Chapter 168 Since you can’t beat them, why not choose to join? (4)
The Demon Realm is filled with clouds and mist, and the demonic energy is faintly visible.
In the center of the holy land, a towering palace stands proudly.
In the center of the palace, there was a rectangular conference table carved from a huge jade stone, surrounded by a dozen monks dressed in colorful costumes.
Any time this group of people go out for a walk, it can cause a headache for the righteous forces in the Nine Regions.
But at this time, all of them, the leaders of the various demon sects, huddled their bodies together and dared not even to breathe.
Except for one person, who was a round-faced girl with long ponytails, stunning appearance, creamy skin and bright eyes.
She held a string of candied haws in her hand, her beautiful legs swinging under her skirt, and she licked the crystal clear candied haws happily.
At this time, on her right, a young woman in a black long skirt and a veil covering her face moved her red lips and said:
"Miss Xiaochan, please put away the candied haws first."
Ji Xiaochan blinked her big watery eyes, as if asking why.
The young woman in the black dress signaled to her with her eyes, "Look who's sitting in the top seat?"
Hearing this, Ji Xiaochan looked up and saw a white-haired old man sitting there: "Great Elder! What's going on?"
The young woman in the black dress asked again, "Who used to sit here?"
"Your Majesty."
After saying that, Ji Xiaochan's pupils shrank slightly, and then she immediately finished the uneaten candied haws in her hand.
The young woman in the black dress was dumbfounded, "You, this..."
Ji Xiaochan burped, "Burp~ Candied Haws will melt if left for too long and won't taste good anymore."
Normally, this burp should have attracted the attention of everyone present, but strangely, no one looked over here, and there was not even a trace of displeasure on their faces.
However, the white-haired old man sitting in the highest seat suddenly slapped the jade platform and shouted:
"Ji Xiaochan, what are you doing?! Do you know that the Heavenly Demon Sacred Meeting is being held now?"
The Holy Demon Conference is a conference held by the Demon Cult every once in a while, mainly to discuss the recent major events in the Nine Realms.
Ji Xiaochan nodded, "I know!"
"Knowing that you are still openly eating at the Holy Meeting, do you think that I, the Great Elder, do not exist?"
As he spoke, the white-haired old man glanced at Ji Xiaochan's left and right sides, and slapped the jade platform again:
"Where is Mr. Kong Ming? Didn't we repeatedly emphasize that everyone must be present at this holy meeting? Is he planning to rebel?"
Ji Xiaochan curled her lips and muttered softly, "Rebellion? I think you are the one who is most likely to rebel."
Hearing this, the white-haired old man narrowed his eyes and said, "Ji Xiaochan, I think you are really lawless!"
"Today I will discipline you on behalf of Mr. Kong Ming. If he doesn't want to teach you as his apprentice, I will!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful pressure surged out of his body and shot towards Ji Xiaochan.
This sudden attack made everyone present change their expression slightly, and for a moment they even forgot to stop it. By the time they reacted, the pressure was about to fall on Ji Xiaochan.
"Oh no, something big is going to happen!"
Just when everyone thought that something was going to happen to Ji Xiaochan, an aura that was even more powerful and terrifying than this pressure suddenly descended, suppressing them so that they could not move at all.
Following this, a mocking voice slowly resounded throughout the palace.
"The Great Elder is so powerful! He always teaches his disciples a lesson."
Seeing the person who suddenly appeared beside Ji Xiaochan, everyone stood up and saluted, saying respectfully: "Your Majesty."
Bai Ruxue responded with a faint "hmm".
Seeing the person coming, Ji Xiaochan's big watery eyes rolled around, and then she cried out, "Wow! Sister Bai, the Great Elder wants to kill me."
Bai Ruxue turned to look at the Great Elder. There seemed to be a hint of coldness in her eyes. She uttered two words from her rosy little mouth: "Explain."
The white-haired old man leaned back in his chair leisurely, and said calmly: "Master Bai, this elder is just following your instructions."
"As you said, I will personally preside over this holy meeting."
Bai Ruxue's eyes gradually turned cold: "Is it me who said to kill people?"
"That's not the case." The white-haired old man shook his head, but then changed the subject, "But you said that those who are not present will be dealt with according to the rules of the church no matter who they are."
"Since Mr. Kong Ming is not here, his disciples will have to take the punishment on his behalf."
Bai Ruxue said: "Mr. Kong Ming went to the East Wilderness a few days ago."
The white-haired old man frowned slightly, "Why don't I know about this?"
As the grand elder of the Demonic Cult, second only to the emperor and above everyone else, there are things in the sect that he doesn't know!
Ji Xiaochan blinked her beautiful eyes and interrupted, "You are not Sister Bai, it's not normal for you not to know."
"But I am the great elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect!" The white-haired old man stared at her, "Why did your master go to the East Desert? Tell me!"
Ji Xiaochan made a face at him: "I don't know, even if I knew I wouldn't tell you, you bad old man."
"You...!" Just as he was about to get angry, Bai Ruxue opened her red lips and interrupted him.
"Find someone."
