Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 299 Next Target: Lord of the Netherfire Cult
"The Netherfire Cult?"

The Daluo Palace suddenly fell silent.

They had all heard of the Netherfire Cult. Its leader was a master with over two thousand years of cultivation who single-handedly broke the alliance of five masters from Shide Prefecture, severely injured them, wiped out the three cults, and occupied Shide Prefecture.

Some of the five people from Shide Mansion had seen them before. Although they were all seriously injured at the time, they were indeed not simple. The Netherfire Cult Master who defeated them was not even injured.

According to Li Qingshuang's intelligence, the leader of the Netherfire Cult is also suspected of practicing demonic arts, making him even more powerful than his peers. He is estimated to be no less powerful than the Ink Dragon, making him the top expert they have encountered so far.

Therefore, when such a master sends someone to pay respects to the mountain, everyone should naturally show him sufficient respect and not underestimate him.

Of course, the many experienced Taoists were not to be underestimated either. Led by Taoist Master Yansong, the group had been slaying demons and monsters in the other world for more than a year. Their cultivation and combat experience were now vastly different from what they had been at the beginning.

If given a little more time, not only the Lord of the Underworld Fire, but they were all already preparing to gang up on the Ink Dragon, determined not to give it another chance to come out and eat people.

“The Netherfire Cult, Crimson Fire Venerable.” Gu Zhao narrowed his eyes and moved his divine sense to look at Huang Yuan, who was sitting to the side. “Welcome the guest and take him to the Four Imperial Palace. I will go and see him.”

"Yes!" Huang Yuan stood up, then his figure transformed into a yellow light and suddenly landed outside the Azure Dragon Mountain Gate of the Great Luo Palace. He looked calmly at the arrogant old man opposite him, who was dressed in red with black flame patterns embroidered on his clothes and whose beard and hair were all strangely red.

The other party made no attempt to conceal his corpse aura, allowing Huang Yuan to immediately recognize him as a corpse demon.

Huang Yuan frowned slightly, but did not act impolitely. He stepped aside, cupped his hands, and erected a yellow light bridge from the mountain gate to the main hall of the Great Luo Palace. "Please!"

Crimson Flame Venerable glanced at Huang Yuan, smiled disdainfully, and stepped onto the bridge of light.

The next moment, Guangqiao brought Venerable Chihuo and Huang Yuan to the Four Imperial Halls of the Daluo Palace. At this time, Gu Zhao had already brought Daoist Yansong into the hall and sat down below the Great Emperor of the Central Heaven Purple Star and the North Pole, waiting for the guests.

Since an unwelcome guest had arrived, he was naturally not taken to the banquet in the backyard. So the banquet in the backyard proceeded as planned, and Gu Zhao brought Daoist Yansong to greet the guest.

Crimson Flame Venerable first glanced at Daoist Yansong, then turned to Gu Zhao, his expression showing no unusualness. "You are the Palace Master of the Great Luo Palace?"

"How dare you!" Huang Yuan stretched out both hands, and a short knife appeared in each palm. "A mere Venerable of the Netherfire Sect dares not be disrespectful to the Palace Master!"

The Crimson Flame Venerable chuckled again, a strange red light flashing in his eyes, but it eventually disappeared as he regained his composure.

"Crimson Flame Venerable of the Netherfire Sect greets the Great Luo Palace Master!" Crimson Flame Venerable bowed perfunctorily.

Gu Zhao's expression remained calm. "I've heard that the Lord of the Netherfire Sect has five Venerables under his command, and you are one of them?"

According to the news brought by Li Qingshuang, although only the leader of the Netherfire Sect personally took action when targeting Shide Mansion, there were actually five other experts in the Netherfire Sect who were called Venerables, all of whom were leaders of their own level.

The Crimson Flame Venerable before them possessed a solid thousand years of cultivation, enough to be a venerable figure in the original Changping Prefecture, and capable of fighting Bi Jingjing in the White Stone Prefecture.

