Chapter 188 Ji Jiang Turmoil (19)

However, even though Gui Yan chased Bai Jiuyue and asked about the "secret", Bai Jiuyue just smiled and said: "I really can't tell you. You will know it when you should know it."

They had no choice but to skip it.

Bai Jiyue changed the subject and said, "I wonder if Yun Ruisi's name will turn gray or disappear."

I opened the faction scoreboard, and before I could scroll down, my attention was drawn to the darkened names.

After repeatedly confirming the grayed-out name, she said, "...look at the standings."

Gui Yan and Jiang Yan opened it and took a look. Without saying anything, they knew what she wanted them to see.

"Fu Xuan..." Gui Yan put down the teacup in her hand in confusion, "Didn't Ji Weihang go to find her? How could this happen?"

Jiang Yan frowned and said, "Is the game deliberately trying to intensify the conflict with Ji Weihang and us players?"

Because Fu Xuan's disappearance was so quick and silent, they all believed it was related to the game.

Bai Jiuyue calmed down and thought: "I often look at the scoreboard to analyze the battle situation in real time. I can be sure that when I just separated from my senior sister, Fu Xuan's name was still gray."

Jiang Yan said, "That was a quarter of an hour ago."

Gui Yan said: "We can't come to any conclusion by discussing here, why not ask the staff at Feiyan Tower."

They all agreed.

Going to the lobby to find the Feiyanlou staff she had dealt with before, Gui Yan asked, "Do you know where your young lady Jiang went?"

The staff in the lobby was the same person who had provided many external items for Fu Xuan's trip to the demon world. He smiled gently and said, "The customer is joking. How can I have the right to ask about the young lady's itinerary?"

Bai Jiyue glanced at the staff member who walked out of a room and hurried to the fifth floor. She noticed that the staff member went up to the fifth floor. The spiritual consciousness could not float around in the building. This was Feiyan Building's protection of customer privacy. She could only see with her naked eyes.

After a while, the other party hurried downstairs.

As her thoughts turned, she left Gui Yan, who was questioning the staff, and Jiang Yan, who was standing there in a daze, and took a few steps forward, blocking the staircase just as the staff were going downstairs. "Did you deliver something to a Xuanniao messenger that another Xuanniao messenger asked you to do?"

During this period, the person who was in the top position was most likely Ji Weihang. The message sent to Ji Weihang by Feiyan Tower was most likely from Fu Xuan.

The staff member smiled and said, "Please move aside, I have something else to do."

Bai Jiyue stared at the other person's expression. Sometimes, not revealing a flaw is also a flaw. The staff member stood calmly on the stairs, as if waiting for her to make way.

"Excuse me." She turned back to Jiang Qian and Gui Qian, and said to the staff member who was being harassed by them but remained gentle, "You should be the branch owner here, right? Can't you tell us? What happened in the demon world?"

She observed the other party's expression. It was her guess that this matter was related to the demon world. If Ji Weihang was here and Fu Xuan died, it must be because he acted alone. On the battlefield, she wondered why Jiang Qian was close to Fu Xuan, and she heard Fu Xuan talk about the Teng Snake bloodline. If Fu Xuan wanted to act alone, it was very likely related to the demon world.

The staff member was trained and his expression did not change at all. "If customers want to purchase news about the demon world, they can go to the second floor."

Jiang Yan clicked her tongue impatiently and rolled her eyes.

Gui Yan coughed lightly to block Jiang Yan's rolling eyes.

Bai Jiyue said: "Then I'll trouble you, can you please introduce the news of the demon world to us?"

Staff: “Of course.”

They arrived at a room on the second floor and sat down around the wooden table. Bai Jiuyue took out two spirit crystals and placed them in the recessed space in the middle of the table.

The staff poured tea for the two people and the demon sitting across the table and said:

"The most noteworthy news in the demon world right now is the disappearance case in the Phoenix Spiritual Land. Seventeen people who worked for the Demon Emperor disappeared without a trace. According to eyewitnesses, they entered the street where the human industry is located and never came out again."

The street where the human race's industry is located? Bai Jiuyue asked: "What are the identities of these seventeen people? Can the people in Feiyan Tower explain what happened?" Two more spirit crystals were added.

Staff: "They all appeared suddenly, and we don't know where they came from. One of them, Su Ling, came from the Dragon Clan Spirit Land. She gathered everyone with the permission of the Demon Emperor. Most of these people were doing clerical work for the Demon Emperor, and only two were responsible for execution.

