Soul Town: Claiming the throne? You've asked my Tian Ce Army, haven't you?

Li Shimin understood what he wanted to do, but still firmly refused, "This is an ironclad rule, you are not ready yet..."

Of course, he didn't refuse too firmly, "However, I can let you hold out your hand for a moment, just leave the child at a family's doorstep, and let them adopt him..."

"How can you just do whatever you want?"

Mo Lan entrusted her to me, and I have to take responsibility. What if I end up with a bad family?

"Can't you make an exception?"

"No, you figure it out!"

Seeing Li Shimin's resolute attitude, Li Moxuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and try opening the passages to the underworld one by one to observe.

Since it's the underworld, naturally we need to find a Soul Guardian with good character, but very few Soul Guardians in the underworld live past fifty, making it almost impossible to find a suitable one...

After searching for a while, Li Moxuan spotted a figure. This person seemed trustworthy, and considering that Tang Xiaoxiao was definitely going to stay in the Underworld, Li Moxuan decided to give it a try.

He changed his position, placing Tang Xiaoxiao in front of the figure on the road, and then moved to another spot to observe.

Soon, the figure noticed Tang Xiaoxiao in the swaddling clothes. This person was none other than Gui Fu Santong, the envoy sent by the Spirit Master to the human world to recruit spirit hosts!

How come there's a child here?

Gui Fu Santong stepped forward and picked up Tang Xiaoxiao, who was still fast asleep. After glancing around, he didn't see anyone else...

He glanced down at Tang Xiaoxiao in his arms. There was a jade pendant on her body. The front of the pendant was engraved with the words "Xiaoxiao" and the back was printed with a large "Tang".

Is the child's name Tang Xiaoxiao?

This is the underworld. If I leave this child here, the evil spirits will surely find him. But I can't have children, otherwise if that person finds him, the child will definitely be killed.

Having entrusted her own child, Long Dou, to her younger sister Luo Zhi's care, she certainly couldn't afford to cause any more trouble for her and Cao Huoniu. It seemed she needed to find a suitable family to adopt the child...

Chapter 352: The Target of Public Criticism

Seeing Gui Fu Santong take Tang Xiaoxiao away, Li Moxuan breathed a sigh of relief. Gui Fu Santong was a pretty good person and would probably find a suitable family to adopt Tang Xiaoxiao.

According to seniority, Tang Xiaoxiao would later become the wife of his nephew Cao Yanming, that is, his nephew's wife. It's just a pity that in the end, Gui Fu Santong would also die at Tang Xiaoxiao's hands...

After finishing his business, Li Moxuan returned to Qianji City in the Great Thousand God Realm. Now that he had sent Tang Xiaoxiao away, he had to make her "die" in the Great Thousand God Realm.

Huichun Hall is still quite intact. Jiang Ciyou brought over the bodies of Tang Wusheng and Mo Lan, and also gathered all the surviving people from Qianji City.

These people were mostly boys and girls around eleven or twelve years old. Jian Wushuang held back and didn't kill these young children...

Why did you take so long?

"Something happened..."

Seeing Li Moxuan return, Jiang Ciyou breathed a sigh of relief and led him to the room where Tang Wusheng and Mo Lan's bodies were kept. She had already treated their wounds.

"The survivors of Thousand Machine City are all here. I've treated their wounds..."

Her gaze fell on the corpses of Tang Wusheng and Mo Lan, and she sighed, "When do you think we should let them rest in peace?"

"Let's do it tomorrow. First, let's deal with all the corpses in the city..."

"How should we handle this?"

The corpses were basically all cut in half with a single sword strike, their intestines and brains scattered everywhere. Apart from her and Li Moxuan, everyone else in Qianji City was injured. Could they just bring them over one by one?

"Your guardian deity is the Flame Emperor, do you still need to ask me?"

Jiang Ciyou understood Li Moxuan's meaning: they wanted to cremate all the corpses? But it seemed there wasn't a better option at the moment…

"Oh, right, and him too..."

