Chapter 120: 120th Day of Retirement, Please make way for me, today is my turn...
After swallowing up Shan Xuelin and Chao Song, Jintian became much stronger than before.
But even so, when facing Jiang Yushan, he still chose the most appropriate method that would cause the least bloodshed.
He used Jiang Yushan's daughter as a threat, attempting to turn Jiang Yushan into his own nourishment without spending a single soldier or shedding a drop of blood.
He knew Jiang Yushan would definitely agree.
And the facts were just as he imagined.
The black mist coalesced into a spacious, tall chair, its form strikingly unique and majestic. Jiang Yushan instantly recognized it as a replica of the chair of power in Fengdu Hall. He coldly observed Jintian's seemingly elegant seating position. A hint of scorn rose within him, but he remained silent, listening instead as Jintian casually recounted his journey over the years.
"Wen Dan is far more formidable than a hypocritical, incompetent, and ridiculous fellow like Shan Xuelin. Not to mention that I owe Wen Dan my life, and he's absolutely loyal to me, a loyalty that a traitor like Shan Xuelin could never give me."
Jiang Yushan laughed when he heard this.
It is somewhat ironic that a traitor is accusing another traitor.
"So..." He twitched his lips, revealing a dull smile. "When you realize that even if you devour me, you can't defeat Duan Sui, will you choose to devour the loyal companion you've been talking about?"
Jintian didn't answer.
But Jiang Yushan easily knew the answer from it.
Of course Jintian would. He even killed Xuncang, whom he treated as a brother, so of course he would not take this loyal companion seriously.
Jiang Yushan stood up from the high chair, his tall figure was wrapped in a wide robe, the tassels of the crown collided in front of his forehead, making a ding-dong sound, and the powerful aura of the Five Directions Ghost Emperor burst out from his body. He raised his hand and waved away the black mist that had been entangled with him and tried to absorb his body.
Jintian was very considerate and opened all the blocked doors and windows.
Jiang Yushan walked to the window and through the window frame, his eyes were fixed on a certain direction.
But there was nothing there.
After a long time, he raised his hand.
A whistling cry emanated from the depths of Dangzhong Mountain. A massive, pitch-black bird, wings spread, swooped down onto Jiang Yushan's arm. The massive black bird resembled a horn eagle, its sharp claws drawing traces of black mist. Jiang Yushan raised his hand and brushed the horn eagle's head. In silence, he raised his arm again. As the horn eagle flew away, a wisp of Jintian's ghostly aura silently entwined itself around it.
Jiang Yushan did not miss this scene. He turned his head to look at Jintian. Jintian grinned, revealing a vicious smile with a bloody smell.
"I'm very sorry, but we haven't seen each other for decades after all. I still need to be more careful in certain aspects."
Jiang Yushan turned around.
He knew Jintian's concern was simply that his horn eagle wasn't going after his trusted confidant, but Duan Sui. While Wen Dan, one of the Five Ghost Emperors, was currently guarding his daughter, and his combat prowess was certainly impressive, Duan Sui also had many capable men under his command. Han Yan, Wei Ying, and even Xin Ji and Peng Su were no simple figures. If the four of them worked together, they might be able to take on Wen Dan.
but……
Jiang Yushan twitched his lips and sneered, "As you please."
A harpy eagle, wings spread, circled the hills of Dangzhong Mountain. Its low, hoarse cry quickly attracted the attention of the mountain's ghosts. Several ghostly figures slowly emerged from the dark shadows of the mountain. The harpy eagle's crimson eyes took notice and quickly descended.
At the same time, a pure black crow stood on one leg on a tree trunk that was covered with lush leaves and seemed extremely hidden, and tilted its head.
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Baodui Mountain was as gloomy and cold as Dangzhong Mountain. Several ghostly figures walked silently in the mountains and soon bypassed the Styx and arrived at the magnificent hall.
The main door of the Ghost Emperor's palace at Baodui Mountain was tightly shut. Shao Pu, Jiang Yushan's guard, stepped forward with a stern expression and knocked on the door. The dull thud of knocking echoed through the silent mountain, repeatedly hitting Shao Pu's chest.
Having been with Jiang Yushan for many years, he knew better than anyone how his boss became Jintian's 'running dog'. It was precisely because he knew this that he hated Jintian to the core.
He knocked harder and shouted in a gruff voice, "Wendan! Get out here!"
Pop.
The tightly closed door was pushed open from the inside, and a gust of wind from within the hall brushed against Shao Pu's rough face, nearly wiping off his skin as he took it by surprise. Instantly, intense pain twisted his expression, and he raised his hands to cover his face. His eardrums and brain exploded completely after a cold, stern voice from inside the room called out, "Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you speak to me like that?"
