"I didn't expect Langcheng to become so lively all of a sudden. Should we go and join in?" The hyena watched as countless people began to swarm towards Death Square, some even opening manhole covers and crawling inside.
"Let ordinary people like them play this game. If we participate, even if we catch them, we won't feel any sense of accomplishment," Li Xia shook her head, as if it were an adult watching a group of naughty children play hide-and-seek, which was not difficult at all.
The mysterious man is now running around frantically, as countless people have entered the sewers to surround him. If he hadn't been very vigilant, he would have been trapped in the sewers by these people!
As more and more people entered the sewers, the mysterious man's space to move around became smaller and smaller, and people outside were also eyeing him covetously. He was about to reach the end of his road!
"Another bombshell! This mysterious person's code word for meeting with his faction is 'What are you looking at? What's it to you? Want to look again? Fine, I'll give you my treasure!'"
"What are you looking at?"
"What are you looking at?"
"What are you looking at?"
"Take another look and try again"?
"Let's give it a try! Brothers, grab your weapons and let's get him!"
In Langcheng, nowadays, regardless of whether they are men or women, the first thing they ask each other when they meet is "What are you looking at?"
"What are you looking at?"
A person who had climbed over from the other end of the sewer looked at the mysterious figure and asked.
"What are you looking at?"
"Try taking another look?"
"Give it a try, if you can't beat me, I'll just hand over my treasure to you," the mysterious man finally breathed a sigh of relief, finally finding his organization.
"Brother, you've worked hard. Where's the stuff?" the contact asked hurriedly.
"The item isn't on me; I've hidden it. Once you get me out of this damn sewer, I'll take you to get it."
"Are you sure?" The contact person asked, somewhat surprised.
"Believe it or not!" the mysterious man replied curtly.
"Follow me," the contact had no choice but to take the mysterious man away first, and then find the raw materials.
The mysterious man followed behind the contact, remaining constantly on guard. He feared that if he handed over the raw material to the contact immediately, the contact might kill him to silence him. Therefore, he had to stall for time and leave Langcheng unharmed and safely!
"Let me tell you, you'd better tell me where you hid the thing now, or I'm afraid you won't have another chance!" The contact suddenly turned around and looked at the mysterious person.
"Hehe, why are you asking so many questions?" After saying that, the contact suddenly produced a military knife in his hand. Taking advantage of the mysterious man's inattention, he stabbed the mysterious man diagonally into his throat through his collarbone!
The mysterious man looked terrified, then incredulously watched as the contact, grinning maliciously, approached him, grabbed his shoulder, slowly pulled the general's knife from his throat, and then quickly plunged it into his temple...
The contact quickly searched the mysterious man's body, and suddenly touched something inside the man's clothes—it looked like a plant! Overjoyed, the contact pulled it out and fled the scene…
However, less than five hours after obtaining the raw materials, the contact died with his eyes wide open, his blood staining the city. Then, the person who had seized the raw materials did not live long either, as he was killed by someone else...
This raw material has been circulating in Langcheng, passing through countless hands. Its once emerald green crown has been stained red with blood...
"This isn't just raw material, it's a divine herb! A powerful medicine!" The ordinary people had all been killed, and only after a supernatural being obtained it did he realize that this raw material wasn't just any ordinary herb, but a powerful medicine! A powerful medicine that could enhance his cultivation!
This extraordinary person was utterly shocked. He never expected that the Shangguan Group would use this as a raw material for cosmetics. No wonder it was so effective. This was simply a waste of resources!
This person was extremely excited; he had to expose this earth-shattering news!
Langcheng
A very secluded place,
Suddenly, a dim yellow light shone into the dark room. A person fixed their phone on a stand about half their height, then took a few steps back and started a live stream...
"Fellow Daoists, I'm currently live-streaming from Langcheng. I don't know how long I can continue. See? What I'm holding in my hand is the raw material that Shangguan Group uses to make cosmetics."
Does it look ordinary? But you can't understand how abundant the spiritual energy of this raw material is just by looking at the screen. Without exaggeration, this one pill in my hand can help more than a dozen fellow cultivators break through three or four levels of bottleneck!
The rare herbs that we are so passionate about are being used by the Shangguan Group as raw materials for cosmetics. Doesn't that seem like a waste?
I know you don't believe me, I know I'm exposed now and won't live much longer, because this place has been exposed, and it won't be long before those people track me down. So I'm not going to waste any more words.
