Chapter 228: War breaks out again, one year later, the method of escape (16,000-character major chapter)

The earth boiled, the earth fire was overwhelming, the thunder clouds raged, and the heavenly fire descended into the world.

Outside Yangcheng, it was a hellish scene.

The Yangcheng boundary also experienced varying degrees of turmoil.

The first time the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky appeared, high-level warships were dispatched from Yangcheng.

Because fifth-rankers are difficult to survive in this disaster, the Soldier Realm prohibits those below the fourth rank from leaving the city to save people.

But officials below the fourth rank didn't do nothing either. Besides maintaining the stability of Yangcheng, a large number of fifth-rank and sixth-rank Agricultural Ministers were on the edge of Yangcheng, trying to expand the safety range of Yangcheng.

Zhao Xing also joined this ranks.

At this time, his luck level still fluctuated, but it only jumped between Derivation Three and Derivation Five, and never dropped below Derivation Three again.

And outside the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven, it exploded.

The entire Datong Prefecture was alarmed, because the location corresponding to the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven was Wupan Mountain in Datong Prefecture.

At this time, at Wupan Mountain, outside the grotto-heaven portal, the people on the warships were all shocked.

The lake at the entrance was completely boiling, and it shrank ten times in an instant.

The surrounding earth cracked, and a scorching aura rushed from the lake surface to the sky.

It even affected the weather of Wupan Mountain in Datong Prefecture.

However, soon, the abnormal weather outside was suppressed.

At the same time, the news of the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky spread rapidly.

"What? Did you make a mistake? The Ten Suns Crossing the Sky happened inside? Wasn't it said that there wouldn't be Ten Suns Crossing the Sky anymore? The grotto-heaven has been upgraded!"

"It's absolutely true, the Soldier Realm has already issued a warning, fifth-rankers are not allowed to leave Yangcheng! Because there is a great possibility of death! The barrier of warships below the seventh rank cannot defend against the scorching of the ten suns!"

"Damn it, I just bought the spot!"

"Quick, quick, return the spot!"

"It's over, my son just went in..."

"Woo woo, father, brother..."

There were those who were shocked and crying, and those who were fearful and lucky.

"Hiss, fortunately, my spot didn't work out. I really thank that judge for refusing to help me use connections..."

"Just spent five million to buy a spot, didn't have time to go in... Well, spending money to avert disaster, spending money to avert disaster..."

"Just a quarter of an hour difference, if I were a quarter of an hour late, I would have gone in. Heaven is looking after me..."

"..."

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On August 15th, Liu Tianning returned to Yangcheng, and Zhao Xing let out a long sigh of relief.

On August 20th, the rescue warships returned one after another.

At the same time, the Soldier Realm announced that there were no survivors outside Yangcheng.

The rescue operation ended, leaving only the stability maintenance on the edge of Yangcheng continuing.

Zhao Xing looked at the sky on the edge of Yangcheng. At this time, although it was still the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky, the tenth sun had gradually dimmed.

Zhao Xing closed his eyes and entered a dream.

"Compared to the previous life, the power of this Ten Suns Crossing the Sky is much smaller."

"The rescue team in the previous life only spent three days returning, and there was nothing to save at all. This time, it took seven days."

"In the previous life, it started at the end of August, and the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky lasted until mid-September. Now it's not yet September, and the tenth sun has dimmed. It is expected that by the beginning of September, it will weaken to Nine Suns Crossing the Sky."

"Although the general trend has not changed, the invisible influence is earth-shaking." Zhao Xing thought.

He can be sure that this Ten Suns Crossing the Sky definitely did not kill as many people as in the previous life.

Because the power weakened, the time given to the Soldier Realm for rescue became longer! And Liu Tianning issued a warning in advance; this reaction speed was very fast.

It was enough for most people near Yangcheng to retreat.

Secondly, the time issue.

The Ten Suns Crossing the Sky that happened on August 13th and the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky that happened at the end of the month, this ten-day time difference also led to not so many people entering the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven.

"Finally, the issue of authority and responsibility has changed." Zhao Xing secretly said.

"The actions of the Profound Heaven Sect in the previous life were likely not discovered and were defined as a natural disaster!"

"Although there were still officials to be dealt with, natural disasters are force majeure, and the officials of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven reacted in time, so the impact was not great."

"But now, it is man-made, so the nature is different. I am afraid a large number of officials will be unlucky."

"But Liu Tianning definitely has merit. The Soldier Realm's Creation Disk will inevitably review the results. Removing Liu Tianning as a factor, it will certainly be known that the results are completely different."

"Old Liu returned on the 15th, and his Myriad Dharma building ship saved more than 3,700 people!"

"The fate of many people has been changed, and this change must be attributed to Liu Tianning."

"Old Liu gets merit, which is equivalent to me getting merit. My goal can be considered achieved."

The benefit of him doing this lies in Liu Tianning.

Because his backer is Liu Tianning; if the backer is strong, it is equivalent to him becoming stronger.

Liu Tianning gets favors, and his status as a disciple will also rise with the tide.

Especially those families with high-rank strong people; if this favor is not repaid, they won't be able to sleep.

More importantly, Zhao Xing is not involved in this matter. When the Soldier Realm asks afterward, and the Southern Barbarians and sects pay attention, they are also paying attention to Liu Tianning and King Rahu.

"The risk taken is small, but the invisible benefits are huge." Zhao Xing opened his eyes. "Next, just wait for the handling results."

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Rescue ended on August 20th, that night.

King Tianyan received the results reviewed by the fate officials.

"The natural disaster of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven was bound to happen; the Profound Heaven Sect monsters triggered this event in advance."

"If it weren't for Liu Tianning's warning and King Rahu disrupting the deployment, the casualties this time would have increased tenfold."

A white-haired old man reported to King Tianyan.

"In other words, without the Profound Heaven monsters, the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky would still have happened?" King Tianyan asked.

"From the deduction of the Creation Disk, yes." The white-haired old man nodded, "But how to define it depends on how the Center and His Majesty rule."

"I know." King Tianyan took the document handed over by the old man, his face solemn.

If it were purely a natural disaster, the punishment would not be too severe, but if it were mixed with man-made disaster, the nature would change.

Given his cousin's character, there would definitely be a large group of officials who would be unlucky, and he himself would probably be hard-pressed to escape blame.

…………

While waiting for the official conclusion of the imperial court, Zhao Xing was not idle; he was observing how many people he knew had died.

First was Ji Ziyun; he didn't die, but he fell from the sixth-rank perfection directly to the seventh rank.

