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Chapter 220 It was her!! [Requesting monthly votes]

"Heavenly Silkworm, do you think this place is truly the mausoleum of that Fox Clan True Lord from back then?"

Jiang Hong lay on the dragon throne, still fiddling with the two radiant walnuts in his hands, and asked idly.

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal, who had been standing behind him, came to his side, bowed slightly, and said, "It is absolutely true. The mausoleum on Qingyi Mountain is just an illusion. Although the Fox Clan's treasures are all there, attracting countless people to covet them over the years, the Fox Clan True Monarch's body is not there, but buried here."

"This information came from the White Bone Demon Lord."

"Heavenly Silkworm, do you think I'll be able to obtain this opportunity?"

Jiang Hong asked again.

Master Tiancan continued, "Opportunities are determined by fate, and you, young master... are the one destined by fate."

Jiang Hong chuckled and couldn't help but sit up, looking at him and laughing, "Tiancan, no wonder my mother chose to let you come with me. With your mouth, I've had no shortage of fun along the way."

The Celestial Silkworm Immortal stroked his beard and smiled.

"I'm just used to telling the truth."

Jiang Hong laughed loudly, looking up at the sky.

"In that case, I will go to the Wei family again and try to take them down as soon as possible."

"Go, go, without the key of the tomb keeper, it's truly impossible to dig up this True Lord's Tomb."

Master Tiancan smiled and said, "This is only the first step."

"Isn't the second step already under control?"

Jiang Hong spread his hands and said with a smile.

"No one is more wise than you, young master." Celestial Silkworm Master cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Then this subordinate will take his leave."

"Go ahead, go ahead."

Jiang Hong waved his hand.

For him, everything was under control.

"..."

"That is?"

On the way back, Ji Yuan saw a streak of light moving from west to east, and naturally knew that it was the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal who had set off, guessing that he was going to continue his attack on the Wei family.

"It seems that the young master is not willing to wait any longer and wants to take it all in one fell swoop."

Feng Xiuxiu looked up and said knowingly.

"Then let's hurry back and recover as quickly as possible. The great battle to annihilate the Wei family will probably begin soon."

"We'd better do our best then and try to make a great contribution in this big battle."

Huli said quickly.

"Um."

Immediately, the four people who were originally moving slowly all sped up, their figures transforming into four streaks of black light, heading straight for the stone mountain in the west.

After a while, Ji Yuan returned to his cave.

There's nothing to recover from; he's just wondering if he can find the Blood River after Jiang Hong destroys the Wei family.

After finding the Blood River, I should be able to condense a sword embryo without much trouble.

Anyway, it's impossible for him to put in any effort. Ji Yuan is going to slack off and find an opportunity to get rid of Hu Li.

As for the Wei family's counterattack against Jiang Hong, Ji Yuan hadn't even considered it. With a Golden Core cultivator here, the Wei family was already considered to have a strong foundation if they could hold out for four or five days.

It's unclear what the identity of that woman who controls a third-tier demonic beast is, that she's willing to live and die alongside the Wei family.

As Ji Yuan was thinking, a communication talisman in his storage bag trembled slightly. He took it out and looked at it.

Huli.

"Senior, is it convenient for you? I'd like to speak with you for a few minutes."

Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then left without sending any more messages and went straight to Hu Li's cave.

"What is it?"

After arriving here, Ji Yuan familiarly went to lie down on the soft chair.

Hu Li stood respectfully beside him. "Senior, I just received news that the young master doesn't want to wait any longer. This time, he seems to want to take over the Wei family in one fell swoop."

"We've been training our troops for a thousand days, but we're going to use them for one. Let's go all out."

Ji Yuan looked at him with a half-smile.

However, Hu Li's face did not look relaxed; instead, it looked somewhat heavy.

"This matter... you haven't been here long, so you probably don't know the details yet, but I feel like something's not quite right."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Ji Yuan raised an eyebrow, his posture casual, as if he still didn't care about the matter, but he was already on high alert.

He could sense something was wrong even though he had only been there for a few days, let alone Huli, the old thief who had been there for months.

"Young master said you were cultivating here, but if that's the case, why kill everyone here? That's one reason."

