The Path of the Sage

Chapter 243: King of Stars

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Li Fanming immediately coughed repeatedly and said, "Ahem, we are facing a powerful enemy, let's not talk about these irrelevant things first! Let's talk about the important things first! What's going on with this huge bronze door?"

Yan Yukong said, "Since everyone has seen it, there is no need to hide it. This huge gate is the entrance to the Demon Ancestor's Gate, and it is also the biggest secret of the Holy Ruins. It was originally opened for a very short time and then closed, but for some reason it was opened for several hours today, so we encountered it."

"What good things are there in the demon ancestor's courtyard?" Jia Jing'an was very surprised.

Yan Yukong said solemnly: "The Demon Ancestor's Gate is one of the places where the Demon Ancestor selects the Star King. Each time it is opened, only one person is selected, regardless of race. However, the Demon Ancestor has disappeared for a long time, and the Demon Ancestor's Gate has become a place where disciples of various races compete for the Star King. The Star King can mobilize a certain amount of star power. No matter whether they are demons, monsters or humans, they are all qualified to become the Star King and can call on star power."

"The talent of our race comes from Wenquxing. Could it be that becoming the King of Stars will give us more talent?"

"Not only that! You all know about the Kong Family Dragon, but few people know that every time he uses a battle poem, a star will project power and make the battle poem more powerful. And you all know the name of the Demon King. The star power he absorbs every day is dozens of times that of others. As for more effects, we will know when our literary rank is higher. It is just nonsense to talk about it now."

Mo Shan added: "The Star King has a much greater impact on the demon race than on humans, so every time there is an opportunity to enter the demon ancestral gate, humans will try their best to become the Star King to prevent the demon race from obtaining it. However, the Star King is very difficult to obtain. Currently, there are only three known ones, namely the Demon Emperor, the Dragon Princess, and the deceased Kong Family Dragon. As for whether someone has become the Star King elsewhere, we don't know."

"Is the Evil Lord also for the King of Stars?" Fang Yun asked.

“Except for the Star King, I’m afraid nothing can make him so crazy.” Yan Yukong said.

Li Fanming said: "What are we waiting for? Let's rush in together!"

"There are ten Golden Guards of the Demon King and three thousand soldiers of the Imperial Capital. Not to mention the disputes among the three tribes of demons, barbarians and humans. Even if the three parties work together to fight them, the final result will probably be mutual destruction. The key is the Imperial Capital Army. Although they have only three thousand people, they are united in mind. If you want to win, you either have to crush them with absolute strength or pay with a large number of lives. There is no shortcut." Yan Yukong sighed softly.

Fang Yun nodded and said, "Indeed, my human race has no better way to defeat the thirteen armies of the demon race except to fight hard. As for the ten demon commander-level demon emperor golden guards, although they are powerful, they are few in number. The three thousand imperial capital troops are too many."

Xiong Cang shouted loudly: "Humans, everyone knows that you are smarter than the demons. Now our common goal is to enter the demon ancestor's gate. What can you do?"

Sun Naiyong sneered, "We humans are thinking of ways, and you demons and barbarians are just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of our labor? Otherwise, we humans will come up with strategies and use war poems in the back. You demons and barbarians will charge ahead. I believe you can break through the blockade of the Demon King's Golden Guards and the Imperial Capital Army. How do you think?"

Fang Yun could see that Sun Naiyong was full of resentment towards the monsters. The Sun family was a military family. A large number of people died in the battle with the monsters, and the hatred lasted for thousands of years.

"You treacherous human race, do you think we are fools? Will you rush in after we are all dead?"

"Why don't we rush in together? Whoever can enter the demon ancestor's gate will be lucky." said a barbarian.

"idiot!"

"It's really embarrassing for us barbarians."

A Saint Clan ape demon general suddenly said, "The current situation is that if we unite, we will all benefit. If we separate, we will return empty-handed. Since we all want to enter the Demon Ancestor's Gate, the only obstacles are the Demon King's Golden Guards and the Imperial Capital Army. We just need to kill them."