She led Li Moxuan to the next ward, where Tang Wunian lay unconscious, his body wrapped in dense bandages.

“His right leg had a sword wound and was already useless. To save his life, I amputated it…”

After saying that, Jiang Ciyou asked with a hint of unease, "Um... have you found Xiaoxiao?"

Li Moxuan shook his head, "I only found the corpses of a group of Tang Clan assassins..."

Hearing this, Jiang Ci's heart tightened with worry, "Xiaoxiao... she's not dead, is she?"

"I don't know, maybe..."

Jiang Ciyou felt a little guilty. Even if she didn't tell Shi Mo the location of Qianji City, Jian Wushuang would find out from other Tang Sect branch leaders.

But regardless, she deserves some credit for the current dire state of Qianji City...

"Master Jiang, thank you for your help. If you wish to leave, you may do so now..."

Jiang Ciyou frowned. "Why should I leave?"

"You came to Thousand Machine City to recruit talent, didn't you? Thousand Machine City has become like this now, it's no longer suitable for you to stay..."

Seemingly remembering something, Li Moxuan stared at her in surprise, "You're not still thinking about me, are you?"

"Stop being so narcissistic. It's not like I can't live without you..."

Jiang Ciyou glared at him and slowly said, "I'm not the kind of person who kicks someone when they're down. I'll stay for a while, at least until Qianji City is back to normal..."

"Whatever you want!"

Li Moxuan walked out of the ward. "I still have things to take care of. I'll leave the bodies in the city to you..."

"Hey, I'll stay and help, but you can't just dump all the work on me, can you?"

"I'll be back to help soon..."

Jiang Ciyou had no choice but to watch Li Moxuan's figure disappear into the distance...

Back at Tingyuxuan, which was still largely intact, Li Moxuan took out the Divine Decree and tried to contact Tang Tiannan to come back and take charge of the situation, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't get in touch with him at all.

Li Moxuan could only put away the divine decree, stroke his chin, and sit in the pavilion, pondering his next move: should he leave the Tang Sect or not?

He had promised them to protect Tang Xiaoxiao, and now, in accordance with Mo Lan's will, he had sent her to the underworld, keeping his promise.

Now that the Tang Clan has been wiped out, the only one who can be considered respectable is Jiang Ciyou, a being at the initial stage of Immortality, who could leave at any time.

If we were to take over the mess that is the Tang Sect, we would have to face the Tang Sect's enemies all over the Great Thousand God Realms, and other forces would probably come up and devour us like vultures...

This doesn't seem like a wise move at all... but Li Moxuan also wants to use the Tang Sect as a springboard to prepare for the creation of his own power in the future...

After much thought, Li Moxuan remembered the brocade pouch that Tang Tiannan had left him. He took out the pouch and hesitated whether to open it.

After all, Tang Tiannan had specifically instructed him to open it only after achieving immortality...

At this moment, a violent explosion came from within Thousand Machine City. Li Moxuan frowned, put away the brocade pouch, and rushed towards the direction of the explosion.

Upon arriving at the explosion site, Li Moxuan noticed several corpses on the uneven ground and saw Shi Mo pinning a masked man to the ground.

"what happened?"

"I asked Uncle Shi to come and help..."

Jiang Ciyou, disgusted by the gruesome sight of the corpses, wiped her mouth and walked over. "These people just broke into Qianji City and were discovered by Uncle Shi..."

Shi Mo felt a pang of guilt upon seeing Li Moxuan, having witnessed the devastation in Qianji City.

He dragged the only surviving masked man in front of Li Moxuan, pulling out the lightning bolt symbol from his clothes. "These people are from the Thunder Domain..."

Thunder territory?

Isn't that a force with a very good relationship with the Tang Sect?

Li Moxuan crouched down and pulled down the mask covering the man's face. "How do you know the location of Qianji City?"

"Hehe, you don't actually think the location of Thousand Machine City is still a secret, do you?"

