Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Under the pressure of Cao Meng's fists, Lü Wang finally had no choice but to admit defeat and leave.

Cao Meng and the others cleaned up the battlefield and collected the Yin Pearls dropped by the low-level corpse demons.

Shishi treated the Yin Pearls like beans and ate them by the handful.

Cao Meng watched Shi Shi eat like this. Fortunately, they had killed enough low-level corpse demons this time, and the Yin Pearls that dropped should be enough for Shi Shi to eat for a while.

Looking at the bottomless abyss, Cao Meng asked the crowd:

"That Void Refinement stage cultivator from the Corpse Yin Sect just said there's an opportunity in this abyss. Do you think we should go down?"

Having been tricked by Chi Liyu before, he had already labeled everyone in the Corpse Yin Sect as worthless. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should go down into this abyss, so he asked for everyone's opinion.

"Raise your hand if you agree to continue!"

After Hong Qi shouted, she was the first to raise her hand.

Hongqi raised her hand so enthusiastically because of a rule.

In the cultivation world, most living beings do not randomly choose a place to build their nests and gather together.

The fact that the Corpse Demon General built his lair here is enough to show that there must be treasure here!

Shishi had just raised her hand, but seeing that Cao Meng hadn't raised his, she withdrew it.

After Cao Meng noticed Shi Shi's actions, he raised his hand in agreement, and Shi Shi quickly followed.

An Yingji also raised her hand. If even that cowardly junior brother dared to raise his hand, it wouldn't be fair if she didn't. It's not that she, as the senior sister, is inferior to Cao Meng.

Everyone raised their hands, how could Zi Rou'er not raise hers?
If she doesn't raise her hand, it doesn't mean she's the only coward.

The final vote result was unanimous approval.

You were really cocky just now!

Cao Meng smacked Hong Qi on the head because this pink-haired fox had overstepped her bounds by interrupting him and initiating a vote by raising her hands!

o(╥﹏╥)o Waaah!

Hongqi covered her head, cursing Cao Meng in her heart, "Shameless Cao traitor, you're bullying the fox again!"
……

The abyss was filled with terrifyingly dense corpse energy, yin energy, and baleful energy, which had already materialized.

After Cao Meng and his party arrived in the abyss, Shi Shi smiled happily because she could have a hearty meal.

Shishi is a living corpse. In addition to blood, her food also includes corpse energy, yin energy, and evil energy.

She formed hand seals and began to absorb the corpse energy in the abyss.

At the same time, a large number of corpse demons emerged from the abyss and attacked Cao Meng and his group.

An Yingji immediately drew her sword and charged towards the low-level corpse demons, while Zi Rou'er provided support.

The vast majority of these ghouls were low-level ghouls. An Yingji took away a large number of them with a single sword strike, and Zi Rou'er was not to be outdone.

Cao Meng was too lazy to deal with these low-level ghouls, so he let his senior sister, Yuanzhong, use them for practice.

Cao Meng took out the Netherworld Compass and began to investigate, trying to figure out the direction of the ley lines in this abyss.

Just as Cao Meng was investigating the earth's vein patterns, Hong Qi, under the guise of fighting monsters, had already run off to the side!
The great Princess Hongqi has already smelled the fragrance of the medicine; she wants to enjoy this opportunity all to herself!

Hongqi followed the scent of medicine to the outside of a cave in the abyss, where she found it filled with corpses and demons.

The lowest level is fourth rank, and there are even several that are half-step into fifth rank!

"Hoohoho!"

As Hong Qi noticed these corpse demons, they also noticed Hong Qi.

They roared and charged towards Hong Qi!
"damn it!"

Hongqi cursed angrily. She had originally planned to sneak into the cave and eat alone.

Now that the ghoul has caused such a commotion, the plan to eat it all by itself is basically hopeless.

"Pink fox, are you unhappy because you didn't get to eat all by yourself?"

As the demon's low groan came from behind, Hong Qi felt a chill run down her spine.

Cao Meng grabbed Hong Qi by the tail and lifted her up.