"Secondly, senior, you may not know this, but the young master and the others never intended to give the Wei family a way out. The message they're spreading is that the Wei family would rather die than leave their homeland. But in reality, when we first arrived, True Person Heavenly Silkworm had already set up a magic array, preparing to annihilate the entire Wei family here."

"Thirdly, there's the location. We actually changed several places at first, but each time Master Tiancan said it wasn't right, and finally we found the place we have now."

Hu Li explained everything in detail, speaking with great seriousness.

Ji Yuan's expression remained unchanged after listening; he simply asked, "Is there anything else?"

Of these three points, only the second one surprised Ji Yuan; the rest were within his expectations.

No, that's all.

Huli lowered his head.

Ji Yuan stood up. "Then forget it. You can just wait here to die."

"No, no, no."

Hu Li quickly reached out and grabbed Ji Yuan's sleeve, "There's more, there's more, but I'm not quite sure, so I dare not say it."

Ji Yuan stopped and glanced at Hu Li's hand gripping his sleeve.

The latter immediately relaxed and then transmitted his voice, saying, "It's like this. Some time ago, when I went to visit you, young master, I overheard him talking with the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal. They mentioned the word 'tomb' in their conversation."

"A burial?"

"right."

Hu Li nodded vigorously and continued to transmit his voice, "I am sure I heard correctly. They are talking about tombs. I suspect... they came here not for cultivation, but to excavate the tombs here."

Burial...that explains it.

Why is this ancient battlefield barren?

According to Ji Yuan's previous life, it was because there was a large tomb underneath with a waterproof layer, which prevented plants from growing.

But in this world's parlance... that means there's a huge tomb down there, where some powerful being is buried.

Either the powerful being exuded an extremely strong killing intent, or there were other arrangements inside the tomb, which resulted in this place being barren and desolate.

"It's not impossible."

Uncertain of the outcome, he adopted Hua Yaoyue's tone, speaking in ambiguous and vague language.

As soon as he said it, he thought of himself lying on a soft chair, gently rocking back and forth, speaking as if he were bored.

Did I unknowingly learn all of Master's tricks?

Or is this... a legacy?

"Senior, think about it, what level of tomb would it be to attract the interest of Young Master Jiang, a Nascent Soul cultivator?" Hu Li's words carried a hint of seduction.

Ji Yuan sneered mercilessly, "What? Even if it's the tomb of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, you dare to lay a finger on it? You dare to compete with Jiang Hong and the Heavenly Silkworm?"

Hu Li chuckled and rubbed his hands together.

"Well, you're here, senior."

I knew you wanted to use me as a pawn, tsk, you're really tired of living... Ji Yuan crossed his arms over his lower abdomen and said calmly:

"Not interested."

"senior……"

Ji Yuan's face darkened.

Hu Li quickly changed his tune, saying, "Senior is wise. Jiang Hong and Master Tiancan probably know this tomb very well, but we don't know any clues. We must not take any risks."

"Ha, so you'll say whatever comes to mind, good or bad, huh?"

"This...hehe."

Hu Liqian chuckled a few times and lowered his head.

"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

"No, that's all I know."

Hu Li shook his head, it was unclear whether he only knew this much or simply didn't want to say more.

Ji Yuan guessed that it was the reason behind it.

A person like Huli can never completely trust others.

Forcing himself to suppress the urge to ambush and kill him right now, Ji Yuan turned and returned to his cave.

He had no idea what happened next, only that five days later he received another message from Hu Li, saying that they should gather at the palace on the mountaintop, as Young Master Jiang had something to announce.

I reckon they're about to make a move.

Ji Yuan collected everything inside the cave, then deactivated the cave's effect before summoning the skull and flying towards the palace on the mountaintop.

When he came up, the others had already arrived.

Ji Yuan, being the weakest in cultivation, naturally stood in the position closest to the door... so that even if he had to run, he could run faster.

Upon seeing Ji Yuan arrive, Jiang Hong sat up from the dragon throne and casually said, "Except for Zhong Dao Ke and the other three who besieged the Wei family, everyone else is here."

"Here, keep these things safe."

After Jiang Hong finished speaking, he casually swept his hand, and streaks of light flew out from his sleeves and landed in front of everyone.

