Chapter 95 Xie Wutong and Pei Luye's speculation, the demons are in turmoil, will the Ancient Hua Demon King clear out the Wutong Mansion? !

Chen Zhao's actions shocked everyone present.

Official of the seventh rank, the guardian of Montenegro!

Enjoy the 'Pale Scarlet Robe', 'Garden Order', 'City Official Seal', and 'Sword to Slay the Nerds'!
The four treasures of the chief officer.

This is the standard authority of the states, prefectures, and cities under Dazhao, the third-rank state lord, the fifth-rank prefectural lord, and the seventh-rank garrison commander.

The governor of a state and the governor of a prefecture are just enlarged versions of the garrison commander.

As the guardian of Montenegro.

Chen Zhao had the power to mobilize the entire Black Mountain's civilians and soldiers, and even take emergency measures. If there was a rebellion by demons, he could also wield a sword to command the warriors and eliminate all evil.

Although the premise is that you have to give orders.

However, this is undoubtedly a symbol of power!

As the lord of a prefecture or a city.

As long as he is a warrior within your jurisdiction.

If you order him in the name of "killing demons and eliminating evil" or "defending the great Zhaozhengshuo", he will not obey.
Then even if he was killed!
The 'sect' behind it, let alone the authentic one in a prefecture, even a well-known and powerful sect-level force in a state wouldn't dare to fart!

To become a governor, you have to dominate a prefecture, win first place in the prefectural examination held every four years, and have a family behind you to help you find a vacant position that can be filled.

If not,
They are basically controlled by the 'guard' of the previous generation!
In the world of spiritual practice where martial artists are supreme, the smaller the place, the more rules there are, and the more intricate and deeply rooted they are.

People like Chen Zhao, who have been running Black Mountain for decades, have already built it up like an iron barrel, with great innate warriors like clouds and foundation-building warriors like rain under his command.

As long as he doesn't encounter any misfortune.

If he is really out of his mind, regardless of his own foundation, he is determined to appoint a warrior with some prospects and some cultivation, such as a spiritual-level talent, or a great innate, to be the next generation of Black Mountain guardian!

Even if I have no foundation, even if I came from the sky
It is estimated that he has a high probability of being able to support people up!

Because the contemporary Wutong Fuzun, the 'Zheng Fuzun' who climbed up in recent years!
Decades ago, he was just a small errand boy in the muddy alleys outside the Black Mountain City, and he was still under the command of Chen Zhaochen, who was the head of the department at that time, and he was doing his job!

If he really wants to risk his reputation, what can't he ask for?
Chen Jing and Chen Zhenwu were petrified and for a moment they really thought that the old man had gone crazy.

Xie Wutong was shocked when he heard this and couldn't stop looking at Ji Xia.

She thought that this kid was in a difficult situation and could not even protect himself. He needed her help to rely on the reputation of the third level of the Wutong Xie Family to intimidate and save his life.

But I didn't expect
He himself became a grandfather first!
"Could it be that he really has some connection with our ancestors?"

The girl was startled and came up with a terrible guess.

He was able to write a letter to his ancestors, meet a mysterious third-step Gray-robed Yuandan, and call Chen Zhao, who had dominated Black Mountain for decades, to be so respectful to him.
At this time, Xie Wutong no longer dared to give Ji Xia the outer garments of "hunter" or "corrupt official".

Otherwise, he would reveal it all at the end and give her a character who knew a 'demon hunter' from the Demon Hunting Bureau. Although it was unlikely, if it really came true, wouldn't she have to obey his orders and follow his lead?

It was clearly a quota for the "conscript" at that time. If she hadn't asked, Ji Xia might have been slapped away by Chen Zhenwu. How come the world has become something she doesn't recognize after just half a month of not seeing it?

Such a guy!
Do you really think highly of the 'Golden Gate Locking Jade Secret'?

Thinking of the person who had taken over his Golden Gate Locking Jade Seal, Ji Xia's face was filled with unbearable joy.

Then he thought of the possible relationship between him and his ancestor 'Xie Qiaoxuan'.

