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Chapter 157, Section 156: [Please Turn Around, Darling]

Youzhou, Fengqi County.

Thirty miles east of Fengqi City, in a range of rolling mountains.

The pine shadows sway gently, moss covers the path, bamboo dew drips with a clear sound, and mist locks in a thousand peaks—it is truly a tranquil landscape.

Although this place is not far from the county seat, it is a quiet and secluded place rarely visited by people.

call!
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew by, and dozens of strangely shaped ghostly figures appeared in the bamboo forest in the mountains.

Some of them had large bellies and thin necks, some were covered in water, some had fiery hair and beards, and some were surrounded by plague... They were eerie and ghostly, with only a few ghosts barely resembling human beings.

The ghosts descended, turning this bamboo forest into a gloomy ghost realm.

At the very front of this group of ghosts, several ghosts resembling judges holding pens, ox-headed and horse-faced demons, and black and white impermanence were clearly their leaders.

The other evil spirits obediently followed behind their leader, and among them were many ghosts that Chen Sheng had subdued, such as the Nine-Child Demon Mother, the Thunder Demon, and the Lustful Demon.

"Moo—We've arrived at Youzhou Blessed Land. It really is a place full of spiritual energy, a perfect place created by nature."

With a deep moo, one of the leaders, the Minotaur, waved his hand across the air in front of him, shattering the illusion set up outside the blessed land.

The seemingly ordinary scenery before my eyes immediately distorted and changed, revealing the true reality.

That basin located in the mountains.

The basin covers an area of ​​about a thousand acres. Countless spiritual plants that radiate colorful light are planted on the flat ground. The outer six or seven hundred acres are continuous stretches of second-tier spiritual rice, the middle two or three hundred acres are rare spiritual herbs that have been cultivated for a long time, and the inner circle of several dozen acres are lush spiritual plants and fruit trees.

Some of the more discerning ghosts immediately recognized a natural earth vein beneath the mountains. The basin was an opening connecting the earth vein to the outside world, like a human nostril, constantly absorbing and releasing massive amounts of earth vein energy.

The reason why the originally empty aperture turned into a basin is because someone cleverly set up a floating array here.

Afterwards, as long as a large amount of soil is placed on the formation and spiritual plants are planted, some of the spiritual energy during the process of the earth's lungs breathing in and out can be intercepted to supply the growth of spiritual plants on the ground.

This caused the rich spiritual energy to condense into white mist above the basin, making the place look like a fairyland.

Meanwhile, about a hundred feet above the blessed land, a bright golden sun shone down, its light illuminating the spiritual plants in the fields and causing them to grow at a rate a hundred times faster than normal.

This object can bless a region with abundant harvests; without a doubt, it must be the Emperor's Golden Carrying Pole.

"Hehe, of the seven national treasures of the Great Xia Kingdom, we have only found out the hiding places of three of them, and the locations of the other two are still in doubt."

Only the golden carrying pole corresponding to Jingmu Han provided the clearest and most concise information, proving that the lecherous man's efforts on the princess over the past few years had not been in vain.

The one speaking was Bai Wuchang, one of the ghosts. He wore a tall, pointed white hat with the words "You've finally arrived" written on it. He stuck out his bright red tongue and licked at the lecherous ghost, looking all frivolous and unserious.

The tongue of this Thunder Tribulation Realm evil spirit filled the lustful ghost with extreme fear, making him worried that it would be devoured by the other party.

It was Black Impermanence, who was beside White Impermanence, who came to his rescue. The ghost looked distressed, with the words "We're catching you" written on his tall, black hat. He changed the subject by biting his long black tongue.

"Like the Azure Dragon Guardian Array we saw before, this Yanfu Treasure is clearly of the wood element, but its color is golden."

Upon hearing this, the bull-headed man, who looked like he had a deep grudge, nodded in agreement.

"Yes, the style and properties of these Yanfu treasures are very similar to the weapons used by those charlatans in the Ziwei Palace."

After crafting a batch of magical artifacts, they liked to nurture them inside suitable Jambudvipa fruits.

After tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years of creation, a magical artifact may be destroyed by tribulations, or it may be transformed into a secret treasure of Jambudvipa.

Given that the Ziwei Palace is the ruler of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, I think this world is very likely their place for nurturing their magical artifacts.

Moreover, this fruit is clearly capable of accommodating a fifth-level cultivator to reside in the world for a long time, yet there isn't even a single fifth-level cultivator inside, which suggests that it was tampered with by the people of Ziwei Palace.

This is to prevent anyone from ascending to immortality and taking the secret treasures of Jambudvipa with them.

If the master were to seize this realm, he would likely be in deep trouble.

Now that our master is outside the membrane of heaven and earth, and we can no longer communicate with him, we must decide for ourselves whether to continue our conquest of this realm.”

Fu Fengzi was born in the Central Great World, and the evil spirits in his Ten Thousand Souls Banner also came from the largest fruit on the Jambudvipa Tree. He was knowledgeable and had an extraordinary perspective.

