Chapter 1228: The Most Suitable Bait

"This kind of magic used by the two leaders is very similar to the Profound Lu evil ghost, so..." He is a well-known celestial master, and has his own set of judgment methods. "I reasonably inferred at the time that the Pi Xia people had invited the Sharp Howl Forest to take action." So, the Profound Lu Ghost King has lost more than one clone recently, no wonder it is in urgent need of replenishment. He He Lingchuan immediately said: "Then the Ghost King sent small ghosts to eat people around Rolling Stone Valley for the past half month because the Pi Xia people's strong attack on Jishi Village failed?"

"Very likely." Fu Liushan stroked his chin. "Pi Xia looting people to Jishi Village was thwarted by you, and it was not easy to organize an attack for a while. But Xuan Lu's appetite is big, so maybe it had to do it itself, attacking a few more villages and towns."

He concluded: "It will continue to eat people if it doesn't recover for a day. You protected Jishi Village, so it will go to other villages and towns to kill."

"This Ghost King and the Pi Xia people joined forces, causing us a lot of trouble. Master Fu cannot stay on the battlefield all the time to find the Profound Lu Ghost King's clones for us." Boss Situ Yu also said, "It also eats people behind the front line, causing great panic and disturbing the lives of civilians. To this day, it really cannot be tolerated."

When human power rises, it is bound to conflict with the great demons and evil ghosts in the surroundings. This seems to have become the law of the Flash Gold Plain. In the past, the Julu Nation was prosperous, and it turned around to eliminate the White Bear King; similarly, the Yao Nation also sent troops to encircle and suppress the Three-Tailed Great Demon.

But Boss Situ Yu said 'cannot be tolerated', but the dead knot in his brows didn't open.

Fu Liushan said the remaining words for him: "The Profound Lu Ghost King, is it so easy to deal with?"

It has been chaotic here for hundreds of years, and the Profound Lu Ghost King has also existed for hundreds of years; all parties have risen and fallen, and finally returned to a handful of loess, only the Profound Lu King sits firmly in the Sharp Howl Forest.

If this ghost thing was easy to kill, would it be their turn to take action? Dong Rui clicked his tongue: "The power of this Ghost King is very useful in the Flash Gold Plain. Why don't you borrow its clones to fight?"

The old Bo King and the Pi Xia people both begged for the clones of Xuan Lu, making the elite combat power under their command soar.

Even if this kind of elite puppet is limited in number, it is useful at critical moments.

Not afraid of death, not afraid of fatigue, and will not rebel.

"The clones of Xuan Lu are not lent for free. The main borrower must offer a large number of sacrifices, that is, living souls." Fu Liushan replied, "My family has observed such precedents for generations. Once the main borrower gets used to the Xuan Lu clones, Xuan Lu's appetite will get bigger and bigger, asking for more and more living souls, otherwise it will take back the clones."

"Past borrowers would prioritize sacrificing prisoners of war and enemy civilians, but the Xuan Lu Ghost King wants too many. I heard that the most exaggerated number was that Xuan Lu once demanded the sacrifice of 500 people in a single time! After sacrificing prisoners and criminals, the borrower could only sacrifice their own country's living people, which required various pretexts to arrest and capture, and the more they caught, the more they offered, which easily incited civil unrest."

He He Lingchuan remembered the Great General of the Feather Guards under the Bo King, Nangong Yan, who had an evil ghost clone planted on him to control the Golden Feather Guards.

Those were all executioners hated by gods and ghosts.

How many living people did they kill to support Xuan Lu? Probably no one knows the specific number.

Even if He He Lingchuan didn't take action, he didn't think Nangong Yan and the old Bo King would have any good end in the end.

Boss Situ He said firmly: "Inviting ghosts to possess is like raising poison, powerful for a short time, but damaging the foundation in the long run! We absolutely cannot do this."

Boss Situ Yu looked at his son: "Mr. He, we finally won a great victory this morning, I want to take advantage of the victory."

He didn't say it clearly, but in He He Lingchuan's view, he was thinking about Ju City.

Baijian Town was taken, and Ju City became an isolated city for the time being. Boss Situ Yu probably wanted to take advantage of the fact that reinforcements hadn't arrived to take back Ju City in one go.

