Chapter 543: Shaking Off the Red Tassels, the Crimson Flame Rages

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became incomparably heavy. Everyone could see that True Person Jiayue was truly a lawless character.

With Shaoqing's sect style, as long as they believed something was right, they would never yield. But the Dragon race was also absolutely unwilling to watch her take away the fragment of the Dew-Receiving Silver Plate.

Ao Zangwu was a Soul Transformation True Person, while True Person Jiayue was only at the Yin Spirit stage. Although the Shaoqing Sword Sect's Daoist techniques were astonishing, allowing True Person Jiayue to rely on them to contend with Ao Zangwu for a while, the Dragon race was ultimately the stronger side now.

If he just let her take the person away like this, he would have no face left!

True Person Jiayue's expression was indifferent, merely revealing a hint of a cold smile. She protected her disciple, Lady Han, and He Qilang behind her. The several Dragon Princes also stood behind Ao Zangwu!

The Fourth Prince Ao Ding's expression was cold, a hint of viciousness flashing in his gaze. The Sixth Prince Ao Ji was indecisive, his expression hesitant. The Ninth Prince Ao Ren was frowning slightly, his expression shifting between light and shadow...

Other families might fear Shaoqing, but the Long Gong was not afraid.

Just on the surface, the masters of the Four Seas Long Gong included four Primordial Spirit Dragon Kings, while Shaoqing only had three Primordial Spirit True Immortals. Although Shaoqing was indeed the direct Daoist lineage of the Dao Sect, the Dragon race was also an ancient royal family with an incomparably deep foundation, passed down from ancient times.

It was just that Shaoqing had always held the power of killing in the Dao Sect, and most of the sect were sword immortals, with a temperament that would rather break than bend, accustomed to proving the Dao with the sword. But the Dragon race each enjoyed wealth and luxury; there were countless beauties and demon soldiers in the palace and under their command, endless extravagant expenses, and a vast sea area providing offerings to one person.

There are gains and losses. Born with a powerful bloodline, innate divine abilities, they didn't even need to cultivate; as they grew older, they could naturally form a Core, and in their old age, they could achieve the Yin Spirit stage.

The Dragon race obtained such superior conditions, but they also lost their worries!

If they died in a sword fight, Shaoqing wouldn't care, but they would suffer a huge loss, wouldn't they?

The tent was silent. The crowd of loose cultivators and side-door practitioners sat in their seats with great discernment, not daring to intervene in the dispute between Shaoqing and the Dragon race. At this moment, seeing the stalemate, Ao Ding suddenly saw Qian Chen continuing to use his chopsticks, picking at the dishes in front of him regardless of the scene. Thoughts flashed through his mind, and he suddenly came up with a poisonous scheme!

He laughed heartily, stood up, and cupped his fists toward Qian Chen from afar: "Hahaha! The situation was sudden, and we have actually neglected Senior Bai Lu! Forgive us, forgive us!"

"Senior has a good appetite, but these dishes are too mediocre. Little Nine's handling of things was still not thoughtful! Someone! Add some good dishes for Senior..."

As soon as he finished speaking, an iron-armored lobster demon general who had formed an internal core stepped forward, knelt in front of Qian Chen, and then drew his sword to sever his own head, offering it to Qian Chen.

A point of internal core, carrying the demon soul, flew toward a banner behind Ao Ding, transforming into a baring-fangs-and-brandishing-claws shrimp general.

That banner was entwined with black energy, and it seemed as if countless vengeful souls were entangled on the banner surface. It was precisely a magic treasure of the demonic path—the Ghost-White Bone Banner!

Everyone present changed color. Just to offer a dish, he ordered the demon general under his seat to offer up his physical body. Although this lobster demon general's demonic energy was impure and his internal core was only of low-grade quality, this kind of majesty of command and prohibition made people sigh at the Dragon race's strict control over their subordinates.

True Person Jiayue's face sank. Ao Ding's unscrupulous display of demonic path cultivation in front of her had already angered the True Person.

