“An actual Demon Saint relic… what a pity…”
The Empress gently shook her head and did not pursue him.
Within the Demon Realm, the fox clan was the most skilled at escape and was full of cunning tricks. She had to guard against him circling back and threatening Gu Lan’s safety.
Of course.
What she did not know was that Gu Lan was already no longer in the building at this moment.
…
Three thousand li west of Langzhou.
On a dirt slope, the fire fox, bloodied all over, collapsed to the ground and looked toward Langzhou in panic, like a bird startled by the twang of a bowstring.
After observing for a long time and confirming that the mysterious Sword Immortal had not come after him, he finally let out a sigh of relief, and thick venomous hatred surfaced in his eyes!
“Damned two-legged sheep! You destroyed my treasured item. In the future, I will surely sacrifice and refine a million humans to avenge this hatred!”
The fire fox cursed in a low voice.
At that moment.
A figure in blue-green robes slowly walked out from behind the slope, a folding fan in his hand, calm and unhurried as he leisurely came before the fire fox.
“?”
Although the fire fox very much wanted to kill someone to vent his anger right now, Gu Lan’s bearing was extraordinary. After suffering a huge loss, he still chose to observe cautiously.
Endure it… wait until I return to my old lair…
Who would have thought that Gu Lan would be utterly impolite? He immediately lifted his foot and kicked the fire fox in the rear, then said coolly, “Do you still have that black bead from just now? Hand it over!”
If he had not been wearing a Confucian robe, anyone would have thought he was a bandit!
The fire fox’s eyes went wide!
It was not because of humiliation, but because of what Gu Lan said made him feel a chill down to his bones!
“You saw the Demon Saint relic? You… came out after me from Langzhou City!”
“You, you… actually arrived here before me?”
The fire fox could not believe it. He had already burned his blood essence to flee, yet a human had actually kept up, and still looked so relaxed and unruffled!
So that thing was called a Demon Saint relic… Hearing the name, Gu Lan recalled the original novel’s description of it.
In the last Demon Saint of the 10,000 years before his previous life passed away, heavenly fire burned it into a hundred relics, which fell into the hands of the various factions of the Demon Realm.
To demons, they were comparable to Xuantian Supreme Treasures!
They were rare relics left behind by a Saint!
In the original novel, the protagonist had also obtained one, and it helped him tremendously.
Gu Lan looked at the shocked and terrified fire fox, his eyes full of teasing. “Since you have a Demon Saint relic, it seems your status in that Holy Demon Palace of yours is not low?”
“Senior… you are joking. I am merely a direct disciple of the Demon Palace, nothing more than a mere King-level little demon.”
“There really is only one Demon Saint relic… If there were more, I would definitely offer them to you, Senior!”
The fire fox forcefully suppressed the fear in his heart, immediately changed his tone, and smiled ingratiatingly.
The mysterious Sword Immortal from before had not been able to keep up with him, yet this scholar in blue-green robes had easily chased him down. He knew very well which one was stronger!
The title of direct disciple of the Holy Demon Palace might still scare ordinary people, but trying to use it to pressure someone above the Immortal Realm? He was not that stupid!
“Only one, huh…”
Gu Lan inwardly found it a pity, shook his head slightly, and his gaze was incomparably clear. “Then… do you have any last words?”
Damn it! He had just escaped the tiger’s den only to enter the wolf’s lair… The fire fox cried out in bitter luck. One after another, these were all abnormal powerhouses who wanted to kill him!
Since when had the Jing Kingdom become this powerful?
With just a few more people like this, a single Jing Kingdom would be enough to suppress the entire Demon Realm!
“Senior, although I no longer have the Demon Saint relic, our Demon Palace still has two, and they are on my master.” The fire fox spoke with difficulty:
“If you are willing to let me go… they will all be yours!”
Let you go, and then you bring cheat-wielding monsters after me? My face has already been seen by you… Gu Lan smiled faintly and said coolly, “If I kill you, they will still be mine.”
No sooner had he spoken than he grasped at the air, and the fire fox instantly turned to dust!
A king among demons was directly annihilated by Gu Lan through the laws of Heaven and Earth, without even managing to struggle in the instant before death!
A moment later.
Gu Lan brushed off his robes and looked somewhat expectantly in Yunzhou’s direction.
Phoenix egg, here I come.
