The Blade-Wielding Legend-Chapter 1232 - 644: Ghost Emperor’s Ambition (Part 2)

Wang Xuanmo has already been abandoned, thus he has grown rebellious in his heart.

Thinking of this, Li Yan slightly smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "Since Zhao Changsheng is unjust, why should the senior take orders? It's better to abandon the plan. After all, once the Yuzhou Tripod emerges, the earth veins of the Central Plains will tremble, causing countless deaths and injuries, and the court will come to trouble you."

It was already midnight, and the Yuzhou Tripod could appear at any moment.

If he could persuade this old ghost to give up, it would be a good thing.

"Wishful thinking!"

Ghost Emperor Wang Xuanmo let out a cold laugh, "This is an arrangement left by Xu Fu as well as me over a thousand years ago. If I don't act, the millennium arrangement will be completely wasted."

"Besides, this Yuzhou Tripod is a treasure with additional benefits."

"Now the court has opened the sea, with so many overseas barbarian lands. As long as I take this treasure and go out to sea, find a place to establish a nation, and re-bury the Nine Tripods, the Daluo Law Realm will be helpless. Neither the yin soldiers nor the Thunder Department can come."

"Oh?"

Li Yan's heart tightened, but he pretended to be very interested, "What does the senior want me to do? What benefits can I get after the deed is done?"

"Hahaha..."

Wang Xuanmo laughed heartily, "I have a Secret Technique that can establish a Human Ghost Kingdom. You and I will be called the two emperors then, enjoying human escapism for a hundred generations, beyond the reach of heaven and earth. Isn't it better than going to that Dharma Realm to suffer?"

"As for what I want you to do, it's simple."

"Those monks at Baima Temple are all under Xu Fu and Zhao Changsheng. Although I am called the Ghost Emperor, I am alone. Even if I take the Yuzhou Tripod, this journey to the coast is fraught with peril."

"I heard you have the Hook Paper and are a Heavenly Official; just help me fend off those 'living Yin messengers' and the Thunder Department!"

Saying this, he continued earnestly, "The Human Dao revolution has arrived, the Divine State is already a land of turmoil. No matter how high your Dao is, in a great catastrophe you are no more than an ant. But once you are out at sea, the world...is at your mercy!"

"Indeed very tempting."

Li Yan nodded seriously, "But the Nine Tripods wander along the Dragon Vein of the Divine State. If they leave the Divine State..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xuanmo dismissively waved his hand, "The Earth Dragon Roll lasts only a few days. If they leave the Divine State, they will only lose some Qi Fortune. In the future, there will be some calamities and invasions by foreign tribes, that's all."

"I have seen many changes in human dynasties; in the end, people still die."

"Mortals live no more than a hundred years, what does it matter to us?"

"You are right."

Li Yan nodded in agreement, "I must also thank the senior for enlightening me..."

Saying this, he swiftly walked closer to Wang Xuanmo.

His face was full of smiles, yet the murderous intent in his eyes was growing intense.

At last, he understood what was going on.

Foreign invasion, in the mouths of these people, sounded frivolous.

But having come from the past life, he knew what that scene looked like.

Sensing Li Yan's murderous intent, Wang Xuanmo's face also changed abruptly,

"Hmph, show no gratitude!"

Saying this, he suddenly stood up and waved his big sleeve.

While knowing he was exposed, Li Yan also suddenly accelerated.

Crack!

At this moment, he was still maintaining the Divine Transformation Technique of the Thunder God's Body. Amidst a roar, he rushed towards Wang Xuanmo.

His speed was as quick as a bolt of lightning striking the throne.

However, something strange happened.

The entire space of the grand hall seemed to stretch abruptly.

Li Yan was clearly moving fast, yet was getting further away from Wang Xuanmo.

What kind of Array is this?

Li Yan was startled and exerted the Soul-hooking Thunder Rope with full force.

Even his whole person transformed into roaring lightning.

However, the distance continued to lengthen.

Having no choice, Li Yan suddenly stopped, his face grim.

This mysterious Array was something he saw for the first time.

Bang!

He abruptly pulled out the flintlock gun at his waist and pulled the trigger.

Amidst a roar, sawdust and dust flew in all directions, but he missed.

In this place, even the space for bullets seemed displaced.

He clearly aimed at Wang Xuanmo, but hit the upper left wooden beam instead.

Wang Xuanmo seemed to have expected this, clenching a spell in his hands, his old voice full of indifference, "I told you, the Array I set up can even deceive the heavens. What are you?"

"If it weren't for your 'Heavenly Official' status, you wouldn't even be qualified to meet me!"

Saying this, his tone softened a lot, "The emergence of the Yuzhou Tripod is inevitable."

