The extreme region, the eight-sided city.
This is the most neatly built and majestic city among the 72 cities in the entire polar region. From a distance, it looks like a towering octagonal platform.
The Eight Directions Hell Palaces were suspended high in the eight directions of the Eight Directions City, casting their huge and dark shadows onto the ground below.
Below the city, there are stationed ten major ghost tribes.
At this moment, there are some ghost cultivators with high cultivation levels walking on the criss-crossing streets, and judges from various halls are traveling between the Hall of Hell and the city below.
The monks who walk are accustomed to not looking up.
Because the eight mountain-like Yama Palaces hanging high above their heads have been suspended in this high position for many years. No matter what changes have taken place in the polar region, or what kind of chaos it is experiencing, the eight Yama Palaces are always stable and never shaken.
Cui Jue has also gotten used to it.
King Qin Guang sent Zhang Tang to Guiguanmen to survey the battle situation on the front line, while he stayed in Bafang City to command the rear. He did not feel any imbalance in his heart.
Over the years, Zhang Tang's abilities have been evident to all.
Although he once envied the fact that King Qin Guang valued Zhang Tang so highly among the eight hells, he did not think that Zhang Tang was unworthy of the reputation, so everything was just envy.
At this moment, he came out of the First Qin Guangwang Palace and went to the Ghost King Clan's base below to discuss some important matters with the elders of the Ghost King Clan.
But who would have thought that as soon as he landed, something strange had already happened in the void!
At his level, he already had an extremely keen sense of certain fluctuations in space. So in an instant, he turned around, raised his head, and looked towards the void high behind him!
“BOOM!!!”
A terrifying loud noise spread throughout the vast void!
How solemn and majestic were the eight-sided Yama Palaces that were suspended in the sky? But almost at the same time when Cui Jue's sight reached them, the Yama Palace located in the northwest corner suddenly collapsed!
It was like being hit by some terrifying force...
It's falling apart from the inside out!
The formation that originally maintained its suspension and defense seemed to have lost the source of its power at this moment. It was like it had lost its soul. After throwing up a brilliant light, it fell down along with the entire collapsed Yama Palace!
It's like the roof is collapsing!
In the huge momentum, it gives people an incomparable shock!
In an instant, smoke and dust rose up, burying the entire northwest corner of Bafang City and turning the entire building into ruins!
Cui Jue couldn't believe his eyes.
He only felt that at the moment when the sound rang out and the Yama Palace collapsed, there was an indistinguishable sound in his head, which made him feel like he was struck by thunder. He stood still and dared not move a step.
Hell Palace!
That’s the Palace of Hell!
The second Chujiang Palace in Bafang City actually collapsed!
How could it be possible...
Such a horrifying noise almost caused the entire Bafang City to shake like an earthquake, alarming countless ghost cultivators in the city.
When I came out and looked, there was no second hell in the sky.
Of the eight Yama Palaces that originally hung solemnly and majestically above everyone’s heads, only seven are left!
Of course, the other seven kings of hell, including King Qin Guang, noticed the commotion at the first moment and emerged from their respective hell halls.
The seven Yama Kings were all silent!
When Emperor Song of the Third Hall saw the ruins collapsed to the ground, his pupils suddenly contracted. Even though he was an experienced and shrewd man, he couldn't help but reveal an unconcealable shock at this moment.
Only Prince Qin Guang of the First Palace still had no expression on his face.
On the contrary, when he saw the collapse of Yama Palace, he seemed not surprised at all, but too calm. He even turned his gaze to Emperor Song after watching for a while.
He saw the other party's reaction clearly.
The other judges followed out from the hall behind him. Seeing this scene, how could they not understand what was going on
The Palace of Hell collapsed, and Lord Yama fell!
This clearly means that the King Chujiang of the Second Palace has fallen!
"Your Highness..."
A judge spoke timidly, as if he wanted to ask something.
Unexpectedly, although Qin Guangwang stood with his hands behind his back and looked at the empty northwest direction, he seemed to know what they were going to say and said, "Chujiangwang is guarding the watchtower at Guimenguan, and Zhang Tang is also there. Don't act rashly for now and wait for him to come back and report."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. No matter how they thought about it, they felt that this matter was not logical: the one who was in trouble was the King of Hell!
Even if Prince Chujiang is now the weakest among the eight princes, he shouldn't...
Shouldn't we be so reckless
But no one dared to refute and could only respond, "Yes."
At the moment when the second hall of Bafang City collapsed and fell, all the ghost cultivators in the entire city saw it clearly. The news of the death of King Chujiang was like a bomb thrown into the already turbulent water, which quickly spread to every corner of the evil land in the extreme region, causing a huge wave.
