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Chapter 389 Karma, Royal Sentence

Chapter 391 - Karma, Royal Sentencing

Lu Chang'an ended his short-term seclusion for nearly half a year, and his age came to 394.

"After advancing to the YuanYing stage, the shadow of the YuanYing of the fourth life, the speed of illumination has increased dramatically."

Lu Chang'an realized that the fourth life of the [Nine Seal Tablet] was already half lit, and it had only been half a year.

In other words, it would only take Lu Changan a year to light up the fourth life.

The fourth life that he had descended last time had not yet been consumed at this point. If he didn't fight, or use it to draw talismans, refine puppets, or do divination, it could last even longer.

After reaching the YuanYing stage, the fourth descent no longer has the same kind of leaps and bounds as at the Jiedan stage.

Even at his peak, the Fourth Descent Possessor was no match for Lu Chang'an in a single fight.

After the last fight with the Red Snake True Lord, Lu Chang'an had a few insights into his own strength.

The "Withering Divine Light" is very lethal and consumes the essence, blood and energy of a "Quasi-Fourth Order Body Refiner", which is very powerful.

The target's vitality will wither and their strength will decline. If the target is hit, the effect of reducing the lifespan will be obvious.

If Lu Changan consumes his lifespan, the power of the Withering Divine Light can still be increased.

In a one-on-one lasting fight, not many people under the middle YuanYing stage are Lu Changan's opponents.

Of course, Jing Wufeng is an exception.

No matter how strong the "Withering Divine Light" is, it has to hit the target's body.

......

During his seclusion, Lu Chang'an acquired part of the Red Pixie Snake King's memories.

The Snake King was devoured by the [Nine Seal Tablet], and in the half-percentage area lit up by the Fifth World, he could perceive the ponderous and disorganized memories.

The Red Specter Snake King has the most seniority in the Great Serpent Mountain, and his memories contain many of the sect's secrets.

The part that Lu Changan was interested in was the Underwater True Lord, but unfortunately there were very few images in his memory.

The Great Serpent Mountain's friendship with the True Lord of Stygian Water was average, and was an element of mutual utilization.

On the other hand, it was the "Pagoda Scatterer" who had a lot of secret dealings with Great Serpent Mountain.

The Pagoda Scatterer is not a simple monk, there is a huge power camp behind him.......

When Lu Changan dug into his memories, he couldn't help but be surprised.

The Red Pewter Snake King's memories contain the contact information of the Pagoda Sangha, so there may be a chance to ask him out.

"The Pagoda Scatterer's offense is average, but his defense and self-preservation are not bad. Destroying his Dharma body is easy, but if his YuanYing is out of his body and disappears, there is no ten percent certainty that he can be taken down."

"Capturing the YuanYing alive, the difficulty is again greater than killing the YuanYing spirit body......"

Lu Chang'an considered making the Pagoda Scatterer a feeder for the [Nine Seal Tablet].

The Fifth Seal of the Fifth Seal of the Frame lit up fifty-five percent, and every time he swallowed a YuanYing, he would be able to increase it by one percent.

Before advancing to the YuanYing stage, this goal seemed out of reach.

But after devouring the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, the progress increased by a large margin.

Now, the goal of lighting up the Fifth World seems to be enough for a while.

"If we rendezvous with Jing Wufeng, with the spatial aptitude, there is a chance of capturing the 'Pagoda Scatterer's' YuanYing alive."

Lu Changan decided to postpone the plan. A few days later.

Lu Chang'an went to the cave of Zixia Peak to meet and discuss the Dao with Immortal Zixia.

The Great Serpent Mountain has quite a number of secret agents laid out to target the Yunxia Sect.

Lu Chang'an informed Immortal Zixia of the secrets and asked the latter to keep it quiet for the time being.

Zixia Immortal was moved and surprised that Lu Chang'an was able to conduct a "soul search" on the Red Specter Snake King......

To the level of YuanYing, it would be difficult to search the souls of people of the same rank.

