#359 - Strange Fire in the East

Ji Liufeng wanted to speak but stopped.

Cultivating these troops consumed a lot of manpower and resources.

Now, with the war on the front lines tense, it is precisely the time when we need people.

"Your Majesty, do you want to spare them?"

Jun Wuxie saw through Ji Liufeng's thoughts.

"Wuxie, now the front lines are suffering heavy casualties, and soldiers are in short supply. There are seventy to eighty thousand people here. I want to give them a chance to turn over a new leaf."

Ji Liufeng spoke his inner thoughts.

"Your Majesty, this rebellion in the capital has had a huge impact on the Great Zhou Dynasty. If these rebels are simply let off like this, it will be difficult to create a deterrent effect. Just killing a few ringleaders is simply not enough."

"Although it is said that soldiers' primary duty is to obey orders, they should at least have a bottom line, spirit, and faith! Defending the territory and protecting the country is their duty and mission. But they, knowing that the Great Zhou is now facing a huge foreign threat, still followed the eight major families to rebel without hesitation, disregarding the lives of hundreds of thousands of miles of land and billions of people. In my opinion, they should all be executed, leaving no one alive!"

Ji Liufeng was silent.

At this moment, the sound of neat and rapid hooves and footsteps came from afar.

An endless number of Imperial Guards poured into the palace. Under the leadership of their commander, they arrived in front of the palace hall and surrounded all the rebels.

"Your Majesty, I have come to rescue you! Please punish me!"

The commander of the Imperial Guards, leading hundreds of generals, stepped forward and knelt down in front of the steps.

"Cough!" Jun Wuxie covered his mouth and coughed, saying, "As for how to deal with these rebels, Your Majesty, please make your own decision."

After he finished speaking, he vanished into the night in a flash.

Outside the palace, many people witnessed the events of tonight.

So many experts set up formations and laid out a killing trap, but the result was unexpected.

Not only did Jun Wuxie not die in the killing trap, but he also suppressed and killed all the plotters!

Although no one saw the process of his counter-kill, the fact that he was the only one who walked out alive from that black barrier was enough to prove everything.

"It's truly unbelievable. I thought that even if Jun Wuxie could survive this killing trap, he would inevitably be seriously injured and on the verge of death, and he would have to break through by force to escape with his life. I didn't expect that he would actually counter-kill all the plotters!"

"Those dozen or so people were all experts like Yan Rui! Their talent and growth were extremely high, and their realm was approaching the Sect King realm. But such a lineup was completely reversed and killed!"

"Jun Wuxie, this person is too terrifying. With his realm, how did he do it?"

"A few days ago, he was only slightly stronger than Yan Linbo. How long has it been, and he has reached the point where he can single-handedly counter-kill more than a dozen experts who are not weaker than Yan Linbo!"

"Could it be that the Military Saint gave him some extremely lethal trump card?"

"We can't rule out this possibility, otherwise it would be too absurd and beyond comprehension..."

...

In the dark capital, people from various forces were discussing in low voices.

Tonight's battle subverted imagination and subverted cognition.

"However, Jun Wuxie seems to be injured, coughing up blood from time to time."

"His condition looks somewhat like..."

"Origin Injury?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Origin Injury!"

"Origin Injury is not easy to recover from. It seems that the price he paid was also very heavy. It may even bring him fatal danger."

...

At the foot of Sect King Mountain in the deep night, it was quiet and peaceful.

Jun Wuxie descended from the sky and landed in an abandoned village.

As soon as he landed, he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body swayed, his eyes went dark, and he felt dizzy, almost unable to stand.

"This really took half my life..."

He quickly sat down cross-legged and stopped the Primordial Military Dissolution and the Blood Transformation into Demon. His full and strong body quickly withered down like a deflated balloon.

His body, originally full and firm muscles, was now only skin and bones, and the meridians in his body were covered with cracks.

His flesh and blood were basically completely dissolved.

If he only used the Primordial Military Dissolution, relying on the Spring of Life on his body and his own strong recovery ability, he could barely achieve a state of balance between consumption and recovery.

But on this basis, superimposing the Blood Transformation into Demon completely broke this balance, causing unimaginable trauma to the body.

"If Yao'er and Lingfei see me like this, I'm afraid they will feel distressed again..."

He drank a large mouthful of the Spring of Life, allowing his body to absorb it on its own. At the same time, he gathered the remaining traces of blood energy in his body, guiding the Qi of Life to nourish his limbs and bones, wrapping the broken meridians.

Until dawn, his body finally no longer looked like skin and bones. There was finally some flesh and blood under the skin, but compared to his normal state, he still looked a little thin.

Most importantly, his face was no longer so young, but looked like a middle-aged man, and his hair was dull and mixed with some gray.

However, the broken meridians were completely repaired.

Now, the speed of circulating the essence of life has been greatly improved, and the recovery speed has also increased a lot.

Gradually, the light between heaven and earth became brighter and brighter.

The red sun rose in the east, dyeing the sky red.

Jun Wuxie opened his eyes and went to the pond to look at himself.

"My face has recovered almost, Yao'er and Lingfei shouldn't be able to see anything now."

He breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to return to the sect.

He raised his head and saw the fiery red clouds in the east, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"This scene seems a little wrong. Why are the clouds redder than the rising sun?"

