Chapter 174 Revenge
Liu Dazhong secretly gritted his teeth.
Why did Xie Yuqing choose him as the Lord of Zhongzhou? Of course, it was because he promised to provide the sect with three times the amount of spirit stones.
But now, everything is ruined.
Originally, if all the opponents were executed, the rest of the people would no longer have the courage to resist after seeing their tragic end.
But who could have imagined that the demons would invade Zhongzhou at this time.
Are they really planning to go to war with the immortals? Aren't they afraid of facing the Golden Gate Immortal Palace?
No matter what these demons think, the only thing he can do now is to save his own life.
Liu Dazhong's mind raced, realizing he couldn't compete with the Demon Lord. He immediately put on an ingratiating smile and said to Qiu Qianling, "Your Highness, the Demon Lord, this is all because Sect Master Xie demanded that Zhongzhou pay triple the spirit stone tax. At the time, no one dared to accept this offer. I was afraid Sect Master Xie would be furious and kill us all, so I boldly accepted the position of state lord."
"You mean you were forced into this?" Qiu Qianling asked back.
"I truly have no choice. Neither forcibly requisitioning spirit stones nor resisting the demons is my true intention. Your Highness, the Demon Lord, please spare my life! My natal soul lamp is still in the hands of the Golden Gate Immortal Mansion. If I die, the immortals will immediately notice!"
The last sentence was an obvious threat.
If this Demon Lord does not want the Jinmen Immortal Palace to send monks to fight them immediately, it is best to spare his life.
"So that's how it is?" Qiu Qianling said softly, moving the bloody blade from his neck away.
Liu Dazhong's flattering smile was suddenly tinged with a hint of pride.
Even the powerful Demon Lord has to be wary of the Golden Gate Immortal Palace. If he wants to do whatever he wants on the territory of Zhongzhou, he is simply seeking death.
However, the next moment, a flash of blood appeared before his eyes, and he felt the right side of his body suddenly lighten. When he looked closely, he found that his right arm was cut off and fell to the ground with a thud.
Blood spurted out from the broken arm, splashing Liu Dazhong's face red, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.
"Ah——!!!" The intense pain made him scream, his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted. His body was twitching violently due to the pain. He crawled on the ground, one hand tightly covering his broken arm, cold sweat on his forehead.
Qiu Qianling shook his wrist lightly, shaking off the blood on the knife. He looked at Liu Dazhong with extreme disgust, "Dirty, Xie Yuqing's vision in selecting people is really poor."
The field was silent. The heads of the noble families kneeling at the back shrank their bodies as much as possible, fearing that they would be noticed by Qiu Qianling.
The people in the audience were even more terrified and didn't dare to breathe, for they were afraid that the demons would eat them all as the rumors said.
Everyone regretted that if they had known things would develop into the current situation, they would not have come to attend this conference.
Unfortunately, regret is of no use.
Qiu Qianling leisurely twirled the blood blade in his hand and said to Liu Dazhong, "If you don't want to become a human pig, then stop using those tricks. Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to make you live a life worse than death."
Liu Dazhong was terrified. He endured the pain and knelt upright. He said fearfully, "Yes, it's all my fault for being so smart. I offended the Demon Lord with my words. I beg for his forgiveness."
Qiu Qianling still had that look of disgust in his eyes, "Then announce it."
Liu Dazhong's eyes widened. "Announce what?"
Qiu Qianling said nothing, but glanced at the demon warrior behind him. The demon warrior immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "From now on, Zhongzhou will be ruled by the demon clan. The people of the state must serve the Demon Lord as their master!"
Before Liu Dazhong could react, there was a low commotion among the crowd.
Everyone's fear and anxiety grew even heavier, and both men and women were secretly complaining. If Zhongzhou surrendered to the demons, wouldn't it become the second Dongzhou?
The people there are living in dire straits.
Qiu Qianling looked around, taking in everyone's expressions, and sneered in his heart. He had been oppressed by the immortals, but he always felt that the people living in the Demon Realm were more miserable, thus developing a sense of superiority, and relying on this sense of superiority to survive in misery. How arrogant and ignorant he was.
She retracted her gaze and looked at Liu Dazhong again with a cold look in her eyes. "What do you think, Lord Liuzhou?"
Liu Dazhong was in so much pain that his mind was blurred. He just wanted to survive, so he didn't care about much else. He gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Your Highness the Demon Lord is willing to spare my life, I am willing to offer Zhongzhou to Your Highness."
Qiu Qianling restrained the pressure emanating from his body and said, "Then I can only accept it with a smile."
Liu Dazhong breathed a sigh of relief, his body lost all strength, and he collapsed to the ground in an instant.
He felt that he had calmed Qiu Qianling down and his life was temporarily safe, so he used his spiritual power and tapped the broken arm a few times to stop the gushing blood.
After doing all this, he stood up and was about to say something else when he heard Qiu Qianling continue, "Before I take over Zhongzhou, shouldn't you clarify the rumors about the demon clan?"
Liu Dazhong immediately thought of the story he had made up, and he shuddered all over. He subconsciously denied it, "What rumor? I've never heard of it."
Everyone was indignant. The demons had committed countless evil deeds and killed countless people. How could there be any rumors? This demon lord was forcing Liu Dazhong to lie.
Although Liu Dazhong is not a good person, this does not mean that the people of Zhongzhou have to accept the rule of the demons. Liu Dazhong deserves to die, the aristocratic family deserves to die, and the demons deserve to die!
Everyone thought bitterly, but they were so afraid of the demons that they didn't dare show their emotions on their faces.
