Chapter 474: Jiankang Opens Tribulation, Bai Lu Portends Evil, Demons Stir

At this very moment, a beardless eunuch walked through the secret passage of the Taichu Palace and arrived at an underground palace filled with seals.

The dragon qi of the earth vein here was bound within the seals, and the abundant spiritual qi almost condensed into a faint white mist.

In the mist, a cultivator with a hidden aura was sitting cross-legged, his eyes opening and closing, revealing electric light that illuminated the room, showing an extremely profound cultivation base.

The eunuch knelt down thirty steps away, trembling: "Zangshan Laozu! His Majesty... is about to fail!"

The mist dispersed slightly, revealing the old man's face—it was Sima Shi, the only Primordial Spirit True Immortal of the Sima clan today!

His voice was filled with a murderous aura, and he said coldly: "This is his fate! For the rise and fall of my Sima clan, it must be so! Since he is about to die, Sima Yan should launch it immediately..."

Waving his sleeve to dismiss the eunuch, Sima Shi stood up and said coldly to the position where the eunuch had stood before: "What? You still want to hide this little trick from me?"

From the position where the eunuch's shadow had lingered, a mysterious light suddenly drilled out of the ground, transforming into a demonic shadow that laughed: "Naturally, I don't expect to hide it from you, Fellow Daoist, but our contact is top secret, and the fewer people who know, the better..."

"My dark pawn in the East Sea sent news that Sun En is no longer in the Zhang Tian Shi Sect! Longhu Mountain also sent a message that the Old Zhang Tian Shi has already gone down the mountain carrying the Zhang Tian Shi Seal... Tao Hongjing's whereabouts are the most unpredictable, but if those two have come, he shouldn't be far away!"

Sima Shi stared at the demonic shadow, saying word by word: "Since there is a prior agreement, you won't go back on your word, right!"

"Naturally not!" the demonic shadow laughed: "Although I didn't expect this to attract three Heavenly Masters to take action together, since we promised, we will of course not break our word to block the Primordial Spirits of the Dao Sect for you! The nine great true successors of each sect have already infiltrated the vicinity. Relying on your Sima clan turning a blind eye, they have successfully ambushed in key locations like the Imperial Observatory and the city gates. Later, as long as I issue the signal..."

"This demonic tribulation will overturn half the city in an instant!"

"That's good!"

"Although you will lose a few true successors this time, the population you snatch will be enough to increase the number of new generation disciples by dozens of times. And this is a good opportunity for you to plunder essence blood and living souls. Any disciple who survives this time will likely have great breakthroughs in cultivation. You won't necessarily lose..."

Sima Shi said this, his facial skin twitching slightly.

Jiankang is the capital of the Southern Jin!

The essence of the southeast of half the world is all in this city. It can be said to be a place of outstanding people and abundant accumulation. This act of inviting demons into the house is a lose-lose situation for the Sima family and the noble families of the world. Besides strengthening the Demonic Path, the accumulation of his Sima family and the noble families of the world in this place will be plundered significantly.

Not to mention that after this matter, the Sima family can be said to have completely lost the hearts of the people!

If Sima Yan fails to impact the Primordial Spirit... this kind of loss is already enough to be unbearable even for Sima Shi, a Primordial Spirit True Immortal!

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In Jiankang city, the Bai Lu Hall where Princess Si Qingcheng lived, with white walls and green tiles, remained quiet.

The old servant parked the covered boat quietly at the pier. He tied the boat and looked at the slightly turbid Qin Huaihe water, frowning: "Since the Princess was grounded, she has come less! The water in the Qin Huaihe has also been very bad these days. I heard that blood water even appeared under the Zhu Que Bridge a few days ago..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head, secretly blaming that person from three years ago.

If it weren't for that person being so bold as to provoke even the True Immortal Zangshan Laozu, would the Princess have been implicated? Grounded for several years!

Just as he was complaining, the old servant saw a vigorous white deer standing on the grass of the backyard of the villa, raising its head high. Its deer antlers, like yellow jade, were crystal clear and moist in the sunlight, plated with a layer of flowing light, and even its snow-white fur had light flowing beneath it.

When had the old servant ever seen the white deer that his Princess raised like a pig, which only ate and slept and only took walks in the garden, show such a sacred and majestic side?

Even its somewhat fat body became slender and slim again in the white light.