Looking for someone... The white-haired old man was stunned for a moment, but then his eyes turned slightly and he said, "Master, please tell me who you are looking for?"
"The East Wasteland is the righteous territory. If we accidentally find Qingyun Immortal Sect and offend that drinking tycoon, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"I don't know. Mr. Kong Ming just said he was looking for someone."
As she spoke, Bai Ruxue slowly walked up to the white-haired old man, looking down at him with a blank expression, “Besides, what Xiaochan said is very true.”
"Cang Xuan, you are only the Great Elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and I am the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect."
boom!
The powerful and terrifying aura from before came again, even more terrifying. The masters present held their breath and looked at Bai Ruxue with fear on their faces.
Horror!
This is the powerful one who transcends tribulation!
Cang Xuan was pinned to the chair, unable to move, and said in a trembling voice: "My Lady Queen, I...I am the Great Elder. According to the rules of the sect, I should know all matters of the sect, big or small."
(There is only a small realm between us, why is she so strong?!)
"According to the rules?" Bai Ruxue sneered, her aura growing stronger and stronger, "Then I am still the leader of the sect. According to the rules, I should know everything in the sect."
"But why didn't I know that two of our disciples had secretly gone to the East Desert?"
Cang Xuan was very surprised, "Ah? Is this true? This is the disciple of that elder, how dare he be so bold!"
Bai Ruxue said quietly, "Great Elder, don't you know that those two disciples are your disciples?"
"I don't know! I definitely don't know that!" Cang Xuan quickly shook his head and said calmly, "I am the Great Elder. How could I do something that violates the rules of the sect?"
The moment Uncle Dong and Qiang'er's life tablets were broken, Cang Xuan knew that Bai Ruxue would definitely find out about this, after all, an Elder Fanxu had died.
But fortunately, he has already dealt with all traces, and as long as he refuses to admit it, he will never be exposed!
"But your disciples did it, and they are dead now. According to what you just said, you will be punished in their place."
At this point, Bai Ruxue's pressure reached its peak, and she looked at him with a kind face, "You, should have no objection, right?"
Cang Xuan hurriedly said: "No, no! I am willing to accept the punishment!"
How could he dare to say no? In this situation, Bai Ruxue wanted to deal with him.
Presiding over the holy meeting was fake, the real purpose was to use Ji Xiaochan's incident to drag the two dead people into punishment.
"That's good that you have no objection, but considering that you are not aware of the situation, I will temporarily remove you from your position as the Great Elder. When you find out why those two secretly ran off to the Eastern Wasteland, you can reinstate your position."
Bai Ruxue's voice was cold and pleasant, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty.
Bai Ruxue, you just wait for me! When I find the Heavenly Demon Scroll, it will be your death... Suppressing the humiliation in his heart, Cang Xuan stood up and knelt on the ground, "Yes."
"Don't worry, Great Elder. You will be treated the same as before during the punishment period."
After that, she looked around and said, "The Holy Meeting continues."
Hearing this, everyone sat down, except Cang Xuan who was kneeling on the ground.
The young woman in the black dress spoke first: "Your Majesty, before you came, we had almost finished discussing it, but there is only one thing we cannot decide on."
Bai Ruxue said calmly: "Speak."
The young woman in the black dress handed her a booklet, "The latest issue of Tianji Monthly Report, please take a look, Your Majesty."
Bai Ruxue took it and scanned it with her spiritual sense. After a few breaths, a solemn look appeared on her flawless face. "Ning Changge, eighteen, suspected to be above the stage of Divine Transformation."
Eighteen, Divine Transformation, this can no longer be described as genius!
When did such a peerless genius appear on the righteous side?
Slowly putting down the book in her hand, Bai Ruxue looked at the young woman in the black dress, "You are unsure, is this Ning Changge?"
The young woman in the black dress nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty, this person's cultivation level was only at the Golden Core stage in the last issue of the Tianji Monthly Report, but in this issue, he has already reached the Spiritualization Stage, plus the description in the monthly report."
"His talent is probably extremely terrifying. If we allow him to grow, the influence of our Demon Sect in the Nine Regions will become smaller and smaller in the future."
“So, we want this.”
As she spoke, the young woman in the black dress made a gesture of wiping her neck.
Seeing this, Bai Ruxue frowned slightly, "Did you come up with this method together, or...?"
At this time, Cang Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, said: "It was me who suggested it. This boy has such a terrifying talent, he must not be kept!"
Bai Ruxue looked at him as if she was looking at a mentally retarded person, "Cang Xuan, do you know who his master is?"
Cang Xuan said: "Of course I know that person. Fortunately, she doesn't care about worldly affairs. But if her disciple wants to be a demon remover (membrane) and comforter, then our Demon Sect will be in trouble."
"So, while his strength is still low, kill him to eliminate future troubles."
Bai Ruxue scolded, "Cang Xuan, your cultivation in the Tribulation Realm is really a waste of effort."
"If you touch her disciples, you will repeat the tragedy of 250 years ago. The old leader died on the spot in Qingyun Immortal Sect, and even his body cannot be found until now."