"At the time of the incident, the staff of Feiyan Building were busy with other things and did not see what happened."

Suddenly appeared, unknown origin, must be a player. Deliberately mentioned the name Su Ling, Su Yunling? In other words, this is a partnership between Fu Xuan and Su Yunling, seventeen people are missing... died in the melee? Players will not leave corpses when they die.

But Fu Xuan is a local. If she dies, will her body disappear or be replaced? Located in Feiyan Tower, the game should not directly "resurrect" her... What is the most likely thing that Feiyan Tower will do...?

Add one more spirit crystal. "Is there a body left at the crime scene?"

The staff member smiled and pushed the spirit crystal back without saying a word.

That is, skip this question.

"I understand." Bai Jiuyue pushed the spirit crystal over again, tapping the table lightly with her fingertips, "I want a list of people who suddenly appeared in Jijiang Continent."

Judging from what was said just now, Feiyanlou obviously knows who are the people who "appeared suddenly" and "came from nowhere".

The staff member took out a crystal that contained data and handed it over.

Bai Jiyue quickly flipped through the information, then stood up and said to the man and the demon who were thinking about something beside him, "Let's go."

Since Fu Xuan wanted to die, they didn't need to worry about it. What they had to do was to gather their current companions and share information.

Connecting the divine consciousness and building a network for sharing information, Bai Jiuyue quickly shared his thoughts:

“First, we must gather the known players together. Now is the best time to identify the players from Jijiang Continent and unite with players from other worlds.

"The Feiyan Tower's data contains information on more than 6,000 players. Judging from the images, it should have been shared with them by Ji Weihang before. Among them, there are not only 'foreign players', but also many 'local players'.

"There are currently more than 4,000 players left. I will find the information of all local players and we will contact them separately."

Jiang Yan: "I can contact the players of the demon tribe, but what should I tell them? Resist the game? There is very little we can do to resist the game. We can't catch the trace of the game, and we don't even know what is behind them."

Gui Yan: "It's difficult to do. Maybe it will just add emotional energy to the game."

Bai Jiuyue: "The game must have weaknesses, otherwise, why would they need emotional energy? And why would they use the players in such a roundabout way? They could just invade Jijiang Continent directly..."

When I walked out of Feiyan Tower, I found that everyone outside was looking at the sky:

"What is that?"

“What beautiful clouds.”

They also looked up and found that a large patch of colorful soft clouds had spread to the sky at some point.

Previously, I seemed to have vaguely seen it inside the human world, and thought it was an ordinary scene, so I didn't pay much attention to it. But now it seems that it is obviously not an ordinary natural scenery.

They jumped onto the roof and saw that it was full of monks, all looking up at the sky.

The active spiritual energy in the air was trembling, as if being attracted to gather towards the sky. The scene was both dreamy and magnificent, but also hidden with danger, as if a storm was about to come.

Bai Jiuyue looked around and saw that this colorful soft cloud came from the human world and had almost covered the entire sky as far as she could see. It was now spreading towards the demon world.

Is this some kind of large-scale formation being activated?

At this time, people inside the demon world also saw colorful clouds spreading towards this side.

"Unstoppable, harmless."

After receiving the information from his subordinates, Demon Emperor Jiang Po looked at the human race around him and said with a smile: "Is this your sincerity in cooperation?"

Xuanniao Jia, who came on behalf of Feiyan Tower to extinguish the anger of the Demon Emperor and proposed cooperation, said calmly: "I can guarantee that this will not harm your majesty's plan, nor will it affect our transaction."

Demon Emperor Jiang Po looked down at the letter written by Fu Xuan in his hand, burned it to ashes, and said coldly: "It's better to do so."

Xuanniaojia smiled and said, "It must be so."

——

The entire demon world has been covered with colorful clouds. The creatures born and raised in the demon world have never seen such a scenery and they all look up at the sky.

Demon Emperor Ji Ni stood outside the Imperial Palace, looking at the colorful soft clouds that had spread across the entire Demon Realm, and said to Xie Mingli beside her with a smile:

"This is the first time such a scene has appeared in the Demon Realm. The human race has done a good thing."

Xie Mingli stared at Ji Ni's expression and said, "When the master's plan succeeds, the scenery that has never been seen before will become a familiar sight for the creatures in the demon world."

"I hope so." Jine smiled, but the smile gradually faded and he looked towards the east, as if thinking about something.

Xie Mingli stood quietly beside her, staring at the colorful clouds in the sky, lost in thought.

