Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 458 - 367: Taotie Essence Blood (Climax Begging for Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)_1

Chapter 458: Chapter 367: Taotie Essence Blood (Climax Begging for Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)_1

Inside the Dali Temple, a purple haze surged skyward, filled with murderous aura.

A column of purple Hao Qi rushed into the sky, taking the form of a long knife and pointing directly at the vault of heaven!

The imposing aura was formidable and overwhelming, as if it were to slice the world apart, sweeping away every evil object with an unstoppable force.

The knife intent emanating from Li Xuan’s prison cell was like countless peerless sharp treasures, irresistible, slashing through every substance. This made it extremely difficult for the evil spirits to even get within thirty feet; if they crept any closer, their bodies would be torn to shreds, slashed apart!

At the bottom of the Dali Temple, an old man surnamed Cao looked up in awe. Despite being shackled by many chains and nailed with as many as eighty Zhenyuan Nails, he was still able to see through the layers of stones and glimpse the scene above.

"Killing one man is a crime, slaughtering a thousand makes a hero. Slaying nine million stands supreme among heroes - such a thick killing intent emanating from this General’s verbal command!"

He acknowledged in disbelief, "A pure purple Hao Qi, another divine cultivator in the Confucian school of Jin dynasty apart from Yu Jie."

"The person they want to harm, is a scholar?"

Beside the old man, Li Hongjing’s homely face was grim and cold: "It’s better if they are all dead! Those scholars and officials, they all deserve to die! They deserve to be hacked by a thousand swords!"

"The one above us is different from those common scholars. Their Hao Qi is pure, and they are of the same ilk as Shaobao Yu Jie, Duke Zhongliegong Wen. They are not the same as those who hurt you."

The old man surnamed Cao turned his head to glance at Li Hongjing, whose face was filled with cruelty. He then sighed softly.

He knew of this young lad’s grievances; being sent here as a substitute for execution, how could he not harbor resentment and hatred for the court?

"The current Emperor is an enlightened and capable ruler. There are also numerous loyal ministers and generals in the court, like the person above us. Be patient and wait. The autumn execution has already gone by, and you can live for at least another year. There will certainly be a turn of events within this year—"

The old man surnamed Cao was in the middle of his words, when his expression suddenly shifted, pulling Li Hongjing to one side.

In the next moment, the wall behind them completely collapsed. The stone layer above them was pierced with countless small holes. The sharp Hao Qi rushed down and bombarded the ground, leaving it pockmarked.

The old man surnamed Cao couldn’t help but sigh again: "This second verse, although slightly inferior in literary grace, surpasses the previous one in its killing intent!"

At this moment, on the first floor of the prison, Earl Huichang, Sun Jizong’s face had turned purple. He gritted his teeth tightly, with a trace of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

This was not just because they had yet to make any progress, but also because of the news from East Palace and Renzhou Palace.

This was nothing short of an utter disaster for Sun Jizong. He was in a daze and still unable to recover from the shock.

All of Earl Huichang’s fortunes were tied to Empress Sun, the Crown Prince, and True Emperor Zhengtong.

But once the Crown Prince fell, with no hope of inheriting the throne, and with the Empress implicated in the crime of disloyalty, losing the support of the ministers...

The future predicament of Earl Huichang’s household was easy to imagine.

"That bastard! That monstrous creature!"

Sun Jizong was feeling dizzy and momentarily lost his ability to think clearly. He could only repeat these words to himself over and over again.

Duke Yansheng, Kong Xiude, was at a loss on how to comfort him, as this was also a heavy blow to him.

"Uncle, the most urgent matter at present is to get rid of this chap as soon as possible. Relying solely on these lower creatures in the Dali Temple, it seems difficult to get to that scholar. The killing intent contained within his two verses is simply unparalleled in the world, coupled with his Hao Qi. Not only evil spirits but even people with malicious intent would find it difficult to get close to him."

Right now, Kong Xiude only needed to glimpse at Li Xuan’s prison cell to feel a sharp pain in his eyes. Within his Primordial Spirit, it felt like it was being pricked by a peerless sharp blade, seeming to pierce through at any moment.

If it was like this to him, what more for those evil spirits?

These filthy creatures, although they were vast in number, if any of them really had any potential, they wouldn’t be dwelling in the Dali Temple’s prison.

If their realms were more than The Third Door, the Liudao Division would have actively arrested them and put them into the Zhenyao Tower.

However, Kong Xiude also knew that Sun Jizong would most likely not find a solution, so he looked more at the young swordsman, "There is a saying, ’the longer the night, the more dreams will occur’. Considering the situation of the Crown Prince and Empress, it would be best not to delay further."

The reason they could make moves on Li Xuan in the prison of the Dali Temple was due to the covert and overt cooperation of many people.

But now that the Crown Prince and Empress were on the verge of losing power, the positions of these people might not be as stable as before.

The young swordsman was also in an uneasy state. He suspected that the Jade Qilin causing a commotion in the Inspectorate and the Forbidden City was his junior sister.

However, the young swordsman was puzzled, his junior sister’s Secret Technique was the Demon Qilin, what was this Jade Qilin about?

However, after hearing Kong Xiude’s words, he emotionlessly took out five porcelain bottles and threw them to Earl Huichang Sun Jizong, "This is the essence of Taotie, a pure-blood fierce beast at the Great Heavenly Level. Uncle, you splash them over, it can greatly increase the ferocity of those evil spirits."

