Hell Emperor.

Chapter 503 Ye Jie - Reinforcement
As if thinking of something, Ye Jie asked hurriedly: "There are so many demon gods in the world, and there are countless demon gods who have left their marks in the world from ancient times to the present. After talking for so long, I still don't know which demon god the Ten Thousand Snake Cave intends to resurrect?"

Fairy Wanshou pondered for a moment, and finally shook her head: "I don't know about this either. I only know that it is a demon god related to snakes. As for who that demon god is, there is no conclusion yet. I am asking the people of the Turtle Sect to collect intelligence. Unfortunately, the Ten Thousand Snake Cave has blocked the news very tightly, and I am afraid that there will be no progress for a while."

Ye Jie looked worried. He didn't even know who the demon god that the Ten Thousand Snake Cave was going to revive was. How could he prepare? He immediately made a judgment:
"In this case, the most urgent task at the moment is to find out which demon god the Ten Thousand Snake Cave intends to resurrect."

Fairy Wanshou suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard that someone attacked Chilin City not long ago, and the people there saw the silhouette of the Tianji outside the city. Palace Master Ye, this should be you who did it, right?"

Ye Jie nodded and did not deny: "That's right. At that time, I urgently needed a refining material, the Netherworld Soil, which was in the hands of Elder Mo Wen in that city. I originally planned to buy it from him, but he poisoned me. Fortunately, I was more skilled."

Fairy Wanshou pondered, "Elder Mo Wen? I have heard of that elder's name. He is the one who does all the dirty work in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave. Maybe he is also behind the revival of the Demon God. I wonder if Palace Master Ye has found anything suspicious in Red Scale City?"

"Something suspicious?"

Ye Jie carefully recalled the circumstances of that day, but as for whether there was anything suspicious, he really couldn't remember it for a while.

"That city looks no different from other towns. If there is anything wrong, it's probably because Elder Mo Wen mentioned the Serpentine Envoy of the Western Beast Hall. It seems that the Serpentine Envoy arrived here before I did."

"Snake Master?"

Hearing this name, Fairy Wanshou couldn't help but shrink her pupils, and a strong sense of vigilance appeared in her eyes. Even Ye Jie noticed her abnormality and couldn't help asking:

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that beast user?"

Fairy Wanshou took a deep breath and said slowly, "Palace Master Ye, you don't know that once the Western Beast Masters are involved, things become complicated. Over the years, wherever the Beast Masters have appeared, nothing good has happened. I heard from the ghost fairies who know the Beast Masters Palace that the Beast Masters there are all a group of crazy guys. Each of them takes it as their responsibility to destroy all living things. In their eyes, living people are worse than beasts without intelligence."

After a pause, Fairy Wanshou continued, "Now I understand why the Snake Sect would do such a crazy thing and would not hesitate to revive the demon god in order to fight against me. It must be the Serpentine Envoy who lured them and led them down this road of no return."

After learning about the horror of the beast-shaped users, Ye Jie also remembered many things. He had seen several of them, and they were indeed as Fairy Wanshou had commented, harboring some kind of crazy obsession, and were definitely not ordinary ghost fairies that could communicate with them.

"I didn't expect that the revival of the Demon God would involve the figure of the Beast-Shaped Master. I heard that there are twelve Beast-Shaped Masters in the Western Beast-Shaped Hall. Among them, the Owl and Wolf-Shaped Masters have all died in my hands. I didn't expect them to come again." Ye Jie said vigilantly.

Fairy Wanshou asked again: "Palace Master Ye, since you found the trace of the Serpentine Envoy in Red Scale City, do you know what he did there? Or what did he take away from Red Scale City?"

After some thought, Ye Jie finally remembered:
"Oh, by the way, I also found a special formation book on Elder Mo Wen's immortal body. It is not a formation from Northern Juluzhou, but comes from the Blood Pond Palace in the west. It is called the Blood Refining Formation. Its effect is to extract the blood that has been stained on things. It is still effective even after tens of millions of years."

"Blood Refining Formation, hiss..."

After hearing the name of the Blood Refining Formation, even Fairy Wanshou couldn't help but take a deep breath. She felt that most of the fog in front of her had been peeled away, and the truth was right in front of her:
"Do you know what Elder Mo Wen used the Blood Refining Formation on?"

Ye Jie nodded: "What a coincidence, the target of Elder Mo Wen's blood refining array is exactly the Netherworld Soil that I am looking for."

