Chapter 434: Ma Wuchen

This red-faced big man was Ma Wuchen, the fourth disciple of the Blood Demon Ancestor, a demonic tycoon of the Fuyun Mountain Range generation. The reason he came to the Fire Phoenix in the Fuyun Mountain Range was precisely because he was entrusted by the Blood Demon Ancestor to investigate the cause of his Junior Brother's death.

The Blood Demon Ancestor, this demonic expert who had shaken the Fuyun Mountain Range for hundreds of years, although he had many disciples, had a total of only nine main closed-door disciples. Besides the fourth disciple Ma Wuchen, the red-clad man who had dealt with Song Qingming several times years ago was also one of them.

The red-clad man was named Hong Qijun, ranking ninth among the Blood Demon Ancestor's closed-door disciples, and was also his youngest disciple, deeply loved by the Blood Demon Ancestor.

Years ago, the reason Hong Qijun came to the Wei Kingdom was precisely because he received the Blood Demon Ancestor's instruction to find his Junior Uncle, Facing Xiao Huang, who had been missing for many years, wanting to obtain a thing from him.

The Blood Demon Ancestor and Facing Xiao Huang were originally from the same sect, but ever since the Blood Demon Ancestor reached Nascent Soul, the two had no more contact. Now, there are not many cultivators in the cultivation world who know about this relationship between them.

The Blood Demon Ancestor had an agreement with Facing Xiao Huang years ago to go find him when Facing Xiao Huang reached Nascent Soul. It was just a pity that later, when Facing Xiao Huang was breaking through to Nascent Soul, he was found by another righteous Nascent Soul powerhouse and sealed in the Black Stone Valley of the Wei Kingdom. Since then, there had been no trace of him in the cultivation world.

Hong Qijun searched around the Wei Kingdom years ago but didn't get any clues about Facing Xiao Huang. Later, he left the Wei Kingdom and went to the Skull Mountain, where Facing Xiao Huang had stayed years ago, to continue searching for clues.

As a result, ten years later, he really ran into Du Yucheng, who came here to look for things. Although Hong Qijun didn't know that Du Yucheng had already apprenticed to Facing Xiao Huang, from the fact that he was very familiar with the terrain of Skull Mountain, he also guessed that his relationship with Facing Xiao Huang was not ordinary.

Later, Hong Qijun used a strategy. Taking advantage of Du Yucheng going to the market to purchase artifact refining materials, he found someone to sell a spirit item containing a Phase-less Insect to him. It was also because of this that he later learned the secret that Facing Xiao Huang's main body had been sealed.

Afterward, Hong Qijun lay dormant for several years and finally waited for an opportunity to follow Du Yucheng into the Black Stone Valley. As a result, Hong Qijun somewhat underestimated the opponent's strength in that battle. The two sides were equal in strength and fought for a long time, but neither side gained any advantage. Later, they were caught off guard by Li Yungong and the others who rushed over.

Hong Qijun was not lightly injured in that battle and almost lost his life. After he recovered from his injuries and wanted to leave the Wei Kingdom to find the Blood Demon Ancestor for help, he unexpectedly discovered that the Phase-less Insect was not taken away by the Xiaoyao Sect, but for some reason, it had reached Song Qingming's body.

That day, when Song Qingming, Gao Yuyao, and others went to explore the Core Formation cultivator's cave dwelling, they were actually already targeted by Hong Qijun and the others on their way back.

It was just because Duan Xueyi and others who were with Song Qingming at that time were all Foundation Establishment experts with extraordinary strength. Hong Qijun and the others were indeed no match for Song Qingming and the others, so they didn't choose to act immediately.

Later, after Song Qingming parted ways with them, he entered the Fuyun Mountain Range alone, finally allowing Hong Qijun and the others to wait for a good opportunity, and they chased after him all the way.

