A mountain breeze blew, and the two people standing on the cliff at the top of Bijia Mountain looked at the golden eagle and Yan Liqiang who had disappeared long ago, and they couldn't help but shudder...
The mountain breeze at night was not cold for them. What made them feel cold was what had just happened. Such a secret place was actually invaded by masters from outside, and the holy insect was taken away right under their noses. This place in Bijia Mountain was no longer safe. They, as well as the identity of the Poison King, the imperial physician, and the conspiracy of Yuanqi Soup had been completely exposed. Perhaps in a blink of an eye, the imperial court's army would arrive. They could no longer stay here and had to evacuate immediately.
I thought success was just around the corner, but I never expected that in the blink of an eye, I would encounter such a severe setback!
“Holy Lord…” The Ghost King looked at the dark sky, then at the Holy Lord standing in front of him, and said with difficulty, swallowing his saliva, “We… We must leave here immediately. The army and masters of the imperial court may be here soon. If we don’t leave now, it will be too late…”
The "Holy Lord" suddenly turned around, his eyes flashing with two balls of green ghostly fire, looking particularly crazy and frightening. His originally kind face was now particularly hideous and terrifying. Under every inch of skin and wrinkles on his face, it seemed as if something horrible was about to come out from under the skin, "We... haven't... lost... yet..."
The "Holy Lord" gritted his teeth and said six words one by one.
"Since that person just now is our enemy, he will definitely inform the court, and... and... the holy insect was also kidnapped by that person..."
“Who… told… you… that… we… only… have… one… holy… insect?” The muscles on the face of the “Holy Lord” twitched twice, and he suddenly spoke.
The Ghost King was completely stunned, and then suddenly remembered something, and his eyes widened, "Could it be that the Holy Lord wants to..."
"That's right. Now we have no choice but to do it once and for all. We must launch the attack in advance. We can't wait until the emperor goes on his southern tour. If we launch another holy insect, it will be enough to destroy the imperial court first, leaving the entire capital with no survivors..." The face of the "Holy Lord" slowly returned to calm, and his tone became cold and hard without any emotion. "Send the signal immediately, release the sky lanterns, and the kingdom of heaven will descend tonight..."
"yes!"
The Holy Lord suddenly raised his head, looked at the sky, and roared at it like a wild beast, "The Han Empire will perish tonight. Starting tonight, the entire capital will be turned into a sea of blood and corpses to pave the way for the coming of my kingdom of heaven. No one can stop me, no one can..."
A few minutes later, three strings of huge Kongming lanterns connected by lines floated up from the top of Bijia Mountain and slowly floated into the sky. There were four lights on each string of Kongming lanterns: white, red, blue, and yellow. After floating into the sky, they were particularly conspicuous and could be seen even in the Imperial Capital...
The imperial physician's house, when the Kongming lanterns were floating in the sky, suddenly caught fire and burned bright red, which alarmed the people in the village at the foot of the mountain. Countless villagers saw the imperial physician's house on fire and rushed up the mountain with things in their hands to put out the fire without knowing the reason...
…
The ground was getting closer and closer. When it was only seven or eight meters away from the ground, Yan Liqiang loosened his grip on the eagle and jumped down from the eagle's claws. He rolled on the ground several times. Just as he stood up, Yan Liqiang's face changed and he half-knelt on the ground. "Wow...", another mouthful of blood spit out from his mouth...
Yan Liqiang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, let the golden eagle fly away, and then he held onto a pine tree next to him, gasping for breath.
This is the western suburbs outside the Imperial Capital, on the top of a wild mountain less than ten miles away from the Deer Garden. Although the Fire Eyed Golden Eagle is strong, flying with a man is also extremely physically demanding, especially when he is carrying an extremely heavy iron box on his back. The Fire Eyed Golden Eagle is holding him and flying alone, and the weight it has to bear is almost equivalent to that of two people. Feeling the Fire Eyed Golden Eagle's effort, after flying away from Bijia Mountain and making sure that no one is chasing behind, Yan Liqiang let the Fire Eyed Golden Eagle drop him down not far from the Deer Garden.
After spitting out the blood that was stuck in his chest, Yan Liqiang felt much better. His chest and abdomen suddenly felt much smoother. Although the injuries on his body would not heal so quickly, they would not kill him immediately. He checked the large violin case-like thing on his back and found that it was not damaged at all and the holy insect was still inside. He then let out a long breath, slowly stood up, looked at the surrounding environment, found a large rock that was sheltered from the wind, leaned his back against the rock, sat cross-legged, and first adjusted the internal Qi in his body.
