Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 226 Have you seen your brother?
Still want to take action?

"Three rounds."

Li Maozhen tilted his head, and a voice devoid of any emotion came out of his mouth, causing Sanzenin to feel a chill in his heart.

A thunderous roar erupted as Li Maozhen lunged forward, the bluestone bricks beneath his feet shattering instantly, and he arrived before Sanzenin in a flash, his well-defined hand striking down on Sanzenin's head.

too fast!
Sanzenin's pupils inevitably contracted. In the blink of an eye, Li Maozhen's tall figure loomed before him like a mountain. His heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by a giant hand. At such close range, he didn't even have time to react. He could only forcefully gather his strength and cross his arms in front of his head.

boom!
The Thirty-Six Captains of the Heavenly Gang are not ranked according to combat strength. Sanzen-in was able to temporarily take over the position of Bad Leader after Yuan Tiangang's death only because of his wisdom and methods. In terms of martial arts alone, he can be said to be unremarkable, but he is not at the level of a top expert.

Therefore, under this palm strike, he only had time to protect his arms, heart, and internal organs before he was forced to his knees without any resistance. The metal arm guards shattered, and his knees smashed through the bluestone, leaving deep cracks.

What terrifying internal energy!

Sanzenin was secretly alarmed. He realized that the commander-in-chief was willing to expose the location of the Longquan Treasure in order to send Li Maozhen away. With such martial arts and strategy, the Qi Kingdom would become a terrifying force in sixteen years.

"You're holding back? Then die!" A bloodthirsty light flashed in Li Maozhen's eyes, and his deep purple internal energy surged. His left knee was already raised, facing Sanzenin's face. But he was fast, but someone was faster. In the instant he took a breath, Duan Chengtian had already silently appeared behind him, and two wood-chopping knives were aimed at Li Maozhen's neck and slashed down.

Li Maozhen didn't even turn his head. He exerted force with his right foot, rotated his waist, and the movement of raising his knee naturally transformed into a turning knee strike.

Duan Chengtian's body shot out like an arrow from a powerful bow, crashing hard against the wall before sliding down. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth expressionlessly. Fortunately, he took good care of himself, and his strong, muscular physique absorbed most of the impact.

“Tian Zang Xing and Tian Su Xing have already fought me. I think you can all come at me together as the rest.”

With the surge of true energy, Li Maozhen's robes fluttered and rustled, exuding an aura of domineering power.

"Come on!"

"I'm not afraid of you."

Li Mang and Quinn roared as they attacked from both sides simultaneously. Quinn clenched his fist, his right arm muscles bulged, and his steel finger gloves gleamed with a deep, cold light as he slammed them down on Li Maozhen's spine. Li Mang, on the other hand, wielded his wooden staff, sending a surging air current through it as he struck Li Maozhen's knees.

Ah!
Li Maozhen let out a soft chuckle, and his two pupils, one red and one gold, lit up simultaneously.

The next moment, two afterimages suddenly appeared, one on the left and one on the right, pressing down on Quinn and Li Mang's heads with their left and right hands respectively, slamming them together.

Just then, a flash of cold light appeared beside Li Maozhen, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound. The chilling blade flashed out quickly, and Li Maozhen felt a chill on his neck. His eyes lit up. The newcomer's internal strength was not high, but this brief burst of power was even comparable to Duan Chengtian's just now.

With a clang!
Amidst the clash of weapons, Li Maozhen used the Qi King's sword to parry the long-handled straight blade, forcefully shoving the man back with his wrist.

"There are such experts in the Middle Heaven Rank. Which of the Thirty-Six Captains are you?" Li Maozhen didn't care about Sanzenin, Quinn, and Li Mang, who had already been rescued by Wen Tao. Instead, he looked with great interest at the effeminate man in front of him who was thin and had a flirtatious manner.

"Tianqiao Star, Shangguan Yunque." Shangguan Yunque raised her orchid finger, looking arrogant on the surface, but in reality, she had no confidence at all.

Li Maozhen alone was enough to make them all breathless, not to mention the Empress who hadn't even made a move yet, and the white-robed man who was watching the show in front of Ji Ruxue and casually revealed the identities of all of them.

After giving Ji Ruxue a deep look, Shangguan Yunque took a deep breath and drew his sword again.

Ji Ruxue, Ji Ruxue, if it weren't for my Xingyun, I wouldn't bother getting involved in this mess!
"Tianjie Star, Wen Tao." Wen Tao also spoke up. He looked around and was surprised to find that even though there was such a commotion, not a single Imperial Guard came. It was as if they hadn't heard anything at all.