——

The beginning of colorful clouds, Na'e Snow Peak

Forty-nine people in white stood in the snow that never melted on the Erxue Peak. There was a glowing array pattern under their feet. It was snowing, and the snowflakes fell on their hair, eyelashes, and shoulders, turning into water drops. They stood unwaveringly in their positions and prayed silently.

The monks standing in the cold mist in the air watched the formation in silence.

The border of the colorful clouds gradually spread out of the Jijiang Continent.

In the distant sea, the mermaid curiously poked her head out of the sea, following the colorful clouds that spread into the distance. When she stopped in a certain sea area, the colorful clouds seemed to touch a certain boundary, slowly stopped, and surged backwards.

At the same time, from Erxue Peak, a strange cultivator in black stepped out and dragged the bound demon to the center of the formation, followed by a demon with light blue curly hair.

They cut their fingers at the same time, letting the blood drip into the center of the formation.

The formation absorbed blood, invisible connections unfolded, and spiritual energy surged between heaven and earth.

The soul heard it, and the world shook silently.

They waited in silence and awe.

Waiting for the world to explode.

Then, all living beings in the world saw the world’s wrath.

Countless thin cloud lines hung down from the colorful clouds, accurately wrapping around the necks of each player and hanging them up.

Thousands of people were hung under the sky, like a warning from the world to outsiders.

In the blink of an eye, he was pulled up by a force and hung in the sky, far away from the ground. Bai Jiuyue was startled and belatedly touched the cloud line wrapped around his neck.

He couldn't touch her and couldn't pull her apart, but he didn't hang her, so he felt relieved.

Looking around, there were countless people, demons, and monsters hanging under the clouds.

Jiang Yan and Gui Yan were hanging beside her, both looking frightened.

She looked around but didn't see Ji Weihang. She was puzzled for a moment but didn't waste time thinking about why. She thought about the origin of the colorful cloud. It looked very much like the lost formation recorded in the Yingtian Sect's library.

Those who are hung are players, so this is something the human race did to the game.

Why didn't the master's wife and aunt tell her about this? She was annoyed for a moment and distrusted, but then she thought it was to hide the game from her, and then she put it out of her mind.

Before she could think about what to do next, Caiyun changed.

The colorful clouds that spread across the sky shrank quickly, and the players suspended under the clouds only felt that the distance between them and other players was rapidly shortening. Soon, all the players were crowded into a small space, so close yet so far away that they could not be touched when they stretched out their hands.

"Like smoked bacon." Someone muttered, and it instantly reached the ears of all the players. This space seemed to be both countless small individuals and a large individual.

Players: “…”

The condensed and redundant part of the colorful clouds rose upwards and turned into a staircase leading to the void.

Na'e Snow Peak

Except for the monks who had to guard various places to prevent attacks from other races, most of the monks in the out-of-body stage and above have been waiting here for a long time.

I saw many flashes of light and went towards the colorful cloud stairs.

The stairs are in a position that all living beings can see. It is so close yet untouchable. Even though they don't know what it is, many living beings still want to try the adventure. The first people to approach, the cultivators, who were well prepared, did not stop the other creatures from trying. As a result, many cultivators emerged from both the demon world and the monster world.

The players hanging under the clouds couldn't get rid of the cloud lines and had nothing to do. Some of them acted as spectators, some acted as commentators, and some judged the monks' winning rate.

Some wanted to attack them because of their noise, but they couldn't touch them at all, so they simply ignored them.

The winner was quickly decided, including all the humans, demons and monsters who tried. In the end, only three of them climbed the stairs and entered the void.

"Where does this staircase lead to?" A demon from the human tribe asked the great lady. They were the ones who caused this incident, so they naturally knew the inside story.

All the ears around pricked up.

The human race grandmother said coldly: "Death."

She is the elder of Yingtian Sect and is famous for not telling lies.

The demon who was asking the question cursed, "Are you sick? Are you looking for death by making such a big fuss?"

A demon pointed at the players who were hanging there and asked, "What are these guys doing? Why are they hanging here?"

It was still the human grandmother: "Be a pedal."

Watching Xie Mingli disappear on the stairs, Ji Ni was already a little doubtful. Now, after hearing the human's answer, Ji Ni's expression sank for a moment, and he regretted agreeing to let the Demon King take Xie Mingli to join in the fun.

But now was the best time for her to act, and she couldn't be distracted.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

With a flash of her figure, she entered the central demon abyss. The ground here was formed by turbid magma. The surface looked solid and hard, but in fact the inside was still flowing. Once you made a wrong step, you would become part of the flowing magma.