This time, Yan Liqiang really risked his life and paid a huge price to escape from the pursuit of the Ghost King and Lin Qingtian with the Holy Bug on his back. However, Yan Liqiang was also seriously injured. The Ghost King was okay, but Lin Qingtian, who was transformed into an evil demon, was a top master in the world, several realms higher than him. Even if his strength was damaged, to withstand the attack of such a master, for Yan Liqiang, it was like walking through the gates of hell. To survive was the result of strength, luck, and wisdom. If someone else had gone up, he would have died a hundred times...
Sitting here on the top of the mountain, you can already see the deer park not far away!
At this time, there was probably no one left on Bijia Mountain. The Ghost King and his men were not fools and would definitely withdraw. The Imperial Physician was in the palace and he was too busy to run to the palace or the city to give warnings. Whether he could catch the Imperial Physician depended on God's will.
Yan Liqiang planned to take a rest first to recover some strength, then secretly return to Luyuan to take some healing medicine and other things, and then find a way to warn the court. If he could make the White Lotus Sect's conspiracy fail this time, it would be a great victory. If the court knew that the White Lotus Sect had such a thing as the holy insect, perhaps it should really consider what the consequences would be if it continued to leave the people in the capital area here to die...
This might become an opportunity that would allow more people to survive and leave the capital before the catastrophe comes.
Until this moment, Yan Liqiang's mind was still full of thoughts about how to save people!
Thinking of the mad look of the White Lotus Saint Lord, who was incarnated by Lin Qingtian today, Yan Liqiang wanted to laugh, but just when he moved his lips, Yan Liqiang felt the true energy and blood in his chest and abdomen began to rush and become restless again, and his heart began to beat rapidly. He quickly calmed down, sat cross-legged on the ground, and used the cross-pass posture from the sitting diagram in the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing to slowly regulate the violent true energy and restless blood in his body.
As soon as the first move of the Cross Pass began, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth connected with his body. The agitated true energy and blood in Yan Liqiang's body seemed to have received an urgent order. They began to return to their positions from slow to fast, the energy returned to the Dantian, the blood returned to the liver, and slowly calmed down...
In the distant sky, several huge strings of four-color lanterns floated from the north sky, which was particularly conspicuous. Yan Liqiang calmed his blood and qi while squinting his eyes to look at those strings of lanterns. He felt that those strings of lanterns were a little weird. Now was not the season for releasing sky lanterns. Moreover, those strings of sky lanterns were particularly large and very unusual. They could be seen from a long distance. More importantly, those strings of sky lanterns seemed to float from the direction of Bijia Mountain in the north...
Could this be some signal sent by the White Lotus Sect
Just as Yan Liqiang was thinking about this, one of the strings of colorful lights in the sky suddenly caught fire and then exploded. A string of glowing, huge words that looked like fluorescent powder sprinkled out appeared in the sky!
Those four words are—Kingdom Come!
Two other strings of colored lights also burned in the sky within half a minute, leaving the same four big words.
—The Kingdom of Heaven is coming!
—The Kingdom of Heaven is coming!
Yan Liqiang sneered. It was indeed the White Lotus Sect that made this noise. This method was quite innovative. The sky lanterns flying in the sky reminded Yan Liqiang of hot air balloons. When he returned to Ganzhou this time, he could ask the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau to think of a way to make a hot air balloon. Putting it at Baishi Pass would be a powerful weapon for city defense...
Half an hour later, when Yan Liqiang finished regulating his breathing on the mountain and wanted to stand up and quietly return to the Deer Garden, a village at the foot of the mountain suddenly had fire and screams. No one knew what happened, but everything became chaotic. In the blink of an eye, the villages outside the Imperial Capital were in darkness. Slowly, more and more fires appeared in the villages, as if they had been scheduled to meet...
Yan Liqiang's face changed and he rushed down the hillside. The situation of the entire village at the foot of the mountain suddenly came into Yan Liqiang's eyes, making Yan Liqiang's scalp numb.
At this moment, in just a short moment, the village had turned into a hell on earth. Countless villagers, many of whom were still wearing pajamas, and some were naked. Regardless of gender, age or status, they all had red eyes and opened their mouths wide, like mad beasts, gnawing at all living things in the village, including cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, and even humans...
(End of this chapter)