"Shishi!"

Cao Meng gave Shi Shi a look, and she immediately formed a hand seal, transforming the power of frost into an ice storm.

With a single icy gust, Shi Shi mercilessly annihilated the fourth-tier corpse demons guarding the gate, turning them all into ice shards.

Shishi then happily cleaned up the battlefield and collected the fourth-tier Yin Pearls dropped by the fourth-tier corpse demons.

"Cao Meng, I just found out too! I was just about to call you guys!"

Having her tail caught, Hongqi struggled and tried to explain.

She couldn't understand why this traitor Cao had arrived so quickly. Could it be that Cao was following her?
"Snapped!"

Cao Meng slapped Hong Qi on the bottom and said irritably:

"Pink-furred fox, don't I know your personality too well?"

Cao Meng had noticed Hong Qi acting suspiciously, so he quietly followed her and discovered this scene.

"Pink-furred fox, what do you suggest we do?"

He had to give Hongqi a warning today for trying to hog everything.

"Cao Meng, I'll give you one million low-grade spirit stones!"

Hongqi chose to pay money to avoid disaster; she didn't want to be punished by Cao Meng.

"Ten million!"

Cao Meng no longer cares about one million. Do you know how many spirit stones he spends on a single in-game purchase?
A mere million can't do anything.

"Cao Meng, this is extortion!"

Although Hong Qi was not short of ten million low-grade spirit stones, she did not want to be a victim of injustice.

I haven't done anything seriously wrong, so why should I be fined so many spirit stones!
"Pink-furred fox, choose between ten million low-grade spirit stones or having your entire body shaved!"

Cao Meng was too lazy to waste words with Hong Qi, and Hong Qi finally gritted her teeth and chose to hand over the spirit stones.

She felt too ashamed to show her face after Cao Meng shaved her head completely bald last time.

She'd rather be dead than have her entire body shaved!

"Pink-furred fox, I'm warning you, if you do it again, I'll throw you into the Beast Taming Hall and make you breed with those low-level demonic beasts!"

Cao Meng accepted the fine and warned Hong Qi again.

Hongqi, who had been scolded, drooped her ears and lost all her energy.

"what have you found?"

To be honest, Cao Meng was very curious about how Hong Qi discovered it. You know, even with the Netherworld Compass, he couldn't outrun her. She was practically cheating.

"There's the fragrance of a spiritual herb here; it must be at least a top-grade fifth-tier herb!"

Having just been reprimanded, Hongqi honestly voiced her conjecture.

"You're not so bad, you glutton!"

Upon hearing that the starting point was a top-grade fifth-level spiritual medicine, Cao Meng was overjoyed and rubbed Hong Qi's head.

"Humph!"

Hong Qi gave a haughty snort, "Don't think that a word of praise will make this princess forgive your evil deeds, Cao scoundrel."

Cao Meng ignored Hong Qi's arrogance and led his men directly into the cave.

……

While Cao Meng and his group were searching for treasure, the atmosphere in the nine palaces of the Liuyun Dynasty was extremely heavy.

The reason is that a terrible zombie calamity broke out in the Blazing Fire City of the Flowing Cloud Dynasty. The Blazing Fire City fell, the city lord died for his country, the 100,000 defending soldiers were all wiped out, and not a single civilian survived. It has become a city of corpses, with millions of low-level zombies! The nearest city to where Cao Meng deployed Xiao Yuanzheng was Blazing Fire City.

The monstrous corpse that undoubtedly caused the outbreak of the corpse disaster was Xiao Yuanzheng, who had become a monstrous corpse.

Emperor Liu Mingsu of the Liuyun Dynasty, who is also Liu Ruyan's father, was terrified by this matter.

Although Liu Mingsu felt a chill run down his spine, he had no choice but to deal with the situation.

After all, the corpse plague must be suppressed as soon as possible; if left unchecked, it could develop into a national disaster and lead to utter ruin.

Emperor Liu Mingsu glanced at the assembled officials and asked:
"I wish to dispatch a million-strong army to subdue the fierce corpses and eradicate the scourge of the corpses. I wonder which of my beloved ministers is willing to lead the troops into battle?"