The walls were covered with magic crystals, and the air was filled with hot and foul air.

She found the core here, took out a ball of energy that flowed slowly like a colorful nebula, and embedded it into the core depression, and the energy sank into the magma.

With another flash, she arrived at the edge of the demon world, awakened the demon dust guarding the world, and let it swallow the colored energy she took out.

Finally, she looked at the Blackstone Fortress more than ten miles away.

She returned to the Imperial Palace and floated in the air.

Only a few seconds had passed and the quarrel was still going on at the Caiyun Stairs. Only a few people noticed her little action and looked over.

She smiled at them, detonating colored energy.

“Boom——!”

An explosion that resounded through heaven and earth shook the entire world. The creatures on the continent were shocked and uncertain, thinking that these continuous strange phenomena were the end of the world.

The Demon Emperor, who was far away in the Demon Realm, looked at the demonic energy rising into the sky and said to the Black Bird Armor beside him, "Do you know about this?"

Black Bird A said, "I don't know."

The huge amount of energy detonated the core of the Demon Abyss, and then quickly flattened the channel to cover every line of the Demon Abyss. Most of the turbid air was annihilated by the terrifying force, and a small part floated in the air.

The main city of Guiyu is closest to the Demon Realm and is also the most affected.

Young Territory Lord Bai Yuechu stood on the city wall, looking solemnly at the border abyss. Colorful energy appeared and disappeared in the magic dust guarding the boundary, and the concentration of the magic dust was decreasing significantly.

“The Guardian Magic Dust seems to be disappearing.

"The greatest function of the boundary-guarding magic dust is not to control the circulation between the two races, but to control the air circulation between the two realms."

Bai Yuechu said to his confidant: "Pass my order and activate all the air purifiers in the city."

The confidant whispered, "There was a lot of foul air left over from the previous battle, and the Territory Lord had already activated all the air purifiers at that time."

"Oh? Oh." Bai Yuechu frowned, "By the way, where is mother? I heard that the Green Demon King has been killed by my aunt in Baiping City. Mother should be back soon, right?"

The confidant said, “I don’t know.”

This was not the time to be distracted. There was a loud noise in the distance, and the magic dust guarding the boundary exploded. The strong wind blew up the sand and spread towards the Strange Domain, causing ripples when it hit the barrier of the main city of the Strange Domain.

"Fortunately, I have the spiritual treasure given by my master's wife." Bai Yuechu breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the direction of the demon world. A loud voice spread across the city wall, "Be alert! The demons may launch an attack!"

When the big ladies near the Colorful Cloud Stairs discovered the big move of the demon world, they were all shocked. They grabbed several demon kings who were trying to escape and forced them to tell the reason.

But Wu Mo knew why.

The demons may be making some small moves again. As the strongest fighting force among all the races, the monsters have all returned to their own territories. Only the human race's eldest sister has captured the Demon King and will not let them go back.

Bai Jiyue carefully sent a message to the cold human grandmother, saying, "Grandma, when can we be released?"

The human race grandmother glanced at her and said, "Wait."

The grandmother of Yingtian Sect was too cold. Even Bai Jiyue was unable to use her social skills. She could only say "oh" and chat with nearby players to spread the news about the fake person.

As for the emotional energy, she didn't tell anyone except some close friends. Spreading this kind of thing outwardly can easily backfire, as not everyone can control their emotions.

"I wonder when those three guys who climbed up the ladder will finish." Jiang Xuan rubbed her neck uncomfortably. The more she couldn't touch it, the more unhappy she became. She didn't like the feeling of her life hanging by a thread.

Who knows.

At this moment, the three guys who had climbed the ladder and were the focus of the players’ attention, looked at each other in bewilderment.

They were in a fog, unable to see anything except the other chosen ones, and unable to move out.

In this situation, it is natural to introduce yourself and find out more about your "companion".

"Devil World, Xie Mingli."

"Jiugao of the demon world, Yaodi of the Xinglan clan."

"The casual cultivator, Si Ruyang."

"Ji Ni, you are actually willing to let you come up?" Yao Di stared at Xie Mingli and said.

Yao Di and Yao He look very similar, but Yao Di is colder and harder, and his whole body is like a cold wind passing through. Every look and movement makes people feel as if they are being pricked, making people dare not look directly at him.

Xie Mingli avoided Yaodi's gaze, glanced at the casual cultivator Si Ruyang, and said, "The master didn't expect me to come in." She didn't expect it either.

