From Princess in the Cold Palace to Empress in Heaven

Killing Su Zhi with a single slap is something that even an ordinary king-level cultivator would not be able to do.

I'm afraid only the strong ones in the Saint Realm can do this!

If it were among the younger generation, even the most outstanding genius in the entire Six Paths, the Holy Maiden of Hehuan, Mo Xiaoxian, would not be able to do it!

She had seen the Holy Lady Hehuan before, but she was not the woman in front of her.

From their appearance to their temperament and realm of cultivation, the two men have no similarities at all.

Then.

Who is this mysterious woman in front of me?

After getting rid of Su Zhi, Xiao Minghuang gently waved his hand, grabbed Su Zhi's true soul that was about to fall into the long river of time, pulled out the memory fragments in it, and released the trembling true soul.

The woman in red secretly clicked her tongue when she saw this scene. She became even more wary of Xiao Minghuang, fearing that she would attack her.

After collecting Su Zhi's memory fragments, Xiao Minghuang read through them briefly, only to find that Su Zhi died too quickly and most of his memories were lost. Only a few words remained about his experiences in the Southern Wilderness, which were difficult to decipher.

After a brief pause, Xiao Minghuang turned his gaze towards the woman in red and walked slowly towards her, with a gentle smile on her beautiful face: "What's your name?"

Hearing this, the woman in red shuddered all over. Somehow, looking at Xiao Minghuang's delicate face, she felt an inexplicable fear in her heart, and even had the urge to kneel down.

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This is a fear that comes from the depths of the soul!

Obviously the woman in front of her did not show any intimidation, and even tried to restrain herself, but she was still filled with awe, her emotions were in turmoil, and she could not calm down for a long time.

A little bit.

Under Xiao Minghuang's gaze, the woman in red finally plucked up the courage and saluted respectfully.

Recalling that Su Zhi had just called her "Princess", she also called her that: "My name... My name is Shi Hongyu, and I am a true disciple of the Blood Demon Dao..."

Xiao Minghuang nodded and continued to ask: "You just said that you came here to find Su Zhi to return to Blood Demon City and officially become a candidate for the Holy Son. What's going on?"

Hearing this, Shi Hongyu bit her lip, her face full of disappointment. She admired Su Zhi, so she took the initiative to accept this difficult task of delivering messages to the outer desert.

She thought this incident would bring about the relationship between her and Su Zhi, but she didn't expect that what she got was just cold words and swords drawn!

Thinking of this, her last bit of affection for Su Zhi also disappeared completely.

"This is what happened..."

As Shi Hongyu told his story, Xiao Minghuang finally gained a real understanding of Su Zhi's experience of coming to the Southern Wilderness.

It turned out that when Su Zhi came to the Southern Wilderness, he was not captured as he claimed, but came there voluntarily.

At the beginning, after Su Zhi came to the Southern Wilderness with the Saint Son of the Netherworld, he initially practiced in the Netherworld. Later, he was discovered to have the talent to practice the Blood Demon Way, so he turned to the Blood Demon Way.

Later, he gradually came to the fore, but because he was born in Dongji, he was unable to become the disciple of the Demon Lord, that is, the candidate for the Holy Son.

Therefore, in order to prove his true intentions, he volunteered to go to the outer desert and endure three years of desolation and loneliness in order to gain the trust of the Demon Lord.

"There wasn't a single word of truth coming out of Su Zhi's mouth."

Xiao Minghuang shook his head slightly and sighed softly.

However, Su Zhi should want to go back to Dongji with her, otherwise he would not have silenced Shi Hongyu.

Now, with Su Zhi's death, everything about him has become the past, and she has no intention of investigating.

Then, Xiao Minghuang raised his right hand, and a white magic power surged out and injected into Shi Hongyu's body, instantly healing his injuries.

"Thank you, Princess, for saving my life." Shi Hongyu bowed with a respectful look.

"No need to be polite."