There are many secret soul techniques that can be used to prevent soul searching by placing a restriction on the core secrets of the consciousness sea.

Moreover, Lu Changan had just entered the YuanYing stage, making it even more difficult to search the souls of veteran YuanYing.

As a transformed Demon King, the Red Phenom Snake King did not have a YuanYing, but the Essence Phenom in its Essence Phenom DaDan was very tough, and was tightly integrated with the Demon King DaDan, making it no less difficult to search the souls of YuanYing cultivators in general.

"The Snake King's Essence Soul couldn't withstand the torture and gave up some of its secrets, I promised to make it return to reincarnation."

Lu Chang'an found a reason to excuse himself, saying that he mastered a secret art of torturing and torturing the soul.

In reality, the Red Specter Snake King hiccuped during the fight that day.

The Great Serpent Mountain had sensed it, but it probably didn't expect Lu Changan to be able to access the memories of the Snake King's ancestor.

......

The demonic turmoil is in full swing in the Central Region.

The scale of this demonic disaster is so large that it has even spread to the other four regions of the Great Abyss.

The middle region of the Great Abyss was in a state of mourning, the middle and lower cultivators were devastated, and countless Immortal Cultivation clans, small and medium-sized markets were destroyed.

A lot of high level cultivators have also fallen.

The few YuanYing monsters who were unlucky or coveted fourth-order materials died at the hands of demons.

In this moment of crisis.

The three dominant forces of the Great Abyss, the North Domain [Yellow Sky Ghost Palace], the South Domain [Heavenly Sword Pavilion], and the East Domain [Zhenhai Sect], all issued a call to send some assistance to the Central Domain, and in the process, train their disciples.

The "Sea-covering Monarch", a great cultivator, issued a warning.

The high level cultivators in the Central Region have paid too many magic crystals to enter the Ancient Pantheon, resulting in the abnormality of the forbidden Demon Abyss and the pouring out of more demonic qi.

The giants of the Central Region are fighting on their own, and many YuanYing old monsters have gained opportunities in the [Ancient Pantheon], so it is difficult to reach an agreement on this.

Furthermore, the demonic turmoil is not much of a threat to the true top tier, and one can still obtain a batch of demonic materials.

In their opinion, the 16 sects of Zhenhai control the coast and have the richest resources, so they don't have a pain in the ass when they talk. But the northern region of the evil ghost palace camp, but very welcome magic material.

The three main forces of the Great Abyss are not of one mind.

As for the western part of the Great Abyss, it is an ancient forest sea, belonging to the demonic beast realm, bordering on the western side of the forbidden land of the Central Region.

It is said that there is an avian king descended from a true spirit in the ancient forest sea, with a mid-fourth stage cultivation that is no less than that of a YuanYing cultivator.

The actual center domain is a broken circle. The gap is the connection between the Endless Forest Sea and the forbidden area of the Central Domain.

The Western Forest Sea is also a flooded area of demonic disasters, and a large number of demonic beasts have been demonized due to the influence of the Central Domain's forbidden land.

......

As the demonic plague reached its peak, fourth-ranked demons also appeared in the areas of influence of the Great Serpent Mountain and the Yunxia Sect.

Three months later.

A fourth-ranked demonic creature appeared in the Great Serpent Mountain, and it was actually a rare pseudo-dragon species.

In the name of "friendly assistance", Lu Changan rushed there with Earth Rock Monarch.

The Great Serpent Mountain refused and condemned it.

Lu Chang'an arrived at the scene of the incident too late. The three YuanYing cultivators had already killed the pseudo-dragon species of the fourth-ranked demonic creature.

The Great Serpent Mountain's sphere of influence actually had a Royal Family's YuanYing Elder, I don't know if he showed up by chance or was secretly lurking for a long time.

"The Da Yu Royal Family doesn't want Great Serpent Mountain to suffer any more losses, either explicitly or implicitly sheltering and fostering.".....

Lu Chang'an could only leave with regret.

Another half year passed.