"May I ask who you are, and why you know so much about the Bad Guys?" Sanzenin had naturally noticed this as well. He waved his hand, signaling the group of Bad Guys who were on guard and ready to attack to retreat behind him. Then he cupped his hands and asked Russell.

“Li Chungang.” Luo Su smiled calmly and greeted the others, “As for knowing… I watched the Bad People get established, so it’s not unreasonable for me to know a little bit about them.”

"?"

A question mark is enough to summarize the feelings of everyone present at this moment.

A strong sense of absurdity immediately spread.

People including Li Maozhen had initially only guessed, but now that they had heard Russell say it with their own ears, they were finally certain of what they had thought.

Having witnessed the establishment of the Bad Guys and the name Li Chungang, it's hard not to associate him with those two.

It's really lively.

The ancient demons from hundreds of years ago have recently started to resurface one by one.

“Li…” Sanzenin suppressed his shock and was about to speak when he was interrupted by a childish voice with a strong accent—

"What are all of you doing here? Is anyone watching my brother?"

Both sides were surprised to see the exquisite porcelain doll who suddenly barged in, wearing a pair of black tiger shoes and carrying a package bigger than a person. The tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

"Sister! Danger! Come back quickly!" Another extremely low voice rang out from behind a bamboo basket. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and Duan Chengtian's expression changed: "Xiao Bei, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Luoyang?"

"Master, I was just worried about you." Luo Xiaobei hunched over and scurried to Duan Chengtian's side.

"Nonsense!" Duan Chengtian grabbed Luo Xiaobei's ear hard and glanced at his older sister, who was still looking around. "What's wrong with this little girl? Why is she with you?"

“She’s called Sister. I met her on my way to Chang’an. She said she was looking for her younger brother. I said Taiyuan was bustling with activity lately, and her brother might be coming too, so she came with me,” Luo Xiaobei explained.

"That's right!" The older sister nodded, gave Luo Xiaobei a thumbs up, and nodded in agreement: "This little kid is right, I can already smell my little brother's scent."

As she spoke, the older sister raised her chin and wrinkled her nose.

"Alright, everyone." Russell chuckled and stepped forward, grabbing the back of his sister's neck and lifting her up despite her struggling little legs. "We've met, we've fought, and now that the Emperor has ascended the throne, if any of you members of the Bad People are willing to attend and offer your congratulations, the Emperor and I will naturally do so."

"How could I refuse Mr. Li's invitation?" Sanzenin agreed, and nearly thirty rogues slowly gathered on the street.

Russell then looked at Ji Ruxue: "Miss Xue'er, will you leave with them, or return to the guild hall with us?"

"Brother Shangguan, if you find Li Xingyun, please tell him that I'm doing well and that they don't need to worry." Ji Ruxue paused, glanced at Russell, and continued, "If I find out anything here, I'll send a message to you by carrier pigeon immediately." "Okay...okay..." Shangguan Yunque scratched his head, also glancing at Russell, who showed no reaction whatsoever. To be honest, he'd been doing intelligence work for quite some time, but this was the first time he'd seen collusion so openly in front of the enemy; it just seemed very strange.

"Master, sister..." Seeing Luo Su carrying his sister away into the distance, Luo Xiaobei reached out his hand, about to say something, when he saw his master shake his head.

……

Not long after, at the Qiwang Guild Hall.

Li Maozhen leaned against a stone pillar with his arms crossed, looking at his elder sister who was being fed by Russell and the Empress with a dark expression: "Who is this girl? Why did you bring her back?"

"Aww~ I'm calling for my elder sister! I'm here to see my younger brother." In the midst of her busy schedule, the elder sister took a moment to answer Li Maozhen's question.

"Who is your brother? What's his name?" Li Maozhen asked.

He didn't care what happened between Russell and the Empress at first. In fact, he even considered matchmaking them up, because their alliance would be incredibly strong after the marriage. But now... this old man, who is over three hundred years old, is annoyed to see the other party, his sister, and his elder sister acting like a family of three.

"My brother... what was my brother's name again? Never mind, he's my brother." The older sister said proudly, hands on her hips, "My brother is seven feet tall, very handsome, dressed in white, with long flowing hair..."

“You don’t even know your brother’s name, yet you came all the way from Guannei Road to find him, really…” Li Maozhen shook her head, unsure whether she cared about her brother or not.

Shaanxi belongs to the Guannei Dao region, and the woman's distinctive accent is impossible to hide.

The Empress smiled brightly, as if suddenly remembering something. She took her elder sister's hand and probed it with her inner force. With this probe, an incomparably powerful killing aura pushed out her inner force.

"Ouch, don't touch me!" The older sister pulled her hand back as if pricked by a needle, her attention immediately drawn to the butterfly that flew by.

"What's wrong?" Li Maozhen noticed that his sister's expression was strange and hurriedly went forward to ask.