Storage bag.

Ji Yuan tentatively scanned it with his divine sense.

Good heavens, another 100 mid-grade spirit stones!

Are they really just going to give out money on a whim?

"Damn, he's rich..." Ji Yuan looked up at Jiang Hong. Now that the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal had gone to the Wei family's side and wasn't by his side, he really wanted to kill him.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Ji Yuan withdrew his gaze.

We mustn't alert them; if we're truly determined, we must strike decisively.

"I'm sure you all know what happened, so I won't go into too much detail. In short, after this is over, each of you will receive 1000 mid-grade spirit stones."

"Each early Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Wei family killed will earn 1000 mid-grade spirit stones."

"Mid-Foundation Establishment stage, 2000 mid-grade spirit stones."

"Whoever can kill Wei Kun will receive 3000 mid-grade spirit stones."

As soon as Jiang Hong finished speaking, Ji Yuan could clearly feel that the breathing of the people around him had become rapid.

Hu Li shouted even louder, like a perfectly cooperative straight man.

"Young master, what if we could kill that female cultivator who keeps foxes?"

Jiang Hong sneered, "If you can kill him, the reward is 5000 mid-grade spirit stones!"

"hiss--"

Hu Li gasped, taking several steps back as if he had been frightened.

"Young master, you are so magnanimous!"

"We swear to follow you to the death, young master!"

"..."

They were shouting, and Ji Yuan's eyes were also burning with fervor, but his fervor was not directed at the Wei family, but at Jiang Hong in front of him.

It only destroyed the Wei family, not counting the investments already made in the early stages... The Wei family had a total of eight Foundation Establishment cultivators: two in the late Foundation Establishment stage, four in the mid Foundation Establishment stage, and two in the early Foundation Establishment stage.

This will cost 16,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Including that female cultivator, that makes 21,000.

That son of a bitch, he really doesn't treat spirit stones like spirit stones!

Ji Yuan realized that he had underestimated Jiang Hong's wealth.

"Alright, if there are no further problems, then... let's go!"

Jiang Hong waved his hand, then transformed into a streak of blood and rushed out of the palace. Following closely behind was Feng Xiuxiu, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, while Ji Yuan, as always, lagged behind.

In a sense, it can be said that he protected everyone in front of him.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators set off in a grand procession, with Ji Yuan turning back for one last look.

The palace remains here and was not taken away.

……

"Master, the formation is about to be broken. If you have a solution, you should leave now."

At the top of Weijia Mountain, Wei Kun made his final request to the woman in black robes before him.

The black-robed woman holding the six-tailed fox remained oblivious, looking up as the fire serpent licked the azure barrier. What was once a barrier that blotted out the sky was now reduced to a thin layer, and it wouldn't be long before the fire serpent tore through it.

"We tomb keepers can't leave. This demonic cultivator is determined to use our blood to open the ancestral tomb, but sir..."

Wei Kun was almost in tears as he spoke.

At this point, the woman in black finally spoke, gently stroking the six-tailed fox's back. "Have you considered that they're digging up my ancestor's tomb? Where do you expect me to run?"

"this……"

Wei Kun remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a trembling voice:

"Master, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn."

These words were practically blasphemous to the tomb keepers, because what he meant was clearly... Run! Forget about ancestral graves, saving your life is the most important thing.

"Don't worry, if I'm really outmatched, I'll run away."

Hearing this, Wei Kun finally felt relieved.

"That's good."

Before he finished speaking, four fiercely burning pillars of fire suddenly rose from the four corners of the formation. Each of these pillars of fire required three people to hug it. There seemed to be some patterns on them, but upon closer inspection, one could discover that those patterns were actually... small snakes.

Upon seeing this, the woman in black robes suddenly spoke, saying softly:

"We need to break through the formation."

"..."

"Yes, we need to break the formation."

Ji Yuan heard Hu Li's voice transmission in his mind.

At this moment, Ji Yuan, who had arrived at the outer edge of the Four Symbols Boiling Sea Formation, took a few steps back without making a sound.

Looking up again, I saw that the four pillars of fire that had risen had dispersed, turning into small, fiery red snakes that landed on the pale blue barrier and were frantically biting at it.