This was already considered lucky, because he was a team member of Liu Tianning. When Old Liu was rescuing people, Ji Ziyun's position was easier to find.

So he didn't hold on for long before he got on the Myriad Dharma building ship and saved his life.

Yi Rong, Nangong Ye, and Qi Yuanjun—of these three, only Nangong Ye survived.

Qi Yuanjun and Yi Rong, these two seventh-rankers who had shone brilliantly in the first stage of the Barbarian Pacification War, failed to survive.

Cai Jin and Feng Qi, Lu Bang's two disciples, only Feng Qi survived; Cai Jin died.

Among the martial arts geniuses Zhao Xing knew during training, martial artist Fu Ying died, Zhang Jie died, Hu Bing died. Chen Fang survived.

Shi Yong and Zhuang Ziqing survived; Cao Shuang, Jiang Tianming, Feng Qiu, and Li Feng died.

Helian Lie and Zhuo Li of the Lieyang Army died.

Wei Hong, the son of Wei Yuan of the Tiger Jiao Army, died.

……

In the casualty list, Zhao Xing saw many familiar names.

Including Wen Shaoyang and Yu Ziqi!

"Yu Ziqi, this sword cultivator, what a pity..." Zhao Xing shook his head. These two had managed to get a spot to enter when the spots were relaxed a bit later; he didn't even know.

Some others were beyond Zhao Xing's expectations.

"Lu Yuanwei is injured? He also entered the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven?"

"This Son of Luck was hit by a heavenly fire meteorite and lost an arm."

"Lu Yuanwei is the main commander of the Qinggang Mining Area, and even he was injured..."

"On the Extreme Night Sea side, Pei Yuanchang is alive, the thirteenth prince Ji Chen is alive, Prince Liang's youngest son Ji Dan died, and Ji Ye is alive."

"How could Ji Dan die? His strength and equipment should have been enough to survive..."

Zhao Xing was somewhat puzzled, but at this time there were also many fifth-rankers who died, so a mere Ji Dan didn't count for much.

Li Fuhan and Yun Yi, these two geniuses, were also alive, and Yun Yi even sent a message to ask if Zhao Xing was injured.

Sword cultivators are all people of temperament, and Yun Yi didn't have the authority to check the death list immediately, so he took the initiative to send a message.

Zhao Xing replied, then flew to a residential area.

Han Bing was fine, but Wang Ji was injured.

At this time, in Wang Ji's courtyard, Han Bing and Che Shihai also came to visit Wang Ji.

"How is Wang Gong?" Zhao Xing asked at the door.

"Not very good." Han Bing said, "Wang Ji fell to the early seventh rank. Now he has only stabilized his injuries; I don't know when he will fully recover."

"How could it be like this?" Che Shihai said. "Is it lacking precious medicine? I still have some money..."

"It's not a money issue." Zhao Xing shook his head. "He was injured and fell in realm; the luck protection of his official position was pierced."

"What do you mean?" Che Shihai was stunned; he didn't react for a while.

"This involves the issue of the imperial court's luck status."

"If a sixth-rank official is seriously injured, if he doesn't fall in realm, this injury is not serious."

"If he falls in realm and becomes a seventh-rank official, then the injury is considered very serious. Because the official position and the realm must match." Zhao Xing said.

"What happens if they don't match?" Che Shihai asked.

"The consequences are very serious." Zhao Xing said seriously, "It means the protection of the luck system on the official has been pierced."

"In a short period of time, the official cannot rely on himself to cultivate back up. What's more, most officials rely on the national luck to complete the promotion."

"At this time, the imperial court faces two choices: first, consume another or even more national luck to help this sixth-rank official, who is actually only at the seventh-rank realm, to recover to the sixth rank."

"Second, let this official retire early, because the official position waits for no one; government and military affairs cannot wait for you to get better before handling them."

"No matter which one, it is a big loss to the national luck." Zhao Xing said.

"The luck protection was broken, so serious?" Che Shihai's face changed, "Then Wang Gong..."

"It depends on the situation." Zhao Xing said: "If it is within the territory of Great Zhou, even if the luck protection is broken, although it is lost for a short time, it is still in the pool of Great Zhou, and the dragon veins of the nineteen prefectures will continue to gather luck."

"Although the expenditure is large in the short term, in the long term, the actual cost is not large. It's like you lost a dollar, and I give you a dollar now; you still have a dollar. The imperial court, actually, doesn't have much loss; this dollar will return to the national treasury sooner or later."

"If you are injured and fall in realm on a battlefield outside the territory, the dollar the imperial court spent on you is lost permanently."

"And destruction is easy, reconstruction is difficult. Being injured and falling in realm is different from being demoted and falling in realm; it is harder to recover, and it may take two dollars to cure you."

"The higher the realm, the greater the loss!"

"If this battlefield is eventually occupied by the enemy, then the enemy's luck pool will become larger, because they will slowly absorb the luck between heaven and earth to grow stronger after occupying it for a long time."

"There are also some extreme situations that will lead to the permanent loss of luck within the territory."

"That is, the luck itself is thin; if you are injured and fall in realm, the recovery required is greater."

"What about those whose luck is good?"

"The same."

"The way of heaven and earth is too unfair." Che Shihai sighed.

"The luck of heaven and earth is developed from order to disorder." Zhao Xing said, "Unless..."

"Unless what?" Han Bing asked.

"Forget it, nothing." Zhao Xing thought for a while and still stopped discussing this topic; knowing too much would not be good for these two people.

Han Bing didn't pursue it either, following Zhao Xing's direction and changing the topic: "This time the imperial court will lose a large amount of luck."

"Such a big natural disaster, I don't know how many people will be dealt with."

Han Bing still didn't know about the Profound Heaven Sect monsters, thinking it was a natural disaster of the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky.

But even so, officials still need to come out to take the blame to calm the anger of the noble families and powerful people.

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On August 27th, the official document was released.

It mentioned both natural disasters and man-made disasters.

The punishment results were very severe.

And the night before, Zhao Xing knew the news; it was when he went to the Myriad Dharma Palace that Liu Tianning mentioned it.

"King Lingde will be dismissed from office, falling from the third rank to the lower fourth rank, his merit rank will be deducted by five ranks, and his title will be reduced to Marquis."

"King Tianyan resigned from the position of Soldier Realm Grand Supervisor, no longer exercising the power of battlefield supervision, and his second-rank fate official position was also revoked, only retaining the position of Inner Historian of Fengtian. Forty-nine fate officials were demoted together and returned to their hometowns to retire."