It was just that she still remembered her primary goal: to take the three juniors behind her back safely. Although she didn't know what kind of tricks Ao Ding was playing, she knew in her heart that she must not be provoked into falling for his schemes.

Qian Chen's expression remained unchanged. He drew a short knife from his sleeve, cut a piece of shrimp meat, dipped it in the sauce made from shrimp brains and golden ginger, and put it into his mouth.

A burst of sweetness exploded on the tip of his tongue. The fresh taste that rushed toward him truly surpassed the countless Japanese dishes he had eaten in his previous life.

The iron-armored lobster that had formed a demon core had meat that was both soft and resilient. Under the thick shell, the shrimp meat was astonishingly plump, and the yellow shrimp brains didn't even have a trace of fishy smell. Paired with the golden ginger, it was salty, fresh, and slightly spicy, leaving an endless aftertaste!

Qian Chen nodded slightly and said: "Extremely fresh. You all can come and taste it! The most wonderful thing is that this shrimp offered itself willingly, and there is not a trace of resentment in the meat. Although it lacks a few seasonings, it truly highlights the original flavor of the shrimp meat..."

The Island Master of Tiechen beside him trembled coldly, seemingly thinking of the scene where Qian Chen dipped into the seasonings of despair, wailing, fear, and anger, and devoured his own brains.

The many cultivators in the tent were even more fearful in their hearts. In the eyes of this demon, the resentment and baleful energy of being hacked to death were actually just seasonings for his meal?

Qian Chen didn't expect that his heartfelt thoughts would cause everyone to have such wild fantasies. He put down his chopsticks and looked at Ao Ding with a half-smile. Ao Ding laughed heartily: "Hahaha, Senior Bai Lu is truly a wonderful person. These are just appetizers; the real main course is yet to come!"

Having said that, he clapped his hands three times by his ear.

Immediately after, four demon soldiers outside the tent carried a large tray over a zhang wide, which was tightly covered with glazed tiles.

Ao Ding waved his hand and had someone lift the glazed cover. Two children, a boy and a girl of three or four years old, were seen simply bound with red ropes, kneeling on the tray. The two children were snow-white and cute, their little faces plump, and a cinnabar mole was dotted between their brows. The milky scent on their bodies had not yet dissipated, and their eyes were tightly closed, seemingly ignorant and unaware, not knowing that they had been treated as blood food and offered to the dining table.

Qian Chen, who was sitting in front of them, had a slightly deep expression, the divine light in his eyes slightly dark, yet he could still calmly say: "What does the Prince mean by this?"

"Hahaha! Senior, in the Nine Heavens Dao, is the blood food you enjoy as refined as that of my Long Gong? These two children have extraordinary bones; they are a pair of bodies with Heavenly Spiritual Roots. The boy has a Wood-attribute Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Linggen, and the girl has a Water-attribute Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Linggen. As blood food, they have the purest taste, and they are completely free of filth and impurities. They were raised by my Long Gong using sun dew, moon essence, and spirit medicine! I wonder if they meet Senior's wishes?"

Qian Chen remained seated and looked at Ao Ding. The human form he had transformed into could be called heroic, but the baleful energy between his brows made him look fierce!

Qian Chen had originally wondered why, although this person was entwined with bloody, malevolent energy, he didn't seem to be eating raw blood food or swallowing the blood resentment of sentient beings.

He had thought that the various things Chiriya said might not be true, and he was waiting to investigate clearly before dealing with it! Who would have thought... how could the Long Gong have such crude eating habits like those evil demons? Even if they ate people, they would carefully process them before eating!

If the blood food enjoyed by this Fourth Prince was all processed in this way, it really wouldn't produce blood resentment.

True Person Jiayue over there was already furious!

She slapped the table, her flying sword already out of its sheath, and said sternly: "You bunch of mud-loaches dare to do this!"

