A few days later, Qingzhou, sea of fireflies.
The Firefly Sea is actually not a sea, but a lake. It is called the Firefly Sea because the lake is so huge that you can’t see the end of it.
In the Firefly Sea, fluorite is abundant here, which is an extremely rare spiritual material. Every night, under the moonlight, the fluorite at the bottom of the lake will emit a faint light, just like falling stars at the bottom of the lake. The stars are so beautiful.
In the center of the Sea of Fireflies, there is an island in the lake. The island has towering ancient trees and gurgling water. The willow trees by the lake sway in the wind. Occasionally, a few cranes fly over the lake, splashing a bunch of water.
The island in the lake is dotted with towers and pavilions. The buildings are mainly simple and elegant. They are scattered among the green mountains and green waters, complementing the clear blue lake water.
On the edge of the island, there stands a majestic stone arch. On the door are engraved the three characters "Guanchao Pavilion". The sharp edge of the pen is like an unsheathed sword, revealing an arrogant majesty.
Climbing up the steps paved with bluestone, you can see the scene inside the sect. In the martial arts arena, the disciples are practicing and sparring here, with sword energy flowing horizontally and palm wind whistling.
There are seniors from the sect who are walking back and forth with their hands behind their backs, instructing the disciples on their practice, practicing advanced techniques, and solving their doubts.
This is the mountain gate of Guanchao Pavilion, the leader of Qingzhou Zhengdao.
The entire sect is based on the sea of fireflies, and has existed for more than a thousand years. It has experienced glory and decline. Today, Guanchao Pavilion is still the well-deserved leader of the righteous path in Qingzhou.
In the central hall of Guanchao Pavilion, this hall is majestic and majestic. There is a statue of an immortal god enshrined in the hall, and the smoke is lingering, making it look solemn and solemn.
Now there was a figure kneeling down in the hall. His hair was black and white. Even in silence, the invisible aura exuding from him still made people dare not look directly at him.
"Great Elder, three days ago, our Riyan Mine in Donglin Prefecture, Lingzhi Valley in Xiguan Prefecture, and Huangshi Jade Soul Gold Mine in Jiashao Prefecture. These three spiritual material production areas were successively looted by demonic cultivators headed by Su Jie. , he took a flying boat and carried a large number of demon cultivators from the Ghost Ridge Palace to the spiritual material mining area specifically targeting us.”
A man walked over quickly. He was Cui Wenhao, the elder of the Deacon Hall of Guanchao Pavilion. Although he was only at the fifth level of the secret realm, he was trusted by the sect and held this key position.
The kneeling man stood up slowly. Although his hair was gray, his face did not look old.
As the man turned around, he saw that his eyebrows were like swords, slanting into his temples. He was wearing a simple robe, no need for gorgeous decorations, and his calm and calm temperament was naturally revealed.
This is the Supreme Elder of Guanchao Pavilion, Dong Yu, who is at the seventh level of Daotai Realm. He is also in charge of the important affairs of Guanchao Pavilion.
There is a rule in Guanchao Pavilion that only those in the Purple Mansion realm can serve as the sect leader. Therefore, the position of sect leader has been vacant since the previous sect leader of Guanchao Pavilion passed away eighty years ago.
Nowadays, all matters of the Guanchao Pavilion are jointly decided by the five Taishang Elders. Dong Yu, because he is the strongest and has the oldest qualifications, is the leader of the Taishang Elders and has a great say in the Guanchao Pavilion.
"Order the spiritual material production areas in various places to reduce their mining. Except for the necessary spiritual material areas, all disciples will temporarily withdraw from their sects. The remaining spiritual material areas will increase their garrison strength and arrange large formations..."
Dong Yu's voice was calm. The Guanchao Pavilion family has a great business, and its industries are spread all over Qingzhou. Only a few spiritual material production areas were attacked, but it was not serious enough. The damage to Guanchao Pavilion was far less than the fall of Zhong Xinpeng. The impact is large.
"Yes, Great Elder, but that Su Jie, let's just let him do whatever he wants!"
Cui Wenhao looked very aggrieved. When had their Guanchao Pavilion been bullied like this by a demon cultivator?
"To be able to kill Elder Zhong, Su Jie's strength is at least the fourth level of the Taoist realm. In addition to the eighth-grade fierce ghost and the top-grade eighth-refined Gu worm, Su Jie himself also masters the profound blood sea swallowing demon technique. This demon has become It’s extremely difficult to deal with him because of the climate.”
There was no emotion or anger in Dong Yu's voice, he just spoke objective facts.
Su Jie himself has strong fighting ability, can fight and run, and his whereabouts are secretive.
Those who can beat him may not be able to kill him, and those who can kill him may not be able to find him.
Even in the Guanchao Pavilion, if he did not use his trump card or participate in the siege, only Dong Yu could steadily suppress Su Jie in the one-on-one process and have a chance to kill him.
Cui Wenhao also understood this truth, but he was very unwilling to do so.
