Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

Hong Zhan raised his eyes and sneered, "What else can I do? Those five bastards all betrayed me and went to work for that royal bastard!"

"What is bought with money cannot be trusted after all!"

None of the five Source Realm cultivators whom he had hired at a huge price came back.

Hong Jing's body was found by a traveling merchant in the Wuyan Desert. After a night of heavy rain and exposure to the wind and sun the next day, it was almost unrecognizable as a human being. Hong Zhan thought carefully and believed that those five guys must have received a better price and went directly to Huang Yanyao!

And his son's death was undoubtedly a token of his allegiance!

"Really?"

Xia Jiuxie's face, half of which was burned, was twisted together, with an expression that was strange and difficult to discern, as if he was doubtful.

"Humph, what else can I do? Could it be that a strong person in the realm of creation stopped the five of them and refused to let them save my son?!"

Hong Zhan was so angry at this time that his internal organs were all affected. He roared angrily, completely losing the bearing of a king.

At this time, he was just an old guy who was extremely sad because of the death of his only son.

Chapter 77: Death Shrouds Nanling Royal City

Xia Jiuxie just looked at Hong Jing emitting that pathetic and lamentable aura, and a trace of disgust flashed across his eyes.

He did not sympathize with Hong Jing's death, or Hong Zhan's grief over the loss of his son, because to him, the lineage of King Nanling was worthless, and their life or death was irrelevant. Anyway, everyone was working together with their own ulterior motives, and after the incident, those who were bound to turn against each other would inevitably fall out.

However, Hong Zhan did not look like a heroic figure at the moment. He was almost kneeling in front of Hong Jing's corpse and crying. If that were the case, Xia Jiuxie would be worried that this guy's hatred for his son's murder would break him down.

Although it's not much different now.

"How is the formation arrangement in the city going?"

Xia Jiuxie glanced at Elder Hunxin with an inexplicable tone in his voice.

Elder Hunxin lowered his eyes slightly, as if to hide the deep light in his eyes. "Now there are 300 people every day, and the progress is not fast. If we want to wait for this main formation to form the blood heart of the resentful spirit, it will take another three months."

"Once the main formation is completed, it will take another seven days to connect the other 188 formations."

The arrangement of spiritual arrays requires precision and slowness. To make an array like the Ten Thousand Spirits Qi-stealing Array, which is used to seize the fortune and luck of a country, perfect, it takes even more time. Slow work produces fine work. Of course, it is not impossible to rush it, but King Nanling has always requested that it be done in a covert manner, so they cannot do it in a lavish manner.

In fact, it doesn't matter if they are discovered. Kill all those who know about it and use them to feed the formation. By the time the Xianhuang Empire finds out something is wrong, it will be too late.

The emperor who sits high up in the depths of the Tianhuang City's imperial palace is not omniscient and omnipotent. In such a vast territory, there are some places that he may not be able to see even if he exhausts his lifespan of the Supreme Saint Realm, let alone the borders of this imperial dynasty.

"I'm afraid we'll have to speed up."

"If we delay any longer, there will be a lot of changes, especially with Huang Yanyao. We don't know what she is planning now. If her subordinates have really won over five Yuanji Realm cultivators, I'm afraid they will inevitably come to cause trouble."

Xia Jiuxie touched his chin, his ugly face looked particularly ferocious.

If Hong Jing had continued to stay under the protection of Hong Zhan, perhaps nothing would have happened to him. However, within two days of leaving, he died... Now it seems that Huang Yanyao is not someone who likes to swallow her losses. If she gets the chance, she will give King Nan Ling a heavy blow.

If she intended to continue to harm King Nan Ling, she would definitely not delay, but now happened to be the time when they could not be disturbed.

If Huang Yanyao discovered their plan and reported it to Tianhuang City, and the strongest person took action, none of them would survive.

It needs to be faster, preferably faster enough that by the time she realizes something is wrong, it will be too late.

"This king wants her to die without a burial place."

"Including those who helped her!"

Hong Zhan seemed to have calmed down a little, but the grief would not go away just like that. What followed was an increasingly strong hatred. He stood up straight, sweeping away the misery in his heart. The cruelty of the past now took over everything again, even more so.

King Nan Ling was never a kind person, he had come to where he is today through blood and fire. At such a critical moment, he suffered the pain of losing his son. However, what was slowly burning in King Nan Ling's heart was the desire after despair... He wanted Huang Yanyao's life!

His only bloodline was gone, and he had no intention of remarrying. Instead, he was freed from all shackles.