It stepped a few times with its deer hooves, and in the old servant's stunned gaze, it crashed through the back fence of the Bai Lu Hall and galloped toward the pier. Clear and holy spiritual light gathered on the white deer, and under the illumination of the spiritual light, the turbid river water of the Qin Huaihe instantly became clear.

A stream of water was drawn from the river surface, wrapping around the four hooves of the white deer.

Its two hooves leap into the air, stepping twice into the void toward the distance, and only the *yoyo* sound of the deer's cry causes the old servant to suddenly wake up.

"Little ancestor!" He hurriedly went up to stop it: "You can't..."

The white deer raised its head and galloped toward the Qin Huaihe. The deer hooves stepped on the water surface, and ripples spread from beneath its hooves. Wherever it went, the turbid river water instantly clarified, and the splashes were extremely fine, with only a few crystal water droplets.

The white deer was actually walking on the river!

Pedestrians on both sides of the Qin Huaihe only saw a vigorous white shadow galloping on the river surface, stirring up waves.

The white shadow went from Wenjin Bridge all the way to Zhu Que Bridge. Wherever it went, a clear, spiritual, and peaceful aura spread! It washed away the malevolent qi and turbid qi hidden in the river water...

A scholar holding an umbrella by the river looked at this scene in a daze, then said tremblingly: "A white deer appearing on the Qinhuaihe, this is a sign of auspiciousness!"

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Cui Dan was leaning against the door railing of the flower building, taking his eyes to appreciate the various beauties in the flower building.

His bright eyes were flowing with light, like a clear spring under the sun.

At this moment, a white shadow flashed past his eyes.

Cui Dan couldn't help but straighten up, looking at the direction the white shadow disappeared, and wondered: "Isn't this the white deer raised by the Sixteenth Princess? It seems a bit thinner, but the aura hasn't changed..."

He had now cultivated to the Penetrating Law realm, and with the help of the spirit pills gifted by Qian Chen and the essence monsters raised in his eyes, he had cultivated a supernatural eye technique, so he was quite confident in his eyesight.

He muttered: "Recently, the aura of the Qinhuaihe has gradually become obscure, and there are even wisps of malevolent qi in the river water... Big Brother told me not to leave Jiankang city recently, and Father's attitude also seems a bit subtle."

"Sigh! I asked about Qian Big Brother's news several times, but Father always said this matter is particularly complicated and not something I should know. I haven't seen the Sixteenth Princess many times either! And Qian Big Brother is actually the direct descendant of the Li family of the Northern Wei famous clan... Cultivating from Foundation Establishment to a realm higher than Wang Longxiang in seven years. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, who would believe it?"

He whispered a few words and then fell silent.

With the keen five senses of a Dao cultivator, he heard a commotion not far away.

He saw several noble family playboys crowding together and walking toward him.

The one in the lead was painted with powder, but his eyes were still clear, clearly not eroded by wine and lust. If one looked closely, although two of them had mixed auras, it was because their Foundation Establishment had deviated, and their true qi was mixed. The remaining noble family disciples, although their demeanor was sloppy, were not weak in cultivation.

Clearly, this number one place in Jiankang was different from other places, and the playboys were not bad.

"Cui Er Master!"

The noble family disciple in the lead smiled: "A Hu beauty who is a national beauty and heavenly fragrance just arrived at this Sanhua Building. It is rumored that she is peerless in zither and calligraphy, and her beauty is rare in the world. We have been here for several days but haven't been able to see her! Your name for appreciating beauties is famous in Jiankang, and this beauty will surely not be reluctant to be close to you. Do we have the fortune to follow you and see her true face?"

"Vulgar!" Cui Dan opened his fan and shook it: "I look at beauties to feast my eyes! Those playboy actions, I stopped doing them long ago!"

"If I could raise a 'Dengtu Zi' (lecher) to feast my eyes, I would also be an elegant scholar... Alas, one Dengtu Zi costs dozens of Three Mountain True Talismans. Every day, besides feasting my eyes on beauty, to truly refine my eyesight, I have to use spirit pills to raise them, preferably essence pills. My Foundation Establishment is only third rank, how could my family be willing to spend this money."

That person leaned over and smiled: "And it is said that after raising a Dengtu Zi, one cannot stand to see ugly people, is that true? Cui Master?"

