Seeing that Chen Luoyang had no intention of explaining, Lian Buyi did not pursue the matter.
Soon after, a member of the church came to report to her about the reply from the main altar.
The news of the Devil Empress' return shook the entire world.
Since the Hierarch of the Ancient God Church, Jiang Yi, was not in seclusion, her subordinates naturally had to report.
Hierarch Jiang had no intention of visiting her old friend. She only ordered them to pay close attention to the Blackwater Extreme Palace's movements.
However, there was a piece of information.
Ling Cang was indeed dead.
But Jiang Yi did not explain the details.
Lian Buyi was slightly surprised by the news.
Hierarch Jiang's words confirmed Hierarch Chen's previous judgment.
The two seemed to have unique information channels. It was just that she did not know if they were the same channel.
Lian Buyi thought about it but did not probe further. She did not return to the main altar to see Jiang Yi.
Her main task was to cooperate with Chen Luoyang to deal with Elder Zheng's problem.
This was the Ancient God's top priority.
Chen Luoyang watched the woman leave. His fingers lightly tapped on the armrest of his chair.
The change in the Blackwater Extreme Palace was beyond his expectations.
When he heard the news, the first thought in his mind was that Ling Cang, who he had smacked away in the dark grotto-heaven, had turned into a boss in female clothing and impersonated his master, the Devil Empress, to be reborn?
To be able to be reborn, of course it was the best way to do so.
But if there was no better choice, who knew if Ling Cang would use some method to reincarnate into another person's body?
The details of the Devil Empress' death were a mystery even within the Demon Palace, much less outside.
Perhaps her remains were left behind?
The black coffin was mysterious. No one knew what kind of power Ling Cang's page of the Heavenly Book contained.
So when he heard that the Devil Empress had come back to power, Chen Luoyang's first thought was that Ling Cang had changed identities.
This wasn't because he was used to changing identities and acting like a big shot, so he judged others by his own standards.
It was just that the timing of the Devil Empress' reappearance was too coincidental.
Chen Luoyang's fingers suddenly stopped tapping on the armrest.
What if he looked at the problem from another angle?
What if the previous Palace Master of the Devil Palace, the Devil Empress, was real?
The main reason why he had such a thought was because the black coffin had never returned to Ling Cang's hands.
If it weren't for that, Ling Cang wouldn't have been able to find trouble with Chen Luoyang in the Xian Tian Palace.
Of course, they couldn't rule out the possibility that Ling Cang had already found the black coffin but pretended not to have found it.
Let's assume that he was unable to retrieve the black coffin. Then, where was the black coffin now?
Could the Demon Queen's reappearance be related to this black coffin?
If this Demon Queen was real, and the timing of her appearance was so coincidental, then Ling Cang was truly dead.
Even if Palace Master Ling had some backup plans for her resurrection, Palace Master Ji would've probably erased them, right?
Palace Master Ling's death caused Palace Master Ji's return?
Would there be any problems related to sealing?
If the two parties were unrelated, then Ling Cang was still alive, and Ji Tianqiong's appearance was too much of a coincidence.
Chen Luoyang's fingers tapped on the armrest of his seat again and again, deep in thought.
If Ling Cang was completely dead, then it meant that Jiang Yi might have left a chance of survival in the Dark Cave.
But what did she rely on?
Chen Luoyang was lost in thought.
If he had to choose between Jiang Yi and Ling Cang, Chen Luoyang certainly hoped it would be Ling Cang.
But if the Demon Queen was not lying and really had the strength of a giant, then the possibility of her being Ling Cang was not high.
In the Dark Cave, the Demon Venerable's slash had completely destroyed the two giants on the spot.
Its power was much more ferocious than when Heavenly Demon Ye killed the Western Qin Emperor in Zhengyang City.
Even though the Western Qin Emperor Li Ce had been reborn with the help of the "Soul" Heavenly Book, it was impossible for him to immediately regain the strength of his heyday.
Ling Cang was far more miserable than the Western Qin Emperor.
Even if he had the Demon Queen's slash, he still couldn't reincarnate.
The Demon Venerable's strike not only destroyed his body, but also Ling Cang's Divine Soul.
Even if he was lucky enough to escape from the Dark Cave and rebuild his Divine Soul, it was absolutely impossible for him to immediately activate the Demon Queen's slash to restore the glory of a giant.
That would only make Chen Luoyang unable to activate the Demon Venerable's slash before.
Because compared to the physical body, the Divine Soul was too weak.
But about Jiang Yi, Chen Luoyang had a guess.
The Demon Venerable might not be able to get the spoils of war from Ancestor Blood River.
Hierarch Jiang handed the task of dealing with Elder Zheng's internal strife to Deputy Hierarch Chen, and then returned to the headquarters to meditate.
In Deputy Hierarch Chen's eyes, Jiang Yi's action seemed to indicate that Hierarch Jiang had got what he wanted, and it was really important and could not wait to be digested immediately.
But now Deputy Hierarch Chen already knew that Jiang Yi was not meditating, but sneaking into the Dark Cave.
From this point of view, although he succeeded in killing Ancestor Blood River, Jiang Yi did not succeed in getting what he wanted.
