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Chapter 774 5. The Northern Territory Crown Prince (4.7k)

The dark blue of the ice prison reflected the sharp-toothed ropes on the gray cloak, like thousands of small snakes swimming among the folds of the clothes.

Li Xian leaned against the ice wall. The ancient tooth on his chest had disappeared. The black iron chain on his wrist was covered with frost and dust. Runes that suppressed magic power were engraved on the surface, and they kept moving in rhythm with Li Xian's breathing.

The lights outside the ice prison flickered, and the guard was greedily looking at the human bone staff placed on a wooden rack in the distance.

"You... why don't you resist?" While the guard was looking at Gu Chi, Nightmare, who was curled up in the corner of the cell, poked his head out.

There was a rough black iron collar tied around its neck, and its bat wings were pierced by ice spikes, connecting to the Absolute Spiritual Pillar deep in the ice prison. The ferocious and ferocious face was very depressed. I thought this lord would kill the Nine Sky Guards in a few moves, but when the leader of the Nine Sky Guards finished speaking, this lord calmly laid down his weapon and surrendered.

Everyone was stunned.

Nightmare whispered to Li Xi'an, "This yoke is engraved with the Nine Heavens God's Demon Suppression Sutra, which is also known as the famous and terrible torture device in Jiuzhou, called the 'Compassion Shackle'. Even the ancestors can't stand it. Wearing it for a long time will break the Dharma image and all the cultivation will be gone. My lord, you are confused!"

The old woman's wrinkles had long been soaked by frost. Her dry muscles twitched and her body kept shaking. Her skinny fingers scratched at the raised runes on the ice wall, and her eyes were distracted.

"Mercy shackle, how merciful! As an immortal, I know that the chief priest of the Snow Wolf tribe died under this shackle eight thousand years ago. The entire tribe was uprooted, and only a branch migrated to Mobei, leaving behind some bloodline."

Every time the old woman uttered a word, the white mist from her mouth instantly condensed into ice chips and fell to the ground.

Every pilgrim was very depressed. They did not expect that they would end up like this. It was more depressing than dying on the pilgrimage to find a medium. But everyone noticed the strangeness of the Nine Heavens Guards. How could the law legion of the Nine Heavens God, the guardian of Beiyuan, not be able to distinguish between ordinary creatures and filth?

Since they are not tainted by filth, what is the meaning of the Nine Sky Guards?

The pressure of the unknown made the pilgrims uneasy, and this fear was even more biting than the cold of the ice prison.

At this time, Li Xi'an opened his eyes, and the lotus pattern under his eyes emitted a fascinating glimmer in the dark ice prison. He said calmly: "In this snowy plain, is there a more convenient way than to be escorted to the Icefield Imperial City by the Nine Sky Guards?"

These words shocked everyone, and Nightmare even wanted to come forward to check whether this adult was mentally ill.

“Mr. Feng, we have indeed come to the Imperial City, but once we put on these shackles of compassion, we will become beasts to be slaughtered at will, and no living being can break free from them.” The old woman shook her head and said.

"Who are you calling a beast?" Nightmare turned his head and retorted.

“Click.”

A crisp sound cut off the nightmare's chatter, and everyone found that Li Xian stood up.

The rune on the wrist suddenly went out, and a green flame rose from the broken end of the chain. The shackles melted instantly and fell to the ground.

The green fire soared and swayed, melting the ice shackles at his ankles. Li Xi'an put his hands on the ice prison. The next moment, the Beiyuan Ice Prison, which was said to be unbreakable and indestructible, was torn into pieces. Li Xi'an patted his red palms that were frozen, turned around and asked: "I will send you out first. Then keep a low profile and don't go near the Imperial City. Go on a pilgrimage. The ground is full of treasures you have always dreamed of."

Everyone was too late to be shocked, but the Nightmare Demon King was very sober. He said in a deep voice, "After escaping from prison, it will be difficult to escape the pursuit of the Nine Sky Guards! You can easily break the Compassion Shackles. Your abilities are incredibly powerful. You don't care about those little mosquitoes of the Nine Sky Guards. But the Nine Sky Guards are huge monsters to us. How can earthly creatures defeat the claws of the law?"

Li Xian slapped the guard on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious, and threw the human bone staff into the ice prison.

"Just go with peace of mind. The Nine Heavens Guards won't have the energy to deal with trivial matters like yours in the future."

