Chapter 214: Guaizi Mountain Eight Kings Tiangong

The Lu King said coldly, "I warned you not to provoke the gods of the Xiao Yinjian and not to approach Tianmen Town; why didn't you listen?"

"If you hadn't randomly caught ghost officials and angered the Guan Chenghuang Guan, why would they spy on the Eight Kings Tiangong, and why would there be sword qi like a fireball falling?"

"Brother King, you are too cowardly; 'don't provoke' sounds shameful," General Bietou said boldly.

"Bastard!"

The Lu King's eyes flashed with scarlet ghost fire; the massive pressure first solidified the surrounding air, then formed a gray-black air wave, expanding forward.

General Bietou was like an insect stuck in solidified time, unable to move, and had to bear the pressure of ten thousand jin, his originally raised head and straight spine immediately being pressed to the ground.

"Brother King, I submit, I submit, don't hit me, I submit; you are the Brother King, I am the Brother King's younger brother, the younger brother will listen to everything the Brother King says."

General Bietou seemed to have triggered some kind of stress reaction, shouting hurriedly and with some fear.

"I will go back now and release that ghost official, and I will never provoke the gods of the Xiao Yinjian again."

Seeing him look so honest and obedient, the Lu King felt no sense of accomplishment and just sighed helplessly, "You've already caught him; releasing him now would be truly too cowardly."

General Bietou's pressure lightened, and he raised his head and shouted, "Brother King, I will listen honestly, but I still have to say, we don't have to fear them."

"Even without the Brother King and the other great kings taking action, just relying on me and my three thousand good sand barbarian sons, we could flatten Tianmen Town and slaughter the Guan Chenghuang Guan."

"You village-ignorant sand barbarian, you have no sense of the big picture, and you know nothing about the Guan Chenghuang Guan," the Lu King scolded.

"I have a sense of the big picture, and I understand the Guan Chenghuang Guan... I didn't know it originally, but I remember the Brother King's words."

General Bietou hurriedly defended, "Tianmen Town is very special; the Guan Chenghuang Guan has accumulated a large amount of divine power over these years, and his strength is even greater than some City Gods of the capital."

"We of Guaizi Mountain should secretly train ghost soldiers and recruit ghost heroes of the Xiao Yinjian."

"Wait until our memorial day next year, and erupt all at once, ten thousand ghosts walking by day, completely dragging Tianmen Town from the Yang Realm into the Yin Realm."

"I understand all of this, but I think the Brother King and the other brothers underestimate our own people."

"Even I can trade two blows with the Guan Chenghuang Guan and can kill ghost officials in front of him; if the brothers take action, it will definitely be easy."

"Don't wait until next year's memorial day; if it were up to me, we should have erupted last month on the day of the Ghost Festival, ten thousand ghost soldiers entering Tianmen; who could stop us?"

The Lu King held his forehead with his right hand, looking helpless at his "younger brother's" brain-deadness.

"When I was alive, I warned you that Western Shu has more than just the Western Shu army, and Tianmen Town has more than just the Tianmen Town city defense camp."

"We of the thirty-six countries' allied forces entered Western Shu, and we must have the awareness to face the Great Qin iron cavalry directly."

"Now that we have become ghosts of the Yin Realm, we continue our unfinished ambition from when we were alive, and we still must have the awareness to face Great Qin."

"You only stare at Tianmen Town and stare at the Guan Chenghuang Guan; how can that work?"

"Brother King, the Lieyang Marquis has left, the thief Daoist Qingsong is dead, and there is only a sissy white-faced imperial envoy in Luodu; what do we need to fear?"

"Can the Great Qin iron cavalry arrive at Tianmen Town in a few days?"

"We can definitely destroy Tianmen Town in one day."

"After destroying Tianmen Town, turn all one million living people into our ghost slaves, and then immediately return to Guaizi Mountain to hold the city; what can the Great Qin iron cavalry do to us?" General Bietou shouted.

"I don't want to talk to you anymore; go back, be quiet recently, and don't leave Guaizi Mountain!" The Lu King waved his hand.

The Dongfang Shuo they feared the most had become a sissy white-faced man in the mouth of this dog-shitting sand barbarian.

The cognitive gap was too large, and they couldn't communicate normally at all; what else was there to say?

"Since he is so brave, why not let him try?"

After General Bietou left, a shadow emerged from the void, and a voice said gloomily.

