Chapter 195

After Yun Zhong Jun threw in the unknown base material, he actually began to recite incantations over Shen Nong Ding, apparently trying to refine something.

At this time, they are still two miles away from Shen Nong Ding. They could even feel the overwhelming heatwave. The cultivators who quenched the fire for Shen Nong Ding had to use ice crystals as a shield to block the high temperature. Yun Zhong Jun cultivates cold ice magic and is most afraid of fire, so how can he resist being roasted?

The color of Qi Meng Sheng's pupils presents a demonic brilliant gold in the shadow of the firelight. At this time, her face stiffened with age had an obvious panic. The conclusion of this battle is already favoring her. As long as Zhong Kui did not summon the Eastern Emperor Bell, the immortal cultivation world could no longer compete with her. She was only a few steps away from achieving her goal --- throwing Xie Bi An into Shen Nong Ding, and the Absolute Human Emperor that could transform her would be refined...

But now Yun Zhong Jun is going to use her painstaking preparation of the furnace fire to refine something else?! This move is no different from a turtledove occupying the magpie's nest*. Taking away the firewood from under the cauldron* will ruin all her hard work.

Qi Meng Sheng roared in anger and rushed towards Shen Nong Ding.

How could the immortal cultivation world let go of this golden opportunity? Zhong Kui and Li Bu Yu took the lead in blocking her way, while the sect leaders and elders from various sects swarmed on her. As long as they destroyed Qi Meng Sheng's chance to refine the core, they could turn the tide of the battle!

"Where are the Flying Plume Ambassadors!?" Qi Meng Sheng called out as she fought with Zhong Kui and the others.

"Disciple is here!" Yun Xiang Yi and Hua Xiang Rong replied in unison as they stretched their ice wings and flew towards Shen Nong Ding.

Xie Bi An, Lan Chui Han and Song Chun Gui almost rushed over at the same time, but they were blocked back by Cangyu Sect's rain of arrows. The two women were so fast that they already flew far away in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, one person rose up with a sword and took advantage of the gap to chase after them.

It was none other than Fan Wu She.

Qi Meng Sheng attacked fiercely, and was eager to get rid of Zhong Kui and others to stop Yun Zhong Jun. She fought and advanced. The center of the battlefield was moving towards Shen Nong Ding.

They saw that Yun Xiang Yi and Hua Xiang Rong had already drawn their bows and aimed at Yun Zhong Jun, but the burning heat over Shen Nong Ding made them very uncomfortable, and the flapping of their ice wings became significantly slower.

"What do you want to do!?" Yun Xiang Yi said sternly, "Yun Zhong Jun, you betrayed your master and committed treason. Do you know how the Cangyu Sect treats traitors?"

Yun Zhong Jun turned a deaf ear and continued to recite the incantation.

Ice arrows shot out in unison.

With a wave of his hand, Yun Zhong Jun swept the ice arrows away and gave the two women a sidelong glance: "With just you guys, you want to stop me?"

"You've been scheming for years for the position of sect leader. We still don't know how many things you've done behind the scenes to harm the sect. As a senior sister of the Cangyu Sect, I will expel you on behalf of my master today!”

Yun Xiang Yi and Hua Xiang Rong spaced out from the battle array. With Yun Zhong Jun as the center, they formed an angle from each other. The ice arrows shot out as fast as lightning. Yun Zhong Jun had no choice but to discontinue the incantation and fight them.

Fan Wu She flew over Shen Nong Ding. The fierce waves of heat constantly smoldering the skin. Even with spiritual protection, it is so painful that it makes him shiver. Imagine how much pain these three cultivators who practice cold ice magic have to endure. Therefore, they certainly will not last long.

Fan Wu She's hand shook, and Bieyanghong appeared in his hand. His spiritual power emerged, apparently ready to attack. He shouted at Yun Zhong Jun: "What do you want to do!?"

Xie Bi An looked at Fan Wu She differently. That soul-hooking chain is a soul weapon. It is most effective against ghosts. Fan Wu She is still not used to this weapon, so it is rarely used. Could it be that Fan Wu She also wanted to stop Yun Zhong Jun? He asked back in a higher voice, "What do you want to do?"

Fan Wu She turned his head to look at Xie Bi An and said coldly, "You don't understand, he ..."

"I'm honoring our agreement." Yun Zhong Jun said sorrowfully, "Still don’t want to help me restrain them yet?"

"The agreement..." Xie Bi An stared deadly at Fan Wu She, "What agreement did you guys make?"

Lan Chui Han’s expression was extremely profound: "I have long felt that this person was fishy. When did you guys collude together!?"

But Fan Wu She ignored them and still ruthlessly shouted: "Tell me what you want to do. First you concealed your identity, and now you are doing something unplanned. If you dare to hurt him ..."