"King Rahu was demoted by two merit ranks and fined 100,000 shields."

Zhao Xing was stunned: "Why is King Lingde punished so heavily?"

Liu Tianning said: "In the tenth year of the Jingxin Calendar, King Lingde was enfeoffed by His Majesty as the Ten Suns Soldier Realm Grand Supervisor and concurrently as the Prefect of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven."

Afraid Zhao Xing wouldn't understand, Liu Tianning added: "That is to say, the person in charge of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven in name is King Lingde. Among the three kings, he is the main official; King Rahu and King Tianyan are actually just specially sent to assist him in managing the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but be speechless. Emperor Jing's arrangement sounded like King Lingde was used to take the blame.

Thinking carefully, it really seemed to have that meaning.

Emperor Jing sent the three kings here to supervise, which would inevitably offend people, whether it was when the Barbarian Pacification War started, the noble families wanted to stuff people in, or this time when the grotto-heaven spiritual essence erupted, many people wanted to get spots.

The three kings all bore huge pressure.

King Rahu and King Tianyan had real skills, and Emperor Jing needed them to do real work.

If something went wrong, naturally, a enfeoffed prince with weak strength like King Lingde was suitable to take the blame.

Zhao Xing inquired about King Lingde's tenure experience and found that this brother was not taking the blame for the first time.

During the Dingxin Calendar, King Lingde also served as the Prefect of four places: Nine Heavens Response Yuan Prefecture, Datong Prefecture, Dayuan Prefecture, and Anping Prefecture.

For two hundred years of the Dingxin Calendar, fighting with the Southern Barbarians, there were always times when small parts of the Southern Barbarian troops crossed the river to cause chaos.

King Lingde carried this big pot; if there was responsibility, it was pushed onto his head.

In two hundred years, he was actually dismissed four times, and what's more interesting is that he clearly hadn't participated in a proper battle, yet he was still enfeoffed as a Commandery Prince.

"No wonder the title is Lingde; this spirit of self-sacrifice to take the blame really has great virtue."

Counting this time, King Lingde was dismissed for the fifth time.

King Lingde himself was barely a third-ranker, and now he fell directly to the fourth rank.

However, Emperor Jing seemed to be serious this time, because King Lingde's title was even reduced this time!

In the past, there was no such thing, and I don't know if he can rise again.

As for King Tianyan, although the punishment was heavy, it didn't touch his foundation.

King Rahu was only punished economically.

The Profound Heaven Sect's arrangements in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven and the prediction of natural disasters were all the business of the fate officials and the Agricultural Supervision Bureau. King Rahu's actual scope of responsibility was only to correct illegal acts in the army.

So even if there were man-made disasters this time, it couldn't be blamed on King Rahu. In the deduction of the Creation Disk, King Rahu still had merit!

It's just that the resentment was too great at this time, and Emperor Jing naturally couldn't count merit for King Rahu; if he wanted to count it, he would have to wait a year or two and find another reason.

The three kings were all punished, and many people below were also punished. The Grand Administrators of the Yangcheng Agricultural Supervision Bureau were all replaced!

Fan Zhaoli, the Administrator of the Earthly Benefit Institute, and Mei Zhiru, the Administrator of the Heavenly Time Institute, were all suspended from their duties and would basically be transferred out of the grotto-heaven.

Perhaps they wouldn't be demoted, but the fourth-rankers inside the grotto-heaven were completely different from the fourth-rankers outside, so even a horizontal transfer was equivalent to a demotion.

Although there were many punishments, a small number of people were clearly meritorious and were rewarded.

Liu Tianning said: "Next summer, the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven is expected to recover as before. I should be promoted to a fourth-rank official position at that time. As for the specific position, it is currently undetermined."

Also receiving commendations along with Liu Tianning were Gong Tiansi, the owner of the Myriad Form Underground Palace, Huang Yi, a fourth-rank martial general, and Zhang Song and Li Yuanzhen, who were fourth-rankers.

These people all went to save people when the disaster occurred.

Of course, no one saved more people than Liu Tianning!

In addition, Liu Tianning also had the merit of warning. With this wave of substantive promotion and reward, plus the favors of many noble families and powerful people... Liu Tianning was undoubtedly the one with the greatest gain.

Returning to the Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard, Zhao Xing closed his eyes and slept.

"Liu Tianning gained the most. His power grew, and as the second echelon in his power, I also benefited. This trip of danger was not in vain, and it was worth the worry and fear for so many days."

"In addition, Old Chen's life was saved, proving that the future can be changed to a certain extent, which can be considered a worry off my mind."

"From now on, doing things, with the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven as a reference, there will be more references."

Waking up from his sleep, Zhao Xing was still as usual, starting to follow the crowd to carry out some stability maintenance and repair work.

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On August 27th, the official document was released.

The natural and man-made disasters of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven were all announced in detail.

The news of King Lingde's title reduction, dismissal, and the handling of relevant responsible officials spread rapidly.

The officialdom of Datong Prefecture, Nine Heavens Response Yuan Prefecture, Anping Prefecture, and Dayuan Prefecture were all in a gloomy mood, and the other four grotto-heavens also started a new round of detailed investigation.

Soon it was not just Great Zhou, even the Southern Barbarians knew about it.

Unlike the gloomy officialdom of Great Zhou, the four major royal courts of the Southern Barbarians were jubilant.

Especially the Holy Light Royal Court, feeling that they had vented their anger.

Because the Profound Heaven Sect was the state religion of the Holy Light Royal Court!

But the Blood Spirit Venerable, as the main party, could not be happy at all.

"Fewer people died, and the expected effect was not achieved. Although it had a deterrent effect, it was discovered by Great Zhou to be man-made."

"It will be even more difficult to carry out grotto-heaven subversion in the future."

This matter was handled unsatisfactorily, and the cost was much greater than expected.

The Blood Spirit Venerable's matter could be considered done, but it couldn't be considered handled beautifully.

Speaking of allies here, it was also somewhat difficult to explain.

?￠o

Originally, if it were the original plan, it would be launched at the end of August or the beginning of September. At that time, he would notify Prince Liang in advance to withdraw some of his people.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and there was no time to notify, so it could only be an indiscriminate attack.

He wanted to pull Prince Liang as an ally, but Prince Liang's son died in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven, indirectly dying at his hands.

Although Prince Liang might not care, using an ally's son to sacrifice the flag at the beginning was always a bit strange.