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The ice prison beneath the Icefield Imperial City is the famous Nine Nether Prison in the universe, divided into eighteen levels of Hell, and the ancient Guiyuan Law Saint was even buried in its deepest part.

All the creatures that can be imprisoned in the Nine Netherworld Prison are desperate criminals and evildoers, and some are powerful enemies from the universe who were defeated personally by the Nine Sky God.

In the stone chamber of the first level of the ice prison, the Jiuxiao Guards who were previously responsible for imprisoning Li Xian and others were resting.

The leader took off his helmet, revealing black curly hair and a huge scar across the left side of his face. He sat on a stone chair and took a sip of strong liquor.

“Boss, did you notice something? That grassland man looks a little extraordinary. He is not someone who can mix with that group of pilgrims.” said Jiuxiaowei on the side.

The scarred leader looked deep as he played with the ancient tooth necklace in his hand, carefully examining the blood-like lines on the ancient tooth. He had never put the tooth down since he got it, like an old woman stroking a jade jewelry.

After a moment, he finally retracted his gaze and hid the ancient tooth necklace in his sleeve. "In the battle where the monarchs fought to retake the dragon veins of Kyushu, Wolf King Dronosali slew a Great Wilderness Demon Saint with a knife, and a cut appeared on the blade. Coincidentally, I happened to have been to Mobei in my early years, and saw this 'Dronosali's Tooth' that has been worshipped by the grassland people for generations. The blade was missing an ancient tooth. They have the same texture. There is no such coincidence in the world."

"Boss, are you saying... that grassland man is actually the descendant of the Great Wilderness Demon Saint?"

"Who knows? Who cares who he is?" The scarred leader shrugged and took a sip of strong liquor. His body, which had been through the snow and wind, soon warmed up. "Those grassland people are still thinking about completing the Wolf King's holy sword. If we offer this ancient tooth to the Lord of Gods, and the Lord of Gods gives it to the grasslands, it will naturally be a great achievement for us. Then I will have the opportunity to enter the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool for baptism, shape the Dharma image, and ascend to the True One!"

"After the coronation ceremony, the Jiuxiao Guards will be reshuffled. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..." said the scarred leader dimly.

"Commander?" someone else laughed.

The scar-faced leader smiled and shook his head.

Everyone started to cheer, "That's the commander-in-chief!"

"Hahaha! Commander-in-Chief! I told you our leader is very ambitious!"

"Otherwise, why would he be our leader? Come and drink! Drink, drink, drink! Let's toast to our 'Great Commander'!"

The Jiuxiao Guards were busy chatting and complimenting the scarred leader, but the door was opened and snow suddenly poured into the house. The Jiuxiao Guards were not wearing armor and shivered as they looked outside the door.

This is the Nine Netherworld, why is there wind and snow?

The scarred leader put on the silver helmet with a coiled dragon pattern immediately. With the help of a full set of forged silver armor, he could clearly see the figure standing in the snow. The wild black hair hung down in front of his forehead, and the gray cloak was rolled up to reveal the lining, which was a luxurious picture of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. But the most fascinating thing was the eyes, with dark golden lotus patterns spinning, not human but like a demon!

"It's that grassland man!" the leader roared.

"Impossible! How could a living creature break through the Shackles of Compassion! No living thing has ever walked out of the Ice Prison!" The Jiuxiao Guards at the side picked up their weapons.

"Don't worry about it! Be alert!" the leader yelled.

"It's really weird!" The eighteen Jiuxiao guards were armed instantly, holding spears with lightning patterns engraved on the spear tips, which produced dark purple electric sparks. In an instant, ripples appeared on the surface of the stone chamber. The defensive magic circle arranged in the Jiuyou Prison took effect.

The moment the ripples of the magic circle spread out, the figures in front of the door rushed out like a tiger or leopard!

There was a faint fire burning in the four corners of the stone chamber. The room built for the Jiuxiao Guards to rest was very spacious, and could accommodate eighteen spears to form a spider-web-like battle formation.

But the blue-gray figure crashed into the spider web, like a ferocious beast directly tearing through the obstacle, violently tearing apart the murderous intent that was as tight as the spider web!

Four spears came flying through the air.

But the tip of the spear just brushed the cloak and pierced into the stone table, but the spear was caught in the backhand, and the huge force instantly destroyed the arm of a Jiuxiao Guard. The seized spear spun half a circle in the palm of his hand, and the tail of the pole smashed the silver helmet of a Jiuxiao Guard who attacked from the left, and the tip of the spear pierced the throat of the attacker on the right.

