Chapter 127 Kunlun Was in the War

Yan led the dark forces and wanted to rush out of Ao Ze. No one knew the Teal Hill’s dark forces. Even Chidi who had attacked Kunlun for many times did not know the dark forces. Wuyou used Pangu’s sound transmission to inform Yan, because she knew it was the right time when the two parts were tired. The appearance of the dark forces would boost Kunlun’s morale.

The unexpected dark forces besiege the devil army. Shenzong’s frayed nerved became soothed. These dark forces came in time so that the tired Kunlun’s disciples could have time to take a rest. In the Ao Ze square laid corpses everywhere, and flowing blood dyed the square red. Kunlun suffered great casualties. Dark forces’ coming gave hope to Kunlun’s disciples. Chidi was distracted y the dark forces. In the beginning, his army had had an upper hand. Yan was good at leading troops in the war, knowing what kind of attack was good to his own part. To win the battle, he thought he should nibble the devil army little by little. Shenzong did not care too much, and in his mind, anyone who could save Kunlun was Kunlun’s benefactor. On the clouds, Wuyou watched the dark forces’ movement every minute. The devil army was separated by the dark force, which could lessen the threat to the dark forces. Yan was a good hand to launch a sneak-attack: distract the enemy’s force and encircled them gradually, just like playing go, that is, besiege and extinguish. Yan used tactics to defeat the devil army again and again, which also made dark forces grow up. The dark forces were divided into several squads to separate the enemy into half from the middle. Chidi did not take the dark forces seriously. But after several rounds, the devil army was separated by the dark forces. Yan watched the time to use the little Hongjun Crossbow to shoot the foes. Those arrows, once rubbed with Melting Souls Liquid, would turn any soul into ashes. The devil soldiers had seen the power of the Hongjun Crossbow, so they fled in all directions with scare. Chidi did not supervise the war, but he also knew the bow’s power and understood the identity of the army in black clothes. These awful guys dared to help Kunlun. Chidi decided not to let go of them today. Chidi gathered Spirit Power and threw out a burning spiritual palm. Dark forces could not bear Chidi’s attack, so the Spirit Power cluttered their tactical formation in a mess. Yan also first saw Chidi displaying Spirit Power and was shocked by the strong Spirit Power’s imposing momentum. Seeing the thing worsening and afraid that the devil army would restore its power, Shenzong condensed Spirit Power and threw it out. The palm was so powerful that it stirred up a gale in Ao Ze. Roaring torrent stroke through the devil army. Seeing the opportunity coming, Yan had the crossbows placed well. With an order, arrows flew to the devil army’s alignment. Those arrows with the Melting Souls Liquids disappeared in the sky along with the devil army’s souls. Shenzong recognized the Melting Souls Liquid immediately, because it was Kunlun’s medicinal liquid used to kill devils. It turned out that the dark forces belonged to his granddaughter. On the clouds, Wuyou fought against Hongjun in terms of mental cultivation methods. Two top masters fought against each other, and bleeding was inevitable. They had equal strength, so they both were cautious. Any carelessness would let the opponent know his/her own weak point. Wuyou had Pangu Golden Armor while Hongjun had Hongjun Crossbow. Even if Wuyou used the Heavenly Book, it would take a lot of trouble to defeat Hongjun. So Wuyou needed to figure out something better. Hongjun feared the Heavenly Book very much, after all, the Heavenly Book was the deadly enemy of the chaotic primordial Qi. So Hongjun could not defeat Wuyou in terms of spirit battle. The woman was rather cunning. Ni Shang flung a palm, but was intercepted by the chaotic primordial army easily. The war was dragged on. The more time was stalled, the more advantages Wuyou would have. But Hongjun still took precaution against Wuyou. On the sky, rows of Hongjun Crossbows had been placed well, waiting for the order. The chaotic primordial army waited impatiently and drew the bows to the full. SWOOSH! Tens of thousands of bows were shot up with an unstoppable momentum. At the same time, Hongjun strung the greatest crossbow and targeted at Wuyou with all of his strength. The arrow with Hongjun’s 100-percent Spirit Power penetrated the currents and charged at Wuyou. Wuyou’s Armor could not bear such great momentum. Wuyou was forced to retreat ten more meters. But Hongjun chased her closely. The moment the arrow would prick into the Armor, a tender body came out to protect the Armor. The arrow pierced through the scraggy body. Ni Shang’s mouth bled. Then, the bloody smell attracted the dark forces’ attention. Yan flew up to the sea of the clouds.

