Chapter 719

"I know it is a relic of Panlongcheng. Please enlighten me."

The three words "Panlongcheng" made National Master Qingyang's eyes twitch. But now she and the Tiangong understood that the person who could sneak into the Star-Plucking Tower to steal the divine object was naturally related to the Great Fang Hu and Panlongcheng!

This was already a topic that both sides didn't need to avoid.

"Are you unwilling to say it, or dare not say it?" The other party even used a goading tactic.

"How to find your accomplice?" National Master Qingyang stared at him. "You are a captive; I ask, you answer!"

"When you found this flute, was its original owner dead or alive?"

National Master Qingyang pressed the tip of her staff against his throat: "Which force do you belong to? Speak!"

The captive ignored her threat: "It's an old matter from more than a hundred years ago. Panlongcheng is already gone; what else do you dare not say?"

National Master Qingyang smiled and took out the Heavenly Centipede bone flute and shook it in her hand: "What is there that cannot be said? When I got this flute back then, I saw its owner die miserably! You committed heinous crimes in Mount Xu; your end will not be better than hers!"

He asked: "Who is the owner of the flute? Name! If you say the name, I will confess the whereabouts of the intruder!"

National Master Qingyang said lightly: "You first."

"After it's done, gather at the back mountain of Xiangshan Station outside the South City Gate!" This person answered quickly. "Your turn."

National Master Qingyang threw out a flying rope and tied him tightly: "I'll tell you after I catch the person."

This person wasn't anxious and continued to ask: "Did you kill her to take the flute? This can be said, right?"

This kid was quite stubborn. National Master Qingyang glanced at him, always feeling that his expression was strangely dull: "Suppose so."

This person let out a long breath. National Master Qingyang couldn't tell if it was anger or relief.

"Enough. That's actually all I wanted to know," he muttered. "We will meet again. National Master Qingyang, we have a debt to settle!"

After the captive finished speaking, his head suddenly drooped.

Poisoned himself? National Master Qingyang's pupils shrank, and she lifted his chin, but didn't see any signs of poison. When this person opened his eyes again and saw the National Master close at hand, he was first startled, then confused: "N-National Master? What happened?"

Why this reaction? National Master Qingyang frowned: "Report your name."

"Wang Lijie, 7th Team, 3rd Battalion, Tongxin Guard," this person said fluently. "Seconded to the Grass Sea since July."

"Who is the accomplice wreaking havoc in Mount Xu?" It was getting worse and worse.

"Accomplice? Wreaking havoc in Mount Xu... Xu..." Wang Lijie was startled. "National Master, please be clear, I don't have any accomplices. I haven't been to Mount Xu for two years!"

"Why did you swim here?"

Wang Lijie looked around, both shocked and afraid: "I jumped into the water to h-hide from the Danube Beasts earlier, and I fainted after swimming only a few zhang. Then, then I was here, and I saw you!"

This guy was controlled just now and didn't remember what he said? National Master Qingyang thought of his stiff expression and behavior earlier and believed it a little.

The person behind the scenes told her that they had a debt to settle between them.

Could it be... Xi Yunhe?!

Xi Yunhe knew about the Heavenly Centipede bone flute and also knew a little about its origin.

Hmm, no, something is wrong. She had worn this flute in public no less than dozens of times, and many people had seen it.

What was the relationship between this person and the owner of the flute? The Great Fang Hu, Panlongcheng, and those earth-shattering battles were all pasts that an old warrior like her couldn't bear to look back on.

Now, the Great Fang Hu lid had actually been stolen. Could it be that these pasts were coming back again? This should be something the Emperor and all the gods wanted to avoid at all costs. No wonder the Tiangong reacted so violently; she seemed to smell the scent of anger and fear.

She held up the wet mask: "Before you fainted, did you see this mask?"

Wang Lijie nodded like a garlic pounder: "Y-yes! I was swimming, and someone drilled out from the bottom of the water, less than two feet away from me! He was wearing this mask, which gave me a fright."

National Master Qingyang remembered a secret technique that few people knew, which could control others for one's own use.

But there was a distance limit between the caster and the controlled person.

In other words, the target was still nearby earlier.

But she had already circled the sandbar just now and didn't even see a shadow. The other party didn't use an illusion, because an illusion basically couldn't deceive her.

It seemed he was hiding in the water.

After Wang Lijie was taken back, the Tiangong naturally had ways to determine whether he was telling the truth. But National Master Qingyang knew in her heart that this guy was likely innocent.

The water waves were calm, and the intruder had escaped under her nose.

The location he controlled the captive to say was naturally nonsense.

This capture failed, and her plan to atone for her crimes also fell through. National Master Qingyang took a deep breath, feeling desolate.

Four legs usually run faster than two legs, so eight legs...

Anyway, Zhu Xiuer's massive figure flashed into an afterimage; except for Baili Zhantian, no one could keep up.

One chasing and one fleeing, they soon moved away from the water's edge.

The hills were rolling, and the grass and trees were becoming denser.

When Baili Zhantian chased over, the entire hill suddenly moved, throwing itself at her face.

The sand was about to confuse the eyes. Baili Zhantian waved her palm, and the strong wind rolled away the gravel. Unexpectedly, the ground behind her feet suddenly collapsed, and the giant spider flipped up, its pincers reaching out, hugging her from behind! Also hugged were two small trees. Baili Zhantian immediately heard a crackling sound; it was the sound of trees breaking and branches snapping.