Nothing could stop him from taking revenge on Huang Yanyao.

"...I wonder if the prince still wants to continue our plan?"

Xia Jiuxie glanced at him coldly.

"Speed ​​up."

Hong Zhan's red eyes were filled with calmness. "The common people in Nanling King City are as numerous as pigs and dogs. Kill them all and throw them into the formation!"

If this is done, the entire Nanling Royal City will be transformed into a bloody purgatory.

But he doesn't care much now.

"If that's the case, then that's much better. Let's do as the prince says."

Xia Jiuxie nodded lightly, with a bloodthirsty smile on his lips, looking at Hong Zhan, who seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, but the increasingly crazy King Nanling suddenly caught his eye.

It’s a pity that Xia Jiuxie himself is a madman, and only madmen will be interested in madmen.

He came to the Xianhuang Empire with no other purpose than to make rivers of blood flow here. Even though the Xianhuang royal family had a grudge against him, the remnants of the Great Xia, that was after all a matter of his ancestors, and four thousand years had passed. He didn't remember it at all.

Xia Jiuxie himself particularly liked to kill these powerless ordinary people. Bathing in the sea of ​​blood would make him feel the pleasure of his soul soaring into the sky.

As for old grudges…even he himself doesn't care about such bullshit.

Just kill and that's it.

"If all the common people in Nanling King City were thrown into the formation, how long would it take to complete the formation?"

Xia Jiuxie turned and asked Elder Hunxin.

"If no one is left behind... it can be completed in seven days, and the power of the formation will be more than three or four times stronger than expected."

Hearing this, Xia Jiuxie revealed a cruel sneer, "Seven days? That's fast enough."

The Great Array for Seizing the Qi of All Spirits is an evil array that uses the flesh and blood of living beings to forcibly seize their destiny. Back then, the last emperor of Great Xia even set up 189 arrays throughout the Great Xia Dynasty. The amount of flesh and blood of mortals invested in each array is incalculable. If other powerful beings had not killed him before the array was completed, the destiny of the Immortal Phoenix Dynasty would have been completely taken away at that time.

Any loss in the country's destiny would have a significant impact, and the country's fortune would be completely deprived... I'm afraid it's not impossible that the Immortal Phoenix Emperor at that time died suddenly because of this.

Since King Nanling is willing to let these pig-like and dog-like subjects die for this, Xia Jiuxie will not hesitate at all when taking action.

"I will issue an order to close the Nanling Royal City and station troops there. Nothing can enter or leave."

"After that... you should have a rough idea."

"Now, if you will excuse me, I will leave first. My son needs to be buried properly."

Hong Zhan finished speaking with a sullen face, and waved his hand. Two guards strode in, picked up Hong Jing's broken body, and left.

When Hong Zhan's figure disappeared, Elder Hunxin showed some confusion on his face. He looked at Xia Jiuxie and said, "It seems that you have achieved your goal."

Xia Jiuxie smiled contemptuously, his voice was filled with chill, "Hong Jing was the old prince's favorite, no one else could touch him, and now he's dead, what else do you think he has to worry about?"

"I just didn't expect that Huang Yanyao could actually kill him."

A strange color flashed across Elder Hunxin's turbid eyes.

In fact, those people from the Evil Heart Sect have never been satisfied with Hong Zhan's caution. How could such a heinous crime of treason be carried out so slowly?

But Hong Zhan had concerns. With an only son, he was unwilling to take any more risks. Or even if he took risks now, it was for Hong Jing.

Xia Jiuxie accompanied Hong Jing to the Wuyan Desert and ran into Huang Yanyao. Xia Jiuxie had actually anticipated that Huang Yanyao would attack Hong Jing, but the protection around Hong Jing was so tight that she couldn't touch him at all. But as long as she took action, Hong Jing would come back and tell his good father, and Hong Zhan would definitely be anxious and angry.

But it's better now.

Hong Zhan, whose son had died, no longer considered being cautious.

He just wants blood to be paid with blood.

Chapter 78: Xia Jiuxie's "Gift"

Xia Jiuxie walked to the high platform outside the palace. The moonlight outside was deep and the bloody smell in the city was already very strong. He could even see scarlet floating into the sky, dyeing the silver moon a different color.

Looking down from the platform, a team of elite soldiers stood on both sides of the main road. As sad music started playing, four soldiers carried an exquisite black coffin onto the main road. Hong Zhan was right behind them, dressed in black, as if surrounded by a dim light.