Xie Wutong looked doubtful.

Has this kid known his ancestor for a long time, and then deliberately hidden himself in the Black Mountain, like the peerless Taoist master in some picture book, practicing in silence, and then waiting to become famous all over the world one day in the future?
Then
He got his own "crappy method". Could it be that it was for the old man's sake that he forced himself to show a happy expression even though he was disdainful in his heart, so that he could deliberately tease her and give face to the old man?
After delivering the letter, the boy looked very confident, although he didn't say anything.

But Xie Wutong thought to himself, seeing the expression of "I don't see the mountain, the mountain will come to me" on his face, he couldn't help but be horrified, the more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed!
Could it be that his letter could really persuade the ancestor to come all the way to Black Mountain to see him?

If that were true, then the two would be of the same generation, or maybe Ji Xia would be one generation younger than the old ancestor, so the old ancestor would have to humble himself and interact with him.

Wouldn't that mean I have dropped down a level, from the 'sister generation' to the 'niece generation', or even the 'granddaughter generation'?

Xie Wutong's face turned red with embarrassment.

Looking at the situation on the field, I just feel that it is very likely.

Pei Luye was shocked and surprised. Her beautiful eyes kept looking at Ji Xia. She recalled a rumor and stroked a small wooden sword at her waist. Suddenly, she seemed to be thinking about something.

When she came down the mountain this time, she was valued by her master, Master Ruan Jian, and came to Black Mountain with a mission, so she naturally knew some rumors about Black Mountain.

Her master back then was the eighth-rank demon-hunting chief of Black Mountain.

Therefore, when reviewing the secrets of that year, some key details were omitted.

Pei Luye also learned that this small city once hid the inheritance of the legendary 'Great Demon Lord', which was buried in a 'sky abyss' outside!

At first, I heard that in the first few years, many unparalleled masters stopped here.

The hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the city can turn around and hit the mysterious beggar in the outer city or the passing warriors in the outer city, which may lead to the third or even the fourth step!
Many powerful people, or people with backgrounds, who have received orders, gathered together, a mix of good and bad.

Just to see if the abyss will shake again and reveal the ancient, mottled bronze palace inside!

After all, that person was indeed sucked in.

Although this rumor is a bit exaggerated.

But seeing Chen Zhao's expression, Pei Luye's mind was still active and working quickly:
"Chen Zhao is from the same era as the master. I heard that he worked diligently throughout his life, following the rules left by one person."

"Back then, in Black Mountain, because of the 'Song Chai Xin' that Master cared about, many powerful forces came here and stayed."

“Even if he is a seventh-rank garrison commander who holds a high position of power and represents Dazhao, the third step will not choose to offend him, because even if he can be killed, he will most likely confess.”

"But at that time, there were many people who coveted the body of 'Song Chai Xin' that fell into the abyss, including those with high-ranking government officials from within the state and even outside the state."

"In those days, whoever served as the garrison commander had a very difficult job. If they failed to serve those 'outsiders' well, they might lose their heads the next day."

"As the head of the military department at the time, when no one took over, causing chaos in Black Mountain, Chen Zhao volunteered to take the throne and became the guardian of Black Mountain, which led to the prosperity of the country today."

"He is the one who can make him so respectful from the bottom of his heart."

"Ji Xia?"

Pei Luye narrowed his eyes, and began to doubt the good seedling whom he had personally agreed to give a chance to join the Taoist sect.

First of all, Ji Xia is not a top-notch expert. He cannot force Chen Zhao to submit and be respectful like the people he had decades ago, so this point can be ruled out directly.

Well, there are only two reasons.

First, Ji Xia has a powerful background, and there is a person behind him named Chen Zhao who had to offer his position as the garrison commander in order to protect himself, and he spoke up for it himself.

But if that were true, how could the situation have evolved to this extent?
Second, there is something wrong with Ji Xia!
As a warrior, as a practitioner.

Pei Luye often heard that in the past, there were various means of "rebirth through borrowing a body" in this world.