As a result, the barrier disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, a small snake bit through the barrier and fell into the formation.

"open!"

The voice of the Heavenly Silkworm Elder came from the sky.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Yuan saw a huge crimson palm fall from the sky and slam down on the mountaintop. This palm was as big as a small mountain... just like the Buddha's palm in Ji Yuan's memory.

Wherever his palm passed, it destroyed everything in its path.

The remaining formation of the Wei family was torn to shreds in an instant, just like a tattered rag, and it looked as if the palm was about to smash into the mountain.

Just then, a fox tail appeared out of nowhere on the mountaintop, a fluffy tail that was quite beautiful.

But this beautiful fox tail swung through the air and smashed the palm to pieces. Not only that, but thousands of hairs fell off the fox tail.

"Whoosh—"

Countless snow-white hairs flew around, instantly annihilating the small snakes in the air.

"kill!"

From within the rocky mountain came the heart-wrenching roar of Wei Kun, the head of the Wei family, followed by streaks of light rising from the ground and flying outwards.

at the same time.

At the summit of the rocky mountain, a phantom image of a six-tailed fox demon, tens of meters tall, appeared. At first, it was just a phantom image, but then it solidified in an instant, with six thick fox tails swinging behind it.

Enchantress, terrifying, exuding a captivating aura.

Ji Yuan only glanced at it from afar before quickly averting his gaze.

At the same time, he heard Jiang Hong's voice in his ear.

"Let's go."

"Just kill them all."

The six-tailed fox in the distance had already leaped up from the ground, stepped into the void several times, creating ripples, and disappeared to the north, followed by a series of booming sounds.

Clearly, it had clashed with the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal over there.

Ji Yuan hesitated for only a moment before the group of demonic cultivators were already locked in a fierce battle with the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Wei family.

One of the demonic cultivators was assigned to guard the gate, making it eight against eight.

Jiang Hong, who was left behind, searched for the female cultivator in the crowd. Ji Yuan's opponent was also a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment... He didn't recognize him. He was a middle-aged man in a gray robe who was skilled in earth magic. He fought with wide-ranging and powerful moves.

Ji Yuan, clad in black demon armor and wielding the Bone-Melting Claw, managed to put up a fairly even fight against him.

To be on the safe side, Ji Yuan didn't even bother to use any talismans.

Not to mention the Yin Ghost Banner, the Thousand Soul Banner, and the Blood Marrow Bead—these are all precious treasures.

Of course, the main reason is that I'm afraid of accidentally killing this person.

If he gets killed, he'll have to fight those Qi Refining cultivators, and then it won't be easy for him to keep up the act.

While using his Yin Claws to tear open the earthen wall summoned by the gray-robed man, Ji Yuan observed Hu Li's battle with his divine sense.

They were trying to find an opportunity to ambush him.

At the same time, they were searching everywhere for the female cultivator's whereabouts.

But for some reason, Ji Yuan couldn't be found, and neither could Jiang Hong.

After the formation was broken, the female cultivator seemed to have vanished into thin air. Even though Jiang Hong circled the stone mountain several times, he couldn't find her.

Unable to find the female cultivator, Jiang Hong could only vent his anger on the Qi Refining stage cultivators of the Wei family.

As a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, killing these Qi Refining cultivators was like killing chickens for him; one spell would result in a large number of casualties.

Although Ji Yuan felt reluctant, he wouldn't actually jump out to stop them.

He cultivates himself, doing only what he can.

The other demonic cultivators were nothing new to him, but Wei Kun, who was fighting Feng Xiuxiu, was furious, shouting and cursing wildly.

But at that very moment...

A figure suddenly emerged from the main hall atop the mountain. Looking at Jiang Hong in mid-air, she coldly said, "Fine, if you want to kill me, then come at me. What kind of skill is it to bully some Qi Refining cultivators?"

After the woman in black finished speaking, her gaze swept over everyone present.

Suddenly, when her gaze swept over Ji Yuan, she paused slightly.

Just as Ji Yuan was wondering what was going on, a familiar voice rang in his mind.

"What a coincidence, we've met here."

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