The spear tip was pulled out, and the hot blood had not yet had time to gush out,

The fifth person pounced down from above, it was the leader. Li Xi'an looked up at the pupil behind his silver dragon helmet, and the golden lotus in his eyes suddenly lit up.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

The cloak rolled up like a crane's wings, and the left palm gently pressed on the leader's chest. The next moment, the Panlong breastplate exploded into pieces, and the leader flew backwards, knocking over several people who were coming from behind. They were about to fight again, but the spears in their hands all flew out of their hands and hit the side of their heads.

In a flash, all eighteen Jiuxiao Guards in the stone chamber were defeated. They couldn't even survive a single encounter.

The wind and snow outside the house stopped blowing. Li Xian walked past the broken wine glass in the stone chamber and came to the leader.

The leader grabbed his helmet and his blood boiled, making the scar look even more horrifying.

"Since you could easily defeat us, why did you show weakness in the first place?"

Li Xi'an smiled but did not answer, he just took out the ancient tooth necklace from under the shattered breastplate.

"Who are you?" Seeing Li Xian was silent and about to leave, the leader shouted. "Don't waste your time. If this is still the Nine Nether Prison you are familiar with, the noise would have attracted the guards long ago. But do you see anyone else here?"

The leader's facial muscles trembled when his purpose was discovered.

He was scared.

This method... is too horrifying!

The Nine Heavens Guards never noticed anything wrong with the stone chamber. The stone chamber of the Nine Nether Prison was also dotted with forbidden stone pillars, and no living creature could move out of the stone chamber quietly. Is this really not in the Nine Nether Prison? Doesn't that mean... they are now fish on the chopping block?

“Please spare my life, sir. I was just bewildered for a moment…” The leader was sweating profusely and knelt down without hesitation.

But after a long time, there was only the sound of howling wind and snow outside the house.

He looked up cautiously, only to find that the mysterious grassland man had disappeared long ago, and there was only spilled wine and spears in the stone chamber.

The others were wailing. The leader checked on his men. Apart from losing their combat capability, none of them were seriously injured. Even the unlucky guy whose throat was pierced was still alive.

The leader let out a breath and sat down dejectedly on the messy ground.

The other side didn't even kill them.

Are you afraid of the revenge of Lord Jiuxiao?

Or... their lives are not worth that man's concern at all?

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Li Xian walked out of the stone chamber, and the wind and snow buried the mirage-like scene behind him.

He only moved this stone chamber to the snowfield outside the Imperial City for a short period of time. Now that the mirage has disappeared, the stone chamber has returned to its original location.

"Why did you follow me?" Li Xian looked at the huge shadow behind him. The Nightmare Demon King was grinning at Li Xian.

"My lord, you must be in need of a mount as brave and skilled as me!" Nightmare said with a flattering smile.

Seeing that Li Xi'an was unmoved, Meng Yan continued, "I have observed you for a long time. Although you have the appearance of an ancient demon god, you are always limited to this weak and inconvenient human body. You are dealing with a demon king like dealing with a child, but you don't have the agility and flying ability of an ordinary demon king. It's too troublesome for you to walk on your two feet and cross mountains and ridges!"

"So, I have come to you, Lord Feng, to serve you at your service!" The claws on the Nightmare Bat's wings actually rubbed its hands like a human, with an embarrassed look on its face.

Li Xian wore the ancient tooth necklace and walked towards the Imperial City, but suddenly stopped.

The nightmare continued to chatter until it spotted a figure wrapped in fox fur in the snow.

"Who are you? How dare you block the way of my Lord Feng!" Nightmare shouted immediately, and naturally put himself in the role.

But Nightmare fell silent as soon as he saw the person's appearance.

Her waist-length black hair was undone and scattered freely on her shoulders. Her jade-like face was covered with a thin layer of frost. The two cinnabar moles at the corners of her eyes looked like blood beads splashed in the snow, making her narrow and long phoenix eyes look like bewitching fox eyes.

"Where did this vixen come from! With her hair disheveled, what a disgrace! Is she trying to seduce my Lord Feng?" Meng Yan looked at this person carefully and found that he did not know her. She was not a big shot in the Imperial City, so he raised his voice and shouted.

"Fox girl?" the man said with a smile, "Is your mount so rude?"

