Chapter 698: Spirit King Liu Yongtu (Second update, requesting everything)

It took Li Zhangsheng a total of nearly half an hour to leave the Dragon Nest of the Red Dragon King.

In this time, the lineup of the Silent Forest had increased again, with a few more Demon King-level Spirit Beasts.

Because Kronos and the other Great Overlords were still in Li Zhangsheng's hands, and to avoid mutual destruction, both sides did not clash under the restraint of Xierdiweng and Buleijiasi.

"Human, I hope you can keep your promise, otherwise our Silent Forest will fight you to the bitter end!"

After Li Zhangsheng came out, the Horned Dragon Xierdion, fearing that Li Zhangsheng would go back on his word, had to warn him once more.

"Rest assured, Xierdiweng, once we leave the Silent Forest, I will set them free!"

Li Zhangsheng was no fool; naturally, he would not do such a thankless task.

"Do not forget your Alchemical Pill!"

The captured Kronos, fearing that Li Zhangsheng would forget this matter, had to remind him.

Li Zhangsheng could not be bothered to answer and immediately prepared to leave the Silent Forest with Ning Bizhen and Dean Ning Wei.

Because he was carrying several large burdens, it took Li Zhangsheng longer to leave the Silent Forest than it had to arrive.

Li Zhangsheng did not go back on his word and immediately undid the chains binding Kronos, the Bronze Behemoth, the Five-Headed Bird, and the Hydra.

Upon gaining their freedom, they feared Li Zhangsheng would regret it and hurried back to the Silent Forest's camp at top speed.

"Kronos, take this!"

Li Zhangsheng did not forget his promise and threw the Jade Bottle containing two Snow Soul Life-Saving Pills to Kronos.

Kronos hurriedly caught the Alchemical Pill, gave Li Zhangsheng a deep look, and returned to the Silent Forest camp with his head down.

Not giving the Silent Forest a chance, Li Zhangsheng, Ning Bizhen, and Dean Ning Wei immediately recalled most of their Demon Pets. Li Zhangsheng rode Aixi, Ning Bizhen rode the Three-Legged Fire Crow, and Dean Ning Wei was grabbed by the bird claws of the Three-Legged Fire Crow, quickly escaping the sight of the Silent Forest.

The muffled voice of the Bronze Behemoth Yierzesikasi rang out: "Great Overlord Xierdiweng, Great Overlord Buleijiasi, are you not going to chase them?"

Kronos was in the middle of taking the two Snow Soul Life-Saving Pills, but looking at its expression, it clearly had the same thought.

After all, the humiliation of having its crotch slashed—even if it recovered in the end—how could Kronos not hate him?

"There is no need for that. Besides, at their speed, how many Great Overlords could catch up? Say no more, let us go back!"

It was the Horned Dragon Xierdion speaking again; this world has always respected strength, let alone an organization like the Silent Forest.

Even as fellow Great Overlords of the Silent Forest, Xierdiweng's say and status were above Buleijiasi's.

It was like the Knights of the Round Table; among the five Great Overlords, Xierdiweng ranked second, Kronos fourth, and Buleijiasi at the bottom.

"I hope they do not come again!"

This time it was the Hydra speaking; it decided that after returning, it would go into seclusion for decades, and even if it died, it would not leave its territory.

"Let us hope so!"

After finishing his sentence, the Horned Dragon Xierdion led them back to the depths of the Silent Forest.

"Damn it!"

Not long after, the sound of Kronos filled with Anger echoed through the Silent Forest.

Looking at its crotch, Kronos could not help but feel a wave of sorrow; compared to before it was cut, the length of that thing was clearly shorter by a chunk, probably only 3/5 of its previous length.

The length had decreased, and the diameter had shrunk as well.

What Li Zhangsheng gave was indeed the Snow Soul Life-Saving Pill, but Kronos's results were greatly diminished when taking the second Snow Soul Life-Saving Pill, and the third went without saying, so it ended up like this.

If it were an ordinary Spirit Beast, this situation would naturally not occur, but Kronos was a Demon Saint-level Spirit Beast, and its constitution was clearly different from ordinary Spirit Beasts; it developed a drug resistance after taking the first Snow Soul Life-Saving Pill.

This was the drawback of High-tier Demon Pets; not only were ordinary Alchemical Pills greatly diminished in effect, but they also quickly developed drug resistance.

Of course, top-tier Alchemical Pills were the exception.

Not mentioning how Kronos would remedy the situation, the three of them did not stop at all, nor did they head to the Li Family, flying straight toward the Yuanling Academy.

In the sky, the Three-Legged Golden Crow executed the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique, and Aixi executed the White Tiger Transformation Rainbow Technique, turning into one red and one gold stream of light, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

By the time the Rainbow Transformation Technique ended, the two Demon Pets had put over a hundred miles of distance between them and the Silent Forest.

It took half an hour for the three of them to finally return to the Yuanling Academy, going directly to Li Zhangsheng's Number One Courtyard to distribute the gains from this trip.

Li Zhangsheng's personal gains naturally belonged to him; after all, he had obtained them through his own risks, so there was no need to include them in the distribution, and only the harvest obtained in the Ruins would be distributed.

In the backyard of the Number One Courtyard, Dean Ning Wei and Ning Bizhen took out all the harvest obtained from the Ruins.

Among them were the corpses of two fresh Demon King-level Demon Beasts.