The Ziwei Palace mentioned by Niu Tou is the Daoist temple of the [Central Heaven Ziwei North Pole Supreme Emperor], one of the Six Divine Emperors in the Central Great World. This emperor's cultivation has reached the realm of Dao Integration, and he possesses the power to command all the celestial gods, regulate the changing seasons, the length of day and night, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; he is in charge of the succession of emperors and the rise and fall of nations; he holds some power over the cycle of life and death; and he commands the generals of the Thunder Department, etc. He is a giant of the divine path.

Although such a great deity would certainly not care about minor conflicts among his disciples in the Jambudvipa world, his subjects and disciples are not without great supernatural powers, and those deities are not people that a rogue cultivator like Fufengzi with no background can provoke.

After being rebuffed by the secret treasure of the Great Spring Dynasty, the ghosts realized that this fruit was a bit too hard to handle.

After a brief silence, Horse-Face, the one with a horse-like face among the Five Ghosts, snorted, breaking the silence first.

"If you ask me, there's no need to think about all that."

The master is a resolute and decisive person with a strong desire to pursue the Dao. Having finally obtained the opportunity to conquer a realm, how could he easily give it up?

So what if the disciples of Ziwei Palace have made arrangements in this realm?
The master is plotting his position as the ruler of the world, and the Ziwei Palace is training their weapons. We will keep to ourselves and not interfere with each other.

At worst, when the Ziwei Palace comes knocking to demand the Yanfu Treasure, the master will simply open the door and politely hand over the weapon to them.

As long as you maintain a respectful attitude, they probably won't say anything strange.

These fourth-tier Thunder Tribulation Realm evil spirits seem to have a different mark on their Yin Spirits than other evil spirits, which automatically boosts morale in difficult situations.

When the opportunity arose for the horse-faced demon to speak, the brand spontaneously activated, shining brightly with black light.

At that moment, loyalty to their master immediately overwhelmed their fear and cowardice, and their morale soared once again.

Once the leading evil spirits reached a consensus, the rest became much easier.

The demons, their hearts brimming with power, exchanged glances. The judge, who had not yet spoken among the five demons, pulled a red and black gourd from his sleeve and turned to face the demons behind him.

"The Netherworld Blood Gourd suffered considerable losses in order to break through the Great Spring Kingdom's protective formation."

To use it again, a blood sacrifice must be performed.

"Who among you is willing to give your life for the Lord's great cause?"

A cold wind howled, and the bamboo forest was silent as the ghosts looked at each other in bewilderment.

This is wrong!

When we were notified to gather, it was clearly stated that after breaking through the Youzhou Blessed Land, all participants would receive a generous share of the spoils.

How did it suddenly turn into sacrificing one's life?
Although the ghosts were loyal to Fufengzi and willing to sacrifice their lives for their master's will, they could not accept the actions of the judge, who used Fufengzi's name to take their lives. Intimidated by the five ghosts' power, they dared not run, and the situation reached a stalemate.

The judge waited for a long time, but the evil spirit did not volunteer. He could only sigh.

"Never mind, let the baby choose for himself."

As he spoke, he tossed the gourd in his hand into the air, then bowed deeply and said, "Please turn around, my precious!"

"Please baby, turn around!"

The Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head, and Horse-Face, who were standing to the side, also bowed in worship.

At this moment, the ghosts tried to run away, only to find it was too late. The brand in their spirits suddenly trembled, freezing them in place, unable to move.

But a crimson beam of blood shot out from the gourd's mouth, slashing at them like a sharp flying sword.

Those struck by the sword, whose spirits were not made of flesh and blood, immediately transformed into streams of crimson blood, which flowed into the gourd's mouth like rivers flowing into the sea.

In particular, the marks on the evil spirits and demons, once absorbed by the gourd, immediately caused the gourd's spiritual light to flash rapidly, beginning to repair the hidden injuries it had previously sustained.

This Netherworld Blood-Transforming Gourd was a demonic artifact that Fu Fengzi obtained by chance a few years ago. It is said to be a replica of the ancient treasures of the Central Great World—the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife and the Blood-Transforming Divine Knife.

It is said to combine the advantages of two great treasures. Normally, it contains a sharp blood sword aura that it nurtures, and when necessary, it can be released to kill. Those who are hit by the sword will inevitably turn into a pool of filthy blood.

After this treasure fell into Fufengzi's hands, it was refined into the Netherworld Path, absorbing the power of the Netherworld and the Blood Sea into one, making it even more powerful.

The second and third-tier evil spirits in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner are pitifully weak. They clearly won't play a significant role in invading the Yama Fruit, but Fu Fengzi still insists on sending them in, just to use them as expendable resources.

After being nourished by the mark formed from high-quality Netherworld energy, the Netherworld Blood Gourd regained its full power after only half of the evil spirits had died.

