Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1340: Scheduled Killing
Some kind of mysterious guidance led Lu Ning out of the city. She didn't notice it, and she probably wouldn't care if she noticed it.

In the final analysis, Lu Ning's "instinct" possessed a far higher ability to act than she could think. Being named a star allowed her to think rationally at all times, but it also solidified her thinking into a state that was more in line with her nature.

Lu Ning took out "Dreams of Mountains and Seas" from her arms and let the cold afternoon breeze turn the pages. She held the book in one hand and the sword in the other, and walked towards the suburbs with light steps.

She never doubted the demons' ability to detect. If Night Walker could parachute into the city, then other demons must have similar abilities. Demons were so strange that she couldn't understand why such beings didn't dominate the world, but were forced into corners by humans.

Was the victory that year so important? The immortal had been gone for so long, didn't the demons have any thoughts on it?
"Haha... who cares."

Lu Ning stood on a wasteland covered with dead grass and white snow.

She looked around but saw no sign of any living creature, but Lu Ning didn't care. She slammed the book in her hand shut with a loud slapping sound.

"Where's the thin waist?"

Her voice was very cheerful, so cheerful that it was hard to believe that she was here to face the demon alone. Even without a response, Lu Ning still stood in the cold wind. She didn't know where she got the confidence from, so sure that the demon would show up.

"You are a little too arrogant to come here alone. Even if the heavens come, you won't dare to call me like this."

A strange-looking demon dressed as a wealthy businessman appeared in a cloud of evil mist, with a sinister smile on his face.

"Heh." Lu Ning chuckled, "Why is there a demonic smell in the city?"

"You ask me? How do I know what kind of demon has come and who left the smell?" Xiyao put her hands in her pockets and forced out a creepy smile.

"You don't know? That precious light rising from the city, as brilliant and glorious as the morning sun shining on the ground, what is it?"

"That is gold, of course. It is used for circulation among high-ranking officials and wealthy families, and is also used to make jewelry to show off wealth."

“What is that air that permeates the homes, as soft as moonlight, and flows in and out of the shops?”

"That's silver. Whenever a large amount of goods is delivered, the silver shop will get Jiaozi. The largest amount of money and goods in the world is handled by this thing."

"Really? Then I see a green aura lingering around the common people, idle beggars, and even the most destitute people. What is this aura that led me here?" Lu Ning picked up a wisp of aura in front of him with his fingertips.

"That's money. Ever since our ancestors invented the gold law, money has been circulating in the world. At first, shells were used, then gold and stone, and finally copper was used as currency. Even the poorest people in the world can find three or five coins. This is the most widely used thing."

"Thank you for clearing up my confusion..." Lu Ning slowly put the "Dream Record of Mountains and Seas" into her arms, then stretched out her finger, pointed at her slender waist, and smiled, "Then, who are you?"

Xi Yao couldn't help but burst into laughter, but her laughter had a more evil tone.

"Me? I am a pestle. I am under the stove, and I only smell the smell of fireworks in this world. Naturally, I fall in love with this world."

The man and the demon answered each other's questions as if they had discussed it beforehand, then looked at each other and laughed, and then, without any prior agreement, they attacked at the same time!
Xi Yao slapped the air with his palm, and the palm wind was filled with the smell of charcoal and copper. Lu Ning directly swung the sword in his hand out. The sword had a cold purple light. Xi Yao naturally recognized that the cold light was actually the innate purple qi. He immediately swept the palm wind and rolled the sword up to the sky.

Lu Ning also jumped up and caught the sword from the sky. With his other hand, he made a gesture, then pulled out a flag from his arms and threw it down. A little ghost was roaring on the flag. A demon general like Xi Yao looked down on this kind of little ghost. With a sweep of his footsteps, the rusty copper-green color had covered the surrounding ground. When the flag landed, it was immediately covered with rust. Lu Ning raised his hand directly, and the little ghost hissed and exploded immediately, blowing a hole in the ground, and Xi Yao was also thrown back two steps.

"Don't you feel bad about using such an inferior treasure to self-destruct?" It sneered, and then took out a ruby ​​from its sleeve.

The abilities of demons like Xi Yao are quite unpredictable. If they are weak and cannot accumulate any wealth, they will be no different from newly born demons. However, demons like Xi Yao, who have accumulated countless wealth through merchants, can use more methods.