This time it was Ao Zangwu's turn to block her sword light. With a wave of his sleeve, a spiritual light condensed from true water stagnated the sword light, raising a water curtain in front of the Dragon Princes. He said calmly: "Why must True Person Jiayue be angry? True Person can see through the appearance of those two children, right?"

"This is a body without soul or consciousness; it cannot be counted as human. It is just like pigs, cattle, sheep, or fish; it is just meat."

Ao Ding also laughed and stood up: "How can Senior Jiayue not even see through this superficial appearance? These two children were originally a pair of Nascent Soul True Persons from overseas who exchanged their unborn spiritual fetuses with me. I set up seals while the spiritual fetuses were being nurtured, causing them to have no soul, just like a river; they are just physical bodies!"

"The cattle, sheep, fish, and shrimp that you humans eat still have souls, and there are even those who eat flood dragons, yet I haven't seen my Dragon race get anxious!"

"If we talk about things resembling their kind, I heard that the immortal fruit borne by the innate spiritual root Ginseng Fruit Tree also resembles human children, yet they are regarded as delicacies by human immortals. Isn't my human fruit the same? It's just that his is vegetarian, and mine is meat!"

Ao Ding raised his brows, looking at True Person Jiayue with a hint of provocation.

Qian Chen scanned the delicacies filling the table and also said lightly: "When I eat these fish and shrimp, I never thought that they might develop spiritual consciousness, that they would cry or laugh... Is the grain-abstinence of the Dao Sect not because of this reason? Seeing through that all things have spirituality, and not bearing to see them die after seeing them live, is this not better than dragon liver and phoenix marrow?"

"Speaking of which, I am truly deeply demonic. Even though I see them live, and see that all things in this world have spirituality, that they can cry and laugh, my appetite is still stirred!"

Ao Ding beside him didn't hear that Qian Chen was analyzing himself; he only thought he was echoing him, and he also looked up and laughed heartily.

"We are all like this; we can't stand the compassion of the Dao Sect..." Ao Ding reached out to invite him: "Speaking of which, this pair of spiritual fetus human fruits is the best pair under my command! They should be offered to Senior... Please!"

At this moment, Qian Chen had already understood this person's scheme, whether it was out of fear of the Heavenly Court or caution against the Dao Sect's surveillance!

These Dragon race members secretly swallowed one or two living people, which was a small matter, but they dared not treat people as a banquet openly. Therefore, they processed these soulless spiritual fetuses. According to the legal principles of the Divine Path, without a soul, they were not sentient beings, but objects with spirit but no consciousness, like plants.

Even if the lawsuit went to the Heavenly Court, the Dragon race had excuses to argue.

And he, this 'Fu Fu Lao Mo of the Nine Heavens Dao', was even more unscrupulous! Based on the temperament he had exposed earlier, he would never fear True Person Jiayue. If he devoured the spiritual fetuses on the spot, it would be strange if True Person Jiayue didn't explode on the spot after seeing a demon devouring people.

At that time, the conflict between the Dragon race and her would be secondary; first, they would have to fight to the death with him, this 'demon'!

This kind of calculation was vicious and exquisite. If a real old demon were here today, and Ao Zangwu secretly helped that old demon kill True Person Jiayue, even if the Shaoqing Sword Sect wanted revenge, they would have to settle the account with the Nine Heavens Dao! As for the Nine Heavens Demonic Path? Were they still afraid of provoking Shaoqing? 'He' helped the Nine Heavens Dao and the Dragon race deepen their relationship, and also killed a direct disciple of Shaoqing.

After returning, not only would there be no punishment, but there would be merit!

On the surface, this Ao Ding was impulsive and reckless, but in reality, he was truly a seed of the demonic path, with a belly full of vicious intentions. Qian Chen slowly reached his right hand into his sleeve, his expression drooping slightly, his heart as cold as ice.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, carrying a killing intent that was not fierce but firm and irresistible.