He was a little surprised. He looked carefully and found that what caused the clouds to turn red was not only the rising sun, but also flames rising from the eastern land.

"Could it be that there is a volcano there, and the volcano erupted?"

He didn't think much about it. He jumped up and landed in front of the small courtyard on Sect King Mountain in a moment.

"Wuxie brother, you're finally back!"

Many people gathered here. The moment they saw him, the tightly furrowed brows of everyone relaxed, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Lingfei looked at him with heartache from the front of the crowd.

Yue Yao stepped forward with small steps, grabbed his hand, and stared at him quietly with her bright, starry eyes.

"I'm fine, the matter in the capital has been resolved."

He said softly, brushing away a strand of her blue hair that was blown by the wind and stuck to her cheek.

"Yao'er knows, they went to the capital."

Yue Yao smiled lightly. No matter how thrilling the process was last night, at this moment, the person she cared about most was standing in front of her completely unharmed, and that was enough.

When Jun Wuxie heard this, he gave everyone an apologetic look: "I made everyone worry."

"You, we were all worried last night. I didn't expect that you not only resolved the crisis of the Great Zhou royal family, but also killed all the plotters. I heard that there were more than a dozen of them, all experts of the same level as Yan Rui who came to make trouble that day!"

"You kid, are you a monster?"

Nalan Jie looked him up and down, left and right, with a strange look.

Ma Ben and the others stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "I won't say anything else, I'll give you two words, pervert!"

Ling Yu of the Royal Spirit Sect nodded in agreement, saying: "I strongly agree."

"Big brother, did you go to fight bad guys last night?"

Chan'er looked up with her delicate face, looking at him with her bright, black gemstone-like eyes blinking.

Jun Wuxie smiled and scratched her delicate nose.

His eyes swept over everyone, and he couldn't help but frown slightly: "Where's Xiaoxiao?"

When Su Ji heard this, he pointed to the house.

What's wrong with this girl?

She is usually the most active one.

She's actually hiding in the house alone.

"Could this girl be sulking with me?"

He couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, and walked towards Su Xiaoxiao's house.

Entering the house and closing the door behind him, he saw Su Xiaoxiao sitting on the edge of the bed, looking up.

When she met his gaze, she immediately lowered her head, looking uneasy.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Jun Wuxie stepped forward and sat next to her on the edge of the bed.

Su Xiaoxiao lowered her head, her silver hair falling down from the front, covering half of her delicate face.

She said in a low voice: "Brother Jun, do you dislike Xiaoxiao..."

"Why would you think that?" Jun Wuxie was stunned, then said with a smile: "Xiaoxiao is so beautiful and cute, how could I dislike you."

"Really?"

Su Xiaoxiao immediately looked up at him, her bright eyes filled with a layer of water, with undisguised joy and a bit of apprehension, saying: "But Xiaoxiao is not good, and she is still willful, always making Brother Jun angry..."

Jun Wuxie brushed her silver hair and said: "Then you will be good in the future."

"Yes, Xiaoxiao will never be willful again in the future, she will definitely be good, Brother Jun can't ignore me either, not at any time!"

She pouted her red lips, and tears of grievance were about to fall.

"Okay."

Jun Wuxie smiled knowingly.

He could feel that Su Xiaoxiao had changed, as if she had suddenly grown up.

This sudden change really made him a little unaccustomed.

However, if she can be good, that would be great, and he would no longer have to worry about it.

"Pinky swear!"

She stretched out her pink and slender little finger and said coquettishly.

...

Outside the house, everyone who was no longer worried about Jun Wuxie turned their attention to the east at this moment.

The clouds there were too red.

At this time, the sun rose high, and the sun turned golden, but the color of the clouds was still so red, and the range seemed to be slowly expanding, like clusters of flames floating in the air.

"That area seems a little strange."

The Demon Phase Sect Protector Nalan Jie stroked his chin.

“Something's not right. The power of that flame originates from the ground, painting the sky such a fiery red. Moreover, the range is gradually expanding. If it were a volcanic eruption, it wouldn't create a scale like this,” Su Ji said.

“Looking at the direction, it seems to be located along the edge of the Dragon Ridge Mountains. Could it be…?”

Ma Ben, Xiong Da, and Qing Li looked at each other, shock evident in their eyes.

“Could it be what?”

Everyone looked at the three in unison.

“Ah? It's nothing, we were just saying whatever came to mind.”

The three didn't directly answer, but chuckled instead.

Seeing that they were unwilling to speak, Su Ji and the others didn't press them further.

“I'm saying, it might really be that place undergoing some kind of change. Should we tell Little Brother Wuxie about this?”

Ma Ben, Xiong Da, and Qing Li maintained their usual expressions, but were secretly communicating through voice transmission.

“This matter is extraordinary. If it really is that place, it will inevitably attract the attention of various forces throughout the world. However, if the legendary thing really exists, rather than falling into the hands of others, it's better if it falls into Brother Wuxie's hands.”

“That's right, we can also take this opportunity to advise the Clan Leader to let the Holy Maiden participate, to have more contact with Little Brother Wuxie. Maybe they can even spark a flame of love, hehe…”

“That place has a great influence on us half-demons. If we can solve that problem this time, it will be a huge boon for our half-demon race!”

“However, we can't be sure yet whether it's that place that's undergoing changes. Let's wait and see before making a decision.”

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