Julu Territory, Town of Beginning.
Town of Beginning was no longer called Town of Beginning. Ever since the King of Changzhou was annihilated on the Thunder God Platform six years ago, Yuchi Zhenjin took over the reins of power and led the Changzhou army to destroy eleven cities in Julu. He unified Julu and established the capital, renamed it Changzhou, and became a hegemon.
Yuchi Zhenjin didn't ascend to the throne. Instead, he appointed himself as the Prime Minister and took control of the political power. He made Wei Ran the Grand Protector and took charge of the military. He announced to the world that he would follow the will of the late king. As long as someone could end this chaotic era, he would do his best to assist and offer the throne to that person.
Who were Yuchi Zhenjin and Wei Ran? Everyone in the world was tempted by them, but who had the means to end this chaotic world? Even the most powerful Dragon Emperor, Ji Yuyu, was still lacking in maturity. However, Ji Yuyu was the emperor of the Dragon Emperor and wasn't someone a mere king could bribe. He issued edicts many times, trying to recall the two old ministers of the Dragon Emperor to assist him in his grand ambition. If it wasn't for the fact that they had to pass through Wei Wang's territory to attack Julu, they would have long gone south.
Ever since the former King of Changzhou asked for spiritual vines from Wei Wang's territory, the land of Julu Territory was nourished and gradually recovered. Although there was only eight hours of sunlight every day, some crops that didn't need much could survive and could be planted on a large scale. The capital of Changzhou issued an order to reclaim the land and set up rewards. Six years later, there were hundreds of thousands of acres of land. It wasn't a problem to feed the soldiers and civilians.
With Changzhou as the center, the land extended in all directions. Finally, the living places of some bandits and demons were dug out. The capital sent the Imperial Guards to clean up the bandits' dens. In the past six years, no one knew how many demons and demons were wiped out.
On the twelfth day of the first month of the sixth year of Qi Yuan, a strange underground cave was discovered thirty miles away from the city. It seemed to be an evil creature that had devoured countless farmers. Some survivors escaped and reported to the Ministry of Justice. When Wei Ran learned of it, he immediately sent the Imperial Guards to eliminate it. The leader of the Imperial Guards was none other than Song Xiaolian, an orphan girl from the Widow Village.
Six years had passed. The little girl who used to follow Ji Zhiyuan had grown into a beautiful young lady. Coupled with her extraordinary talent, she had already stepped into the Human Immortal Realm of Martial Arts at the age of thirteen. At such a young age, she had become the commander of the Imperial Guards.
The Imperial Guards wore silver armor embroidered with peach blossom patterns. They were equipped with long sabers and umbrellas. All of them bore the mark of the late king. Obviously, after six years, Ji Zhiyuan had not been forgotten. Ji Zhiyuan was the one who created the saber and the umbrella when she was still in power.
Song Xiaolian was the leader of the team. He had a bunch of feathers on his armor, and his umbrella was red. This was the order of the camp. There were two feathers, and the umbrella was green. This was the standard of the Imperial Guards. It was different from the regular army, but this was a story for another time.
"The Lantern Festival is just around the corner. I didn't expect to be sent out on this mission. How unlucky." One of the guards looked back reluctantly. He did not know how long it would take to complete this mission.
There were fifty guards in the team. Other than the leader, there were five sergeants. The one who spoke was one of the sergeants. His name was Wang Qizhong. He was slightly plump and looked to be in his thirties. He spoke in such a loud voice. It was obvious that he did not care about the dignity of the leader.
But then again, what kind of dignity could a thirteen-year-old girl have?
As soon as Song Xiaolian heard what he said, a man on a horse beside him said angrily, "Leader, Wang is obviously looking down on you. Why don't I go and teach him a lesson?" The person who spoke was the sergeant of the guards. His name was Li Zhi. He was a skinny man in his twenties. As he knew that Song Xiaolian had a teacher-student relationship with Wei Ran, he did not dare to look down on her.