"Rubbish!" Yun Zhong Jun interrupted him roughly, "From your previous life to this life, this person will only turn you into a weak waste." When his words fell to the end, the lingering sound actually became hollow and illusory, as if someone had yanked his voice out of his body. In the next instant, he suddenly froze on the spot like a puppet. He was obviously detached from this body, not only his voice.

When everyone was stunned at what was happening in front of them, no one noticed that a bizarre red cloud appeared behind Yun Xiang Yi.

With a stabbing sound, a few tiny blood drops splattered, like small pebbles thrown into the water, which did not even start a decent ripple.

Yun Xiang Yi felt a gust of wind behind her, then her body went numb. Her eyes widened, and her pupils contracted violently. She slowly lowered her head. A pale, strong arm penetrated her chest. The arm was connected to a hand with long, sharp nails like a falcon, holding a fresh, red heart, which was still beating.

Yun Xiang Yi's temperament is similar to Qi Meng Sheng's when she was young; cold and proud, calm and self-possessed. She is a rare beauty. Although her natural talent is not as good as Qi Meng Sheng, it was also not bad. It’s enough to support the position of sect leader, and she is the most loved and trusted by Qi Meng Sheng. She had a lot to offer, but this time, that pair of radiant eyes had completely lost its luster.

All these changes happened in an instant. When the crowd came back to their senses, Yun Xiang Yi’s limp body had fallen straight down into the flames of Shen Nong Ding.

"Senior sister-----" The tragic cry resounded through the clouds. Hua Xiang Rong shot out like an arrow, chasing after Yun Xiang Yi's falling body.

Qi Meng Sheng looked at all this with a hideous face.

The one holding her heart was wearing a flowing red robe, with sickly pale skin, a demonic and beautiful appearance, a pair of evil, cold eyes, and a hint of a bloodthirsty smile. That heart is still moving in his hands like some pleasing gadget, and the dripping blood is only just makeup that fits him extremely well.

A red-clothed, fierce ghost who was born from the lowly Hungry Ghost Path, yet he became the first of the ten underworld generals, who was a prison warden in charge of the hellish penalties. The world has seen his portrait and heard his legend before, but those horrible descriptions were not the least bit better than he himself.

He is the king of ghost kings, the red-clad ghost king Jiang Qu Lian.

He faintly glanced at the heart in his hand. His thin lips lightly opened and swallowed it gracefully: "Mm, sixty years of cultivation, not bad."

His lips were painted exceptionally dark red with blood. He was red like a blazing flame burning endlessly.

Xie Bi An looked stiffly at Jiang Qu Lian. Even the fire of Shen Nong Ding could not stop the coldness rising inside him. He came to understand that all the clues can be connected. Those unexplainable and unbelievable mysteries have an answer at this moment.

Zhong Kui's face was extremely unsightly: "It's really you, Official Lord Cui had sent Day Patrol and Night Patrol to follow you for several years without any success, but this year you stayed on earth for too long and finally revealed yourself, but unfortunately I couldn't catch you before Chidi City was locked down."

Jiang Qu Lian's evil eyes swept across the crowd and sneered: "Heaven Master’s words make me really angry. You have already prevented me from doing too many things. If not for you, I would not have had to wait until today. For example, this puppet is not easy to come by ah."

"Puppet? You, you stole my Southern Miao Jade Puppet?"

"There were originally two Southern Miao Jade Puppets. I had found one a long time ago and used it to shape 'him'." Jiang Qu Lian looked at Yun Zhong Jun who was stiff and motionless beside him, "But the cold ice technique that I practiced in Cangyu Sect as 'him' clashes hard with my fire-type cultivation. I can't use 'him' to sustain my body, so I need another jade puppet." With a hook of his finger, Yun Zhong Jun's body disappeared out of thin air, turning into a small human-shaped jade sculpture in his palm.

"So you instructed him to steal master's jade puppet!" Xie Bi An pointed fiercely at Fan Wu She.

The crowd's eyes fell on Fan Wu She again, and Zhong Kui's face became even more gloomy.

Fan Wu She narrowed his eyes, "Jiang Qu Lian, what do you want to do exactly?"

"As I said, I'm honoring our agreement." Jiang Qu Lian laughed lightly, "Didn’t you reincarnate just to find the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman? I know where it is."

The crowd was appalled at this statement.

"You, what are you talking about?" Lan Chui Han said with a trembling voice, "You are not Yun Zhong Jun, but ... but the Red Ghost King. Then who is he?" He looked sternly at Fan Wu She.

Jiang Qu Lian let out a long laugh, "You guys are actually still being kept in the dark. He has this cultivation at a young age. He can harness the demon foal Wuya. He has planned for a long time to sneak into the Underworld, became the disciple of Heaven Master Zhong and got close to the reincarnation of the Human Emperor. Who else could he be?"