In addition, if Great Zhou didn't know, it would be more shocking to Prince Liang if he told him, and it would better prove the strength of the Profound Heaven Sect.

Now, although there is still a deterrent effect, it is not as expected.

"Damn Liu Tianning, how did he discover it?!"

"Even if he saw it, he shouldn't be able to remember it. Nowadays, the imperial court's Forget-Sorrow Grand Array is all passed down from my sect. Who is this person?!"

The Blood Spirit Venerable's face was pale, and he found an intelligence report. This was information about Liu Tianning.

After carefully checking it, the Blood Spirit Venerable was relieved. Liu Tianning's birth background, his own strength, the forces behind him, and his prosperous luck all fit the identity of this breaker.

Heaven's will is like this; the Blood Spirit Venerable also believes in the arrangement of the original heavenly way and didn't think much about it.

But when his eyes fell on the information related to Liu Tianning's personal disciple, he suddenly frowned.

"Hmm?"

"This Zhao Xing..."

The Blood Spirit Venerable suddenly remembered the situation of one of his soul fragments when he was acting in Nanyang County.

"After a few years, he is a small clerk, and he has reached the sixth rank and become Liu Tianning's personal disciple?"

The Blood Spirit Venerable immediately wanted to calculate with his fingers.

But before he could make a gesture, he started coughing up blood.

"Forget it, a small sixth-ranker, has nothing to do with the overall situation." The Blood Spirit Venerable was just having a whim, and now that he was injured, seeing the high cost of calculation, in the dark, he gave up this idea and even soon forgot Zhao Xing.

He walked under the God Temple and came to the underground palace deep underground.

In the palace, light flickered, no different from the underground palace in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven.

However, there was an extra statue in the blood pool here.

"Prince Liang." The Blood Spirit Venerable looked at this statue, "Is Prince Liang satisfied with the means of my Profound Heaven Sect?"

The Blood Spirit Venerable used a double entendre; he was not only referring to shaping a faith statue for Prince Liang but also referring to the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky.

Prince Liang, Ji Mingxian, came to life from the statue. At this time, his aura had changed slightly, becoming more obscure and tyrannical.

"Satisfied? Blood Spirit Child, my son was killed by you in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven!" Ji Mingxian shouted.

"Those who achieve great things do not care about small details. Does Your Highness care about a son?" The Blood Spirit Child smiled, "After this incident, the fate officials of the imperial court will inevitably change blood. Those noble families who have been squeezed dry but have not gained any benefits will inevitably hate Ji Mingjing."

"Your Highness can also take the opportunity to win over the noble families. For the many positions that have become vacant, Your Highness can also take the opportunity to arrange them."

"The four major royal courts and the various tribes of the Southern Wilderness will also take the opportunity to publicize Ji Mingjing's cruelty and lack of way."

"Heaven does not tolerate Ji Mingjing; the nineteen prefectures will inevitably welcome a new master. Why can't this person be Your Highness?!"

"With your little tricks, you want to shake the foundation of Great Zhou?" Ji Mingxian sneered. "Collaborating with you to rebel is no different from seeking your own death!"

Seeing this, the Blood Spirit Child knew that Ji Mingxian had not made up his mind, and the effect this time was ultimately a bit poor.

But Ji Mingxian's heart was clearly shaken.

Last time they met, he told the Blood Spirit Child not to meddle in his family affairs.

Meeting again this time, he started to consider the possibility of rebellion, but the possibility he derived was very low, but he really considered it!

Sensing this, the Blood Spirit Child immediately said: "Your Highness has your own heavenly fate and is the Son of Heaven in the prophecy! If you don't believe it, you can make a bet with me!"

Ji Mingxian stared at the Blood Spirit Venerable, waiting for his follow-up.

"In this Barbarian Pacification War, Ji Mingjing will inevitably be defeated! And it won't take too long. If the prophecy of this sect is not accurate, I will give Your Highness three Blood Soul Pills for free. Even if Your Highness leaves Great Zhou, you can still be carefree!"

"If the prophecy of this sect is accurate, Great Zhou will be defeated, and its luck will inevitably decline. Your Highness can take the opportunity to rise. At that time, not only my Profound Heaven Sect, but the Southern Wilderness will also fully assist Your Highness in winning the nineteen prefectures!"

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Yangcheng, Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard.

"The luck level is jumping between Derivation Four and Derivation Five, becoming more and more stable." Zhao Xing looked at the panel. "The crisis has passed."

"However, the hidden crisis remains."

It is now mid-September of the 18th year of the Jingxin Calendar.

Emperor Jing carried out large-scale military and political adjustments to the five major grotto-heavens, the Nine Heavens Response Yuan Prefecture, Datong Prefecture, Dayuan Prefecture, and Anping Prefecture.

The Prince Liang faction has once again stepped onto the Barbarian Pacification stage. According to Liu, many fate officials have relationships with Prince Liang.

Zhao Xing closed his eyes and entered a dream.

"Yesterday, Emperor Jing officially decided to continue training troops, and this time, gaining war merits has become relatively difficult. First, the resistance of the Southern Barbarians has increased, and second, the Prince Liang faction has become too big."

"In another two years, Prince Liang will be like the Dingxin Calendar period, stepping onto the stage of the Barbarian Pacification War again, overseeing the military and political power of the Nine Heavens Response Yuan Prefecture."

"It seems that Emperor Jing does not trust the enfeoffed princes and reuses his own brothers, but in fact, he is starting to fish, to see if his little brother really wants to rebel..."

"Regardless of whether Prince Liang rebels in this life, I must escape before the 20th year of the Jingxin Calendar." Zhao Xing secretly said.

Whether Prince Liang rebels or not does not affect the outcome of the Barbarian Pacification War.

Prince Liang saw Great Zhou's defeat first, and then rebelled.

Even if all unstable factors are set aside, Emperor Jing cannot conquer the Southern Wilderness.

Because the time is wrong.

"The Ten Disasters of the Heavenly Witch, the absolute disconnection of heaven and earth, the opening of the Southern Wilderness God Mountain, is the key factor of the vitality tide version and the spiritual energy recovery version. This period simply cannot be conquered..."

Zhao Xing strengthened the seal of the Memory Palace and then detached from the dream.

As his status and luck slowly become stronger, he must seal the memories of his previous life more tightly.

Ants dreaming are hard to notice, but if this ant turns into a dragon, even if it dreams, it might be sensed by some great powers.

"Be honest in the future." Zhao Xing secretly said, "Gain some more merit and then escape."