Only then did Earl Huichang Sun Jizong snap out of his reverie. He hurriedly took the five porcelain bottles and strode out.

At this time, Duke Yansheng Kong Xiude was gazing at the outside of the prison, his eyebrows furrowed.

The young swordsman looked at him with curiosity, "What are you looking at?"

"The Wenshan Seal, I can sense the aura of the Wenshan Seal. There shouldn’t be any mistake —"

In Kong Xiude’s pupils, a sense of surprise and doubt emerged: "The Wenshan Seal might be on that jade kylin."

The eyes of the sword-controlling teenager change slightly, then, without any hesitation, he broke through the wall and left the prison of the Dali Temple.

—Since the earth’s energy was drained, the walls of this prison were equivalent to non-existent.

Duke Yansheng Kong Xiude follows closely behind, his face turns a bit pale. That’s because at this moment, Kong Xiude sensed that pure and sacred Hao Qi flooding through the air, rapidly moving towards his Duke Yansheng Mansion.

Kong Xiude couldn’t help feeling a darkness in front of his eyes and anger in his chest. Could it be possible that this beast was planning to crash into his Duke Yansheng Mansion?

—This outrageous creature, he’s really audacious!

When Earl Huichang Sun Jizong came back to the cell with five empty porcelain bottles, he was taken aback.

He found Duke Yansheng Kong Xiude and the sword-controlling teenager had both disappeared.

Not only did they leave without a trace, but the key issue was his daughter, Sun Chuyun. Where had his beloved daughter gone?

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As Li Xuan finished the last sentence from the second part of the General’s Command: The Way of a Man on the wall, he felt drenched in cold sweat.

The literary brilliance of the second part - The Way of a Man, was slightly inferior, and the subsequent changes in the world were far less significant than the first part. However, the essence of this poem — ’To kill one is a sin, to slaughter thousands makes one a hero. To slaughter nine million, one becomes the hero of heroes.’ drained a lot of Li Xuan’s Yuan force, making his bright Hao Qi almost diminished, and brought him to the brink of exhaustion.

Luckily, at this moment, the three parts of the poem written on the wall served as a natural defensive shield, protecting him from the attacks of those evil spirits.

The scripts on the wall were all highlighted with a golden-purple aura, similar to the sharpness of knives and guns, surrounding the outside of Li Xuan’s prison cell, and eliminating all evil spirits.

After Li Xuan finished writing this poem, he planned to return to the bed and meditate to recover some Yuan Qi.

Becasue, by this moment, Li Xuan had already continuously consumed three types of Qi-recovering elixirs, and even used an entire bottle of ’Penglai Mash’ from Penglai Fairy Island.

It was precisely because of these medicines that he was able to last until the moment the second part, The Way of a Man was completed.

But this also meant that Li Xuan was now finding it difficult to recover his soul power and Hao Qi through the use of elixirs.

However, when Li Xuan was about to put his wolf brush back into the small Sumi Ring and turn around, he saw the figure of Sun Chuyun standing not far behind him.

Li Xuan was startled and then speechless: " Why do you always appear out of nowhere, scaring people to death? And how did you get here, Miss Sun?"

He believes he has no demands on Sun Chuyun, so he changed his way of addressing her back to ’Miss Sun’ again.

"My dad couldn’t remember anything about me for the moment, so I came over, and this grill can’t stop me."

Sun Chuyun noticed the indifference in Li Xuan’s words, her eyes reddened and she puffed her cheeks in grievance. However, she still walked towards him and placed a porcelain bottle in front of Li Xuan: "Xuan, you eat this."

Li Xuan took a look and frowned: "Is this Taiyi Shengyuan Elixir?"

Taiyi, also known as Taiyi, is another name for North Star. Taiyi Shengyuan Elixir is a heavenly treasure, refined from the power of the stars, including North Star on the lead, by Taoist cultivators through a powerful Array.

This elixir can help restore the Yuan force and strengthening one’s Shenpo without any adverse effects. Because of the difficult refining process, it is expensive, with each drop costing more than ten thousand taels of patterned silver.

"Miss Sun, please take it back. This is not appropriate."

Li Xuan wasn’t worried that Sun Chuyun would poison him; he genuinely thought that it wasn’t appropriate.

At this point, their two families had reached a life-or-death situation, and he didn’t want to accept her gift during such times.

"I am me, and my dad is my dad."

Sun Chuyun bit her lip, "You can be rest assured, this bottle of Taiyi Shengyuan Elixir was given by my master, it has nothing to do with my dad, I don’t want you to forgive us."

With a careful and somewhat pleading look at Li Xuan, she said, "Xuan, how much Hao Qi do you have left? My dad is colluding with the Jinque Palace, and I don’t know what other tricks they have. How are you going to deal with them if you don’t have enough Hao Qi?"

Li Xuan gazed at Sun Chuyun, a tinge of compassion emerged, seeing her desperate and weeping face, his heartstrings slightly quivered, and he started to waver.

But just at this moment, Li Xuan suddenly changed his expression and looked outside the grill.

Those evil spirits, who were pushed to about ten zhang away, began to stir again. An extremely ferocious aura emerged from these evil spirits, prompting them to attack his prison cell again, under the suppression of the Hao Qi from the three parts of the poems.

At this time, he also felt in his left arm, the arm guard ’Taotie’ conveyed an unparalleled sense of thirst into his heart.

Li Xuan’s eyebrows slightly raised, revealing a look of strictness. After a moment of hesitation, he said coldly: "Don’t stand here, get behind me!"