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That night, Yue Lingshan returned to the military camp with forty living corpses who had successfully advanced. She dug out Xiahou Tan, who had also successfully advanced and become a giant corpse.

Xiahou Tan's strength has surpassed that of his ancestors, whom the Xiahou family had nurtured for hundreds of years. How can this not be considered a great honor for his ancestors?

Just as people were saying that the Xiahou family was getting worse with each generation, Xiahou Tan immediately surpassed his ancestors and shattered this rumor. The ancestors of the Xiahou family must have been very pleased to hear this.

At this point, "Nie Xiaoqian" had a terrifying force of one giant corpse and forty elite living corpses under her command. She was no small force in the entire demon world. At least at this stage, the Tree Demon Granny was far less powerful than her.

Using the giant corpse's earth-burrowing technique, Yue Lingshan led the entire team underground, following behind Nie Yan and the others. While the living corpses devoured and grew along the way, they secretly protected Nie Yan and the others.

They casually killed and subdued the demons and monsters that tried to attack Nie Yan and his group along the way, allowing them to reach the capital smoothly.

Meanwhile, Yue Lingshan continued to subdue dozens of demons and monsters for "Nie Xiaoqian," and her power surged once again.

Now, Nie Xiaoqian has two forces under her command: one is a zombie army led by a giant corpse, and the other is a demon and monster army led by an eight-hundred-year-old spider demon.

Looking across the world, Nie Xiaoqian's influence in the demon realm is not to be underestimated. A sect like the Danyang Sect could be wiped out simply by sending out her subordinates.

Tianqiong Mountain, Danyang School.

"Nie Xiaoqian" has been cultivating at the Danyang Sect for more than half a month.

Her progress over the past two weeks can only be described as "terrifying".

She not only mastered the core technique of the Danyang Sect, "Jade Elixir Returning to the Elixir," but also learned most of the sect's spells.

Master Yun Jin even asserted that, with her talent, she would catch up with Duanmu Xingyun, who had been cultivating for forty years, in at most three months.

That evening, "Nie Xiaoqian" was sitting cross-legged on a huge rock on the mountaintop, meditating with her eyes closed.

After a period of practice, she discovered that her true energy could actually be transformed into magical power.

Although the amount will shrink drastically after conversion, almost to the point of being one-tenth of what it was, as long as it can be converted, that's good news.

She can have as much true qi as she wants, and even if she can only convert it at a ratio of ten to one, it is enough for her to generate an astonishing amount of magical power.

Human cultivators in this world can only cultivate a small amount of magical power themselves. They mainly rely on borrowing power from heaven and earth to cast spells. Magical power is just a catalyst and is consumed very little.

However, as long as one is willing to invest more magical power, one can naturally borrow more power from heaven and earth, causing the power of magic to surge.

If Nie Xiaoqian's 5,600 years of cultivation were all converted into magic power, it would be unparalleled throughout history. It would be difficult to find a human cultivator with higher magic power than her.

Yan Chixia borrowed the power of Heaven and Earth, but even with all his borrowed magic, he could only scratch the itch of the Black Mountain Demon.

If she were to use all her magical power to borrow strength, Yan Chixia would be green with envy, turning her into a mobile magic cannon, where even a passing dog would get hit.

Unfortunately, the transformation of true qi into magical power cannot be accomplished overnight; it requires a process. Although this process is much faster than self-cultivation, it will probably take her 5600 years of cultivation to be fully transformed in one or two years.

Moreover, the Tianqiong Dao Foundation of the Danyang Sect is not enough to bear so much magical power. If she wants boundless magical power, she needs a more advanced Dao Foundation.

Just then, a thought struck her. Yue Lingshan sent a message reporting that Nie Yan had safely arrived in the capital, as well as the results she had achieved over the past half month.

"Nie Xiaoqian" stands on the mountaintop, gazing into the distance.

That's the direction of the capital.

"To save all beings from suffering..." she murmured softly.

Now that she possessed magical powers and knew spells, she was eager to know just how powerful this centipede demon, who dared to impersonate Buddha and possessed the golden body of Buddhist teachings to resist the sun's rays and gain the ability to move during the day, truly was.

Both being ancient demons, the centipede demon was far stronger than the tree demon.

