Chapter 187 The Jin Clan
As the night faded and the morning light crept in, Ji Rong, Shan Wu, and Zhan Shi opened their eyes one after another. Zhan Shi slapped Yue Tu awake, who was snoring loudly and drooling, and said to Ji Rong, "Fellow Daoists, let me first tell you about the situation of the strong in the Jin Clan, and then we will set off."
Ji Rong smiled and said, "That's only right."
Zhan Shi then sat down on the ground and said, "The Jin clan now openly has one saint, five emperors, and thirty-one kings, but the saint has not appeared for many years, and the outside world speculates that he is dead."
Of the five emperors, two were already weakened by blood and qi, and they lived in Yaoguang City with six other weakened kings. They rarely came out.
The other three emperors, one of whom cultivated blood magic, were leading ten kings about forty miles ahead of us. If we went forward fifty miles, we would reach Xizhou. Therefore, they were not only here to capture me, but also to hunt down cultivators from Xizhou.
A king, accompanied by five princes, was at the Gu River, where they were engaged in the task of transporting slaves.
Another emperor, accompanied by ten kings and dozens of venerable ones, was hunting in Qinshan.
The Iron Claw Eagle clan, which colluded with them, is not as powerful as before. On the surface, they only have one emperor and seven kings, which is ahead of us, but their claws are sharp and they are not easy to deal with.
Now, our task is to kill the two emperors and seventeen kings in front of us.
That's all the information I have. Fellow Daoist Ji Rong, Fellow Daoist Shan Wu, if you don't want to fight this battle, you can still leave now.
Ji Rong looked at Shan Wudao: "Uncle, are you leaving?"
Shan Wuleng said, "Didn't we agree to go skin them? Wherever you are, I'll be there."
Upon hearing Zhan Shi's words, Ji Rong understood that Zhan Shi's past situation had indeed been unfavorable.
The enemy cultivators ahead are powerful; if he were to charge alone with just his bear, he would surely be committing suicide.
Even with my uncle's help, without the supply of spirit crystals, we still can't get anywhere.
But with myself, things are different. Ji Rong thought to herself with delight, "Now I am a bird of great wealth, and I have three bodies. There is no king in the world as rich in body and mind as I am."
She proudly spread her wings and laughed, "We now know the enemy's strength. Let's decide on a battle plan."
You two must each restrain one of the emperors, and ideally, kill them on the spot.
I possess an illusion technique that can conjure anything I desire. Within the same realm, no cultivator can break through this illusion. Therefore, I will handle the other kings and miscellaneous soldiers.
"But my method is powerful, and it also consumes a lot of energy. You must finish this quickly and come to my aid."
Zhan Shi cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Ji Rong, I never expected you to have such abilities and be so loyal. I underestimated you before."
Shan Wudao said, "Don't worry, my dear nephew. After I kill that thieving snake, I will come to you first to clean up the scum before I skin it."
Ji Rong nodded and said, "In that case, Fellow Daoist Shi, do you know any magic arrays? I need to place Lord Baosheng and his followers here, lest the cages can't hold all the little cultivators later."
Zhan Shi said, "I know a little, but it requires 10,000 spirit crystals, and I don't have any spirit crystals left."
Ji Rong stretched out her wing claws towards Shan Wu, who immediately spat out a storage ring. Ji Rong poured the spirit crystals in the ring onto the ground with a clatter, saying, "Senior Shi, let's set up the formation."
Zhan Shi accepted the spirit crystal and said to Yue Tu, "Yue Tu, you don't need to come with me this time. Stay here with Bao Sheng Jun and protect them well."
The earthen figure stood up, bowed, and said, "I understand, General."
Then, Zhan Shi cut open Yue Tu's arm and used his claws to draw inscriptions in his blood.
After the blood array was finished, Yue Tu, having lost a lot of blood, fell fast asleep to the side. Zhan Shi put the ten thousand spirit crystals into his storage ring, stuffed them into Yue Tu's mouth, and said, "Let's go."
"Wait a minute." Ji Rong released Baoshengjun and his followers from the cage and said, "You stay here, I'll come and get you later."
Looking at Baoshengjun's small and frail body, she couldn't help but sigh and said to Shan Wudao, "Uncle, is there any more? Give me half a bottle."
Shan Wu chewed for a short while, then spat out a jade bottle and said, "Not much left."
Ji Rong handed the half-bottle of immortal spring water to Baosheng Jun, saying, "Take this and recover."
Then, she winked at Shan Wu, who stepped forward and put a protective shield around her.
Ji Rongchao immediately chanted a spell, quickly putting the small mountain and water sculpture on his back into the cage.
Then she put the cage away, tied it around her neck, took the wooden plaque from her neck and put it back into her storage ring, and said, "I'm ready, let's go."
After Ji Rong and the others emerged from the crevice, Baoshengjun took the jade bottle and fed the black bear on the ground a couple of mouthfuls. Seeing that the bear's breathing gradually stabilized and it no longer trembled from time to time due to excessive blood loss, he then held the bottle and drank it himself.
This action was naturally noticed by Ji Rong and the others. Ji Rong thought to herself, "Truly a born god."
As dawn broke, Shan Wu carried Ji Rong on his back, and Zhan Shi ran forward through the piles of yellow earth and stones.
After turning left and right for about forty miles, they saw a huge fortress made of piled-up stones ahead, surrounded by dozens of giant pythons of the mortal-demon realm.
Beside the giant fortress, some pythons, as if clinging to something, were coiled up in several piles.
Through the gaps between the snakes' bodies, Shan Wu could vaguely see several iron cages inside, containing many living beings.
Beside the iron cage surrounded by snakes, there were two large pots with some broth remaining. When the wind blew by, it carried a rich aroma of meat, which smelled very pleasant.
Shan Wu and Zhan Shi stood in front, watching.
Zhan Shi pointed his gun at a line of piled stones and said, "There are traps and several entrapment formations over there. There are pythons of the Profound Spirit Realm or above lying in ambush in the entrapment formations. My remaining soldiers were all wiped out here."
Ji Rong recalled the story Shan Wu had told about the Stone Demon King's love of treasure, and said, "In that case, let's set up some ambushes as well."
We'll set up a trap here, luring them out to kill them one by one!
Upon hearing Ji Rong's words, Shan Wu looked at her approvingly and said, "Nephew, you have a quick mind."
Zhan Shi said in a deep voice, "No need for that. I know a skill that allows me to hold my breath."
They certainly don't know I've recovered yet. Let's set up an array here, then I'll hold my breath and lie down here, and they'll surely come.
"But we don't have the materials. Setting up an array on the spot would cost at least another ten thousand spirit crystals."
Ji Rong asked, "Uncle, do you have any more?" Shan Wu spat out a simple small storage ring, and then took out his own large storage ring. He generously threw the two storage rings, one large and one small, to Zhan Shi, saying, "Fellow Daoist Shi, quickly set up the formation to lure that giant snake over."
Zhan Shi excitedly accepted the two storage rings, rummaged through them for a while, and finally counted out seven thousand eight hundred spirit crystals. Then, using the pile of yellow earth and stones, he began to inscribe characters with his claws.
After watching for a while, Shan Wu also started to inscribe, and the two of them filled the ground and the stone with the character "困" (trapped).
Ji Rong asked in surprise, "Is it really that simple?"
Zhan Shi grinned and said with a simple and honest smile, "We don't need to leave any survivors. We just need to make them unable to move and then kill them. The simpler the better."
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