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Chapter 178: Revenge
Stepping into Tingfeng Tower, Bi Jie seemed to be quite familiar with everything in Tingfeng Tower and spoke directly:

"A Xuan room."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant appeared and took Lu Yan and Bi Jie to the third floor.

Bi Jie and his attendants stayed at the door, while Lu Yan stepped into the dark secret room.

In the secret room, a figure covered in a black robe sat in front of the counter and spoke to Lu Yan in a vague and slippery voice:

"What news do you want to know, sir?"

Lu Yan, who possessed the true meaning of Xuantong, could clearly see that the black-robed man in front of him and the darkness in the room were just fake. The one talking to Lu Yan was not a human being, but a giant squid covered with tentacles.

He sprayed out ink that turned into darkness and enveloped the room, making it impossible to determine the authenticity by ordinary means. His tentacles disguised themselves as men in black robes and appeared in the room. His huge body lurked in the center of Tingfeng Tower, controlling the entire building.

With a hint of interest in his eyes, Lu Yan spoke calmly:

"The Li family, the messenger from the underworld."

Inside the Tingfeng Tower, the giant squid smiled and responded in an unclear voice:

"The price of the underworld messenger is not cheap."

Lu Yan didn't say anything. He reached into his arms with his right hand, took out a piece of blood-stained gold from the storage bag and threw it at the black-robed figure.

"Demon blood gold!"

The squid exclaimed in a low voice, and then greed appeared in his eyes.

Demon Blood Gold is gold that has been contaminated by demon blood for a long time. Holding it for a long time can increase the degree of pollution in the body and help transcendent warriors shed their mortal bodies.

According to Bi Jie, ten taels of demon blood gold are enough to buy a copy of the lowest level true method that can be practiced by less than a thousand people.

Although it is only the lowest level of true Dharma, the fact that there are less than a thousand practitioners represents the hope of comprehending the true meaning of the Dao, and its value is incomparable to ordinary treasures.

The demon blood gold that Lu Yan threw out was exactly the part of gold left over from the previous urban version, as much as fifty taels.

"not enough!"

The squid demon said greedily:
"The underworld is a mythical force, and the Lord of the underworld is suspected to be an enlightened being. Fifty taels of demon blood gold cannot buy information about the messenger of the underworld."

Lu Yan was not moved at all, and sneered:

“Fifty taels of demon blood gold can’t really buy you information about the true underworld messenger, but the one in the Li family is just a fake.”

The squid demon's breath suddenly stagnated, and then his face became gloomy and he said:
"Since you already know everything, why did you come to Tingfeng Tower?"

"It's just to verify some information and see if Tingfeng Tower is really worthy of its name."

The squid monster was silent for a moment, then its tentacles rolled up a scroll and threw it at Lu Yan.

Lu Yan raised his hand, took the scroll, and looked at the contents.

The demon version of the Li family is different from those in the fairy tale and urban versions. In both the fairy tale and urban versions, Li Hao is the only one in power, suppressing the others in the clan and making them speechless.

But in the demon version, the Li family has three branches.

The eldest wife is Li Hao, the head of the family. He has reached the peak of the Demon Luo realm and is the most powerful person in the Li family.

However, the second branch of the Li family has two true magic warriors in the Demon Realm, and even the third branch has a new Demon Realm warrior.

Although the eldest wife is powerful, she cannot completely suppress the other two wives.

During the chaos in the underworld half a year ago, the head of the family, Li Hao, took the initiative to seek refuge with the ghosts and gods of the underworld, accumulating a lot of fame. At the same time, he also pushed the Li family's reputation to the peak, and the first branch completely suppressed the other two branches.

But this time, the news of the arrival of the messenger from the underworld was first spread from the second and third rooms.

The head of the family, Li Hao, was reporting on his work in the imperial capital at the time. After learning about this, the news had already spread throughout the entire human territory.

Li Hao, who had just returned from the imperial capital, was furious. He scolded the powerful Demon Luo realm masters from the other two families in his mansion. A conflict even broke out in the Li family mansion because of this.

The specific process is unknown, but after this incident, the Li family was completely divided.

At this point, Tingfeng Tower made a conclusion that the messenger from the underworld who came to the Li family was most likely a fake. The so-called banquet to show the majesty of the underworld was just a joke caused by the internal strife of the Li family.

But all the major thousand-year-old families have responded. Even though Li Hao knew that this was false, he could only hold his nose and accept it temporarily.

After reading the news, Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

What he was most worried about was that Li Hao himself joined forces with external forces and deliberately created this so-called messenger from the underworld to test the underworld.

Right now it's just an internal struggle within the Li family. A few idiots created a so-called fake envoy in order to fight for power and profit, which made Lu Yan feel a lot more relieved.

Although there are still many doubts in these news, there is no news to prove that Li Hao has betrayed the underworld.