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At the end of September of the 18th year of the Jingxin Calendar, after King Lingde was dismissed, King Tianyan canceled many positions. The successors were 'Prince Xin' Liu Yong and 'Prince Anning' Ji Anming, and King Rahu's position remained unchanged.

Liu Tianning temporarily acted as the 'Ten Suns Inspector' of the fourth rank, concurrently serving as the Transport Commissioner of the two prefectures (fourth rank).

Ten Suns Inspector is a few ranks higher than the previous fifth-rank supervisor. Originally, his scope of authority was relatively small, which could be said to be unfixed, belonging to the tasks assigned by King Rahu, and he would go to do what he had to do.

Now the scope of authority has expanded to the Southern Theater, and the troops in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven are all under Liu Tianning's control. It is no longer just economic corruption, exceeding authority, leaving duty without permission, calculating merit, etc., he can all manage. The scope of authority is fixed, and the scope has become larger.

In addition, he concurrently serves as the Transport Commissioner of the two prefectures, which are the transport of military supplies between the Nine Heavens Response Yuan Prefecture and Datong Prefecture.

This is a proper fat job, holding heavy power!

How heavy is it?

Once at Fire Dragon Pass, Zhao Xing saw Lu Tingzhi, the sixth-rank transport commissioner. That was the backer of his backer in his previous life, a big corrupt official.

At that time at Fire Dragon Pass, Lu Tingzhi was a sixth-ranker, and Liao Rulong was a sixth-ranker.

He saw Lu Tingzhi, and he actually called himself a subordinate!

Now Liu Tianning is a fourth-ranker, which is the superior of the superior of the superior of Lu Tingzhi.

Although it is temporary, anyone who has been an official knows that a fourth-ranker who concurrently holds these two fat jobs, once confirmed, is directly a fourth-ranker! The process is just like this!

Now even a fourth-rank martial general like Yang An has to respectfully call Liu Tianning Lord Liu when he sees him.

If he shifts the time slightly and gives military supplies to other troops first, he can decide the life and death of a troop!

…………

On the day before Liu Tianning took office, Princess Youruo and Ji Zixuan left.

As for Murong Xue, she had long since left with her mother Murong Qing.

Before parting, Ji Zixuan ran to the Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard to say goodbye to Zhao Xing.

"Senior Brother, I am leaving." Ji Zixuan said, "Thank you for your care these days, Zixuan will keep it in mind."

Zhao Xing looked at Ji Zixuan, his expression calm: "You're welcome, this is what you fought for yourself."

It was indeed what Ji Zixuan fought for. In essence, the opportunities Zhao Xing gave Murong Xue and Ji Zixuan were the same.

Master Zhao fed the two, Ji Zixuan jumped up to grab and eat, while Murong Xue was shy and could only pick up some leftovers on the side.

Ji Zixuan had some gratitude in her eyes. In just a few months, she felt like she had experienced decades, especially after the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky, this feeling was even stronger.

For Zhao Xing, she was very grateful, not only because Zhao Xing helped her find many spiritual essences, but also because she felt that Zhao Xing and she were the same kind of people.

Zhao Xing had an appreciation for her, and she also developed a psychology of admiring the strong for Zhao Xing.

"Senior Brother, take care." Ji Zixuan said, "I will be at the Bishui Sect, waiting for Senior Brother's good news."

"Goodbye, Junior Sister."

…………

In early October, the Divine Might Army assigned combat missions.

Zhao Xing rushed to the Barbarian Pacification battlefield and came to the Soul Sacrifice Pass again.

This time, he was a sixth-ranker. Yang An asked him if he wanted to command an army alone.

But Zhao Xing refused. He chose to be the logistics for Long Xiao, the main general. They received the troops of Wen Shaoyang, and Chen Shijie became the Assistant Regional Commander of Liao Rulong.

Compared to last year, everything seemed unchanged, but everything seemed to have changed.

Long Xiao's department and Liao Rulong's department added up to 120,000 people, but Xia Jing's troops surged to 100,000!

This was the invisible benefit brought about in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven.

Jiang Ming of the Zhenhai Army completely became a vassal of these two armies.

Because of Zhao Xing's existence, many troops were willing to come to Soul Sacrifice Pass to cooperate, including the original Huanyou Army, Yuanhua Army, Danxia Army, Tiger Jiao Army... but Zhao Xing did not agree.

First, Old Liu had just taken office, his status was not stable, and the Prince Liang faction was still staring at Liu Tianning. There were those who wanted to suppress Liu Tianning, and those who wanted to win him over, and the situation was complex.

As his disciple, one cannot borrow Old Liu's name to seek profit at this time, let alone be used.

Second, after the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky incident, Zhao Xing became much more honest and was unwilling to become outstanding again.

If he were pushed to a position he shouldn't be in, it would be difficult to come down!

…………

At the end of October, the three armies finished reorganization and started to march toward the Qinggang Mining Area, attacking cities and pulling out strongholds.

At the end of November, they took 16 cities including Turtle Spirit City and Turtle Marsh City.

The Barbarian Pacification Merit List was reopened, and Zhao Xing had entered the sixth-rank list.

After November, Zhao Xing entered the top 10,000.

In early December, the three armies continued to advance, while Zhao Xing was responsible for the logistics of more than 200,000 people in the rear supply city, as well as the stability of the supply line.

Because of the truce for more than half a year, the Fire Demon tribe's defense line was able to be re-established.

The old opponent, the Underworld Soul Lord, had been dismissed after fleeing from Turtle Spirit City, and the new 'Fire Feather' Lord was a member of the Golden Feather Royal Court's clan.

Xia Jing's department, Long Xiao's department, and Liao Rulong's department advanced to Fire Dance Pass and encountered strong resistance.

Both sides began to suffer relatively large casualties, entering a stalemate.

December 5th.

The Fire Feather Lord personally led 10,000 people to sneak attack Zhao Xing's supply city, wanting to decide the outcome in one fell swoop.

December 6th, Zhao Xing and Long Xiao, who had been prepared for a long time, counter-ambushed.

The Fire Feather Lord was killed by Zhao Xing, and the remaining leaders fled one after another.

Xia Jing and Liao Rulong's departments took the opportunity to take Fire Dance Pass.

Zhao Xing, who wanted to keep a low profile and gain war merits, tearfully accepted 200,000 war merits and entered the top 5,000.

…………

In December, the three armies rested.

Because they were only a thousand miles away from the Qinggang Mining Area.

There were over a million garrison troops in front, which was not meat that their three armies could chew.