You think I'm just hyping this up? But as fellow cultivators know, if you don't have a certain level of confidence after consuming a spiritual herb, if you don't have someone by your side to help you regulate your meridians, or if your strength is too low, the abundant spiritual energy within the herb will overwhelm you and cause you to explode!
"Everyone watch, I'm starting to eat!" After saying this, the strange man stuffed large mouthfuls of the spirit herb, which was still filled with a strong smell of blood, into his mouth!
Before long, the strange man's whole body began to change! It was felt that the man's strength was rapidly increasing. The strange man had finished consuming the spiritual herb, and then he quickly sat cross-legged on the ground to prepare to refine the spiritual herb. If he could refine it, it would be thanks to the blessing of the ancestral master; if he was burst by the herb, he could only blame his bad luck!
At first glance, this strange person seemed normal. He exuded a colorful mist that looked like water vapor, and he had an ethereal aura.
But later on, cold sweat appeared on the forehead of this strange man, and his entire body began to swell at a speed visible to the naked eye. Thick veins, as thick as fingers, meandered across his face, making him look extremely terrifying and ferocious!
With a muffled thud, the phone was covered in a blood-red stain...
"Luckily, the two of us didn't make a move, otherwise we would have become prey for the people in Langcheng," Nana said, watching the video. In the video, several creatures that looked like transparent crystals came to the place where the strange person was hiding and began to clean up the meat scraps and residue that had splattered all over the room...
After watching the video of this spiritual herb being consumed, countless cultivation organizations and individuals are now eager to take action, but they dare not directly plunder the Shangguan Group because of Ru Huan in Langcheng.
The Shangguan Group seems completely unconcerned about this extraordinary person's claim that their cosmetics brand uses spiritual herbs as raw materials, and they haven't come out to clarify the facts, as if they've already tacitly accepted it.
The video of this extraordinary person instantly made Shangguan Group's anti-aging essence a hit, and countless people began to frantically buy it. Whether they were ordinary people or extraordinary people, everyone started to compete to buy it.
Countless people thought that Shangguan Group would take this opportunity to sell its products at exorbitant prices, but unexpectedly, Shangguan Group's anti-aging essence maintained its original price. This made everyone feel that Shangguan Group was a truly conscientious business and a truly conscientious enterprise that cared about the people.
Countless forces and organizations began to frequently approach the Shangguan Group. Some wanted to cooperate, while others directly wanted the Shangguan Group to buy them a spiritual herb...
"Patriarch, people from Black Cloud Mountain have arrived!" Lang Jian had just seen off the Longxia Kingdom inspection team led by Bai Xiaochun when several people claiming to be immortals from Black Cloud Temple on Black Cloud Mountain came to see his patriarch.
"I don't care about white clouds or black clouds, I don't know them, I won't see them!" Shangguan Qiangwei was extremely annoyed. In the past few days, countless forces and all sorts of people had come to find her. Some forces even shamelessly came here to arrange marriages for Shangguan Qiangwei, introducing their best successors from their families to her as men. This angered Shangguan Qiangwei so much that she ordered Amumu Zhen to beat these people out of Langcheng.
"Don't be so ungrateful, you mere mortal! Our Black Cloud Temple has already given your Shangguan Group enough face by coming here. Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!" Suddenly, several people dressed in black Taoist robes appeared in Shangguan Qiangwei's office.
"Didn't your mother teach you from a young age to knock before entering someone's room and wait for permission before coming in?" Shangguan Qiangwei looked at these arrogant Taoist priests and showed them no mercy.
“If you were a fellow Daoist, we could be so polite, but you are just a mortal, so we feel there’s no need for that. We want all the spiritual herbs from your Shangguan Group. Don’t worry, we’re not here to rob you. We can exchange them with the pills we’ve refined,” the leader said.
"What kind of elixirs do you have?" Shangguan Qiangwei asked, her anger turning into a mocking laugh as she looked at the few Taoist priests who seemed oblivious to their own mortality.
"The elixirs we refine at Black Cloud Temple can prolong life. For example, ordinary people like you who suffer from various calamities and illnesses can all be cured by our elixirs. Even those incurable diseases that ordinary people have can be cured by our elixirs!" said the leader.
"Our company doesn't need any of these things. The new products our company has developed have the same effect as the elixirs you've concocted!" Shangguan Qiangwei flatly refused.
