Tianyuan Prefecture, the capital of immortals.
Inside the hall with carved beams and embroidered buildings, the brick floor with a green glow stretched as far as the eye could see. Through the towering lattice windows, the sky was high and wide in the distance, and the endless eaves of the imperial palace could be vaguely seen. The monthly Immortal Alliance meeting was being held in the hall, and everyone sitting around the table had a solemn expression. It seemed that even the air in the hall had frozen, and even the ambergris smoke from the golden furnace had silently settled there.
At this moment, there was no smile on Xingyuan's gentle and handsome face, and there was a gloom in his eyes.
"There have been three more Golden Core digging murders this month, and all the victims were in the Nascent Soul stage. In Lin'an Prefecture, Yunmo Prefecture, Huafeng Prefecture, and including the previous ones, the murderer has traveled to all nine states, with no pattern at all."
Gu Bufan, the elder of Wanjian Mountain, could not help but sigh: "In the past, they recruited newcomers who had just formed the Dan stage, but now they have started to recruit those who have reached the Yuanying stage. Is this demon advancing so fast?!"
"I'm afraid it's not that my realm has improved..." Xing Yuan paused while shaking the Thousand Machine Fan, and his tone suddenly dropped, "--it's that my appetite has grown."
In fact, similar cases of digging for golden elixirs have never ceased in the past three hundred years, but the frequency of the murderer was extremely low at that time, and most states closed the case as revenge, and did not handle such cases together. However, the frequency of the murders has increased significantly in the past year, and the states have realized the seriousness of the matter. After checking, they were shocked: the accumulated victims have reached hundreds.
Judging from the wound on the body's Dantian, the murderer was very skilled in using swords, knives, daggers and other sharp weapons. He dug out the golden elixir before the victim lost the ability to move. His movements were unpredictable. Even Xing Yuan couldn't find any traces with the tracking technique, which showed that this person was not only good at using weapons, but also proficient in magic.
He is simply a...all-rounder.
If this ability is only used to kill people, it is better to behead them directly, and it is not as torturous as lingchi. Killing people by cutting open the golden elixir alive is hard not to think of the forbidden technique of eating the golden elixir. However, this forbidden technique was only used by the Immortal Emperor lineage ten thousand years ago, and it should have been lost long ago. The descendants of the Immortal Emperor who fled to the Demon Realm were all side branches, and the real direct lineage was shattered in that war.
"Now the people of all the major immortal sects are in a panic. If the murderer is not caught, will the Dengwen Conference next month be held?"
The Dengwen Conference is held once every 100 years in Xiandu. It is a tradition passed down from the time of the Immortal Emperor for the immortals to enjoy themselves together. Each state sends ten people to participate in the competition. The competition is not about magic, but about playing chess, calligraphy, painting, archery, and horse riding. The winner can join the Langya Pavilion to compile history books and participate in the evaluation of merits and demerits. This is a good opportunity for ordinary people to ascend to heaven and leave their names in history. Therefore, the people attach great importance to it. In the past ten thousand years, except for the era of war, the Dengwen Conference has never stopped.
"Of course we have to do it," Xing Yuan narrowed his fox eyes and raised his thin lips. "This man is so arrogant, he will definitely not miss such a grand event. Let's set up a trap. I want to see how capable he is. Can he act violently in front of the elders of the major immortal sects?"
As he was speaking, a formation suddenly lit up beside Xing Yuan's chair, followed by a white light rising, the air twisted, and a red-clothed shadow gradually appeared. Xing Yuan's eyes lit up -
"Invite the moon!"
But then his eyes dimmed, because the red-dressed girl had a hand wrapped around her waist very intimately and naturally, and that hand came from the Demon Emperor. Jiang Mi, dressed in black and with silver hair, inadvertently revealed a look of contempt that made everyone in the Immortal Alliance hold their breath and fall into complete silence.
Half a year ago, everyone in Jiuzhou knew that the Demon Emperor married Baili Yaoyue. At that time, Quan Xing cried to the sky and begged for help from the Immortal Alliance, but Xingyuan was helpless. He practiced the ruthless way because of Yaoyue, but in his heart, the survival of the Immortal Alliance was always more important than a woman, and he would never release the teleportation array to go deep into the enemy's hinterland to snatch people like Jiang Mi. However, now seeing the two of them being so inseparable, he always felt bad.
The Immortal Alliance was also stunned. At that time, the outside world said that the Demon Emperor forced Fairy Chiyu to marry him, but now Baili Yaoyue looked happy and didn't even show the slightest hint of asking for help. This might not be... mutual affection.
Yao Yue glanced at the Immortal Alliance and said calmly, "Xing Yuan, there are two things I want to discuss with you."
"you say."
"First, Jiang Mi wants to learn the astrology of the Xingji Pavilion; second, we want to be able to enter and leave Jiuzhou freely. You can set any conditions for the above two matters."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like an invisible boulder thrown into a pond. Everyone present widened their eyes, but no one dared to say a word.
"This..." Xing Yuan was stunned. He didn't expect her to make such a request. While hesitating, he saw the Demon Emperor's eyes darken. He nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay."
Although the star-asking technique is mysterious, it is not a killing formation like the Immortal Execution Formation, not to mention that the probability of successfully communicating with the immortal world is negligible. Xing Yuan actually always suspected that this technique was fake, because he had never succeeded in calling Yaoyue every night for three hundred years, so it didn't matter if he taught it to the Demon King now.
As for entering and leaving Jiuzhou...if Jiang Mi really wants to come, who can stop him?
——However, since Demon Realm has changed its previous style of non-cooperation and non-communication, he will naturally not miss this opportunity for negotiation.
Xing Yuan restrained his smile and said solemnly, "As long as the Demon Realm and the Immortal Alliance reach a truce, I will be willing to teach you anything that the Demon Emperor wants to learn."
Jiang Mi's eyes did not move at all, and his face was like the surface of a frozen lake, without any ripples.
"Can."
Xing Yuan didn't expect that he would agree so readily. He was a little speechless, and then suddenly remembered the golden elixir murder case: Is there anyone in the world who understands this evil method better than the people in the Demon Realm?
The next second, the Thousand Machine Fan snapped shut, and Xing Yuan smiled and said:
"In the name of the leader of the Immortal Alliance, I invite the Demon Realm to attend the Dengwen Conference. We will take this opportunity to announce it to the world and let the people of Jiuzhou see the sincerity of the Demon Realm. It will definitely create a good story!"