Fire Monster

Chapter 169: Visitors from the Dao Palace
The Second Pioneer City had never been so crowded.

More than fifty trucks drove in rapidly, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

Because only Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun understand the importance of racing against time.

In fact, when Liu Yuwei heard that Zhao Guanshan and others were going to the front line to plug the gap in person, she almost went crazy.

So as soon as the convoy arrived, she wanted to lead four imperially-sealed chariots to meet them, but was stopped by Xiao Chengyun.

"Senior Sister Yuwei, you have to choose to trust my senior brother. The more it is at this time, the more we need to stay calm. Each of us has our own tasks. Now, we must give our senior brother the greatest degree of trust, instead of causing trouble for him at this time!"

"Believe me, at this moment, when we arrive at the Second Pioneer City, the Governor has already taken action in Linjiang Prefecture. They have already taken action against the Zhang family with thunder and lightning. Then the Zhang family will be furious, and then they will find out that Zhang Henian died here. They will not listen to our explanations. We have become the knife of the Governor, but now this knife is not sharp enough!"

"Do you get me?"

"Sorry, I lost my composure." Liu Yuwei smiled bitterly. She was indeed confused.

After Xiao Chengyun's reminder, she finally calmed down. There were more than 2,000 people and chaos had already begun to appear. If she didn't deal with it, no one else could.

As for Xiao Chengyun, he took the initiative to be responsible for the registration of important materials, because it would be difficult to accept materials from the Governor's Office so generously in the future.

In fact, at this moment, Linjiang Prefecture had already exploded.

Because the Governor had issued a notice and defined this matter before the Zhang family discovered that Zhang Henian was dead.

"Zhang Henian, the mayor of the First Pioneer City, coveted the beauty of Liu Yuwei, the mayor of the Second Pioneer City, and harassed her repeatedly. He even used the excuse of distributing supplies to make things difficult for the Second Pioneer City."

"This behavior caused dissatisfaction among Liu Yuwei's subordinate Zhao Guanshan, who took advantage of Zhang Henian's harassment of Liu Yuwei to launch a surprise attack, accidentally injuring Zhang Henian. Zhang Henian and his guards hurriedly evacuated, but were attacked by the evil spirit again and unfortunately died!"

"Zhao Guanshan knew that he had caused a great disaster and surrendered himself that day. The governor is sending officials from relevant government offices to investigate the matter."

"Liu Yuwei, the Lord of the Second Pioneer City, expressed deep condolences and regards to the Zhang family, and is willing to compensate for certain losses."

Such a notice was sent successively to the Taoist Temple, the Demon Suppression Division, and finally to the Taoist Palace. This was a necessary procedure. The Taoist Palace would certainly not pay attention to such an accidental killing caused by jealousy, but it must be reported.

After this set of procedures was completed, the governor immediately took precise action and carried out friendly sealing and control of the Zhang family's industries in Linjiang Prefecture.

Anyway, with only four days left before the war becomes normalized, what can you do to me?
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In the vast ocean where the demonic fire was surging, rows of huge waves came one after another, like a giant mouth swallowing the sky, swallowing the big ship in one go, and then spitting it out, over and over again.

There is no sky and no ground. The ship is tossed and rolled by the huge waves. It is precarious at every moment, but it always remains stable.

At the highest point of this huge ship, on a giant tower that is at least hundreds of kilometers high, a huge demon-suppressing net filled with spiritual light is thrown out every once in a while, like a huge sail, which can gain power to move forward while being hit by the huge waves of demonic fire.

This is the seven-story spirit-worshiping pagoda in the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace.

Here, even a Level 4 Qi Refiner is not qualified to enter, let alone have a chance to glimpse the entire picture of this seven-level Spirit Offering Tower.

So they would not know that at the top of this seven-level spirit-offering tower, there is a huge palace, or perhaps this is the real Taoist palace.

Moreover, the area here is not small, with a radius of about ten kilometers, just like a city.

At this moment, in this huge and magnificent palace, there are not many mysterious and gorgeous decorations, but only cushions with faint spiritual light emerging.

On some cushions, fifth-level Qigong practitioners were sitting cross-legged in meditation.

They are basically divided into groups of five. When practicing, the spiritual talismans on the five people can actually resonate with each other, complement each other and generate each other, which is extremely magical.

Whenever the pleasant sound of the golden bell was heard, a group of five Qi Refiners would stand up, fly out along the Demon-Suppressing Net on their swords, and fly back after a while.

Their mission is to go to the designated location and snipe the evil demons above level ten.

Among them, the tenth-level evil demon only needs one group of Five Elements Qi Refiners, while the eleventh-level evil demon requires two or three groups.

If it is a twelfth-level evil demon, five to ten groups will be needed.

As for the evil demons above level 12, there are higher-level Five Elements Qi Refiners who will take action. "Everyone, in four days, the tenth-level evil demons will be sent to the first line of defense. I wonder if the younger generation of the Demon Suppression Division can stop them?"

At this time, a group of Five Elements Qi Refiners returned from outside the Spirit Offering Tower on flying swords, apparently having just completed a killing mission.

"It should be no problem. The Demon Suppression Division has performed quite well this time. They have figured out a very effective encirclement and killing tactic. With the help of the Demon Suppression Net, killing the tenth-level evil demons will not be a problem. The only thing we need to pay attention to is the number of tenth-level evil demons to be sent down and the time interval."

