Chapter 94: The Western Two Sages Wish to Form the Four Sage Alliance, Nie Xiaoqian Sets a Trap

"Senior Brother, what should we do now?"

"What to do? Now we must unite with the other Saints; even if the Heavenly Court possesses four Saints, they cannot be allowed to act recklessly."

The Western Two Sages instantly made a decision in their hearts.

Form the Four Sage Alliance to resist the Heavenly Court together.

Back then, when facing the Jie Sect with its ten thousand immortals coming to pay homage, Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Western Two Sages had united.

Now, facing the powerful Heavenly Court, only by uniting among the Saints can they prevail.

Zhunti Daoren spoke up, "Then shall we go and discuss this with fellow Daoist Taiqing?"

"Discuss it? Heh, no need to rush; the one who should be anxious is fellow Daoist Taiqing."

Jieyin Daoren smiled and said, "Just wait, this Taiqing will soon be unable to sit still."

Jieyin Daoren had originally intended to wait for Taiqing Laozi to take the initiative to come to them to form the Four Sage Alliance and resist the Heavenly Court together.

Of course, at the same time, they must try their best to win over the remaining Saints.

After all, the Heavenly Court currently possesses four Saints: the three Sage Emperors of the Human Race and Empress Thick Earth.

Even if Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and they, the Western Two Sages, form the Four Sage Alliance, it is only four against four.

Only by winning over the remaining two Saints as much as possible can they occupy an advantageous position.

However, Tongtian Jiaozhu has already had a falling out with them, so it is not easy to win him over.

And Empress Nuwa has always rarely participated in the affairs of Honghuang, so she is likewise difficult to win over.

But in the view of Jieyin Daoren, at the very least, forming the Four Sage Alliance is definitely a certainty.

Moreover, compared to them, the Western Two Sages, Jieyin Daoren felt that Taiqing Laozi would be even less able to sit still.

Because Jieyin Daoren knew clearly that Taiqing Laozi cares deeply about his reputation; facing such a threat as the Heavenly Court, Taiqing Laozi will certainly want to suppress it.

The Heavenly Court is powerful; he does not believe that Taiqing Laozi can sit still.

In the past, during the Great Calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, why were the four Saints able to form an alliance to deal with the Jie Sect and Tongtian Jiaozhu together?

In fact, the biggest reason was nothing else but that they had common interests.

The Jie Sect, in the hands of Tongtian Jiaozhu, was known as having ten thousand immortals coming to pay homage.

The Jie Sect with its ten thousand immortals was too powerful!

It was so powerful that it not only left the Chan Sect unable to catch its breath.

It even made the Western Sect jealous and made Taoism feel the pressure as well.

The orthodoxies of several Saints were all suppressed by the Jie Sect to the point where they could not lift their heads and found it difficult to develop.

It was precisely because of this that the four Saints could unite to deal with the Jie Sect together.

What brotherhood? What sentiments?

When it comes down to it, it was nothing more than interests.

Once Jieyin Daoren spoke, Zhunti Daoren also understood.

Yes, the ones who should be anxious now are not they, the Western Two Sages, but Taiqing Laozi.

Although they want to form the Four Sage Alliance, if they take the initiative to speak up, they will be in a weak position.

Perhaps by then, they would be heavily manipulated by Taiqing Laozi again.

If Taiqing Laozi takes the initiative to speak up, then the ones occupying the advantageous position in the negotiations would be they, the Western Two Sages.

Zhunti Daoren praised Jieyin Daoren, "Senior Brother, brilliant! Good, then we shall listen to Senior Brother and wait for Taiqing Laozi to take the initiative to speak up."

"Sigh, I really did not expect that a mere Heavenly Court would actually lead us Saints to have to join forces."

Jieyin Daoren sighed.

In the past, the high and mighty Saints, who would care about a Heavenly Court?

In the eyes of the Saints, there were only ever other Saints.

But now, the Heavenly Court possesses four Saints.