The man laughed loudly, "You don't know, do you? Several of the Tang Clan's branches outside have been wiped out by that number one swordsman in the world!"

"The remaining Tang Clan branches are also deserted, and the location of Qianji City has been leaked. Soon you will become the target of everyone's attacks. Just wait to die, hahaha!"

After saying that, the man tried to bite open the poison sac hidden in his mouth to commit suicide, but Li Moxuan's hand was already on his shoulder, using the power of the Xihe Divine Pearl and the Xumi Divine Pearl to immobilize him.

He saw the man's next move through the power of the Supreme Divine Pearl, took out the poison sac hidden in the man's mouth, and asked, "Why is your Thunder Domain taking advantage of my misfortune?"

Li Moxuan wanted to find out some things, so he couldn't let him die like this...

"Heh, assassination is never a honorable act. We didn't want to fight you before because our boss was afraid of having a bounty on his head!"

"But now that the world's number one swordsman is leading the way, we naturally need to distance ourselves from you in time..."

"Cough cough, we didn't intend to kill anyone. We just wanted to take the bodies of the Tang Clan leader and his family back and hang them up for a few days to make our stance clear. We didn't expect that there would still be an immortal old monster alive in Thousand Machine City..."

Chapter 353: Surrounded by Enemies

In the entire Great Thousand God Realm, there are many forces, but among them, besides the Tang Sect and the Thunder Domain, the most powerful are the Underworld, the Illusionary Dream Heaven, and the Holy Covenant Church.

It is said that the Lord of the Underworld, Wang Renqing, has entered the realm of immortality for many years. His guardian deity is King Qin Guang, one of the Ten Kings of Hell. He is powerful and should not be underestimated.

The Dream Realm is a faction that only female Deity beings can join. The Lord of the Dream Realm rarely appears, and it is said that she has already entered the Immortal Realm. Her guardian deity is unknown...

They were unassuming and seemed more like a group of women huddled together for warmth in the vast realm of gods.

Compared to the Lord of Illusionary Dreams, the more famous one is Chang'e's guardian spirit, Yue Xiling. Few people have seen her, but those who have seen her call her the most beautiful woman in the Great Thousand God Realm.

Over time, she solidified this title, much like the Four Beauties of ancient China. Although people had never seen them, they all accepted the title after reading descriptions in ancient books.

The majority of those in the Holy Covenant Church are the guardian deities of the West, and the Church's leader has also entered the realm of immortality. The guardian deity is Gabriel, one of the archangels.

As for Bai Jingzhe, the Lord of Thunder Domain, his guardian deity is Deng Tianjun, one of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords of Thunder...

Among these forces, the Underworld is located in the South District, the Thunder Domain in the East District, the Tang Clan in the South West District, the Holy Covenant Church in the North District, and the Illusionary Dream Heaven in the North West District.

In the vast world of gods, the five strongest forces are these five, while the rest are scattered and weak forces. However, every single one of them has been assassinated by Tang Clan assassins.

Now that the Tang Clan has fallen and the location of Thousand Machine City has been exposed, they are very likely to face retaliation. Thunder Domain has already made a move, and other forces will probably follow suit...

After finishing his questioning, Li Moxuan ended the life of the man in front of him, stood up, and explained to Jiang Ciyou and Shi Mo the predicament that the Tang Clan was currently facing from all sides.

"That's the situation with the Tang Clan. Are you two sure you want to stay?"

"It's not that serious, is it?"

Jiang Ciyou felt that Li Moxuan was exaggerating. The Tang Clan had been utterly destroyed, so it was unlikely that they would be wiped out without a single member remaining.

Shi Mo shook his head. "That's most likely the case. The Tang Sect doesn't have a good reputation in the Great Thousand God Realm, but they probably won't send an Immortal-level Deity!"

"Those who can step into immortality are basically high-ranking members of various forces, and they won't make a move easily. At most, they'll send some Creation Realm cultivators..."