At the scene of the incident, everything seemed peaceful.
In the main hall of the Ghost Gate Watchtower, several people stood silently.
When Jianchou first visited the watchtower, he only knew that a "key" was needed to open and close the watchtower, but he did not know what the "key" looked like or what it was called. It was not until he had a negotiation with King Chujiang that he understood that the "key" was called "Shangxian Lingjue" and "Xiaxian Lingjue".
Now, when she saw Zhang Tang taking out this thing, she was unable to react.
His head, which had been buzzing and dizzy before, suddenly stopped at this moment, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the crescent-shaped white jade ring. When he finally realized what it was, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Tang with an expression that could not hide his shock.
If the shock and horror just now came from seeing Zhang Tang kill the King of Chujiang, then the excitement and madness at this moment was suddenly rising from the abyss of the earth into the clouds!
No one expected it!
Unexpectedly, Judge Zhang, who behaved in an unusual way, gave them an unbelievable surprise quickly after such a huge and desperate shock!
Zhang Tang had even taken out the lower string and the ring, and it was obvious that he hadn't come up with a clear response after worrying for a long time. He frowned coldly and said, "Don't want it?"
"no!"
How could Jianchou not want it? !
She was just shocked by the sudden ups and downs and was speechless, and didn't have time to answer!
After realizing what was happening, he walked straight forward.
She took Ling Jue from Zhang Tang without hesitation, and held it in her own hand. She felt her heartbeat quicken, and said, "Thank you, Master Zhang."
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Jianchou secretly injected a stream of soul power into the snow-white jade ring. Sure enough, he saw a faint glow and a sense of flowing water. He knew that this thing could not be wrong.
only…
At this moment, reason finally slowly returned to her mind. Jianchou became confused and began to ask questions.
"How did this thing end up in your hands?"
"I am the first judge of His Royal Highness Prince Qin Guang. If it is not in my hands, how can I give it to you?"
"Then you gave this to us..."
"Didn't you snatch it from me?"
"Then King Chujiang—"
"The dead deserved to die. I know this clearly. You don't need to say anything."
"… "
After only five or six sentences, Jianchou realized that he couldn't ask any more questions. The very impolite word "talkative" made even Qu Zhengfeng raise his eyebrows, and Xie Buchen's eyes showed some displeasure, which surprised Lu Xiangleng even more.
Who is Jianchou
She is one of the few powerful people in the Nineteen Continents today. Although she has been practicing for a short time and her seniority is not very high, her strength is already on par with other famous powerful people. Even Zhenren Hengxu, Xianji Xuanyue and others, when they see her, they will call her "Little Friend Jianchou" in a friendly and cautious manner, vaguely implying that they are treating her as an equal.
But this Zhang Tang...
His cultivation is not that good, and it seems that he is at the initial stage of Golden Body at most, which is equivalent to the initial stage of Out-of-Body in the Nineteenth Continent. It is far behind Jianchou.
To put it in an exaggerated way, Jianchou could crush him to death with just one hand!
But he actually dared to speak to Jianchou in such an impatient tone, and even accused her of being "talkative" with dignity...
This is a natural attitude.
It seemed as if cultivation and situation did not exist for him. The only difference was the status, and he was an official while Jianchou was a commoner.
Even the expression on his face was harsh, dull and dignified.
Jianchou was stunned for a moment, and saw something familiar in Zhang Tang's attitude, as if he was back on an isolated island on earth.
I laughed for a moment, but I wasn't angry.
She continued, "Jianchou is just grateful for Master Zhang's help, and is also worried about his safety. From what Master said, it seems that this matter can be resolved, so Jianchou is relieved. I just don't know what the current situation is in Jiyu, especially in the Eight Palaces of Yanjun in Bafang City?"
Zhang Tang was a very arbitrary person.
In his eyes, he really didn't think of Jianchou as a powerful person. Although Jianchou was indeed powerful, in his opinion, he might represent more trouble.
It's normal for people to dislike their own troubles.
He actually wanted to leave, but since he had already set foot on this pirate ship, it would not be easy to leave. So he looked up at Jianchou, but still resisted the urge to turn around and leave. He went through the thoughts in his mind and answered her questions clearly.
Moreover, they are all somehow related to her.
There are three main ones:
First, the Eight-Directions Hell.
Among the several Yama Kings, there is no doubt that King Qin Guang is the strongest, and no one knows what level he has reached. Except for the fallen King Chu Jiang, the strength of the other Yama Kings is basically ranked in order, but the City King and the Coroner King both have outstanding means, or can be compared with the Emperor of Song.
Second, King Guang of Qin.