The Lu King had become a Ghost King, but there were still a few candles lit in his palace.

The candlelight of the Yang Realm can disperse darkness, but the candle flame of the Yin Realm is compressed into a very small range by the shadows.

Even if the candle is lit, the feeling it gives people is that the atmosphere is even more eerie, not warm and secure because of the light.

Therefore, the black shadow stood by the bronze candlestick shaped like a fierce yaksha, covered from face to feet in shadows, and its figure and appearance could not be seen.

"He is stupid, but he is my number one fierce general, and he swore an oath with us eight Ghost Kings, and was given the surname 'Ji' by me; he cannot be sent to his death meaninglessly," the Lu King said indifferently.

Besides being stupid and lacking insight, General Bietou was still very useful.

For example, the current "Eight Kings Tiangong" was built under his responsibility for mobilizing and supervising craftsmen.

The daily patrols near Guaizi Mountain were also completed very well by General Bietou.

When encountering encirclement and suppression by Xiao Yinjian ghost officials, he was even more fearless, pointing where to hit, and feared no one.

"The Guan Chenghuang Guan has persuaded Li Xianzhi to hold a 'Ghost Elimination Wu Lin Assembly' in Tianmen Town," the shadow said.

The Lu King said, "So what? A few days ago, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face led hundreds of ghost officials to besiege my Guaizi Mountain ghost mansion, and they didn't even break through the outer defense line of Lianghe Beach."

"As long as Fengdu doesn't intervene, I wouldn't be afraid even if Yama came."

The shadow laughed, "You dare to say that because you know the Ten Yama Kings won't easily leave the Yama Palace."

"A mere Guaizi Mountain is only slightly paid attention to by the Western Sand Region Chief Judge."

"What about the Chief Judge?" The Lu King gave a cold laugh, "The Chief Judge is equivalent to the prime minister of a feudal state in the human world, and is indeed powerful."

"But I am the Western Lu Grand Marshal, and I know the prime ministers of the Western countries very well."

"There are very few who are as talented in both literature and martial arts as Yilin."

Even if it were Yilin, he rarely personally led troops to conquer 'rebellious kings'."

"We eight Guaizi Mountain Kings are not ordinary 'rebellious kings'."

"When alive, we knew better than anyone how to manage a feudal state."

"After death, we also understand better than those ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Kings how to establish a ghost kingdom."

The black shadow shook his head lightly and said, "If we only compare official authority, the Chief Judge of the Xiao Yinjian's Western Sha Realm is indeed equivalent to a prime minister of a foreign nation outside of China."

"But the authority of a prime minister in the Yang Realm is only a kind of power, and power needs to go through complex transformation to become strength."

"The authority of a prime minister in the Xiao Yinjian is divine power, which is powerful strength."

"Even if the prime minister was weak in literature and didn't understand leading troops to fight when alive, great power belongs to oneself; one person is more powerful and efficient than an army of ghost gods."

"Do you believe that if the Western Sand Region Chief Judge Hu came over with the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush, even if all eight Guaizi Mountain Kings went up together, not one would survive?"

"Do you think I'm an ignorant sand barbarian? I know the Chief Judge's power very well, but when two armies are arrayed against each other, how could eight Ghost Kings go up directly?"

"When alive, we were generals skilled in military strategy; after death, we must borrow ten thousand ghost soldiers to condense the monstrous fierce evil aura, so that the ghost gods and ghost Immortals of the Xiao Yinjian, and the gods and Buddhas of the Heavenly Realm, are all powerless to stop us."

The shadow was silent for a while, then sighed, "That's why I said you should let General Bietou try."

"With just one ghost general, he definitely can't beat the Guan Chenghuang Guan."

"If the power of three thousand sand barbarian ghost soldiers is concentrated together, the Guan Chenghuang Guan can only roar repeatedly and retreat helplessly."

The Lu King said angrily, "Tianmen Town doesn't just have the Guan Chenghuang Guan; there are many old monsters hidden inside and outside the city."

"They are like leeches clinging to a fat cow to suck blood."

"Obtaining supplies from Tianmen Town to prolong their lives and let their realms further improve."

"This is the fundamental interest!"

"Last year, they made us promise not to change the status quo, and they would stay neutral..."

"But we couldn't promise; we want to destroy Tianmen Town and cut off the key connection point between the Western Sand Region and Great Qin."

"As a result, a million-strong army and dozens of Human Immortals in the army were blocked at Lianghe Beach for more than a month."