It was not as if there were no dangers in the Ruins; the two who broke into the Ruins at the time were ambushed by these two Demon King-level Demon Beasts. If not for Ning Bizhen's powerful strength, Dean Ning Wei would have had no ability to explore the Ruins with her own strength, and would instead have been in mortal danger.

"Huh!"

Li Zhangsheng gave a startled cry, because the Contract Mark on the heads of these two Demon King-level Demon Beasts was still very clear, which meant their master had not perished, but why would they leave behind a map of the Ruins? Could it be that this was all a conspiracy?

Trying to lure a Monster Tamer who obtained the map over, then kill them and seize their treasures?

In this world, there was no lack of malicious fellows who deliberately created so-called "treasure maps" to lure treasure hunters into traps set for them, kill them, and plunder the resources on their bodies.

It was just that, besides these two Demon King-level Demon Beasts, there was no one else in this ruin, and no signs of recent human activity were found, which was too strange.

Li Zhangsheng could only speculate that the owner of the Ruins was trapped somewhere, or that the owner of the Ruins had captured the Demon King-level Demon Beasts of others and trapped them in the Ruins; these seemed to be the only two possibilities he could think of.

"Why think so much? It is not as if I do not have the ability to detect the identity of their master. Heiye, Trace to the Source!"

Li Zhangsheng patted his head and summoned Heiye.

Trace to the Source could explore the origin; as long as the root of the Contract Mark was explored, the image of the Demon Pet's master could be manifested. The key was that these two Demon Pets had not been dead for long, so the success rate was high.

Meow~

Accompanied by Heiye's soft, sweet cat meow, suddenly, a black light shot out from its eyes, instantly landing on the Contract Mark of one of the Demon Beast corpses.

When the entire Contract Mark was enveloped by the black light, a blurry shadow suddenly emerged above it.

Under Heiye's efforts, the shadow gradually became clear.

This was the image of an old man with a crane-like appearance and white hair; his skin was very good, and his eyes were quite sharp, giving people a feeling of being aggressive.

Seeing the image of the old man, Li Zhangsheng's first reaction was that he did not recognize him; he had seen the images of all the Kings and Pseudo-Kings of the Langya Kingdom, and this person was not among them.

However, for some reason, he always felt a sense of familiarity; after pondering for a moment, he finally understood what this sense of familiarity was about.

"How does this guy look a bit like Liu Zongtang? Could he be a brother or an elder of Liu Zongtang?"

That's right, it was indeed the former Langya Liu Clan Clan Leader Liu Zongtang, who died at the hands of Li Zhangsheng four months ago, and he looked three or four parts similar to the image of this old man.

Suddenly, Ning Bizhen looked at Dean Ning Wei strangely and asked, "Dean, what's wrong with you?"

It turned out that Dean Ning Wei had become completely dazed upon seeing this image.

Li Zhangsheng also looked at Dean Ning Wei strangely; could it be that Dean Ning Wei knew this person?

After two or three breaths of time, Dean Ning Wei finally reacted, her complexion turning pale in a flash, her mind a complete mess, and in her eyes, one could see emotions like shock, horror, awe, and fear.

Dean Ning Wei took a deep breath, her emotions finally calming down a little, and she said in a trembling tone, "He, he, he is Spirit King Liu Yongtu!"

"Spirit King Liu Yongtu?"

Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen were confused for a moment, then finally reacted, the two of them looking at each other and seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

"Didn't the Spirit King pass away decades ago?"

Spirit King Liu Yongtu was a deceased King of the Langya Liu Clan, who passed away about forty years ago due to the exhaustion of his lifespan.

"This is indeed the image of Spirit King Liu Yongtu. When I was in my twenties, I once broke into the top four of the National Tournament, and at that time, it was Spirit King Liu Yongtu who was presiding there. I cannot be mistaken; this is what he looked like. If you don't believe me, you can bring Xu Wenhua, Zhang Kaishuo, Lu Qian, or Fanghua here; they might have also seen Spirit King Liu Yongtu."

Dean Ning Wei was around seventy years old, and Xu Wenhua, Zhang Kaishuo, and the others from her era were naturally the proud children of heaven at that time, so it was not surprising that they had seen the Spirit King Liu Yongtu of that time.

At this moment, Ning Bizhen suddenly said, "No need for such trouble, I happen to have a detailed record of the strong figures of the Langya Kingdom throughout history here, and it has their portraits!"

Ning Bizhen took out a thick book; usually, only a Pseudo-King and above could be listed in this book.

This book was published three years ago, so naturally, it did not contain the names of Li Zhangsheng or Ning Bizhen, and in the entire Yuanling Academy, only Xu Wenhua was listed in it.

On the first page was the image and information of Dark Night King Dou Cangqiong.

As a King, the page for Spirit King Liu Yongtu was naturally very far forward; he was listed on the fourth page, even further ahead than Flame King Qin Mingqing and Butterfly King Luo Qingning.

According to the data, the Langya Liu Clan at that time was still a County Gentry level family, and Spirit King Liu Yongtu could be called a heaven-sent talent, and with excellent luck, he advanced to King at the age of sixty-eight, causing the Langya Liu Clan to leap into becoming a King Family.

However, the point was still his appearance.

Li Zhangsheng carefully compared them for a while and discovered that the image of the Spirit King in this book was almost exactly the same as the image revealed by tracing the source.

Could it be that Spirit King Liu Yongtu did not fall?

There is another update at 6:00 PM, an extra update for reaching two million words, and by the way, asking for recommendation votes -_-||

(End of this chapter)