"It's true!" Cui Dan covered his eyes and drove them away: "I can't stand to see you... Get lost, get lost, get lost!"

"Hey! Is there an ugly person as handsome as me in the world?" That person pretended to be angry. Looking closely, although his expression was sloppy, his brows were like jade, his sword brows and star eyes were quite handsome.

Cui Dan said helplessly: "My eyes don't distinguish between beauty and ugliness. I can see old farmers by the road and filth in the toilet, but the only thing I can't stand is human ugliness and affectation."

"That means you can't stand vulgar people!"

That person leaned over mysteriously and whispered: "I heard you have old ties with that person from three years ago, do you still have any essence pills..."

He rubbed his fingers and said ingratiatingly: "I heard Cui Er Master asked for news about the 'Ear-Reporting God' spirit monster! If there are any essence spirit pills, I know where you can touch one for Master!"

Cui Dan said angrily: "If there were any spirit pills left, my brother wouldn't have enough to share, let alone outsiders!"

That person heard this and thought it was true. Cui Yan was a candidate for the next generation of the twenty-eight characters of the Divine Land, so even if there were spirit pills, they would have to be prioritized for him, right? It was just that he had received some news, so he thought of asking, and tested: "Then Cui Master purchasing spirit herbs these days is..."

Cui Dan felt even more stifled in his heart. The Ningbi Pill gifted by Qian Chen in the past could remove turbid and evil impurities from his body, which was quite helpful when he impacted Penetrating Law. As a result, he used one set, and the remaining few were fed to the Dengtu Zi in his eyes.

By the time Cui Yan started preparing for Core Formation, he discovered that this pill was also beneficial for closed-door cultivation to impact Core Formation.

And this kind of benefit was something the ten thousand years of accumulation of the Qinghe Cui clan couldn't catch up with.

His parents naturally didn't care which brother used the spirit pill.

But it was unjustifiable that the few pills Cui Dan had left were used to feed spirit monsters, so he was scolded several times at home.

Cui Dan naturally knew that the Sixteenth Princess still had some, but his friendship with the Sixteenth Princess was entirely based on the few sentiments left by Qian Chen, so how could he ask for such a valuable item.

Therefore, although he was remorseful in his heart, he could only seek the pill room Qian Chen used in the past from the Princess, and with the help of the Yi Yi Huo She, tried to refine two furnaces of pills. Relying on the few pointers Qian Chen left in the past and the wonder of the Yi Yi Huo She enlightened by the Zhang Tian Shi, he managed to refine one furnace, but the quality of the pills?

That goes without saying!

It was a hundred and eight thousand miles away from essence pills...

Even coming here today was because he used his eye supernatural power to observe the fire color in the pill room and smoked his eyes, so he had to use beauties to nourish them.

That person poked his sore spot, so how could Cui Dan have a good tone.

That person also knew he had offended Cui Dan, so he could only smile awkwardly and begged for mercy before retreating!

At this time, a commotion suddenly erupted in the Sanhua Building, and a voice laughed loudly: "I heard that Hu Dajie is a true successor of the Immortal Sound Wonderful Jade Pavilion, not only peerless in zither path, but also has a jade-skinned immortal bone. The Wonderful Jade Pavilion doesn't forbid dual cultivation, I wonder what the Fairy Dajie thinks of me?"

"A loose cultivator dares to be presumptuous here, I, the Lu clan of Jiangdong, am here to wait for Hu Dajie!"

Cui Dan was slightly surprised in his heart: "The origin of this beauty is actually an Immortal Sect true successor? Since she has cultivation, if I borrow her to gather qi and feast my eyes, I shouldn't be offending her, right?"

"You are too polite, everyone!"

An extremely pleasant voice came from behind the curtain, crisp and melodious, like immortal music, and even carried a bit of coquettishness, like a feather tickling the bottom of one's heart.

Cui Dan felt dry-mouthed when he heard this figure, his heart itching, and looking at the noble family disciples around him, they were even more unbearable, their infatuation revealed in their expressions.

A slender hand lifted the curtain.

Within the fragrant breeze, many flower petals drift by in a scene of splendor. Amidst the colorful petals, a beauty strokes a zither, leaning obliquely inside a pavilion veiled by green gauze.

Amidst the falling flower petals, there was a crisp sound like jade stones striking each other, and the lingering sound of silk and bamboo, which was a manifestation of a cultivation external scene.