“Elder Sister.”

Wuyou held the weak and thin body in the arms. Her elder sister, Ni Shang, abandoned her own life for the sake of saving Wuyou.

“Xiaoyou…”

Blood kept flowing. No matter how hard Wuyou tried, she still could not stop it. It was too late for Wuyou to keep Ni Shang. Ni Shang’s emaciated body became cold.

“We will go home. Let me take you back to the Teal Hill…”

Hongjun would not let the golden opportunity slip. Seeing Wuyou unprepared, Hongjun ordered the arrows to be shot again. Noticing the things going worse, Yan flew up to try to block the dense arrows for the Spirit Master. The Pangu’s Armor’s wings swept and block Hongjun’s offensive. Yan held the corpse and flew to Ao Ze. Ni Shang was the Teal Hill’s person, so it was necessary to help the Spirit Master to bring her home. Seeing the dead body, dark forces were all sad. After the extinguished anguish, the Teal Hill foxes were more softhearted and shared the same goal—to drive the invaders off the land, let the Teal Hill’s people lead a comfortable life and the Teal Hill on a road to peace. Dark forces forged ahead for the sake of regaining peace. How hard it was on the way! In order to live with dignity, they stepped out of the underground city to the surface. They abandoned their young lives. Dark forces did not let up. The enemies were strong while they were weak. Only by going all out for it, could they have a chance to win. Yan opened the void space and put the corpse in it. When the battle finished, these corpses would sleep in the Teal Hill forever and protect their homeland.

Ao Ze was covered with invaders over the sky. The bloody army of the Immense Sea had occupied the Kunlun’s top. Celestial soldiers and officers of the Ninth-level Heaven were waiting for the order. Emperor Jun was just looking on. To fight against Kunlun, the devil army had come to the front, so Emperor Jun thought he had better maintain his strength. He was born to be a slicker. Just now, Emperor Jun did not get any profit from the confrontation with Shenzong. In the world, Emperor Jun hated Kunlun’s so-called virtue and morality most. People living in the world should live for the benefits. But Kunlun’s people were against the grain. For the peace in the three realms, Kunlun would set itself against the other Sects. Chidi became the abhorrent Devil God. Emperor Jun of the Heaven Realm was always resentful to Kunlun. He was as superior as in the Ninth-level Heaven, but Kunlun did not take him seriously. Power for Emperor Jun was more important than family love. Desire was boundless. Emperor Jun wanted the Heavenly Book. Therefore, to see hegemony, he had to remove the stumbling block. Who would be the last winner? No one would tell the answer. But all the people in the three realms knew that who could get the Heavenly Book could get the three realms.

