The Holy City of Demon Realm, Valley of Rebirth.
"My Lord."
"My Lord." The guard at the gate of the stone bridge on the cliff knelt down and saluted neatly.
In the dark and gloomy canyon, there are several suspended stone bridges crisscrossing each other. The stone bridges lead to the caves in the mountains, and under the stone bridges is a deep abyss.
The valley was unusually quiet. Several crows were flying around in the valley, and their shrill cries echoed in the valley.
The young man was dressed in black, his long robe dragging on the ground as he walked quickly across the stone bridge.
"My Lord, Feng Xu is not someone you can trust easily..."
"Don't follow me anymore. Go and accept your punishment. If you do it again in the future, I will never tolerate it." Cen Ji said coldly as he looked at Gui Ren beside him.
Ghost Blade almost killed the little ghost today, and he will not forgive him easily.
But Ghost Blade holds half of the military power in the Demon Realm, so he can't take action against him now.
"Yes." Ghost Blade lowered his head and stood still, disappearing on the stone bridge.
Cen Ji walked through the cave, and the guards knelt down and saluted him when they saw him.
This new Lord was so horrifying that they dared not disrespect him. If they had offended other adults, they would at most be beaten and punished. But the Lord was different. Losing their life was a small matter. In his hands, they would be living a life worse than death.
"My lord, Feng Xu is imprisoned in the stone prison in front." The prison warden of Wangsheng Valley wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and came to a stone gate with Cen Ji.
The mountain walls are filled with prisons, most of which hold serious criminals from the Demon Realm.
The tunnels in the Rebirth Valley are complex and intricate, also to prevent the prisoners from escaping, so the terrain of each floor is basically the same, making it easy for people to get lost.
The prison was extremely dark and the smell was very bad. I couldn't tell whether it was the damp and moldy smell or the fishy smell of blood.
Cen Ji frowned as he listened to the screams and wails echoing in the prison. This was his first time in this place. He heard that this place was built under the personal supervision of Rong Zhen.
The stone door opened, and Feng Xu sat on the ground with one of his long legs stretched out, leaning against the stone wall.
"You came so quickly." Feng Xu didn't even look up at Cen Ji, and said to himself. "Let's do it."
Cen Ji stood at the stone gate, looking down at the person on the ground.
Feng Xu's clothes were torn during the resistance, and his hair was a little messy. He no longer looked like the lord he used to be, but instead looked a little unkempt and free and easy.
"Having come to this, should I say you are stupid, or should I say you are overestimating your own abilities?" Cen Ji spoke in a deep voice.
Feng Xu raised his head and looked at the young man standing in front of him with calm eyes.
This was the first time he had seen this new Lord. He had heard of his thunderous methods before, but he had never thought that Cen Ji would be so young.
"Stop talking nonsense and give me a quick death."
Cen Ji smiled faintly. He had never thought of killing him.
Feng Xu is the youngest of the three lords. It is said that he is fond of fun and does not care about the position of lord.
Since such a person could not pose a threat to him, why should he take his life?
"The lord is determined to die." Cen Ji chuckled and spoke in a clear voice.
Feng Xu snorted. He was determined to die? He didn't even know who was sending people to hunt him down.
"Feng Xu, how about we make a deal?"
Feng Xu looked up at Cen Ji in confusion.
Cen Ji stood straight in front of him in black, with a smile on his face. The boy's handsome face still had a hint of childishness.
"Transaction?" Feng Xu asked in a deep voice.
"I have never thought of killing you. You are different from them. I don't believe them, but I believe you." Cen Ji squatted in front of Feng Xu with a smile.
Although Feng Xu has no great ambitions, he is upright and speaks his mind.
"Trust me? What kind of deal do you want to make with me?" Feng Xu frowned.
He had no idea what Cen Ji was trying to do. With Cen Ji's methods, even if he escaped, he would not be able to defeat him. It would be better for him to do as he said.
"If you want to regain a way to live, you can stay by my side. Your status and position will be higher than that of a lord of a territory. As long as you work for me, I can agree to anything you want." Cen Ji said softly.
No matter how incompetent Feng Xu is, he is still the lord of Yejiang. He has never made any mistakes in leading Yejiang, so the people of Yejiang naturally favor him.
Moreover, Yejiang has a close relationship with Shayan Mountain. If Feng Xu surrenders, the leaders of Shayan Mountain will be more obedient.
"You are so violent and killed so many people just after you took the throne. Why should I trust you?" Feng Xu frowned and looked at Cen Ji.
His promises are not credible at all in light of the ways he killed people.
"You don't really think you have a second choice?" Cen Ji sneered.
Feng Xu leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
Working for him? He was a murderer without blinking an eye. What good would he get out of working for him?
Besides, he killed Jing Jiu, and he still remembered his uncle's death.
"What I have done is far inferior to what Rong Zhen did." Cen Ji sat next to Feng Xu.
Feng Xu turned his head and looked down at the boy next to him who was a little shorter than him.
"When Rong Jue was the lord, didn't he always kill innocent people and treat human lives as worthless? Have you ever said that he was violent?" Cen Ji asked coldly.
He couldn't learn Rong Zhen's methods.
"He is your father..." Feng Xu frowned. He remembered the half body that suddenly appeared at his door that day. It was only half a body, Rong Zhen's body.
He was horrified at the time and didn't know who did it. Later he found out that it was Cen Ji who ordered someone to send it.
It is unimaginable that the once high and mighty Lord could not even leave behind his complete body after his death.
"Father? He doesn't deserve it. How can a man who abandoned his wife and children for me be called a father?" Cen Ji never regarded Rong Ju as his father. He only regarded him as his enemy.
"I don't know about these things about the old master. I never thought that the old master would have offspring, but you shouldn't have killed Jing Jiu for no reason." Feng Xu said lightly.
"Jing Jiu was instigated by someone and openly broke into the Holy City to force me to step down from the position of Lord. Because of this behavior, I had no choice but to kill him. If he were alive, how could I establish my authority?" Cen Ji raised his eyebrows and looked at Feng Xu.
"He broke into the Holy City? So that's how it is... I heard that my uncle went into the Holy City to surrender to you." Feng Xu was horrified. So that's how it happened...
"You've seen the situation in the Demon Realm. Not only are there people with ulterior motives in the Holy City, but there are also people in Yejiang and even worse in Shayan Mountain. That's why Jing Jiu despised me and directly broke into the Holy City."
"He probably never figured out why I had Rongzhen's bone poison before he died."
"I don't know who it is, but he has blocked half of the sky of the Demon Realm." Cen Ji said lightly.
"So, do you want to do this deal or not?"
Feng Xu leaned against the wall and thought. He thought Cen Ji was a devil who killed people without blinking an eye, but now it seems that is not the case.
Rong Zhen and Jing Jiu are dead, and it's time for the Demon Realm to change.
"Okay, I promise you." Feng Xu said softly.
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