcang Demon Lord, no matter what bloodline he has, his status will be elevated to an unimaginable height, even surpassing that of a pure-blooded soldier demon. After all, this is the recognition of the Mangcang Demon Lord, and the Mangcang Demon Lord is the holy ancestor of our soldier demon clan…”
At this point, Ying Mingyue suddenly sneered, "But the funny thing is that the royal bloodline prohibits those with low bloodline from approaching the sword control platform. During the ancestor worship, the only ones who can watch the ceremony are at least the Demon Marshal or people like you and me who have the bloodline of the soldier demon."
In other words, the channel that this Demon Lord Mangcang left for all the demons in the Burning Moon Region to achieve class crossing has also been artificially blocked. "
Ying Mingyue shook her head. "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about the magic sword. Although it is extremely difficult to gain insights from the Battle Method Monument and enter the Sword Controlling Platform, after such a long time, at least someone has succeeded."
"But to gain the Demon Sword's recognition is something that no one has been able to do so far."
"The fourteen people who passed the seal of the Battle Method Monument have all tried to take down the magic sword enshrined in the Sword Controlling Platform. Without exception, they all failed. They were unable to shake the magic sword at all."
"Moreover, it was an inexplicable failure. They simply couldn't take down the magic sword. They had no idea where they were lacking."
"So, what kind of new master the magic sword wants is still a mystery."
Although Ying Mingyue spoke seriously, Lu Qingshan was not worried at all about this - no matter what conditions were required to control the magic sword, he would definitely be able to meet them with the blessing of the natural sword species.
On the contrary, it was the first level, the conditions for comprehending the battle monument, that made Lu Qingshan a little nervous.
After all, he was a cultivator of the human race. He had no confidence at all in comprehending the combat methods left behind by the semi-saint of the demon race, and he felt very insecure.
"Thank you Miss Mingyue for clearing up my doubts." After seeing Ying Mingyue finish speaking, Lu Qingshan hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.
——Not only did he borrow the Blood Spirit Crystal, but he also got a lot of information that he was concerned about. His thanks were sincere.
At the same time, he felt a little emotional.
The woman in front of me is still too young and so easy to deceive!
The Blood Spirit Crystal is such a precious thing, and he doesn't have to pay any price for it. She borrowed it just by saying a few words?
However, it is one thing that Ying Mingyue is young and gullible, but on the other hand, the plan he mentioned does sound quite reliable?
He even felt a little regretful that he was not Qing Ge...
Otherwise, if we do as he just said, it seems to be somewhat feasible?
…
Lu Qingshan left Mingyue Mansion contentedly.
Back to his own mansion, in his room.
Lu Qingshan took out the jade box, which contained the blood spirit crystal that Ying Mingyue "lent" to him.
Opening the lid of the box, three dreamy blood crystals lay inside, shining brilliantly with blood-red light.
"With these three blood spirit crystals, that should be enough, right?" he said secretly.
If this is not enough, he has no place to "borrow" more blood crystals.
"Try it first."
Without thinking any more, Lu Qingshan stuffed the three blood spirit crystals into his mouth.