Seeing that Liu Dazhong was still trying to be stubborn, Qiu Qianling laughed out of anger. She didn't plan to attack Liu Dazhong again, otherwise everyone would think that she had been forced to confess.
"Didn't you say yourself that your sister was drained of her blood and forced to death by the demons? Now, let's hear what the person involved has to say."
After saying that, Mu Chen walked onto the stage holding Li Jingui's body.
The audience was in an uproar.
Just now, only a small number of people saw Liu Dazhong shoot Li Jingui to death with his own hands. Now, seeing the bodies of Mu Chen and Li Jingui, they were naturally extremely confused and shocked.
"What exactly happened? That person is Liu Dazhong's sister. Wasn't she said to be dead?"
"Didn't you see she turned into a demon? She must have been forced by the demons."
"I don't think the Liu family are good people. It's no surprise that a young lady could elope with a man and become a demon."
"Isn't that story a lie? Hearing a young woman run away from home, they say she's eloped with a man. That's ridiculous. Are they not allowed to pursue her own pursuits and pursue her own destiny?"
There was a lot of discussion in the audience, but Liu Dazhong on the stage was pale. When he saw Mu Chen approaching, he took a step back in fear.
But he still said toughly, "You madman who killed his father and mother, what do you want to do to me?"
Mu Chen was instantly enraged by his words, his heart beating wildly, and he wished he could stab him to death with a knife.
But thinking of the words of His Majesty the Demon Lord, she finally endured it. If she killed Liu Dazhong at this time, I'm afraid everyone would think she was crazy.
She took a deep breath, turned around and looked at everyone, "Let me tell my story."
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After the story was told, silence fell over the entire venue.
The seemingly glamorous wife of the governor was actually beaten by her husband all year round; the seemingly noble and beautiful daughter of a wealthy family was imprisoned by her father for protecting her mother, and could only hopelessly wait for the fate of having her spirit pearl removed and getting married.
The one who saved her was not a man, but her humble friend and the Eternal Night Organization that rebelled against the immortals.
She saw the bravery, integrity, freedom and unrestrainedness of the demons and voluntarily chose to transform into a demon.
"On the contrary, it was you, my brother, who fabricated the lie that I committed suicide and deliberately slandered Yongye and the demon clan. Your purpose was to suppress the people who resisted and even massacred all the opponents. You are simply despicable!"
"And mother, it wasn't enough that you forcibly took her spirit pearl, you also used her to deceive women into supporting you. In the end, you destroyed her by shooting an arrow and killing her. Do you have any conscience at all?!"
Liu Dazhong looked flustered. "No, it's not me. I didn't think of killing her. You're talking nonsense."
However, the women in the audience had already started shouting.
"Don't quibble. I saw you kill Madam Li with my own eyes."
"He can even cruelly kill his own mother. He is simply a beast."
"Go to hell!"
The others also shouted angrily. They had not forgotten what Liu Dazhong had just done. He wanted to kill them all.
Looking at the angry crowd below the stage who seemed to want to eat him alive, Liu Dazhong could no longer maintain his stubborn attitude.
He looked at Mu Chen pleadingly, "My dear sister, I know I was wrong. I apologize to you. Please forgive me. You are my only relative in this world. I promise that I will treat you well in the future."
Mu Chen remained indifferent. "You should go to the underworld and apologize to your mother and those you killed."
As she spoke, she raised the two swords in her hands and attacked Liu Dazhong.
Liu Dazhong is now at the middle stage of foundation building. This level of cultivation is not enough in front of Qiu Qianling, but when facing Mu Chen, he is still very confident that he can defeat her.
However, he couldn't figure out the Demon Lord's attitude and didn't dare to fight back. He could only dodge left and right and cast spells to block Mu Chen's attacks.
Suddenly, Mu Chen flashed behind him, and with both swords in his hands, the sharp blades hit him hard on the back.
"Puff--" Liu Dazhong suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flew forward, fell off the round table, and hit the ground heavily.
Mu Chen clenched the knife in his hand and was about to step forward to kill him, but then he thought that his death would alert the Jinmen Immortal Palace, so he stopped.
He turned to look at Qiu Qianling, "Your Highness, Demon Lord, what should we do with this man? If he dies, I'm afraid that Sect Master Xie will send people to deal with us."
Qiu Qianling sneered, "I was just worried that I wouldn't be able to find Xie Yuqing. If she were to come to me, I'd be more than happy."
Liu Dazhong, who fell off the stage, struggled to get up. He was covered in wounds and had a broken arm. He was almost dying. He was shocked and frightened and just wanted to escape immediately.
However, when he looked up, he saw the crowd in the audience surrounding him. Every face was filled with anger, and their eyes were full of a fierce desire to take revenge on him.
Liu Dazhong was so frightened that his whole body trembled. He quickly raised his hand and used the little spiritual power he had left to summon a defensive shield.
He roared in a timid manner, "Get out of here! I'm still the governor of the state, what do you want to do, you lowly people?!"
Everyone was startled, and some were afraid to step forward, considering his former power and fearing that he still had some strength left.
Seeing this, Liu Dazhong felt a little relieved. They were just a bunch of cowards.
Just as I was about to say something else, I heard the terrifying voice of His Majesty the Demon Lord behind me.
"Lord Liuzhou is at the middle stage of foundation building. Whoever takes your heart blood will be able to obtain your cultivation and transform into a demon in the Demon Condensation Realm."
Liu Dazhong's pupils trembled and the blood in his body turned cold.
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