The Yunxia Sect's sphere of influence also saw a fourth-ranked demonic creature fleeing from Da Yu's foreign territory.

The intelligence of the fourth-ranked demons is not low, but it is difficult to curb their killing instincts, and some of them are not willing to fight with YuanYing True Lords.

Often, it takes three YuanYing to kill a fourth-order demon with a high degree of certainty. Knowing the information, Yunxia Sect's three YuanYing warriors went out to hunt the fourth-order demons in the territory.

If they were slow, the Great Snake Mountain and the Imperial Family's YuanYing cultivators would probably intervene and get a piece of the action.

The fourth-ranked demonic creature that entered Yunxia Sect's territory was of the tiger type and moved swiftly, coming and going like flying, destroying a medium-sized immortal city.

"It's a pity that it's not an avian-type fourth rank demonic creature."

Lu Chang'an was a bit regretful, if it was an avian type, it would have helped the Alien Spirit Peacock to advance to the fourth rank.

Just this fourth-ranked demon tiger, Yunxia Sect's three major YuanYing warriors took a lot of trouble and managed to intercept it in a valley.

For this reason, Lu Changan used divination to project and track; Immortal Zixia's [Wind and Cloud Fan] increased mobility, and the Wind and Cloud Spell limited the devil tiger's escape.

Otherwise, delaying it for a while longer would lead to more variables.

Lu Changan, Jiang Ziyan, and Earth Rock Monarch's three YuanYing Warriors joined forces, supplemented by the puppet army formation, and were able to kill the fourth-stage demonic creature fairly smoothly.

It was also the Earth Rock Monarch who was in close combat with the fourth-ranked demonic creature and was injured in the final counterattack.

Shortly after killing the fourth-ranked demon tiger, the two YuanYing from Great Snake Mountain hurriedly arrived, but without the opportunity to intervene, they left unhappily.

"Senior brother need not worry."

Red Lian Zhen Jun said in a self-congratulatory manner, "The Imperial Elder said that building a fourth-order puppet is very complicated and requires multiple types of materials, and one fourth-order demonic material isn't enough."

"Even if the Yunxia Sect spends a large amount of money to gather a single refining material, the probability of failing the first time to impact a fourth-order puppet master is high, and the second time may not be a success."

In the imperial family's canonical records, there are records related to fourth-order puppet masters, and that is not generally difficult.

......

On the way back to Yunxia Sect, Lu Changan proposed:

"Ziyan, the clan will leave half of the materials for the fourth rank demons, save up some more materials, and in the future, I will assist in building a quasi-fourth rank puppet."

Currently, Lu Changan had no plans to build a fourth-order puppet.

Some of the materials of fourth-order demons could be used to enhance the Green Armor Puppet. The Alien Spirit Peacock requires harsh materials and very few of them can be used.

Gathering a complete fourth-order golem's materials could not be done in the short term.

This involves the core, the centerpiece of a fourth-order puppet, not just a fourth-order demonic beast or devil's carcass can be put in place.

Lu Changan retreated and sought the second best, building a quasi fourth-order puppet to match his own level of puppet making and increase his experience in practicing.

"Then I'll work hard for Da Long."

Zixia Immortal couldn't refuse, her eyes contained warmth, and she softly said.

According to reason, this time, when hunting fourth-order demons, she would account for at most one-third of the material share.

If there is no clan power, it is difficult for a YuanYing practitioner to enjoy half of the fourth-ranked demons in DaYuNuo.

In addition, this time, the Demon Calamity, Yunxia Sect helped Lu Changan collect high-grade materials through their power channels, and it was only a matter of time before all the puppets of the Puppet Army Formation were upgraded to the top grade of the third rank......

"The magic pills of fourth rank demons are hard to use by non-magic cultivators, Da Long can look for opportunities to trade them out in the future."

After negotiation, Zixia True Lord also gave compensation.

This magic pill is not of earth attribute, even after purification, its effect on Earth Rock Monarch is far less than that of the Essence Pill of the Demonized Stone Heart Dragon back then.

