Chapter 297: Leaking the questions

A female cultivator with a beautiful face and a layer of blue-gray color was hiding in the shadows of a small alley.

It was Han Ming.

The roar of demon beasts suddenly came from afar.

Han Ming looked up and saw a group of Red Rock Demon Heads flying over the sky of Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Immediately, the City Guard Army discovered this situation.

Swish, swish, swish...

A series of spells shot toward the sky and then exploded, colorful like fireworks.

A large number of Red Rock Demon Heads fell as a result.

A small crisis was successfully resolved.

Han Ming retracted her gaze, looked straight ahead, and looked at the City Lord's Mansion across the street.

"I have fallen into the vortex of this huge struggle." Han Ming sighed deeply, her face full of bitterness.

If she had known this, she would have chosen to flee far away and leave Fire Persimmon Immortal City completely.

Blame her for not admitting defeat and not being reconciled.

She did not participate in the Battle of Qi Bai. She was mobilized by Ning Zhuo's design, and after realizing she had been tricked, she did not appear, thus luckily escaping a disaster.

Perhaps this experience fueled her fluke mentality, allowing her to hide in the Immortal City until now, and finally be caught by Luo Shang and act as a pawn.

"Luo Shang did not plant any restrictions on me. Perhaps, I can run away directly?"

This thought just arose, and it was immediately pinched out by Han Ming.

Precisely because Luo Shang did not plant restrictions, Han Ming was extremely vigilant.

She had already guessed that this was likely a test given by Luo Shang. Once she ran away, Luo Shang would definitely be able to catch her back. And by then, it would not be the current treatment.

"Luo Shang is different from Qi Bai."

"Qi Bai was from a grassroots background, but Luo Shang has sect elders supporting him behind his back. Luo Shang's own foundation is far deeper than Qi Bai's."

"Not to mention, Luo Shang came here this time under the heavy responsibility of the sect, so he received great support."

"Jin Dan-level ghost generals, Qi Bai didn't have one, but Luo Shang has many."

"Could it be that now, there is a Jin Dan-level ghost general behind me, watching me?"

Han Ming did not know.

She was a Foundation Establishment peak demon cultivator; it was quite difficult to detect whether there were Jin Dan-level ghost generals around her with her own means.

Her means were not good, but she had the wisdom of a demon cultivator's survival.

According to her speculation, she knew that if she acted according to Luo Shang's arrangement this time, there might still be hope. If she really fled, the outcome would inevitably be miserable!

Since the night of the shelling, the City Lord's Mansion had been brightly lit.

At the moment, the brightly lit City Lord's Mansion looked like a beast that had opened its bloody mouth and wanted to eat people.

Han Ming bit the bullet, walked out of the shadows, and walked slowly toward the City Lord's Mansion.

Not long after she appeared, she was discovered by the City Guard Army.

"Who?"

"Stop!"

Han Ming shouted: "I am Han Ming, a wanted criminal of Fire Persimmon Immortal City. I came here this time to surrender and also to report a case!"

The guards looked at each other in surprise, not daring to make a decision, and someone immediately ran back to the City Lord's Mansion to report to Fei Si.

"What? Han Ming suddenly appeared and took the initiative to surrender?" Fei Si heard this news, and there was no joy on his face.

At the critical moment of the demon beast siege, he did not want any complications.

But Han Ming's appearance was not transferred by his will.

Fei Si's mind was agile, and he immediately understood that Han Ming's strange action must have been instructed.

"She is a member of the Soul-Eating Sect, and behind her is a super demon sect. Is she arranged by Luo Shang this time?"

The more Fei Si thought, the more serious his expression became.

"Hold court!" Fei Si was very decisive and decided to come forward to interrogate in person.

At the same time, he sent an urgent flying letter and sent a messenger to invite Chi Dun to help.

In the current situation, Fei Si was very cautious, fearing that the Soul-Eating Sect would take action against the City Lord's Mansion and against him.

After all, the other party was a super demon sect.

Soon.

Fei Si came to the hall and saw Han Ming, who was bound.

Fei Si patted the gavel and asked in a low voice.

Even if Han Ming was worried and uneasy, she was smiling at this moment, even in the face of the pressure of a Jin Dan cultivator, she was neither humble nor arrogant, appearing quite confident.

She spoke slowly, telling Fei Si about being plotted against, being abused by the Tiao-Tiao Ke, and seeing the body of Yuan Dasheng.

"Come, throw Han Ming into the dungeon!" Fei Si shouted.

Han Ming always had a smile on her face and actively cooperated.

Her behavior made Fei Si's face even more heavy.

Fei Si was well-versed in officialdom and had seen too many calculations, so he immediately realized: this is the Soul-Eating Sect's side wanting to provoke the contradiction between Meng Kui and Zhu Xuanji, with extremely sinister intentions.

Although he knew this was the enemy's calculation, he did not dare to take action himself.

He wrote a letter in the hall and sent a messenger to urgently convey this intelligence to Meng Kui.

The demon beast tide was raging on Fire Persimmon Mountain, and the usual flying letters could not reach Meng Kui's side. Therefore, the messenger was a good hand at using swords, using a flying sword, carrying Fei Si's letter, sprinting all the way, and finally arrived at the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain.

The messenger arrived over the mountaintop and saw the situation of the beast tide at the Fire Persimmon Mountain pass, and was shocked.

"The Lava Immortal Palace actually broke several holes!"