Liu Mingsu knew that this corpse disaster was not simple, so he planned to send a large army to suppress it.

Faced with the emperor's question from Liu Mingsu, none of the civil and military officials dared to speak up and accept the order.

The civil and military officials weren't stupid; they knew which tasks they should accept and which they shouldn't.

This zombie outbreak is no ordinary event; this mission is not one that just anyone can take on.

They didn't want to die themselves and implicate their families.

Emperor Liu Mingsu, seeing that his ministers remained silent, angrily shouted:
"You all claim to share my burdens all the time, but now that I need your help, you're all silent. You're a bunch of useless trash!"

Emperor Liu Mingsu's angry rebuke displeased some of the court officials.

This Liuyun Dynasty belongs to the Liu family, not to them.

Now that they are risking their lives, Emperor Liu Mingsu thinks of them, but when he was ruling the country, why didn't he think of them?

At this moment, Chancellor Ideon stepped forward, bowed to Emperor Liu Mingsu, and said:
"Your Majesty, we are willing to serve our country, but we lack the strength to do so!"

"Your Majesty, Blazing Fire City itself has a fourth-grade low-level defensive array that can withstand cultivators at the second level of the Nascent Soul stage."

With the addition of the City Lord of Blazing Fire, a Nascent Soul Stage Two cultivator, and 100,000 soldiers defending the city, even a Nascent Soul Stage Four cultivator could hold out for a while.

"It's clear that the ferocious corpses in this zombie outbreak are no ordinary ones; their strength is at least no weaker than the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage!"

With a Nascent Soul level five, Yideon felt that none of their civil and military officials could handle a fierce corpse of this level.

If any of them could deal with a fierce corpse at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, they would probably have rebelled long ago and divided the country with the royal Liu family.

Since the prime minister, Yideweng, had spoken, Grand Tutor Ma Changkong felt he should also say a few words. So he stepped forward, bowed, and said:
"Your Majesty, in the past hundred years, my Liuyun Dynasty has never experienced a corpse disaster."

The sudden appearance of such a powerful ferocious corpse suggests it was deliberately planted in the Flowing Cloud Dynasty by some powerful force!

Besides being wary of the fierce corpse's strength, the civil and military officials were even more afraid that someone was behind it.

It's important to know that unless there are special circumstances and human intervention, it's very difficult for a corpse to undergo resurrection.

All the officials suspected that the fierce corpse was deliberately placed in the Liuyun Dynasty by a top sect, and their primary suspect was the Corpse Yin Sect.

Therefore, the officials were very resistant to the campaign against the fierce corpse. After all, the Liuyun Dynasty was only a second-rate power, not even a first-rate power, and they could not afford to offend a top-tier power!

At this moment, a eunuch carrying a photographic stone trotted into the nine-room imperial court hall and shouted:

"Your Majesty, this is a recording stone that the scouts risked their lives to bring back using over 120 teleportation talismans!"

When Liu Mingsu received the news that the northern part of Liehuo City had fallen, he immediately dispatched a large number of scouts to investigate the true situation of the fierce corpses.

After obtaining the recording stone, Liu Mingsu quickly used it.

In the projection, Xiao Yuanzheng, now a ferocious corpse, was slaughtering some scouts sent by Liu Mingsu.

"This ferocious corpse looks familiar!"

"This seems to be someone from the Xiao family of Qianyu Island!"

Grand Tutor Ma Changkong looked at Xiao Yuanzheng in the picture and felt that he looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember him.

"This is Xiao Yuanzheng, the eldest son of Xiao Sen, the head of the Xiao family on Qianyu Island!"

Prime Minister Idón had done business with the island of Thousand Islands in his early years, so he recognized the true identity of the fierce corpse at a glance.

However, his information was a bit outdated. Xiao Yuan was the son of Xiao Sen, the former head of the Xiao family, and the current head of the Xiao family was the former First Elder, Xiao Cheng!
"I'd long heard that Xiao Yuanzheng was a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, how did he turn into a fierce corpse!"