But we don't know how strong he is among the Five Fire Venerables.
"Indeed!" Venerable Crimson Fire nodded, smiling smugly. "I am the leader of the Five Fire Venerables. The fact that I have come to the Great Luo Palace to pay my respects shows how much my sect leader values ​​you. You should be proud of yourselves!"

In the eyes of Venerable Crimson Fire, the Great Luo Palace was just a newly emerging force, and he had heard that the person in charge of the palace was a human mage, so what strength could it have?
Although the Daluo Palace occupies the land of two prefectures, Changping Prefecture, as the first buffer zone in Jiangnan, only has the ungrateful Golden Wind God King claiming to be an ancestor, the Weasel of Baishi Prefecture bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and the White Bone God Lord staying at home and not coming out. None of them are any formidable characters.

Therefore, he didn't place much importance on the Daluo Palace, and his personal visit at this time was rather impolite. However, Gu Zhao didn't care; who would care what a dead man said?

So Gu Zhao smiled and said, "Then I must thank the Lord of the Netherfire for his high regard."

Crimson Flame Venerable nodded matter-of-factly, “Not bad, you seem to know what’s good for you. You’ll benefit from this in three months.”

"What do you mean?" Gu Zhao asked.

With a flick of his right hand, Venerable Crimson Fire produced an invitation, which he handed to Gu Zhao. “The Netherfire Sect will hold its opening ceremony at Shide Prefecture on the New Year’s Day three months from now, and cordially invites the Grand Luo Palace Master to attend.”

Gu Zhao looked at the invitation. It was neither paper nor leather, but satin and gold, with an eerie black and red color. The words "[To the Palace Master of Da Luo Palace]" were written on the surface.

Gu Zhao took the invitation, and then a faint black flame suddenly appeared on the surface of the invitation, burning straight into Gu Zhao's body.

However, with a single movement of his internal energy, Gu Zhao easily extinguished the flames.

Upon seeing this, Venerable Crimson Fire's eyes twitched, and when he looked at Gu Zhao again, his expression became much more serious.

Gu Zhao opened the invitation and saw that it invited him to attend the opening ceremony of the Netherfire Sect at Shide Prefecture on the day of the New Year, and that there were important matters to discuss with him at that time.

"Snap!" Gu Zhao closed the invitation and handed it to Daoist Yansong.

"The Netherfire Cult's opening of an altar in Shide Prefecture is indeed a significant event." Gu Zhao looked at Venerable Crimsonfire, "But I wonder what important matter your esteemed cult wishes to discuss with me?"

The Crimson Flame Venerable gave Gu Zhao a deep look. "Once you leave, you will naturally know."

"The invitation has been delivered. I shall take my leave!" Venerable Crimson Fire cupped his hands again, this time more formally than before, but the disdain in his eyes was still evident. "I hope the Palace Master of the Great Luo Palace will arrive on time, lest he displease my sect leader."

As soon as he finished speaking, Venerable Crimson Fire turned and left.

Gu Zhao calmly watched as the Crimson Flame Venerable walked out of the Four Imperial Palace, his figure leaping away as a streak of crimson light.

"Sect Leader?" Daoist Yansong looked at the invitation in his hand and sensed a strong aura of death within it, which showed that the Netherfire Sect Leader's cultivation was indeed very profound. "Are we going to attend that opening ceremony?"

Gu Zhao did not answer, but said, "In the next few months, everyone can improve their strength even further."

Daoist Yansong raised an eyebrow. "And then?"

"Then of course we won't be able to wait for the grand opening ceremony." Gu Zhao smiled. "Instruct the town's craftsmen to prepare all the necessary items for the new temple, such as statues, plaques, incense burners, and yellow curtains, within two months."

At this point, Gu Zhao turned to Daoist Yansong, but in fact he also used the Five Thunder Token's voice transmission function to notify all the Daoists, "Two months from now, we will march on the Netherfire Sect in Yongzhou. I will hold the Grand New Year Ritual of the Great Luo Temple in Shide Prefecture on the day of the New Year!"

(End of this chapter)