"It's okay." Song Xiaolian's expression was cold, as if it had always been like this. The innocent girl in her memory had gradually faded away with the blood of her long sword. After the first one, her hands were stained with hundreds of blood in the past six years.
Song Xiaolian suddenly turned her horse around. She followed the leader and walked towards the winding path beside the official road.
"Follow him!" She ordered coldly.
At the end of the winding path, there was actually a small slope with a few scattered trees.
There were a few dried bamboos on the slope. Halfway up the slope, there was a cave entrance that was half covered by yellow soil and dried bamboos.
The leader of the guards got off his horse. He was a farmer wearing rough clothes. He pointed at the cave entrance timidly and said, "Ma … Ma 'am, it's here …"
"Why didn't you cultivate this slope?" Song Xiaolian immediately questioned, "The Prime Minister issued an order to cultivate the land. He said that you can't cultivate the land. How dare you defy him?"
The farmer cried, "Ma 'am, it's not that I don't want to help. It's just that the slope is high enough. I wanted to build a reservoir on top of it in case of disasters, so I reserved it first. I also reported it to the Reclamation Envoy and got his approval. Before the New Year, the Reclamation Envoy asked us to dig the reservoir as soon as possible. I sent people here first, but they disappeared. When I came here myself, I found that there was a cave here, and there was a monster that swallowed people … "As he said this, his whole body trembled.
"Get out!" Song Xiaolian shouted.
The farmer felt as if he had been pardoned. He took his horse and left, not daring to stay for a moment longer.
Wang Qizhong observed for a moment and said lazily, "Humph, this scale? I fought with Grand Guardian Wei in the Palace of Heaven and Earth. Captain, please leave it to me. In less than half an hour, I will find the thief inside!" After saying this, without waiting for Song Xiaolian's consent, he led his men into the cave.
"Ma 'am, this Wang Qizhong is too arrogant!" Li Zhi said angrily.
A trace of pain flashed across Song Xiaolian's face, but he still maintained his cold expression, "Just watch."
As soon as he said this, a blood-curdling scream came from the cave. Wang Qizhong's miserable voice came out, "Captain, save me, save …"
An unparalleled evil aura spread out, but there was no more sound.
Everyone's heart turned cold, and they all looked at Song Xiaolian.
Without hesitation, Song Xiaolian waved his hand and said, "Everyone, advance. Li Zhi, follow me!"
"Yes!"
A military order was like a mountain. No matter how scary the demon inside was, they couldn't disobey it. The remaining forty troops all raised their vigilance and entered in a line.
Li Zhi was second from the back. As they went deeper, the cave became more and more spacious. At the end, it could accommodate four to five people walking side by side. Furthermore, the cave walls were all paved with jade stones and looked very shiny. It didn't look like an ordinary demon cave at all.
"Ma 'am, be careful. There might be more than one demon!"
Song Xiaolian walked at the back, his eyes shining with a demonic light. "You are right. There is more than one demon." He suddenly pulled out his long saber and stabbed it into Li Zhi's back.
Pfft!
The sound of the sharp saber stabbing into flesh was very loud. Everyone stopped and looked back, frightened by the scene under the torches.
"Ma 'am, you …" Li Zhi turned his head with difficulty, but he still couldn't see Song Xiaolian's face. He smiled bitterly and fell down.
Song Xiaolian stood there expressionlessly.
"I heard that this Li Zhi has feelings for you. Why, can't bear to see him?" A frivolous and evil voice suddenly came from inside the cave, but it was still very young.
"Enough, Song Xiao Hu!" Song Xiaolian reached out his hand and pulled back his saber. He looked at the remaining people coldly.
The saber flashed.
Song Xiao Hu was already thirteen years old. The follower with long snot hanging from his nose was gone. Now, he was a frivolous and evil youth dressed in black. His long saber returned to its sheath. He stepped on the blood and walked to Song Xiaolian. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "You've grown some flesh. Could it be that you have a man?" As he spoke, he reached out to touch.