Once taken back, the Boss Situ army's morale would be greatly boosted, and they would have more capital to lobby and unite with surrounding forces.

Boss Situ He immediately asked for orders: "There are two more families I haven't visited, I will set off early tomorrow morning."

His face was still pale due to excessive blood loss, but he was full of energy, not retreating at all because he had almost been kidnapped.

Time is pressing, and pain is not a reason.

Boss Situ Yu saw the bruises on his face and the wounds on his hands, his heart felt a little sour, but he felt even more gratified.

He He Lingchuan already knew that Boss Situ He had been acting as a lobbyist, lobbying surrounding forces to confront Pi Xia together.

He was Boss Situ Yu's only son, and his identity was suitable.

Pi Xia people found out his route intelligence before, so they kidnapped him halfway.

Even so, Boss Situ He was not scared out of his wits, but instead became more determined, insisting on completing the task at hand.

"As for the Profound Lu evil spirit." Boss Situ Yu added, "Does Master Fu have any way?"

He only had this little military strength in his hands, and it was very difficult to deal with the Pi Xia people while solving the Profound Lu evil spirit.

Besides, if the Sharp Howl Forest evil ghost was so easy to deal with, would it be his turn to worry about it now?

Dilemma.

But the Profound Lu evil spirit colluding with Pi Xia did cause great trouble for the Boss Situ family's key battles.

He really wanted to get rid of this ghost thing.

"The Profound Lu evil spirit has had several clones killed one after another, and hasn't received timely replenishment, so its main body's strength has declined." Fu Liushan was also thinking, "Dealing with it at this time is actually a good opportunity."

Dong Rui interrupted: "How many clones does Xuan Lu have?"

"Not clear."

"What if we lure it out of the Sharp Howl Forest?"

"It is very cunning and usually won't come out." Fu Liushan pondered, "I heard that the whole forest is its eyes and ears. Whoever enters, it will know. With this landlord's convenience, it is very difficult for others to deal with it in the Sharp Howl Forest."

Dong Rui didn't believe it: "Has it never come out?"

"How would I know, does it have to report to me when it leaves the Sharp Howl Forest?" Fu Liushan rolled his eyes, "My father could make an agreement with it in the past because he held a powerful demon soul, which Xuan Lu coveted. But it was unwilling to leave the forest to take the soul itself, so it agreed not to eat people in Jishi Village, exchanging this promise for the demon soul."

"Really so homebody?" He He Lingchuan looked at Dong Rui, "You used to shrink in the Wan Ge Swamp, and didn't see outsiders all day, under what circumstances would you leave the swamp and enter the town?"

Dong Rui was also very homebody, and didn't see anyone for months when doing experiments.

"To replenish supplies." He thought for a while, "

"Xuan Lu is the same." How much can the temperament of a shut-in differ? "If it weren't for the lack of food and drink, it probably wouldn't have easily left the Howling Forest."

Fu Liushan echoed: "It just so happens that it lost several clones and is in urgent need of a major replenishment."

Dong Rui said excitedly: "That makes sense! Shall we get some living people as bait to lure it out?"

"Uh..." Sending sheep into a tiger's mouth, are we?

Boss Situ Yu frowned: "This is inappropriate."

If he were to do this, how would he be any different from the Pixia people? He He Lingchuan spoke objectively: "That thing has too big an appetite; a hundred or so living people probably won't be enough."

When the Pixia people perform sacrifices, it is always over a hundred people at a time.

Fu Liushan looked He He Lingchuan up and down: "We have to find something it is truly interested in."

It's New Year's Eve! First, I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Starting from yesterday, it has been very busy at home. We are a large family with many elders, and we eat at a different house for every meal; from New Year's Eve night until the Lantern Festival, every meal is different.

So the New Year is busier than usual, and I can only ask the "Stockpile-kun" to slim down a bit.

I also want to tell everyone here that we will not stop updating during the Spring Festival. Starting today, "Immortal" will still have two updates, but it will be changed to 4,000 words/day, and I will also try to save up some stockpile.

When the Stockpile-kun gets a bit fatter, we will restore it.

Wishing you great luck in the Year of the Dragon and that everything goes smoothly!

(End of chapter)