"Nonsense, everyone knows this!" Niu Shan couldn't help but say.

"Yes!" Many monsters began to clamor and shout, while the human beings listened quietly.

The ape demon general looked at Niu Shan with contempt and said, "Since the three parties of demons and barbarians cannot actually unite, we can unite in name only!"

Fang Yun looked at the ape demon general. The ape demons in the demon race are the best in terms of wisdom, only slightly inferior to humans, but the blood strength of the ape demons is at the bottom of the demon race. The human semi-saint even said that if the ape demons have the same talents as humans, they are likely to be absorbed by humans and betray the demon race.

The demons shut their mouths, and Zong Wude asked loudly, "What is virtual union?"

The ape demon general said: "The three parties joining together to kill the Demon King's Golden Guards is a real combination. The virtual combination is that the three parties attack from three directions and choose the Demon King's Golden Guards and the Imperial Capital Army to attack. It is not much different from a real combination."

A scholar asked: "How to choose? Who can guarantee that everyone will do their best?"

The ape demon general smiled and said, "The way to ensure that you do your best is right here! We will work together to kill the two groups of fog and capture the fog butterflies. The side that selects more targets and has the greatest merit will get the fog butterflies."

The three tribes of demons and barbarians discussed in a low voice that this seemed to be a good idea. The key point was that there was only one mist butterfly, and everyone who entered the demon ancestor's gate would benefit. If the party that obtained the mist butterfly could help the other two parties enter the demon ancestor's gate, it would also be a great compensation and completely acceptable.

"But who will decide the ownership of the Mist Butterfly? The Demon King's Golden Guard?" someone said.

Fang Yun thought that there was a ready-made referee here, and looked at the demon kings in the Holy Ruins.

Sure enough, the ape demon general smiled and said, "I think that the Xing Yao Man and the Yiguai seniors can help us. Xing Yao Man has always been synonymous with nobility and morality among the demons. When I was in school, I respected Xing Yao Man the most. If the Xing Yao Man seniors are willing to take charge and be responsible for fairly distributing the mist butterflies to the party with the greatest merit, we can rest assured."

Everyone looked at the Star Demon Barbarians together and immediately realized that what the Ape Demon General said was right. Although the Star Demon Barbarians hated the Blood Demon Barbarians, they were of the same race after all. Although they did not hate the human race, they were not of the same race after all, so they could remain neutral.

The Star Monsters will be living in the Holy Ruins for a long time and will not tolerate the existence of the Mist Butterfly. They would like to see the Mist Butterfly be taken away from the Holy Ruins.

The key point is that the demon barbarians can only enslave the mist butterfly by using the blood refining method, but the star demon barbarians cannot use this method, otherwise they will become blood demon barbarians.

The Tiger Demon King suddenly smiled coldly and said, "I didn't want to intervene, but since you want to kill the Demon King's Golden Guards, then we will do you this small favor. You don't have to do anything, we will work together to capture the Mist Butterfly. Whichever of the three demon barbarians kills more Demon King's Golden Guards and the Imperial Capital Army will be given the Mist Butterfly."

Those monsters suddenly fell silent, and many scholars suddenly realized.

Fang Yun said: "It seems that the rumor that the Demon King betrayed the Star Demon Barbarians is true."

"That's for sure. With the temperament of the Star Yaoman, there's no need for them to target the Demon Emperor's Golden Guards. Look at the look in the Demon Emperor's Golden Guards' eyes. They were so arrogant before, but now they look a little frightened when they see those demon kings. Who would believe that the Demon Emperor's Golden Guards are not tempted by the Mist Butterfly? It's simply that the Demon Emperor has betrayed the Star Yaoman for the Mist Butterfly. If they snatch the Mist Butterfly in front of these demon kings, those demon kings will have to kill them all." Li Fanming said.