Cang Xuan snorted coldly, "Then you can figure out a way yourself, Queen. Anyway, this is the only way I can use to eliminate this trouble forever, even if it will bring great disaster to the Heavenly Demon Sect."
Bai Ruxue looked at the Demon Sect leaders present, "Everyone, do you think so too?"
"Ah."
"Correct."
"Yes"
The vast majority agreed with Cang Xuan, but there were also different voices, such as that of the young woman in the black dress.
"Why don't we think about other ways? Assassination is a bit too despicable."
Cang Xuan sneered: "Hasn't the righteous always said that we are demons from the Demon Sect? It's not normal for demons to be despicable."
Bai Ruxue said: "The minority obeys the majority. Since everyone has chosen assassination, why not wait for a better day? Let's choose someone from among us to assassinate now."
"Everyone, is there anyone who can recommend themselves?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the air instantly became quiet. All those who had agreed before lowered their heads and remained silent. Even Cang Xuan, who was dancing the most happily, chose to shut up.
Bai Ruxue looked at them with a playful expression, "Why don't you say anything? Don't you want to recommend yourself? Or do you want me to assassinate you?"
"No, no!" The heads of the various demon sects hurriedly denied: "The Queen is of such a noble status, how could she be so low as to assassinate a man."
"We thought about it again and felt that Youji was right. We couldn't be too mean, so we decided to try a different approach."
This is human nature. Once one's own interests are affected, especially this precious life, the selfishness hidden in the human heart will be infinitely magnified.
Bai Ruxue asked: "If that's the case, then I wonder if you have any other good ideas?"
After these words were spoken, the air became quiet again.
"boom!"
Bai Ruxue smashed the entire jade platform to pieces with a slap. "You are the ones who should be killed. You are the ones who should not be killed. I just want to ask if there is any other way. You are all like dumb. Where is your usual prestige?!"
The leaders of each demon sect lowered their voices even lower, but no one said anything.
At this moment, a voice as crisp as the chirping of an oriole suddenly sounded: "Since you can't beat them, why don't you choose to join?"
The eyes of all the masters were focused on her. "Mr. Kong Ming is the second person under the head of Tianji Pavilion, and Miss Xiaochan is Mr. Kong Ming's last disciple. She must have thought of a good idea."
"Miss Xiaochan, please speak quickly!"
Ji Xiaochan took out a candied haws from somewhere and licked it while saying:
"I feel like you've fallen into a misunderstanding. This Ning... well, Changge, according to what is written in the Tianji Monthly Report, you can tell with your toes that he is a top genius among geniuses."
"Why do we have to kill such a genius? Wouldn't it be better to bring him to our Demon Sect and let him become a disciple of the Demon Sect?"
As she was talking, she licked the candied haws until only a few were left. Ji Xiaochan ate another bite, burped, and continued:
"Hiccup~ Master told me that men only love a few things: spiritual stones, fame, and beauty. But Ning Changge is a disciple of Qingyun Immortal Sect and is also listed in the Tianji Monthly Report. He definitely has both the first two."
"That leaves only one, beauty."
The heads of various sects had their eyes sparkling. "Miss Xiaochan, do you mean the honey trap?"
"correct."
Ji Xiaochan touched her fair chin and said, "But I don't know if Ning Changge likes beautiful women?"
Cang Xuan added to the topic, "Whether you like it or not, let's give it a try. If we can really use the beauty to bring him to the Demon Sect, it will be a great joy."
Bai Ruxue nodded slightly, "This is a good idea, but who will be the beauty?"
As soon as the words fell, all the sect leaders pointed at a man on the stage who was wearing a black robe and had a sallow complexion. "Li Xiu, it's time for those beautiful female disciples of your Hehuan Sect to take action!"
Li Xiu: “…”
Bai Ruxue announced: "We have reached a consensus, and the meeting is over."
As she finished her words, everyone dispersed.
There were only three women with unique looks and styles left in the palace.
Bai Ruxue turned her gaze to the young woman in the black dress and asked softly, "You Ji, why are you here this time? Where is Lord Ghost King?"
You Ji replied, "Today is the anniversary of your mother's death. The Ghost King has taken her back to the Ghost Realm to pay tribute."
Bai Ruxue nodded slightly to show her understanding, and then her eyes flickered with hope: "In the past ten years, have you heard any news about her in the East Desert?"
You Ji shook her head gently, "No."
The light on Bai Ruxue's face dimmed instantly, and her voice was filled with subtle fatigue: "You've worked hard, go down and rest."
"Yes." You Ji bowed respectfully and turned to leave.
Seeing Bai Ruxue's distraught look, Ji Xiaochan patted her shoulders and comforted her, "Sister Bai, just rest assured."
"Your little niece's life tablet has not been broken, so she must be alive and well."
The white and soft hands gently stroked Ji Xiaochan's round face and murmured, "If there hadn't been the accident eighteen years ago, my child would probably be as old as you."
ps: Asking for gifts, sending electricity, my dears, the income is getting lower and lower, woo woo ~