The Stoneheart Dragon was only considered half demonized, whereas this demonic plague was all deeply demonized species.

After distributing the loot, Jiang Ziyan had mixed feelings.

She realized that Xiang Dalong was repaying himself and the Yunxia Sect when he offered to give up his profits and offered to refine a quasi fourth-order puppet.

In this way, Lu Changan would not be in debt when he left the Yunxia Sect and returned to his homeland in the future.

How long before Xiang Dalong leaves?

Jiang Ziyan was frustrated and had a feeling that this day would not be far away.

The second half of the journey back to the clan.

Jiang Ziyan was silent and only held Lu Changan's arm.

Until an urgent message came from Yunxia Sect.

Swish!

Jiang Ziyan suddenly flipped her hand and took out a communication jade pendant, and was informed of an emergency transmission from the clan.

"How could this...... be so!"

True Lord Zixia's eyes sank and his face looked ugly, caught off guard. "Zi Yan, what happened?"

Lu Chang'an was puzzled and stroked the back of her jade-like hand, softly comforting her and inquiring about the cause.

......

Yunxia Sect, Yingyi Peak Hall.

When the two YuanYing True Monarchs arrived, there were several coffins in the hall.

The coffins here are those of the clan's senior ranks who sacrificed their lives during the demonic plague, or cultivators who made outstanding contributions.

Waiting for a moment, a new coffin was carried over, not yet sealed with a lid.

Wrapped in a white cloth was the mutilated body of a man, bloody and horrible. The head is missing, and in the shoulders and other parts of the body, there are traces of devil's food.

"Report to the two True Lords."

The Snow Peak Patriarch entered the hall, bowed, and recounted the details:

"This morning, Senior Brother Hu led a team to clean up the demonic plague near Red Mountain Lake, and although the number of demons here was large, there were only two third-order demons. Unexpectedly, while fighting with the demons, a strong demon of the late third stage was suddenly killed, and the situation was precarious."

"At the critical moment, Senior Brother Hu stepped forward and held the late third-order demon, attracting it away and avoiding a large number of casualties. Senior apprentice brother Hu said that he was sure he could defend himself, but by the time the clan's reinforcements arrived, he had already been brutally killed by the late third stage demonic ape. Seeing the large number of people, that demonic ape threw down the mutilated body of Senior Brother Hu and fled the place of the incident."

The Snow Peak Patriarch had a sad face as he explained the cause and effect.

"Sinful animal!"

Zixia True Monarch's eyes were cold, his chest was slightly heaving, the bad news of his personal disciple made him very sad and angry.

YuanYing level spirit pressure might, make the whole hall seem oppressive, the sitting Jiedan cultivator atmosphere do not dare to come out.

She leaned over and personally examined the corpse, and determined that it was a demonic wound, and no human factor was detected for the time being.

"Can Xiao Hu's belongings be found?"

"The storage bag burst open during the battle, the commonly used magic treasures and sturdy items are all there, it shouldn't be a case of killing for treasure." The Snow Peak Patriarch carefully answered.

"Pass the order down, find the whereabouts of the Demon Ape within three days, this True Lord will personally kill this fang!"

True Lord Zixia took a deep breath with killing intent, and then closed his eyes tightly to ease his emotions.

Hu Ang's death evoked a sad memory in the depths of True Monarch Zixia's heart......

When she was in her dan stage, her brother, who she once loved, was buried in the belly of a demon in the midst of the demonic turmoil.

Later on, she learned that it was True Lord Yun Lan who was behind this incident.

"Zi Yan, the living are like this. The most important thing is to investigate the truth and avenge Xiao Hu."

Lu Chang'an softly soothed a few words.

He secretly wondered how Jiang Ziyan would feel if she knew Hu Ang's true identity.

Now, the Yun Lan True Lord who took over his body also died in the demonic turmoil, so it is considered a kind of karmic retribution.

......

Three days later.