They needed to wait for Lu Yuanwei on the western front, and the Tiger Jiao Army, Black Armor Army, and Lieyang Army on the northern front to converge for a three-sided pincer attack.

However, history changed at this time.

Lu Yuanwei, who was injured, failed to break through Yang Qilin's second line of defense for a long time.

On the contrary, the Tiger Jiao Army, Black Armor Army, and Lieyang Army on the northern front were unstoppable, and 300,000 troops had already met with Xia Jing, Liao Rulong, and Long Xiao's departments at Fire Dance Pass.

"The power of the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky weakened and the time was advanced, allowing the nine armies that were severely damaged in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven to retain many middle-level backbone generals. Now, the northern front army is pushing faster."

"Lu Yuanwei is much slower instead." Zhao Xing thought.

The Creation Disk reviewed the original direction of the event; he could talk about it publicly now because it was no longer a secret.

Of course, the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky incident also greatly encouraged the various Southern Barbarian tribes; speaking of which, the encouragement to the Southern Barbarians was even greater.

After all, they had been losing battles, and now their home base had been bombed, so how could they

Even this extra word of persuasion carried a considerable risk.

After hesitating for a long time, Xia Jing said: "Then we will have one person go back to ask about the situation first."

Ji Ziyun said: "Qilin'er, you go back, I will sit here."

"That works too." Xia Jing looked at Zhao Xing's expression but couldn't see anything, "Brother Zhao, where is your true self in Yangcheng?"

"Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard." Zhao Xing said, "I am sparring and cultivating with Long Xiao and Chen Shijie. If you return to Yangcheng, you can come find me and tell us what you know."

Zhao Xing wanted to take this opportunity to delay Xia Jing's departure time.

He could only do these things.

"Good." Xia Jing laughed, "My experience in Crimson Lake these days is also very exciting. I'll talk to you when I go back about how I showed off my power!"

"Hahaha, we'll be waiting."

…………

July 30th, July 31st, August 1st.

For these three days, Liu Tianning had been searching.

At first, it was only three thousand dharma bodies, but in the end, it increased to more than nine thousand!

In every area of Crimson Lake, one could almost see Liu Tianning's figure!

For a time, a large number of scouts poured into the Crimson Lake area.

They all wanted to see what Liu Tianning was looking for.

Liu Tianning didn't care about them, just acting on his own.

August 2nd.

All of Liu Tianning's dharma bodies were recovered.

Because he had found the place.

"Escape~"

Liu Tianning escaped underground; in this red wood forest, there were also many people searching.

However, they didn't dare to approach the area where the Myriad Dharma building ship was staying. Fortunately, this red wood forest was very large, so the others were searching elsewhere.

…………

It was also on August 2nd that Zhao Xing, who was in the Locust Willow Courtyard, suddenly felt a palpitation.

"Slap~" As he was stepping down the stairs, the muscles in his feet suddenly twitched, and his whole body slammed into the rock pillar in front.

The stone shattered, and Zhao Xing's forehead was slightly red.

"What's wrong with you? How can you fall while walking?" Xia Jing had just finished sparring with Long Xiao and happened to see this scene.

"It's nothing, maybe I'm too tired from training and didn't pay attention." Zhao Xing waved his hand and walked straight into the room.

He had just sat down when the house shook, the bed board broke, and sharp spikes pierced Zhao Xing.

Looking at the spikes stuck in his body, Zhao Xing was silent.

He was starting to have bad luck.

Opening the panel to look.

Sure enough, the luck level had changed.

[Luck: Derivation Three (Temporary)]

"The Derivation Five luck dropped directly to Derivation Three."

Zhao Xing sighed; no matter how careful and cautious he was, and no matter how secret his methods were, he was ultimately affected!

"Dropping from Derivation Five to Derivation Three proves that I successfully changed the fate of others. Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, perhaps also Xia Jing, Liu Tianning..."

"The way of luck is mysterious. Perhaps the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky is not the work of the Profound Heaven Sect; the Profound Heaven Sect just gave it a push."

"My luck lowering is not caused by the Profound Heaven Sect and the imperial court, but by... the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven."

"The Ten Suns Crossing the Sky was supposed to happen, and I don't know how many people were supposed to die in this disaster, but I interfered with fate, which is equivalent to defying the grotto-heaven's heavenly way... Now, the backlash has come."

Zhao Xing had a sudden realization.

For the next period of time, he estimated that he would become unlucky!

"The Heavenly Fate Realm and the Fate Palace Realm can also see their own future and even change other people's fate."

"But they rarely do so, because intervening requires paying a price."

"The imperial court is also very cautious about the promotion of officials with rough fate and thin luck."

"Promoting from fourth rank to third rank will even send out [Fate Officials] specifically to observe the officials."

"If one's own fate is thin and luck is weak, forcibly promoting an official is going against heaven."

"The income and expenditure of luck must be balanced, so one cannot carry out heaven-defying acts on a large scale. Small numbers and low cultivation are fine, but large numbers and high cultivation, especially high-rank promotions, must be very cautious."

"That is why many people in history clearly made great contributions but were difficult to be enfeoffed."

Zhao Xing cultivated the Five-Finger Heavenly Fate and had briefly merged with the spirit of the grotto-heaven within the Heavenly Gate. At this time, closing his eyes, he recalled everything and had a deeper understanding of the way of fate and heavenly secret deduction.

"Since I have started to have bad luck, it proves that Chen Shijie will definitely survive."

"Old Chen, your investment is not a loss; I ate a few pears from you in Gucheng back then, and now I'm here to bear the fate for you." Zhao Xing sighed in his dream.

…………

Over the next few days, Zhao Xing's bad luck gradually increased.

Choking while eating, getting food stuck in his teeth, falling while walking—these things were not worth mentioning.

What was more serious was: his perception of heaven and earth became blurry, as if mist had appeared on glass.

"I have been covered by a [Knowledge Barrier]; not only is there no progress in cultivation, but even the power of spells cannot be fully exerted."

"If there is a fight at this time, I will definitely be unlucky."

Zhao Xing sighed.

At this time, his Myriad Dharma Grass Man clone had collapsed.

There was no reason; the spell suddenly made an error, causing the grass man to be unable to maintain itself.

The clone on the Myriad Dharma building ship automatically disintegrated.

Fortunately, when the first grass man disintegrated, Zhao Xing had already withdrawn the life-soul inside the other grass men.

There was no excessive loss of soul power.

……

At night, Zhao Xing entered a dream again, preparing to do nothing.

He even stopped absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth.

For fear of going into qi deviation.

