NOVPUB"It’s Liang Qiuyu! Yan’s Liang Qiuyu!"
"He, he took away all the people! I, I desperately tried to stop him, but still failed to prevent it..."
That kind and gentle voice, at this moment, however, carried a rare tinge of anger and annoyance:
"Liang Qiuyu!?"
"Since he came, why didn’t you promptly inform us?"
"I ordered you to guard Qi State’s capital precisely to guard against them. Why didn’t you immediately tell us!"
"Thirty million people! Nearly half of Qi’s entire population! All gone!"
"What use is there for you to still be alive?!"
Hearing the raging fury in the Mother Goddess’s tone, the Black Bear God also felt extremely aggrieved.
If it wasn’t for his quick wits in choosing to cooperate with the Great Elder of the primitive Demonic Sect, he might have ended up just like the Yin God of old, completely obliterated, never to be reborn again.
He was so clever, so why was the Mother Goddess scolding him instead?
And after a bout of harsh scolding, that voice seemed to finally regain its calm, slowly and seriously asking:
"Are you certain that it was Liang Qiuyu?"
"Certain! I saw him with my own eyes, and he even killed me once, it’s definitely him!"
The Black Bear God immediately affirmed with certainty upon hearing these words.
The voice also soon returned to its kind tone, but there was an unprecedented chill in its timbre:
"To strike against our nourishment and only kill you, it seems this is a test against us."
"Liang Qiuyu...hee hee, I still wanted to wait for that person, but since you’ve shown yourself first, let’s try on you first then."
As the Black Bear God listened to the Mother Goddess’s muttering to herself, he faintly felt like he had unwittingly catalyzed something.
Yet with his intelligence, he couldn’t figure out what it was.
...
Luojue Pass.
Located on the border between Yan State and the former Lao State.
The terrain is perilous, hence a great pass was built to separate the two states.
With the Kingdom of Immortals having occupied and ruled over Lao State, the present Luojue Pass had also been seized by the clerics of Ten Thousand Gods’ Country.
The defense was already strong before, but recently, due to the escalating hostile situation between the Kingdom of Immortals and Yan, the number of clerics in Luojue Pass had become even more astonishing.
Even the Evil Gods who had participated in battle at the Qi State’s capital had come here in person.
They managed Luojue Pass so tightly that not even water could seep through.
Moreover, clerics from the Kingdom of Immortals continued to arrive in an unending stream.
Continuous campaigning and successive victories caused the vast majority of the Incense-burning Dao Cultivators to disregard Yan.
Therefore, there was great enthusiasm for attacking Yan.
Only these Evil Gods were aware of Yan’s danger.
Thus, despite being dispatched by the three great Divine Masters, each one of them was reluctant to launch an attack.
"The Mother Goddess is too anxious. Right now, we should be focusing all our energy on Huang Ji Continent and Jing Yuan Continent. With our talents, we are bound to rule the entire Little Cang World sooner or later. Why take the risk now!"
"Indeed. With enough people and given time, even those capable of Void Refining would be no match for us! Engaging in a deadly struggle with Yan now is unwise."
"In my opinion, we still need to find some pretext to avoid this battle with Yan."
Inside a spacious temporary divine temple within Luojue Pass,
a group of direct gods and Subordinate Gods were conversing in low tones.
And at this moment,
a distant and rich voice suddenly came from outside the temple:
"The Great Elder of Yan’s primitive Demonic Sect, Liang Qiuyu, has come to pay respect to the Divine Venerables of the Kingdom of Immortals."
The arrival of this voice instantly stirred up waves within the temple.
"Liang Qiuyu? He’s actually come?"
"What should we do?"
"Shall we join forces and capture him?"
The crowd buzzed with conversation, and at this time, one of the three first-level direct gods with a body black as pitch and only his eyes shining brilliantly, the Black Torch Deity, suddenly spoke up:
"Let us go and see. Since he dares to come alone, he may not necessarily wish to do battle with us."
The words of the Black Torch Deity immediately gained the approval of the other Evil Gods.
Soon, he was elected to represent the collective Evil Gods.
Under his lead, a group of Evil Gods flew out of the divine temple.
Only to see an elder with a tall hat and broad belt, showing a gentle smile, standing in midair, gazing at the gods from afar.
Upon sensing the boundless aura of the figure, the Black Torch Deity and the others all felt a shiver in their hearts:
"This Cultivator...how does it feel as if he’s even stronger than the Mother Goddess..."
"The primitive Demonic Sect, aside from that person, there’s actually someone this powerful?!"
The Black Torch Deity and the other two direct gods exchanged a look and then solemnly said:
"Elder Liang, have you come here to settle a score with us?"
But Liang Qiuyu merely smiled warmly:
"This must be the Black Torch Deity, right?"
"I have not come here to have a bloodbath with your country. In fact, Yan and the Kingdom of Immortals have always been on good terms. The simultaneous fall of your country’s clerics and our Sect’s holy child is too coincidental, with too many uncertainties..."
The Black Torch Deity, called out by his name by the other party, was somewhat surprised. Nevertheless, he frowned and said:
"What uncertainties? Your Sect’s holy child killed our country’s cleric, and the celestial signs provide proof, the evidence is conclusive."
But Liang Qiuyu gently shook his head:
"Your country lost four Nascent Souls, and our Sect’s holy child along with several Servant Cultivators had over a dozen Nascent Souls... They clashed, but all perished, their bodies nowhere to be found. I ask you all, according to your understanding of your own clerics, is this possible?"
"In my view, this seems more like Jin’s ploy to sow discord between us, creating such circumstances deliberately."
"If we go to war, wouldn’t that play right into their hands?"
Hearing Liang Qiuyu’s words, the gods immediately fell silent.
They knew well the capabilities of their own clerics.