"Impossible!" An involuntary shout came from the crowd.

For one hundred years, the immortal cultivation world’s fear for the Supreme Demon was ingrained in their hearts since childhood. No one even dared to publicly mention that name, but the Supreme Demon has clearly fallen into the Hell Path, never to be reborn. How is it possible for him to return to earth?!

Jiang Qu Lian looked at their panic-stricken appearance and laughed uncontrollably.

Fan Wu She looked around at the crowd with a malicious look. His face tensed with a murderous aura.

The crowd retreated unconsciously, as if this handsome and beautiful young man would summon thousands of Yin soldiers at any moment and dig out their hearts or golden cores and eat them raw like Jiang Qu Lian.

Zhong Kui looked at Xie Bi An, and his voice trembled lightly: "Bi An, you remembered everything? Is he really ..."

For a moment, Xie Bi An felt ashamed to face Zhong Kui, because all these started from him. He looked at Fan Wu She with a sorrowful and struggling gaze: "It was Jiang Qu Lian who rescued you from hell and secretly sent you into the Human Path for reincarnation."

"Yes." Fan Wu She said in a deep voice.

"It was you who stole Master's Southern Miao Jade Puppet."

"Yes."

"It was the both of you who planned all this, and the one who blew up the city walls with Thunderfire Stones was also you."

"I didn't know until I reached Chidi City that his transformed body on earth was Yun Zhong Jun. I blew up the city walls to save you guys and also to let the Immortal Alliance break Chidi City’s boundary.”

Every time Xie Bi An asked a question, it was as if a new wound had been added to his heart, which was so painful that his face was distorted: "You reincarnated, was accepted by master, became my junior brother and gained my trust. Everything is a conspiracy of yours just to take my golden core!"

"No!" Fan Wu She said in a stern voice, "I don't want your core. What I want is the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman."

"After you get the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman, everything from the previous life will only repeat itself." Xie Bi An was overwhelmed by great pain. Almost every gasp of breath exhausted his whole body. He choked and said, "Zong Zi Xiao, I have been reincarnated, and you can't even let me go."

Fan Wu She suppressed his heartache. Like a trapped beast driven into a desperate situation, he used a fierce and vicious expression to hide his panic: "I will never let you go forever. No matter where you go, to heaven, to hell, or to Huangquan, I will always find you."

Qi Meng Sheng said angrily, "Enough, a bunch of wimps. Without the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman, without the Shanhe Sheji Map, the reincarnation of the Supreme Demon is just an immature child. What is there to fear? Jiang Qu Lian, as a ghost king, you interfere with earthly affairs. Are you not afraid of being punished by Great Emperor Beiyin and having your soul scattered?"

Jiang Qu Lian laughed loudly, "Since I have come this far, I have never thought of any consequences."

"You dare to spoil my business. Go and die!" Qi Meng Sheng was so furious that instead of unleashing her cold ice technique, she swung her fist at Jiang Qu Lian.

After her transformation into a giant, her fist was as big as a horse carriage, and this blow was like a huge stone smashing down, bringing up a gale.

Jiang Qu Lian dodged and said frivolously, "Heaven Master, now that things have come to this point, shouldn't we stop this demonic woman first?"

Zhong Kui didn't move: "Just now you said, you know where the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman is. Why did you plan all this and what did you throw into Shen Nong Ding?"

"Heaven Master is usually sloppy, but this time you suddenly became attentive." Jiang Qu Lian looked astonished and formed a seal with both hands, condensing a blood-red protective boundary in front of his body.

Qi Meng Sheng drew a huge demon suppression talisman in the air. Although this demon suppression talisman is the most basic talisman for cultivators, even children from influential families can draw it at the age of three or five, it is also the most effective against ghosts.

The two powerful talismans collided together, generating an explosive spiritual pressure, and cultivators with unstable foundations were pushed backward repeatedly.

"Jiang Qu Lian." Zhong Kui pointed his Qingfeng Sword straight at Jiang Qu Lian, "What do you want to do exactly?"

Jiang Qu Lian hooked his lips into a smile, "That’s right, I know where the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman is, and I also know how to get it." His gaze fell on the ashened Zhong Kui, and he said in a loud voice, "The world knows that the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman is hidden somewhere in Jiuyou by Great Emperor Beiyin, and the world also knows that Heaven Master Zhong is so righteous and selfless that he offered the Eastern Emperor Bell, the first of the Four Divine Treasures, to maintain the Fengdu boundary. But the Fengdu boundary is only one of the purposes of the Eastern Emperor Bell. The other mission of the Eastern Emperor Bell is to suppress the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman-----"

Fan Wu She suddenly widened his eyes.