Si Ruyang looked like a casual cultivator who was in a rather poor state. His clothes were the most common and cheapest Feiyanlou style. His robes were so worn out and torn that he must have worn them for several years. There was no trace of spiritual power on his body, and he only carried a knife box on his back.

Although he was down and out, he was not sloppy. His hair was shaved and his nails were trimmed.

"Have you never seen a poor person?" Si Ruyang looked back jokingly, his voice was unexpectedly young and clear.

"I know you, one of Ji Weihang's good friends. She even invited you to her birthday ceremony." Xie Mingli had carefully studied Ji Weihang's coming-of-age ceremony.

"You are a genius among the independent cultivators. The Wanjian Sect once invited you to join the sect, but you said that the sword is the best in the world and refused. After the birthday ceremony, you disappeared."

Si Ruyang smiled and said nonchalantly, "It's all in the past."

Yaodi was not interested in their past, and he moved his fingers slightly, ready to take action.

In her opinion, not being allowed to move around might mean that movement is only allowed when there is only one demon left.

Xie Mingli knew that Yaodi was impatient and believed in the law of the jungle, so he threw out a message: "We are here probably because of those people who were hung up."

Yaodi paused and said, "What?"

Si Ruyang pretended to listen attentively.

Xie Mingli explained to them the mysterious being that would take people away and bring them things. "The human race made such a big scene, probably to awaken the Heavenly Dao and drive out outsiders."

Help with upgrading? Heavenly Dao? How do I awaken Heavenly Dao? Can Heavenly Dao allow me to become the Demon King?

Yao Di's mind was full of thoughts. He recalled something and asked in surprise, "Since the human race has taken corresponding measures, then the Demon Emperor and the Monster Emperor know about this?"

Xie Mingli said: "The Lord knows, but I don't know about the Demon Emperor."

I must know. Yao Di frowned and thought to himself: Jiang Po didn't tell me, could it be that he saw through my rebellious heart? No, no, let's focus on the present first.

Yao Di: "What does our relationship have to do with awakening the Heavenly Dao? I don't have such ambition."

Si Ruyang always felt that Yao Di's words revealed a sense of silliness. It was true that seeing was believing. She looked at the dispersing mist and said, "The mist has dissipated."

The fog dispersed just enough to reveal a pool of platinum-colored water.

The man in white stood in the middle of the lake, looking at them and said with a smile:

"Welcome to Tianxin Pond. Those who successfully pass it will see the Way of Heaven."

Before they could ask, three hands emerged from the lake and pulled them into the water.

The lake swallowed up the three silently without causing even a ripple.

At the same time, the cultivators of Jijiang Continent saw the colorful cloud stairs gradually dissipating, and the cloud lines that bound the players were also disappearing.

“Aaaaaaaaaaah!”

The players fell to the ground, and the sky was filled with screams:

“I can’t fly aaaaaaaah!”

“I don’t know either!”

"Save me, save me, save me!"

"My savior, I will serve you like a slave!"

Spiritual energy condenses into threads and weaves into a net to block the falling players, and then wraps around the players.

Bai Jiyue grabbed the thirty or so players who were tied up by spiritual power, and felt himself falling heavily downwards. He gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said to the players:

"Remember to work like a slave for me."

The players nodded, tears welling up in their eyes.

Jiang Xuan transformed into a gigantic original form, spitting out flames several hundred meters long. The flames formed a thin net that engulfed nearly a hundred players. They thanked him while screaming:

"Hot, hot, hot!"

"I'm going to become a roast man."

"It's really going to turn into smoked bacon!"

Gui Yan threw out a boat-shaped magic treasure that grew larger and caught hundreds of people. She laughed at Bai Jiyue and Jiang Yan and said, "You have to learn how to use tools."

Some of the other local players who could fly helped, while others did not.

Without saying much, the human elders tacitly used their spiritual power to weave a net and accurately caught the remaining nearly three thousand players.

After throwing all the demons to others to be captured, the eldest lady of Yingtian Sect held the spiritual net that had captured 3,000 people and said to them, "Follow me." She glanced at the other local players who helped or didn't help, "You too."

Bai Jiyue and Gui Yan: "Okay."

Jiang Yan wanted to ask why, but after looking at the demon kings who were knocked unconscious and the thousands of people who were easily lifted up, she decided to follow: "...Oh."

Local player helping out: “Oh ok.”

"..." The local players who didn't help followed silently.