dle aside and listen silently."Xiao Qiao, for the ancestral shrine's ceremony on September 9th, you should go as the acting head of the family." Grandpa suddenly said."Me! No way, no way, I'm definit...Could Jiang Qiyun and Ji Du actually cooperate

Shen Qingrui was so excited when she heard Jiang Qiyun's voice that she couldn't contain herself. I glanced at her, and she quickly lowered her head to suppress her emotions.

Does she know I'm afraid of her now

It's a good thing to know how to respect the head of the family. Without the Shen family supporting her in this life, she wouldn't have been able to become so famous in the circle. It's not too late to learn to bow your head now, and clinging to the Shen family can ensure her peace for life.

Jiang Qiyun saw me in the air, his eyebrows slightly furrowed as if he thought I was too close to that monster.

I immediately pulled Shen Qingrui back, and she said unhappily, "What are you retreating for We have to help His Majesty the Emperor stabilize the situation!"

“Hold your ground Calm yourself first, don't make things harder for him,” I reminded.

Shen Qingrui bit her lip, snorted in displeasure, and followed me a distance away.

Fortunately, my brother and Hu Qing chased after the manipulated emcee... The scene before us was something beyond the realm of ordinary people.

Jiang Qiyun's six swords created a space. The Ancestors believed that heaven, earth, east, west, north, and south were the six harmonies, which is a three-dimensional spatial concept.

He connected the opened space to the northeast of this sandbar, and then sealed it with the Sixiang formation.

Light like arrows, wind and thunder roar.

A massive cloud of black mist was dragged out by swirling silver chains, crashing heavily into the forest.

Look closely, Jiang Qiyun's silver chain tightly wrapped around a "core" within the black mist. That must be Madam Situ's vital point.

His chains could bind both physical objects and intangible souls.

Jì dōu pǐ lǐ pǐ qì de káng zhe jiàn dào: “Zhè lao yāo pó zhēn bù róngyì, àn yǒu rén zǒu chéng le zhè tiáo dào……”

The thick, black fog surrounding her was meant to conceal her true form: a... hunched figure with skin like old bark, hands like claws, withered and gaunt, a corpse that was dead yet somehow unyielding.

"Corpseknight's Path" I blurted out the words, my mind suddenly flashing to the Great Corpse King.

The Great Corpse King is the belief of the Long Xiao Ge clan. Although he is considered an outlier in the eyes of orthodoxy, he has indeed existed for a thousand years. This proves that there are indeed such unorthodox methods in the world that can achieve immortality.

The lineage of zombie cultivators originated from the Dragon Little Brother clan. Nearly a century ago, Lao Xie Dao, a traitor, led people away to establish a village in the legal system of the Mi River Basin.

This "Madam Situ" seems to be the most reliable support behind Old Evilist, and the true "master" of the Corpse Refiner. That gigantic corpse demon that eats everything, and the little devil that devours the dying men's anger, all seem to come from her.

If the Situ family hadn't collapsed, perhaps in just another ten years, or at most twenty, it would have grown into a force powerful enough to rival the Imperial Court and the established order.

Once the evil seeds are sown, they will grow in unseen places. Even if they ultimately fail to conquer righteousness, they can still disrupt the order of the three realms and even have the potential to break the boundaries between gods and demons, allowing Old Wang's ambition to be fulfilled.

"Is the formation secure" Ji Du asked.

"Hmm." Jiang Qiyun replied in a low voice.

"Haha, then Star Lord will seek revenge!" Ji Du suddenly burst with energy, blowing the black mist scattering and swaying—but not a single strand drifted outside Jiang Qiyun's formation.

I clutched a vine, shielding my eyes from the wind. Suddenly, a barrier appeared before me—

Jiang Qiyun stood before me.

He stood facing me, his back to the swirling black mist and the thrashing, serpentine creature with a human head.

Facing me...

"Are you hurt" he asked softly.

I shook my head.

His gaze traveled from my face down to my stomach: " ...and your belly"

"It's fine." I mumbled, a little embarrassed. "Am I holding everyone back"

Jiang Qiyun chuckled lightly, reaching out to tap my chest where his name seal hung.

"You being able to get close here already counts as a help... might as well take care of that monster while you're at it." He frowned slightly, looking at the old trees around them swaying wildly in the gale: "It's been a long time since this fellow Ke Du has caused trouble, he must be itching to get out. Let him run wild, we go save the woman."

That woman I was taken aback for a moment, and then I realized he was talking about Lin Yanqin.

Jiang Qiyun raised his hand to circle my waist, gently and skillfully lifting me up. With a few hops, he jumped onto a nearby large tree.

The man-headed serpent monster wrapped Lin Yanqin around the trunk of a tree, biting desperately at the trunk. Where it was bitten, a small space gap appeared.

The hunched corpse in the middle of the black mist suddenly turned its hollow eyes toward us and rasped, “Kao Long, hurry!”

Was she giving orders The chimera, with its human head and serpent body, gnawed at the void with ferocious hunger. Branches of the tree trunk pierced its face, black blood spurting out, its fleshy body swelling like a bursting balloon—

What disgusting thing is this, made from how much minced flesh and bone fragments

Jiang Qiyun coldly smiled and said: "Kaolong You yourself are still a skeleton, and you dare to use the name of a divine object to name a pile of rotting flesh corpses"

Mrs. Situ's black eyes stared at me, and a dry smile appeared on her shriveled lips: "So what I can forge demons! Can you!"

Jiang Qiyun let out a disdainful snort and said calmly, "What use is such a clueless fool's creation This seat can't create demons, but I can create humans and gods. Can you"

Pffft!!!

My Lord, you've been naughty!

Ji Dou roared, "Don't you have any shame! Don't provoke me into losing face, okay! Even the gathered energy was laughing out loud!"

I didn't dare to laugh, biting my lips hard, while Ji counted every blow as he cursed and swung his sword at the old hag.

His sword blade bore a cold, ethereal light like moonlight. Lady Situ was bound by chains and could only summon the monster with a human face and serpent's body to block most of the attack with its tail.

The snake's tail was severed, and Lady Situ was split in half. The black flesh and bone, like millions of wriggling maggots, immediately connected, pulling the severed half back together to continue merging.

"The Qilin... is a divine creature" I asked in a hushed voice.

Such a disgusting thing is actually named after a divine object. Could there really be such a terrifying god

Jiang Qiyun lightly smiled and said, "In the north lies a cold mountain, shrouded in perpetual darkness, known as Kailong... People of the world think it's just a name for a mountain, but in truth... it is also an alias for a divine being."

“Amazing” I’ve seen quite a few mythical creatures in my time, truly nothing surprises me anymore.

Jiang Qiyun raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced at me, and asked, "Want to see"

It's kind of... but it's fine either way.

Jiang Qiyun raised a hand, her slender fingers forming seals like blooming lotuses.

" I've told you countless times, just say what you want. I'm more than happy to please you, besides, what you usually want are just small things."

I swallowed hard. These were...trivial matters

He slightly curled his lips and said, "Chí Long, also known as Zhú Long..."

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Note: Chuolong.I pulled Mu Wanchen back to the adjacent private room. The snacks had already arrived."Don't be angry, my senior brother just worries that I might get cheated, so he asked his friends to take a look."...