Including but not limited to 'soul sustenance, walking the reincarnation path, reincarnation and resurrection'.
I have heard that there are people who are constantly "reborn" and "reincarnated", and that there are also people with great supernatural powers who are constantly trying to break the taboos between "life and death". These are all attempts to break through to a realm that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

However, since the end of the "Dongtian Era", martial arts have become popular, and those incredible methods of picking stars and moons, moving mountains and seas have finally become legends.
The real person can fly into the sky and hide in the ground.

But that's all.

Even if one summons the heavenly sign of martial arts, steps on the earth, raises one's head to the sky, and fights with all one's might, it is still a long way from causing the mountains to collapse and the rivers and seas to flood.

Even if one spends all his life's cultivation and gambles his life, if he only takes a small corner or breaks the upper half, that is the limit.

They are just those with magical powers who have surpassed the "mortal barrier". They are extremely powerful and stand at the pinnacle of this era.

But they also have a lifespan.

A real person is also a human being, and ultimately cannot escape birth, aging, sickness and death.

The great innate is perfect and complete, and can live for two hundred years.

The real person is much, much stronger.

But living to be 600 or 800 years old is already the limit of the limit.

Compared to those people in the past, who could spend a thousand years in prison with one eye open and the other closed, they are like fireflies to the bright moon, extremely insignificant.

but!
There are no means in this era.

It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist in the world.

She thought of the abyss in the Black Mountain and the man that her master had been thinking about for decades and refused to believe had fallen.

Pei Luye looked towards Ji Xia, vaguely looking at a 'silhouette' that she had heard about since she was a child.

She felt that she needed to investigate all of Ji Xia's peculiarities from beginning to end.

after all,

In this place, there is no one who has a relationship with both the Xie family and Chen Zhao, and the relationship is so close.
If it's that person, then it's possible and it makes sense.

On the way to the tutelary fort.

Pei Luye cooperated with Xie Wutong while vaguely trying to find out what she was thinking.

Once, Xie Wutong let something slip.

That is, Ji Xia looked for Xie Qiaoxuan because of a "name".

Although Xie Wutong came to his senses later, kept silent and changed the subject, it was enough to make Pei Luye suspicious.

Right now,

Plus Chen Zhao’s various weird behaviors!

as if,

They are all here to welcome an existence that existed in the past, disappeared for decades, and became a "taboo"
Coming back again!
Pei Luye couldn't help but think about it!

"This matter,"

"I want to know."

"Are you 'that person' who has returned from the abyss through some means?"

I remembered that my master was often alone, feeling lost in front of the Sword Viewing Monument.

Pei Luye clenched the wooden sword tightly, and felt more and more that this "possibility" was possible.

Xie Wutong felt that Ji Xia had been "hiding his incompetence" in the past. He must be some extraordinary genius who kept his identity secret, or at least famous in the state.

Pei Luye suspected that he was a forbidden figure buried in the Black Mountains!

As all kinds of miracles were exposed.

Everything hidden behind the name "Jixia" is slowly revealed like a scroll opening.
However, the two of them knew enough and had participated in every incident to make a definition.

But guarding the palace,
Chen Zhao and the Chen family's vassals didn't understand or know so much about the inside story, so their words were mostly incoherent, and their tone was filled with shock:

"Are you kidding, Lord Guardian?"

"How can one rise from a clerk to the seventh rank in one leap?"

"It's such a joke. He hasn't done anything yet. How could the Lord of the Palace agree to such an appointment?"

Even the mysterious gray-clothed Yuandan of Tan Tai Yao is here.

The high-ranking officials and great warriors of the garrison could no longer hold back.

But Chen Zhao didn't care about that at all.

He took out a jade talisman used exclusively by Dazhao, and said decisively:
"I am old now, and I don't have many years left to live."

"It just so happens that the Honored One of Wutong Mansion has some friendship with me, and Mr. Ji is still young and has a bright future. If he takes this position of guardian, he will be famous all over the world in the future. Even if he resigns, he can still leave a 'rich and colorful' mark in the Black Mountain Files, and it will last forever and will never be erased by anyone!"