As a result, just when the last bit of soul power returned, his life-soul fluctuated and actually began to subconsciously break through the physical realm.

In the direction of breaking through to the Pure Yuan Realm!

Master Zhao was truly drunk.

Why was he breaking through at this time? It was purely caused by bad luck.

At this time, Liu Tianning was getting closer and closer to the mysterious palace.

His luck had temporarily dropped to Derivation One!

"What a sin."

Zhao Xing lamented.

Undoubtedly, the breakthrough failed.

Fortunately, with the protection of the Soul Armor and the Dragon Soul Jade given by Princess Youruo, his breakthrough failure was just like Long Xiao's back then, turning into a fatty.

"Derivation One, don't keep dropping." Zhao Xing prayed, "If it drops again, I will really have bad luck."

Dropping to a negative number would mean a truly ominous sign.

The kind where you sit at home and disaster comes from the sky.

If things go wrong, the Heavenly Fire Path might change its course and strike Master Zhao a few times.

…………

August 5th, Zhao Xing still maintained a temporary Derivation One.

His bad luck was only discovered by Xia Jing, Chen Shijie, and others.

However, this kind of thing could not trigger other abnormalities.

Because the sixth rank itself is around Derivation Two or Derivation Three.

And luck fluctuates.

People exploring outside Yangcheng also have fluctuating luck; Zhao Xing's phenomenon really doesn't count as anything.

There are even Derivation Three scouts who died in the wild!

Even if it continues to drop, as long as there is no such outrageous thing as the Heavenly Fire Path changing course to specifically bomb him.

Then it will not arouse suspicion.

Of course, if such a situation really occurred, specifically striking Master Zhao in Yangcheng, I'm afraid it wouldn't be hidden.

"Zhao Xing." On this day, Gao Ming suddenly sent a message: "The 'Azure Underworld Beads' you asked me to hoard last time have plummeted in price. What should I do now? Should I sell them?"

"Sell." Zhao Xing replied immediately.

At this time, losing money didn't even count for anything to Master Zhao.

If he could spend money to avert disaster, he would be more than happy to!

"Okay, brother will help you sell them. Sigh, I also hoarded some myself; this time it's really too miserable."

"The Clear Quiet Lake suddenly produced a large batch of beads, causing everyone to sell them off one after another, losing at least 40 percent. Damn, the Soldier Realm doesn't even care... Half a year of work in vain."

Gao Ming was cursing; was it easy for him to deliver goods riding a bamboo horse?

Zhao Xing was also a bit embarrassed; he reckoned that he had implicated Gao Ming.

But there was no way to say this right now; he could only compensate Gao Ming later.

Just as Gao Ming finished speaking, Chen Shijie shouted outside.

"Zhao Xing, the [Water Immortal], [Azure Sea Cloud Vine], and [Fish-Eating Grass] we left behind before are all dead; not a single seedling survived."

Previously, they had returned from the Extreme Night Sea, and there were still many seedlings left.

Sixth-rank seedlings were quite rare, so naturally, they were being raised.

Two months passed, and the seedlings withered one after another recently.

"If they are dead, they are dead." Zhao Xing said, "These three types of seedlings are delicate by nature."

"Take the mountain cat further away, don't come near me."

"Oh, okay... Boom!"

Chen Shijie lost his voice.

He also fell down.

Zhao Xing refused to visit, and every time he entered a dream, he started having nightmares.

His life-soul remained in a state of uneasy alertness, and every time he entered a dream, he would dream of some strange nightmare content.

"I died so miserably!"

"It's not enough for you to kill me, you even want to kill my children and grandchildren!"

"Why are you so ruthless?!"

If the Prince of Liang holds the three powers of military, political, and legal affairs, then the people in the ten-thousand-mile territory will live in misery, and the army will have no fighting spirit...

"What a sin..."

Zhao Xing's heart moved, and in the dream, a large machete appeared in his hand.

Turtle group: "..."

"I slaughtered too many turtles, and my life-soul is stained with the resentment of turtles."

"I didn't discover it before, but now is just the right time to clear it."

How could a mere illusionary dream shake Master Zhao's mind?

The machete swung down without hesitation, and Master Zhao started slaughtering turtles in the dream again.

…………

August 13th, Liu Tianning finally discovered the tenth portal of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven.

Underground, he saw from afar that there was a blurry mysterious palace there!

At the same time, a statue in the mysterious palace also vibrated.

Far away in the Southern Wilderness, the Blood Spirit Venerable's expression changed drastically.

"This, how could someone discover the Profound Heaven Grand Array!"

"Even if he sees it, he shouldn't be able to remember it. Nowadays, the imperial court's Forget-Sorrow Grand Array is all passed down from my sect. Who is this person?!"

The Blood Spirit Venerable calculated with his fingers, wanting to calculate Liu Tianning's existence.

His fingers suddenly burst open.

Amidst the splashing blood, he saw Liu Tianning underground showing a look of shock.

The Blood Spirit Venerable immediately remembered this person's face and also knew Liu Tianning's specific location.

At the same time, the statue in the palace also came to life.

It charged toward Liu Tianning.

He had to take advantage of Liu Tianning not having left yet to kill him quickly, otherwise, he would have to immediately activate the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky.

"Shoo~"

A blood light flashed from the mysterious palace; this was the Blood Spirit Needle that Zhao Xing was familiar with.

Back in Gucheng, one of the protectors had used this move on him.

On the battlefield, when he passed by the city of Chen Lu of the Zhenhai Army, he had also seen similar means.

Blood Kui polluted the divine statue, turning people into puppets.

However, this needle of the Blood Spirit Venerable was clearly more powerful.

Underground, it was as if there was nothing, breaking through the soil barrier and heading straight for Liu Tianning.

If the needle entered the body, he could control Liu Tianning and buy himself a few more days.

He couldn't kill him; if such an official as Liu Tianning died for no reason, his life-soul entering the Yin world would probably be summoned by the Yin world guards to be questioned immediately.

Turning into a Yin God body still wouldn't buy much time.

Therefore, he could only control him!

"Pfft~"

Liu Tianning was indeed hit by the needle.

But he was not affected, instead rising rapidly.

Because the Blood Spirit Needle hit the floating, not his physical body.

"Seventh-rank floating..." The Blood Spirit Venerable understood that he couldn't catch Liu Tianning.

"Planning since the Dingxin Calendar, the Profound Heaven Underground Palace, the Ten Suns Corona, countless Yin souls and faith power, and after more than two hundred years, plotting against all parties, allowing the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven to be successfully snatched by Great Zhou... Never thought that at the last moment, it would be broken by this Liu Tianning."