Xiao Minghuang waved his hand gently and said calmly: "I am going to the Central Demon City. If you can lead the way for me, I will give you a reward after the task is completed. If you don't want to, we will say goodbye from now on."

Although a lot of information was missing from Su Zhi's memory fragments, the approximate geographical location of the Southern Wilderness still existed, so she would not get lost.

"Princess, are you going to the Central Demon City?"

Hearing Xiao Minghuang's words, Shi Hongyu was stunned at first, and then said happily: "My family is in the Central Demon City. I am very happy to lead the way for the princess!"

"Very good. Then please lead the way, young lady." Xiao Minghuang smiled brightly, dazzling everyone.

Seeing such a beautiful face and such a charming smile, Shi Hongyu couldn't help but blush even though she was also a woman.

After a moment's pause, Shi Hongyu led Xiao Minghuang to fly towards the Central Demon City.

On the way, Xiao Minghuang began to ask about the basic situation of the Southern Wilderness.

Shi Hongyu did not dare to be negligent and recounted the story in detail.

Regarding the geography of the Southern Wilderness, Shi Hongyu's account was almost identical to Su Zhi's, which showed that Su Zu had not lied to her on this point.

But Su Zhi knew very little about the more detailed and specific aspects.

After all, Su Zhi is not a native of Southern Wilderness.

This is not the case with Shi Hongyu. She is originally from the Central Demon City, and what she knows is far beyond what Su Zhi can compare to.

For example, although Su Zhi had been in the Blood Demon City for three years, he had been practicing in seclusion and didn't even know the distribution of forces within the Blood Demon Sect.

However, Shi Hongyu knew the distribution of power of the six evil paths like the back of her hand.

"...The six paths, including the Hehuan Path and the Blood Demon Path, are headed by the Red Dust Path because the Demon Lord practices the Red Dust Path, but there are very few Red Dust Path disciples and they do not enter the world. Therefore, they are called the Six Paths, but in fact, there are only five paths."

"Among the five paths, the Netherworld Demon Lord is the leader. He is the most trusted by the Demon Lord and has been entrusted with the important task of managing the entire Southern Wilderness on his behalf!"

"The next are the Blood Demon Way, the Shura Way, the Joyous Way, and the Burial King Way."

At this point, Shi Hongyu suddenly sighed and said, "Speaking of it, the Burial King Dao was originally ranked above the Joyous Alliance Dao among the five paths. But after the death of the Burial King Supreme not long ago, the Burial King Dao quickly declined, and most of its disciples joined other demonic paths. Now, the Burial King Dao is only an empty shell. The sect's skills, magical powers, spirit stones and elixirs, and even the medicine garden formations have been snatched away or stolen openly or secretly. It's really unpredictable..."

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly, and an inexplicable smile appeared in the corners of his eyes.

“It’s true that things change…”

At this point, Shi Hongyu asked casually, "I have met the princess for a long time, but I have yet to ask you which sect you are from?"

"I have no sect or school. I got a chance by chance and became a self-taught talent. Fellow Daoist Shi, please don't call me senior. It's just calling me old..."

Xiao Minghuang shook his head slightly and made up a lie.

"Well...Princess, you misunderstood. I didn't mean that..."

Shi Hongyu said somewhat embarrassedly that after spending some time together, she also found that the princess was a gentle and peaceful woman, and her liking for her was constantly growing.

"hehe."

Xiao Minghuang smiled softly and said nothing more.

Shi Hongyu felt quite regretful about the fact that Xiao Minghuang was a casual cultivator.

If she could know the other party's background, she might be able to ask the tribe members to find out the princess's origins, but now it seems that there is no hope.

The Southern Wilds is so vast with countless living beings that it is impossible for all cultivators to join the Six Evil Paths. Those independent cultivators without any sect or school actually account for 90% of the cultivators in the entire Southern Wilds.

After some casual chatting, Xiao Minghuang's understanding of the situation in the Southern Wilderness increased greatly. Next, she mentioned the purpose of her trip.