The three Sage Emperors of the Human Race, plus Thick Earth—one wonders what they are thinking.

As dignified Saints, they are actually willing to enter the Heavenly Court and submit to others?

The Western Two Sages waited for Taiqing Laozi to come to their door to form the Four Sage Alliance.

Yet they did not know that Taiqing Laozi had already secretly joined the Heavenly Court.

Within the Heavenly Court, it is not just four Saints; there is also him, Taiqing Laozi, for a total of five Saints.

Taiqing Laozi felt very fortunate at this moment to have joined the Heavenly Court in time.

Now that the momentum of the Heavenly Court is established, even if the Saints unite, it will have no effect against the current Heavenly Court.

Jieyin Daoren and Zhunti Daoren are still waiting, but they are destined to wait in vain.

Just as they said, it comes down to interests.

The Heavenly Emperor gave enough interests to make even a Saint like Taiqing Laozi kneel directly.

In the Liaozhai World.

Nie Xiaoqian slowly checked in to obtain points, then exchanged them in the Heavens Mall for a Ghost Cultivation method and began to cultivate.

Now, in the Heavens Mall, there exist various cultivation methods.

Not only are there cultivation methods of the Honghuang system, but also the Covering the Sky Method, the Perfect Cultivation System, the Eternal Life Cultivation System, the Battle Qi Cultivation System, and so on.

For Qin Hao, after these worlds joined the Chat Group.

He instantly deduced the cultivation techniques of each world.

And adding different cultivation systems to the Heavens Mall was also to help his "leeks" grow rapidly.

After all, when it comes to things like cultivation techniques, it is not that the more powerful it is, the better; only what is suitable for oneself is the best.

After Nie Xiaoqian exchanged for the Ghost Cultivation method, she began to cultivate secretly to strengthen her own power.

She vowed to practice in secret, to stun everyone, and to change her fate as a pitiful ghost.

Meanwhile, Shu Yao Laomu prepared to send Nie Xiaoqian to Black Mountain Old Demon as a concubine, which actually led her to relax her control over her.

The hells are empty, the demons are in the Human Realm; this is the Liaozhai World.

The order of this World has long since collapsed; demons and monsters have usurped the temples and halls, transforming themselves into the state preceptors of the dynasty.

Ghosts and monsters dwell within the Human Realm, wantonly devouring the Human Race.

And although this World possesses an Underworld, the authority of the Underworld has gradually been lost.

Or rather, the Underworld has also gradually begun to degenerate, colluding with ghosts and monsters.

There are judges who, for the sake of a wager, perform head-swapping arts on mortals, altering the Yin and Yang Reincarnation for their own selfish ends.

And beings like Black Mountain Old Demon carve out territories within the netherworld, acting as kings and tyrants, arrogant and overbearing.

The Underworld should have apprehended these arrogant and cruel ghost-monsters, yet the Underworld remains indifferent.

It is precisely because of this that this Human Realm contains many who, like Nie Xiaoqian, died unjustly and cannot be reborn.

Black Mountain Old Demon is a black mountain in the netherworld that cultivated into a spirit; he is the king of monsters and the king of ghosts, possessing ten thousand years of cultivation and immense power.

Shu Yao Laomu possesses a thousand years of cultivation, but in front of Black Mountain Old Demon, she is nothing.

Black Mountain Old Demon took a fancy to Nie Xiaoqian, and in order to curry favor with him, Shu Yao Laomu prepared to present her to him.

Nie Xiaoqian had been practicing in secret all this time and was helping other female ghosts in the shadows.

She secretly called upon all the oppressed female ghosts to unite and resist the brutal rule of Shu Yao Laomu together.

For a thousand years, Shu Yao Laomu had secretly controlled many female ghosts, then used them to harm people.

Such is the state of the world; most of these female ghosts are, like Nie Xiaoqian, victims of unjust deaths and pitiful ghosts.

