The Heavenly Court is gone, I don't want to be a True Lord.

As the source extinguished, the flames slowly died down, as if the source had exhausted its power by burning itself to death.

Zuo Qi, with his sharp eyes, noticed something in the place where the source of annihilation was located: a long plaque.

He quickly stepped forward.

It looks like... a divine card?

Perhaps because the demon's lair was destroyed by Zuo Qi, the spirit seemed to have formed some strange connection with the divine tablet, and their spirits intertwined.

The back was engraved with characters that Zuo Qi had never seen before, but he understood their meaning at a glance.

【Lord Wu Luo】.

What is this thing? It doesn't look like a spirit, nor is it a soul.

The material is neither gold, iron, nor wood, but a material that Zuo Qi has never encountered before.

The Heavenly Eye opens, revealing the true treasure.

The effects of attaining the rank of the Five Lords are unknown.

???

Can't see through this thing, huh?

He was not allowed to observe any further.

The long corridors trembled, and the palaces roared.

The walls cracked, and the black mist dissipated.

Looking up, one can already see the bright moon and white snow; the eerie and terrifying scene shrouded in the demon's lair seems to have completely disappeared.

The pilgrims, numb for years, slowly raised their heads, but the next moment, most of them turned to ashes with the breeze.

Only two pilgrims who had recently been drawn into the demon's lair remained.

It was the bearded young lady from Pegasus Ranch who had spoken to Zuo Qi earlier.

The two were unaware of what had happened in the demon's lair; all they knew was that a burst of golden-red flames erupted, and then everything vanished.

But they felt a long-lost sense of freedom, and without thinking of anything else, they sat down cross-legged and began to recover.

Zuo Qi looked at the token in his hand with a strange expression, and felt two strange fluctuations coming from the token. Following the direction of the fluctuations, he saw that it was where the two bearded men were sitting cross-legged.

He had a premonition that the lives of these two people seemed to be in his hands.

The bearded man and Shang Yingying raised their heads and saw Zuo Qi walking towards them step by step, holding a halberd upside down.

The excitement of regaining their freedom vanished instantly, replaced by solemnity.

"You... young man, you're alive too, that's wonderful."

The bearded man chuckled and said that his strength had not yet recovered. Over the years, he had lost too much of his life force in the demon's lair, and it would not be able to recover in a short time.

He could only say in a flattering tone.

However, a horrifying guess had already risen in his mind: this demon's lair...

Could it be that Zuo Qi wiped them out?

Was the source annihilated by Zuo Qi?

Who is this kid? How could he do something so terrifying?

Zuo Qi simply walked over, staring intently at him, slowly flipping the halberd in his hand. "What are you thinking about?"

"I……"

The bearded man rolled his eyes, about to say something to fool them, but when he met Zuo Qi's gaze, he was immediately speechless.

"You're so smart."

A bad thought flashed through the bearded man's mind, and he was about to beg for mercy.

Suddenly, he clutched his head and cried out in pain, and the blood and energy that had been recovering in his body rapidly disappeared.

It was like returning to that eerie demon's lair.

Zuo Qi narrowed his eyes, a strange glint flashing in them.

Before the bearded man could react, a flash of silver light swept across the scene, taking advantage of the chill in the wind.

"Spare me, I know the secret..."

His fine head rolled away in the wind.

Blood dripped from the halberd's edge.

Zuo Qi looked at Shang Yingying.

Yuncheng is a rare plain area in Taizhou, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and has vast grasslands.

Unlike the powerful families in Fushan City who control businesses in various industries, the truly powerful families in Yuncheng only control one business: the horse farm!

The strategic significance of a horse farm capable of breeding exotic warhorses is self-evident. With the advantage of this resource of warhorses, the Yuncheng family holds a pivotal position in the entire Taizhou and even Dayue.

