Chapter 324: Response

Zhu Xuanji frowned, not relaxing.

Just now, he fought three against one, defeating Ning Zhuo, Sun Lingtong, and Yang Chanyu, but he didn't feel much pleasure.

All along, he had focused on hiding his true combat power. Few outsiders knew about the two divine abilities, the Golden Mountain Stance and the Jade Pillar Posture.

This time, it concerned the Lava Immortal Palace and the legacy of a Void Refinement great power, so he was willing to make a move in public and expose a part of his own strength.

"Ning Jiufan fights Zheng Shuangou, Meng Chong, and the Meng family Jin Dan true disciple. Ning Jiufan defeated and eliminated, Zheng Shuangou defeated and eliminated!"

This simple piece of news contained information that was not simple at all.

Zhu Xuanji pondered for a moment and understood the truth: "The Zheng family has betrayed the three-party alliance I built."

Regarding this, he had actually been mentally prepared for a long time.

He could even guess the reason why the Zheng family betrayed the alliance and secretly defected to the Meng family—

The Taiqing Palace was the sword hanging over the Zheng family's head, which could fall at any time.

The Zheng family was already in crisis of annihilation!

Under such strong pressure, the Southern Bean royal family had always maintained an ambiguous attitude and had not clearly issued an order to protect the Zheng family. Then, the Zheng family naturally had to save themselves and frantically look for a way to survive.

Meng Kui must have given some promises, making the Zheng family feel like they had grabbed a straw, thereby firmly defecting to the Meng family and betraying the alliance.

As for the alliance agreement Zhu Xuanji had signed with them, it was naturally broken by the Meng family.

There are poisons, and naturally there are antidotes. There are alliances, and there are means to break them.

Zhu Xuanji calculated the situation secretly.

"Zhou Nongying, Ning Jiufan, the Purple Cloud Pavilion Jin Dan true disciple, Zheng Shuangou, Yang Chanyu, Shu Zhongjun, and Ning Zhuo have all been eliminated."

"Now, only I, Zheng Danlian, the Meng family's Meng Chong and the Jin Dan body cultivator, as well as Song Fuli and Sun Lingtong, remain in the Turning Point Secret Pavilion."

"The biggest threat to me should be Zheng Danlian! The Night Rain Demon Weapon in this person's hand cannot be judged by common sense."

"Besides that, it is the alliance of these people."

"Once they realize my strength is too high, they will quickly unite to deal with me."

In fact, this was one of the reasons why Zhu Xuanji had been hiding his true combat power.

"Who else is there now that can be united with?"

"Song Fuli?"

Zhu Xuanji came from the royal family, and his ability to judge the situation and form alliances was also not bad.

In fact, when he came to Fire Persimmon Immortal City alone, except for himself, no one helped him.

Zhu Xuanji first used the strong reason of investigating the case to openly borrow the manpower and material resources of the City Lord's Mansion. Even Meng Kui, in the early stages, held expectations for the royal family and Zhu Xuanji.

Later, Zhu Xuanji used his identity, followed the trend, and concluded a three-party alliance with the Zhou family, Zheng family, and Ning family.

He not only borrowed the power of the local snakes but also avoided the embarrassment of being forced to fight multiple people alone, thereby avoiding exposing his true combat power in advance.

Although the Zheng family defected, to be honest, it was not Zhu Xuanji's fault.

If one had to blame someone, it could only be the Southern Bean royal family for not issuing an order in time.

"In fact, so much time has passed, and the royal family has been slow to issue an order, which actually already shows their attitude!"

Zhu Xuanji was able to walk to this step, not just relying on his identity and talent; he was also constantly exerting his own strategy.

Zhu Xuanji thought about it and didn't make up his mind to unite with Song Fuli.

In his view: the timing of the appearance of these cloud merchants like Song Fuli carried a hint of coincidence.

He could unite with Song Fuli, but couldn't the City Lord Meng Kui do the same? If they competed on the price of solicitation, Zhu Xuanji could be sure that he couldn't beat Meng Kui.

If both sides competed to win over Song Fuli, then the probability of him being the loser was very high.

Since that was the case, Zhu Xuanji, who had just been backstabbed by Ning Zhuo not long ago, would rather choose to keep his distance from Song Fuli.

Of course, the main reason for making all these decisions was Zhu Xuanji's confidence.

He was confident that he could contend with the alliance of all others by himself.

And the only thing that worried him was not the alliance, but the dispersion of everyone!

"Zhu Xuanji fights Entry Standard, Yang Chanyu, and Ning Zhuo. Yang Chanyu defeated and eliminated, Ning Zhuo conceded and eliminated?"

Similar to Zhu Xuanji's situation, Meng Chong and the Meng family Jin Dan body cultivator were also sorting out the battle reports of others.

"Why did Ning Zhuo go to deal with Zhu Xuanji?" Meng Chong felt surprised, then exclaimed, "Zhu Xuanji the Divine Catcher is powerful! He was suppressed to the Foundation Establishment stage and fought so many people. Is the mechanical ape in Sun Lingtong's hand still unusable?"

The Meng family Jin Dan body cultivator sneered: "Either Ning Zhuo is still entangled with the Unempty Gate, or the Ning family also wants to get their hands on the Lava Immortal Palace! The barbarians of the Northern Wind Kingdom have always been so ambitious."

Meng Chong shrugged and said indifferently: "If it were me, I would do the same; if you can seize the spoils of war, why not fight with all your might to compete for them?"

