Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 185 The Vanished Teng Xielang
"Gui Liang, you..."

Lu Wang Bo Hanbo's words were frozen in the blood-red wind. Yama Hanba subdued the three gatekeepers, and black mist, like ink, swept over the broken walls and ruins. The stench of the otherworldly demon realm, carrying the sound of armor shattering, receded, leaving only scorched earth and strewn corpses.

A broken halberd stood embedded among the burned beams and pillars, the two characters "Ghost Liang" on the tattered banner mottled from the blood and fire, much like the blood-stained robes of Ghost Liang at this moment—

The former lord of the Ghost Liang Army now kneels amidst the rubble, his black wide sleeves soaked with dark purple bloodstains, his hairpins broken, and a few strands of silver hair sticking haphazardly to his pale cheeks. Only his eyes still burn with an unextinguished fire.

Looking at the disheveled and severely injured Gui Liang Tianxia, ​​Lu Wang Bo Hanbo couldn't bring himself to say the rest of his words.

Upon hearing that Gui Liang Tianxia had obtained the gold coins for entry into the Illusionary Realm at the Tongtian Pillar Gathering, he realized that Gui Liang Military Mansion might become a target of the Otherworldly Demon Realm. He hurriedly contacted Huangfu Xiaochan for support, but despite his efforts, he arrived too late. Not only did Gui Liang Military Mansion suffer heavy casualties, but Yama Hanba also succeeded in her plan.

"I'm fine..." Gui Liang Tianxia slowly stood up, forcibly swallowing the metallic taste rising in his throat. He looked at Huangfu Xiaochan beside Bo Hanbo, suddenly straightened his clothes and sleeves, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, his knuckles turning white from the force: "First, we had the help of Hao Kunlun, and now we have troubled you two to rush to our aid overnight, Gui Liang Tianxia..."

Before he could finish speaking, he coughed up blood that splattered onto the bluestone slab, like red plum blossoms falling on snow.

"The cauldrons may be separate peaks, but they are connected by the same branch; why does Your Excellency say such a thing?" Bo Hanbo pressed down on his shoulder, feeling a sticky, warm hand, and his heart tightened. "It's just that the demon army is fierce this time, and the military..."

Looking at the devastation all around, the Deer King sighed, his voice ripped apart by the wind. After this battle, the Ghost Liang Army Mansion in the Spring Rain Realm was now merely a name without substance.

"It's because Gui Liangtianxia's skills are inferior to others, and there's no one else to blame but... Xiao Chan."

“Hmm,” Huangfu Xiaochan replied from the side.

"I intend to entrust everyone and Feiyu to you. I will trouble you to take care of them," Gui Liang Tianxia said to Huangfu Xiaochan.

Upon hearing this, Gui Liang Feiyu, with tears in his eyes, rushed forward to Gui Liang Tianxia's side, his brocade robe stained with blood: "Father! Feiyu wants to go with you!"

The surviving diners, leaning on their injured arms, gathered together, their voices, though uneven, filled with a death wish: "We are willing to follow the Lord to drive back the demons and avenge our brothers!"

Even Huangfu Xiaochan couldn't help but advise Gui Liang Tianxia to first enter the desolate forest to recuperate before making other plans.

However, Gui Liangtianxia shook his head repeatedly, "Feiyu, you still call me father, and everyone else, you still respect me as the Prefect. Then act according to my arrangements, so that I can deal with the Otherworld Demon Realm without any worries. As for Xiaochan, it is already difficult for you to protect the people of the Remnant Forest. It is not the best strategy to confront the Otherworld Demon Realm head-on. Therefore, you should not act rashly and it is best not to get involved."

After saying this, Gui Liangtianxia looked at Chou Luo Anchen, who had remained silent, and said, "Qing'er, I know I owe you a lot, but this time I still need to shamelessly ask for a favor. I hope you will take good care of Feiyu in the future."

"Father!" Gui Liangfei cried uncontrollably, clutching his father's sleeve tightly. "Don't say such things!"

