Chapter 75: Purple Xuan City

Fortune shook its fur and stood up.

Because of its huge size, plus Lin Qingxi and the maid, it could also easily carry them.

Lin Qingxi sat at the back, listening to the maid beside her, and her expression became somewhat strange.

"Princess, he didn't do anything to you just now, did he?"

"No...... it's fine."

Her face suddenly turned red, obviously recalling what just happened.

"He's......" she almost blurted out what was in her heart as her mouth moved.

"Princess, what's good about him?"

"Nothing, he's a good person."

She shook her head, Lin Qingxi tried to put this matter behind her.

She glanced at the direction they were heading, recalling the scene when they left the dynasty earlier.

Back then, countless demon cultivators stormed into Purple Xuan City, flames shot up to the sky, truly a scene of hell on earth.

If it weren't for several city guard leaders with considerable cultivation stubbornly blocking, she might not even have had a chance to escape.

"I don't know if mother will......"

It seemed she thought of something; Lin Qingxi only felt a surge of fear, her body unconsciously curling up slightly.

Fortune's escape speed was extremely fast; after just one night, everyone noticed the houses below gradually increasing.

They must have already entered the territory of the Great Xuan Dynasty.

"We should be arriving soon."

Houses mean people live there; people mean there is a city.

Lu Chen had everyone stay put, while he went down to ask a villager for directions.

"You want to go to Purple Xuan City? You'd better not! That place was just bloodbathed by those damned demon cultivators......"

Upon thinking that he himself was also a demon cultivator, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

After he insisted repeatedly, the villager quickly gave him a more specific location.

He then mounted Fortune again and sped toward Purple Xuan City.

As time passed, the outline of a town gradually appeared in the distance.

Following that came a strong smell of blood.

Above the entire town still hung a layer of blood-colored haze that seemed impossible to dispel.

Seeing the broken city walls and blood pooling everywhere, Lin Qingxi and the maid sucked in a breath of cold air.

The maid's mental fortitude was actually much stronger, though her face showed some reluctance.

In contrast, Lin Qingxi, upon seeing this scene, immediately fainted.

Lu Chen and the others, their faces showed considerable calm.

Beside them, the empress's soul even felt a bit excited at this sight.

"No wonder they're demon cultivators......"

Seeing blood everywhere but no corpses, Lu Chen already roughly guessed what had happened.

"Master, they seem to still be inside the city."

Su Qian was referring to those demon cultivators.

She released her divine sense; with her mid-stage Condensed Spirit cultivation, she quickly noticed an area inside the city with strange aura fluctuations.

"Hmm, there really are people, but their cultivation levels are generally low; the highest among them is only at the Transforming Spirit Perfection stage." Qin Yan also spoke.

"Transforming Spirit Perfection?" Lu Chen glanced sideways, looking at the direction the two indicated.

"Let's go take a look."

He had Gu Xiangxiang and the others stay put, while he himself took Su Qian and Qin Yan and flew over.

The three turned into three streaks of escape light, flying toward the aura fluctuation; soon they saw a palace inside the city covered above by a huge blood-colored formation.

Within the blood-colored formation, there was also a smaller defensive formation covering the entire palace.

Dozens of demon cultivators stood nearby, their realms matching what Qin Yan said, generally in the Nurturing Elixir and Transforming Spirit stages.

"Senior Brother Xue! This harvest is huge; this human empress has extremely strong fortune, when we present her to Master, they will surely reward us with many treasures!"

"I am already at Transforming Spirit Perfection; when I break through to Condensed Spirit and advance to Elder, I will take all resources and women!"

The demon cultivator called Senior Brother Xue had a face full of pride, his gaze greedily fixed on the palace inside the formation.

Beside him, there was also a disciple holding a giant banner, circulating killing intent and refining the souls within.

Lu Chen and the others stood in the shadows, their expressions calm.

Looking at these people, one could roughly guess that inside was none other than Lin Qingxi's mother.

But why would they call her an empress?

Could it be that the Great Xuan Dynasty is ruled by a woman?

Lu Chen didn't think too much about it, glancing sideways at Su Qian.

"Su Qian, go take their heads."

"Yes, Master!"

Su Qian responded with an affirmation, her form vanishing like a ghost from the spot.

Those dozens of demon cultivators were still immersed in the joy of the impending rich reward, unaware that danger had already descended.

In an instant, Su Qian had already approached the leading Xue-surnamed demon cultivator, her dagger drawn; before anyone could react, she wrapped a massive amount of killing intent and split the opponent's head and body in two.

"What......?!"

That demon cultivator didn't even feel the pain of his body; the next moment he was already engulfed by countless killing intent.

In the next moment, his eyes widened, his skull hit the ground, and his body slowly collapsed.

Who?!

Only after this person died did the remaining few demonic cultivators realize what had happened.

However, just as they figured out what had happened, their bodies already collapsed like that previous demonic cultivator.

In the eyes of the disciple holding the great banner, he felt that his fellow disciples' words suddenly halted, and the next second they all collapsed together.

He looked in horror at the sudden change before him, and the great banner in his hand also fell to the ground.

He reached out to use a transmission talisman to call for help, but he discovered a fierce pressure instantly enveloping his whole body.

Whoosh!

A swing of the hand, and heads fell.

Without a word, in just a few breaths, these people were all dead.

Perhaps because Su Qian had never killed before, her expression now surprised Lu Chen, as if he were seeing her ruthless, decisive side before her heart was swayed.

Well done.

Lu Chen approached Su Qian, took out the Chaos Banner, and collected the souls of these several dozen demonic cultivators inside.

Let you also taste the feeling of being refined.

He smiled faintly, then activated the Chaos Banner.

Refined in an instant!

Su Qian saw his methods, and her face showed no surprise.

But Qin Yan was different; this made her increasingly suspect that Lu Chen was a reincarnation of a great demonic master.

This look of killing without blinking an eye is too terrifying.

Lu Chen walked over to the fallen great banner nearby and picked it up.

Most of the souls inside had already been refined, with only a few still remaining.

Just consider it as exchanging their souls for yours.

Lu Chen muttered a sentence, then waved his hand, removing the banner's master-binding state, and released the remaining souls within.

If a soul is not refined, it may possibly re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.

But if it is refined......

After releasing the souls that still existed, Lu Chen without hesitation collected the already refined souls into the Chaos Banner.

Tit for tat, these souls have already been refined; even if he released them, it would be pointless.

Rather than that, it's better to let them serve their purpose.

After collecting these souls, looking at the Chaos Banner in his hand, Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh:

"Staying in this environment for too long, I'm becoming more and more like a demonic cultivator......"

Having settled everything, he turned his gaze toward the palace within the formation.

Inside the palace, several generals guarded the entrance, their expressions solemn.

Behind them, a woman's silhouette could faintly be seen.

"The one inside is the Great Xuan Empress......"