"Excuse me." Li Xi'an bowed. He noticed that the other party was unusual, but he didn't intend to investigate further. He turned around and signaled Nightmare to enter the Imperial City with him from another direction.

"Are you going to see my teacher?" A faint questioning voice came from behind.

"Your teacher?" Nightmare's eyelids twitched, and his demon king-level intuition sounded alarm bells, and he shouted, "Oh no!"

"My teacher is Lord Jiuxiao." The beauty wrapped in fox fur narrowed her eyes and smiled gently, "Why... don't you believe it?"

A decree rose up in the snow.

The decree was wrapped in lightning, and even when it appeared in the palm of the hand, it still exuded astonishing power.

Nightmare's knees felt weak and he was about to fall to his knees.

The Holy Son of the Imperial City? This is the real thing!

He just went out to seek revenge, what's the big deal? A mysterious grassland man, chopped Zhenyi's filth as if cutting vegetables, and even ignored the ice prison of Jiuyou Prison to escape. A foxy girl turned out to be the son of Jiuxiao God, damn it! How could a little demon king meet the son of God in the wasteland near the imperial city?

"The Holy Son of Lord Jiuxiao is the successor of this coronation ceremony! Everyone in the Icefield knows that the Holy Son will soon become the new Saint of Guiyuan Law and take over the coronation position of Lord Jiuxiao!" Nightmare secretly sent a message to Li Xian, fearing that this outsider would anger him.

Li Xi'an stood still and asked, "What can I do for you, Saint Son?"

"Lord Feng, don't you want to meet my teacher? I can introduce you to my teacher." The Son of Heaven said with a smile.

"What can I do for the Holy Son?"

"She won't ask you, Lord Feng, to be her man, right? It's not surprising that a remarkable man like Lord Feng can capture the heart of the Saint of Jiuxiao." Li Xian heard the nightmarish voice again.

But the Son of God raised his eyes and glanced at the nightmare.

"No way?" Nightmare was shocked, "Can you hear the voice transmission?"

"He is a man." Li Xian said calmly.

The Holy Son nodded with satisfaction. "As expected of you, Lord Feng Shiyu, the Iron Cavalryman who once fought shoulder to shoulder with the Wolf King. You have a keen eye. There are very few creatures today who can see through my true identity at a glance."

"Feng Shiyu? You are that little... No, you are really Lord Feng Shiyu?" Compared to the fact that Foxy Saint was a man, Nightmare seemed more surprised that the man's name was Feng Shiyu.

The Cangyin Iron Cavalry Feng Shiyu followed the Wolf King Zhuonosali to fight in the Great Wilderness, and led the Iron Pagoda to crush the border of the Great Wilderness. But this man had died long ago and should not exist. Nightmare looked at the blue-gray figure in front of him and suddenly shuddered, as if the floating person in front of him was not a living person, but an undead ghost.

The evil spirit crawling out from the purgatory of the wilderness battlefield.

Feeling the gazes of Nightmare and the Son of God, Li Xian felt quite helpless.

After all, it was just a randomly made-up identity and a randomly chosen spiritual carrier that should not be related to the past of this universe.

The Son of God must know Feng Shiyu's appearance. The fact that he could say this just proves that this body does look the same as Feng Shiyu, which is strange.

But at this time Li Xi'an didn't intend to explain anything. After all, the spiritual source was more difficult to explain and more dangerous.

Li Xi'an remained silent, which was tantamount to tacitly acknowledging that he was indeed the Cang Yin Iron Cavalry with great military achievements.

The nightmare, however, fell into panic, as it discovered that it had been disrespectful to Lord Feng Shiyu when it robbed the pilgrims, and that it had been acting like a coquettish person when it saw the Son of God, and that it had been thinking about men when it closed its mouth. It suddenly felt that its life as a bat was bleak and its future was bleak, and it wished it could tear its mouth apart with its bare hands!

calm down!

It's obvious that these two are magnanimous people who won't bother with me. I'll just have to let them not cause trouble in the future.

Thinking of this, Nightmare suddenly felt relieved.

Seeing the Holy Son asking "Wind Speechless" to walk side by side towards the main gate of the Imperial City, Nightmare hurriedly followed. After holding back for a long time, it wanted to say something to ease the two adults' good impression of it, so it said: "The two golden men and jade women are really a perfect match!"

This shouldn't be short.

(End of this chapter)