It is true that their Guanchao Pavilion is a behemoth, but precisely because of its size, it is particularly powerless to face a rogue demon cultivator with strong combat power like Su Jie.
There are too many places that need to be guarded and protected. As long as Su Jie is not stupid enough to hit the gate of Guanchao Pavilion for a head-on confrontation, it will be difficult to catch this cunning guy.
"How's the contact with Wanjian League? And what's the reaction from Fire Cloud Palace?"
Dong Yu inquired and found out that Wan Jianmeng had always been on good terms with their Guanchao Pavilion, which was also a great help in dealing with Su Jie.
In addition, Huoyun Temple also needs to pay attention. This is their old enemy of Guanchao Pavilion. Now that the Supreme Elder Zhong Xinpeng is dead, the sect's strength has been weakened a lot. There is no guarantee that Huoyun Temple will not make any changes.
"The Alliance of Ten Thousand Swordsmen agreed to share information with us and kill Su Jie together. As for the Fire Cloud Palace, they didn't respond at all. They just spread the word that they were willing to redeem the genius disciple Qin Mengying who was kidnapped by Su Jie."
Cui Wenhao finished the matter quickly and added at the end: "In addition, the amount of Su Jie's reward has not yet been determined. You see..."
"Put out a reward of 10 million spiritual stones."
Dong Yu directly mentioned an astronomical figure, but the reward amount placed on Su Jie was very reasonable, even a little small.
Cui Wenhao expressed his understanding and quickly withdrew.
Calm returned to the main hall, Dong Yu stood there, took out three sticks of Mingguang incense and inserted them into the incense burner.
"Master, what do you think I should do now?"
Dong Yu sighed, as if talking to himself.
In the incense burner, three sticks of Mingguang incense burned fiercely, burned out in an instant, and turned into incense ash and collapsed.
The eyes of a god suddenly lit up, inexplicable pressure filled the air, and wind blew out of thin air in the hall.
Dong Yu knelt down and twitched his ears slightly, as if he was listening to something. After a while, he raised his head again. He, who had always been calm, looked a little more excited.
"Yes, the royal family is looking for that one...I know what to do. Master taught me that Su Jie is just a plague of scabies. When Master returns to this world, he will surely bring peace to the world and eliminate all disasters."
In the sound of Dong Yu's words, the brightness of his expression and eyes gradually dimmed.
Click!
This statue of a god was shattered into pieces, and among the fragments, a strange, hideous creature could be vaguely seen, and the light and shadow dissipated.
If there are knowledgeable monks here, they will be able to recognize that it is the true form of the Dharma that can only be condensed by the Yang God, but generally speaking, it will not be so small.
………Gyeongju, Fire Cloud Palace.
If Guanchao Pavilion is built on the Sea of Fireflies, then Huoyun Temple is located on an active volcano.
Jufeng Mountain is an active volcano that is active all year round. There are spiritual veins passing under the mountain, which makes the volcano burn not ordinary fire, but the spiritual fire called Earth Flame Fire. There are also large areas of precious fire lotus and various kinds of fire lotus growing in the volcano. Fire-like ore.
On the mountain of Jufeng Mountain, buildings are dotted here and there.
Within the volcano, many Fire Cloud Palace disciples were sitting cross-legged. They were wearing ice-silk cold clothes to help resist the heat. Some were sitting a little further away, and some were half-sunken into the earth's flames. Their skin was burned red by the high temperature. Like cooked prawns, from time to time some people couldn't bear it and were roasted like dehydrated mummies and fled.
Here is the mountain gate of Huoyun Palace, the leader of Gyeongju’s righteous path.
Those disciples practice the fundamental technique of Fire Cloud Palace, the fire-devouring pure Yang method, which can swallow flames and deepen their practice speed. The more extraordinary the spiritual fire, the better the effect.
Jufeng Mountain is to Huoyun Palace what Insect Valley is to Ghost Ridge Palace. A dangerous place that outsiders are afraid of, but for them, it is actually a treasure house that can be exploited.
A thousand meters above the crater, there is a palace suspended here.
The palace is made entirely of fire crystal white jade, covering an area of millions of square meters. It is majestic and has been suspended in the air for thousands of years with the help of the steaming heat of the earth's fire.
This is the Chiyao Immortal Palace. It is said that the first generation leader of the Fire Cloud Palace loved spectacles and built wonders of all sizes, the largest of which belonged to the Chiyao Immortal Palace.
In order to build this Chiyao Immortal Palace, it took more than 600 years, causing Huoyun Palace to go bankrupt eight times. It took five sect masters to finally complete the construction of Chiyao Immortal Palace. It is a well-deserved landmark building in Gyeongju. .
However, there are rumors that every leader of the Fire Cloud Palace often scolds the first generation leader after taking over, dragging the sect into a bottomless pit of consumption.
