Chapter 2187 Overturning the Table
After hearing Duan Jing’s words and seeing Shen Changqing appear, the other cultivator was stunned for a moment, and then followed suit and saluted.
Although he joined Hongshan City later, in the entire Hongshan City, there was only one powerful person who could make Duan Jing so respectful and call him the city lord.
That is the Lord of Hongshan City who has been in seclusion for five hundred years.
A top-notch warrior who once defeated the Divine Emperor as a Divine Lord.
“No need to be polite.”
Shen Changqing said lightly.
After hearing this, the two men stood up.
Then.
Shen Changqing waved to the other cultivator, signaling him to leave first. The latter understood and left the hall respectfully.
At this time, only Shen Changqing and Duan Jing were left in the lobby.
“Yes, you have already broken through to the Divine Sovereign realm in these years!”
Shen Changqing said approvingly.
Not only has Duan Jing entered the realm of God Lord, but his aura is very stable. It is obvious that he has accumulated a certain amount of experience in the realm of God Lord.
The Immortal Body Art is a top-notch inheritance from the gods. Even if Duan Jing is just an ordinary cultivator, practicing this inheritance will make his combat power stronger than ordinary cultivators of the same level.
For example, Duan Jing has now entered the first level of Divine Lord and is already capable of competing with ordinary Divine Lords of the second level.
Shen Changqing also saw this point clearly.
Duan Jing said with awe, “I am where I am today entirely because of you, Lord City Lord. Without you, I wouldn’t be where I am today!”
“There’s no need to say so many nice things. I’ve been in seclusion for five hundred years. Are there any changes in the Ancient Wasteland and the Netherworld?”
Shen Changqing waved his hand and went straight to the point.
This time he was in seclusion for a long time, a full five hundred years passed.
Among mortals, five hundred years is enough to complete the change of dynasties. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a world of change.
For a monk, five hundred years is nothing.
But one thing needs to be clear.
The Netherworld today is not the same as it was before.
Great disasters occur frequently.
The situation in the underworld is changing every moment.
Five hundred years is enough to change a lot of things.
Not to mention anything else, just in terms of the calamity energy, Shen Changqing felt that the calamity energy in the ancient wilderness was at least several times denser than it was five hundred years ago.
This is a sign that the catastrophe is reaching its peak.
When Shen Changqing was in seclusion to comprehend the sword art of killing, he was almost corroded by the calamity energy and developed a slight desire to kill in his heart.
Normally with his current level of cultivation, even if his calamity energy increased several times, it would not affect his own character. But the problem was that the way of the killing sword itself was based on the power of killing.
Killing is the main cause of killing.
The robbery energy is also the main killer.
When the two met, the power that tempted the mind increased exponentially. Even with Shen Changqing’s current cultivation level and temperament, he was unable to control it.
But fortunately.
He has enough control over his own heart.
otherwise.
Under the influence of such evil spirit, Shen Changqing might become a puppet of killing.
so.
Shen Changqing was able to conclude that there must be other changes in the Netherworld, otherwise, why would the calamity energy expand so much.
“Your Highness, four hundred years ago, the war between the two camps of darkness and the netherworld escalated, with trillions of cultivators from both camps fighting each other, causing the entire Nine Provinces to be enveloped in flames of war.
It is said that many powerful people in the realm of the Divine Emperor have died, and the two major camps have suffered heavy losses as a result. “
“Three hundred and fifty years ago, the dark camp pressed forward step by step. The Chaos Dynasty conquered a large area of the Tiangang Ancestral Court, killed many of the Tiangang Ancestral Court’s strongmen, and then took control of it.
But they never expected that the Tiangang ancestral temple had already been prepared and set up a terrifying killing array in the lost territory.
When the Chaos Dynasty took control of the area, the Tiangang Ancestral Temple directly activated the killing array and slaughtered all the hundreds of millions of cultivators in that territory, turning it into a complete ghost town.
This battle caused the Chaos Empire to suffer heavy losses and also escalated the conflict between the two sides.”
“After that, the two camps used their backhands to ambush and kill each other. Many sects’ monks were affected and became victims of the catastrophe. Many forces in Jiuzhou had to leave their homeland and go to the Eight Wastelands to seek refuge.”
Duan Jing’s words made Shen Changqing finally understand why the calamity energy had developed to such a terrifying degree.
It seems that the two major camps are now completely killing each other.
According to the other party, the first to overturn the table was the Tiangang Ancestral Temple.
Set up a killing array.
He secretly plotted against the Chaos Ancestral Temple.
In fact, the killing formation of the Tiangang Ancestral Court not only killed the cultivators of the Chaos Dynasty, but also the numerous sects and other cultivators living in that territory.
After all, Jiuzhou is the center of the underworld, with rich spiritual energy and numerous opportunities. Most of the cultivators live in Jiuzhou.
Although the two major camps went to war, many cultivators and sects remained neutral and did not participate in the war.
But now.
The killing formation of the Tiangang ancestral temple was enough to harm all these neutral forces.
This kind of practice can be said to be extremely crazy.
But it can also be seen from the side that the Netherworld camp may have been forced into a desperate situation, otherwise, the Tiangang Ancestral Temple would never act in this way.