"Get lost!" Song Xiaolian took a step back and slashed with his long saber. However, it was stopped by Song Xiao Hu's hand. He smiled strangely and said, "Others can touch you, but I can't. What kind of logic is this?"
A scene flashed in Song Xiaolian's mind. That year in the alley, Yue 'er said, "If they don't die, you will die."
She saw Song Xiao Hu turn into a strange executioner in the blink of an eye. The simple and honest look disappeared. It almost froze her soul. Her soul was indeed frozen. Otherwise, she wouldn't have followed suit.
After returning to the Widow Village, her mother died. She always suspected that it was Song Xiao Hu, but she didn't have any evidence. The lack of evidence didn't stop her from hating Song Xiao Hu even more.
Who asked these two youths to mature so early?
Song Xiao Hu smiled strangely and said, "The widow you sent last time tasted really good. Her body was plump. I used her for a few days before I killed her."
"You!" Song Xiaolian couldn't believe it and felt disgusted. "You're not human!"
"Do you think we still have the right to be human?" Song Xiao Hu asked in surprise.
"You two, hurry up and send the blood food in. That stinking brat will break free tonight. Hurry up!" An impatient and rough voice sounded.
The two shuddered. Then, they silently dragged the corpses into the cavern.
It was very spacious and there was a strange sacrificial altar. In the middle of it was a pool of blood. There was a skinless humanoid monster in the pool. Its face couldn't be seen. There was only a mouth that revealed eerie sharp teeth. The blood was constantly being sucked into its body. Its mouth was constantly making strange sounds. It was extremely terrifying.
On the opposite stone wall, there was a cocoon made of soul threads. Inside it was the disciple Yue 'er brought back from the Immortal World — Vulture, who had been missing for six years.
The fission of the earth was an existence that countless cultivators feared. Now, it was trapped in a soul cocoon and used as the energy source of this sacrificial altar. The soul threads were constantly sucking nourishment from his body, and he was constantly regenerating. He was simply a top-grade nourishment.
Not only nourishment, but all of his knowledge, including the secrets of the Disciples of Heaven, were all taken away.
The monster in the blood pool was called "Jing Mei". It was a type of monster recorded in the Heavenly Yi Deity Scripture. It was created with True Power and cultivated with blood food. It could contaminate the Immortal State and was born with the ability to burrow underground.
The corpse turned into blood water when it entered the blood pool.
Song Xiaolian retreated to the side and clenched her hands tightly. She had been following Wei Ran for all these years. On one hand, she had to secretly send blood food here. On the other hand, she had to not expose herself. She was mentally and physically exhausted. Now, she had finally reached the end.
Song Xiao Hu walked to the side and bumped Song Xiaolian with his shoulder. He said excitedly, "Sister Yue 'er is about to break free. Tell me, how will she reward us when she comes out?"
Song Xiaolian responded coldly. A trace of hostility flashed across Song Xiaolian's face. He sneered, "Song Xiaolian, I have contributed so much to Sister Yue 'er all these years. If I ask her to marry you to me, do you think she will agree?"
"Don't even think about it!" Song Xiaolian trembled. She would rather die than be touched by Xiao Hu.
"Shut up, you two!" Vulture interrupted rudely. "If you dare to disturb me again, I will break your necks when I come out!"
The two children were afraid of him and did not dare to make a sound.
At this moment, Jing Mei in the blood pool suddenly trembled. A layer of human skin actually grew on the surface of her bloody body.
After some time, the human skin covered Jing Mei's entire body. There was no indication of gender on her lower body. She still only had a mouth on her face. There was not a single strand of hair on her head. Everything else was similar to a human. At this moment, the blood in the blood pool had completely dried up.
"Haha, Jing Mei, hurry up and save your master!" Vulture laughed maniacally. "That stinking brat, little slut, I will let her know how powerful I am!"
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