Chapter 248

Meng Kui nodded slightly.

He agreed quite a bit with Seeing Fei Si's worries.

Once such a major incident was caused, his political record would be extremely ugly. This would inevitably be a major stain on his life.

Seeing Fei Si requested to personally step forward to negotiate with Zhu Xuanji.

Meng Kui agreed to this request.

Seeing Fei Si's visiting card was soon delivered to Zhu Xuanji.

After the two met, Seeing Fei Si said bluntly: "Lord Zhu, the Jin Dan battle has just ended; even if our side wants to seize the Molten Xian Gong, we would never want to see such a chaotic battle happen again!"

"I believe Lord Zhu shares the same view as our side."

Zhu Xuanji nodded.

He was already known for investigating the hidden and calming the people, and he was a member of the royal family, naturally protecting the national situation and the people.

Seeing Fei Si continued: "The current situation is treacherous; as the acting City Lord, I cannot see it clearly for the moment."

"Regardless of whether Lord Zhu believes it or not, I have come this time to tell Lord Zhu: the City Lord's Mansion has never had any Black Shadow Demon cultivator, nor have we ever received the Demon Sect true scripture."

"I smell the scent of a conspiracy. This is very likely a layout by a mysterious force behind the scenes. They created this Jin Dan chaotic battle. Their original goal was to force a confrontation between you and me."

"It's just that an accident occurred during the process."

"The Zheng family's mechanism weapon was too sharp, curbing the rise in the intensity of the chaotic battle in time."

"Otherwise, according to the previous trend, if the fighting continued, the entire Fire Persimmon Xiancheng would suffer, and by then, the people would be in misery, with wailing everywhere in the city."

Zhu Xuanji's expression was serious as he looked deeply at Seeing Fei Si.

Seeing Fei Si's feelings were consistent with his own!

Because he also felt that it was strange and was also guessing whether there was a third-party force behind the scenes.

Since that was the case, Zhu Xuanji also told Seeing Fei Si: "Believe it or not, the true scripture we snatched is fake and very problematic. Zheng Shuangou brought the true scripture back to the defensive array of his clan's territory, and that true scripture vanished into thin air."

"Furthermore, after the carrier disappeared, no content of the true scripture was spread."

Seeing Fei Si's expression changed slightly after hearing this, and after careful consideration, he said: "Then looking back, the third layer of rumors is the most critical."

Zhu Xuanji chuckled: "You don't need to probe."

"This third layer of rumors was spread by our side, with the goal of countering your City Lord's Mansion to prevent you from taking action against Unlike Ning Zhuo."

Seeing Fei Si said in shock: "Why would our City Lord's Mansion take action against Unlike Ning Zhuo?"

Then, he suddenly realized and felt a strong chill.

"I understand."

"You suspect that our City Lord's Mansion used Unlike Ning Zhuo to blow up the Xian Gong and secretly arranged Black Shadow Demon cultivators in the Fire Persimmon Forest. You suspect that the Black Shadow Demon cultivators are in cahoots with our side?!"

"Absolutely not!!" Seeing Fei Si emphasized solemnly.

Zhu Xuanji just smiled.

Seeing Fei Si was a bit anxious.

What was going on?

It had always been him framing others; how could he be framed now?!

Seeing Fei Si calmed down immediately. He neither argued to explain nor swore an oath.

Because he knew that there was a deep rift between the City Lord's Mansion and Zhu Xuanji's side. The two sides were in a hostile stance regarding the competition for the Molten Xian Gong.

Under such a relationship, no matter what he said, Zhu Xuanji would not believe it.

Even using magic treasures or other means to swear an oath would be useless.

Because Zhu Xuanji would instantly guess whether the City Lord's Mansion had long been prepared with a way to break the oath!

After parting, both of them were lost in thought.

Although neither could trust the other, this meeting was still extremely necessary and had its gains.

Both sides achieved their main goal—that is, to control the intensity of their mutual struggle.

The Meng family did not want to rebel, and the Nandou royal family also wanted to maintain stability within the country.

If the Nandou royal family became empty due to the Meng family's internal strife, it would inevitably trigger erosion from surrounding cultivation kingdoms.

The current cultivation world was maintaining a terrifying balance. Large and small kingdoms had been doing their best to arm themselves for nearly a hundred years.

Fire Persimmon Mountain Peak.

Deep in the clouds and mist.

Meng Kui sat cross-legged in the air, his eyes deep blue, piercing through layers of clouds and mist, looking down at the entire Fire Persimmon Xiancheng.

The Jin Dan chaotic battle had deeply touched him.

Like Seeing Fei Si and Zhu Xuanji, Meng Kui also felt that a mysterious force was lurking in the dark.

And this force was using the Molten Xian Gong to control the situation of the entire Fire Persimmon Xiancheng to a certain extent.

The Jin Dan chaotic battle was an attempt by this force to trigger a struggle between the Nandou royal family and the Meng family!

"Who exactly is it?"

"Come out!"

Ever since the last time he sat on the mountain watching the tigers fight, Meng Kui had remained calm and unmoved.

This time, touched by the events, he took action once again.

Divine Ability—Sitting on the Mountain Watching!

He used his divine ability while taking out a talisman.

Great Wind Talisman!

Cloud Rising Talisman!

The great wind rises and the clouds fly, sitting on the mountain watching and listening to the sound of pines.

Let the wind and clouds rage outside the mountain; I sit quietly in the mountain, listening to the sound of pine waves, unstained by the clouds and mist of the storm, observing the changes in power.

Meng Kui silently operated his divine ability, and after a moment, his vision suddenly changed.

It was no longer the usual scene of the Xiancheng and the volcano, but a strange sight of concrete fate!

He saw red flames raging, and on the molten stone slab, a huge dragon turtle looked up at the sky, its dragon eyes full of longing.