"Nine Netherworld Profound Heaven Divine Art." The Empress's gaze towards her elder sister had changed, and she asked, "Mr. Li, who exactly is my elder sister?"

"The sea of ​​darkness has no shore, the ancestor of corpses is a firefly." Russell cracked melon seeds, while his older sister, who was witty and courageous with the butterflies in the garden, was having a good time.

“The Corpse Ancestor, her?” Li Maozhen pointed at his elder sister. This was even more absurd than Russell being a three-hundred-year-old old man.

The reason why the Xuanming Sect was able to suppress the Huanyin Pavilion and Tongwen Pavilion at one time was because, in addition to the Underworld Emperor and Ghost King, there were also the Four Corpse Ancestors in charge.

Corpses in ruins, the boundless sea of ​​darkness, rivers stained with blood, and lands scorched for miles—each of these four individuals is a top-tier expert in the world. Together, they could easily annihilate even a Grand Celestial Realm expert. Li Maozhen knew that even with the Life-Destroying Gu by his side, he wouldn't dare to provoke them lightly.

Telling him now that this immature little girl is the so-called Corpse Ancestor Ying Gou, who is known as the Boundless Nether Sea, is worse than telling him that Hou Qing is a goofball and Hanba is a stay-at-home dad.

The Empress's expression turned strange. She had encountered Russell earlier because there was news that one of the Four Corpse Ancestors, Ghost Doctor Jiang Chen, had appeared on the northern border of the desert. She had taken Miao Chengtian and Xuan Jingtian to the border to investigate, but she did not expect that she would not find the Corpse Ancestor and instead be ambushed.

She had actually come to believe what Russell had said.

Following the principle that birds of a feather flock together, she also began to suspect the condition of the other corpse ancestors.

"Sister, you just said you smelled your brother's scent, is that true?" Russell asked.

"Of course it looks real, why would I lie to you?" The older sister nodded.

"It seems our emperor has infiltrated Taiyuan without our knowledge." Russell turned and smiled at the brother and sister.

"How did you know?" The Empress asked curiously at first, then realized what she meant: "You mean my sister's brother is with Li Xingyun? Her brother is Hou Qing?"

“That’s right.” Russell nodded. “If nothing unexpected happens, the Corpse Ancestor Drought Demon is also with them.”

“Three of the four Corpse Ancestors of the Xuanming Sect have arrived. Where is Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen?” Li Maozhen asked curiously. If he could, he would really like to test his skills against these four.

"It won't be difficult to see her. Once the troops march to the northern desert, we'll be able to see her no matter what," Russell said nonchalantly.

The Empress was somewhat surprised: "The Corpse Ancestor General Chen is from the Northern Desert?"

"They are still the people from the northern deserts two hundred years ago," Russell added.

"Another old codger." Li Maozhen snorted irritably. When people get old, they should obediently go to their graves and leave the world and opportunities to the young, instead of causing trouble all the time.

Russell shrugged. "I'm fake," he said, clearly not referring to himself.

……

"Brother Zhang! Brother Li! Something terrible has happened!"

At the Chu King's Hall, Ma Xisheng, the second son of the Chu King, hurriedly pushed open the door and entered. Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan, who were discussing countermeasures and preparing to disguise themselves and go out to scout the place the next day, both looked up at each other.

Only Li Xingyun, Zhang Zifan, Lu Linxuan, Hou Qing, and Hanba were in the room at this time. The beautiful siblings had returned to the northern desert to find Yelü Abaoji and were ready to send troops to support Li Xingyun at any time.

"Brother Ruone, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhang Zifan helped Ma Xisheng sit down and gently patted his back to help him catch his breath. Lu Linxuan watched from the side and found it increasingly strange.

"The Bad Guys have appeared in Taiyuan..." Ma Xisheng rattled off a long list of names, some of which Li Xingyun had never heard of before.

"Brother Ruone, where did you get these names from?" Li Xingyun asked in a deep voice.

"It's a sorcerer named Li Chungang, who serves by the side of Prince Qi." Ma Xisheng told Li Xingyun the news that Li Chungang was about to become the Grand Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty.

"Senior brother, Zifan, why do you two suddenly look so pale?" Lu Linxuan asked quickly when he saw that Li Xingyun's face had visibly darkened.

Hou Qing shook his head, even stopping the motion of wiping the bone flute in his hand: "The usually elusive and secretive Bad Guys have suddenly all flocked to Taiyuan at this sensitive time. There's only one possibility..."

“They came for me,” Li Xingyun continued, his voice trembling slightly. “The situation has spiraled out of control; an unexpected turn of events has occurred that even the Grand Marshal hadn’t anticipated…”

(End of this chapter)