"We couldn't compromise with those old monsters when alive, and it's even more impossible now."

"Letting Bietou go to Tianmen Town, he might not even know how he died."

"I don't know who took action or what method they used... I don't want the old story to repeat itself."

"I want to accumulate strength, and one day, ten thousand ghosts will walk by day, and the ghost soldiers will be like a flood, completely submerging Tianmen Town."

"Whatever Human Immortal, whatever Corpse-Dissolving Immortal, whatever Earth Immortal, whatever Loose Immortal—flatten them all, slaughter them all!"

The shadow nodded and said, "This is also the expectation of the 'Master' for all the Kings."

"Then why are you still saying let Bietou try?" The Lu King said unhappily.

This is not only the "lurking claws and teeth, enduring, recruiting troops and buying horses in the Yin Realm" plan that the eight Ghost Kings have agreed upon.

This is also the initial plan of the "Master" for the Guaizi Mountain Ghost Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, the Lu King's forbearance is just following orders.

However, this order also fits his own ideas, and he doesn't resist it at all.

He had already experienced a disastrous defeat outside Tianmen Town when he was alive.

No matter what, he must learn his lesson after death and cannot fall into the same pit twice in a row.

"General Bietou's target is not Tianmen Town, but Heavens Yu Fengxian. Just sending out one General Bietou won't cause an intense reaction from others in Tianmen Town, and can continue to maintain the stability of the situation," the shadow said.

"Heavens Yu Fengxian... Sand barbarian Yu?" The Lu King was surprised.

The shadow sighed, "Zhou Lang is afraid."

"The Tongtian Mansion is very luxurious, taking out eight million jin of refined iron to ask the 'Kunwu Pavilion' to refine a bottle of Geng Metal Qi and send it to him."

"The 'Big Dipper Seven Swords' have long been recast, sharper than ever before."

"But he doesn't dare to come to Tianmen Town to find Heavens Yu Fengxian, and is still begging the Tongtian Sword Sect to pass on the 'Great River Sword Qi Formula' to him."

"I heard he is recently inquiring about the Immortal Mountain where Kong Zan's master is located, probably wanting to beg for a few Immortal treasures or divine medicines."

The Lu King said strangely, "Could it be that he wants to visit all the friends and relatives of Heavens Yu Fengxian's enemies one by one?"

"Every household must send him a supernatural power or Immortal treasure, so that he can come to Tianmen Town to kill Heavens Yu Fengxian and avenge everyone?"

"Don't even say it, that's exactly what he thinks," the shadow laughed, "And don't laugh at him for being a coward; if he weren't a coward, he would have died at Feixian Ferry long ago."

"Then wait until his divine skill is completed, and he brings a body full of Immortal treasures and magic weapons to Tianmen Town to kill Heavens Yu Fengxian," the Lu King said.

The shadow sighed, "The 'Pure Yang Sword Qi' that Heavens Yu Fengxian just displayed, you didn't personally feel it, but at least you saw it with your own eyes."

"Even if what gave birth to a bit of Pure Yang is only evil aura, it is 'Pure Yang'!"

"How many Heavenly Immortals are stuck at this step of Divine Soul Pure Yang, unable to make any progress for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years."

The Lu King pondered, "Pure Yang Sword Qi is indeed terrifying. Seeing the fireball falling into the East Pass City, I felt terrified even from far away."

"But sword qi is ultimately not a technique."

"Sword qi has traces to follow, and if you are on guard, it is very easy to dodge."

"Actually, even Immortal techniques and strange arts can be dodged."

"No matter what supernatural power it is, if it doesn't land on the body, it equals having nothing."

"You are right, that's why I said let Bietou try. Bietou can't withstand Pure Yang Sword Qi, and Heavens Yu Fengxian can't withstand Bietou's blade; even if the two die together, it is completely worth it."

The Lu King shook his head, "It's not worth it! Bietou is my number one fierce general, and his potential is no less than the other Ghost Kings."

The shadow sighed and said gloomily, "You must understand that mastering Pure Yang Sword Qi not only proves that Heavens Yu Fengxian's strength is powerful, but also shows that she is indeed born with innate wisdom and extraordinary talent."

"Even if Zhou Lang is shameless and goes everywhere begging for supernatural powers, divine medicines, and magic weapons, his speed of progress might not be as fast as hers."

"It's better to pay some price to finish her off early, lest she really become a great disaster in the future."