Zhang Ruochen had just exited the Scroll World, pushed open the door, and stepped out of the room where he had been in seclusion, when he saw an Evil Dao Cultivator, fully dressed in black armour, guarding the outside of the compound.
This person was tall and lanky, possessing a pair of gleaming tiger eyes, and his cultivation level had just about reached the Fish Dragon Third Transformation, making him an expert.
“Great Protector, Lord Star Envoy invites you to the Sacred Willow Hall, there are important matters to discuss.”Guo Song bowed and paid his respects before standing straight again.
Zhang Ruochen’s steps were neither slow nor hurried as he walked out of the compound and closed the door before asking, “How did you know that I’m leaving the gate today?”
A hint of a smile appeared on Guo Song’s dark face as he said, “Lord Star Envoy has instructed that unless the Great Protector is out of the gate, outsiders must never intrude to disturb him. I have been waiting outside the Great Protector’s door for two days and nights.”
Surprisingly?
Zhang Ruochen couldn’t help but be impressed with the Red Desire Star Envoy, this demonic girl, her means of enlisting people was really quite something.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen was still quite worried that he would be disturbed when he was in the Red Willow Villa to seal his death and impact the peak of the Fish Dragon Third Transformation Realm. Now, it seemed that the Red Desire Star Envoy still trusted him quite a bit and gave him a great deal of freedom.
If Zhang Ruochen was really just a scattered spiritual power cultivator, he might have stayed to assist Star Envoy Red Desire and help her take the position of the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Master. It was a pity that Zhang Ruochen was not.
“Lead the way!”Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
Guo Song led Zhang Ruochen through seven corridors and layer after layer of formation light curtains, travelling towards the hinterland of the Red Willow Manor, and the deeper one walked towards the Red Willow Manor, the more one could sense that the Red Willow Manor was extraordinary.
Was it really just a manor?
Zhang Ruochen realised that his previous perception of the Red Willow Mountain Villa was completely the tip of the iceberg.
This mountain manor was exceptionally huge, and moreover, the aura was also quite dense. Even, at the centre of the mountain manor, there was a magnificent hall that was more magnificent and grand than even the City Lord’s Mansion of Qing Yun County City.
“I actually didn’t see before that the Red Willow Mountain Villa actually has such a large pattern. With all the mechanisms and formations in the mountain villa, I’m afraid that only a Half-Saint in person would be able to break through them.”Zhang Ruochen deliberately said carelessly.
Guo Song followed behind Zhang Ruochen and laughed, “Great Protector doesn’t know that the Red Willow Villa used to be the home residence of a fourth-rate family called the Liu Family. The Liu Family was a Half Saint Family that lost the battle with the Blood Cloud Sect for the hegemony of the Qing Yun County and was destroyed by the Blood Cloud Sect, so this one Honfu, became the territory of the Blood Cloud Sect.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “In other words, now, Red Willow Villa is the property of the Blood Cloud Sect?”
“Not exactly. The Blood Cloud Sect had long ago offered the Red Willow Villa to the Illusory Saint, who in turn rewarded the Red Willow Villa to the Star Ambassador Lord. Thus, the Star Envoy Lord is the true owner of the Red Willow Villa.”Guo Song said.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and asked no more questions.
Between words, the two of them had already arrived outside the Sacred Willow Hall.
The Sacred Willow Hall was constructed on top of a ten feet high stone platform, and one had to take a total of ninety-nine jade steps to reach the main door of the Sacred Willow Hall.
Standing at the bottom of the steps and looking upwards, one could only see that the Sacred Willow Hall was very ornate and atmospheric, twelve pillars embraced by three people were arranged in order, with a giant python coiled on top of each pillar.
The pythons on the pillars were not dead things, but twelve fourth-ranked superior savage beasts, Black Centipede Electric Pythons. The python’s body was like a snake, yet it had a sharp centipede pointed foot.
The twelve Black Centipede Electric Pythons were used to guard the Sacred Willow Hall.
At the centre of the hall, there was an ancient willow tree growing with a trunk that was a hundred feet tall and exceptionally thick, even the roots that were just hanging down were thicker than the pillars of the hall.
The huge trunk, the leafy branches, and the densely packed roots instantly split the great hall in two.
If one were to listen carefully, one would realise that the ancient willow tree was actually breathing, as if it could come to life at any moment and erupt with unparalleled power.
Zhang Ruochen was calm as he ascended the steps step by step, and was able to clearly feel a powerful aura emanating from the Sacred Willow Hall, which seemed to be a gathering of a group of evils.
Guo Song reminded Zhang Ruochen in a low voice, saying, “The decisive battle is imminent, and Lord Star Envoy has already invited all the powerful people loyal to the Illusory Saint from the eighteen counties of the Fallen God’s Mansion to come to the Sacred Willow Hall, to discuss the big event together.”
“Oh!”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Guo Song and smiled gently.
Of course, he understood the meaning of the words “a duel is imminent”, in fact, when the Red Desire Star Envoy had made up her mind to kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, she had already known that the next step would be a head-on collision with Emperor Yi.
She and Di Yi will have a battle in Qing Yun County.
The battle for the young master of the black market had been exceptionally tragic since ancient times, just like the compotes that the black market executives raised inside the compulsion tank, all of the compotes killed each other and competed with each other based on their talent, strength, means, and wisdom. In the end, only one of the parasites could survive, and it would be the strongest one, and would be able to take over the position of the Black Market’s First Class Hall Master in the future.