A flame ignited in his right hand, turning the scroll in his hand into ashes. The squid demon said with an unhappy expression:

"What else does your distinguished guest need?"

"Li Hao's whereabouts these days."

A thoughtful look flashed across the squid demon's eyes, but he still said, "Ten taels of demon blood gold."

Lu Yan once again took out ten taels of demon blood gold and threw it to the squid demon in exchange for a scroll.

As he was about to leave with the scroll, the squid demon suddenly said:

"My dear guest, are you interested in selling your space treasure? I'm willing to pay a high price for it."

Lu Yan frowned and said coldly: "I don't want to."

After saying that, he strode towards the door.

“I heard that Fenglou is doing serious business, and we will not force you to do business if you don’t want to.

However, if other people try to find out about the Li family, what the distinguished guest did today might become part of the news."

The squid demon's slippery voice, which seemed to be covered with mucus, sounded again, and the black fog at the door gradually thickened, obscuring the entrance.

Lu Yan paused and turned to look at the disguised figure in black robe.

"Are you threatening me?"

The squid demon chuckled again. "How is that possible? We at Tingfeng Tower are a serious business. We believe in mutual consent. This is just part of the deal."

Lu Yan's gaze penetrated the obstruction of the floor and fell on the giant squid monster.

The squid monster is only at the peak of the foundation building stage and is not very strong. If Lu Yan uses the Xuanpin Gate to attack with all his strength, he can kill it in an instant.

But this is still Luo City after all, and there are all kinds of forces here. Although it is not known whether there are any ancestors from the Nether Abyss Realm, at this critical juncture, there are at least more than a dozen powerful Demon Realm warriors appearing in Luo City.

If Lu Yan takes action, he will definitely be noticed by all forces.

The squid demon naturally didn't know that Lu Yan had already developed murderous intentions. In his eyes, although Lu Yan was generous, he was just a small character who hadn't even comprehended the true meaning of the Dao.

If he had not been restricted by the rules in Luo City, he would have killed Lu Yan and taken his treasure long ago.

After a long silence, Lu Yan took out a lowest-level gray storage bag from his arms and threw it to the black-robed figure disguised as the squid demon's tentacles.

The squid demon chuckled and said in an unclear voice:
"A wise move! Tingfeng Tower will block any news related to the distinguished guest. No one knows what the distinguished guest asked today."

Lu Yan didn't believe the squid demon's words at all. He pushed open the newly revealed door and strode out. In the room, the squid demon's tentacles groped for the gray storage bag, and kept muttering in a low voice:

“It’s not made of the body of a demon who has comprehended the true meaning of space, but instead looks like some kind of cloth?
Good baby! Really a good baby! "

"He took it out so readily, maybe he has another space treasure like this on him."

Lu Yan took Bi Jie away from Tingfeng Tower and disappeared into the crowd.

At night, Beimang Mountain is a forbidden area.

The Li family had already blocked off all areas around Beimang Mountain, especially the forbidden ruins, which were of utmost importance and no outsiders were allowed to enter.

And right at the core of this forbidden ruins, an old man stood there.

He was wearing a tattered Taoist robe, his face was old but his eyes were as dark as the abyss, his long beard was like smoke and mist, and the dark red cane in his hand was entangled with creeping vines. With every step he took, dark green ripples appeared under his feet, his shadow was twisted and uncertain, and there was a strange aura.

He is none other than Li Hao, the patriarch of the Li family and the strongest man in Luo City at the peak of the Demonic Realm.

Ever since the strange incident in his family, he has come to the Beimang Forbidden Land almost every day.

Every time I hope to see the underworld, but every time I return disappointed.

Half a year ago, the Beimang Forbidden Land appeared in the world, and the chaos of hundreds of ghosts marching at night and the ghost soldiers passing through the border swept across Luo City. As the head of the first family in Luo City, Li Hao naturally took the lead in exploring the Beimang Forbidden Land.

It was here that he saw the gods and ghosts of the underworld that only existed in myths and legends.

In search of opportunity, he was willing to become a running dog of the Blood God of the Underworld, and eventually obtained the Blood God's order to explore the Beimang Tomb.

The exploration teams formed by various forces were almost wiped out in the Beimang Tomb, which led to the Beimang ghosts and gods giving up on returning to the world and starting a war between ghosts and gods with the Blood God of the Underworld.

In this battle, the two ghosts and gods displayed their unparalleled divine power. The fight affected a wide area and even attracted the intervention of heaven.

Eventually, the Lord of the Underworld descended upon the world, wiped out the effects of Heaven's intervention, and with his supreme power took away the Beimang Forbidden Land and the two ghosts and gods, leaving behind a legend that terrorized demons and humans alike.

Although the underworld has left, there are still benefits left over from the Beimang Forbidden Land in Beimang Mountain.