If the Tree Demon Granny's cultivation was approximately a thousand years, the Centipede Demon's cultivation was several thousand years, and he had also cultivated a certain Buddhist tradition to a profound level, making him far stronger than the Tree Demon Granny.

A monster capable of stealing a dynasty and attempting to use the dynasty's fortune to transform itself into a dragon is far superior to the Tree Demon Granny in both scale and strength. Even the Black Mountain Demon's scale in the movie is not as impressive.

This is a boss that deserves serious attention. Whether she can defeat him is still unknown. It wouldn't hurt to be cautious, so she doesn't plan to go to the capital herself for the time being.

It's time to make use of Nie Yan, this old father.

That evening, Yue Lingshan appeared before Nie Yan, who had just arrived in the capital and had not yet entered the city, and claimed to be a deity who would bestow upon Nie Yan unparalleled martial arts skills.

Then, regardless of whether Nie Yan wanted it or not, they forcibly put a ruby ​​ring on his finger; it was the Crimson God Ring.

Yue Lingshan already had the Jade Soul Ring on her hand.

The moment Nie Yan put on the Crimson God Ring, he felt an unparalleled power surge out of his body, and the burst of true energy blew away the entire post station where he was standing!

Nie Yan was shocked. "Are you serious?"

He looked up, about to ask Yue Lingshan why she had granted him power, but Yue Lingshan was no longer there. It all seemed like a dream, but the earth-shattering power within him told him that this was not a dream.

When Nie Yan arrived in the capital, all the factions in the imperial court also received news of his arrival.

At the same time, news also spread that wherever Nie Yan went, demonic disturbances would inevitably break out within a radius of dozens of miles, causing a large number of deaths and injuries, which silenced the entire court.

In the current Changming Dynasty, the court is mainly divided into three factions.

One faction was led by the emperor, another by the civil officials led by Ge Tianxu of the Confucian school, and the last faction was led by the national preceptor led by Pudu Cihang of the Shenyin Temple of Buddhism.

Currently, the civil officials faction is the most powerful and has the grand ambition of reforming the country and reshaping the world. They are attempting a top-down reform to save the people. The emperor faction and the imperial advisor faction need to join forces to barely contend with them.

More than a month ago, Huangfu Yao, the former Vice Minister of Rites who belonged to the civil officials faction, died suddenly from illness. The emperor's faction and the imperial advisor's faction keenly sensed the opportunity and, through some maneuvering, caused a considerable conflict among the civil officials faction over the position.

In the end, it was Ge Tianxu who suppressed the unrest among the civil officials and proposed that someone with no connection or conflict with any of the parties, but with ideals, principles, and ability, take over the position. This resolved the internal conflict and prevented the other two factions from profiting.

Nie Yan thus came into the view of the entire court and was successfully promoted to the position of Vice Minister of Rites.

Originally, everyone thought this was just a pawn in the compromise of the three-way struggle, a tool to serve as a buffer in the three-way struggle, and could be disposed of at any time if they really wanted to.

But now it seems that this is no chess piece or a little lamb, but a demonic dragon!

The distance from Jinhua Prefecture to the capital is more than 1900 li, but wherever Nie Yan and his group went, they died. Moreover, as they got closer to the capital, the scale of casualties increased, and several armies were even wiped out overnight.

They departed from Jinhua Prefecture and arrived at Lanruo Temple that night to stay overnight. Lanruo Temple was destroyed.

The next day, they arrived at Fengshui Village and asked for lodging. Fengshui Village was abandoned and the village was littered with corpses.

On the ninth day, they arrived at Hongsha Town. Of the more than 10,000 people in Hongsha Town, including the rebel army and the imperial army, only a few dozen survived.

On the twelfth day, they passed through Yunxiu Town, which was razed to the ground that same day.

On the fifteenth day, they unexpectedly encountered the troops of Vice General Han Jingshuo, who was leading troops to quell a rebellion. The 20,000-strong army, including Han Jingshuo himself, had disappeared, their fate unknown...

There are also numerous other events that would have been earth-shattering in the past, all of which occurred on Nie Yan's way to the capital, a chilling thought upon closer examination.

Everyone was absolutely terrified!

The officials in the court did not think this was a coincidence. They believed that Nie Yan must be the one with the problem. It was possible that he himself was a peerless demon who was displeased with being implicated in the court struggle and was using this method to warn them!

