The Imperial Guards, like Yama, slaughtered until the Empress cried out for help.

Underground in Gujing Town.

There is another world here, with interconnected passages like a spider web, and there are skull torches on the walls.

The two blood-corrupted cultivators sat facing each other, but what they drank in their cups was not wine, but bright red blood.

A blood cultivator tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, when suddenly his ears twitched.

"Did you hear that? Wasn't that a tiger roaring just now?"

"No, I didn't hear that."

The blood cultivator rubbed his ears: "Looks like I haven't been drinking enough blood lately, I'm hallucinating."

"Once the cult leader emerges from seclusion, I'm definitely going to have a good drink!"

At this moment, a red glow slowly appeared in the darkness; it was the light emitted by Shen Qing's Crimson Sky Sword as his true energy surged.

Xue Xiu chuckled: "Hey, you there! In such a hurry? You've already got your sword before 9 PM?"

"Are you starving? Don't worry! You can sneak a little drink during the blood sacrifice later, it'll be fine."

"Let me tell you, Ao, the Liu family at the east end of town just had four babies. You'll get one of them."

The next moment, Chixiao in the darkness moved, and a red light flashed.

The blood cultivator's arm flew straight into the air. The intense pain made him want to scream, but Shen Qing had already trampled him under his feet, his throat pinned down.

"Where is your leader? Tell us or die."

The blood cultivator gritted his teeth and glared at Shen Qing with eyes full of anger.

Shen Qing snorted and kicked Xue Xiu into the air.

Immediately following, Chi Xiao delivered a vertical slash, cutting Xue Xiu in half at the waist, and then cleaved him in two with a horizontal slash.

Finally, dozens of red streaks of light flashed through the air, completely shredding the blood cultivator.

It turned into pieces of flesh and fell to the ground, the spraying blood directly splattering onto the face of another blood cultivator.

Shen Qing turned to look at him, and the blood cultivator, his eyes filled with fear, hurriedly spoke.

"Our leader is in that red room directly below Gujing Lake."

The response he received was Shen Qing's Crimson Sky, which cut him in half with one stroke, sliced ​​him open with another, and chopped him into pieces with ten strokes. In three breaths, the fragments fell to the ground.

"Even if you tell me, I'll still cut it!"

Shen Qing flicked Chixiao, and blood splattered, making Chixiao clean again.

The ancient well lake is located in the very center of the town, and its direction is easy to discern.

After quickly determining the direction, I started walking towards Gujing Lake.

Along the way, whenever we encountered a blood cultivator, we used the same tactics: cut them in half, slice them open, and chop them up!

Shen Qing stopped in front of a lavishly decorated room.

It seemed that a faint singing voice could still be heard.

In the room, a female cultivator was dressing up a woman.

However, there is one difference: the rouge boxes here are made of human bones.

The woman picked up a rouge and carefully applied it to her face.

"Madam Zhang, I bought this rouge from Luoshui City. I heard that all the noble ladies there use it."

Madam Zhang looked at the bronze mirror with some worry, and touched her face: "Have I gotten old? Will he not like me anymore when he comes out?"

The woman smiled and said, "Madam, we can all see how much the leader loves you."

"Moreover, I've even gone to learn the art of dressing up. I promise I'll make sure you look beautiful."

"Even the cult leader is completely infatuated with him."

At that moment, Shen Qing's voice came from behind.

"So you're that old demon's lover?"

The two men immediately became enraged, leaping back and simultaneously throwing several hidden weapons straight at the screen.

Several metallic clanging sounds rang out, the screen collapsed, revealing Shen Qing's figure.

The woman shouted angrily, "You audacious thief! How dare you trespass here? Don't you have a death wish?"

Madam Zhang's expression changed drastically as she recognized Shen Qing's clothes: "The Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard? How could you possibly find this place?"

The woman's face turned ashen upon hearing the other woman's words. She drew her long sword and shoved the woman violently, shouting, "Madam Zhang! Run! Go and wake the cult leader! I'll hold him off!"

After saying that, the woman drew her sword and charged at Shen Qing.

Before he could even reach Shen Qing, he was sent flying by a single slash of his sword, with lightning flashing in the air.

Shen Qing immediately unleashed the Nine Thunderstrikes technique. His domineering true qi was already incredibly powerful, and the equally domineering Nine Thunderstrikes technique only amplified it.

That's like his domineering mother opening the door for him. Wow, that's domineering to the extreme!

With one slash, not only were there no fragments left, but not even bones were left; it was chopped into dust.

Shen Qing snorted.

"A bunch of bloodsucking bastards, and they call me a thief?"

"That's disgusting!"

Madam Zhang was furious! She had originally wanted to put on a tearful show with the Blood Cultivator woman, but now she was in no mood for it at all.

He was so close to wetting his pants that he turned around and scrambled out through another door.

Shen Qing followed behind her, not in a hurry to kill her.

Shen Qing just heard that the woman tell this woman to go find the cult leader.

The underground area is a maze of interconnected passages. Although we know that the cult leader is located directly beneath the Ancient Well Lake, it is still easy to get lost if we are not familiar with the area. It would be great if someone could guide us.

If Madam Zhang runs too slow, she'll be stabbed.

It's not fatal, but it hurts a lot.

Along the way, blood cultivators kept coming after hearing the commotion and attacking Shen Qing, but Madam Zhang didn't dare to stop and kept running forward with all her might.

Because every blood cultivator arrived cursing and swearing, but after a clap of thunder, all the cursing stopped abruptly.

Finally, Madam Zhang saw a secret room made of blue bricks, and a glint appeared in her eyes. It was clear that this was the hiding place of the Old Demon of Withered Glory.

Madam Zhang pressed herself against the door, repeatedly feeling for the mechanism on it. Finally, she found a groove, pressed it hard, and the door to the secret room slowly opened.

But the door, which had been opening rapidly, seemed to open so slowly, because the footsteps behind them were getting closer and closer.

Just as the door was about to burst open, Madam Zhang screamed in anguish, "Husband! Save me..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and a round human head fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, dozens of slashes were unleashed, cutting Madam Zhang's body into pieces.

Shen Qing lifted her foot and walked into the secret room.

In the very center of the secret chamber was a huge pool of blood, and the white-haired Old Demon of Withered Glory sat immersed in the pool, his body exuding an aura of decaying wood.

He slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes.

He immediately spotted Shen Qing, dressed in the official robes of a garrison commander, and the round head on the ground. He stood up abruptly.

"Ah Lian!"

He then glared angrily at Shen Qing.

"Do you know that Ah Lian is the woman I love most!"

"What a fine Jinyiwei commander! Do you even know that your old commander wouldn't dare to do this!"

"You have already chosen a path to death..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Qing transformed into a phantom and kicked the Old Demon of Withered Glory in the waist and abdomen, sending him flying backward. The solid blue brick wall was smashed open, creating a large hole and kicking up clouds of dust.

However, this old demon Ku Rong was indeed quite capable; the indentation between his waist and abdomen recovered quickly, and he stood up unharmed in no time.

Shen Qing stepped forward slowly.

"So you're the Old Demon of Withering and Flourishing, huh? Stop with your meaningless chatter, I'm tired of it."

"You've killed so many people, torn apart so many families, and you still pretend to be all lovey-dovey? It's disgusting!"

Having said that, he pointed a finger at Madam Zhang's head and blew it off right in front of the Old Demon Ku Rong.

"Would that make you even more determined to fight?"

"Some people say your philosophy on rise and fall is quite impressive. Can you let me have my way?"