"Compared to an old man like me who wastes his second step until he dies."

"Both in public and in private, I have a clear conscience!"

After saying this, he made up his mind and wanted to go his own way, but——

Even faster than him, this "jade talisman" spontaneously heated up and became hot, conveying a message that made Chen Zhao, upon seeing it, turn pale with rage!

Then, speaking hastily and without caring about the situation on the field, he ordered Chen Jing, the head of the Military Department, and Chen Zhenwu, the head of the Outer City Department, to say:

"You two, go back quickly, mobilize the soldiers of the Military Affairs Department and the police from the outer city, and then impose martial law on the entire Black Mountain!"

Chen Zhao looked pale, leaning on a cane, and looked shaky.

"what happened?"

Ji Xia, who had watched him accomplish everything in one night at lightning speed and was about to regain the position of 'Black Mountain Guardian', could not help but frown slightly, having a bad feeling in his heart.

Ji Xia originally gave up the position of "officer", not because he didn't want to follow the path of government again, after all, it's good to lean on a big tree for shade. How powerful and incredible is Shenjing, and how deep is its background?
He had seen it when he was Song Chai Xin.

But because people's hearts are fickle, Ji Xia didn't dare to bet that after a few decades, Chen Zhao would still care about the name "Song Chai Xin".

He was afraid that if he leaked something, Chen Zhao would see the clue and sell him directly to those people who called him a "taboo".

Now, Ji Xia still knows very little about what happened back then, and doesn't even know who the enemy is.

If I just fail like this.

That's really ridiculous!

So, be careful.

But when he saw the rather grand garrison 'Song Temple' and how Chen Zhao had not dared to make a loud noise under his golden statue for decades.
Ji Xia felt that Chen Zhao still remembered his kindness in the past.

But unexpectedly,

This old man is so stubborn, he feels that he owes me a lot in the past, and wants to give me this position as well!

Originally, I thought that being able to get rid of the Chen father and daughter without any hidden dangers and without encountering hostility from the Dazhao government would be enough, but now Chen Zhao is equivalent to wanting to hand over all his capital!

Just when Ji Xia was slightly stunned, he lifted himself up.

However, some mistakes occurred when the report was submitted.

I thought it was just some information coming from the city.

However, Chen Zhao's next sentence was like a bolt from the blue!
"Aquarius State is broken!"

"The current state lord and the great demon lord were defeated and could not defeat the Northwest demons, so all the demons marched straight in and attacked the seven prefectures and forty-nine cities in the Northwest!"

"The ones going straight down the river and intending to attack Wutong Prefecture are the followers of the Ancient Hua Demon King. They claim to clean up the martial arts world, occupy the prefecture, and avenge their previous humiliation. Now it's bad, he was a big shot back then!"

Speaking of this title.

Chen Zhao looked gloomy.

Tan Tai Yao's eyes narrowed.

And the summer.
The corner of the eye twitches.

Old loach.

Still not dead?!

After listening to this amount of information for decades, he actually went one step further, from being a dragon to "leaping over the dragon gate", starting on the path to becoming a dragon, and achieving the fourth step to becoming a demon king?

It is true that 'good people don't live long, but evil people live for thousands of years'!
He is like this.

What kind of status does Bai Qiuyi, the Venerable of Wutong Mansion, who had suppressed him and plotted against Jiang Yi, have?

Ji Xia's heart was filled with shock and chaos.

When Pei Luye heard this information, he frowned.

I heard that the Northwest demon had broken into the Aquarius.

She suddenly remembered a secret that was passed down from mouth to mouth in the sect, and had a bad feeling in her heart.

And the next moment.

Sure enough, the Yunluan Mountain Jade Talisman delivered the message.

Just a few words:

"Stay at Black Mountain and don't return to Yunluan."

That was her master.
The fourth step of the sword immortal.

The thoughts of Yunluan Sword Master 'Ruan Xiuxiu'.

At this moment, it is the border between Wutong Prefecture and Shunan Prefecture.

A powerful force of the Taoist level, on Yunluan Mountain!
(End of this chapter)