"Underworld soil? This is bad..."

At the end of the speech, Fairy Wanshou was horrified. She stood up and paced anxiously, beads of sweat gradually oozing out of her wrinkled forehead.

Ye Jie keenly noticed something was wrong: "What happened to the Netherworld? Does the fairy know something? Please tell me the news."

Fairy Wanshou took a deep breath and then told the news: "Palace Master Ye, you know that this Netherworld Soil was originally a magic weapon used by saints to control floods in the past. It has made great contributions to pacifying floods, and it is also stained with the blood of many demons."

Ye Jie nodded. He had indeed heard the news: "I have heard a little bit about it."

Fairy Wanshou spoke in a trembling voice: "The answer is obvious. The immortal blood in the underworld, the demon god related to snakes, the enemy of the former saint... The only one who meets these conditions is the legendary vicious demon god Xiangliu. He is the demon god that the Ten Thousand Snake Cave intends to resurrect!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Ye Jie had no reaction yet, but Su Miao, who was standing beside him, could no longer sit still and exclaimed:

"How is it possible... They actually plan to resurrect Xiangliu? Are they crazy? Don't they know what kind of destruction the vicious demon god will bring to this continent once he is resurrected? Do they naively think that they can control a demon god?"

Ye Jie spoke slowly, "Calm down. Who exactly is that demon Xiang Liu? How could he make the fearless Fairy Miao Rou so afraid of him? Why not tell me the whole story?"

Su Miao glared at Ye Jie and said unhappily, "That's right, you are not from this continent at all. With your knowledge, you have certainly never heard of the reputation of the Demon God Xiang Liu."

Ye Jie looked a little helpless, but Shen Qingge took the initiative to speak and told him the complete news:

"Ah Jie, Xiangliu is a nine-headed snake with terrifying power. The land it passes through turns into poisonous swamp water. Any living creature that drinks it will die without exception. Even the most tenacious poisonous insects will try their best to avoid it. Once Xiangliu appears in the world, it will pollute the mountains and rivers until the entire continent is turned into a lifeless poisonous swamp. It is a complete source of disaster."

From Shen Qingge's narration, Ye Jie also understood Xiang Liu's terrifying nature, and his eyes narrowed slightly. Hua Xiaomei's teeth chattered: "I didn't expect that the one that the Ten Thousand Snake Cave was going to revive was actually such a fierce god. What should we do? Otherwise, we should leave here quickly. As long as we leave this continent, we may be safe..."

Ye Jie shook his head. He still had important tasks to complete. How could he leave at this moment? He immediately said:
"Even if we can escape, what about Mo'er who stays in Xuannv Sect? Once Xiangliu is resurrected, she will not care about the so-called descendant of Xuannv. If she still stays here, she will be in danger in the future."

Hearing Ye Jie mention Li Fei'e, Shen Qingge also showed a worried look on her face: "That's right...E'er has no idea what happened. She is still confined in the Lonely Luan Peak of the Xuannv Sect. Even if we let the red veil tell her the news, she cannot leave until the punishment from the ancestor is lifted. We must find a way to help her..."

While everyone was discussing, Shoufa suddenly ran over in a hurry and shouted, "Something bad has happened..."

Fairy Wanshou used her cane to push hard and asked, "What happened again?"

"It's Qingdi City... I just got the news from Qinglian Palace that the city was attacked, and the people who attacked the city were none other than the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave!" Shoufa's face was full of anxiety, and he hurriedly told the news.

"Qingdi City? Are they planning to..."

After hearing the name of the city, the Fairy Wanshou was obviously restless. It was the first time that Ye Jie saw such a panicked look on her face, so he asked, "Is there anything special about that city? Isn't the fairy's main city the Wanshou City? Why are you so panicked?"

Fairy Wanshou said hurriedly: "Palace Master Ye, you don't know that Qingdi City is known as the granary of the continent. More than 90% of the grain in Northern Julu Continent is produced in that city, and then transported and exported to major sects through the Chamber of Commerce. Its status is not inferior to that of Wanshou City."

Recalling everyone's previous description of Xiang Liu's power, Ye Jie seemed to realize something, and his expression changed slightly:

"If Xiangliu's pollution power is really that strong, when it appears in the world, it will definitely cause all kinds of disasters, famine being one of them. No crops can grow in the poisonous swamp left by Xiangliu. The Ten Thousand Snake Cave chose this time to attack Qingdi City. Could it be that they calculated this and cut off the food supply in advance, so that all the creatures in the entire continent will fall into the famine caused by Xiangliu's resurrection."