Di Qing was badly battered with the war affair. Yan Shen’s army pressed hard and took three cities. The cities that Di Qing took great pains to capture was reseized by Yan Shen. Di Qing was in a rage and could not sit well in the Commander-in-chief’s camp. The military map on the table was filled with red lines. Leng Cang stared at the red lines. The battlefield report was sent every hour. Qi’s army was marked with black lines, while Yan Shen’s with red lines. Di Qing seemed loaded down with the red lines. With such momentum, it would not take long for Yan Shen before seizing the capital, which was the last thing that Di Qing wanted to see. At the same time, in the Yan Shen’s military camp, the atmosphere was totally different, and all of the people were militant. Madam Yu’s attack was fierce, and the chaotic primordial army moved forward with unstoppable momentum. Yan Shen was an expert in scheming. His throne was dearly bought by his son’s life. It was really a good move. In this way, his uprising was right and proper, which was very convincing. But it was a pity that Yan Bao was Yan family’s only son. Now his son was dead. Who could inherit the whole family? It was really difficult. There were a lot of talented youths in the nine groups in the Yan family, and Yan Bo was the most outstanding one among them. Although Yan Shen was in the same family rank as Yan Bo, Yan Bo was decades of years younger than Yan Shen. Yan Bo was strictly picked out and was a promising person of great civil and martial virtues. Yan Shen always had him beside. Compared with Yan Bao, Yan Shen liked Yan Bo more. Though in the same family rank, Yan Shen treated him as his son. This time, during the battle against Di Qing, Yan Bo had been devoted himself to the fight. Although the tactics he used were from the books on strategy, it was hard to use them neatly. This was where Yan Bo showed great talent. Madam Yu followed Yan Bo’s plan and never lost a battle in attacking cities. In the war, morale was a leading factor. Naga’s army complemented each other perfectly to make Di Qing unable to resist. Lin Xiaosa had to give up three cities. Di Qing was furious about it, but unable to do anything. The devil army did not follow the military orders. After two battles, Lin Xiaosa wanted to rectify military disciplines, so he killed some devil army’s leading officials and reported to the Emperor. Afraid that Chidi blamed him, Di Qing issued hurriedly an imperial edict to order Lin Xiaosa not to act recklessly and let Di Qing himself make every decision. Lin Xiaosa received the imperial edict and felt angry, thinking that it was discontent to be the Commander-in-chief. Even if he just killed a disobeyed soldier, he had to follow the Emperor’s words. Knowing that Qi’s Emperor ordered the Command-in-chief not to take action rashly, those who violated the military regulations became more rampant. So one day, Lin Xiaosa could not tolerate them any longer, and killed two. The two were Chidi’s trusted followers. It was too late when Di Qing knew it. Di Qing burst into a rage when the heads were taken back to the military camp. The military force was borrowed from Chidi. So how could Di Qing explain to the Mount Da Huang. Leng Cang saw the right moment and gave some slanderous talks to Di Qing. Then, Di Qing transformed himself into a giant black dragon and flew to the barrack. Leng Cang sat on the main seat in a complacent manner. He found the Commander-in-chief’s seat was so spacious that it could hold three or four persons. How could such a spacious seat only admit one person? Leng Cang touched the delicately-carved commander-in-chief’s seat with a tiger-head shape on it and crossed his legs. If Di Qing knew that he fostered a wolf in front of him, what would Di Qing do? Leng Cang knew it well in his heart. He mentioned Yan Shen deliberately, because Leng Cang’s purpose was to get the position as Assistant Prime. Leng Cang was thoroughly familiar with Yan Shen and knew that Yan Shen’s rebel would come sooner or later. Yan Shen just took his son’s death as an excuse and added fuel to the flame. In the place filled with intrigue, no one could be righteous alone. Leng Cang studied the survival philosophy, and learned all from Di Qing. In the underground palace, Leng Cang had understood the true meaning of the jungle law. No one wanted to be partitioned by others at will. Only by climbing up could a person stand in an invulnerable position. However, all the things had advantages and disadvantages. There was nothing forever. On the road of the power struggle, even if a person exhausted every power of his/her mind, he/she would fall into the power trap one day and was unable to extricate himself/herself. In the end, power was penniless. As for the cheats and deceits among people, only those who experienced them could realize that being alive was real while power was just like a floating cloud. Leng Cang was an ordinary man at the bottom and climbed up to be the Assistant Prime step by step. He tried his best to cater to Di Qing’s pleasure and won Di Qing’s trust. However, a person’s desire was limitless, and he/she always wanted to stand on the top. But the highest seat had been occupied by others. How to deal with it? Kick the person off! It was what Leng Cang was doing. Leng Cang returned kindness with ingratitude, but he was for survival.

Di Qing entered the Commander-in-chief’s camp, and got angrier at seeing Lin Xiaosa sleeping at the desk. He had lost three cities. How could he still sleep sound here? But Di Qing did not know that Lin Xiaosa had not slept for two days and nights successively. Lin Xiaosa had just arranged well the devil army’s ramshackle condition, when the enemy launched a sneak-attack at midnight. After he defeated the enemy, Lin Xiaosa was extremely exhausted. He just slept for a while, but was waken up. Who got the gut? Lin Xiaosa rubbed the eyes and yawned.

“I heard that you killed several leaders of the devil army.”

His words were overbearing. Lin Xiaosa did not take the position as the Commander-in-chief seriously, but took the position for his wife. Now with Di Qing’s query, Lin Xiaosa could not suppress his anger. He did the job with too much anger. So Lin Xiaosa grabbed the Commander-in-chief print and threw at Di Qing. It was the Commander-in-chief, the military talisman that could issue orders to the armies. Now it was disregarded by Lin Xiaosa. Di Qing’s arrogance was mollified considerably, because he knew that his brother-in-law did not like military power. Without taking the younger sister as a hostage, Lin Xiaosa would have returned to the North Desert and become the governor there. Besides, Di Qing was in the desperate need of talented people. He could not lose his temper. So Di Qing took a deep breath to suppress his anger. The two just stood in the confrontation, and no one was willing to say a word.