Chapter 240

Seeing Xu Qing so terrifying, the shadow was trembling, and the Jin Gang Sect ancestor inside the black iron skewer was shaking even more. After manifesting, he widened his eyes, his mind buzzing.

"I've lived long enough to see this..."

"This Demon Xu must be a true dragon; that's how it's written in the storybooks. To have such peerless talent, he must be the true dragon protagonist, and that Sheng Yunzi... perhaps he is one too, but that's a different storybook."

"It just depends on which of the true dragons in these two storybooks is the strongest."

"... Scared, scared, scared..." The shadow trembled, its emotions somewhat chaotic.

The Jin Gang Sect ancestor rarely refrained from mocking, instead agreeing. He also felt that since this Demon Xu had taken him in, he had been soaring all the way, becoming incomparably terrifying.

"Hmm? Could it be that I have the talent to prosper dragons? After becoming my master, he can rise ever higher?"

Just as the shadow and the Jin Gang Sect ancestor were both trembling in horror, they heard Xu Qing's murmuring voice.

"I am still too weak."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes into slits, hiding the purple light within them.

"I cannot compare to Sheng Yunzi, who can suppress a peak by himself..." Xu Qing shook his head; he felt there were still many areas where he could improve.

"I must seize the time to ignite the fourth life fire, and then go see what exists beyond the one hundred and twentieth dharma aperture."

Xu Qing felt that these Seven Sects' geniuses were all stuck at one hundred and twenty without ascending to Golden Core; there must be a problem within this. Although the jade slips he had seen in the past did not describe much about the one hundred and twentieth dharma aperture, looking at it now, such people were not rare in the Eastern Wanggu Continent. Although they were all geniuses of a sect, Xu Qing still felt there might be certain problems and reasons here.

"Additionally, my poison can be even more fierce. I need a large amount of poisonous herbs for the little black insects to swallow, to make them more resistant so they can be nurtured in the Poison Prohibition Elixir year-round."

"And there is also the Great Tiangang Blade... this opportunity cannot just dissipate like this. I must go to more Great Tiangang Dao Temples to try and gain insights."

"Looking at it this way, I am indeed still too weak." Xu Qing sighed, extinguishing the trace of arrogance that had just risen because his combat power had reached above five fires.

And the Jin Gang Sect ancestor on the side stayed there, carefully and earnestly checking Xu Qing's expression to determine if Xu Qing was being sarcastic, but after checking, he found that Xu Qing seemed to really think so.

This left the Jin Gang Sect ancestor somewhat dumbfounded.

"This is still weak? This damn thing is still weak? Then what is strong... This Demon Xu must have some wrong understanding of weak?"

"... Weak?"

The shadow on the side was also stunned.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, determination appearing in his eyes.

"Since I am not strong enough yet, I cannot be too exposed." Xu Qing pondered, looking at the shadow on the ground and the black iron skewer where the Jin Gang Sect ancestor was.

These two were completely foolish at this moment, their hearts filled with bewilderment.

"Shadow, add another layer to the cover of my life lamp, and then cover ten of my dharma apertures for me!" Xu Qing spoke slowly, then looked around, raised his hand and waved. Instantly, all the fiery power in the surroundings was extracted and rolled back, not a single bit left behind, all gathering on Xu Qing's right hand.

It became a ball of black flame, containing terrifying power within it.

Xu Qing squeezed his right hand, and this flame instantly merged into his body. As for the surrounding prison, because of the dissipation of the flame power, the soil instantly turned into fly ash, leaving no trace.

After doing this, Xu Qing took out a large number of dharma arrays from his storage bag and rearranged the surrounding dharma arrays.

After his pockets were full of spirit stones, he was not stingy with dharma arrays; he had purchased a great many before. Now that he was finished, Xu Qing calmly issued a dharma decree to the outside.

"Continue bringing the Night Doves over!"

Thus, very soon, the members of the Criminal Investigation Division sent the prisoners in again. As they approached the prison, they also noticed the collapse of the surroundings. Although they were surprised and shocked one by one, they did not dare to ask.

Just like that, time passed, and three days went by.

The Seven Sects Alliance's challenge to the Seven Blood Eyes seemed to remain intense, but in reality, those geniuses from the Seven Sects Alliance now had a great deal of suspicion rising in their hearts one by one.

Because they discovered that Huang Yikun had gone missing.

And before he went missing, he had said two things: one was that he would handle Xu Qing, and let the others just watch the result; the second was that he informed all the geniuses that he was going to challenge the Seventh Peak and let them wait to see the result.

Now, several days had passed, the Seventh Peak had not revealed any results, and Huang Yikun had gone missing again.

This matter was incomparably strange, and what was even stranger was that the Xuan You Sect actually rarely had no response to this...

Thus, when the geniuses of the Seven Sects Alliance looked towards the Seventh Peak and the direction of the 176th Port many times, there was a trace of doubt and dread in their eyes.

Those who cannot see through things are often because their level is not high enough.

These geniuses were not fools; they naturally understood this principle very well. Additionally, the Seventh Peak had nothing to do with them, and Xu Qing had nothing to do with them, so most of them did not want to get involved in this matter.

But dragons have nine sons, and each is different. Ultimately, there were still people who, after seeing such a situation, could not give up some benefits. After all, Xu Qing's capture of the Night Doves made some of the geniuses in the Seven Sects Alliance extremely displeased.