It threw the gem into the air, and with a roar, the gem turned into a pool of pus and blood in the air, covering Lu Ning. Lu Ning had just landed on the ground, stepped forward, twisted her waist, swung her sword, and hit the pus and blood, but it splattered it everywhere, and the blood splashed on her body, carrying a smell of decay and disease.

But Lu Ning just stretched out her hand and shook it, and a ray of starlight in the sky responded to her. Even in the bright afternoon, the starlight was still clearly visible.

As the starlight fell on Lu Ning, the pus and blood instantly lost their activity, becoming dry and hard and falling to the ground.

"You—are not a celestial general!" Xi Yao was slightly surprised, "Have you been sealed as a celestial star?"

"Ah..." Lu Ning opened her mouth, and another voice overlapped with her words, with a slight echo, "You all think that this is the Heavenly Court. Demons, do you always think that only you are making progress, while the human race is only complacent with the status of rulers and sticks to their old ways?"

Her eyes sparkled with the colors of stars.

"This is the Heavenly Palace, but it has been modified by successive generations of formation masters of the human race. It is not just you who are pursuing what you want to pursue, demons. On the right path of the Great Dao, the human race is also on the path of exploration."

"Ha, an emperor who is about to lose his country still dares to speak so arrogantly." Xi Yao took out a few more gems, "So what if I am sealed as a star? After all, I am just a human being and cannot exert the power of the stars."

"In the beginning, the Heavenly Court temporarily projected the power of myths and legends onto humans, replacing them with heavenly soldiers and generals with the strength of gods. However, this temporary strength will become invalid when the Heavenly Court ends or when you leave the Heavenly Court."

Lu Ning smiled.

"But now the Heavenly Court has been conferred the title of God, and with a grand gathering, it has been ordered to respond to the stars in the sky and inherit the destiny!"

Amidst his wild words, Lu Ning rode on the starlight and made a super long-distance thrust, rolling up the dead grass and snow. The tip of the sword pierced the shield that was spread out at the slender waist, making a crisp sound.

"Interesting, interesting. Emperor, no matter how well you whitewash it, you will still treat all these people as sacrifices for the ritual. You are no different from us."

"so what?"

"It just makes me happy that there is really not much difference between humans and monsters!" A bunch of weapons stretched out from its sleeves and shot towards Lu Ning. Lu Ning was torn to pieces by these weapons, but only a pile of dry grass exploded. Her real body appeared behind her slender waist and slashed down with a sword!
With a snap, Lu Ning's sword split a wooden pestle vertically into two halves.

"It's just a trick, humans can do it, why can't I do it?" Xi Yao laughed, "If you can't see through the real body, the substitute technique is a waste of effort."

"Demon General Xi Yao, where are you from?" Lu Ning asked.

"Oh? Then the emperor won't speak through you? Girl, you will probably die soon. As a part of this ritual, you won't even know that you will die, and another spirit will live in your place! Haha, it's quite interesting to talk about the minions made by humans!" Xi Yao laughed out loud, "The victory of the human race will always be achieved by sacrificing their own kind--"

"What about you?"

The cold wind whistled past, and Lu Ning had already approached again. The cold blade slid sideways in her palm, coated with the silver glow that scared the demons.

No, Yinhui?
The characteristics of Xiantian Ziqi are extremely yang and strong, coming from the first ray of natural true qi when the sun rises. Xiyao is well-informed and naturally judged it by the characteristics it exudes, but ignored the color produced when Lu Ning used it.

However, the innate purple qi basically does not have silver or white light. Even if it does, it will be coated with golden purple light to show its power. At the same time, pure silver and white are common characteristics of Taiyin essence qi.

"No, disguise, deception, you——"

"You get what you give." Lu Ning's eyes flashed with stars, "But it's not you."

The cold fog exploded, and the power of the sixth level of Senluo Jiuzhuan, with the blessing of Taiyin Jingqi, penetrated the thin waist shield and blew it away. A large amount of cold air covered its body, and some parts of the edges began to break and fall off.

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Applause broke out nearby, the ground was lifted up, and Wen Rong walked out from underground clapping his hands.

"Good coordination." Lu Ning slowly put away her sword. The sudden outburst just now almost froze one of her arms. The explosive power of the sixth level of Senluo Jiuzhuan was indeed strong enough, but the damage to the body could not be controlled yet. She had just taken this step and had not yet reached the state of great perfection.