Then, Black Impermanence flicked out a soul-snatching chain from his sleeve, picked up the remaining evil spirit chains, and put them back into his sleeve.

They then separated from the other four ghosts into five directions, each occupying a node, and set up the Netherworld Blood Sea Formation that they had used to rampage through the Great Spring Kingdom.

boom!
Five streams of ghostly energy shot into the sky and spread rapidly in all directions, causing trees within a radius of dozens of miles to wither and die.

A blood-red river flowed from the gourd, branching out and meandering into a dense network of rivers in the air, staining half the sky blood-red.

Five ghosts formed an array, the netherworld descended upon the world, and the sea of ​​blood opened.

These five ghosts cultivated the Netherworld Earthly Fiend Techniques and were originally at the fourth-order Thunder Tribulation Realm. After forming the array and possessing a fifth-order magic weapon, they gained power comparable to a fifth-order being.

At this moment, they manipulated the Netherworld Blood Gourd, brewing a scarlet blood light within its mouth, adjusting its direction, and aiming it at the Youzhou Blessed Land several miles away.

The earth-shattering change that had occurred here also attracted the attention of the people in the blessed land. Soon, several figures with third-level cultivation flew out and shouted.

"Who is performing rituals outside Phoenix Perch Mountain?"

"Do you know that this is a forbidden area of ​​my Great Xia Kingdom? Anyone who trespasses will be killed without mercy."

"I suppose you may not know the rules here. Ignorance is no excuse. As long as you leave quickly, Great Xia will forgive and forget about it."

In response to the bluster of the blessed land, the five ghosts unleashed a crimson wave from the gourd.

slam-la-

Driven by the surging waves of the younger generation, the blood river suspended in the air surged forward, engulfing everything in its path.

Those figures flying in the air, like a few laughable mantises trying to stop a chariot, were submerged by the river of blood and dissolved into the blood.

The protective array that had always shrouded the blessed land was like a fragile eggshell; it shattered instantly upon being swept away by the sea of ​​blood, breaking into countless fluorescent lights.

"Chong-"

A sharp phoenix cry rang out from the blessed land, and a dark red phoenix took flight, flapping its wings to meet the river of blood overhead.

Two wing-shaped waves of fire were released from the phoenix, drying up the sea of ​​blood within a mile radius and burning out a huge hole.

"Wang Wang-"

The golden sun above the blessed land also went out, its flames receding and transforming into a golden carrying pole, from which a large golden dog leaped out.

The large dog opened its mouth and lunged at the sea of ​​blood in the sky, devouring it greedily, and soon tore a large gash in its jaws.

Seeing the phoenix and golden dog displaying their great power, Bai Wuchang, one of the Five Ghosts, burst out laughing.

"So this is what Fengqi County calls the phoenix."

It's nothing more than a fire spirit nurtured in the earth's lungs, a phoenix in form. Even though it ranks fourth, it's still a different kind of monster from a phoenix.

As for Jingmu Han, one of the Seven Mansions of the Vermilion Bird, he's even easier to deal with. How could your mere Jambudvipa treasure possibly be a match for us?

Dozens of sword energies, solidified from pure blood energy, spewed out from the Netherworld Blood Transformation Gourd, forming a sword array that enveloped the Fire Phoenix.

Piercing through the protective flames, it pierced the phoenix's body, causing it to fall to the ground with a mournful cry, severely wounded.

The blood river in the sky pressed its advantage and bombarded the basin where thousands of acres of spiritual plants were grown.

boom!
With a loud bang, cracks appeared in the ground, spreading outwards like a spider web.

That was because the floating array set up at the entrance of the Earth's lungs was broken, and whether it was annual spiritual rice or spiritual plants that had been planted for many years, they all fell into the Earth's lungs along with the collapsed soil.

The numerous nether energies transformed into chains that wrapped around the golden dog, pressing the spirit of the artifact back into the golden carrying pole.

After a brief period of unstable tremors, the carrying pole, wrapped in layers of chains, floated motionless in the air.

The Five Ghosts' defeat in the Great Spring Kingdom was simply because they were unaware of the existence of the Twenty-Eight Constellations' Yanfu Secret Treasure beforehand. The enemy had the advantage of being caught off guard, which allowed them to outmaneuver the enemy.

Once the strategy of defeating them one by one is adopted, the individual Twenty-Eight Constellations Yama's Secret Treasure is no match for it.

The judge among the five ghosts waved his hand, and the golden carrying pole flew towards them at lightning speed.

Horse-faced, the most loyal of the Five Ghosts to Fufengzi, chirped merrily.

"The Vermilion Bird's seven constellations are now missing one, making it incomplete. As a result, no one can stop us from carrying out a blood sacrifice on this land."

But at this moment, Chen Sheng, who had been hiding and lying in wait nearby for a long time, suddenly appeared out of thin air, grabbed the golden carrying pole that flew past him, and smiled brightly.

"With me here, I'm afraid you still won't be able to perform a blood sacrifice for the Great Xia."

(End of this chapter)