As Nie Yan arrived in the capital, everyone became tense, unsure of how to handle the situation.

This situation was truly unexpected. The imperial court was not prepared to appoint such a powerful and monstrous figure as the Vice Minister of Rites, so they quickly convened a meeting.

After reading the memorial, Ge Tianxu slowly raised his head and looked at the emperor above: "Your Majesty, I have found out that wherever Nie Yan and his party go, a tragedy will inevitably occur within a radius of dozens of miles."

"From Jinhua Prefecture to the capital, a journey of nearly two thousand miles, the number of dead and wounded is in the tens of thousands!"

These things weren't all done by Yue Lingshan; most of them were actually due to Nie Yan's own good fortune, which led him to encounter all sorts of bad things.

The culprits were either killed by Yue Lingshan or subdued by her, which is how a large group of demons and monsters came to be.

However, the officials and civil servants were unaware of the truth and assumed that Nie Yan was responsible for everything.

The phrase "tens of thousands..." was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples.

A murmur rippled through the hall.

"This... is utterly lawless!"

"A prodigy, he must be a prodigy!"

"This is terrifying! What did we do to deserve this?!"

"So brazenly brazen, isn't he afraid of being surrounded and wiped out?!"

"I believe that Nie Yan should be arrested immediately and interrogated severely!"

"Take him down! We must take him down before he causes further tragedy in the capital!"

The emperor listened to the discussions below, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

He spoke, his voice low: "I have heard all your opinions. But Nie Yan has only just taken office, and no one has witnessed him committing the crime. It is inappropriate to convict him based solely on inference."

"Your Majesty!" A minister stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I believe it is better to believe it than not! If Nie Yan is truly a demon, allowing him to roam freely in the capital would have unimaginable consequences!"

"Let's capture him first. If we find out he's not a demon after interrogation, we can just apologize to him!"

"I second that proposal!"

"I second that opinion!"

For a time, calls to arrest Nie Yan gained the upper hand in the imperial court.

The emperor sighed and posed the crucial question: "Then, which of my esteemed ministers can lead the team to capture Nie Yan?"

The entire hall fell silent instantly, everyone turning to look at... Pudu Cihang!

Imperial Advisor, isn't it your job to exorcise demons and monsters? Step forward now!

Pudu Cihang's face twitched, and he felt an urge to quit being the national advisor.

He was a centipede spirit with thousands of years of cultivation. He disguised himself as a Buddhist master with profound Buddhist knowledge, infiltrated the dynasty, borrowed the dynasty's fortune to cultivate, and attempted to transform into a dragon.

Originally, this so-called court struggle was just a form of entertainment for him in his spare time, but suddenly an unfathomable Nie Yan emerged, bringing overwhelming ferocity to the capital.

He traveled over 1,900 li, killing wherever he went, causing tens of thousands of deaths. Even in the capital, he could sense the desperate cries of despair emanating from the Qi.

Such unbridled demons must be extremely powerful.

Now everyone wants him to deal with this kind of thing, but even he has to consider whether to temporarily avoid the limelight.

Chapter 187 Zhu Wushi: Su Xin and I have a child.

Ever since Gu Santong ran away two years ago, Zhu Wushi has been having a lot of bad luck.

The secret absorption technique was discovered by unidentified individuals, the transaction of Tianxiang Doukou was ambushed with explosives, his subordinate, the master Yagyu Tajima, was killed, and Piaoxu went missing—these were all minor problems.

The bigger problem is that Su Xin, whom she had frozen in Tianchi, has disappeared. It must have been done by the escaped Gu Santong.

This one thing alone was enough to cause him great pain.

In addition, many conspiracy theories about the Iron-Blooded Marquis gradually emerged in the martial arts world, which dealt a significant blow to the glorious and noble image he had always cultivated.

Meanwhile, Yunluo, who has suddenly become eloquent in the past year or so, is also deeply involved in court politics. He has built up a considerable faction with his words, which inevitably squeezes out the court faction he secretly supported.

Furthermore, regarding the Eastern Depot, the newly appointed supervisor, Cao Shaoqin, is very capable. He eliminated all the spies he had placed in the Eastern Depot, to the point that he is now unable to keep track of the Eastern Depot's movements in real time...