Over the past eighty years, the affairs under the jurisdiction of King Qin Guang have become fewer and fewer. Most of the matters have been handed over to the judges below, and he himself spends most of his time staying by the reincarnation pool under the Bafang City. The ghost axe that accompanied Jianchou to the extreme domain is imprisoned in the pool. Zhang Tang once saw a large group of black shadows with a strong sense of hostility hidden under the water, and he didn't know what it was.
At the same time, Yandian sent people to search for the Liangyi Pearl along the Yellow Spring.
This item should have been inlaid on the ridge of the Ghost Axe. Because of the yin and yang, it has the ability to communicate between the two worlds. However, it was lost in the battle eleven generations ago.
Third, the old house in the City of the Dead.
When Jianchou caused a big stir in the fight for the cauldron, and also exposed his identity as a monk from Yashan, the Eight Directions Hell Palace had to send people to investigate thoroughly. However, Zhang Tang was afraid that the connections between him and Jianchou would be exposed, so when the judges in the Hell Palace were investigating, he and "Li Han", who was also involved with Jianchou at the time, hid many key clues.
The old house of Jianchou, which seemed to have some hidden secrets, was sealed up by him.
"If one day you want to revisit the old place, the mansion will still be in its original state. I have not moved a single bit."
Zhang Tang ended his speech with this sentence.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, it was clear from his words that he was saying that he was honest and upright and had not done anything to her. He was also warning Jianchou to keep it well hidden and not to reveal anything later and get himself involved in some trouble.
Jianchou was listening to him with everyone else. When she heard about the cultivation levels of the Yama Kings in the Eight Directions Yama Palace, she didn't think anything of it. But when she heard the words "ghost axe", "black shadow" and "Liang Yi Pearl", her heart was filled with awe, remembering that she could hardly sense the ghost axe, which had a mental connection with her, after entering the Extreme Domain. This piece of news made her eyelids twitch and she had many ominous premonitions. In the end, she didn't think anything of the old house in the City of the Dead, which was supposed to be the most bizarre.
Zhang Tang didn't look at her reaction. He just folded his left and right hands together, inserted them into his wide sleeves, and placed them in front of him. He looked quite calm and said, "This is all I can do for you. I'm leaving."
"Master Zhang?"
Jianchou was a little surprised to hear him say the word "goodbye".
"Where are you going?"
Since then, he returned to the hell palace.
Zhang Tang was too lazy to answer her. He lifted his leg, turned around and left.
The development of the matter was completely beyond Jianchou's expectations. She slightly widened her eyes and couldn't understand at this moment: "My Lord, you want to go back to Bafang City? But you killed King Chujiang first, and you have opened the door for us. Going back will be dangerous. Why don't you go directly to Nineteen Continents?"
"Let's talk about it after you capture the City of the Dead and break into the City of Eight Directions."
Zhang Tang is not stupid!
Although the Yin-Yang Realm War was restarted by the Nineteen Continents, it was still too early to decide the winner. Returning to Bafang City was certainly dangerous, but if he surrendered to the Nineteen Continents and the Nineteen Continents did not win, wouldn't he just have to wait for death
Eighty years of business ruined in one day, a desperate attempt -
Zhang Tang would not do such a thing.
He didn't even look at Chou once. When he came, he had the same dull and mean face as when he left. There was no change at all.
Jianchou still wanted to persuade.
Even if Zhang Tang is pulled into the Nineteen Continents camp, his understanding of the Polar Regions should be useful in both combat and deployment of troops.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Tang seemed to know exactly what she was thinking.
At this time, he had already walked to the door of the hall. Before Jianchou could speak again, he threw a word without even turning his head, blocking all her attempts to persuade him.
The voice was light and floating, just like the corner of his official robe that was blown by the wind.
"I am a civil servant. How can I engage in such barbaric acts as beating and killing people? It is inappropriate."
The voice fell and the person was gone.
The whole hall was left in silence.
No one spoke.
Civil servants...
Doing rough and tumble things...
Not suitable!
Jianchou felt that his eyes couldn't help but jump up, and he wanted to rush out and grab the neck of the dead-faced, pen-and-ink clerk and ask: Fighting and killing is inappropriate, who was the one who just killed the King of Chujiang with a knife? What a civil servant!
He came unexpectedly, handled things swiftly and decisively, and left even more cleanly and neatly, without giving anyone a chance to stay.
It's obvious—
Avoiding sorrow is like avoiding the god of plague!
This was the first time Qu Zhengfeng had seen such a person. He stood in front of the broken body of King Chujiang and looked down at him. He laughed sincerely, which was rare: "This person's personality is quite interesting!"