Chapter 493: I Have a Plan: This Move Hurts the Heavens, Not the Republic

Outer Domain, Zhenmo Pass.

This place was built using the World-Extinguishing Black Lotus as a guide, constructed from stones from the Outer Domain that carry Innate Violent Qi.

Bai Qi leads a million ghost soldiers, drilling all day long to guard this place. After being tempered in the Outer Domain for this period, the strength of these million ghost soldiers has faintly surpassed the combat power of the Heavenly Court soldiers.

In the days to come, they will only grow stronger.

Now that the new Zhenmo Pass has been built, Tang An flew up to the top of Zhenmo Pass and, in her capacity as Guardian, invoked the power of the Great Dao to set up two Great Arrays here.

One is naturally a Great Array for defense and guarding. The other is a teleportation Great Array for the two Zhenmo Passes to watch over and assist each other, and to pass messages back and forth.

"Senior Wutian, both Great Arrays have been set up. The Outer Domain Zhenmo Pass is left to you."

Wutian nodded and reached out his hand to ask Tang An for something.

"Hmm?"

Tang An finally realized, "Ah." She hurriedly handed all the remaining cigars to Wutian.

Seeing the cigars, a satisfied smile appeared on Wutian's face.

Tang An raised her hand in a salute, "Many thanks to Senior for sharing the burden for me."

Originally, guarding Zhenmo Pass should have been the duty of her, the Guardian.

Wutian, however, lifted her arm, "The heavy burden of protecting the world is not your responsibility alone; why speak of thanks?"

"Besides, my vow upon Entering Sainthood is to join you in exterminating the enemies of the Outer Domain and returning peace to the Three Realms."

"You even helped me kill Rulai and wiped out the Buddhas of the sky; strictly speaking, it is I who should thank you."

Tang An chuckled; why did it feel like the two of them were engaging in mutual commercial flattery?

"Since that is the case, I will not be coy. I am very at ease leaving this place to Senior Wutian."

"If there is a situation that requires support, Senior, please do not be polite; you and I are meant to watch over and assist each other."

"Hmm."

After discussing some matters with Wutian, Tang An returned to the Inner Realm.

Inner Realm Zhenmo Pass.

"Sister~"

Jiuyue flew over and threw herself into Tang An's arms.

"Sister, I was worried to death about you all. Can you take Jiuyue with you next time, please?"

Tang An dotingly flicked her nose, "Okay." Anyway, she didn't know when she would be going out next time.

Who should stay behind next time?

She looked back at her three disciples; it was so hard to choose. It seems she will have to use that very serious method to choose next time.

What is this very serious method? Naturally, it is rock-paper-scissors.

"An'er." Li Shimin had also been waiting here early on.

Ever since Tang An went out, he had been on pins and needles, and every day after finishing his work, he would come to the city tower to wait for Tang An to come home.

"Father." Tang An had just been a big sister, but in a flash, she was a well-behaved daughter.

She ran to Li Shimin and stopped, spinning around to show him.

"Father, this time I have returned safe and sound; I did not break my word."

Only after confirming that Tang An was truly uninjured did Li Shimin heave a sigh of relief.

"Let's go, I ordered people to make your favorite food; let's go home and eat first."

"Uh... Father, I want to go to a place first..."

"Go home and eat."

Tang An pouted, "Alright, let's go home and eat."

It was rare for her to be rebuffed, but this feeling of being managed by a parent made her feel both warm and helpless inside.

Recalling the last time she was managed by her grandmother, it really gave her a feeling of a lifetime ago.

Heavenly Court, Doushuai Palace.

Tang An had come again, but this time it was not to rob him, but to give two Demon Treasures from the Demon Nest to Taishang Laojun.

Taishang Laojun was also flattered; every time Tang An came, she would swindle him, and suddenly sending so many things over made him almost suspect that Tang An had been possessed.

"Senior Uncle, can you refine these Demon Treasures?"

Taishang Laojun saw through Tang An's goading tactic at a glance and, stroking his beard, said, "The Fire of Ultimate Yang is..."

Tang An immediately raised her hand to stop him, "I was just asking; just leave the things with you, I won't listen to the process. After all, I don't have that talent for artifact refining, and if I fall asleep listening later, you won't be happy."

"After the Gatling is refined, please trouble Senior Uncle to notify me, and I, Tang An, will come to retrieve it myself."

"By the way, those cannons I asked you to refine last time, have they been refined?"

Taishang Laojun looked at Tang An quietly, and only after she finished speaking did he say gloomily, "Are you sure you treat me as your Senior Uncle, and not as a free craftsman?"

Tang An gave a hehe laugh, "You are my own Senior Uncle, of course I won't be polite with you."

"Should I thank you?"

"You're welcome." Tang An even replied in a tone of humility.

Taishang Laojun raised his Whisk to beat Tang An, and Tang An ran away clutching her bottom.

"My father is waiting for me to go home for a midnight snack, so I won't delay you any longer. When they are refined, I will come back to retrieve them~"

Her person was already gone, but her voice was still echoing in Doushuai Palace.

Seeing this, Taishang Laojun shook his head and sighed helplessly, "I really owe the two of you, master and disciple."

There was no help for it; she was his own little niece, and it was for the safety of the Three Realms, so he could only help out a little.

Taishang Laojun waved his Whisk, and the cannons Tang An needed appeared on the city tower of Zhenmo Pass.

Just as Tang An's Primordial Spirit returned to her body, she saw the cannons before her.

"Heh, stubborn old man with a soft heart." She immediately cast a spell to embed the Cannons onto the city tower, so that even if she were held back, those guarding Zhenmo Pass could rely on these items to hold the pass.

Yang Jian appeared there, curiously examining those Cannons.

"Master, you truly put in so much effort and made such thorough preparations for Zhenmo Pass."

"Of course," Tang An sat down and sipped some tea, "this is just the beginning; I still have another plan."

"Oh?"

Tang An beckoned with her index finger for him to come over; the master and disciple looked incredibly conspiratorial.

"I have one more move; this action harms the harmony of heaven, but it does not harm the harmony of the public."

Yang Jian became interested, "Master, are you thinking of..."

Tang An waved her hand and released those captured Outer Realm Demon Race, "They throw mud at me, so I will take that mud, coat it in excrement, and choke them to death one mouthful at a time."

"Ah?" This sounded foul at first, but upon closer inspection, it made a lot of sense, and upon further reflection, it was a bit disgusting.

"Go summon the Plague God; you will understand in a moment."

"Very well." Yang Jian immediately went to find the Plague God.

Tang An looked at those Outer Realm Demon Race who were staring at her with terrified gazes, her smile making their scalps tingle even more.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Relax, this deity will not kill you; I just want you to meet a certain immortal."

Tang An did not know whether the plague carried by the Plague God would actually be effective against the Outer Realm Demon Race. After being infected, to what extent the constitution of the Outer Realm Demon Race would be affected by the plague remained to be seen.

Therefore, these Outer Realm Demon Race of varying cultivation levels were all lab rats that Tang An had captured.

Seeing that smile of Tang An's, the lab rats knelt on the ground one after another, begging for mercy and a chance to live.

But whether they had the life to survive depended on their own fate and the favor of fortune.

As it happens, one of the door gods of their Zhenmo Pass is precisely a mascot.