“It seems that this war against the Undying Blood Race has caused the Ministry of War to use all of its manpower and material resources. I can’t believe that I can meet their people even in this deserted mountain and wild temple.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The large number of undead blood races converging on Yuanfu naturally caused the Ministry of Military Affairs to tightly mobilise their troops, and some of the idle sergeants were all dispatched out to patrol the thirty-six counties.
Some of the sergeants, were prying for news and gathering intelligence.
There were also some sergeants who were setting up strongholds in the outlying territories of the Ancient Clan of the Prison Suppressor, so that once there were signs of the Undying Blood Clan’s movements, they would be able to immediately relay the news back to the Yuanfu’s General Military Camp.
The four sergeants who lived in the room next to Zhang Ruochen’s were the ones who came to the surrounding region to establish a stronghold and inadvertently discovered the Sikong Zen Courtyard.
The Sikong Zen Courtyard was bizarre in every way, which naturally caused them to be alerted, and, in the Zen Courtyard, there was even a stone statue of the Buddha Emperor enshrined.
The Buddha Emperor was the Queen’s enemy.
Wouldn’t enshrining the Buddha Emperor be a great disrespect to the Empress?
Such a Zen garden, even if it had no connection with the Immortal Blood Clan, it had to be something that had to be eliminated. Of course, the fact that they had discovered this evil temple was also a great credit.
Zhang Ruochen was also a felon being arrested by the Ministry of Military Affairs, so naturally, he didn’t want to deal with them, lest he cause unnecessary trouble.
“Let’s go! This place is indeed a bit weird, not a suitable hiding place.”
Zhang Ruochen pushed the door of the compartment open, and only just stepped out, with a creak, the door of the compartment next to him also opened.
In the door, two middle-aged men stepped out, wearing armour and hanging black iron tokens on their waists, obviously from the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin stared at Zhang Ruochen, but they didn’t take him seriously, only thinking that he was an ordinary incense burner.
Zhang Ruochen carried his hands behind his back, appearing to walk idly as he marched straight out of the Zen Garden.
Pu Yuelin appeared younger amongst the two. He raised his head again and stared at Zhang Ruochen’s back, a puzzled look in his eyes as he said, “Second brother, look at that person just now, doesn’t he look a bit familiar, he resembles Zhang Ruochen, the felon that the Ministry of Military Affairs is looking for.”
“Is that so?”
Zhao Yue picked up the token hanging at his waist, his finger made a point on top of the token, and immediately, a black light emerged on top of the token.
“Wow–”
Within the black glow, a humanoid image flew out, and one of the images was Zhang Ruochen.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s image, Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin glanced at each other, both revealing a look of surprise.
Could it really be Zhang Ruochen?
A small deep mountain ancient temple was hiding so many strong people.
First, a white-haired woman who could kill people with the wave of her hand appeared, and then a court felon with a murderous life of the world appeared.
That’s right.
To the soldiers of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Zhang Ruochen was indeed ferocious now, after all, there had been several kings of the Ministry of Military Affairs who had died under his sword.
Moreover, this ferocious man, had also chopped through the Ziyong Pass with a single sword, and then retreated calmly, leaving all of the soldiers of the Ministry of Military Affairs in Yuanfu with a disgraceful face.
“If he really is Zhang Ruochen, we will definitely be no match for him, however, we definitely cannot let him go either. The credit of discovering Zhang Ruochen’s trail is far greater than the credit of discovering an evil temple.”Zhao Yue said.
“Let’s pretend that we didn’t recognise him and quietly follow him, and we don’t know what exactly is his purpose in coming to the Sikong Zen Academy?”Pu Yuelin said.
“That’s right, the strong men from the Ministry of Military Affairs should be arriving soon, and at that time, Zhang Ruochen will not be able to escape.”
Even after discovering Zhang Ruochen, Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin didn’t dare to make a move to capture him, with their little cultivation, they probably weren’t enough to stuff this fierce man’s teeth.
The two of them, who had been following Zhang Ruochen, walked out of the Sikong Zen Courtyard.
“Old Four, Zhang Ruochen has probably already discovered us, he should be preparing to leave the Sikong Zen Courtyard.”
Zhao Yue was secretly anxious, it was so hard to discover Zhang Ruochen’s whereabouts, yet he had to watch him escape.
Could it be that such a huge feat was about to pass him by?
Just as Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin hesitated to stop Zhang Ruochen, in the distance, a huge black beast shadow flew over and appeared in the sky above the Sikong Zen Courtyard.
The huge black shadow, like a dark cloud, slowly pressed down until it reached a position tens of feet from the ground before stopping.
Looking up, that black shadow, was actually a Yiyi scale beast, body length of more than eighty metres, the whole body full of scales, with a lion-like huge head.
This beast, is the sixth order of the lower class savage beast, can fight with the low level half saint, can spit out the fire, easily able to let a city, into a sea of fire.
Yixian beast’s back, stood a man with a straight figure, wearing nine layers of red armour, holding a halberd, looked majestic.
Seeing the man on the back of the Yiyi Scale Beast, Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin simultaneously revealed a look of great joy and immediately bowed, saying, “King Li Xian, we have made a significant discovery.”
King Li Xian snorted coldly and said, “But it’s just the discovery of an evil temple, what kind of major discovery is that?”
Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin were about to open their mouths when King Li Xian added, “This King came here to inform you that not long ago, the Immortal Blood Race attacked into the Underworld King’s Sword Mound and created a monstrous killing spree.”
“The war is urgent, the Little Saint Heavenly King and Lord Prefect have already sent word to the Tiantai Prefecture and the Central Imperial City that they are going to reorganise their armies and go all out to counter-attack the Underworld King’s Sword Mound.”
“The soldiers sitting in Xianlin County and Xincang County have already received the summons and should arrive at Guandu at noon tomorrow. The two of you, rush over there quickly and bring them to the northwestern side of the Underworld King’s Sword Mound, near the Cloud Gold Canyon, and wait for the next order.”
After passing on the order, King Li Xian grabbed the chains on the Yiyi Scale Beast and prepared to leave immediately.
Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin were stunned by the news from King Li Xian, the Ancient Clan of the Zhen Prison, the Ministry of War, and the Martial City Money Bank had joined forces, and they had even allowed the Immortal Blood Clan to attack into the Underworld Sword Graveyard.
Then, how terrifying must the power of the Undying Blood Clan be?
Of course, no matter how terrifying the Undying Blood Clan was, Zhang Ruochen was also a felon of the court, so he absolutely could not be allowed to escape.
“Your Highness, there is another matter …… court felon Zhang Ruochen, who is also in this Evil Temple.”Zhao Yue sneaked a glance in the direction where Zhang Ruochen was and said with some trepidation.
Upon hearing this, King Li Xian, who was originally ready to leave, immediately stopped.
In his eye sockets, two three-foot-long pillars of fire surged out as he cruised towards the Sikong Zen Courtyard. In the end, his gaze, fixed on top of the open space outside the Zen Courtyard, landed on Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and smiled, staring at Zhao Yue and Pu Yuelin in the direction behind him.
The two of them, both of them were startled and immediately stepped backward, stumbling back to the Sikong Zen Courtyard, obviously quite afraid of Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen did not make things difficult for them, it was just a matter of duty for them. At the same time, with Zhang Ruochen’s current realm, he did not need to deal with two Fish Dragon Realm cultivators.
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, then looked towards King Li Xian, revealing his white teeth as he laughed, “I would advise Your Excellency to hurry up and go mobilise your troops to deal with the Undying Blood Race, and not waste time on me.”
“Lol, is that so? What if this king has to capture you first?”The aura on King Li Xian’s body grew stronger and stronger.
The spiritual qi of the heavens and earth in a radius of a thousand miles converged towards him in a steady stream, and behind him, a black holy shadow that was a hundred feet tall was revealed.
Vaguely, one could see a streak of electricity travelling through the interior of the black holy shadow, and the entire mountain was trembling slightly.
This King of Li Xian, whose cultivation had already reached the realm of a Seventh Order Half-Saint, no wonder he had so much confidence that he was able to capture Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen, however, frowned, knowing that the Second Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan was chasing him.
If King Li Xian made such a big commotion, wouldn’t it be an even bigger piece of trouble if he lured the Second Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan over?
“What’s going on, what’s going on, what are you all doing, how can you fight and kill in the pure land of the Buddhist Sect?”
Big Sikong’s obese body, like a white ball, rolled out from the Sikong Zen Courtyard.
“Fat monk, there’s nothing for you here, get out of the way first.”
With a wave of his palm, an extremely powerful holy qi surged out from the centre of his palm, transforming into a hurricane that struck at the Grand Sikong.
It was already an evil temple, so King Li Xian showed no mercy, and the power that struck out from his palm was enough to beat a First Order Half-Saint half to death.
“To lay such a heavy hand on an ordinary person?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze sank as he also struck out a hand seal, his palm emitting a brilliant golden light, and immediately after, a huge golden dragon shadow flew out, shattering King Li Xian’s palm power.
King Li Xian took out the Order of Killing Breaker and swung it forward before it pierced through the golden dragon shadow, turning into a golden mist that dissipated away.
“Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.”
From the mouth of the Da Sikong, he muttered in a low voice, glancing at Zhang Ruochen in great surprise.
Only, his voice was so subtle that only he himself could hear it.
Afterwards, a pig-killing cry came out of Dasikong’s mouth, “Murder, Master, someone is trying to kill me, it’s so scary …… Amitabha Buddha ……?”While screaming, Dasikong dashed into the Sikong Zen Courtyard, and, with a bang, closed the door of the Zen Courtyard.
Just as Dasikong dashed into the Zen Courtyard, in the depths of the Zen Courtyard, in one of the rooms on the first floor, a somewhat yellowed window opened and was propped up with a bamboo branch.
In the window, there sat an elegant white-haired woman with a light temperament, forming an incomparably beautiful picture with the surrounding windows, buildings, and pagodas.
Her pair of eyes were like two black jewels, her skin was snow-white and crystalline, yet her red lips were very bright, she was simply like a goddess of the Nine Heavens, who shouldn’t appear on earth.
“Cousin, is it really you?”
Kong Lanyou’s gaze was fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body outside the Zen garden, tinged with doubts, memories, expectations, and even a few different emotions.
Zhang Ruochen naturally didn’t know that Kong Lanyou was staring at him in the middle of the Sikong Zen Courtyard.
At the moment, he was confronting King Li Xian, and a great battle was clearly unavoidable.