Xie Bi An looked at Zhong Kui, and he had seen the truth from Zhong Kui's face.

No wonder master said that he would never use the Eastern Emperor Bell in his entire life. No wonder even in such a moment of crisis, he refused to summon the Eastern Emperor Bell. How could one release another demon in order to subdue one demon?

The Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman, not to mention how many cultivators on earth tend to go after it like a flock of ducks. Even in Jiuyou, the five ghost emperors covet this object. By getting it, it's enough to become the new owner of the Underworld.

This must be the best way that the Great Emperor Beiyin and Zhong Kui have discussed together; using an ancient divine treasure to suppress an ancient divine treasure. As long as the Eastern Emperor Bell is there, the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman will never see the light of day.

"Zong Zi Xiao, I have laid out for decades for this day, just to help you retrieve the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman. You also must keep your vow and fulfill my wish."

Li Bu Yu was shocked, "What kind of deal did you guys make!?"

Jiang Qu Lian waved his blood-red sleeved robe fiercely, and a red fog diffused out.

"This fog is extremely poisonous and hallucinogenic. Cover your mouth and nose!" Zhong Kui shouted.

Jiang Qu Lian turned and flew towards Shen Nong Ding. He emitted a majestic sea of Yin energy and poured it into Shen Nong Ding continuously: "Don't you want to know what I put into Shen Nong Ding? This object is named Fire, Dragon, Pearl."

He recited an incantation in a loud voice, and with a "boom", the flames of Shen Nong Ding rose steeply, almost swallowing the huge furnace into the sea of fire. Followed by a long, loud howl, Shen Nong Ding began to eject lava and fireballs, which were flying towards Chidi City.

"Fire, Fire Dragon Pearl ..."

In one of the books that cultivators must read when they were young, "Jiuzhou's Demon Spiritual Miscellany", recorded the Fire Dragon, a demon from ancient times. It is rumored that it was born from blazing fire, tyrannical in nature, and likes to burn everything with fire, especially taking pleasure in the screams of living creatures.

The Fire Dragon Pearl is the dragon egg that gives birth to the Fire Dragon.

Jiang Qu Lian actually used Shen Nong Ding to hatch a Fire Dragon!

With the eruption of lava and fireballs, a giant, demonic, orange-red blaze dragon shape crawled out from Shen Nong Ding. It was like a new fledgling that just came out from its shell, looking around curiously. Its body was burning with red flames, except for a pair of fire essence showing a beautiful and eerie blue. Legend says that the hottest flame is blue in color.

Jiang Qu Lian's red clothes were flying. His thick black hair was fluttering in the wind and fire. He looked crazy and evil, which made people shudder: "Heaven Master Zhong, I assisted Qi Meng Sheng all the way just to force you to release the Eastern Emperor Bell. In the end you remained unmoved, so I had to resort to this strategy. This Fire Dragon was born in Shen Nong Ding, and is a hundred times more powerful than ordinary Fire Dragons. It will turn the 260,000 innocent people in Chidi City into carbon ashes, and then it will fly out of Kunlun and engulf the entire Jiuzhou continent in a sea of fire."

"Jiang Qu Lian----" Zhong Kui's eyes were cracked, "You crazy beast----"

Xie Bi An looked at the flaming giant demon that crawled out of Shen Nong Ding. Even Emperor Kong Hua, who had experienced the great waves of vicissitudes, felt his legs go weak at that moment.

The Fire dragon seemed to have finally finished measuring. It craned its neck and uttered a high voice, seemingly delighted and smoothed out to the extreme. Lava and fireballs kept spewing up into the sky and falling into Chidi City. The people's screams in Chidi City could hardly be heard in such a chaotic situation.

The Fire dragon flew out of Shen Nong Ding, excitedly twisting its long torso in mid-air with flames constantly spewing out of its mouth. It looked down curiously at the crowd from the sky.

"Heaven Master Zhong is benevolent to this world, how can you sit back and watch innocent people die a tragic death?" Jiang Qu Lian laughed wildly, "Summon the Eastern Emperor Bell!"

"I, I don't want to die, I don't want to be burned to death."

The cultivators panicked. A few people fled on their swords, but before they could get out even half a mile, they were engulfed by a ball of fire spat out by the Fire dragon. Not even a handful of ashes remained.

The gaze of the Fire dragon gradually looked towards the eight fortresses of Chidi City where there were more people.

 

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PS from Emzie: As soon as I read red robes I almost threw my phone across the room XD

 

turtledove occupying the magpie's nest*[鸠占鹊巢]---seize another person’s home, etc. for oneself

Taking away the firewood from under the cauldron* [釜底抽薪]--- take drastic measures to deal with an emergency

 

Edited on 21 May 21 (Emzie)

 

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