"What arrogance! You think a factory run by a mortal can produce something as longevity-enhancing as our elixir? Aren't you being incredibly naive?" The leader of the Black Cloud Taoist priests scoffed.
"We're already in the trial phase, and it won't be long before we can put it into production. Whether it's effective or not isn't up to you few to decide; we'll only know after it's sold and used by people!" Shangguan Qiangwei said.
"It seems you're determined not to give us the spirit herbs, isn't it?" The leader of the black-cloud Taoist priests began to speak in a sinister tone.
"No! You can get out of here!" Shangguan Qiangwei said to herself, seeing the arrogant and aggressive attitude of these Taoist priests.
"Fine! You're very good! You're just a mortal..." Before the leader could finish speaking, Shangguan Qiangwei, who had lost all patience, grabbed a pen from her desk and threw it at him...
Countless pens rained down on the black-cloud Taoist priests, causing little physical harm but inflicting a great deal of humiliation!
"You're courting death!" A black-clad Taoist priest roared, flicking his wrist to reveal a green sword. He then leaped up and thrust the sword at Shangguan Qiangwei's crown!
With a soft "ding," a half-meter-long jade ruler blocked the deadly green blade!
"What kind of skill is it for a bunch of grown men, especially cultivators, to bully a weak, ordinary person? And a woman at that. How about I play with you?" A young man appeared behind Shangguan Qiangwei at some point, and smiled at the group of black-cloud Taoists opposite them.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you obstruct Black Cloud Temple's business? Believe me or not, Black Cloud Temple will wipe out your entire lineage, leaving not a single blade of grass alive!" The Black Cloud Temple Taoist priest threatened directly upon seeing that the person opposite him was just a callow brat.
"Black Cloud Temple? Looks like I'll have to check it out sometime!" Amumu Zhen said, looking at these arrogant and domineering Taoists who didn't care about the lives of ordinary people and killed them without hesitation. "This kind of Taoist temple must be eradicated as soon as possible! Otherwise, there will be endless trouble in the future!"
"Boy, you're not that old, but you've got quite the nerve. Tell us your lineage, lest we cause a commotion and ruin our harmony." The leader was very cautious. If this little brat came from some terrifying lineage, he couldn't afford to mess with him and would have to leave obediently.
“I’m just an idle person, with no lineage or powerful backer. If I had to name a backer, the master of Langcheng would be my backer!” Amumu said with a smile.
"Hahaha... The master of Langcheng? Ruhuan? Cough cough cough..." The leader suddenly thought of something and started coughing violently.
He was so blinded by the allure of the spiritual herb that he only thought of the Shangguan Group and didn't consider the powerful forces behind it!
"She's just a little brat who pretends to be a ghost, nothing to fear. If she were here today, we would still pin her down!" Although the leader was a little guilty, how could a little brat who had suddenly risen to power be compared with his Black Cloud Temple, which had been passed down for nearly a thousand years?
"Is that really true? Based on what you just said, you won't be able to leave Langcheng," Amumuzhen said, looking at these people with pity as if they were corpses.
"I'd like to see what extraordinary abilities this Ru Huan possesses that give you such inexplicable confidence! Since you refuse to listen to reason, I'll be blunt: you've been taken hostage by our Black Cloud Temple. Tell your subordinates to immediately reveal where you grow your spirit herbs, and everyone there will have to exchange them for spirit herbs. If you don't comply, from now on, we'll kill one person every five minutes until we've wiped out the entire Shangguan Group!" The leading Black Cloud Taoist had completely revealed his ferocious fangs!
"There are less than two thousand people in this entire Shangguan Group building. Are you sure you want two thousand spirit herbs in exchange?" Shangguan Qiangwei showed no fear whatsoever, looking down on these blatant thugs who were openly robbing her!
"Six thousand! Bring us six thousand spirit herbs right now, and we can leave immediately. Think carefully about whether the spirit herbs are more important or your own lives!" the leading Black Cloud Taoist threatened.
"I advise you to leave quickly, or you might not be able to leave later," Shangguan Qiangwei said in a tone that suggested she was doing it for your own good.
"You bitch, didn't you hear what my senior brother said? Or are you deaf?" A Taoist priest standing at the back cursed as he came to the front, jumped onto Shangguan Qiangwei's desk, and prepared to grab her hair and teach this bitch who would rather die than give up spiritual herbs!