In the beginning, the Li family, with the help of the reputation of being the lackeys of the underworld gods and ghosts, occupied an absolute dominant position in the process of dividing up Beimang Mountain, and no other force could interfere.

However, as the underworld has been hidden from the world, the thousand-year-old families began to covet the interests of Beimang Mountain and wanted to seek cooperation, but they were all rejected by Li Hao.

At first, the thousand-year-old families were concerned about the terrifying power displayed by the underworld and did not dare to force it.

But as time went by, there has been no movement from the underworld, and there are even rumors that the underworld has long left this world. This has given the thousand-year-old families an opportunity.

Some noble families interfered and took the initiative to guide the second and third branches of the Li family, luring them into fighting against the first branch. After the conflict intensified, they even claimed that the orthodoxy of the underworld lay in the hands of the second and third branches, and forged a so-called messenger from the underworld.

This incident instantly put Li Hao into an extremely embarrassing situation.

Recognizing the fake messenger from the underworld is undoubtedly a blasphemy against the underworld. Once the ghosts and gods from the underworld return to the world, Li Hao, as the head of the Li family, will inevitably bear the responsibility.

But the news had already spread. If it was publicly stated that the messenger from the underworld was fake, it would undoubtedly damage the reputation of the Li family and even attract suspicion from the thousand-year-old family.

"Your Li family claims to be the orthodox sect of the underworld's ghosts and gods, but even the underworld's messengers can't tell you apart. You must be rebels who are using the name of the underworld!"

Once this hat is put on the Li family, there will be no way out unless the gods and ghosts in the underworld can admit it to their faces.

But the ghosts and gods in the underworld have already crossed the boundary and left. It is still unknown whether they can reappear. How can Li Hao deal with it?
In just one month, the changing situation almost pushed Li Hao into a desperate situation.

"In three days, will we host a banquet for everyone?"

Li Hao's eyes became increasingly profound.

As a hero who brought the Li family to its current position, how could he be willing to fail so easily?

To this day, he no longer holds out hope that the gods and ghosts in the underworld will respond.

Li Hao placed all his cards on the banquet three days later. Once the various families chose to use the fake messenger from the underworld to force him, he would give it a try and activate the backup plan buried in the mansion, devour all the people present and rush to the legendary underworld.

Once he succeeds in breaking through, even the thousand-year-old families and the royal families of the dynasties will have to acknowledge his status with a pinch of their noses.

If you fail, you will die.

"It's just a pity that we should have missed the opportunity to take off with the momentum of the ghosts and gods."

"Relying on external forces is still too fragile after all."

Li Hao sighed softly.

At this moment, Li Hao suddenly turned his head, and a divine light flashed from his eyes as he looked towards a certain place in the forbidden area.

"who is it?"

The layers of clouds and mist were pierced by the divine light, and finally a figure in a black robe was revealed.

The person who came was Lu Yan.

With the help of Xuantong Zhenyi, he escaped the Li family's blockade and came to the depths of this forbidden area just to find Li Hao.

At this moment, he was wearing a black robe condensed with the Blood God's soul computing power, and strode towards the number one demon Luo realm peak powerhouse in Luo City, without any fear on his face.

On the contrary, when Li Hao saw the black robe on Lu Yan, his pupils suddenly contracted and the aura around him began to show signs of instability for a moment.

Li Hao bent down instinctively and asked carefully:

"you are?"

Lu Yan didn't say anything, but just looked at Li Hao in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze.

After a moment, Lu Yan smiled and said, "Lord Blood God said that he adopted an old dog in the human world and ordered me to come and take a look."

Li Hao immediately knelt on the ground and chanted loudly:

"Old dog Li Hao, meet the envoy!"

Lu Yan chuckled and asked, "Aren't you afraid of recognizing the wrong person?"

"I was fortunate enough to witness that battle between ghosts and gods. The aura of the envoy was exactly the same as that of the Blood God. I dare not forget it!"

"Very good!" Lu Yan clapped his hands and praised.

"But if you want to show your loyalty, just barking twice is not enough."

Li Hao immediately understood what Lu Yan meant and said, "I will obey whatever you order me to do!"

Lu Yan raised his lips and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just that a thief is eyeing something on me."

Half a minute later, a loud thunder exploded in the sky above Luo City.

"There is a demon hiding in Tingfeng Tower, his crime is unforgivable!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge hand descended from the sky, covering the entire Tingfeng Tower.

The void was twisted and deformed under this force, and countless wronged souls lingered between the palms, emitting sharp wails.

Countless copper bells in Tingfeng Tower vibrated and rang at the same time, and the shadow of a demon was about to appear. But only a moment later, all the copper bells exploded and the nine-story building collapsed.

Inside the tall building, the giant squid demon only had time to let out a howl before it turned into dust under the power of the Demon Realm.

(End of this chapter)