Li Qingshan sank into his thoughts. Since he could not confront her face to face, all he could do was do something else instead and placate the Spider Queen.
"Liusu, are there any other places in the Clear River prefecture apart from the Rose Cloud sect where the Demon Slayer currently resides and the Hundred Schools of Thought's Clear River prefecture? It has to be a strategic location. Only then can I explain it to the Spider Queen. "
Seeing how he agreed with her suggestion, Ye Liusu smiled. She also came up with a corresponding plan.
"There are! Spiritual stone mines!"
As the currency of the cultivation community, spiritual stones were also an important item. They were all mined from spiritual stone mines before being refined by artifact smiths into regular spiritual stones.
To cultivators, they could be described as the most important resource. Without spiritual stones, the mechanisms and puppets of mohism would be inanimate objects.
Although Fu Qingjin could gather all the sects, he could not move the spiritual stone mines away.
Ye Liusu took out a mental map and gestured around. "There are over a dozen relatively large spiritual stone mines in the Clear River prefecture right now …"
"Gather the men!" Li Qingshan waved his hand. He had to launch an attack as soon as possible. He had to draw away the attention of the Clear River prefecture before the daemons massacred the city en masse.
… …
In the building, Li Qingshan opened his eyes and glanced at Fu Qingjin from afar. You might be an enemy, but I hope you can receive my warning.
He turned around and said to Ru Xin, "Just Now, I …"
"Who are you? What are you sitting beside me for?" Ru Xin glanced at him and turned around.
Li Qingshan shrugged and smiled.
The order to gather underground was carried out in a hurry. The meeting also proceeded in an orderly manner.
The two worlds in Li Qingshan's eyes, one bright and one dark, were both the cores of the human path and the daemon path. Even though the Clear River prefecture was just a chessboard, he believed he was a chariot that could move about. He could influence the development of the entire chessboard.
With the Spider Queen's order, the middle section of the chessboard finally arrived.
In the venue. Both sides were arguing endlessly for every bit of benefit, neither side giving way.
Fu Qingjin sat with his arms crossed, remaining silent. Suddenly, he frowned. He pressed his fingertips to his ears as if he was listening to something. After a while. He stood up and walked to the center of the hall.
The argument stopped, and all eyes fell on him.
Fu Qingjin said, "I just received news that the golem is dead."
The meeting place was quiet for a moment, but then it boiled over again. "What? When?" "Was it because he received that sword strike from Fellow Daoist Fu?" "That's great! My disciple's vengeance has finally been avenged!"
All sorts of sounds reached Mind Enlightened's ears. However, there was only a buzzing sound. The words' the stone mill is dead 'echoed repeatedly in his mind. In the end, it turned into a mumble from his mouth, "The stone demon is dead." He called out softly, "Master!" His cheeks were already streaming with tears.
Li Qingshan glanced at Mind Enlightenment from afar and said quietly, "The grudge has been settled. I don't owe him anything."
For Fu Qingjin to receive this news so quickly, it made Li Qingshan feel rather surprised. The news of the golem's death had been spread along with the Spider Queen's order to massacre the entire city. However, the scope of the news was not very wide.
"Where did he get this news from?"
The hall was filled with a joyous atmosphere. The Stone Demon had killed countless people and caused great harm. The mortals who died at his hands were all mortals. The number of mortals who had died at his hands had long since surpassed a million. The number of cultivators he had killed was also innumerable. It was like a massive shadow looming over everyone's heads. Now that they had finally received their retribution, how could they not be overjoyed?
Even though everyone present was a highly cultivated cultivator, they still couldn't help but be overjoyed. Some even danced with joy.
Fu Qingjin's next words immediately diluted the joyous atmosphere, making Li Qingshan even more suspicious.
"The Demon Queen has already issued an order to massacre the entire city. She wants to massacre a hundred cities to avenge the golem."
Just as everyone was alarmed, Li Qingshan pondered a question. Just where did the news come from?
Fu Qingjin should have been using some kind of high level communication spiritual artifact right now. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to transmit his voice over such a great distance, and he even had to avoid the interference of the underground magnetic field.
Daemon Generals could refine spiritual artifacts and use them, but spiritual artifacts like that would often come in pairs. If they wanted to refine them, they would have to refine them together. Fu Qingjin would never carry around an object radiating with daemon qi, so it had to be a night roamer.
Who was this night roamer? There sure were a lot of spies in the world!
However, Fu Qingjin did not mention attacking the spiritual stone mines, which made Li Qingshan relax slightly. As it seemed, it was not necessarily his personal guard. Ken was also a member of the clan. Otherwise, he would have used his mirror clone to carry out a great clean-up right now and find the damned spy.
It was not necessarily a bad thing for Fu Qingjin to receive the news earlier. At the very least, he could save countless cities, reduce the destruction of the war, and speed up the progress of the war.
"Fellow Fu, is that true?" Liu Changqing could not help but stand up. His face was solemn. As the prefect of Clear River, he had the responsibility of protecting the people in place of the emperor, and it also concerned the accumulation of merit for all disciples of the school of Confucianism.
"That's right. The daemons are invading en masse, yet we're still arguing endlessly over some petty profits. What do you think, sir Liu?"
Wang Pushi furrowed his brows tightly, while Hwa Seung-zan sighed gently.