"Once you've lived long enough, you will understand, everything in the world is illusory. Parents, children, relatives, and friends are but passersby in life. In this mundane world, whether you die sooner or later, it's but dust. No matter how much you do, who will remember you in thousands of years?"

"Changsheng and escapism are right in front of you, why give them up for these matters?"

He pleaded earnestly, but Li Yan paid no heed, simply continuing to swap magazines.

Bang, bang, bang!

Inside the grand hall, bursts of gunfire roared.

Soon, Wang Xuanmo noticed something was wrong.

The power of the new-style firearms was too great; even though Li Yan was affected by the array, causing him to miss every shot, the destructive power was astonishing. In the blink of an eye, many beams, pillars, and walls had exploded and cracked.

If this continued, the entire grand hall would collapse.

Seeing Li Yan taking out fire thorns again, Wang Xuanmo finally stopped holding back, his face turning fierce, "Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit, if that's the case, I'll fulfill your wish!"

With that, he suddenly began chanting an obscure incantation.

Whoosh~

In an instant, Yin Wind rose up inside the grand hall.

The Five-Colored Corpse Spiders, Paperman Puppets, and yin soldiers from the ghost ship, originally waiting outside the hall, surged in like a tide.

The entire grand hall was immediately shrouded in the Qi of Yin Sha.

Without saying a word, Li Yan lit the fire thorns and threw them out.

Boom!

With a loud bang, bricks and stones splattered.

However, Li Yan felt his heart sink.

This Qianyang Hall was extraordinarily solid, constructed at great expense, and did not collapse.

Moreover, the explosion did not damage Wang Xuanmo's array, and he still could not sense his presence.

Not only that, the surroundings were already shrouded in dense fog.

In the fog, countless ghostly green flames floated, and paper figures with pale faces rushed at him, carrying coffins, while numerous wet black shadows appeared in the surrounding darkness.

The Qi of Yin Sha was so dense that even the invisible evil beings revealed their shapes.

Swish, swish, swish!

Threads like steel wires shot through the air.

Li Yan was naturally unafraid, his body flashing with electricity, crashing left and right with a rumbling sound.

Every evil being he passed shattered with a single blow.

However, the evil beings flooding into the grand hall were too numerous, gradually overwhelming him…

As Li Yan was being held, Wang Xuanmo's eyes were gloomy. He seemed to think of something and looked outside the hall, muttering to himself, "It seems I'll have to follow Xu Fu's plan, take the items first, and find a way after going out to sea..."

With that, he suddenly raised his neck and let out a whistling sound that rose and fell.

This whistle pierced through the grand hall, echoing above the Prince Mansion.

Inside a residential house several hundred meters away from the Prince Mansion.

The front door was tightly closed, with several corpses of Maitreya Sect members lying outside, and not a living soul inside.

In the main hall, however, there were over a dozen monks sitting cross-legged.

They clutched their Buddha Beads, ignoring the corpses around them.

Hearing Wang Xuanmo's whistle, all the monks opened their eyes simultaneously.

"The Ghost Emperor has finally succeeded..."

"Now is the time to strike, disrupt the array, and summon the Treasure Tripod to this world!"

Swish!

At the command of the leading elder monk, the monks dispersed swiftly.

At this moment, they made no attempt to conceal themselves, holding weapons such as Tachi, Chain Scythe, and Six-foot Stick, lowering their bodies as they moved swiftly like the wind, quickly dispersing and disappearing into the darkness…

......

Hanjia Granary, inside the cellar.

In the darkness, Lv San wore a Nuo Mask, continuously performing the Nuodance.

Opposite, on the Yin Chen Wood Xuanwu statue, the green grass constantly withered.

This place was the Kaiyang position, a nexus of the Earth Vein.

The Yin Chen Wood Xuanwu statue was originally a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, but due to the flaws left by Xu Fu, and the tampering by Wang Xuanmo later on, it had long been polluted by the Fake Yin Bureau's Earth Vein Evil Qi, covered in frost, with black mist swirling around it.

Lv San's "Lan Zhi Scripture" was originally a technique used by the Ancient Chu Witch to drive away evil and quell disasters through plants.

Using wood to subdue earth was quite appropriate.

Yet even so, he could only barely suppress it.

The green grass continued to wither, and Lv San could only sprinkle grass seeds over and over again.

More strangely, beside him at this moment, both the rats, Da Rat and Er Rat, and the Little White Fox were also bowing in worship.

If this were in the forest, they would definitely be regarded as Mountain Ghosts' elves.

Meanwhile, outside the warehouse, a Japanese monk appeared stealthily, taking out a carved wooden ball bomb from his bosom, lighting the fuse, and tossing it towards the tunnel entrance...