Yunxia Sect found the culprit, a late third stage demon ape.

The demon ape was seriously injured, a trace left by Hu Ang's fight, and was beheaded by the arriving Zixia Immortal.

After Yunxia Sect's investigation and analysis, Hu Ang's death was purely due to bad luck and his own carelessness.

The gap between mid-stage and late-stage cultivators is quite large. It is normal for Hu Ang to fight a late third stage demon and die.

Only Lu Changan knew that although Hu Ang was a mid-stage Jiedan practitioner, his real strength was enough to fight against late-stage Jiedan practitioners due to the fusion of his YuanYing residual soul.

If you use your killer weapon, you will have a chance to kill a late third stage demonic ape single-handedly.

He attracted the demon ape away because he wanted to conceal his strength and keep the material all to himself.

If not, the precious materials of the Demon Ape will be received by the Sect and used to strengthen Xiang Dalong's Puppet Formation.

However, Hu Ang's cultivation is not as good as the Demon Ape's, so if a third party intervenes in the fight, such as a late-stage JieDan stage, then the risk will not be small.

If the intervening party is a Yuan Ying Zhen Jun, it will be even more unnoticeable.

In this case, Zixia True Monarch will not suspect Lu Changan.

Because Lu Chang'an and Earth Rock Monarch were not present during the incident, they were accompanying her to track and kill the fourth-ranked demons.

Even if Lu Changan still had a quasi fourth-order puppet, it would be impossible to maneuver out of the way with such a long distance between them. ......

Inside the secret room of the underground palace.

Lu Changan saw the green-armored puppet that had been separated for some time.

"This is a spatial storage ring concealed on Hu Ang's body, which has been drained of the scent of foreign objects." Wei Puppeteer presented an object.

"Well done! Yunxia Sect did not notice the existence of a third party."

Lu Chang'an praised.

"It is naturally not much of a challenge to deal with a kid who is less than a late stage JieDan stage, or who is secretly calculating."

Wei Puppet Master took it for granted.

Becoming a True Fourth Order Puppet was completely comparable to a Yuan Ying True Lord.

Due to the special nature of the puppet doppelganger, Wei Puppet Master could operate with Lu Chang'an in a long-distance induction.

Even beyond the range of control, Puppet Master Wei could be on his own and carry out tasks on his own.

The Central Region had experienced many demonic plagues, and certain forces had refined different types of powdered medicinal scents, some of which could attract demons, while others were repulsive to demons.

Wei Puppeteer borrowed the corresponding means, together with his own intimidating aura, and secretly drove the third-ranked demons to the place of the incident.

With the speed of the third-ranked demons, Hu Ang's team would suffer heavy casualties if he didn't resist them.

In order to avoid exposing his strength and making True Lord Xiang suspicious, Hu Ang could not reveal his strength in public.

Lu Chang'an anticipated this point and made a plan accordingly, along with his quasi fourth-order divination technique, to push forward the plan.

The world is full of changes, and many plans do not always go according to expectations......

However, at a certain level of fortune telling, one can pull the wings of a butterfly and slightly influence the destiny of things, making them deviate from one's own expectations.

A powerful fortune-telling master can even calculate the death of a certain target through heavenly fortune-telling. All it takes is a little prying at the key nodes of the destiny.

Of course, this ability often has a price, and can not be used frequently.

And it is less effective for those who have good fortune and those who are in high realms.

Especially for those with great fortune, who come with the shelter of heavenly chances, not only is it difficult to calculate, but it will also face a stronger backlash.

......

The Red Specter Snake King and the Cloud Lan True Monarch died in the demonic turmoil, and Lu Chang'an's plan to liquidate them came to an end for the time being.

Originally, Lu Changan considered having the Green Armored Puppet bring back the remnant soul of Hu Ang to try to see if the [Nine Seal Tablet] could devour it.

However, he realized that bringing back the remnant soul would increase the difficulty of the plan and add more variables, so it would be better to let the demonic creature devour and kill him to sever the connection.

