Chapter 53: Demon Lord "Cang Yan."
"Who are you to speak so arrogantly? My Tianyan's reputation is not something others can casually slander!"
A disciple standing nearby couldn't stand his arrogant words, and regardless of his injuries, he loudly refuted him, but was stopped by the senior sister Yun Ni beside him with a look.
"Cang Yan."
Jiang Hanqiu stood up straight and looked at the man coldly, not feeling angry at all because of his words.
Although they were not close friends, she knew more or less that this person was just like that, capricious and sinister, with sharp words. In the short half month that he stayed in Tianyan, he only showed a good expression when facing Mu Fuyue.
In terms of temperament, he is even worse than the previous Song Xinghe.
"Cang Yan?"
"Why does this name sound familiar?"
"Silly! This is the name of the current Demon Lord!"
"Right, right, Instructor Shen said earlier that the Sect Master has personally sent a message to the Demon Lord, asking him to come and help!"
The disciples reacted quickly, confirmed the man's identity, and breathed a sigh of relief, even feeling a hint of joy.
The current situation is very unfavorable for them. Except for Jiang Hanqiu, no one else can help. Now that a capable helper has finally arrived, they are naturally very welcome.
Only Song Xinghe's reaction was a little stiff.
He joined the sect a little later than Mu Fuyue. He had always heard that there was some connection between her and the Demon Lord, but he had never actually seen him in all these years. Now, facing the Demon Lord Cang Yan in person for the first time, he felt very complicated.
In the Tianyan Sect, he is the direct disciple of the Sect Leader, a favored child of heaven, and has a halo that can withstand pride.
However, when facing Cang Yan, who is the lord of the Demon Realm and has profound cultivation and is difficult to guess, it is hard not to feel ashamed.
"Get out of the way." Cang Yan's face was gloomy. He walked past the crowd, leaving Jiang Hanqiu aside, and stood directly at the place where the restriction was loose. Instead of replenishing it, he stretched out his hand and lifted it up with spiritual power.
"What are you doing!" Song Xinghe was shocked and asked without hesitation.
Cang Yan seemed to be deaf to the words. He didn't even raise his head or even open his eyelids. He just gestured to Jiang Hanqiu, "Be careful."
Although Jiang Hanqiu was not as powerful as the Demon Lord Cang Yan, he was still the master of Tianyan Peak. He quickly realized what he was going to do and hurriedly shouted to Yun Ni and the others, "Retreat and protect the people!"
Yun Ni responded and pulled Song Xinghe back to the disciples' team. They meditated on the spot and quickly set up a formation to firmly suppress that area.
Seeing this, Cang Yan waved his hand and exerted powerful spiritual power, shoveling away the thick layer of sand on the ground, revealing the hard crust underneath that was like a cage.
Even Jiang Hanqiu saw what was under the sand for the first time.
The gray-black rocks are rugged, surrounded by wisps and clusters of demonic energy, some thin, some thick. Some of them can gather into shape, but most of them are loose and may dissipate at any time.
These are the remaining souls and consciousness of the remaining demon cultivators after the Battle of Changgeng that year.
Because this place was close to the source of the spiritual vein, which had already shaken the heavens and the earth at that time, it was not appropriate to carry out another thorough cleansing. Moreover, the people nearby had already experienced tremendous suffering and could not withstand further destruction. Therefore, with the unanimous consent of the three major sects, these residual souls and consciousness were imprisoned with various seals and secret methods.
Normally, these insignificant monsters, suppressed under the sand for years, will eventually disappear.
At the moment, most of the groups of evil spirits have indeed shown signs of being defeated.
But there is one exception -
Among the wandering evil spirits that had nowhere to land, there was a particularly conspicuous shadow.
It was the appearance of a person, different from the vague shadow in the vortex outside just now. Although this person was wrapped in a thin black mist, he already had the outline of his facial features.
Hump nose, deep eye sockets, thin lips. Although it is impossible to see every detail, one can still feel the cleanliness and smoothness of his facial lines.
"This is..." Jiang Hanqiu looked at the figure and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. After searching his memory for a moment, he suddenly remembered, "Kun Sheyang?!"
The devil Kun Sheyang died under Xie Hanyi's sword many years ago!
"It's his residual soul," Cang Yan said coldly. "It's been trapped underground for so many years, yet not only has it shown no signs of dissipating, it's even been able to absorb spiritual energy and grow stronger bit by bit. It's truly impressive."
The figure's eyes were as sharp as torches and looked bright and lively, but they lacked any human emotions, as if the most lively part of him had been taken away - he was just a remnant soul and a notorious demon, so one could not expect him to have any "humanity".
Feeling the confinement disappear, he paused, and stared at Jiang Hanqiu with his sharp eyes. Then he revealed a ferocious and explosive expression, as if he saw a long-lost prey. The next moment, he rushed towards her quickly.
"I remember that it was Taoist Lingshan who killed him. Now that Taoist Lingshan is not here, can Elder Jiang handle it?" Cang Yan had an undisguised malice towards Tian Yan.
Jiang Hanqiu sneered, but showed no fear: "It's just a remnant soul. There's no need for Junior Brother Xie to help."
As he spoke, he rushed forward with his sword.
Cang Yan did not immediately step forward to help, but stood there silently for a moment with a sullen face. He saw that although Jiang Hanqiu had just suffered an impact, his moves were still fierce and hit the vital points, even though a line of blood had already flowed from the corner of his mouth.
He is more pleasing to the eye than most people in Tianyan Sect.
He raised his eyebrows, but did not move. He just stood there, like a backup, guarding every inch of space for Jiang Hanqiu, not allowing Kun Sheyang's remaining soul to escape.