"It has been confirmed that within the defense area of ​​each of the four camps in the southeast, northwest, and northeast of the Demon Suppression Division, it is no problem to release a rank 10 evil demon every hour."

"What I am more worried about is the second line of defense set up by the Chief Secretary and the Taoist Temple. The Taoist Temple originally had no intention of sending the eighth-level evil demons to the second line, but they repeatedly applied to fight. It is also interesting."

"Hey, Senior Brother Zhang, you can't say that. It's good to reduce some of the pressure on the front line. It's also a good way to train talents in a step-by-step manner. When these juniors can take on more pressure on the defense line, we will have the opportunity to go to the Devil Fire Abyss more often. The original spiritual energy reserves of the Dao Palace have not returned to the second safety line for 30 consecutive years."

"Perhaps, these young people and grandchildren can give us a little surprise."

Several Five Elements Qi Refiners all laughed, with Senior Brother Zhang laughing especially heartily. Even though others didn't understand, he knew it very well, because at least one-third of the credit for this technological innovation of the Demon Suppression Division was provided by the Zhang family.

Several hundred years ago, the Zhang family was still a small family. Then, by making friends with a master craftsman from a factory directly under the Demon Suppression Bureau, they laid the foundation for their business. Since then, having tasted the sweetness, the Zhang family has continued to give gifts and women to successive generations of master craftsmen, and all kinds of businesses have flourished.

Until the advent of the Imperial Chariot.

Most of the master craftsmen who develop and produce the third-level Imperial Seal Chariots have close ties with the Zhang family. So far, the Zhang family's voice in the Demon Suppression Bureau has ranked among the top ten.

While talking and laughing, Senior Brother Zhang was suddenly stunned. He stretched out his hand and grabbed at the air. He saw a wisp of flame passing through his hand, and then turned into a line of small characters and quickly dissipated.

Seeing this information, he couldn't help but frown.

He was already a fifth-level Qi Refiner. According to the requirements of the Dao Palace, he had long ago severed ties with the family business and the younger generations were not allowed to interfere.

But this time, the younger generation in the family was willing to violate the ban and send a message to him, which shows the seriousness of the problem.

"The governor wants to take over my Zhang family's foundation? What a bunch of good-for-nothings! Do you want me to violate the Taoist Palace's prohibition? And even if you want to do something, just do it and inform me. How can I sit back and watch you make a big mistake?"

Senior Brother Zhang cursed in his heart, wondering why his grandson was so stupid. It was such a mistake to let him be the head of the Zhang family!
"Wait? No, could it be that the Zhang family has no power to fight back, and the situation has become so bad, so they want to do the opposite and intervene through the Dao Palace... It really is my grandson, wonderful!"

Thinking of this, Senior Brother Zhang immediately revealed an angry expression. He bowed and apologized to the others, and turned himself in directly to the Taoist Palace's rotating master. The descendants of the Zhang family dared to violate the Taoist Palace's ban and intended to drag him, a fifth-level Qi Refiner, to interfere in the mortal world. Although the crime was not serious, he could request the Taoist Palace to send someone to the Zhang family to admonish them. After all, if he went back to admonish them in person, that would also be a violation of the ban.

It’s wonderful, wonderful!
Only our own people know the reason behind the admonition, but how can outsiders know?
At this critical moment, when the governor was pursuing the Zhang family relentlessly, an envoy from the Taoist Palace suddenly came. Who dared to guess what was going on?
By leveraging the power of the Dao Palace, we can deter the villains and give the Zhang family a chance to fight back.

Sure enough, after he surrendered himself to the rotating head master, the seventh-level Qi Refiner who had lived for five hundred years agreed without even raising his eyebrows.

Things in the world are complicated and changeable. Even if you are extraordinary, there will be times when you cannot see through them and are taken advantage of.

The Taoist Palace's admonition had already arrived at Zhang's family in Linjiang Prefecture on the same day. The admonition envoy only said three sentences throughout the process and left without staying.

But the effect it plays is huge.

This stunned the Governor who was advancing at a rapid pace. The five major officials were in doubt and had to suspend their actions for fear of harming the child.

As for the Demon Suppression Division and the Taoist Academy, those who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation also restrained themselves. Within the Demon Suppression Division, the morale of the Zhang family's original allies was greatly boosted. Never mind why someone from the Taoist Palace came, just the four words "someone from the Taoist Palace" were enough to signify this.

The Zhang family acted quickly and exchanged various interests. Although they suffered considerable losses, they at least stabilized the situation and some important positions in the Governor's Office were saved.

Afterwards, the Zhang family began to fight back. The first step was to, in the name of the Demon Suppression Division, join forces with the Taoist temple to demand a thorough investigation into Zhang Henian's death and the transfer of the wanted criminal Zhao Guanshan and the accomplice Liu Yuwei.

The second step was to order the 29th rear squad of the Shanhai Camp, which was originally stationed in the Second Pioneer City, to return to the team in the name of the 9th Brigade of the Northern Camp of the Demon Suppression Division.

This second order was even directly delivered to Xu Ming.

At this moment, Xu Ming was happily strolling with his wife and daughter. All thirty-nine recruits under his command had "rebelled", and his return to the Demon Suppression Division was the result of punishment. So the arrival of his wife and daughter finally made him decide to apply for transfer from the Demon Suppression Division to the Governor's Office. Although the process was cumbersome, it was not impossible.

But, return to the team directly?
Xu Ming was stunned!

(End of this chapter)