The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 622: Driving the Dog into the Alley

They hunted down Tantai Wuji, drove him into a trap set by Lang Jiuchuan, and then killed him. Lang Jiuchuan called this "driving a dog into a dead end."

That trap must be a demon-slaying formation.

Fengya's gaze was deep and unfathomable. He said, "Driving a dog into a dead end will surely backfire. You're playing a game where you leave no way out."

Lang Jiuchuan said, "In the battle to slay demons and save the world, I will go all out. As for this retreat, I will leave it to the Heavenly Dao to see if it can save itself. If it can, even if it is a narrow victory with nine deaths and one life, it must let me win. If it is incapable, then this retreat will be useless, because by then the Dao will surely be waning and the demons will be rising."

She turned around, looked at the fiery city, and said, "I am willing to do my utmost for the sake of all living beings and prove my faith with my own body. The rest is up to fate."

The people at Fengya remained silent.

What can be said? No matter how much is said, it would be in vain. How could they possibly influence her Dao heart?
Seeing Lang Jiuchuan's robes fluttering in the cold wind, his black hair also blowing, as if he wanted to ride the wind and return home, they felt a lump in their throats.

"Your cultivation has been the longest, and I know you must possess some ancient demon-slaying formations. Why not borrow one or two?" Lang Jiuchuan looked at him intently and said, "I was taught by Tantai Wuji, and I can also be considered exceptionally talented. In terms of setting up formations, I may not be inferior to him. You can be the hunters who hunt him down, and I will set up these formations."

Fengya's expression was cold and stern: "Even if you die and your soul perishes, will you remain steadfast?"

Lang Jiuchuan didn't reply, but the look in his eyes had already answered everything.

"Inside the Tongtian Pavilion's library, there is a scroll of the Zhou Tian Demon-Slaying Array. If you can decipher it, you might be able to activate the power of the Zhou Tian stars and cleanse the world of demonic energy. However, the price will be unimaginable." Fengya's tone was cold, as if he were stating something that had nothing to do with him.

Gong Tinglan glanced at him, her suppressed anger perhaps stemming from worry and concern. Even though he was unwilling, he would still give her his utmost support.

Only a true friend, someone you could entrust your life to, would do this.
"My rebirth is probably for this reason, isn't it? It's alright, it's just a big game, isn't it?" Lang Jiuchuan smiled self-deprecatingly, then suddenly changed the subject, saying, "With Tantai Wuji and Mo Dao Kong Jin merging, the Demonic Tome will surely be refined to its extreme by them, and their actions will be even more unpredictable, but their purpose will definitely be to create more death and silence. Feng Ya, your original body belongs to Tantai Wuji. With your strength, you can use the essence of this body to sense and assist in hunting that guy. It would be best if you could counter him, but if not, you can weaken his strength. Once my formation is complete, he will definitely fall into my trap at all costs."

"You have a way to counter it?" Gong Tinglan immediately asked.

"We can only give it a try," Lang Jiuchuan replied vaguely.

Fengya let out a heavy snort, his figure flashed and disappeared from the scene, leaving only a chilling and eerie aura behind.

Gong Tinglan looked in the direction Fengya had gone and asked, "Is Lord Feng angry?"

Lang Jiuchuan looked annoyed and said, "He's getting a bit annoyed by those old foxes in the court, so it's better to have peace in the world sooner rather than later."

That's a really quick change of topic.

Although Bagua City had become a dead city, Lang Jiuchuan still ordered Fu Qi to guard it before setting up an array there, preventing more alien races from entering the pass. She needed to return to Wujing first. Wujing was the core of Dadan and the location of the imperial court. It had a larger population than Bagua City and was the place where fortune gathered most abundantly. If Tantai Wuji planted a demonic seed there, causing Wujing to transform its immense fortune into demonic energy like Bagua City, it would be a huge problem.

She had to set up a protective array in Wujing, just in case.

In a small town far away on the Xiang River, Tantai Wuji, shrouded in a black robe, absorbed the essence of a man with a pure Yin body, tossed him aside, raised his head, looked in the direction of Bagua City, and grinned with blood-red lips.

A gust of wind blew, causing the black robe covering his head to fall, revealing his entire face. His eyes were blood-red, and the right side of his face seemed to be sculpted from countless streams of blood, constantly shifting and changing, as if countless faces were surging within it. The other half, the left side of his face, was the one that Lang Jiuchuan was familiar with—the true face that belonged to Tantai Wuji.

The thick demonic energy surrounding him enveloped him, exuding a suffocating ominous aura. As his black robe fell away, countless pure death energy and twisted faces clung to his black and red skeleton, solidifying into a fleshy demonic body. In his dantian, there was a pure, dark, and rather illusory demonic essence, as if it was just a little bit of power away from solidifying into a tangible form.

“I told you to go to Wujing, that’s where we can get the most powerful strength, why didn’t you listen?” Tantai Wuji’s mouth was moving.

“The imperial city is naturally protected by dragon energy, and that little wolf cub will not sit idly by and wait to die. If we go there, we will be walking into the tiger’s mouth. By then, before we can even condense our dantian, we will have already been slaughtered by all the Taoists in the world.” He then changed his tone.

This is a dialogue between two beings, specifically Kong Jin, who is merged with him.

Kong Jin sneered: "Do you know where you went wrong? It was because you prepared too much and hesitated too much. Not all schemes will go according to plan. If you prepare for too long, there will be variables. Even a small mishap can be enough to make you suffer a complete defeat!"

"Shut up!" Tantai Wuji was angered and said coldly, "You defeated opponent, I don't need you to teach me how to do things."

Kong Jin chuckled: "So what if I'm a defeated opponent? Back then, you and those self-proclaimed righteous sects trapped, killed, and suppressed me, this so-called evil demon. And what happened? When you suppressed me, this demon, didn't you leave a backup plan and forcibly claim my natal blood soul lamp as your master? Now, you, this righteous sect, aren't you also using my natal blood soul lamp to escape? Aren't you also fallen into demonic ways and cozying up to me? Admit it, you and I are the same kind of people. There's no question of who is more noble than whom."

"You're just a remnant soul formed from a wisp of remnant will, what makes you think you can challenge me?" Tantai Wuji said coldly. "I know my little wolf cub better than you do. She will definitely guard Wujing like an iron barrel, waiting for me to walk into her trap. She's already at the Golden Core stage. If I can't fully condense my core essence, what can I use to compete with her? Right now, the best course of action is to create more deadly places and absorb the power of death energy. This way, we can also wear down their strength. As their strength diminishes, that's when we can counterattack."

"Without my remnant soul, how could you truly fuse with the Demonic Codex?" Kong Jin mocked again, saying, "You are a man who is good at calculating everything. Those cunning righteous people are not stupid; they won't give you a chance to grow!"

This person is arrogant and overly idealistic. It's hateful that we're now tied to him and can't live without him.

Tsk, if only he had possessed the body and escaped when the white tiger's spirit stole the jade seal artifact that day, instead of being afraid of being discovered by Tantai Wuji, he had to use his own aura to cover up the white tiger's theft and survive for so many days.

What a wrong step, wrong step!

Just as Tantai Wuji was about to say something, he suddenly felt a crisis approaching his soul. Without thinking, he fled, his face contorted in pain as he left.

It's that thief who stole his body; he's caught up with him!

　It's getting colder, everyone please keep warm!
　　(End of this chapter)