Despite the fact that the imperial court and royal family have gained control of the largest horse farm in the Yuncheng Plain after years of infiltration, Yuncheng has not produced a city guard as domineering as Murong Qiong. The major families that control the horse farms in Yuncheng still hold the reins.

Zuo Qi remained silent, simply raising his halberd backward and holding it upside down in his hand. This was the most suitable posture for exerting force. Combined with the Five Luo Supreme Lord Divine Token he had just obtained, he was confident that he could cut off the head of the beauty in front of him with just a thought.

Shang Yingying watched the bearded man die, her lips moving as she met Zuo Qi's emotionless gaze.

"Don't kill me."

Zuo Qi sighed, "I don't want to commit murder either, but some things can't be known to others. You should understand what I mean."

After the incident with the Six Doors, Zuo Qi already knew how terrifying it was to single-handedly destroy a demon's lair, and he also knew the massive amount of merit that could be gained from destroying a demon's lair within the Six Doors.

But he dared not accept it.

This is no longer a case of a tree standing out in the forest, but rather a child carrying gold through the market.

Shang Yingying clenched her teeth, as if she was pondering something.

Finally, just as Zuo Qi's halberd was about to fall...

She screamed.

"I'm willing to give myself to you and be your woman!"

Zuo Qi shook his head slightly, "Sorry, women won't slow down my knife strikes."

"No! I possess the fundamental law at the Earthly Classic level!"

The halberd suddenly stopped in front of Shang Yingying.

Zuo Qi lowered his eyes slightly. "Earth Scripture-level Fundamental Law? You're not lying to me?"

Shang Yingying breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Zuo Qi, and realized that this fellow villager, whom she had initially thought was alright, was actually such a capricious person.

Fortunately, the opponent was martial, and even the Earthly Scripture-level fundamental law could not stop them.

She stopped testing Zuo Qi's temperament and spoke directly, "The fundamental technique I possess is called the Jade Tower Twelve Levels. It is a secret technique passed down by the Jade Tower Temple, the leader of the Great Qian Dao Sect. However, it is incomplete. The first three levels were taken away in the past and later fell into the hands of the Six Doors. I only have the fourth to ninth levels."

The power of the Great Qian Dynasty was unprecedented in the world. To give a simple example, when the Great Qian Dynasty collapsed, warlords were everywhere. Eventually, sixteen kingdoms were established, and the Great Yue Kingdom was one of them, occupying seven provinces.

Today, only eight of the sixteen kingdoms remain, and the rivalry and alliances between these eight kingdoms have continued for over two hundred years.

Her mother was a descendant of the Jade Pavilion Sect. In search of true skills, she traveled to various countries before marrying into the Shang family of Yuncheng. She gave birth to Shang Yingying, who inherited her mother's ambition. After many years of inquiries, she finally confirmed that the first three levels of the Jade Pavilion Sect had fallen into the hands of the Great Yue royal family.

Shang Yingying has been outstanding in martial arts since childhood. She joined the Flying Sword Sect in Yuncheng and learned that when the current emperor established the Six Doors, he included the incomplete copy of the Twelve-Level Jade Pavilion in the Six Doors' treasury. Last year, when Shang Yingying turned twenty, she thought of making a contribution to join the Six Doors.

Unexpectedly, when he left the mountain gate, he was pursued by Li Xun, the Ghost Head Saber.

The opponent was at the third level of cultivation, while Shang Yingying was only twenty years old. With the strength of the second level of cultivation, she already had the support of her family and sect. How could she be a match for Li Xun? In the end, the two of them were both dragged into the demon's lair.

Zuo Qi listened to the other person's words and suddenly smiled, "I didn't expect you to actually have a treasure."

Shang Yingying's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me?"

"You reminded me in the demon's lair that you are not an ungrateful person, and I, Zuo, am not a heartless person either. You are different from that bearded man."

Of course, the real reason was that Shang Yingying posed no threat. The fear in her eyes earlier was undeniable, as if she knew that her life was still in Zuo Qi's hands.

And he came up with an even better idea.