And in the night sky, a huge mysterious bird circled, its feathers deep blue, thunder clinging to its body, with a golden beak and silver claws, extremely majestic.

In the darkness, a huge giant tree that supported the sky and stepped on the earth was not seen in its entirety, only its branches and roots extending out.

The dark green roots spread, taking root in the molten stone slab, and also taking root in the body of the red-flamed dragon turtle.

A large red fruit hung on the branches. The red fruit extended over the top of the dragon turtle's head, radiating red light, shining so brightly that the dragon turtle couldn't lift its head.

Two streams of blood and tears flowed from Meng Kui's eyes, and sharp pain arose from the depths of his soul. Furthermore, the pain deepened rapidly with every breath he took.

Meng Kui knew that his observation time was extremely limited, so he focused his attention, concentrating fully on examining the details.

He soon discovered that the dragon turtle's four limbs were buried deep in the molten stone slab beneath its feet. Beneath the molten stone slab was terrifying, boiling magma.

Buildings stood on the dragon turtle's shell, which was actually the appearance of Fire Persimmon Xiancheng.

The dragon turtle was eager to move, wanting to stand up and shift, wanting to pull its four limbs out of the stone slab.

However, once it did so, the rock slab would inevitably shatter, and by then, the golden-red magma would instantly submerge it.

But if it didn't do so, the thunder mysterious bird circling in the night sky would swoop down, stretch out its sharp claws, and grab the dragon turtle's eyes. The roots and branches spreading from the darkness would pierce its body, making it a prisoner forever bound here!

Meng Kui's vision suddenly went black.

The blood overflowing from his eye sockets also turned into a smear of black blood.

At the same time, large patches of his hair instantly turned gray. As the breeze blew, it melted rapidly like snow under the sun.

"So that's it!"

"This Molten Xian Gong seems unwilling to bear the heavy burden and wants to escape."

"More accurately, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit here wants to run. No wonder it keeps going crazy and acting like a monster time and time again."

In Meng Kui's understanding, the thunder bird undoubtedly represented him, Meng Chong, and the City Lord's Mansion's power.

The fate of the Molten Xian Gong and the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit condensed into the form of a dragon turtle.

And the giant tree roots and branches spreading from the darkness represented the Nandou royal family and Zhu Xuanji.

Meng Kui closed his eyes tightly, healing his wounds while assessing the situation: "It's almost the most critical moment."

"If the dragon turtle wants to get out of its predicament, it must face three layers of trouble."

"The first layer is the magma beneath its feet, representing Fire Persimmon Mountain. If it pulls away and leaves, the rock slab will shatter, and it will inevitably be swallowed by the magma."

"The second layer is the thunder bird pecking at its eyes."

"The third layer is the giant tree's erosion."

"The red fruit on the giant tree branches must be Zhu Xuanji, right? This person is the fruit of the Nandou royal family in the Jin Dan stage."

"He shines on the dragon turtle, making it unable to lift its head and unable to open its eyes."

Upper Lower Dantian Spirit Sea.

The Buddha Heart Demon Seal suddenly shook violently, radiating Buddha light to protect Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"What's going on?!" Unlike Ning Zhuo was shocked.

The Buddha light shone over his entire body, and Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately operated the Cloud Concealment Bud to cover himself.

The Buddha light lasted for a while before slowly dissipating.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was suspicious and uncertain, not knowing what crisis had triggered the Buddha Heart Demon Seal to save him again!

"What should I do?"

"I'm afraid there are still detection methods left by the Jin Dan cultivators on me."

"Is Zhu Xuanji still observing me?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo fell into a predicament.

He had to be careful in every action and could not reveal the slightest flaw.

According to his analysis, he was likely still being watched in secret.

This was because Zhu Xuanji had made it very clear before that he suspected a mastermind behind the scenes and warned Unlike Ning Zhuo not to let his guard down.

"According to Zhu Xuanji's personality, knowing that I am in danger, he would not take the initiative to revoke the monitoring methods."

This made Unlike Ning Zhuo feel extremely inconvenient.

From now on, his every move would be severely restricted.

He could no longer meet Sun Lingtong in secret, nor could he try to remove the monitoring methods.

Once Unlike Ning Zhuo tried to remove them, he would undoubtedly be telling the Jin Dan cultivators—he had ulterior motives!

Under normal circumstances, a young cultivator who was still in danger would wish for as many detection methods to be planted on them as possible.

"Why did Zhu Xuanji suddenly want to audit my three dantian?"

"After the Jin Dan chaotic battle, what did he discover that caused him to cast his suspicious gaze on me?"

"Was Han Ming caught?"

"Or was it caused by the self-destruction of the Demon Sect true scripture?"

If Han Ming was caught and exposed the fact that the Young Guest possessed Yuan Dasheng's corpse, then Unlike Ning Zhuo had long prepared an excuse for this.

But Unlike Ning Zhuo knew well that the effect of this excuse was weak.

Now that Zhu Xuanji had begun to suspect him, this excuse might even have the opposite effect!

"The follow-up reaction of the City Lord's Mansion also needs to be focused on."

"Seeing Fei Si... is also not easy to fool."

"Sigh, the destroyed Demon Sect true scripture is a flaw!"

If possible, Unlike Ning Zhuo would rather hand over the real true scripture.

But the facts did not go as he wished.

He was lucky enough to have reached this step and to have been able to invite Yang Chanyu to make a fake.

Regarding this matter, Sun Lingtong had already informed Unlike Ning Zhuo through the Molten Xian Gong in the follow-up.

"If Brother Sun could invite Yang Chanyu, he must have paid a price."

"Although he told me it was a heavy-money invitation, do I not know him? Hmph, he is hiding it from me."