"The demon beast tide here is so terrifying! The Immortal City side is completely a small witch meeting a big witch."

The messenger was shocked in his heart and visited Meng Kui.

Meng Kui swept his spiritual sense and understood the content of the letter.

"Ning Zhuo..."

"Soul-Eating Sect..."

"And the Non-Empty Gate."

This Meng family wise general pondered for a few breaths, then reached out his hand.

Spell—Mysteries in the Palm!

The giant hand condensed by Nascent Soul-level magic power, carrying Fei Si's letter, rushed all the way, crushing countless demon beasts, and arrived at a hole in the light shield.

Subsequently, the magic power giant hand separated a small part, wrapped the flying letter, broke through the air, and flew toward a certain place in the Immortal Palace.

In the past, Meng Kui absolutely could not do this. But with the damage to the Immortal Palace, the power of the restrictions everywhere was greatly reduced, giving Meng Kui a small margin to exert Foundation Establishment-level combat power.

The target aimed at by the flying letter was not someone else, but Zhu Xuanji.

And Zhu Xuanji, who had borrowed the first round of the Palace Examination, did not actively prepare for the second round of the Palace Examination like others, but came to the Gourd Fire Furnace Forest.

A large group of Red Flame Demon Beasts, mainly Tread-Flame Lizards, were rushing here.

But the mechanism creatures responsible for interception were quite thin, and many cultivators watched without fighting.

This was specially arranged by Zhu Xuanji.

He wanted to approach the gold furnace, but that was the restricted area of the Gourd Fire Furnace Forest, and outsiders like Zhu Xuanji were not qualified to approach.

If the Red Flame Demon Beasts impacted near the gold furnace, Zhu Xuanji would have the opportunity to arrive at the gold furnace under the mission of eliminating the enemy, use means, and investigate the past scenes.

After Meng Kui calculated the message left by Ning Xiaohui, he got four clues, which were Ning Zhuo, Sun Lingtong, Zheng Danlian, and the gold furnace.

Zhu Xuanji had been thinking about these clues.

His deep experience of handling cases for a long time made him feel that there was something extremely important hidden in it.

Therefore, even if the second round of the Palace Examination was imminent, he had to take this action.

Lava Immortal Palace, main hall.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit paced nervously.

"Zhu Xuanji, Zhu Xuanji!"

"You guy, why are you lingering? Why are you making things difficult for me everywhere?"

"Sigh, why am I so unlucky to run into a thing like you!"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit gritted its teeth, full of resentment toward Zhu Xuanji.

Forced by helplessness, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had to pinch its throat and contact Ning Zhuo again.

"Little Master, Little, Little Master, I am the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit." Its tone sounded very weak.

This was not entirely pretended; the Lava Immortal Palace was damaged like this, and the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was indeed in poor condition.

Ning Zhuo was quite surprised to receive the sudden contact from the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit.

He quickly asked about the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's physical condition.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit endured the anxiety: "Th-thank you for your concern, Little Master, Little Spirit I won't die for the time being."

"That Zhu Xuanji wants to cause trouble again!"

"Right now, he wants to use the demon beast tide to investigate the gold furnace in the Gourd Forest."

"Little Master, Little Spirit seems to have told you before, right? Yuan Dasheng was made into a mechanism, which was using up a gold furnace."

"If Zhu Xuanji investigates this matter..."

Ning Zhuo's pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly praised the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit, saying that he would immediately stop Zhu Xuanji's action.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit showed a look of excitement and continued in a weak tone: "Little Master is decisive, not an ordinary person. Let's cooperate here now and use the Five Elements Cannon Tower to give them a hard one!"

Ning Zhuo refused: "This matter is a bit inappropriate."

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit stared and was anxious: "What's inappropriate? Little Master, can't hesitate!"

Ning Zhuo sighed: "My merit. In the last Palace Examination settlement, my merit was deducted too much. If I hadn't turned in my Buddha Heart Demon Seal in time, I would have lost the opportunity for the Palace Examination!"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit coughed violently twice: "Little Master is wise and martial, really amazing! In the case that Little Spirit's condition is extremely poor and cannot take care of you, being able to make such a judgment independently is not an ordinary person."

"But now, if Zhu Xuanji finds out something, what's the use of more merit?"

"Little Master, hurry up and fire the cannon!"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit turned around in a hurry.

"Okay!" Ning Zhuo's crisp answer made the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit happy.

He began to use his job authority, raised the six-story Five Elements Cannon Tower again, and aimed the muzzle at the location of the gold furnace in the Gourd Forest.

Magic power poured in, and the muzzle lit up with a brilliant glow.

"Fire, fire!" The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was secretly excited.

Just when he was about to fire, Ning Zhuo suddenly said: "Oh, by the way. Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit, do you know the specific name of the second round of the Palace Examination?"

Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit:!!?

At this moment, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit especially wanted to rush in front of Ning Zhuo and give him a hard headbutt!

What time is it, and he is still asking this and that!

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit shouted: "Little Master, you shoot first. If you don't fire, it will be too late!"

Ning Zhuo shook his head: "I am very hesitant. If this round of shelling goes down, the merit will be deducted again. In order to participate in the Palace Examination, I did not hesitate to turn in my Buddha Heart Demon Seal. So, I am determined to win the position of Palace Master!"

"Quickly reveal to me the content of the next Palace Examination."

"Otherwise, if I can't win the position of Palace Master, and I don't have my Buddha Heart Demon Seal, I might as well be caught by someone now!"

Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit:...