From Ye Jie's analysis, everyone also realized the seriousness of this attack. Su Miao said angrily:

"How dare they do this? Are they planning to make enemies with all the immortal sects in Northern Julu Continent?"

Yao Yin looked calm, "Since they are planning to revive the Demon God Xiang Liu, they are obviously prepared to be besieged by the crowd. Instead of waiting for the major sects to send out immortals to encircle and suppress them, it is better to strike first and attack the continent's granary in advance, so that the major sects will be too busy to deal with this matter. This behavior is quite in the style of the Ten Thousand Snake Cave."

Ye Jie's face was full of seriousness. When he thought about the possibility of famine breaking out in Northern Juluzhou soon, his heart ached. As someone who had starved to death before, he did not want anyone to suffer the same fate as him, so he had to stop this at all costs:
"Without further delay, we will head to Qingdi City now to stop the people from the Ten Thousand Snake Cave from attacking us."

Shoufa hesitated and said to Fairy Wanshou: "In addition to the attack on Qingdi City, there is another matter waiting to be dealt with. The batch of goods we entrusted the star officials to escort seems to have some problems. Although the goods have been delivered, the star officials in charge of escorting have all been killed, leaving only the Southern Dipper Star Lord alive. I don't know which thieves are responsible..."

"Who dares to rob my goods? Even the Star Official is no match for that man. Looks like I have to go and deal with it myself!"

Upon hearing the news, Fairy Wanshou flew into a rage. She smashed a small hole in the ground of the palace with her dragon-headed cane. Her knuckles turned white and she wished she could crush the head of the cane to pieces. Was that man looking for death by robbing her goods?
"Palace Master Ye, I may not be able to accompany you to Qingdi City. I have an urgent matter waiting for me to deal with. Yangshou trade is the foundation of my life. Any thief who dares to plot against me will pay a heavy price! The important task of protecting Qingdi City is entrusted to you."

Fairy Wanshou spoke slowly and told Ye Jie her decision.

Hearing this, Ye Jie couldn't help but feel helpless. Could it be that the loss of business was more important than the resurrection of the demon god and should be given priority? He didn't think so.

However, Fairy Wanshou had made up her mind and there was no room for persuasion. The reason why she was able to expand the Yangshou trade was not because of her kindness, but because of her reputation that frightened all the fairies.

After the Fairy Wanshou left, Ye Jie was helpless but could only accept the result. He said, "Let's go to Qingdi City quickly. If we go too late, we don't know what will happen there. The people in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave are not easy to deal with."

Everyone nodded in agreement. If they delayed any further, things might become irreversible, so they set off immediately.

The Tianji set sail again, heading towards Qingdi City. During the journey, Ye Jie couldn't help but feel a little curious about that unique city:
"How vast is Qingdi City to be able to supply the entire continent with its food output? Is it a boundless city?"

Shoufa, who was standing beside him, corrected him and said, "Palace Master Ye, you are joking. The area of ​​Qingdi City is not much different from that of Chilin City that you visited before."

"What?" Hearing him say that, Ye Jie became even more curious, "How can a small town like this produce enough food to supply the entire continent? How is this possible?"

Shoufa explained, "This is all thanks to the administrative options unlocked by the Qinglian Palace. Palace Master Ye, as long as you unlock the Hades administrative options adapted to local conditions in the Documents Palace, you can unlock a special building called the Local Documents Agency. The administrative options unlocked through the Local Documents Agency will not take effect on the entire Yama Palace, but only on the local area."

After a pause, Shoufa continued, "You only need to unlock a series of administrative options to increase food production in the local clerical institutions of Qingdi City, and set up corresponding formations. With the superposition of many factors, this has created such a grand occasion. Qingdi City only needs one acre of land to produce thousands of acres of food in other regions. Over time, other sects have given up growing their own food and chose to purchase from the Qinglian Chamber of Commerce, and instead use the land within the sect to develop other more valuable industries."

Shoufa continued, "Of course, unlocking administrative options is not something that can be done overnight. It takes time to advance. If you want to develop a town like Qingdi City that specializes in grain production, it will take hundreds of years to unlock the corresponding administrative options one by one."

"I see……"

After listening to Shoufa's explanation, Ye Jie couldn't help but feel a little curious. It turned out that there was such a unique item in the administrative options of the Yama Palace.

(End of this chapter)