Chapter 248

Meng Kui nodded slightly.

He agreed quite a bit with 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.

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

Meng Kui agreed to this request.

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

After the two met, Fei Si said bluntly: "Lord Zhu, the Jin Dan battle has just ended; even if our side wants to seize the Molten Immortal Palace, 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 observing hidden things and pacifying the people, and as a member of the royal family, he naturally protected the national situation and the citizens.

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

"Whether Lord Zhu believes it or not, I came here 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 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 accidents occurred during the process."

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

"Otherwise, following the previous trend, if the fighting had continued, the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City would have suffered, and at that time, the people would have been plunged into misery, with wailing throughout the city."

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

Fei Si's feelings were consistent with his own!

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

Since that was the case, Zhu Xuanji also told Fei Si: "Whether you believe it or not, the true scripture we snatched is fake and very problematic. When Zheng Shuangou brought the true scripture back to the defensive array of the clan grounds, that true scripture vanished into thin air."

"And after the carrier disappeared, no content of the true scripture was circulated."

Fei Si's expression changed slightly after hearing this, and after carefully weighing it, 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 circulated by our side, with the goal of countering your City Lord's Mansion to prevent you from taking action against Ning Zhuo."

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

Then, he suddenly realized and felt a strong chill.

"I understand."

"You suspect that it was my City Lord's Mansion that used Ning Zhuo to blow up the Immortal Palace and secretly arranged the black-shadow demon cultivator in the Fire Persimmon Forest. You suspect that the black-shadow demon cultivator is in cahoots with our side?!"

"Absolutely not!!" Fei Si emphasized solemnly.

Zhu Xuanji just smiled.

Fei Si was a bit anxious.

What was going on?

It was always him who wronged others; why was he being wronged now?!

Fei Si immediately calmed down. He neither argued nor explained, nor did he swear an oath.

Because he knew that there was a deep rift between the City Lord's Mansion and Zhu Xuanji's side. Regarding the competition for the Molten Immortal Palace, the two sides were in a hostile state.

In 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 suspect whether the City Lord's Mansion had long since prepared a way to break the oath!

After parting, both were lost in thought.

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

Both sides achieved their main goal—that was to control the intensity of their mutual fighting.

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 were to become hollow due to internal strife in the Meng family, it would inevitably lead to erosion by surrounding cultivation kingdoms.

The current cultivation world was maintaining a terrifying balance. Large and small countries 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 to look down at the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

The Jin Dan chaotic battle had deeply touched him.

Like 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 Immortal Palace to control the situation of the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City to a certain extent.

The Jin Dan chaotic battle was an attempt by this force to trigger a conflict 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 and watched the tigers fight, Meng Kui had remained calm and unmoved.

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

Supernatural Power—Mountain-Watching!

He used his supernatural power while taking out a talisman.

Great Wind Talisman!

Cloud-Raising Talisman!

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

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

Meng Kui silently operated his supernatural power, and after a moment, his vision suddenly changed.

It was no longer the usual scene of the immortal city and the volcano, but a strange scene of concrete energy and luck!

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 giant tree so huge it supported the sky and stepped on the earth, its full appearance unseen, only extended branches and roots.

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

A large red fruit hung on the branches. The red fruit extended above the dragon turtle's head, radiating red light, shining so brightly that the dragon turtle could not lift its head.

Two streams of bloody tears flowed from Meng Kui's eyes, and intense pain arose from the depths of his soul. And 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. Under the molten stone slab was terrifying, endlessly boiling magma.

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

The dragon turtle was eager to move, wanting to get 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 at that time, 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 its dragon eyes. The tree 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 fresh blood overflowing from his eye sockets also turned into a smear of black blood.

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

"So that's how it is!"

"This Molten Immortal Palace seems unwilling to bear the heavy responsibility and wants to break free."

"More accurately, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit here wants to run. No wonder it keeps going crazy and making trouble time and time again."

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

The energy and luck of the Molten Immortal Palace 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 dilemmas simultaneously."

"The first layer is the magma beneath its feet, representing Fire Persimmon Mountain. If it pulls away, 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 a rare fruit among the Jin Dan stage of the Nandou royal family."

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

Upper Dantian Spirit Sea.

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

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

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

The Buddha light lasted for a while before slowly dissipating.

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 the detection means of the Jin Dan cultivators are still left on me."

"Is Zhu Xuanji still observing me?"

Ning Zhuo fell into a predicament.

He had to be careful with every move 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 Ning Zhuo not to let his guard down.

"Given Zhu Xuanji's personality, knowing that I am in danger, he would not voluntarily revoke his monitoring means."

This made 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 attempt to remove the monitoring means.

Once Ning Zhuo attempted to remove them, it would undoubtedly tell the Jin Dan cultivators—he had ulterior motives!

Under normal circumstances, a young cultivator who still had danger remaining would be eager for as many detection means to be planted on him 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 Disheveled Guest possessed Yuan Dasheng's corpse, then Ning Zhuo had already prepared a story for that.

But Ning Zhuo knew deeply that the effect of such a story would be weak.

Now that Zhu Xuanji had begun to suspect him, such a story might even have the opposite effect!

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

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

"Sigh, the destroyed Demon Sect True Scripture is a flaw!"

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

But the facts were not as he wished.

He had been lucky enough to get this far, being able to invite Yang Chanyu to help him fake it.

Regarding this matter, Sun Lingtong had already informed Ning Zhuo afterwards through the Molten Immortal Palace.

"Sun Boss must have paid a price to get Yang Chanyu to act."

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