There was a muffled thud! The Taoist priest from Black Cloud Temple felt something fly past him and crash into the wall behind him, smashing a large hole in it!
When everyone came to their senses, they realized that their junior brother, who had gone to teach Shangguan Qiangwei a lesson, had disappeared. Could it be that the person who flew past them just now was their junior brother?
The Taoist priest from Black Cloud Temple was startled and glared fiercely at the two composed figures, Amumuzhen and Shangguan Qiangwei.
"You dare hit my junior brother! You're asking for death!" The leader shouted, and a black iron ruler appeared in his hand, which he swept towards Shangguan Qiangwei and Amumu!
A great battle was about to break out! The jade ruler and the black iron ruler collided fiercely! A muffled groan was heard from the black-cloud Taoist, and the black iron ruler in his hand was instantly knocked away by the jade ruler, his palm bleeding profusely!
The leader of the Black Cloud Taoist priests was shocked. He had thought that this young man was just a naive and inexperienced newcomer, but he never expected that he would teach him a very big lesson right from the start!
"You dare to openly rob Langcheng from your company? Do you think you're so capable? Is this all you've got?" Amumu Zhen looked at the Black Cloud Taoist, who was suppressed by his foot, with disdain and contempt.
"Don't be so arrogant! Watch me unleash the Five Thunderbolts to annihilate evil!" Another black-cloud Taoist shouted, a yellow talisman appearing in his hand, crackling with electric arcs, which he then threw at Amumuzhen.
The talisman arrived in an instant!
Amumuzhen clenched two fingers into his own hand, and purple arcs of electricity enveloped his entire body, crackling and popping.
Take advantage of your weakness! Then I'll kill you!
Seeing that Amumuzhen had been subdued by his Five Thunderbolts Exorcism, the remaining Black Cloud Taoists swarmed forward, attacking Amumuzhen's vital points!
Just when the black-cloud Taoists thought they were about to succeed, they suddenly saw the young man give them a strange smile!
Everyone's hearts sank! They secretly cried out in alarm! But there was no turning back once the arrow was released, so the group had no choice but to grit their teeth and attack.
The black-cloud Taoists suddenly felt their hands being gripped tightly! Purple arcs of electricity shot through their hands and up their entire bodies!
"Heh heh, exorcising evil? With this little bit of power, it's not even enough electricity to cook a meal!" Amumuzhen said mockingly, looking at the Taoist priest lying on the ground, his body convulsing and his face blackened from the electric shock.
"Alright, the matter is resolved. These people should be useful to you, so take them all in," Amumu said to Shangguan Qiangwei.
Shangguan Qiangwei looked at Amumu without saying a word, her brows furrowed as if she was hesitant.
“There will be more and more people like this in Langcheng in the future. Sometimes they may not be able to take care of you and Lang Jian. Since you have this advantage, you might as well make good use of it. This way, you will have more than two thousand more protections than ordinary people. Besides, as a Langcheng agent, many people are watching you. You have seen these people. What will you do if you encounter someone even more powerful than these?” Amumu Zhen said to Shangguan Qiangwei.
"Let me think about it," Shangguan Qiangwei said hesitantly.
"Whatever!" Amumu said, and then left Shangguan Qiangwei's office...
"What is the background of this little girl, and why does she have a spiritual herb in her hand?"
"For us old folks who are almost out of breath, the allure of this spiritual herb is simply too great!"
"So what are we going to do? Exchange it, or...?"
"Hehe, it's been a long time since I've gone out for a walk. I wonder what the world has become. Let's go out and see, maybe we'll have some unexpected gains!"
Countless patriarchs from various lineages are preparing to leave their secluded lives and enter the mortal world, seeking a glimmer of hope to sustain and prolong their lives...
"Hello, Ruhuan? I heard that a group of restless old men have heard that you have spiritual herbs here. They're already itching to make a move and have already come out of the mountains to enter the world," Bai Xiaochun said with a frown. It seems that things are getting out of control.
"So what if they're here? What's there to be afraid of? As long as they don't cause trouble, they might still be able to survive. But if they want to stir up trouble, then I'll show them that the world has changed, their era is over, and their people should return to their bygone era!"
Langcheng
A three-way intersection with traffic lights.
An old man was crossing the road on the sidewalk, his steps unsteady.