Bang.
His knees slammed hard onto the ground, and Shao Pu tried hard to keep his eyes open to stay awake, but he could clearly feel the ghost energy in his body rapidly draining away.
He gritted his teeth and said in a hoarse voice, "Hand over Jiang Zhi."
"When asking for help, you should have the attitude of asking for help." A low and imposing voice sounded slowly beside his ear. Shao Pu felt as if his body was floating in the air. When he reacted, he was already kneeling on the ground. The scattered ghost energy also gathered again at this moment and returned to his body, making his collapsed mind clear again. He raised his head and saw Wen Dan sitting on the chair and looking down at him.
Behind him stood a tall and thin girl.
After not seeing each other for decades, Jiang Zhi's appearance was completely different from what Shao Pu remembered. The little girl, who was seven or eight years old and had baby fat on her cheeks, now had sunken cheeks and dull pupils, and she looked like a piece of wood embedded in the ground.
She seemed completely unaware that someone had come for her. She stared blankly at the ground at her feet, muttering silently to herself through her lips.
When he suddenly saw this scene, bloodshot appeared in Shao Pu's eyes.
"Don't be so angry." Wen Dan said slowly, "You have a chance to take her back today."
That’s all.
A mirror formed from black mist suddenly appeared in front of Wen Dan. The mirror was so large that it almost took up half the hall. As the flowing black mist covering the mirror was gradually blown away by the wind, the image in the mirror also fell into the eyes of Shao Pu and his group.
Jintian turned around in the mirror, revealing his unconcealed, horrifyingly ugly appearance.
Through a 'mirror', he clearly saw everything in the Baodui Mountain Hall, smiled and said, "It seems that you have already met, and our partners are not playing any tricks. I am very satisfied." Then he moved to the side, leaving the complete mirror to Jiang Yushan.
Jiang Yushan, who saw his daughter through the mirror, tried hard to maintain a calm expression, but his trembling fingers and the gradually moist corners of his eyes revealed his uneasy heart.
He wanted to reach out and touch his daughter's face, but when his fingertips touched the mirror, the mirror seemed to have self-awareness and suddenly turned to another place. Even if he tried to touch her through the mirror, he couldn't achieve it.
An angry Jiang Yushan turned to look at Jintian, but Jintian just shrugged his shoulders. "I said I would leave a little bit of your consciousness so that you can see your daughter, truly, see your daughter with your own eyes. Then you can touch her, hug her, it doesn't matter. But now..."
He smiled. "Please honor our deal."
Jiang Yushan clenched his fists, looked deeply into the mirror again, closed his eyes, and deflated.
At the same moment, a familiar hissing sound echoed through the mirror. A massive horn eagle entered the main hall of Baodui Mountain and slowly landed on Jiang Zhi's shoulder. Neither Jintian nor Wendan took this seriously, as they both knew it was Jiang Yushan's pet—a mindless beast, to put it bluntly. A pet like this wasn't even as powerful as Shao Pu. Could it possibly have dared to flee the area after landing on Jiang Zhi's shoulder?
Wen Dan only needed a glance to turn the horn eagle into ashes.
But none of them expected that the horn eagle was so brave.
After landing on Jiang Zhi's shoulder, it calmly adjusted the angle of its two claws. Then, at the moment when no one took it seriously, it suddenly exerted force with its claws, let out a strong roar, grabbed Jiang Zhi and took off into the air at high speed.
The moment Jiang Zhi's figure disappeared from the corner of Wen Dan's eye, Wen Dan's face changed and he quickly raised his hand.
The ghost energy stabbed at the horn eagle with a speed faster than the blink of an eye, and at the same time, it split into several strands and tried to wrap around Jiang Zhi's limbs. But at the moment when the ghost energy touched the horn eagle and Jiang Zhi, someone was even faster.
A hand with slender fingers and a cold, pale complexion suddenly loomed between the ghostly aura and the horn sculpture. The ghostly aura, as if possessed of its own consciousness, tensed suddenly upon sensing danger, attempting to pierce the palm like a long needle. Unfortunately, the thick mist rising from the palm easily blocked its attack. With a crackling sound, the ghostly aura, as if tangible, was shattered into pieces, scattering into ash, which was then blown away by the roaring mist.
At the same time, a shadow slowly emerged from the transparent air.
The man was tall and slender, his handsome features shrouded in shadow. His narrow, sharp eyes shone with a cold stare. He lifted his massive black hood, revealing a face that was incredibly familiar to everyone present.
"Duan Sui!"