Nie Xiaoqian's original approach was to learn from Zhang Jiao, uniting all forces that could be united to resist the control of Shu Yao Laomu together.

But there was one difference: Nie Xiaoqian lived right under the nose of Shu Yao Laomu.

Furthermore, while these female ghosts were pitiful, some were already under the control of Shu Yao Laomu and had long since colluded with her.

Naturally, Shu Yao Laomu had also developed a few moles.

Nie Xiaoqian was not discreet in her actions, so she was exposed very quickly.

Shu Yao Laomu immediately ordered someone to capture Nie Xiaoqian; her hoarse voice was as grating as grinding stones.

"Xiaoqian, how has Laomu treated you?"

Shu Yao Laomu stared viciously at Nie Xiaoqian; that icy gaze made Nie Xiaoqian feel a chill even in her ghost soul.

Before she died, Nie Xiaoqian was merely a young lady of a noble family, and she had always received the education of a noble lady.

Yet after her death, she was controlled by Shu Yao Laomu, and she harbored a shadow in her heart regarding her.

Therefore, even though Nie Xiaoqian had now joined the Chat Group and practiced powerful Ghost Cultivation techniques.

Facing Shu Yao Laomu, a massive shadow still existed in her heart.

However, Nie Xiaoqian was ultimately different now, and she quickly reacted and pulled herself out of this shadow.

At this moment, Nie Xiaoqian also realized that someone had clearly betrayed the revolution.

She had originally thought everyone was a pitiful ghost being oppressed; she had not expected that she was ultimately superficial.

Someone had not withstood the erosion of sugar-coated bullets and had already colluded with Shu Yao Laomu.

Nie Xiaoqian had also long been prepared to fall out with Shu Yao Laomu; she denounced her, "You old demoness, how you have treated me, do you not know? Old demoness, you controlled me to do things I did not want to do; were it not for you, this old demoness, I might have been able to directly reincarnate after my death."

"You old demoness, you truly deserve to die!"

What Nie Xiaoqian said was the truth, but it directly left Shu Yao Laomu silent.

Primarily, the act of Nie Xiaoqian pointing at her nose and cursing was something she found hard to accept for a moment.

One must know that these female ghosts all acted according to her whims.

A mere Nie Xiaoqian—where did she get the guts to dare point at her nose and curse like this?

The other female ghosts also widened their eyes upon hearing Nie Xiaoqian's words.

Nie Xiaoqian was truly brave.

However, was Nie Xiaoqian not afraid that Shu Yao Laomu would torture her?

Some female ghosts could not help but worry; during this period, they had received re-education from Nie Xiaoqian.

Although they dared not take any action when facing Shu Yao Laomu, a bit of a heart for resistance had sprouted within them.

Unfortunately, their strength was insufficient; facing the powerful Shu Yao Laomu, they were powerless to resist.

In fact, over these many years, it was not as if no female ghost had wanted to escape the control of Shu Yao Laomu.

Unfortunately, they were all bloodily suppressed by Shu Yao Laomu and their souls scattered.

Precisely because of this, for a long time, these female ghosts had not dared to resist.

The warning from the past was right before their eyes; resistance without strength is merely futile.

During this period, Nie Xiaoqian had only awakened their dissatisfaction.

But if one wanted them to take action, it was difficult, because they could not see hope.

All the female ghosts looked at Nie Xiaoqian, and a sense of sorrow could not help but arise in their hearts.

They knew that Nie Xiaoqian was about to be tortured to death by Shu Yao Laomu.

They also did not know when they would truly be able to shake off the control of Shu Yao Laomu.

Shu Yao Laomu froze for a moment, then began to laugh, "Jie-jie-jie."

"Good, good, good. Originally, Laomu still wanted to give you a good destination."

Shu Yao Laomu said gloomily, "But who would have thought you would be so unappreciative and still want to resist Laomu? Then do not blame Laomu for being ruthless."