The reason why the previous sect masters scolded was because the sect had already invested too much in Scarlet Glory Immortal Palace. In order to avoid unfinished business, they could only tearfully continue to invest more. However, the subsequent sect masters did it to maintain the Scarlet Glory Immortal Palace every year. With a huge budget, this Immortal Palace is simply a gold-swallowing beast.
On the Chiyao Immortal Palace, there are thick iron ropes hanging down, like the hanging branches of a willow tree, and monks are rising and falling among them from time to time.
Only the inner disciples and the elders of the Secret Realm can go up to Scarlet Yao Immortal Palace. In order to take care of the inner disciples who cannot fly, these iron ropes were arranged.
At this time, under the Chiyao Immortal Palace, a woman was standing here, looking up at the familiar mountain gate, her eyes filled with thoughts.
This woman is none other than Qin Mengying, who was kidnapped by Su Jie.
After she was released by Su Jie, she ran back to the Fire Cloud Palace without stopping.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Mengying, accompanied by several elders, flew into the sky and flew to the Scarlet Yao Immortal Palace, where he met Chu Yangang, the leader of the Fire Cloud Palace who had been waiting here.
This is a man two meters tall, with a body as majestic as a brown bear, a smooth head, and red beard. At first glance, he looks more like those martial arts practitioners who work hard in the martial arts world.
Seeing his sect master, Qin Mengying's eyes suddenly turned sour. Thinking about what he had experienced in the past few days, he felt very dreamy and wonderful.
However, her gesture made Chu Yangang misunderstood, and an angry look appeared on his face: "Xiao Qin, did that devil bully you? He went too far. If you really thought he was the devil of Qingzhou, I, the Fire Cloud Palace, wouldn't be able to deal with it. Is he there? Send my order..."
No wonder Chu Yangang was angry, Qin Mengying was the immortal seedling of their Fire Cloud Palace, with outstanding talent and possessing the Xuanyan Holy Body. She was the best candidate to practice the fundamental skills of the Fire Cloud Palace, and the sect had high hopes for it.
After learning that Qin Mengying had been abducted by Su Jie, Huoyundian immediately spread the news and was willing to use the spirit stone to redeem her, and was very proactive.
However, before they received a response from Su Jie from the Fire Cloud Palace, they saw Qin Mengying running back to the sect by herself. They thought it was Qin Mengying who ran back by herself after all the hard work.
Chu Yangang even subconsciously felt that Qin Mengying had devoted herself to serving, suffered humiliation, and finally found a chance to escape from Su Jie's clutches.
"Wait a minute, Sect Master, Su Jie doesn't care about me, it's not what you think."
Qin Mengying blushed and quickly interrupted, explaining: "It was Su Jie who let me come back."
"Su Jie let you come back?"
Chu Yangang was stunned. Su Jie's reputation had already spread to Qingzhou, and he had arrested many talented disciples for ransom. He had never seen Su Jie take the initiative to release them.
"Su Jie asked me to come back and send a message. He wants to cooperate with our Fire Cloud Palace to fight against the Guanchao Pavilion and the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance. He also asked the sect leader to make a decision."
While talking, Qin Mengying also took out a human head from the storage bag.
"Pei Lanqing, the secret realm elder of Guanchao Pavilion, was killed by Su Jie when he broke into the Riyan Stone Mine of Guanchao Pavilion. He was said to be a meeting gift for our cooperation."
Qin Mengying recounted her conversation with Su Jie in detail and placed the head on the ground.
Chu Yangang pondered for a long time, looked at Qin Mengying, and asked: "You have been with this person, tell me, what kind of temperament does this person have."
"I believe this demon has a domineering personality and cruel behavior. He is an ambitious person who will use any means to achieve his goals."
Qin Mengying expressed her thoughts. Although she had not been in contact with Su Jie for a long time, Su Jie left an extremely deep impression on her.
"How about fighting against the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance and Guanchao Pavilion? Haha, that would be a suitable partner."
Hearing Qin Mengying's comments, Chu Yangang laughed and said something that surprised Qin Mengying.
"This person is ambitious. Only such a demon can not be afraid of Guanchao Pavilion's reputation."
Chu Yangang's eyes flashed. Although Huoyun Palace is still the leader of Qingzhou's righteous path, but with the Guanchao Pavilion in front of it and the Ten Thousand Sword Alliance peeking at the throne, its own environment is far from as optimistic as it seems.
If they join forces with Su Jie, they might be able to use this as an opportunity to attack and weaken the Wanjian Alliance and Guanchao Pavilion.
As for whether there would be any hidden dangers in cooperating with the devil, Chu Yangang didn't care at all, as long as the news didn't spread.
In other words, even if the final victory is spread, they are not afraid of it. They only need to delete, modify, and find some excuses to fool the world, because history is written by the victors.
"Su Jie? I hope you can bring me a good cooperation plan."
Chu Yangang couldn't wait to meet Su Jie, the demon giant who was famous in Qingzhou, and get a feel for him.
(End of chapter)