There had always been records of the Eight Great Mountain Men in the Daoist Canon. Why did Chen Chang Sheng only confirm their existence today? Why did the Eight Great Mountain Men seem more like legends to the common people and cultivators of the Human Race? That was because the term had not appeared for many years.
In the northern expedition, the Eight Great Mountain Men had been the main fighting force of the Demon race. In the battle of Xuelao City, they had played an extremely important role. The men of Mount Qilian and Mount Helan had died in battle, but after that, they had vanished. No one knew where they had gone, and as time passed, even their existence began to be suspected.
Tonight, he had finally seen these legendary existences with his own eyes, the records that Chen Chang Sheng had read in the Book of Way were naturally true.
The appearance of the Eight Great Mountain Men was closely related to Grand Scholar Tungus, and there was a high chance that it was also related to the Pope of the Human race, so their names had the character 'Man' in them. Of course, as the ancient experts of the Demon Race, they were almost totemic existences. It was impossible to expect them to abandon their loyalty to the Demon Race and stand on the side of the Human Race.
But why did they suddenly disappear back then? Why did he suddenly appear tonight?
Chen Chang Sheng's divine sense fell upon the gigantic black shadow in the north.
He sensed an invisible barrier, like the solidified darkness of the night. As expected of an ancient expert of the Demon race, his Qi was even more powerful and terrifying than that of the second-ranked Demon General Hai Di in the snowy mountains. It was no wonder that despite successfully breaking into the Divine Domain, Xiao Zhang had still suffered such heavy injuries and remained unconscious.
The frequency of the white paper on Xiao Zhang's face had already calmed down, and his breathing had stabilized. However, he had lost too much blood, and it was unknown when he would wake up.
Chen Chang Sheng retracted his gaze and looked at the gigantic black shadow. He asked, "Senior, how do you address me?"
He wanted to buy some time by talking, so he didn't expect the other party to answer. He didn't expect the other party's voice to ring out the next moment.
The sound was still like the wind passing through a cave under the mountain, humming and echoing, with extremely complicated variations hidden in it.
Mountain Man Rouge? The names of the Eight Great Mountain Men were not recorded in detail in the Daoist Canon, so Chen Changsheng could only guess at their names based on the pronunciation. He did not know that they were actually called Mountain Man Yanzhi. Soon after, two voices came from the southern plain. He learned that the other two demon experts were called Mountain Man Yichun and Mountain Man Jingbo.
"Are the demons preparing to declare war tonight?"
Chen Changsheng looked at Mountain Man Yanzhi, his expression solemn.
They were currently on the plains of the Elf race.
Over the past several thousand years, the demons, humans, and demi-humans had fought countless wars for the sake of this grassland and the elves who had once lived on this grassland. The black soil beneath the green weeds was completely watered by the blood of these different races, and its fertility came from death. To the three races, it was of great significance.
Great significance often meant that it was sensitive, which also meant that it could easily lead to war. Therefore, the three races were very cautious about this grassland. Even if this grassland eventually belonged to the human race, it was more in name. The Great Zhou Dynasty had never stationed troops here. Tonight, the Eight Great Mountain Men, who had lived in seclusion for many years, had suddenly appeared, pursued Xiao Zhang to this plain, and had even surrounded Chen Chang Sheng and Xu You Rong. It was clear that they were plotting something big, so how was this any different from a declaration of war?
"The war between our two races has never stopped, so why do we need to declare a new beginning?"
Mountain Man Yanzhi had spoken for a very long time, his voice rather muffled, but his pronunciation was very accurate, even somewhat resembling the accent of Luling's old estate.
Chen Changsheng thought of the records in the Daoist scriptures and became even more curious about that vanished part of history, but he was also rather confused by this answer.
Even the most ignorant of children, as long as they listened to stories in the teahouses and taverns, would know how the situation on the continent had changed in the last few years.
The Human Race ushered in the era of blooming wildflowers, but the Demon Race was declining at an unimaginable speed. Whether it was the bitter cold weather, the sudden famine, or the sharp decrease in the number of combatants caused by the internal strife between various tribes, all of these were slowly pulling this powerful race that had once dominated the continent into the abyss.
At this moment, the demons should be thinking about how to protect themselves, not attacking the humans. This had always been the young Demon Lord's style of governance in the last few years. Even when the nobles of Xuelao City criticized him for being too conservative and even called him a disgrace, he had not changed. Why was Mountain Man Yanzhi so unyielding tonight?
Chen Changsheng said, "You have no chance of victory."
Mountain Man Yanzhi said, "But tonight might be the Divine race's last chance."
Chen Changsheng asked, "What chance?"
Mountain Man Yanzhi said, "Your Holiness the Pope, you are the fourth person to successfully change fate. We also want to try."
Chen Changsheng asked, "What do you want to change?"
"The life of a race is power, and the Divine race's power is waning by the day. If they do not pull themselves together, they might be exterminated."
Mountain Man Yanzhi said, "What we want to try is to change fate against the heavens."
Chen Changsheng said, "Back in White Emperor City, I spoke with your noble lord. Something like extermination will not happen."
Mountain Man Yanzhi shook his head. Rubble rustled down, gradually piling up on the surface of the grassland.
"No matter how warm the sunlight is, it cannot illuminate every corner of the world. No matter how benevolent Your Holiness the Pope is, you will not bestow it upon the people of the Divine race. You and the Great Zhou Emperor are both Daoist Ji's students, and the Holy Maiden is the Tianhai Divine Empress's student. Xuelao City will not believe any of your promises."
At this point in the conversation, the situation was extremely clear. Tonight, the demons wanted to kill not only Xiao Zhang, but also Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong.
Xiao Zhang had spent the last few years on the snowy plains, not truly vanishing without a trace. Every once in a while, he would fight with the experts of the Demon Army. In these bloody battles, many demon experts, including several Demon Generals, had been defeated by him, and some had even been killed. He had also failed before and been pursued many times. But Xuelao City had never sent its strongest expert capable of contending against a human expert of the Divine Domain to pursue Xiao Zhang. The primary reason was that they were worried that the Great Zhou Imperial Court would use Xiao Zhang's whereabouts to lay a trap.
Just like how Shang Xingzhou had used Chen Changsheng to lure the old Demon Lord into Mount Han and then set up an ambush.
Only ten-some days ago, when Black Robe was observing the Southern Cross Constellation, he was suddenly seized by a sudden impulse and sensed something. After some calculations, he came to an astonishing conclusion.
The Human race was about to gain another expert of the Divine Domain.
In the battle of White Emperor City, Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi had died in battle, and the demons had also paid a painful price in the form of two Angels of Sacred Light. But in the following years, the Prince of Xiang, the Mount Li Sword Sect Master, and Mao Qiuyu had all broken into the Divine. Last autumn, Daoist nun Huai Ren of South Stream Temple had encountered a torrential rain while traveling the Eastern Sea and broken through. Together with the recovered Cao Yunping, the Human race had already returned to its golden age in terms of the number of experts of the Divine Domain. If another expert of the Divine Domain appeared, how could the demons endure it?
Based on Black Robe's calculations, this newly ascended expert of the Human race was currently in the snowy region of the Demon race, his identity unknown.
Thus, the young Demon Lord had personally gone to the land of extreme cold across the abyss and earnestly requested the three ancient experts that had secluded themselves for many years to come forward and lay down this trap.
They would kill Xiao Zhang before he broke through, and then they would kill the human expert that would come to receive him.
In Black Robe's plan, the names of the latter were clearly written.
They were Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong. (To be continued …)
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