The green light was on, but the old man had only walked halfway across the more than ten-meter-long pedestrian crossing.
"What's going on up ahead? The light's already green, why aren't the cars in front moving?" Shangguan Qiangwei asked Lang Jian from the back seat.
"I'll go down and take a look!" After saying that, the driver opened the car door, got out, and went to check the situation ahead...
"Master, should we call some bodyguards?" Lang Jian asked.
"Let's see how things go first," Shangguan Qiangwei said, then waited for the driver to return...
"What's going on up ahead?" Shangguan Qiangwei asked the driver who had just boarded the bus, her head still buried in her notebook.
"It's nothing, it's just that an old man was crossing the road a little slowly, which caused a delay, so I helped him across."
"You're really brave!" Shangguan Qiangwei teased.
"What's the meaning"?
"Aren't you afraid that if this old man falls down, all the money you've worked so hard for over the years will be gone in an instant?"
"Are all old men this bad these days?"
"People nowadays will do anything for money, they'll even sell themselves!"
"Sigh... money... power... fame... profit... no matter how rich you are, how powerful you are, when you turn into a handful of dust, you have nothing left. So the most important thing is to live life to the fullest!"
"Why are you so sentimental? Hurry up and drive. I have an important meeting to attend later," Shangguan Qiangwei urged.
"I don't know how to drive this thing!" the person in the driver's seat suddenly said, somewhat embarrassed.
"Old man, let go of that girl, and I can guarantee you'll leave Langcheng unharmed!"
A young boy, holding a jade ruler, shouted at an old man in front of him who was grabbing a woman.
"Fine, trade me some spirit herbs, or I'll just kill her!" the old man said with a sinister look on his face.
"Okay, but you have to release her first, and then I'll give you the spirit herb!"
"Heh heh, do you think I'm a three-year-old? Give me the spirit herbs first! Otherwise, I'll kill you too!" the old man said.
"At your age, you still have such a temper. Aren't you afraid that if you get agitated, your blood pressure will suddenly spike and your life will just end like that?" the young man mocked.
"Hehe, I'm doing great now! Better than you young punks. You don't need to worry about me. Just give me the spirit herb, and I'll release her immediately. One hand for the herb, the other for the woman!" The old man placed one hand on the woman's temple.
"Sigh... Even if I gave you the spirit herb, you still wouldn't be able to leave this city. Why bother?"
"Hahaha... Don't think that your Langcheng is a den of dragons and tigers. I still came here and captured your agent. It seems that the master of your Langcheng is not so great after all, hahaha..." The old man said very arrogantly.
“Are you really going to go down this dark path? I’m sincerely advising you to turn back before it’s too late. After all, you’ve lived to such an old age, and it hasn’t been easy for you. If I kill you, I’ll feel bad,” Amumu said.
"Hahaha... You! You think you can kill me? I advise you not to be delusional. Back in the day, I..." The old man began to recount his heroic deeds from his days in the martial arts world!
"Huh?" The old man suddenly felt his feet sink into something. Just as he looked down in confusion, the woman he was holding suddenly pulled out a pistol and pulled the trigger at his chest!
A series of gunshots rang out, and the old man was forced back, staring at the woman in disbelief before lying stiffly in a pool of blood...
Shangguan Qiangwei didn't even look at the old man she had killed. She just walked numbly to her car and looked at Lang Jian in the passenger seat, who was holding a pistol and looking terrified.
Shangguan Qiangwei's hands trembled as she tried to take the pistol from Lang Jian's hand, but her stiff fingers were unable to remove it. She had to break her pale fingers to do so.
Shangguan Qiangwei held back her tears, gently sat down next to Lang Jian, then started the car and drove away...
"That damn crazy woman has no martial ethics. Instead of using traditional martial arts to fight me, she insisted on using a pistol, which gave me no chance to fight back. She killed me instantly. Luckily, my soul is still intact. I'll go back and take over the body of one of my disciples and grand-disciples, and then seek revenge on this woman!" The old man's soul floated in the air, looked at his chest, which was riddled with bullet holes, and then prepared to go back and make a comeback.
But just as I was about to leave, I suddenly felt a tightness around my neck, and a suffocating sensation suddenly struck me!
The old man's spirit desperately tried to grab the rope around his neck with both hands, wanting to break it. But what he didn't expect was that his feet seemed to be pulled downwards with all his might, while his head was being pulled upwards with all his might by the rope!