He no longer cared about anything, but walked down from his seat, step by step toward the tent. He came to the two children, reached out and picked them up. At this moment, the Bai Lu had already been summoned and came over. Qian Chen placed the two children's spiritual fetuses on the Bai Lu's back. As the Bai Lu turned its head, it used its two jade-like yellow horns to support the children's little hands.

Perhaps it was instinct, or perhaps the bodies with Heavenly Spiritual Roots had their own spirituality; the two children's little hands grasped and stretched, holding onto the deer horns.

Ao Ding was somewhat puzzled when he saw Qian Chen rise, and then saw him openly walk toward the spiritual fetuses while True Person Jiayue remained completely unresponsive. When he saw Qian Chen helping the two children sit on the Bai Lu, he felt something was wrong, but he only thought that this demon actually didn't dare to provoke Shaoqing?

In his hesitation, he saw Qian Chen pat the Bai Lu and say: "Go! Hide far away, don't let them get hurt!"

True Person Jiayue rose to her feet and flicked her long sword: "Sharpening a sword for ten years, the frosty blade has not been tested. Today I show it to you, who has an injustice?"

Years ago, in the Great Tang era, Qian Chen had recited this poem to send off Yan Shu!

Seeing the Bai Lu run out of the tent, a spiritual light flew away in an instant. Only then did Qian Chen turn around unhurriedly and face the many Dragon race members in the tent together with True Person Jiayue. Ao Zangwu felt a sense of alarm. Just as he gripped the eight-sided copper hammer in his hand, he saw Qian Chen wave his hand behind him, and countless flames flew out from his sleeve. In his hand, they gradually condensed into a dark red long spear.

The red tassels of the long spear fluttered like fire, and the spear tip was a point of golden-red divine light condensed from infinite true fire!

Qian Chen was dressed in Daoist robes, but the long spear in his hand pointed diagonally to his side. Between his brows, he was as indifferent as a god. He swept his gaze across the crowd and said slowly: "You all are unforgivable!"

The more furious he was in his heart, the calmer his expression became, merely transforming that ball of rage into the long spear in his hand!

*Hum*, the Vermilion Bird Fire-Pointed Spear turned in Qian Chen's hand, and the red tassels shook off a blooming Red Lotus Karmic Fire...

Strands of karmic fire transformed into a storm of true fire in the blink of an eye. The spear tip suddenly thrust out from within the countless soaring flames, pointing at the copper hammer Ao Zangwu had raised.

The spear body bent into a giant bow, then suddenly snapped straight, lifting the copper hammer!

True Person Jiayue merged with her sword, transforming into a sword light that immediately slashed into the water curtain.

The sword light shattered the void, the spear tip pierced the water curtain, and the sword light and spear radiance intertwined, transforming into endless killing intent... heading toward all the True Dragons on the hall. Ao Ding's expression changed drastically, his expression almost unbelievable. The demon of the Nine Heavens Dao actually joined forces with the Shaoqing Sword Sect; who would dare to believe this?

The sword intent and spear momentum were aggressive like fire, extremely arrogant!

Without anyone noticing, the surrounding sea tides had silently begun to rotate around this coral sea.

The towering seawater gradually rotated, and the accumulated momentum, with Qian Chen's body as the axis, gathered on the long spear. The spear body was rotated by the giant force driven by the billions of jun of seawater, accumulating the giant force with the elasticity of the spear body. The spear tip gathered the most violent power of the true fire, and with an incomparable posture, thrust toward Ao Zangwu!

The two eight-sided copper hammers cast from deep-sea mixed copper essence were shattered by this giant force. Ao Zangwu's expression changed miserably. He exerted all the strength of his life, revealing half of his original form, transforming into a half-human, half-flood-dragon zhang-eight Dharma image, only then barely blocking this spear.

But his twin hammers were also shattered and flew away. His whole body slid out dozens of steps, the tiger's mouth cracked, golden blood flowed long, and the dragon scales all over his body stood on end. A scale under his jaw was even stimulated by the surging blood vessels to stand up, in the state of a reverse scale! ===== CHAPTER 544 =====