Shu Yao Laomu was offering Nie Xiaoqian to Black Mountain Old Demon, but it was primarily because Black Mountain Old Demon had taken a fancy to Nie Xiaoqian.

Although Nie Xiaoqian was a female ghost, her temperament was like that of an immortal; she did not look like a female ghost at all, but rather like a female immortal who had fallen into the mortal dust.

In this place reeking of ghost energy, who wouldn't be bewildered?

Of course, Black Mountain Old Demon had another motive for taking a fancy to Nie Xiaoqian.

That is, Black Mountain Old Demon had taken a fancy to Nie Xiaoqian's constitution; Nie Xiaoqian seemed to be the legendary Extreme Yin Body.

This type of constitution was extremely beneficial to Black Mountain Old Demon.

But Shu Yao Laomu did not know this; Shu Yao Laomu thought Black Mountain Old Demon was merely acting on lust.

Originally, Shu Yao Laomu also wanted to get on the good side of such a powerful King of Demon Kings and King of Ghost Kings, Black Mountain Old Demon, and was preparing to offer Nie Xiaoqian to him.

But who would have thought that now, Nie Xiaoqian would actually provoke her like this.

If she really offered Nie Xiaoqian to Black Mountain Old Demon, and then Nie Xiaoqian truly gained his favor and whispered sweet nothings in his ear.

Wouldn't she be in big trouble?

Shu Yao Laomu quickly made a decision: she must kill Nie Xiaoqian.

She could stall Black Mountain Old Demon; anyway, Nie Xiaoqian was not the only female ghost among her subordinates.

She could just offer a few more female ghosts to Black Mountain Old Demon.

Facing Shu Yao Laomu, Nie Xiaoqian had completely awakened by this time.

Nie Xiaoqian angrily scolded, "Old hag, enough with the nonsense. Whatever skills you have, let me see them."

"Xiaoqian, you seem to have forgotten that your remains are still here with me. You dare to curse me? I will make you understand right now what it means to be unable to live and unable to die."

Shu Yao Laomu manipulated Nie Xiaoqian's remains, preparing to crush them directly.

Shu Yao Laomu controlled these female ghosts by controlling their remains.

But she did not know that Nie Xiaoqian had long since embarked on the path of Ghost Cultivation.

She had secretly found her own remains and had long since burned them.

It was destined to be impossible for Shu Yao Laomu to control her by relying on the remains.

Shu Yao Laomu also sensed that the remains had disappeared; she narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a cold chill, "A fine Nie Xiaoqian, I underestimated you after all. But with your strength, wanting to resist me is truly too naive."

Shu Yao Laomu was indeed somewhat surprised that Nie Xiaoqian had actually found her own remains and had shaken off their restraint.

But this was nothing; even without the remains, with her thousand years of Daoist cultivation, she could still easily suppress her.

"Nie Xiaoqian, go to your death for me."

Shu Yao Laomu launched a powerful attack on Nie Xiaoqian with her whole body.

Nie Xiaoqian, however, lightly spat out three words: "Explode for me."

In an instant, at the location of Shu Yao Laomu's true form, the sound of an explosion rang out.

Shu Yao Laomu was a thousand-year-old tree demon; her true form was an old tree.

The flames intertwined, causing Shu Yao Laomu to suffer heavy injuries.

Nie Xiaoqian had begun her actions the moment she joined the Heavens Chat Group.

She usually appeared to be doing nothing, but in reality, she had found opportunities to bury a lot of gunpowder around Shu Yao Laomu's true form, all to heavily injure her.

Shu Yao Laomu coughed up a mouthful of blood, looking extremely disheveled.

However, she was, after all, a thousand-year-old great demon.

It was just that the gunpowder Nie Xiaoqian used was something from the Great Qin World that had long been combined with profound arts.

Otherwise, if it were just gunpowder from the mortal world, it likely wouldn't have caused such heavy injuries to Shu Yao Laomu.