After the funeral, countless people in the Nanling King City will probably be buried together with the prince.

It's a pity that Hong Jing has no talent and his cultivation is not high, otherwise Xia Jiuxie would have to use some tricks in secret to refine a corpse puppet.

Who says that people can’t shine and make contributions after they die?

The Xiexin Sect actually prefers dead people. After all, dead people will definitely not betray you after they are turned into corpse puppets.

Watching the funeral procession passing through this huge palace, in the dark night, the mournful music sounded like wails, with resentment mixed in with the desolation, Xia Jiuxie was unmoved. Instead, he curled up his lips, revealing a hint of cruelty.

The sadder the music was, the angrier King Nanling was.

"It's time to start killing people."

"How are you going to deal with Huang Yanyao?"

Elder Hunxin came from behind and stood at the edge of the platform. The cold night wind could not blow his robe, as if anything close to him would be frozen.

"You can't hurt the Ninth Princess with just a few small fights, and your repeated attempts to hurt her maids and ministers will probably do nothing but anger her."

In fact, he didn't think much of this disciple of the sect leader.

King Nan Ling cooperated with the Xiexin Sect. The Sect Master of the Xiexin Sect only sent Hunxin at the beginning, but Xia Jiuxie volunteered. The Sect Master trusted him, so he let him come, but Hunxin was not happy.

Because to cause trouble within the Xianhuang Empire, you need someone with a careful mind, not a madman.

Xia Jiuxie is undoubtedly a lunatic.

Evil practitioners are also divided into different levels. Hunxin knows that what he does is inhumane, but it all has a purpose, and achieving the purpose is the main thing.

Xia Jiuxie has no purpose and is driven entirely by his bloodlust.

Eating the corpse of his own brother, this kind of behavior can be regarded as far more evil and unrestrained than others in the Evil Heart Sect. It is also known to everyone that he is insane and crazy. This kind of person is a disaster to everyone. It doesn't matter if it harms himself, but it is a serious matter if it harms others.

But Xia Jiuxie still lives a free and easy life, after all, he is the sect master's personal disciple.

Elder Hunxin was quite dissatisfied with the fact that he had an unstable bomb following him, but this was only his occasional dissatisfaction in his heart and he did not show it.

After all, they have important responsibilities and they all want to take care of each other.

Xia Jiuxie raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"Would you like some advice on how Elder Hunxin should avenge me?"

"I have no interest in killing Huang Yanyao, but if you want to do it, do it cleanly and neatly. Don't use such petty tricks to play with her, otherwise it will affect the master's important matters. You will inevitably be punished when you go back. Don't say I didn't tell you this."

"The royal family is not a puppet that you can manipulate at will. It will bite you."

"Even at the fastest speed, this Wanling Qi-stealing formation will take another two weeks to complete. Before that, you'd better make sure Huang Yanyao won't get in the way."

Hunxin looked at Xia Jiuxie with a cold gaze, not disguising his disdain and contempt at all. He waved his sleeves and turned away.

It's not that he looked down on Xia Jiuxie, he just didn't like the madman who ate his brother's corpse for dinner.

"Oh, you think I can't do it well?" Xia Jiuxie smiled softly, looking at Hunxin's back, with a cunning flash in his eyes, "Don't worry, I will play this scene well."

"A little trick? I have arranged many gifts for her but they are still untouched."

"Soon, she won't be free to take care of us."

……

The moonlight is still good.

Lu Mu and Gu Yunxi sat in the courtyard of the Tongshi Palace.

She came to find Lu Mu on her own initiative, but after she found him, the two of them just sat in the courtyard without even looking at each other. Lu Mu looked at the moon while Gu Yunxi played with her nails, as if an irrelevant barrier separated them.

"You have something on your mind?"

After a long time, Lu Mu couldn't help but break the silence.

They had been sitting here for more than an hour, and the night was visibly getting darker.

Gu Yunxi shook her head, "I'm fine."

"What's the matter? Are you too lonely and need a man to accompany you?"

Gu Yunxi turned her face away silently and ignored him.

"Then let's just sit here."

She didn't answer, perhaps because she was too embarrassed to speak, or perhaps Lu Mu felt that he had already guessed what she was thinking. In short, it was right not to point it out.

Gu Yunxi just liked the feeling of sitting next to him. She felt at ease even without doing anything.

It’s not that their feelings are deep, but because she had opened a little of her heart to this Shura Saint a long time ago, and there were some things that she had hidden for a long time and that made her very unhappy, and she confessed them to Lu Mu.