Although Zhu Xiuer's front claws couldn't open and close freely like a sea crab's, hugging someone fiercely could squeeze the yellow out of them.

Even though Baili Zhantian had divine power to protect her body, she was still pressed until her eyes went black.

If it were Lu Shishi herself, she would have become a meat patty by now.

At the same time, she sucked in her breath and retracted her abdomen, and the energy around her body became extremely slippery. Zhu Xiuer squeezed her like squeezing a wet soap, and with a "chirp," she escaped from the desperate situation.

Zhu Xiuer's fangs had already come out, ready to add some venom to her, but this time she missed.

She shook her front claws uncomfortably.

A bowl-sized wound on the pincers was expanding, and in the blink of an eye, it expanded to the size of a millstone, and the flesh and blood turned into black ash and went with the wind.

At the moment of escaping just now, Baili Zhantian also made a counterattack, punching Zhu Xiuer's front claws.

This annihilation power was like a maggot on a tarsal bone, and the Spider Immortal couldn't take it either.

The two sides went back and forth, exchanging a few moves quickly, and the result was that the entire ground was shaved off by two layers, and the surroundings seemed to have been hit by a hurricane, with nothing left.

This human and spider combined could write the word "extinction."

The two opponents circled each other for a few steps, both sizing each other up. Baili Zhantian spat a mouthful of blood on the ground and changed her tune: "If you go back with me now, we will let bygones be bygones. From now on, you will be an honored guest of Lingxu City, with endless spiritual energy and power. How about it?"

"Like Zu Ju?" Zhu Xiuer was a long-time demon immortal, how could she be moved by her two or three sentences? "Or like the owner of the turtle shell?"

How powerful was Zu Ju, and it was the natural guardian of Mount Xu; didn't Lingxu City and the Tiangong try every means to suppress and tame it?

Zhu Xiuer playing this trick today meant she would be at odds with the Tiangong from now on, with almost no room for maneuver.

"As long as you hand over the intruder and bring back the divine object," Baili Zhantian tapped her own chest, "we can seal you as the Marquis of Bishan, and everything from Bishan to Blue Bay will be your territory. You and your descendants can live and multiply, and no one will dare to disturb you!"

She said softly: "Didn't you leave Beijia in anger back then because the Lingxu Royal Court didn't give you enough respect and territory? We are old acquaintances; I can fight for it for you."

"Fight for it for me?" Zhu Xiuer laughed. "I see you haven't done well in the God Realm either, actually acting as a hawk and hound for Lingxu, barking at whoever it points at. You finally came down to the lower realm once, and Lingxu City only prepared a broken skin for you, and you can't even exert one-tenth of your power. Hehe, are you still the arrogant and uninhibited Baili Zhantian of the past?"

There were many reasons why she left Beijia, not just the one above. But now was not the time to argue; she knew the nature of Heavenly Gods very well.

Baili Zhantian said coldly: "Do you think you can still escape?"

She had been in contact with the Tiangong and knew that in at most half a cup of tea, at least dozens of great demons and two thousand troops would be able to rush here! By then, this big spider wouldn't be able to fly away.

Zhu Xiuer said: "Your eyes are still as blind as they were three thousand years ago!"

What does this mean? Baili Zhantian was puzzled.

"You suddenly moved with profit, wanting to delay time, right?" The giant spider had already seen through everything and scratched her belly. "Actually, so am I!"

After saying this, her left front pincer fell off.

The giant spider, over four zhang tall, had pincers weighing at least a thousand jin, and it made a loud bang when it landed.

This was a sharp weapon for fighting, but Zhu Xiuer was indifferent. Giant spiders, like crabs, could actively break off limbs and regenerate them later.

Baili Zhantian frowned and suddenly heard a rumbling sound from behind.

That was the sound of countless hard soles trampling the ground; the reinforcements came so quickly? She took the time to look back and was shocked.

It wasn't the Lingxu reinforcements that came, but the Thunder-Bearing Giant Beast that had clearly run far away! Of course, there was no shortage of little brothers behind it.

What was worse was that there was no one else on this hillside, only Baili Zhantian and the Spider Immortal in a standoff. Clearly, the Thunder-Bearing Giant Beast was coming for them.

"They are here for you, so I won't meddle." Zhu Xiuer raised her right claw. "We'll meet again!"

How could Baili Zhantian let her escape? But just as she started, Zhu Xiuer's eight claws—no, seven claws—moved together, sliding toward the Thunder-Bearing Giant Beast.

Baili Zhantian moved, and the giant beast followed, and the Danube Beast herd behind it changed direction synchronously.

Those hundreds of eyes were all staring at her, without blinking.

Baili Zhantian was startled, and only then did she understand that it was indeed coming for her! Moreover, the large Danube Beasts gathered behind the Thunder-Bearing Giant Beast were already over four hundred, shaking the earth as they ran, with the momentum of gods blocking and killing gods!

No matter how arrogant Baili Zhantian was, she didn't want to get close to the Thunder-Bearing Giant Beast at this time.

After all, this was just a skin, not her true self coming in person.

We have a new alliance leader, Meng Xiaobu. (σ≧▽≦)σ.

(End of Chapter)