Demon God's Personal Guard

The main hall of Longque Mountain Villa.

When Long Yinfeng and Xuehe Sword Master arrived, there were already two people waiting there.

One of them was Wen Rulong, the chief advisor of the state governor's office.

The other person was Su Wen, the head of the Meteor Guard's Star Patrol Department.

Xin Tianqi's efforts to promote the eldest son, Qi Ren, to a higher position caused a split in the state government and also led to turmoil within the Meteor Guard.

Although the two sides did not come to the point of armed conflict due to the presence of powerful enemies, the Meteor Guard was divided into two groups. One group continued to obey the orders of Star Lord Xin Tianqi and occupied the area south of Starlight City and Star Rain City to the south.

However, another group, such as Su Wen, the former head of the Star Patrol Department, led his men to join the Second Young Master Qi Fenglei and, with the support of Xue Yue and others, occupied Star Frost City, west of Starlight City.

Starwind, Starfrost, Star Rain, and the capital city of Starlight City constitute the entire territory currently controlled by the state lord's government.

Of course, although it's only four cities, these four cities are much larger than the five cities that have occupied the area Gu Jinlai, plus the capital of Star Province...

The total population of the prefecture exceeds 18 million.

They make up nearly one-third of the entire population of Star Province.

With Longque Mountain Villa controlling half of Jiangzhou's population, it remains a force to be reckoned with.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Long Yinfeng smiled and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"It should be us who disturbed the master."

Wen Rulong smiled and returned the greeting.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wen Rulong got straight to the point. "Master Long, the culprit who ruined our joint plan has been found, proving that neither of us breached the agreement at the time. I wonder if the original agreement still stands?"

"Of course it counts."

Long Yinfeng personally received the two of them, clearly indicating his intention to restart the alliance.

"Very good. Then let's do as we agreed. Our state government will take fourteen cities west of Star Province, and Longque Mountain Villa will take twelve cities east of Star Province. We will divide Star Province into two parts, with the Green Plain as the boundary."

Wen Rulong said.

"Hehe."

Long Yinfeng chuckled, but did not immediately confirm. Instead, he said, "Times have changed. The internal conflicts within the State Lord's Mansion have not been resolved, so forming an alliance will be difficult."

"I know what Lord Long wants to say, but now, our State Lord's Mansion has reached a consensus with the Lineage. The Lineage are willing to recognize Qi Fenglei, the State Lord, as the legitimate ruler. With the assistance of the four major Lineage, plus the experts of our State Lord's Mansion and the troops under General Xue, we now have nine Nascent Spirit Transformation Grand Cultivators, more than forty Spirit Refining True Person, thousands of Core Forming, Gang Condensing, and Qi Refining, plus 50,000 elite troops and 150,000 soldiers, totaling an army of 200,000..."

"You do not have Primordial Spirit True Lord."

Long Yinfeng smiled faintly.

"With nine powerful cultivators unleashing their flying swords simultaneously, how can Primordial Spirit True Lord possibly withstand it?"

"It is impossible for you nine great cultivators to be in one place at all times. The Primordial Spirit True Lord only needs to wait for the right opportunity to divide and defeat you."

Long Yinfeng held up his tea, blew away the steam, and said with a smile, "Therefore, the method of division we discussed back then needs to be revised."

Seeing this, Su Wen frowned and said, "Although we have had some minor disagreements with Lord Xin, we still maintain a united stance on external matters..."

Wen Rulong shook his head at him, then turned to Long Yinfeng and asked, "What does Master Long mean?"

"Twelve cities are not enough."

Long Yinfeng said crisply and decisively.

It looked like they were going to raise the price.

"How about adding another Taihe City?"

Wen Rulong said.

"Taihe City is nominally owned by the Purgatory Sect, but in reality it is controlled by Gu Jinlai. Especially after the battle in the Yunqi Mountains, he will not give up ownership of Taihe City. Since Taihe City belongs to our Longque Manor, Baihe City, Changjun City, Lingxiao City, Yuanhua City, and Sunset City should also belong to our Longque Manor."

The dragon roared, and the lion opened its mouth wide.

"Master Long is going to six cities at once. According to your logic, you will control eighteen of the twenty-six cities in Star Province, and nearly two-thirds of the territory will belong to you. What business will our state lord's manor have in the future?"

Su asked.

"This is our bottom line."

Long Yinfeng smiled slightly.

"Taihe City, Baihe City, Lingxiao City, Yuanhua City, and Sunset City can be yours, but Changjun City must belong to our state lord's mansion."

At this moment, Wen Rulong spoke.

He clearly knew where Qi Fenglei's bottom line was.

"No, at most I'll give you Yuanhua City."

Long Yinfeng glanced at Wen Rulong: "If your state lord's mansion wants to attack Changjun, Lingxiao and other cities, there is the Xingtian Alliance and Huangquan Sect in between. In addition, Yellow Heaven Sect will also tie down a lot of your forces. How much support can you provide when we attack Taihe City and Baihe City? In the end, won't the main force be our Longque Manor? Therefore, of these six cities, we can only hand over Yuanhua City at most."

"Is the reason why Dragon Sparrow Manor is so eager to deal with Gu Jinlai is because they are worried that he will grow too powerful quickly?"