The two of them cooperated with each other, one in front and one behind. At first, it seemed that they had no tacit understanding, and it was just Cang Yan who was helping them from behind. But gradually, Jiang Hanqiu noticed his help and took the initiative to cooperate. From the original difficulty, he was able to control the situation step by step.
After a moment, Jiang Hanqiu finally stabbed the remnant soul right in the middle with his sword.
Powerful and pure spiritual energy exploded from the tip of the sword, blasting the remaining soul into pieces.
It was not complete to begin with, and after the explosion, it was finally torn into ashes and disappeared into thin air.
Jiang Hanqiu fell from mid-air, touched the ground with his sword, and knocked his knee on the fallen sand. He held his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Can you still move?" Cang Yan asked expressionlessly as he looked at her struggling appearance.
“Master!”
Seeing this, Yun Ni and other disciples who were guarding the formation at the back couldn't help but shout out with concern.
Jiang Hanqiu coughed twice more, wiped the corner of his mouth to remove the blood, then stood up again and said loudly, "I won't die."
Cang Yan pursed his lips, knowing the power of Kun Sheyang's remnant soul. If the two of them switched positions, he might not be better off than her at the moment.
The two of them then joined forces again to fix the restrictions here one by one.
This time, the monsters attached to the people guarding the formation disappeared along with the dissipation of their residual souls.
The people were freed from their helpless state and finally understood what had happened. They hugged each other, spoke in a trembling voice, and bowed to express their gratitude to the several real people around them.
The formation was no longer needed, Song Xinghe stood up, listening to the noisy voices around him, and couldn't help but look at the Demon Lord Cang Yan not far away.
He saw clearly from the situation just now that Cang Yan's strength was not inferior to that of Uncle Jiang, and might even be slightly better.
Such strength, with his current cultivation level, was truly beyond his reach. In the past, when he was in the sect, he had always considered his eldest brother his greatest rival. Now that he was outside, he finally realized how vast the world was. No matter how high his self-esteem was, he was just a drop in the ocean among all living beings.
It just so happens that Cang Yan's relationship with his senior sister is even earlier than his relationship with him and his senior brother.
He was distracted for a moment, and his hands hanging by his sides were quietly clenched.
"Finally, they've all been rescued," Yun Ni, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but sigh as she watched the people recover. "It was clearly just a mission for a new disciple, but I don't know how it turned out like this. I wonder what happened to the eldest brother and the others."
Another junior brother chimed in, "Yes, I heard they took refuge in a secret realm. I don't know where it is. However, with Senior Brother's ability, he should be able to get out of the secret realm safely."
After saying this, everyone was suddenly stunned.
Chu Ye had a high level of cultivation, so he could naturally protect himself, but what about the others? Didn't Mu Fuyue fail to return safely from the secret realm more than a year ago?
They looked at each other in confusion, and no one dared to look at Song Xinghe, for fear that they would say something wrong and bring up his sad memories.
Song Xinghe did remember that incident.
But his low mood only lasted for a moment, and soon he realized that Mu Fuyun was with Chu Ye.
Her face is about 70% similar to Mu Fuyue's.
Out of instinct, he didn't want Cang Yan to know about Mu Fuyun's existence, and even more so, he didn't want him to see Mu Fuyun.
With a slight movement of his fingertips, he took out the communication jade token from his waist and quickly passed the news of Cang Yan's appearance to Chu Ye.
Being in a secret place, he probably can't see the messages sent to him for a while. I just hope he can pay more attention when he comes out.
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Ultimately, the secret realm could not withstand the pressure from both inside and outside.
The air began to tremble and shake, blurring the surrounding scenery. The blue sky seemed to be covered with a layer of paint, which was peeling off piece by piece.
"It's going to collapse!" Yu Cen was extremely anxious.
Several people had already put down their swords and gathered around Chu Ye, waiting for him to wake up.
"Old man, why don't you let my brother leave!" Xu Lian was so angry that she lost all her dignity and started cursing.
The secret realm was about to collapse. The voice seemed to have anticipated that this day would come. Apart from the panic and fear just now, it now had a sense of resignation to its fate.
[Don't slander me. I stopped using magic on him a long time ago. He didn't want to wake up. It's none of my business!]
Xu Lian was extremely angry, but was powerless to do anything, so he could only flatten the nearby grass with a sword.
"Do you have any heart-clearing pills?" Zhan Yao frowned. Although she was worried, she was not panicked yet and made the suggestion in a hurry.
"Oh, I have it!" Once reminded, Yu Cen reacted immediately, found a heart-clearing pill and forced it into Chu Ye's mouth.
During daily practice, many cultivators keep a supply of Qingxin Pills to prevent themselves from straying into insanity. While not a panacea, they can, to a certain extent, clear one's mind of distracting thoughts and achieve a calming effect.
The surrounding trees also began to fall over, some were swaying and even falling towards them. A transparent crack appeared in the direction of the lake and was getting bigger and bigger.
"It's too late! Senior Brother!" Yu Cen jumped up.
"Chu Ye! Wake up!" Mu Fuyun couldn't bear it any longer, so he leaned close to Chu Ye's ear and shouted.
I don’t know if it was the effect of the Qingxin Pill just now, but before a huge tree fell, Chu Ye’s eyelids moved and suddenly opened.
"Walk!"
Mu Fuyun shouted, grabbed Chu Ye's collar, and flew towards the huge crack on the lake.
Halfway through the flight, she felt it was difficult to hold on to his collar, so she simply lifted his belt like a bag of goods and took him out of the collapsed secret realm.
This situation was somewhat similar to the miserable look she had been in when Chu Ye brought her back to Tianyan.
However, now the two of them have switched places, and the embarrassed one is no longer her, but he who was once high and mighty.
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