Sneaking into the Dark Cave, on the one hand, he thought that he had discovered the truth of the so-called "Demon Venerable", and that the Demon Venerable's legacy was tempting. On the other hand, was it because he did not get the spoils of war from Ancestor Blood River, so he wanted to try his luck from the Demon Venerable's legacy?
For Jiang Yi, time was still quite tight.
After all, the old Sword Immortal knew his secret.
If he really escaped from the Dark Cave, was it related to this secret?
Chen Luoyang split his attention to contact his doppelganger Xue Darktian, who was in the Blood Sea. While familiarizing himself with the situation in the Blood Sea, he also paid attention to the possible special items.
If Jiang Yi did not find anything on Ancestor Blood River, then the spoils of war should not be seized by other giants. Otherwise, Jiang Yi's target would naturally shift to them.
According to this, the treasure that Jiang Yi wanted was more likely to be brought into the Blood Sea by the remnants of Blood River.
It would be too expensive to inquire about the information of the giants.
After thinking for a while, Chen Luoyang decided to temporarily give up on directly inquiring about Ling Cang or Jiang Yi.
He pondered and looked for a suitable opportunity to go to the Black Water Extreme Palace.
Whether Demon Queen Ji Tianqiong reincarnated in Ling Cang's body would basically determine whether Ling Cang or Jiang Yi survived in the Dark Cave.
On the other hand, Chen Luoyang had always been concerned about Chen Chuhua's background.
But before that, he had to first solve the internal affairs of the Ancient God.
Chen Luoyang narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in them.
The root of solving all the problems was to improve himself.
Accumulating the wine and having the ability to activate the Demon Venerable's remains were one thing.
Improving his own cultivation was another.
He could not relax on both.
He was a bit unrestrained, which made the giants suspicious. Entering the Dark Cave, apart from accumulating the wine in the white jade bottle, was also to find a way to activate the Demon Venerable's remains.
Through this attack, Chen Luoyang's Divine Soul became more closely connected with the Demon Venerable's remains, and he also had a clearer understanding of the Demon Venerable's domineering and exquisite demonic arts.
This was an extremely rare and important opportunity for him to improve his cultivation.
The moment the Demon Venerable made his move, Chen Luoyang felt that he had never been so close to the Dao of Heaven and Earth, and his understanding of his own martial arts received a rare inspiration.
It was as though he was a master teacher, personally guiding Zhang Xuan.
This was what Chen Luoyang wanted.
How wasteful would it be to have nothing to do? Of course, it would be better if there were gains and losses.
Chen Luoyang had originally planned to calm down and cultivate in seclusion for a period of time to accumulate what he had learned recently.
But the sudden change of the Ancient God had also disrupted his original plan.
Now that he thought about it, in order to save time, he might need to activate the backup plan.
Chen Luoyang stood up.
He looked down at his hands.
The method of using battle to nurture battle was not only about accumulating the dark golden nectar in the white jade bottle.
These days, he had been diligently trying to figure out and cultivate the other Divine Art of the Ancient God other than the Demon God Blood.
The Sky-Stealing Art.
For this reason, he had even temporarily put the cultivation of the Demon God Blood on hold.
Sharpening the knife would not delay the work of cutting firewood.
He had gradually figured out some things.
The Sky-Stealing Art was, to a certain extent, more difficult to cultivate than the Demon God Blood.
In this era, there were only three people in the entire Ancient God who had successfully cultivated it.
Two of them were Jiang Yi and Lin Yan.
Strictly speaking, there was only one person left.
Chen Luoyang was only a beginner.
This was all thanks to his comprehension of the power, Dharma and Logos of the Demon Venerable's attack.
Of course, the Sky-Stealing Art did not mean that it was invincible, but as long as he used it properly, there would be endless benefits.
The most important thing was that it saved him a lot of time, a lot of time that needed to be spent slowly.
Chen Luoyang walked out of his resting place.
At this moment, he saw a young man walking towards him.
When the man saw Chen Luoyang, he took a deep breath and bowed to Chen Luoyang. "Greetings, Deputy Hierarch."
Chen Luoyang nodded calmly. "You may rise."
The young man in front of him was called Hou Jingfei, the Ancient God of the Secular World and the current White Tiger Hall's First Seat.
This person was the former Blue Dragon Hall's First Seat Lin Yan and Jiang Yi's direct disciple. He was one of the best among the younger generation of the Ancient God of the Secular World and had taken on great responsibilities early on. He was previously recognized as one of the strong contenders for the successor Hierarch.
Before this, he had competed fiercely with Lin Yan, Tang Yiming, and the others in private.
But that was then and this was now, and the situation was very different.
With Lin Yan's death, the relationship between the White Tiger Hall's First Seat and the Basaltic Temple's First Seat Tang was greatly eased and even became closer.
Lian Buyi finally left the Demonic God Palace and took on a real position.
In the past, this matter was enough to make Hou Jingfei and Tang Yiming fearful.
But there was a more attractive target at the moment.
Naturally, it was Deputy Hierarch Chen.
This boy who came from the mortal world had quietly walked in front of everyone.
However, Hou Jingfei faced Chen Luoyang at this moment with a calm expression and reported according to etiquette. "Reporting to Deputy Hierarch, a disciple has reported that the whereabouts of Elder Zheng's people have been discovered."
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