An exclamation escaped Wen Dan's mouth, and his body tensed up almost instantly, taking a defensive stance.
How could that be?
How could Duan Sui appear here? !
Instead of looking for Jintian, he came to the Baodui Mountain Hall!
Wen Dan's astonished gaze shifted from Duan Sui to the mirror beside him. Through the mirror, he also noticed the shock on Jintian's face. Even Jiang Yushan's eyes had a hint of surprise.
Obviously, no one expected that Duan Sui would appear in the Baodui Mountain Hall at this moment!
"Why are you here! I didn't feel your presence at all." Wen Dan's face darkened, knowing that it was a luxury for him to control Jiang Zhi again, and as for Duan Sui... Wen Dan was not sure whether Duan Sui's body had recovered over the years. If the answer was yes, then there was no doubt that he would become the ghost of Duan Sui's men. If the answer was no, then he would have the ability and opportunity to resist.
But he didn't dare to test it.
He didn't dare to gamble with a 1 in 20 chance.
Using questions to divert Duan Sui's attention, Wen Dan calmly moved his feet.
Duan Sui observed all of Wen Dan's little movements. He guessed what Wen Dan was up to, but he didn't care. A hint of mockery played on his thin lips. He casually flicked the nonexistent dust off his black robe and asked, "So you think you can sense my presence? If so, why isn't the position of Lord of Fengdu yours?"
This was just like pointing at Wen Dan's nose and saying, "Are you worthy of this?"
Wen Dan's face darkened.
He seemed to be furious, and the black mist on his body began to surge violently. The ghost energy floating in the hall also gathered on him in an instant, turning into terrifying ghost faces with their mouths wide open and shouting. The extremely harsh sound penetrated the eardrum and went straight to the center of the human brain, stirring it madly.
Even though Shao Pu and his companions had been prepared and had erected a barrier of black fog in advance, the sound still penetrated into their minds.
As pairs of eyes turned bloodshot and filled with pain, Duan Sui raised his hand, and the ghost energy spreading from his body quickly filled the entire space and firmly covered the barrier. The strengthened protection finally took effect, and the confused minds of Shao Pu and others became clear for a moment.
But it was during this period of time that Wen Dan approached the mirror, and his figure turned into black mist and instantly condensed into the mirror.
He wants to run!
Unfortunately, there is always some difference between imagination and reality.
When Wen Dan's body rushed into the mirror, he seemed to have hit a hard stone and was forced to bounce back.
“How could it be!”
Wen Dan's figure flew backward, transforming into black mist before condensing a few meters away. His eyes were fixed on the mirror that had once served as the passageway. Unease and horror gradually rose in his heart, and a chill spread from his back.
Duan Sui just stood there, looking at his panicked expression with a half-smile.
The main hall of Dangzhong Mountain is just across the mirror.
Jintian, who also noticed this scene, no longer had a smile on his face. He narrowed his eyes, knowing very clearly that the possibility of him devouring Wen Dan to increase his strength had been reduced to zero. But it didn't matter, because at this moment, there was a food in the hall that was more powerful than Wen Dan.
He wanted to force Jiang Yushan through Jiang Yushan's daughter, but he didn't want to put in the effort himself. However, this does not mean that he would be at a disadvantage if he fought with Jiang Yushan.
At most, it just takes a little more time.
He can take advantage of the time when Wen Dan is holding Duan Sui back to kill Jiang Yushan first. With Jiang Yushan filling his empty stomach, no one in the entire underworld except Duan Sui can be his opponent. Then, he can kill as many ghosts as he wants in the underworld and absorb more ghosts.
Thinking of this, Jintian no longer hesitated at all. His body suddenly grew larger, and his ghostly aura was as sharp as a snake, roaring and stabbing towards Jiang Yushan.
But now Jiang Zhi has been rescued by Duan Sui, and Jiang Yushan no longer has any weaknesses. How could he allow himself to remain indifferent when facing Jintian?
He flicked his wide sleeves, snorted coldly, and prepared to collide with Jintian with his ghost energy. However, what no one expected was that at this moment, the surroundings instantly fell into a dark fog. When Jiang Yushan turned his head to avoid Jintian's attack, a soft "tsk" sounded from the corner of the dark corner.
Light shone from a narrow corner, casting a shadow.
With slightly unfamiliar but bright facial features and malicious almond eyes, she stood in the corner with her arms folded, looking at Jintian with the eyes of looking at garbage.
moment.
She turned to look at Jiang Yushan and said, "Uncle Jiang, right? Please make way. Today it's my turn to beat him into a pulp."
It was fair and reasonable for her and Duan Sui to each beat Jintian once.
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