Everyone nodded.

Fang Yun thought in his heart that the demon race did no less dirty things than the human race.

The ape demon general shouted, "Who objects? If you don't object, it's settled. The Mist Demon King has been killed by all of you. Please take action, seniors, and capture the Mist Butterfly."

Later, Fang Yun and others understood why a good mountain was turned into a mountain of rocks. It turned out that the Demon King-level Mist was fighting to the death with the demons and monsters to protect the Mist Butterfly, but unfortunately the Mist Butterfly was still blocked in the end.

The tiger demon king looked at Wudie and said, "There is a saying among humans, called..."

The Tiger Demon King pondered for a long time, and finally revealed a faint look of annoyance, and said hatefully: "The things of the human race are really fucking troublesome! That is to say, a person is innocent, but with the jade disk, he will bring disaster upon himself!"

All the human race thought that the saying "A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure" came from "Zuo Zhuan", a book in the Spring and Autumn Annals.

The Tiger Demon King glared at all the candidates, then looked at the Mist Butterfly and said, "Your Mist Butterfly clan is chasing after the True Dragon. Once you grow up, all the demons and monsters in my Holy Ruins will have no place to stay. As long as you can leave the Holy Ruins with the others, we will not kill you and the remaining two groups of transformed mist. Do you want to come by yourself, or wait for us to take action?"

The mist butterfly danced gently in the air, constantly making "faint" sounds, as if it was saying something to the two groups of mist, and finally flew towards the Tiger Demon King.

Two balls of mist floated in the air like two balls of cotton. After a while, they made a buzzing sound and flew away quickly without anyone stopping them.

The Mist Butterfly called softly until the two balls of mist disappeared, then it flew to the shoulder of the Tiger Demon King and stood there silently, its light pink wings drooping, looking listless.

Fang Yun and the others all felt sorry for the mist butterfly, but they just sighed and said nothing.

The Ape Demon General smiled and said, "Since all the Star Demon Barbarian seniors agree, then the tribes should start to decide. Whichever side kills more Demon King Golden Guards and Imperial Capital Army in the end will get the Mist Butterfly. The three parties should start to discuss."

There were a total of twenty-eight scholars on Fang Yun's side, and everyone gathered together.

Fang Yun originally wanted to listen to other people's opinions. After all, he came later and his understanding of monsters and barbarians was not as good as those old scholars. However, he found that the people who came with him were all looking at him, obviously wanting him to speak first.

Yan Yukong and the other seven people were all surprised, only then did they realize that those people only followed Fang Yun's lead. But this is the Holy Ruins, where literary fame is not the key. How could Fang Yun be qualified to be the leader of the group

Fang Yun said: "Brother Yan is a semi-saint disciple. He has studied in the Saint Academy and has been tempered in the Two Realms Mountain. His understanding of the demon barbarians and the Demon King's Golden Guards is far greater than ours. Brother Yan should express his opinion first."

Yan Yukong nodded and said, "Everyone wants to get the Mist Butterfly, and so do I, but this time we must do it within our capabilities. Fortunately, we have the seniors of the Star Monster Barbarians here, so those Blood Monster Barbarians will not attack us, so there is no need to worry about this."

“But the Demon Emperor’s Golden Guards and the Imperial Capital Army are demons after all.” said a scholar.

"You don't know that the Demon King rushed all the way from an ordinary demon general in the Saint Ruins to the number one demon under the semi-saint position. I don't know how many demons he offended. The demon world even had two crusades against the Demon King, which shows how chaotic the demon world is. As long as we can enter the demon ancestor's gate, we humans can cooperate with the demons. Why can't the demons cooperate with us humans?"

"Brother Yan is right."

Yan Yukong looked around at everyone and asked, "So do our human race want this mist butterfly?"

Everyone was silent and hesitant. Before they could make up their minds, they heard Fang Yun make the decision.

"Of course!" (To be continued...)