You must know that doing so will easily arouse the anger of other neutral forces.
What a pity.
The Tiangang Ancestral Temple still did this, which means that the other party has no other choice.
“One killing array killed hundreds of millions of cultivators. These overlord-level forces don’t care about the lives of cultivators from other sects at all!”
Shen Changqing shook his head slightly.
Duan Jing sneered and ridiculed when he heard this: “For such a force, how could they care about the lives of other sects and independent cultivators like us?
The reason these overlord-level forces were able to rise to power was because they enslaved the lower-level monks and absorbed their blood, flesh and marrow to grow step by step to where they are today.
Regardless of whether it is the Four Great Dynasties or the Tiangang Ancestral Court, in their eyes, ordinary cultivators are like ants and can be easily killed! “
From these words, it can be heard that Duan Jing is quite resentful about this, or even angry.
The lips and teeth are interdependent.
When a rabbit dies, the fox mourns.
The Tiangang Ancestral Temple can set up a killing array to bury all other innocent cultivators, and the Chaos Empire can also follow suit.
The game between these top forces used ordinary low-level cultivators as victims, and Duan Jing could empathize with them.
and.
From these things, he also felt a great crisis.
If the ancient wilderness were to become a battlefield one day, would he also follow in the footsteps of the cultivators from Kyushu?
After all, if the killing begins, who can survive?
The number of cultivators who died in the killing array is difficult to count. Even the powerful Divine Emperor had to die, let alone other cultivators.
Hearing this.
Shen Changqing was silent for a while, then he sighed.
“If you don’t prove the immortality of the God, you will ultimately be nothing more than an ant. For cultivators like me to survive in the cracks of the catastrophe, we must seize every opportunity to have a chance to preserve ourselves!”
“What the city lord said makes sense!”
Duan Jing also nodded in agreement.
Originally, he was a god who had attained enlightenment, and he was somewhat proud and complacent in his heart. However, after hearing what happened in Jiuzhou, the little pride he had in his heart disappeared without a trace.
So what if he is a God?
In front of those forces and top masters, he is just a stronger ant.
so.
Over the years, Duan Jing has been working diligently to manage Hongshan City.
Because he understood that he was able to get to where he is today entirely because of Shen Changqing. If it weren’t for the other party, he, Duan Jing, would still be just an ordinary cultivator in the Hongling Mountains and would have fallen into the hands of other powerful people at any time.
Now that he has been able to break through to the level of a Divine Lord, normally speaking, this is almost the limit.
Being able to be a casual cultivator is enough to show that his talent for cultivation is not that strong.
Duan Jing had a premonition that if he wanted to go further, he would have to hold on to Shen Changqing’s thigh tightly.
Even though Shen Changqing was just a casual cultivator, Duan Jing always had an idea in his mind that made him certain that the other party was definitely not an ordinary casual cultivator.
Only by following Shen Changqing can you have the hope of deciding your own destiny.
otherwise.
Throughout his entire life, he was just an ordinary low-level cultivator.
Shen Changqing had no idea what Duan Jing was thinking. After the other party finished speaking, he spoke again.
“You just said that many forces in Jiuzhou left their homeland and headed for the Eight Wastelands. So, there are many more strange forces affiliated with Jiuzhou in the Ancient Wastelands?”
“Yes, there are indeed many strange forces entering the Ancient Wasteland now. Although most of these forces are heading to the other seven wastelands, some are also heading to the Ancient Wasteland.
It’s because a hundred years ago, all the forces guarding the nine ancient cities withdrew, making this place temporarily much more stable! “
Duanjing nodded.
Ancient Wilderness has a special geographical location, and the entrance to the heavens is here. It is destined to become a place that two major forces must fight for in the future.
But now.
The major forces guarding the Nine Cities of Ancient Wilderness have evacuated, which means that the two major camps do not want to waste their energy on this and are determined to decide the outcome within Jiuzhou.
In this way.
The danger of the ancient wilderness has naturally been reduced a lot.
This is also the reason why other forces would step into the ancient wilderness.
otherwise.
Other forces also dare not enter the ancient wilderness.
After all, the Netherworld forces are stationed in the nine cities of Guhuang, and no one can guarantee when the war will spread to Guhuang. But now that the Netherworld forces have withdrawn, this problem can be ignored for the time being.
But the Ancient Wilderness is the most barren place among the Eight Wildernesses, so not many forces actually set foot in the Ancient Wilderness.
“Although there are not many forces entering the Ancient Wasteland, the Ancient Wasteland itself is relatively weak. Now that the Nine Provinces forces have entered it, they have also suffered a considerable impact.
Over the past hundred years, many local forces in the ancient wilderness have been destroyed or directly swallowed up by other forces in the Nine Provinces.
Only the top forces in the ancient wilderness can barely maintain stability, but even so, the situation is not optimistic.
Many forces have set their sights on Hongshan City and are making moves in secret. I am also extremely worried, but now that the City Lord has come out of seclusion, he should be able to suppress everything and stabilize the situation in Hongshan City!”
At the end of the conversation, Duan Jing was obviously relieved.
In his opinion, the timing of Shen Changqing’s coming out was just right.
(End of this chapter)