The one who wins will naturally be able to sit in the position of Young Master. The one who lost, wanting to have a painful death was a very difficult thing to do.
As it could be said, “The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit.”
Since the duel was imminent, the Red Desire Star Envoy naturally stopped hiding his forces and gathered all the manpower he could to the Red Willow Villa.
Zhang Ruochen walked into the Sacred Willow Hall alone, as for Guo Song, he was only a cultivator of the Fish Dragon’s Third Transformation, and was not yet qualified to participate in this kind of meeting.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze secretly surveyed the Evil Dao experts sitting on the left and right sides of the hall, and quickly mapped out the forces of the Red Desire Star Envoys.
The four most powerful cultivators among them were seated at the very front, the second from the left and the second from the right.
All four of them, all of them in their own way, concealed their own true faces, and it could be surmised that they must have special identities and did not want outsiders to know that they had come to Red Willow Villa.
The bodies of the four people were wrapped in a ball of glazed precious light, surprisingly, all of them were at the cultivation level of the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation.
In addition to the four great figures of the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation, there were also twenty-six cultivators of the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation and Seventh Transformation down below, each with a handful of chairs neatly lined up on the left and right sides of the great hall.
All of them had a look of calmness, yet they exuded an unusually overbearing aura, the blood qi in their bodies vibrating, their spirits full, and every time they breathed in, they would emit a hurricane-like whistling sound.
To be able to reach the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation, which one of them was not a party of evil overlords?
The generation of Ji Ghost and Luo Shi could only sit against the gate, the fifteenth chair on the left and the fifteenth chair on the right respectively.
In just three days, the Red Desire Star Envoy was able to gather so many Evil Dao Hegemons, thus showing that in the past, she had completely and deliberately acted weakly and fooled everyone.
Her display of weakness caused countless people, including Zhang Ruochen and Emperor Yi, to underestimate her.
She simply wouldn’t reveal her bottom card until the critical moment.
The Red Desire Star Envoy and Emperor Yi still had a fighting chance.
Only that the two had different personalities, Tei Yi was more charismatic, confident, proud, intelligent, and decisive, thus gathering a large number of experts around him, and dealing with any enemy with great power to crush.
The Red Desire Star Envoy, however, was more biding her time, never showing her weakest side in front of people, but cultivating forces in secret. When she didn’t strike, she gave off the impression as if anyone could take her down. When she did strike, she always took you by surprise, and to the point of death, you might not even know why you died in her hands.
When Zhang Ruochen walked through the gate, he felt a single unkind look. He didn’t want to be in the limelight either, so he walked over to Ji Ghost’s side and picked the sixteenth chair on the left, ready to sit down.
The Red Desire Star Envoy sat at the topmost position in the main hall, her hand cupping the Crystal Sacred Scepter, her long hair hanging down as if it were a waterfall, making her look exceptionally soft and voluptuous.
She naturally saw Zhang Ruochen who walked through the door, and above her heavenly face, she immediately revealed a smile and said, “Great Protector, why are you sitting at the door? Your place is here.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy stretched out a slender jade finger and pointed towards a seat beside her.
Only to see that that one seat, which was extremely close to her, was actually above the four Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Evil Dao great figures.
As soon as the Red Desire Star Envoy’s words came out, several cold grunts rang out in the Sacred Willow Hall, and the atmosphere became quite bizarre.
Zhang Ruochen had already sat down halfway, but stopped for a moment when he heard the Red Desire Star Envoy’s words, and his gaze swept around the hall, sensing several more pairs of unfriendly gazes.
“My seniority is still shallow, how can I dare to sit above all the seniors, or just sit in this chair, I think it’s quite good.”
After saying that, Zhang Ruochen sat straight down, and in the process, he also nodded and smiled at Ji Ghost who was sitting next to him.
“Counting that you still have a bit of awareness, don’t think that just because the Star Envoy Lord has appointed you as the Grand Protector, you are really qualified to sit in the position of Grand Protector.”The third chair on the right, an old man with a full head of silver hair, said in a cold and measured manner.
Zhang Ruochen stared towards the silver-haired old man, then closed his eyes again, not bothering to pay attention to him.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen only wanted to end the meeting early, then he would go and talk to the Red Desire Star Envoy about the retreat. The duel was imminent, and it was imperative to improve his strength as much as possible.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to cause any complications, but the Evil Dao experts present didn’t intend to let him off easily.
The seventh chair on the left, an evil monk with crimson skin all over his body, stood up boldly and roared, “How dare you blatantly disobey Lord Star Envoy’s order, do you believe that I, Red Sea, will tear you apart right now?”
“Wow.”
In the great hall, a large portion of the thirty Evil Dao Overlords on both sides of the chairs stood up.
A monstrous fury emanated from each person’s body, with the spearhead pointing directly at Zhang Ruochen.
Only the Red Desire Star Envoy, the four Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Evil Dao Hegemons, and Zhang Ruochen still appeared calm and collected.
The Red Lust Star Envoy didn’t open her mouth to stop them, and it was unknown whether it was because Zhang Ruochen had just openly provoked her authority, making her feel displeased, so she wanted to teach Zhang Ruochen a lesson.
Or perhaps, she actually wanted to take this opportunity to test Zhang Ruochen, whether he had the ability to be a Grand Protector, and whether he could suppress the various Evil Dao Overlords present?