Amumuzhen watched as an old woman with a rope tied around her neck appeared in mid-air, instantly trapping the soul of the old man who had been killed by Shangguan Qiangwei. The eight masked ghosts, four above and four below, engaged in a friendly tug-of-war using the old man's soul, which ended when the old man's soul broke in two.
The old man's soul was also devoured by the eight masked ghosts and the old woman until they were completely eaten. Only then did the old man's terrified pleas for mercy and wails gradually subside...
"Boss, please accept my condolences!" Amumu Zhen looked at Shangguan Qiangwei and said softly.
"Hmm, I want to be alone for a while," Shangguan Qiangwei said softly.
After Amumu Zhen left, Shangguan Qiangwei carried Lang Jian's body back into the car and drove off in one direction...
"Please, please save him. I'll grant you any request," Shangguan Qiangwei knelt before Hyena and Lixia, clutching Lang Jian's body.
"There's no way to save him. His soul has already been killed by that old man. There is no Lang Jian in this world anymore, neither a person nor a soul. Even if we help you recreate a Lang Jian, it will be different from the old one. He will just be a puppet and will be of no use at all!" Li Xia said.
“That’s right! Whether it’s a human or a spirit animal, a soul comes first, then intelligence. Only after intelligence is generated can one experience joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, the seven emotions and six desires, and develop memories and a unique personality that varies with one’s surroundings. Now Lang Jian’s soul is gone, so even if we restore this physical body, it will be of no use,” the hyena said.
"Okay, I understand," Shangguan Qiangwei said calmly as she carried Lang Jian's body away...
"Investigate now! Which lineage does this old man come from? I'll make them pay with their blood!" Shangguan Qiangwei was truly enraged this time!
"Okay! I'll have someone investigate right away!" Amumu Zhen left Shangguan Qiangwei's office.
After Shangguan Qiangwei had taken care of Lang Jian's funeral arrangements and comforted Lang Jian's family, she began to prepare to take revenge on the old man's lineage!
"It seems my Shangguan Group needs to start preparing for a phoenix-like rebirth! Otherwise, everyone will think that my Shangguan Group is something that anyone can easily manipulate!" Shangguan Qiangwei's tone was extremely cold, like the north wind in December!
"Patriarch, we've found it. It's in Yu County, not far from Langcheng, there's a place called Hundred Beasts Mountain. Inside Hundred Beasts Mountain is an ancient Taoist lineage called Fangqing Temple."
"Fang Qingguan! I'll turn you into a Thousand-Handed Guan!" Shangguan Qiangwei said through gritted teeth.
"Have you heard? Langcheng's agent, Shangguan Qiangwei, announced that anyone who kills a Taoist priest from Fangqing Temple in Hundred Beasts Mountain can obtain a spiritual herb!"
"I've heard about it too, but ordinary people like us have no chance of getting this spiritual herb. Even if we did, we might lose our lives!"
"It seems that the Shangguan Group is determined to make this place called Hundred Beasts Mountain barren this time!"
"You can't blame the Shangguan Group. These superhumans, relying on their abilities, tried to rob and seize other people's companies, and even killed their employees. They were too lawless!"
"Say less, or if those supernatural beings hear you, you won't live past today!"
The Shangguan Group's bounty notice immediately caused a huge uproar. Countless people began to pay attention to Fang Qing Temple in Hundred Beast Mountain, and some extraordinary people also began to get restless, after all, no one can resist the temptation of a spiritual herb.
Not long after, Fang Qingguan of Hundred Beasts Mountain made a public statement, directly challenging the Shangguan Group. He claimed that the Shangguan Group had killed their ancestor and that they demanded an explanation and accountability from them. Otherwise, Fang Qingguan would not let the matter rest and would avenge his ancestor!
For a time, the entire Longxia Kingdom, including overseas, was paying attention to this incident. This was the first time that ordinary people and those with special abilities had clashed!
The Shangguan Group allocated a billion yuan as a special fund to deal with Fang Qingguan of Hundred Beasts Mountain! It was all used to buy weapons and equip personnel.
Inside a secret training base of the Shangguan Group,
Shangguan Qiangwei looked at the densely packed, fully armed people wearing hoods and nodded slightly.