Then Gui Liang Feiyu looked at Chou Luo Anchen. Chou Luo Anchen raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over Gui Liang Tianxia's blood-stained clothes, then turning to the weeping Feiyu. Finally, he slowly nodded, his figure disappearing like smoke behind the ruins.

Gui Liangtianxia stared at the empty space, his Adam's apple bobbing. Suddenly, he turned to Bo Hanbo and said, "Deer King, please tell Mu Shaoai what happened at Gui Liang Military Prefecture. Tell the righteous path to be on guard against the otherworldly demon realm's plot against the five divine artifacts."

Bo Hanbo watched as Gui Liangtianxia made arrangements one by one, then sighed deeply: "I will handle this matter, but you..."

"No need for 'buts'." Gui Liang Tianxia turned his gaze back to the dilapidated Gui Liang Military Mansion before him. Half a lifetime of hard work, destroyed in a single day. Gui Liang Tianxia remained indescribably calm throughout.

"Thank you all. Let me spend the rest of the time seeing them off."

…… ……

Having achieved its goal, the victorious Yama Drought Demon returned to the Flame Demon City, exuding an air of triumph.

Two gold coins represent an extra chance for the Otherworld to try and fail in the illusion, and also increase the probability of obtaining the artifact. Moreover, Yama Hanba remembers that one gold coin represents the qualification for one person to enter, while holding two means that the Otherworld may be able to send two people into it at the same time.

However, the absence of the figure after returning to the Otherworld puzzled Yama.

"Teng Xielang hasn't returned yet?"

Having received intelligence about Xi Mie Tian Lai, Yan Mo Han Ba ​​knew that Gui Liang Tian Xia had a mysterious Taoist cultivator as an ally. Therefore, before this operation, he sent Teng Xie Lang to intercept him. Originally, he thought that with Teng Xie Lang's strength, and given that his mission was to restrain him, he should have already completed it. However, he did not expect that he had not returned yet.

At this moment, Ren Chenfu walked up to the main hall and said with a solemn expression, "Demon Lord, we have found clues about the Taoist people we encountered when we attacked Tianlai earlier."

"Hmm?" Yanmo Hanba looked at Ren Chenfu's face, his brows furrowing slightly. "Speak."

"That person is named Kunlun, a highly renowned figure within the Daoist sect. He, along with Tianji and Dixian of the Daoist Supreme Palace, are all direct descendants of Laozi. Furthermore, there are rumors that this person may be on par with Lian Emei."

"Practicing Emei?!"

Upon hearing that Hao Kunlun possessed strength comparable to Lian Emei, Yanmo Hanba finally became wary. Given Teng Xielang's strength, facing him seemed like a recipe for disaster.

"Have someone investigate the stronghold of this person named Kunlun, as well as another person named Huangfu Xiaochan."

As for Bo Hanbo...

Yama Hanba acknowledged that the attack was quite powerful, and that strike was indeed amazing, but in the Demon Lord's eyes, it was just one strike.

Ren Chenfu bowed and accepted the order to withdraw.

As for Teng Xielang, Yanmo Hanba was not worried about his life or death. Even if a person from the Otherworld died, his demon soul would return to the Otherworld and be reborn. However, what Yanmo Hanba did not expect was that there were so many hidden forces in the martial arts world.

"Investigate the matter of Teng Xielang first. Next, we should consider how to deal with the Yi Liu Black Cult."

The divination left by Guizhi and Mingjian in the past, the impact of the last sixteen characters of the pawnshop on the situation of the martial arts world is already clearly visible. However, in the first part, although the Otherworld Demon Realm did indeed reach a cooperation with Kuanglong Yishengxiao, which can be considered as confirming what the divination said, the four characters "Yiwo Moxiang" indicate that the Yiliu Black Cult and the Otherworld Demon Realm have already ruined too many things.

Now that the Guiliang Military Command is practically defunct, the next thing to consider is—

"Bei Chen Yuan Huang, I hope you will cherish your life."

Inside the palace, the low murmur of Yama, the drought demon, echoed.

(End of this chapter)