The Jin Dan body cultivator showed a thoughtful look and said in a heavy tone: "If the mechanical ape in Sun Lingtong's hand can be used, then Zhu Xuanji's true combat power is quite terrifying. He hides very deeply on weekdays."

"In the hands of the Unempty Gate, there should still be another Foundation Establishment-level mechanical puppet hidden. It wears a bamboo hat and can control ghosts."

In the battle of the three-party alliance, the City Lord's Mansion naturally collected information.

Even without this, Ning Zhuo had arranged for the Golden Blood Battle Ape · Dasheng and the Nether Envoy · Qi Bai many times, disguising them as part of the trial level, to intercept trial disciples many times.

So, the City Lord's Mansion had long ago calculated this trump card, the Nether Envoy · Qi Bai.

"Don't forget, the restrictions are weakened, and we can all use our own things. Although Ning Zhuo is only at the middle level of Qi Refining, with a cultivation level similar to yours, Young Master, he is definitely carrying a Jin Dan-level mechanical ape."

"Even if the mechanical ape is suppressed by the restrictions to the Foundation Establishment level, it is still a huge threat."

"Add in the Unempty Gate's Jin Dan true disciple Yang Chanyu..."

"Zhu Xuanji actually defeated these three; his strength is quite terrifying! He hides very deeply on weekdays."

Meng Chong put his hands behind his head indifferently: "Why guess so much, wouldn't everything be clear if we just had a fight with Zhu Xuanji?"

The Meng family Jin Dan body cultivator felt tired and hurriedly waved his hand: "War is dangerous; it is best not to fight if possible. The Art of War says: the best warfare is to attack the strategy, the next is to attack the alliance, the next is to attack the soldiers, and the worst is to attack the city. We must try to avoid fighting and strive to obtain the final victory in the most stable way."

"Not fight Zhu Xuanji?!" Meng Chong stared; he was looking forward to this battle from the bottom of his heart, and yet the person beside him said not to fight?

Meng Chong immediately said: "It's not easy to have such a good opportunity. Zhu Xuanji is suppressed to the Foundation Establishment stage, and I can rely on my Immortal Talent to fight him. If we really fight, how satisfying it would be."

The Meng family Jin Dan body cultivator shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, Young Master, you seem to have forgotten. To seize the position of Palace Master, we need to find the most correct path in the Turning Point Secret Pavilion, and the first person to enter the main hall and sit on the throne will become the Palace Master of the Lava Immortal Palace."

"What you need to do is this, not fight a battle with Zhu Xuanji that you have no certainty of winning."

"If we fight, it will only be me uniting with Zheng Danlian to intercept Zhu Xuanji and buy time for you."

Meng Chong's eyes shone: "It is precisely because there is no certainty that it is more interesting to fight. This might be a rare opportunity for our Meng family to compete with the Zhu family royal family! I want to see why the Zhu family can suppress our Meng family and act as the royal family of a country."

Too tired.

The Meng family Jin Dan body cultivator sighed in his heart, seeing that he couldn't persuade Meng Chong, he had to bring out Meng Kui.

"Young Master, restrain yourself."

"Our mission this time is arduous, and these arrangements did not come from my hand, but are one of the strategies calculated by your grandfather himself."

"Do you listen to Lord Meng Kui's words or not?"

This time it was Meng Chong's turn to sigh: "Sigh! Listen, of course I have to listen to Grandfather's words."

His face was full of regret.

The Meng family Jin Dan body cultivator finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Long Yuan Fire Spirit breathed an even bigger sigh of relief. It had been paying attention to Meng Chong, and seeing that the latter was courting death and wanted to challenge Zhu Xuanji, it wished it could slap his head a few times!

Do you have a brain in your head?!

Zhu Xuanji with three divine abilities! Is such an opponent something you, a middle-level Qi Refining young cultivator, can touch?!

The Long Yuan Fire Spirit saw through the battles in several places and was very certain that Zhu Xuanji was the strongest existence in this palace examination. The only thing that could threaten him head-on was that Night Rain Demon Weapon.

"Everyone is almost gone."

"Next, it's the Small Turning Point, which will shuffle the current secret pavilion positions again."

"Under my command, Meng Chong might walk out of the Turning Point Secret Pavilion and be the first to enter the main hall!"

Slap slap slap...

The Long Yuan Fire Spirit huddled in its shell and pondered.

Beside it, dozens of fire whips lashed at it continuously.

The weakening of the restrictions allowed it to cheat and secretly tell Meng Chong which way to go. For example, take the door on the left or the door straight ahead.

It still couldn't reveal a shred of information about other cultivators.

It would still suffer severe whipping for cheating! If it were more serious, it would even condense a fire guillotine to behead it!

"Ning Zhuo is already done for."

"After the Small Turning Point, Zhu Xuanji and Meng Chong will be pulled apart, and he won't be able to stop Meng Chong from rushing out of the secret pavilion."

Never before had the Long Yuan Fire Spirit felt that it was so close to success.

"As long as Meng Chong can become the Palace Master, everything I have paid will be worth it!" It secretly cheered itself on.

Lava Immortal Palace.

The light circle spat out Sun Lingtong.

As soon as he came out, he heard a beast roar, and a Red Flame Beast pounced on him.

Sun Lingtong was startled, just about to raise his dagger, when the Red Flame Beast's head was chopped off, and hot blood like a spring gushed out from the neck.

Sun Lingtong retreated in time to avoid getting blood on himself.

"Yang Chanyu!" Sun Lingtong saw his fellow sect member who had acted for him and solved the Red Flame Beast.

Yang Chanyu didn't look good; her face was like gold paper, and her aura was very weak.