Nie Xiaoqian smiled and said, "Laomu, are you satisfied with this appetizer of mine?"

"A fine Nie Xiaoqian, I underestimated you. Go to your death for me."

Shu Yao Laomu spoke with venomous malice and, with extreme ruthlessness, attacked Nie Xiaoqian once more.

She made up her mind that she must torture Nie Xiaoqian well; she could not let her die just like that.

A sense of vigilance also arose in Shu Yao Laomu's heart; Nie Xiaoqian had always been right under her nose.

When had Nie Xiaoqian prepared to plot against her, and where did she get those things?

Shu Yao Laomu felt vigilant and attacked with ruthless decisiveness.

Nie Xiaoqian was an unstable factor; she would cripple her first.

Shu Yao Laomu's thousand years of Daoist cultivation were terrifyingly immense; rolling demon clouds enveloped Nie Xiaoqian.

Nie Xiaoqian, however, spoke unhurriedly, "Laomu, you are already old. Today, let Xiaoqian collect your corpse for you."

"Lord of Thunder, assist me!"

One talisman after another appeared in Nie Xiaoqian's hand; these talismans were all filled with the power of thunder.

These were exchanged from Daoist Zhang Jiao.

Shu Yao Laomu was a thousand-year-old demon and had committed many evils, so she feared the most rigid and most yang power of thunder the most.

With the help of the talismans, Nie Xiaoqian directly summoned the power of thunder.

This thunder power was most rigid and most yang, containing Daoist Zhang Jiao's Five Thunders Daoist Art.

The Thunder Talisman exploded, directly enveloping Shu Yao Laomu.

Under the thunder, Shu Yao Laomu let out screams one after another.

Even Nie Xiaoqian herself was somewhat afraid of this kind of most rigid and most yang Thunder Dao Arts.

For a female ghost, one careless move with this kind of thunder would result in her soul being scattered.

As for Shu Yao Laomu, she was even more unbearable under the Thunder Dao Arts.

Shu Yao Laomu had a thousand years of Daoist cultivation, but she had been heavily injured by Nie Xiaoqian one after another.

She did manage to persist by relying on that thousand years of Daoist cultivation.

Even that Thunder Dao Arts did not seem to have completely suppressed and killed her.

But she had been heavily injured once again.

Shu Yao Laomu wanted to manipulate Nie Xiaoqian, but who would have thought that time and time again, it was she who ended up severely injured instead.

Shu Yao Laomu was covered in demon blood, and she roared angrily while gasping for breath, "Nie Xiaoqian, I want you dead."

Where on earth did that cur Nie Xiaoqian obtain these Thunder Dao Arts?

Shu Yao Laomu was filled with chilling killing intent; she had originally intended to capture Nie Xiaoqian and torture her severely.

But at this moment, Shu Yao Laomu felt that if things continued like this, she feared she would fall here, and she must kill Nie Xiaoqian as quickly as possible at any cost.

Shu Yao Laomu extended one thousand-year-old tree branch after another from her true form, strangling toward Nie Xiaoqian.

At this time, she was sparing no effort to use the full power of her true form, just to kill Nie Xiaoqian.

Nie Xiaoqian, however, wore a look of pity and said, "Laomu, oh Laomu, you really are so naive; I already said it, you are old."

Hearing Nie Xiaoqian's words, a bad premonition arose in Shu Yao Laomu's heart.

Could it be that this Nie Xiaoqian still has some hidden means?

Shu Yao Laomu's heart pounded wildly, wanting to instantly shred Nie Xiaoqian's ghost directly.

"Explode."

Nie Xiaoqian spat out another word, and then, inside Shu Yao Laomu's true form, a thunderbolt exploded directly.

Boom!

This time, even with her thousand years of cultivation, Shu Yao Laomu could not hold on.

That thunderbolt exploded directly inside Shu Yao Laomu's true form, and her true form was blasted into pieces.

(End of this chapter)