Lu Chang'an predicted that the residual soul of the YuanYing cultivator had already fallen down and would have little effect on the Nine Seals Tablet.

As for what happened to True Lord Yun Lan in the Ancient Pantheon, Lu Changan knew a rough idea through the Red Pixie Snake King's memories.

True Lord Yun Lan died as a result of a joint plot by True Lord Red Serpent, Pagoda Scatterer, and Demonic Blade Nangong Huo.

In the Ancient Specter Hall, True Lord Yun Lan did handle a pseudo-spiritual treasure, which was thrown to other YuanYing cultivators at that time, and since then it has nothing to do with him.

In this way, a residual soul that is not a YuanYing is of little value to Lu Chang'an.

......

A year later, the demonic energy pouring from the forbidden land of the Central Domain had obviously decayed by a few percent.

The threat of demonic turmoil has been reduced.

The major powers have judged that the demonic turmoil that has swept across the entire Great Abyss will enter the second half of the closing stage.

Its duration is so long that the number of high-level demons exceeds that of the past thousands of years.

During the years of the demonic disaster, Lu Chang'an, apart from a few key strikes, mostly practiced the secret arts of the Avatar and used the collected materials to enhance the strength of the puppet array.

The art of divination was also used frequently, not sparing any effort to increase his lifespan.

From the promotion of YuanYing to the current sixteen years, Lu ChangAn has already lost more than thirty years of life, especially in recent years, the greatest consumption.

Luckily, he had vaguely touched the higher realm of Fourth Order Divination, glimpsing the long river of destiny in the underworld.

Recently, Lu Chang'an was sorting through the tokens he received and found a heavenly character conch.

Apparently, it was left by True Lord Jing Tian.

"This monarch's token came to the Yunxia Sect, and his person has at least recently visited the Da Yu Kingdom."

Lu Chang'an's eyes flickered lightly as he used the agreed upon technique to open the Heavenly Character Restriction on the conch. Sure enough!

Jing Wufeng's back figure with his arms folded appeared in the conch, saying that he had gotten rid of the trouble for the time being and was ready to meet Lu Changan at the right time.

......

Two months later.

Half of the high level demons in Da Yu Kingdom were cleared, and the major powers were relieved.

On this day, the Da Yu Imperial Family sent an edict, which was delivered by a messenger to the Yunxia Sect.

Zixia Peak Cave.

"This is a secret decree from the Yu Emperor himself, saying that the death of the Red Specter Snake King back then has been ascertained. This is a preliminary judgment, let us see, if you are not convinced you can go to the Imperial City Public Hall to testify."

Zixia Immortal's moth brows knit lightly as she handed the decree to Lu Changan.

"The demonic turmoil hasn't ended yet, and the royal family is so quick to pronounce judgment?"

Lu Chang'an read the contents of the edict.

"Huh! How did the royal family investigate this, so sure that we are the murderers?"

Lu Chang'an is not convinced and believes it is favoritism.

"The Imperial Family has a secret technique of tracing the 'Source of Fury'. As long as there is the scent of the remnants of the deceased's soul, including the clan's soul lamp object, the scent of the murderer can be traced. Of course, the cost of this technique is quite high, and it is generally not utilized."

"Source of Fatal Qi? The royal family even this kind of secret art."

Lu Changan looked solemn.

It was the same as saying that as long as the killing was tainted with karmic bane, there was a possibility of tracing it back.

Great Serpent Mountain, in conjunction with the royal family's investigation, has apparently locked down the Yunxia Sect.

Once the evidence is proven in court, Lu Chang'an will not be able to get away with it.

The Imperial Court sentenced the Cloud Cloud Cloud Sect to hand over the remains of the Red Pewter Serpent King or the corpse of a fourth-ranked demon; in addition, the Cloud Cloud Cloud Sect's sphere of influence, a marketplace, and three mineral and spiritual fields were allocated to the Great Serpent as compensation.

If you are not convinced, both sides will go to the Imperial City together to testify openly and fairly.

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