"I heard that the war between Nanhuang and Dongji has subsided, and Dongji's peace delegation has arrived at the Central Demon Palace. Does Fellow Daoist Shi know about this?"

"I've heard about this too."

Shi Hongyu nodded, then shook her head: "I have been in Blood Demon City for some time, and I don't know what happened in the Central Demon Palace. When I get there, I will ask my tribesmen to find out."

"Why? Princess, are you interested in peace talks?"

Shi Hongyu asked with a little confusion.

"Haha, it's not that I'm interested in it. I just find it a little strange." Xiao Minghuang smiled and said slowly.

"The war between the two worlds has lasted for so many years, why is there suddenly peace?"

"It is said that..."

Shi Hongyu smiled and said, "It seems that the end of some era is coming, so the big shots don't want to continue fighting."

"Fellow Daoist Shi, do you know that the Era will end?"

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Xiao Minghuang's mind suddenly moved. She was also very curious. Apart from the big figures like the Emperor who stood at the top of the pyramid, what did ordinary cultivators think about the end of the era.

"My tribe told me."

Shi Hongyu frowned and said, "It seems that it is said that a very powerful genius appeared in Dongji. If she is after Dongji Emperor... what is after that?"

"Harmony and unity."

Xiao Minghuang reminded.

"Yes!" Shi Hongyu continued, "If she unites with the origin of the world after the Eastern Emperor, then Zhongtian Eastern will only have a few lives left, no more than a hundred epochs at most."

"And our Southern Wasteland, Zhongtian Dongji, Xitu, and Beihai are the conjugate five realms of heaven. If Zhongtian Dongji's heaven is corrupted and decayed, then the Southern Wasteland's heaven will also decay with it."

"Does the Demon Lord have any countermeasures for this?"

Xiao Minghuang asked.

Shi Hongyu shook her head and said, "I don't know about the affairs of those big shots."

Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly and remained silent.

"...Well, Princess, don't think too much. The end of the era is who knows how many years away. What does it have to do with us?"

Seeing Xiao Minghuang lost in thought, Shi Hongyu couldn't help but speak to comfort her.

"maybe."

Xiao Minghuang nodded slightly without commenting.

......

Just as Su Zhi said, in ordinary towns in the Southern Wilderness, there really are no teleportation formations that require a large amount of spirit stones to activate.

Therefore, it took Xiao Minghuang and Shi Hongyu a full half month to get from the outer ring desert to the Blood Demon City.

"Princess, there is a formation in Blood Demon City that leads to the Central Demon City, but..."

"Just what?"

Shi Hongyu lowered her head slightly, and said rather awkwardly: "It's just that I'm short of money. It takes at least one hundred top-grade spirit stones to use the teleportation array once..."

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang didn't say much. He took out a storage bag from his sleeve and pushed it in front of her.

"These should be enough."

"what......"

Looking at the storage bag full of top-grade spirit stones, there were probably thousands of them at most. Shi Hongyu stood there in a daze. In her entire life, she had never seen so many top-grade spirit stones combined!

After a moment, she suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly shook her head to refuse: "These...these are too expensive, I can't accept them."

"Keep it."

Xiao Minghuang smiled faintly.

"this..."

Shi Hongyu still hesitated.

"Take it. Don't let me down and don't let me down." Xiao Minghuang looked at Shi Hongyu seriously and said.

"Yes."

After hesitating for a long time, Shi Hongyu gritted her teeth and agreed.

"Thank you princess."

"Let's go into town."

Then, the two entered the Blood Demon City and went to the teleportation hall.

The teleportation formation is too expensive, and usually no cultivators come here, so the hall is empty and quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

Xiao Minghuang stepped into the hall and looked around. He saw a small stone table standing on the high platform of the formation. When he walked in to take a look, he found a groove on the stone table.

"Princess, put the spirit stone into the groove and the formation will be activated... Select your destination here. The farther the distance, the more spirit stones will be consumed."

“Very good and convenient.”