Xie Lian said, “General Pei… that formation is meant to protect the vengeful spirits pouring out of the copper furnace. If it’s broken, the third outbreak of the Human Face Plague will occur. I’m afraid…”
I am afraid that the world will be in chaos and all lives will be lost.
Pei Ming touched his nose and said, "Let me confirm. You... don't give me any other choice, right?"
Jun Wu said, "Of course. If you go down, I'll let you go. If you don't go down, I'll let them go."
who are they?
Xuan Ji, Rong Guang and Ke Mo!
The three ghosts stood by, their eyes gleaming with a green light resembling hunger. It was easy to imagine what they would do if they were released. Strangle to death, scratch to death with nails, stab to death with a sword, or smash to death with fists. Pick one, or all of them.
Jun Wu added, "Xiao Pei is here too. I think you value this junior of yours very much. After all, in order to protect him, you were able to whitewash and cover up the fact that he led people into the Banyue Pass and died, and even tried to push others to do the same."
Rong Guang's anger boiled over upon hearing this, and he lashed out at Pei Ming for being disloyal, preferring a great-great-great-grandson over a brother. Xuan Ji also muttered something resentful beside him. Pei Ming endured this demonic voice, pondering for a long time before sighing and saying, "Can you please allow me some time to reconsider?"
Jun Wu said: "My patience is limited, and I don't want to give you too much time."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three ghosts showed joy on their faces, and they were able to move, and pounced over in an instant!
The gates of Mingguang Hall closed. Xie Lian heard someone's screams and the sounds of something biting. His face turned pale with rage. He shouted, "General Pei! Banyue!!!"
He wanted to go in and take a look, but Jun Wu's hand was still on his shoulder, pushing him forcefully towards the other end of the street. Xie Lian kept looking back, but he couldn't help himself. He shouted angrily, "What do you want to do?!"
Jun Wu said: "Next."
Next? Next what? After walking a bit, he stopped again, his breath almost stagnating.
Lang Qianqiu’s Taihua Palace!
Qi Rong also walked over from across the street, a grain of rice tucked under his arm. He looked refreshed, as if he had just visited all the major temples and was quite satisfied. He asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Jun Wu had actually summoned Qi Rong to Taihua Palace as well. Xie Lian felt a growing sense of foreboding and shouted, "You have nothing to do with this. Get out of here!"
Qi Rong's face fell, and he was about to spit at Xie Lian. Jun Wu said, "Go in."
Qi Rong laughed smugly again and said, "Hey, your words don't count here!" Then he walked in arrogantly.
Inside Taihua Palace, Lang Qianqiu was walking around with his hands behind his back, his face gloomy. Seeing Xie Lian and Jun Wu approach, he asked suspiciously, "What are you doing here?"
Then, he saw Qi Rong following behind the two of them, and his face immediately changed. He shouted angrily, "You!"
Gu Zi shrank back at his roar, but Qi Rong was no longer afraid of him. Sitting outside the hall, shaking his legs, he said triumphantly, "Don't be afraid, my dear son! Yes, it's me. Lang Qianqiu, haven't you been hunting me down for so long? And now you've fallen into my hands?"
Lang Qianqiu was furious, veins bulging on his forehead and the backs of his hands. He was trapped in the hall, unable to take a single step. He turned to Xie Lian and shouted angrily, "What the hell are you doing? Bringing him here to protest against me?!"
Xie Lian said, "No! Calm down!"
Lang Qianqiu said: "I have been calm for a long time, I still don't understand what is going on!"
Jun Wu said, "Taihua, go down and break the imperial city's human formation, and I will hand your enemy, the Green Ghost Qi Rong, over to you for punishment."
Qi Rong laughed wildly, "Hahahahahahahahaha, Lang Qianqiu, you Yong'an idiot... What? What did you say?! Handing me over to him?! What does that mean?!"
He laughed for a long time before he understood what Jun Wu said, and jumped up from his chair. Are you kidding me? Let Lang Qianqiu punish him? He killed Lang Qianqiu's entire family. Lang Qianqiu must have cut him into pieces!
Jun Wu ignored him and continued calmly, "Otherwise, I will hand you over to the Green Ghost Qi Rong for disposal. Then one more life of your Yong'an royal family will die at his hands."
Lang Qianqiu's expression became increasingly terrifying. Qi Rong asked, "Wait?!"
Xie Lian simply couldn't stand it anymore.
He said, "Are you crazy?! Why are you forcing them to make this choice? What on earth are you trying to show me?!"
Lang Qianqiu had been chasing Qi Rong. Given Qi Rong's personality, if he had the chance to deal with Lang Qianqiu, he would definitely take the initiative! But if Lang Qianqiu really tried to break the human formation, he definitely didn't want to see it!
Jun Wu said: "If you don't want to see them make the choice, then you can do it for them."
Xie Lian asked, “What?”
Jun Wudao said, "Xianle, this is the result of your willfulness. If you had followed my instructions from the beginning, they wouldn't have to face such a choice."
Xie Lian was so angry that his voice trembled. "Are you saying this is my fault? Why do you have to force me like this???"
Jun Wu said, "Hate me? Hate alone is useless! If you have the ability, defeat me. Do you have it?"
Xie Lian clenched his fists, his joints crackling. Jun Wu said, "You don't have it now, of course. But as long as you break the human formation, perhaps you will. Because, I will help you open the two locks on your body."
“…”
These two curses have trapped him for over eight hundred years. What will happen after they are released?