However, this trip to the Huajian Sect was not to slaughter the entire sect. There were many innocent disciples, and with so many eyes around, he still had to take precautions first…
Gu Lan put on a corner of cloth as a face covering, revealing only his eyes. With a flick of his hand, he then grasped a sword covered in mysterious spiritual patterns!
Xuantian Supreme Treasure, the Hongmeng Sword!
The aura around Gu Lan instantly became incomparably sharp, just like the Hongmeng Sword’s murderous intent!
“This way, I should look a lot like that Sword Immortal from just now…”
The corners of Gu Lan’s lips rose into a wicked smile.
He had thought of that scapegoat long ago!
After all preparations were complete, he softly recited, “At this moment, I am in Yunzhou.”
When Gu Lan opened his eyes again, he was already at the foot of the Huajian Sect’s mountain!
Confucian Dao true meaning · Words Become Law. The backlash from traveling this way was extremely small; it was simply too useful!
The dead demon king would never have imagined that Gu Lan had been able to catch up to him so easily just now simply by saying, “At this moment, I am beside the fox demon”!
…
That day, at dusk.
A fiery-red egg had appeared in Gu Lan’s study!
The pure fire element reflected a misty rosy glow, making it appear incredibly sacred!
Gu Lan tapped it with his hand and slowly shook his head. “It doesn’t seem fully cooked yet…”
However, he knew that the phoenix was an ancient divine species, and the longer it was nurtured, the higher its talent would be. So he was not in a hurry. After playing with it for a moment, he put it away.
Gu Lan counted the things he had looted from the Huajian Sect this time.
At this moment, almost the entire Huajian Sect’s foundation was in his System space.
What Gu Lan had not expected was that a mere sect without even a King-level expert would actually possess treasures that were useful even to the Saint Realm!
Top-grade spirit stones, 1,000-year merfolk pearls, and a half-step Saint-grade Confucian Dao Heart-Calming Pill…
The surprise in Gu Lan’s eyes grew increasingly intense!
“Having occupied Yunzhou for several hundred years, they really were extraordinary… No wonder that in the original novel, after the protagonist destroyed the Huajian Sect, his strength advanced by leaps and bounds…”
Back then, when he read the book, he had not thought much of it. Only now that he had become a person inside the book did he realize just how satisfying it was to pick up these treasures as a windfall, and just how outrageously heaven-defying that fortune was!
Sorry, protagonist… Gu Lan offered a casual apology in his heart, then unhesitatingly gripped a top-grade spirit stone and began absorbing it.
…
On the other side.
In the afternoon, after confirming that everything was fine on Gu Lan’s side, the Empress returned and sent a letter to Liu Yexi in the capital, ordering the Xuantian Bureau to mobilize in full force to intercept and kill Duan Pei.
At this moment.
Liu Yexi finally returned and went straight to see the Empress, her expression somewhat grim.
“Your Majesty, another powerhouse intervened in today’s matter. Before this humble officer arrived at the Huajian Sect… Duan Pei’s family and the core elders had already been killed to the last one!”
“In addition, the entire Huajian Sect looked as if it had been swept clean. Everything in the inner sect, the medicinal fields, and the treasury had vanished!”
“And also…”
Liu Yexi spoke this brief account very quickly!
Recalling the scene of ruin she had seen at the Huajian Sect, the Huajian Peak that had been forcibly cut down, and the sharp sword intent that lingered without dispersing…
Her heart could not calm down for a long time!
Mu Yuyan had not seen Liu Yexi look so shocked in a very long time. She had been embroidering something for Gu Lan, but at this moment, her hands also stopped, and a hint of doubt flashed through her phoenix eyes.
“Did you see the person who went up the mountain?”
“I didn’t make it in time, but…”
Liu Yexi steadied her breathing, then slowly said, “According to the ordinary disciples there, it was a masked swordsman. At the beginning of the Shen hour, he went up the mountain alone with his sword, charged directly into the main hall, and killed Duan Pei and the others. From beginning to end… it took less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn!”
“This humble officer suspects that he should be an Emperor-level, or even… Immortal-level powerhouse!”
With the sect-protecting grand array in place, no one below Emperor-level could have broken through and slaughtered them so easily.
Only… with a sword?
The doubt in Mu Yuyan’s eyes deepened. She did not remember Great Jing having any Sword Immortal or Sword Emperor besides herself.
But even if there were one, why would he destroy the Huajian Sect for no reason?