With the situation, the academy had instead been forced to the edge of a cliff. The advantageous position they had established in the beginning had been swept away. It was impossible for the academy to turn a blind eye to the lives of several million people. If the Daemon Suppression alliance did not take action, they would definitely suffer heavy losses if they single-handedly resisted the large-scale attack of the daemons.
After a moment of thought, Liu Changqing said, "Please come up with a plan, fellow Fu. As long as it's not too overboard, we're willing to accept it!"
However, to everyone's surprise, Fu Qingjin did not take advantage of the situation to demand an exorbitant price. Instead, he said, "Sir Liu, you're underestimating me by saying that. The Demon Slayer's purpose is to purge daemons and protect the common people. Why would I threaten you with this?"
"Our alliance lies in our unity. If we continue to argue endlessly over profit, what difference will it be from the past? Let's go with the general plan as we discussed earlier. As for the details, let's put them aside for now and discuss them in the future. What do you think, sir?"
"Fellow Fu is of noble character and unquestionable integrity. Changqing is filled with admiration." Liu Changqing clasped his hands deeply.
His words were extremely beautiful. Even the people of the academy who were very dissatisfied with the Demon Slayer and Fu Qingjin in the past all felt that he was a disciple of the Sword Collection palace after all. He possessed a great spirit that ordinary people struggled to match up to.
"I, Fu Qingjin, have boldly made this decision for you all. We're all fellow cultivators here, so we should work together and help one another. I don't think I need to explain the principle of where the hair will attach itself to the skin. Over the past three years, none of our disciples have died at the hands of daemons. Compared to fighting over profit, purging daemons and avenging them is much more important. In this regard, Fellow Daoist Li from the School of Novels has already set an example. "
As Fu Qingjin spoke passionately, he suddenly waved his hand at Li Qingshan. "A few days ago, it was exactly fellow Li Qingshan of the academy who braved great danger to stop Strong Stone from fleeing, which was why he was heavily injured and died!"
Everyone's gazes landed on Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan had no idea how to react inside. Through a series of coincidences, he had instead become an icebreaker, and he received extremely great praise for the death of the rock demon. If it were not for his other identity, his impression of Fu Qingjin should have skyrocketed by now.
Li Qingshan stood up and clasped his hands. "You're far too kind, fellow Fu. As a Hawkwolf guard, I've always had responsibilities. The One Thought master of the Hundred Schools of Thought died at the hands of the rock demon, and I personally witnessed his viciousness in massacring cities. I can't just do nothing and let him come and go as he pleases."
Enlightenment's chest warmed up. He felt like he had gone too far with what he had done to Little Ann. He felt rather ashamed.
Fu Qingjin said, "Well said." He said to Li Qingshan secretly, "I hope my performance today hasn't disappointed you."
Under the great pressure from the outside world, the meeting came to an end very quickly. They immediately began to discuss how to deal with the order to massacre cities.
At this moment, Fu Qingjin changed the topic. "If I may be so bold as to waste a little more of your time, there's something of utmost importance that I'd like the assistance of the Hundred Schools of Thought."
Liu Changqing said, "What's the matter? Feel free to tell me. As long as we can help, we definitely won't turn it down."
Fu Qingjin said, "Some of you probably already know a thing or two. I've already looked into it, so all that's left is to tie up the loose ends. A few of you refuse to cooperate. However, this matter has to do with our Sword Collection palace. The Soaring Dragon Elder's death really can't be careless. "
Everyone recalled how Fu Qingjin had gone around asking people a while ago. "Where were you that day? What did you do?"
Li Qingshan shivered inside. He felt like something was off. Fu Qingjin had said so much, but it seemed like he was revealing his true intentions.
When the Soaring Dragon Elder's death was mentioned, even Liu Changqing dared not be careless. "Please tell us what happened, fellow Fu!"
"Recently, the Soaring Dragon sword appeared, and the Sword Collection palace confirmed its location. That's right, it was that day. I'd like to ask those fellows again, where were they that day? "Fu Qingjin's gaze was as sharp as a sword as he scanned through the surroundings. His gaze swept past Li Qingshan's face.
Li Qingshan's expression did not change. He let out a sigh of relief. Do you think I'll tell you just because you ask? However, he felt uneasy for some reason.
"How can you be certain that the people you've asked aren't suspicious?" Wang Pushi immediately voiced his doubts.
Fu Qingjin exhaled. "Have you heard of the xiezhi, commander Wang?"
"It's said to be a divine beast that can distinguish between right and wrong."
"That's right. This is the secret treasure of our Sword Collection palace, the xiezhi's horn. It also has the ability to detect lies. As a result, I hope the two fellows who didn't tell the truth that day can give me an answer as well. "
Fu Qingjin raised his hand. The xiezhi's horn was there, radiating with a strange aura. The situation had already been set, so there was no need for him to hide anything anymore. If that person really was in there, he would definitely be able to force him out. With so many cultivators present, he would not be able to escape no matter how capable he was.
As he took out the xiezhi's horn, Fu Qingjin took in everyone's reactions, especially the few main suspects.
Li Qingshan's heart shivered. Suddenly, he remembered that when he faced off against Fu Qingjin on Bronze Cauldron Mountain, he had asked many questions for no reason. So that's why! He could not help but feel some lingering fear. If he had spoken carelessly, Fu Qingjin would have gotten hold of him. Even if he did not reveal his true identity, Fu Qingjin would probably be able to deduce many things.
The most crucial question was, if the xiezhi's horn really was as strange as Fu Qingjin described it to be, how was he supposed to get through this? (To be continued …)
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