"This time, you must demonstrate the strength of the Shangguan family! Avenge Lang Jian! Go ahead and do it with confidence! As long as the Shangguan family exists, your descendants and families will be guaranteed peace and prosperity for generations to come, and your descendants will enjoy wealth and honor! If I, Shangguan Qiangwei, break my oath, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!" Shangguan Qiangwei said to the people below from the high platform.
"Shangguan Anying! Unstoppable! Invincible! Kill! Kill! Kill!" The crowd below roared.
"I've sacrificed so much for you, it's time to show your strength! We've been training for a thousand days, now it's time to use you for one! Go and raze Hundred Beast Mountain to the ground! I don't want to hear about Fang Qingguan anymore, I don't want anyone to cause trouble in our Shangguan Group! No matter if they're an alien or the Heavenly King himself, I'll be here waiting for you to return in triumph with the enemy's head in hand!"
"Roar! Roar! Roar... Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Master, do we need to close the mountain?"
"Hehe, what a joke! Why close the mountain? If we close the mountain now, wouldn't that be telling the outside world that we're scared?"
“However, we have never had any pilgrims before, but now there are so many, I’m worried…”
"What are you worried about? It's a good thing to have more worshippers, because we'll have more money for incense and donations, and we won't have to go around begging for it ourselves, hehe."
"What should we do if they really call?"
"What to do? Kill him! If you don't kill him, they'll kill you!"
"Can't we just talk it over properly?"
"Discuss it? Are you scared, kid?"
"No, I just don't want to kill anyone!"
"Child, this is how the world is. It's survival of the fittest. If our ancestor brings back some spiritual herbs from his trip, our Fangqing Temple will become famous throughout the world, and all the sects will come to pay homage!"
"So what if we fail? They're just a bunch of ordinary people. We can take them down in no time."
Shangguan Anying
The Shangguan family specially trained a group of assassins! These assassins were selected through layers of screening before they could become assassins. These people were extremely terrifying and powerful.
In order to train them, the Shangguan family even threw these people into war-torn countries or turbulent regions, letting them provoke local forces and then emerge victorious from their encirclement and attack!
But ever since the Shangguan family became the agents of Langcheng, these assassins have become even more mysterious! Shangguan Qiangwei used spirit herbs to experiment on these assassins, and who knows what kind of freaks these shadows have become now...
Bai Xiaochun frowned as he looked at the Shangguan family's file in his hand. Things were getting out of hand. If the Shangguan family really fought with Fang Qingguan, no matter who won or lost, the Longxia Kingdom would be thrown into chaos!
However, he couldn't stop the current situation because he was no match for these forces and had no power to make them listen to him! Apart from Shan Lang, who was somewhat capable, the rest of his men would just get crushed.
That night,
The stars twinkled.
All was silent.
Mountain of Beasts,
Fang Qingguan,
Both the Taoist priests and the pilgrims at Fangqing Temple had already fallen asleep, with only the mountain breeze blowing and rustling through the trees.
A group of people moved swiftly through the woods, like ghosts, silently passing through the forest and heading straight for Fang Qingguan!
Fang Qing Temple was pitch black inside, like a giant beast lurking in the night, ready to pounce and hurt people at any moment!
A pleasant fragrance wafted through the mountain breeze, gently caressing Fang Qingguan...
Once the rich fragrance filled the entire Fangqing Temple, these ghostly figures all infiltrated the temple...
Suddenly, the entire Fangqing Temple was brightly lit! These infiltrators were instantly exposed to the light, which was as bright as day, and a fierce battle was about to break out!
"A bunch of worthless chickens and dogs, daring to cause trouble at my Fangqing Temple! Tie them all up and prepare to ask Shangguan Qiangwei for spiritual herbs to ransom them!" The abbot of Fangqing Temple roared and joined the battle...
Inside Fangqing Temple, lightning raged, flames soared into the sky, and the sounds of clashing weapons and gunfire could be heard everywhere!
The Taoist priests at Fangqing Temple thought these people were just fighting them with cold weapons, but they didn't expect that this group of six men were all carrying firearms. When they were about to lose, they simply pulled out pistols and started shooting! Countless Taoist priests suffered heavy losses!
"Boom boom boom..." Countless explosions resounded throughout Fang Qingguan! These people not only brought guns, but also grenades!
Countless people inside Fang Qingguan were killed by grenades! Shot to death, and even those carrying flamethrowers...
Fangqing Temple was engulfed in flames overnight, with countless people screaming and wailing inside...
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