Zhongshan Shenzhu Chi

Chapter 86 Alliance

The seven fierce demons stood together outside Xia'an City, braving the wind and snow.

Even though the soldiers now knew they weren't coming to attack the city, their hearts were still pounding with anxiety.

My palms, gripping the gun barrel, were covered in cold sweat.

"It has absolutely no flavor at all—" Zhao Ying walked around the mountain god, her delicate nose wrinkled, sniffing back and forth like a puppy.

I didn't smell a trace of evil.

Instead, she smelled a natural, subtle fragrance on the mountain lord, somewhat like the scent emanating from an old herb in the mountains.

Serene and tranquil.

"Lingyi, how did you do that?" Zhao Ying planned to lead the mountain lord into the city.

The mountain king shook his head.

The Golden Ape King and his descendants are still standing in the wind and snow. It's not good for him to go into the city alone.

To prevent Zhao Ying from sniffing him again, Shan Jun's gaze sharpened, and he took a deep breath of the cold air.

The tall man transformed into a fierce, azure tiger in a few blinks.

"That's right, that's more like it. I really don't understand why you had to become such a weak human."

The Golden Ape King nodded in satisfaction.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute." Mountain Lord glanced at Golden Ape King.

He turned his head, lowered his head, and as he spoke, a gust of wind arose, ruffling Zhao Ying's hair.

"When do you plan to advance? Who will be involved?"

"Just the people in this city behind me." Zhao Ying turned around and pointed at Xia'an City.

"There are 50,000 soldiers and many cultivators, but only the woman from Autumn and Winter City and I are at the fourth realm."

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"To be honest, without your support, those two city lords might not have taken the initiative to attack."

"Hmph—" Upon hearing this, the Golden Ape King disdainfully exhaled white steam from his nose.

Although the mountain lord forbids it from speaking, it still looks down on it.

"Who is the enemy?" the mountain king asked.

"All I know for now is that they are the Fog Demons of Yongning City, and the Fog Demons were created by the Four Dharma Gates—Zhengyuan and Zhengming!" Zhao Ying turned and called out.

"I know! I know!" Li Zhengyuan, who had already come down from the city wall, heard the voice and grabbed a young man in white and ran towards this place.

He ran all the way to the Mountain Lord, panting heavily, and said, "The Four Methods, a total of five cultivators at the Fourth Realm, one at the Fifth Realm—"

"The Mist Demons currently in the main city, if they were to merge together, would roughly be equivalent to those between the fourth and fifth realms!"

Upon hearing this, the mountain king's expression darkened, and even the golden ape king's breathing became heavier.

"But everyone, everyone, the people of Yongning City are still here!" Li Zhengyuan pulled the white-robed young man in front of him.

Faced with the lowered gaze of the Mountain Lord and the stare of the Golden Ape King, the arrogance that the white-robed young master had shown in front of the two city lords shattered instantly.

If Li Zhengyuan hadn't been holding onto the back of his neck, he probably would have already knelt down.

"My ancestor possessed a Grade Earth Immortal Technique, whose strength far surpassed that of the fifth-realm cultivators of the Four Dharma Sects!"

"Then why did you escape?" Shan Jun lowered his head, his apricot-yellow pupils radiating light.

It imitated the way a candle was made, inch by inch, getting closer and closer to the white-robed gentleman.

"I don't know either!"

"I wasn't even fully awake this morning when my ancestors threw me out of the city! And my uncles and brothers, they were all thrown out of the city too!"

The ferocious tiger slowly approached, and the young man in white was so terrified that he felt his soul leave his body and clung to Li Zhengyuan.

In his panic, he seemed to remember something and hurriedly pulled a jade pendant from his pocket.

"This jade pendant! This jade pendant! It can contact my ancestor! And as long as my ancestor is alive, this jade pendant won't break!"

"Look, look! It's still intact!"

The young man in white, acting as if possessed, held up the jade pendant and displayed it before everyone.

The Golden Ape King looked on with extreme disdain, and its offspring behind it also bared their fangs in disdain.

Shan Jun turned his head and looked at Zhao Ying.

"Earth-grade immortal techniques are second only to Heaven-grade Dao techniques and ultimate divine abilities. If that fifth-realm immortal in the main city of Yongning Continent does indeed possess immortal techniques—then everything else about him is fine."

"Yes!" Li Zhengyuan immediately shouted, "The imperial court sent us to Yongning Prefecture with one purpose: to find out as much information as possible about the immortal technique of the Zhu family immortal!"

"It's because of our incompetence that we were abandoned by the dynasty!"

"This—" Zhao Ying was speechless.

For the powerful figures of a continent, immortal techniques are tantamount to the very foundation of their existence.

"Look at it," the mountain king suddenly said.

Before everyone's eyes, it transformed once again into the aloof woman from before.

She placed the crimson knife against the white-robed young man's neck.

"Look at this knife and answer me."

After descending the mountain, Lingyi trusted no one except the Golden Ape clan.

Are you telling the truth?

"Yes—!" To everyone's surprise, the young man in white didn't hesitate at all and shouted out in a stern voice.

Li Zhengyuan was furious. With Lingyi's approval, he released the young man in white.

The man felt as if he had been granted a pardon and fled back to the city in a panic.

"Now that we have an inside man, when should we advance?" Lingyi stared at Li Zhengyuan.

Li Zhengyuan looked at Zhao Ying.

Give me a day to mobilize.

"Although we've only had three months to get used to each other, the most effective training comes from the battlefield."

Zhao Ying smiled broadly.

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Yongning Main City.

The gray mist surged like ocean waves, resembling the gaping maw of a ferocious beast, swallowing up the magnificent city.

Everywhere you look, there are corpses that have been drained of life and look like withered husks.

Except for the city, which was always brightly lit, its golden light, which pushed aside the gray fog, resembled a candle flickering in the wind.

All the lights in every house were extinguished.

"He who understands my heart will attain Buddhahood in this very life — the intention of Acala."

The old man in the gray robe carefully picked up a strand of his beard, as if the slightest force would tear the white beard off.

"Stop struggling. The imperial court has already removed all the offerings. No one from Yongning Continent will come to save you."

"Old man, you've given up hope of breaking through, but I still can."

However, as usual, there was no response from Jin Guang.

"Hmph, let's see how long you can hold out."

The old man in the gray robe turned and disappeared into the mist.

Beside it, the mist demons, which should have no intelligence and were driven solely by instinct and human power, suddenly coalesced into a physical form.

The man was extremely tall.

Its face was obscured, except for a bright pearl embedded in its forehead.

"The Yongningzhou Allied Forces are on their way here," it said.

"Hmm? They actually managed to gather a force?" the gray-robed elder asked in surprise.

"The demon from Zhongshan has descended."

"I want you to strangle them. I'll intervene if necessary."

"No wonder you were willing to take such a big risk to cooperate with me. It turns out you were injured by that red snake from Zhongshan—" the gray-robed old man chuckled.

"If it weren't for it, you wouldn't have taken the risk and partnered with me, would you?"

"The true path of mountains and rivers has been completely blocked by you."

The man spoke in a deep voice.

"The demon that came down from Zhongshan will be entangled to death. When the drought comes, the imperial court and we will join forces to send troops to destroy that unknown myth."

"Then, you shall go your own way, the righteous god of your land, and shall not participate in the struggle between the dynasty and us."

"Okay, okay. We'll do as you say."

The old man in the gray robe waved his hand, and the sea of ​​mist surged.

The main city of Yongning was brought back to light, and one soldier after another was condensed from the mist.

There wasn't a sound during the entire operation.

My footsteps were so light they barely broke the snow.