Cui Dan reached out and caught a flower petal.

"These flower petals are all transformed by supernatural powers, and they seem to contain a kind of lingering malevolent qi!"

The Dengtu Zi in his eyes clearly saw that the malevolent qi was like the color of peach blossoms, gorgeous as powder, and based on the principles of distinguishing essence qi from the alchemy techniques Qian Chen taught him, Cui Dan instinctively felt something was wrong.

Seeing the beauty half-hidden in the falling peach blossom malevolent qi, revealing her peerless face, Cui Dan's heart thumped wildly the first time he saw her.

That peach blossom malevolent qi, that wonderful immortal music, that national beauty, that fragrant scent, combined together, turned into a strange supernatural power... At this moment, in the Sanhua Building, noble family disciples and loose cultivators were all intoxicated by it. Some were writing poems, some were throwing thousands of gold, a scene of romance!

But Cui Dan, with the help of the Dengtu Zi in his eyes, saw a completely different picture...

Under the skin of the beauty in the ornate pavilion, a hideous white-bone demonic form was revealed. The maids and guards beside her were even more demonic. The beauty on the pavilion flicked her long sleeves, rolled up two noble family cultivators from downstairs, broke their chests and abdomens with the awls in her hands, and lay directly on their chests, gnawing on their hearts and livers.

But the two of them were completely unaware, their expressions infatuated, seemingly still lost in that illusion.

Cui Dan was drenched in cold sweat. Being able to cover all the cultivators in a building and even easily control the cultivation supernatural powers of several Penetrating Law cultivators was definitely not something he could contend with.

The 'beauty' licked the blood from the corner of her mouth, threw the two hollowed-out shells downstairs, and two living souls were immediately rolled up by the flower petals and refined into the pink malevolent qi.

Immediately, two hideous faces were revealed in the malevolent qi, turning into two pink flower petals.

"Haven't received the signal from the sect yet, why be in such a hurry to launch it early? If you ruin the Old Ancestors' good deeds! I can't protect you either!" an eerie voice sneered.

The beauty sucked her jade-like fingers and giggled: "These people are all trapped by my Ten Thousand Wonders Demon Realm, which integrates the Seven Emotions malevolent qi. If I want them to live, they live; if I want them to die, they die. What's wrong with enjoying it early? Anyway, no one can walk out of here!"

"That little brother, what do you say?" The beauty changed the subject and looked at Cui Dan sitting in front of the railing.

"Not good!"

Cui Dan just wanted to activate his magic tool and rush out of the Sanhua Building, but he didn't know when the heavy flower petals had already surrounded him, blocking his path.

Cui Dan activated his portable magic tool, a short ruler carrying clear light, and hit the fragrant wind and flower rain behind him. The clear light only reached halfway before being blocked by the entangling flower petals. Those flower petals turned into naked men and women, wanting to entangle Cui Dan.

Those naked men and women danced wildly in front of Cui Dan, as if countless inner demons were jumping out from the bottom of his heart, making his demonic thoughts grow. The fragrant wind became more intense, making his hands and feet soft, and the immortal music became increasingly strange, stirring his true qi into chaos.

Cui Dan didn't know that the fragrant wind, immortal music, and flower petals were all cover-ups. The real killing move was the formless demons hidden within.

It was also a kind of god-demon that Qian Chen had wanted to refine in the past—Seven Emotions God-Demon!

Cui Dan felt his true qi, like a flowing stream, being stolen by some kind of pink malevolent qi, and even that short ruler was covered by the heavy flower petals that had revealed their true form—all were souls refined by evil methods, with hideous and twisted faces entangled on the ruler.

A magic tool that was originally of good essence was instantly half-ruined.

Just as the painted-skin woman in the pavilion lowered her gauze and wanted to hang Cui Dan up, a white shadow broke through the blockade of the malevolent qi, hooked Cui Dan's collar with its deer antlers, and rushed toward the outside of the pavilion...

In his weakness, Cui Dan saw the beautiful head in the pavilion behind him screaming in fury. The beautiful face opened with fangs covering half her face, and with a roar, the entire Sanhua Building had countless heads smashed by her.

At this moment, dark clouds gathered in the sky, covering the sunlight in just a few breaths, like a sudden rain in summer.

In an instant, Jiankang city was half dark! ===== CHAPTER 475 =====