"I didn't expect that we could still cooperate like this. It seems that guy already knows that we two have a chance to join forces again." Wen Rong sighed, "Originally, it was impossible for me to do anything else to you."

"But I can ask for it." Lu Ning smiled slightly.

When leaving the city, Lu Ning met Wen Rong who was planning how to deal with the monsters outside the city. This meeting seemed to have been arranged long ago, at least Lu Ning did not feel surprised at all.

The reason why Wen Rong had been preparing for so long but had not gone out to take action was very simple. She did not dare to deal with the monsters alone. This was not like when she went to Qingyun Temple. Even with the seven monster kings in her arms, she was constantly preparing herself mentally.

Qiu Suying didn't rush her, probably because she understood Wen Rong's personality. When she saw Lu Ning, Wen Rong felt like she had seen a savior. She didn't even have time to reminisce about the past, and immediately told Lu Ning about the situation.

It just so happened that Lu Ning was preparing to go out of the city to kill monsters.

The two of them hit it off almost immediately. After listening to Wen Rong's description of her current limitations, Lu Ning immediately gave a method to reversely utilize the "keyhole", which was to use the effect of life and death to exchange what she needed from Wen Rong.

Xiantian Ziqi is really not useful for her, but Taiyin Jingqi can greatly increase the power of her internal skills. Although Lu Ning cannot bypass Duanlong to obtain any energy from the outside, as long as this energy is directly driven by Wen Rong, Wen Rong does not have this restriction.

The amount of Taiyin essence that Lu Ning needed was not very large, and the source was easy to find - the seven demon kings were masters of refining equipment, and they all had a little bit of various innate true qi stored up.

Thus, the surprise attack plan was formed: Wen Rong took the "wild plague" from Lu Ning as a sufficient exchange condition, and then followed Lu Ning to the outside of the city through the keyhole. While Lu Ning was fighting, Wen Rong took the Taiyin essence from the demon king and used it to transform into true qi to drive it. Finally, at the critical moment, Lu Ning used "life and death" to take the Taiyin essence as the price for Wen Rong to take away the "wild plague", and took the Taiyin essence from Wen Rong to replace the innate purple qi attached to the sword.

This was arguably the strongest attack Lu Ning could currently deliver with her own strength, and as expected, it severely injured Xi Yao.

"Not dead yet."

After the two chatted for a while, Lu Ning picked up her sword and walked towards the demon that was blown away. This time she injected the innate purple qi again, trying to kill the demon directly with its destructive power.

The slender girl turned over with some difficulty, and a lot of gold, silver and jewels fell from her body with a clanging sound.

"The world exists for the sake of profit... using money to exchange things, using plants and trees to make a fortune, this is... the way of the world..." The thin waist was still smiling, although it was corroded by the cold and began to shiver, "You people who want to seize the fortune of the heaven will never understand what the demons have done for their own way..."

"I don't want to argue with you about the meaning of Tao." Lu Ning held the hilt of the sword with both hands and raised it high. "If you want to argue, you might as well think about whether my victory here means that my Tao is more correct."

"Ha, fallacy—"

With a sharp scream from her slender waist, gold, silver and treasures whizzed up. Lu Ning also stabbed the sword down with all her strength. In fact, she didn't have much strength left, and those jewels hitting her didn't become fatal weapons, they just hurt.

"You have been infected with my disease. Your starlight...will never shine again..."

Xi Yao looked at the sword piercing his head, and after muttering something, his entire body began to turn into wood, and then broke into pieces. A large amount of ice chips crushed the wood and scrambled to get out.

The demon finally died.

Lu Ning's body was also stained with various colors. Gold, silver and jewelry were like paintings on her body, sticking to her skin and clothes, making her feel heavier. After the state given by Tianmanxing faded a lot, Lu Ning suddenly realized how much she had violated the logic of her daily actions.

"Ha... It's not bad to release your instincts occasionally." Lu Ning pressed her head and felt that the foreign object suppression force in her spiritual sea was indeed suppressed by some plague. Her strength that was like being possessed by a star has now weakened again.

Fighting poison with poison did work. However, this also proved what Dong Zai said, Tian Manxing should have a perfect fate, and all her actions were rewarded to her satisfaction.

"Hey, now he's finally dead." Wen Rong said with a smile.

"Yes... I solved a problem." Lu Ning sat down on the ground and pointed at the thin-waisted corpse. "Excuse me, can you do the work of searching the body? I really don't have much strength left."