The Blood Spirit Venerable sighed.

The Profound Heaven Sect had many deployments against Great Zhou, but this Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven was a relatively major game.

As one of the few resident Venerable-level elders of the sect in the secular world, he also made the same exclamation as Zhao Xing at this time: "Fate is impermanent, heavenly secrets are hard to measure!"

"Since I cannot achieve the full merit, I can only do my best and leave the rest to fate."

The Blood Spirit Venerable did not hesitate anymore and returned to the inside of the Profound Heaven Underground Palace.

…………

Crimson Lake, [Red Pine Forest].

Liu Tianning soared from underground, and there was a charred spot on his chest.

The floating vine armor squirmed and spat out the Blood Spirit Needle.

Liu Tianning didn't care about how the floating was doing and immediately took out a token from his arms and crushed it.

Soldier Realm Supervision Department, Supervisor Liu Tianning, issued a first-level warning!

Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven, there is an invasion by foreign enemies!

"Hum~"

King Rahu and King Tianyan, who were in the Hundred Soldier Tower, suddenly twitched their eyelids.

Fifth-rank supervisors rarely have the authority to issue a first-level warning.

But Liu Tianning was exactly one of them.

In an instant, King Rahu, King Tianyan, and King Lingde were alarmed.

"Invasion by foreign enemies? And it's a first-level warning, how is this possible?!" King Lingde was stunned.

It's not impossible for foreign enemies to enter the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven; there have been low-rankers entering the Soldier Realm grotto-heaven in history.

But this is a first-level warning, proving that high-rankers have sneaked in!

To sneak in, how much cost did it take?

How difficult is it?!

"Liu Tianning, did you make a mistake!" King Lingde's voice was trembling: "We have been guarding the Hundred Soldier Tower for twelve years; how could we not know if there were high-rank enemies coming in from the nine major portals?"

If this is the case, the three kings are guilty of serious dereliction of duty and will have to peel off a layer of skin even if they don't die!

"King Lingde, issue a warning from the Soldier Realm immediately and let everyone evacuate the Crimson Lake area!"

"Swish~"

While he was speaking, King Rahu had already disappeared from the Hundred Soldier Tower.

Leaving only one sentence to explain to King Lingde.

King Tianyan went to another floor of the Hundred Soldier Tower.

On this floor, there was a sub-body of the Creation Disk.

Even if it was a sub-body, it still occupied an entire floor, with countless golden threads interlaced and extending on the Creation Disk, deducing at all times.

And in the four directions of the Creation Disk sub-body, there sat eight withered old men.

"High-rank enemies appeared in Crimson Lake, verify immediately what the intention is! What is the result!"

King Tianyan shouted.

The eight guardians immediately opened their eyes; their eyes were emotionless, and they didn't have a trace of emotional fluctuation upon hearing such shocking news.

After receiving King Tianyan's order, they reached out together.

"Hum~"

Golden light interlaced on the Creation Disk, and the full view of the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven was immediately revealed above the Creation Disk.

Threads constantly extended, each extending into an image.

But whenever a result was about to appear, the threads would break.

As if an invisible force was preventing it.

At the same time.

Southern Wilderness, inside the Blood Spirit God Temple.

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~"

Deep underground, a wide blood pool with an area of seven or eight acres and a depth of more than ten meters suddenly dried up rapidly.

Above the blood pool, there were also countless blood threads disturbing.

In the center of the blood pool, there was also a statue, but this statue was very small.

Around the blood pool, there were forty-nine old men wearing Daoist robes.

They had been sitting here for more than two hundred years!

"Gurgle~" "Gurgle~"

The speed of the blood pool drying up accelerated, and the Profound Heaven Emperor statue in the middle also began to emit a faint ghostly light.

The Blood Spirit Venerable looked at this scene, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"He actually submitted the official document impeaching the Father Prince to me!"

The blood pool dried up to the bottom in an instant.

Forty-eight old men also instantly turned into withered bones.

The Profound Heaven Emperor statue shone brightly.

At the same time, in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven, inside the Profound Heaven Underground Palace.

There was the same arrangement as in the underground of the God Temple.

Only here, there was no one around the blood pool.

The blood pool was also dry, and the center was not the Profound Heaven Emperor statue, but the Blood Spirit Venerable's own clone.

But after the Southern Wilderness God Temple was activated.

"Gurgle~"

The dry blood pool actually gushed out blood rapidly.

Soon it was filled.

The Blood Spirit Venerable was wearing a Boundless Daoist robe and a Ten Suns Corona on his head at this time.

He quietly watched the blood flow, clinging to his body, his eyes gradually becoming indifferent.

"Mortal fire-stealer... die!"

…………

[Warning, all personnel, evacuate Crimson Lake immediately!]

[Warning, all personnel, evacuate Crimson Lake immediately!]

……

On the night of August 13th, all personnel in Crimson Lake received an order from the Soldier Realm to forcibly evacuate the Crimson Lake area.

King Rahu appeared above Crimson Lake in less than half an hour.

Liu Tianning didn't leave either; all of his ten thousand clones were released to drive away the personnel in the Crimson Lake area everywhere.

Crimson Lake.

As soon as King Rahu arrived, he immediately asked: "Where?"

"Underground, 15,700 feet!"

"Return to Yangcheng immediately."

After saying that.

Swish~

King Rahu slammed into the underground like a cannonball.

Zhao Xing, who was in the Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard, felt his panel jumping wildly.

Sometimes jumping to Derivation One, sometimes zero, sometimes suddenly appearing as a negative number.

Occasionally returning to above Derivation One.

It was simply jumping back and forth between good and bad luck.

"Hiss..." Zhao Xing also felt a bit panicked in his heart at this time.

He looked up at the sky.

Yes, he could see the starry sky from inside the house now, because the roof had long since collapsed.

"Five-Direction True Lords, all gods and immortals, the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool and the Heavenly Fire Path, please don't change course, please don't change course... I won't dare to do it again, don't strike me."

What 'my fate is up to me, not heaven', Master Zhao now only prays that heaven doesn't mess around.

…………

Time passed, and Zhao Xing kept staring at whether any dark clouds were drifting over his head.

Logically speaking, above Yangcheng, the Agricultural Supervision Bureau regulates the weather, so the starry sky at this time should have no clouds.

But there were still gusts of gale winds and clouds and mist blowing over.

Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat, but seeing that the range was very large, not just covering his Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard, he felt relieved again.