Qi Rong watched the various groups within Taihua Hall with extreme vigilance, fearing that Lang Qianqiu would choose to break the formation and Jun Wu would truly leave him to Lang Qianqiu's mercy. Lang Qianqiu's gaze also shifted between Xie Lian and Qi Rong.
Suddenly, Jun Wu loosened his hand on his shoulder.
Xie Lian was startled and turned his head sharply. He saw Jun Wu with a cold expression, his head slightly lowered, staring at the curved silver blade hooked at the side of his neck.
That is the blade of doom.
Behind him, Hua Cheng looked at him unkindly and said coldly, "Take your hand away."
Thanks for the pity: "Sanlang!"
Huacheng finally came out.
Jun Wu took a deep breath and said to Xie Lian with a smile, "Xianle, you're so brave to have an affair with the Ghost King right under my nose."
Hua Cheng snorted, "Why don't you look in the mirror? Do you have the right to say that?"
Before Qi Rong could even settle into his chair, he jumped up again, horrified: "Doggo doggo... Huacheng?! How did you get up here?!"
Xie Lian pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed it with his sword, breaking the blockade that held Lang Qianqiu captive. He shouted, “Qianqiu, run!”
Lang Qianqiu was enraged. He rushed towards Qi Rong, grabbed him, and with his other hand drew the heavy sword on his back, as if to chop him into seven or eight pieces. However, Gu Zi jumped down, opened his arms and blocked Qi Rong's way, and said to Lang Qianqiu, "Don't... Don't kill my father!"
Lang Qianqiu shouted, "Get out of the way! Your father is possessed by a ghost. He is not your father at all!"
Qi Rong suddenly leaped up, grabbed Gu Zi and said, "Don't come over here! I'm warning you, don't come over here! If you come over here, I'll bite this kid to death! I'll rip him open and eat him for you to see!"
Lang Qianqiu stopped and said angrily, "Isn't that your son? He's protecting you, and you're using him as a shield, you despicable bastard!"
Guzi blinked in his hand and said with a sad face, "My son, just give me another one!"
Jun Wu said softly: "In that case..."
Hearing his tone, Xie Lian instinctively sensed danger. Sure enough, not long after, many screams suddenly rang out from outside: "Fire! Fire!"
"It's burning!"
Xie Lian rushed out of Taihua Temple and looked around. Night had fallen, but above Xianjing was a sea of red light. The numerous temples below were already engulfed in flames!
Xie Lian turned around and asked, "Why did you set fire to the Immortal Capital?! You've still got all the priests imprisoned!"
Moreover, their magic powers are all restricted. If this continues, won’t they all be burned to death in their own temples?
Hua Cheng said, "He doesn't care whether those priests live or die."
Lang Qianqiu was also startled, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Qi Rong scrambled away, carrying the grain. Lang Qianqiu said, "Stop!" How could Qi Rong stop? Xie Lian said, "Qianqiu, go and release the other priests first!"
Lang Qianqiu instinctively said, "Yes, Master!" After answering, they were both stunned. He glanced at Xie Lian and ran out. Here, Hua Cheng retracted the blade of his fatal sword, and hundreds of silver butterflies swept up frantically, enveloping Jun Wu. He grabbed Xie Lian and said, "Let's go!"
The silver butterflies couldn't hold Jun Wu back for long, and the two of them rushed out onto the street. Lang Qianqiu moved swiftly, knocking down a large number of guards. He also released many priests from the temple, who streamed onto the streets of Xianjing, all panicking: "Why is there a fire? Who started it?!"
"It's not just an ordinary fire. There's no way to put it out!"
Qi Rong could be heard screaming in the distance as he ran, "Fuck fuck fuck, fuck Jun Wu! He's crazy! I'm still here, and he's setting fire to his own territory! He's fucking sick!"
Feng Xin also came out of Nanyang Palace and stood on the street, seemingly looking for someone. Mu Qing asked, "Why are you leaving?"
Can't leave!
"Can it fly?"
"Everyone is injured now, and their magic power is limited, so they can't fly..."
That is to say, even if he was released from the palace now, he would still be trapped in Xianjing by the sea of fire!
At this moment, everyone suddenly felt the ground shaking violently, and they were even more shocked: "What's going on? An earthquake?"
Lang Qianqiu said, "How is that possible? This is Xianjing, floating in the sky. Where did the earthquake come from?"
"So what is it..."
At this point, everyone choked up. After a while, they raised their hands and pointed forward.
Someone murmured, "What the hell is that..."
Amidst the flames, a gigantic human head appeared at the end of Xianjing's long street, staring at the hundreds of priests on the street.
The head was truly enormous, several times larger than a golden palace, and it was smiling. It was originally a peaceful and kind smile, but in the boundless darkness and blood-red firelight, it seemed a little eerie.
“…”
Someone held his head and asked, "...Am I hallucinating?"
"What a big prince!"
It’s that giant stone statue!
It flew up!
Xie Lian was also stunned. Wasn't the statue lying in Tonglu Mountain? And without him controlling it, it couldn't fly. He hadn't issued any commands, nor did he have sufficient mana, so why had it flown up?
Looking again, in the darkness, the giant stone statue was surrounded by a brilliant light, like stars. Looking closely, it was not the light emitted by the statue itself, but by millions of silver butterflies and tens of millions of bright lights surrounding it.
It was those silver butterflies and bright lights that escorted it to the sky!
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