Although not all of the geniuses in the Seven Sects Alliance had dealings with the Night Doves, it was clear that Prince Sima Ling was not the only big customer who wanted to buy Treasure Keepers.

But those who did not want to give up their benefits were also waiting, waiting for the Lieyi Sect.

The Lieyi Sect was not the strongest within the Seven Sects Alliance, but in terms of the degree to which others dreaded them, it was not much worse than the Lingyun Sword Sect.

This sect had always been known for being protective of its own and for being strange. Precisely because of this, not many people were willing to provoke them. Because they had been dealing with strangeness year-round, in the eyes of other sects, the people of the Lieyi Sect were all lunatics.

Unlike the lunatics of the Litu Sect—the Litu Sect at least did various crazy things for an ideal—the Lieyi Sect was different. Their methods of doing things were often not seen through by the Seven Sects Alliance, and even the disciples within the Lieyi Sect could not see through each other's thoughts.

Therefore, the Lieyi Sect would not let the matter of Prince Sima Ling being suppressed rest.

The facts were indeed so. Five days later, outside the port of the Seven Blood Eyes, on the Forbidden Sea, a lonely boat drifted over.

This was a boat made of white bones. The boat was relatively small, only about ten zhang long, and while it was slender all over, it looked like the arm bone of a giant beast.

And on both sides of this bone boat, even in broad daylight, one could see countless swaying, semi-transparent ghost hands reaching out, constantly paddling on the sea, like oars.

Looking at it, the number of ghost hands on it was probably as many as several thousand. With their constant paddling, this bone boat slowly approached the port of the Seven Blood Eyes.

Unlike the arrival of the Seven Sects Alliance back then, the arrival of this bone boat was very polite. It paused outside the port's dharma array, and a woman wearing a white long dress with a head of black hair reaching the ground walked out from within.

This woman looked young, and her appearance was extremely beautiful, but her complexion was incomparably pale, as if she had not seen sunlight for who knows how many years.

She held an umbrella in her hand, holding it over her head. Looking closely, one could see that there were countless strange faces on this umbrella. They were crying and laughing, and from time to time they were biting each other, incomparably ferocious.

It looked frightening, but every time the white-clothed woman gently turned the umbrella handle, all the faces on it would tremble, revealing terror.

"Lieyi Sect, Prince Sima Ru, paying a visit to the Seven Blood Eyes." Outside the dharma array, this white-clothed woman spoke softly, her voice cold, as if a cold wind were blowing.

Very soon, the dharma array opened, and this bone boat drifted, choosing to dock at the 176th Port.

The moment it docked, the white-clothed woman holding the ghost umbrella silently drifted onto the shore, moving slowly all the way towards... the Criminal Investigation Division of the 176th Port.

Her hair was very long, falling onto the ground. Wherever she passed, the ground would squirm, as if it had come half-alive, growing little black-balled ghost-faced people. As they jumped and hopped, they chased after the white-clothed woman, and strange nursery rhymes came from their mouths.

"One bone hits lightly, two eyeballs dig outwards."

"Three knocks can open the shell, four tongues come quickly to grab."

"Five friends have great strength, six little hands dig inside."

This nursery rhyme sounded like countless children singing, but whether it was the sound or the sentences, they were full of gloom, making everyone who passed by the white-clothed woman feel horrified, and they all retreated, not daring to get close.

Just like that, this white-clothed woman went all the way, getting closer and closer to the Criminal Investigation Division.

And her arrival was known to those geniuses of the Seven Sects Alliance at the first moment. One by one, they perceived it from afar, each taking a breath.

"Lieyi Sect's Prince Sima Ru, Prince Sima Ling's own older sister, and also the genius Daoist of the previous generation of the Lieyi Sect. After ascending to Golden Core, it is said she has been in seclusion, attacking the second Heavenly Palace!"

"She actually came!"

"It's not her true body that came, but one of her strange bodies!"

"I have heard of this clone. This was refined by Prince Sima Ru when she was in the Foundation Establishment realm, using one of her own bones, and it was integrated with strangeness. Although it cannot reach Golden Core combat power, it is said to be able to display the power to suppress four fires!"

"It should not reach five fires, but rather four and a half fires of combat power, but even with an extra half fire of power, it is enough to suppress four fires!"

These geniuses of the Seven Sects Alliance transmitted messages to each other one by one, their hearts shaking, but they did not dare to get too close, because the Lieyi Sect were all lunatics. They worried that after the other party suppressed Xu Qing, she would get excited and suppress them too.

And at this moment, on the streets of the 176th Port, the white-clothed woman, who was incomparably dreaded by these geniuses, walked to the front gate of the Criminal Investigation Division, amidst the increasingly numerous black-balled ghost-faced people jumping around behind her, and amidst their increasingly gloomy nursery rhymes.

Above her head, there was faintly black mist covering, incomparably huge, manifesting a ferocious ghost face, looking down at the Criminal Investigation Division.

In front of the Criminal Investigation Division's door, there was no one.

The gate was wide open, and one could see the head seat of the reception hall deep inside, where a handsome and extraordinary young figure was sitting, looking at her expressionlessly across the courtyard.

The white-clothed woman's expression was as usual, gazing at the youth. After a long time, a faint smile appeared on her pale face. While the whole person looked very proper, it also revealed elegance everywhere, as if she were a lady from a noble family, and she spoke softly.

"I have come to pick up my younger brother, to go home."