It's unclear whether the puzzled Prime Minister Yideweng unintentionally mentioned Xiao Yuanzheng's strength or did so intentionally.

"Fizz!"

When the officials and ministers heard that Xiao Yuanzheng was a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, they couldn't help but gasp.

The ferocious corpse is powerful because of its corpse poison, lack of consciousness, fearlessness of pain and death, and strong physical body.

To deal with a fierce corpse at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, you need to be at least at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage!

"Your Majesty, please contact the Xuantian Sect and ask them to send someone to assist you, or to have the royal patriarch emerge from seclusion!"

The civil and military officials all submitted memorials, saying that the fierce corpse at the half-step Nascent Soul level was no longer something they could contend with.

If the Liuyun Dynasty doesn't invite people, it might face destruction.

At that point, these officials might have to consider moving their families to other dynasties.
"I will naturally contact the Xuantian Sect and ask them to send someone to assist me!"

Liu Mingsu also planned to ask the Xuantian Sect for help, after all, they provided the Xuantian Sect with so many resources every year, so it was only right for the Xuantian Sect to protect them.

"The problem is that it will take time for the experts from the Xuantian Sect to arrive. Who will defend against the fierce corpses and prevent the zombie outbreak from spreading during this time?"

Liu Mingsu knew very well that even if it were to request help from the Xuantian Sect, it was impossible for them to come immediately.

Therefore, at present, someone still needs to lead troops to resist the fierce corpses and suppress the spread of the corpse plague.

"..."

The officials fell silent again, for to resist a fierce corpse that was half a step into the Divine Transformation realm was tantamount to courting death!

"A bunch of trash!"

When Liu Mingsu saw that none of the officials were willing to speak, he immediately flew into a rage.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead troops to fight against the fierce corpses and suppress the zombie scourge."

At this moment, General Ji Chengshi, after much hesitation, stepped forward to volunteer.

"Excellent, excellent, excellent! This is the true general who will protect the nation of my Liuyun Dynasty!"

Liu Mingsu was overjoyed and exclaimed "Good!" repeatedly.

However, amidst his great joy, he felt a pang of sadness. Of all the officials, only General Ji Chengshi, the one who was truly loyal to the emperor and loved his country, was loyal to the emperor.

Now, the only patriot is about to face his death.

"???"

Prime Minister Yi Deweng, Grand Tutor Ma Changkong, and other officials all cast strange glances at General Ji Chengshi, the General Who Protects the Nation.

Is this guy crazy?
Even if I were to perform, this wouldn't be the time!

The opponent was a fierce corpse at the half-step Nascent Soul stage. For him to volunteer to restrain Xiao Yuanzheng was to go to his death!
General Ji Chengshi, the General Who Protects the Nation, knelt directly before Emperor Liu Mingsu and pleaded with him:
"Your Majesty, I fear I may not return from this journey."

However, I fear that after I die for my country, my family will face retaliation from my political enemies. I wish to request Your Majesty to protect my family!

General Ji Chengshi, the general who guards the country, knew very well that he would die on this journey. The reason he hadn't stepped forward before was because he was worried about his family.

He had offended too many political enemies in the past, including Prime Minister Yideweng and Grand Tutor Ma Changkong. If he died, the Ji family would surely be retaliated against by them!

Now that he has chosen to die for his country, he only hopes that Emperor Liu Mingsu will protect his family.

"allow!"

Emperor Liu Mingsu nodded in agreement, and then continued:

"General Zhenguo, I know of your loyalty."

I know that you have a son named Ji Boda, who is about the same age as my daughter Liu Ruyan.

Today, before all civil and military officials, I hereby formally betroth these two. Three years from today will be their wedding day!

Liu Mingsu set a three-year timeframe, not because he wanted to delay, but because he wanted to give Ji Boda three years to observe mourning.

Because he knew perfectly well that General Ji Chengshi was going to his death, with almost no chance of survival! (End of Chapter)