Unexpectedly, this time in the siege of Song Qingming, Hong Qijun and the others ran into Long Feng's hands during the final pursuit and all lost their lives. In the end, the storage magic tool on Facing Xiao Huang also fell into the Fire Phoenix's hands.

However, Ma Wuchen was not clear about these things that had already happened. After he came to the Wei Kingdom to investigate, although he found the Black Stone Valley, he only confirmed that Facing Xiao Huang's primordial spirit had dissipated and he had completely died there. Ma Wuchen was also not clear about where the things on his body had gone.

Seeing that there was no way to investigate Facing Xiao Huang's side anymore, Ma Wuchen placed his hope on Hong Qijun. Using the secret blood talisman handed to him by the Blood Demon Ancestor, he unexpectedly found the Fire Phoenix's place, almost losing his life.

"Hmm! What you said also makes some sense. Ninth Junior Uncle has indeed been somewhat arrogant and spoiled over these years. Clearly, he had already found Xiao Laogui's trail, but he didn't pass the news back to Master in time, and finally provoked a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor. This idiot also deserves this end." After a burst of analysis by the disciple behind him, Ma Wuchen also followed up and cursed Hong Qijun.

Although they, as demonic cultivators of the same sect, called each other Junior and Senior Brothers, most of them didn't take the other party seriously in their hearts. If it weren't for the instruction of Master Blood Demon Ancestor that he didn't dare to violate, Ma Wuchen himself wouldn't want to investigate Hong Qijun's matter.

His trip to the Wei Kingdom was also at great risk. Some time ago, in order to investigate whether Hong Qijun died at the hands of the Xiaoyao Sect, Ma Wuchen killed many Xiaoyao Sect disciples, which had already alarmed the Xiaoyao Sect's Law Enforcement Hall.

Later, although he got rid of the Xiaoyao Sect's tracking, Ma Wuchen also lost two disciples. This trip to the Wei Kingdom gained nothing, and he also lost disciples and followers, which already made him somewhat angry. Unexpectedly, he ran into the hands of a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor today.

Before coming here, Ma Wuchen also investigated. The nearest Demon Emperor territory to this place, Jin Yu Mountain, was ten thousand miles away. He didn't know that a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor would live under this inconspicuous small mountain. Otherwise, even if he were given two guts, he wouldn't dare to come to the Nascent Soul Demon Emperor's hands to ask for things directly like this.

Thinking of the Fire Phoenix's icy gaze looking at him at the end, Ma Wuchen felt uncomfortable all over again. After looking behind him, he took his disciple and left here quickly again.

Half a day later, Ma Wuchen took his disciple to a barren mountain on the outskirts of the Fuyun Mountain Range. In a dark stone cave at the foot of the mountain, three other black-robed people were waiting here. These people were also the followers and disciples he brought to the Wei Kingdom this time.

Seeing Ma Wuchen and another black-robed person walk into the cave, these disciples hurriedly took off the black robes on their bodies, stepped forward to salute respectfully, and shouted in unison: "Welcome, Master!"

"Ziyu, notify those who haven't returned to end the mission immediately and return here. We are leaving immediately." After Ma Wuchen waved his hand at those people, he gave an instruction to the black-robed person who followed him back.

Hearing Ma Wuchen say this, among the three black-robed people, one suddenly stepped forward with a happy expression and asked: "Senior, are you leaving the Wei Kingdom to report back to the Ancestor?"

Ma Wuchen looked at this person's flattering appearance, smiled, and nodded: "You guessed right! The matters in the Wei Kingdom have been handled almost completely. It is time to go back and report to Master."

"Senior! You promised me that as long as I handled the matters in the Wei Kingdom well for you, you would accept me as a disciple. Please take me with you, Senior. From now on, this disciple will definitely serve you well."

The person speaking had a very ordinary appearance, and his smile even gave people a somewhat honest feeling. It was precisely Du Yucheng, who had been missing for a long time after the Black Stone Valley battle.

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