Wen Rulong retorted sharply, "After all, the Dragon Sparrow Manor's actions in the Cloud Rising Mountains are not entirely secretive. Not to mention that they have the Purgatory Sect behind them Gu Jinlai, even without the Purgatory Sect, given some time, they can still find clues."

These words made Long Yinfeng frown.

The matter of the Yunqi Mountains...

It simply couldn't be hidden.

They were initially confident that no one would dare to investigate.

However, when one side displays power almost comparable to a top-tier sect Gu Jinlai, this event becomes the fuse for hatred between the two sides.

This is why Long Yinfeng received the people from the Prefecture Lord's Mansion immediately upon hearing that they had arrived.

"Changjun City must return to the jurisdiction of the State Lord's Mansion. In exchange, when Longque Manor deals with Lingxiao City, City Lord Su will lead his elite troops to support Longque Manor's operations."

Wen Rulong said.

"Oh."

Long Yinfeng glanced at Su Wen and quickly connected the dots to the conflict between him and Gu Jinlai.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded.

Gu Jinlai never been weak, and even if Dragon Sparrow Manor could suppress them, it would come at a great cost. Joining forces with the State Lord's Mansion is obviously the best option.

"If Lord Su is willing to take part in the battle, our Dragon Sparrow Manor will accept the offer."

Dragon's Roar and Wind's Path.

"Gu Jinlai, we have never been weak. To ensure that nothing goes wrong, we have invited the Supreme Elder to personally take action."

Su Wen gave a reminder.

"Certainly."

Long Yinfeng nodded. "Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. Not only will Ye Wuxia, the current elder of Longque Manor, take action, but once it is confirmed that the Demonic Beasts in Yunqi Mountain Range are no longer a threat, Wang Yinfeng, the elder who is stationed in the fortress of Yunqi Mountain Range, will also take action. At that time, the two elders will send the power of six Spirit Transformation cultivators and City Lord Su, along with the power of nine top cultivators, to storm into Star Province, take the lives of people from Gu Jinlai, and conquer Lingxiao City in one battle."

Two Supreme Elders!?

Su Wen and Wen Rulong's eyes lit up immediately.

This time it's truly foolproof.

"The biggest threat to Lingxiao City is Gu Jinlai. Once Gu Jinlai dies, the remaining rabble will be no match for him."

Wen Rulong stood up, cupped his hands and smiled, "I would like to take the initiative to congratulate Master Long and Longque Manor on acquiring the Lingxiao Five Cities."

Baihe City.

In the training ground, a blazing sun hangs in the sky.

One by one, the demon god warriors stood beneath the great sun, using the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique to refine the power of Demonic Beasts Essence Blood.

At a glance, the training ground was filled with hundreds of people, all of them shirtless, energetic and fierce men.

The Essence Blood emanating from them formed a surge of heat that spread in all directions, seemingly distorting the surrounding air.

This is a sign that the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique has reached its peak.

Once the demonic nature within the last demon warrior was burned to ashes by the power of the great sun, this massive cultivation operation came to an end.

The sun dimmed.

"Respectfully seeing off the Heavenly Emperor."

Amidst a chorus of worshipful, fervent voices, Gu Jinlai ended his contemplation of the Great Sun and left the training ground.

"Ancestor."

Gu Chifeng immediately stepped forward and handed over the Yuanling Pill.

"Um."

From Gu Jinlai, a voice responded.

A month had passed since the Battle of Baihe City.

For a month, Gu Jinlai stayed in Baihe City, using the power of the Great Sun to help the Gods and Devils guards cleanse the demonic nature from the Essence Blood of the Demonic Beasts.

After a month and several rounds of this process, the demonic nature in everyone was finally completely cleansed.

The reason for this situation is that the Essence Blood of Demonic Beasts has a limited shelf life. In order to maximize the effect of the Essence Blood, he directly ordered thousands of demon guards who practiced the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method to refine the Essence Blood.

Therefore, he naturally couldn't remove the demonic nature from each of them immediately, and could only cleanse them afterward by visualizing the Great Sun.

This process was quite troublesome. Even with the mastery of the Great Sun Ninefold Refinement Visualization Method, which has been perfected through the Gu Jinlai, and the fact that a large number of Yuanling Pills were consumed to restore spiritual consciousness, it still took a month.

"How is the overall condition of this batch of guards?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"Very good."

Gu Chifeng said heavily, "All one thousand guards have cultivated the Demon God Body. They are just waiting to put on the Xuan Steel Heavy Armor and wield the Xuan Steel Battle Sword. Each of them has combat power comparable to the Gang Condensing! Just thirty of them forming an array are enough to surround and kill a Spirit Refining True Person! In addition, among these guards, one hundred and eighty-two have condensed the body of a mid-level Demonic Beasts, and the twenty-four most outstanding have cultivated the body of High-ranking Demonic Beast!"

"Only twenty-four people?"

There have been some surprises Gu Jinlai.

The number was lower than he had imagined.

"Them..."

Gu Chifeng said somewhat helplessly, "My comprehension of the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique is too poor..."

Those who have heard this Gu Jinlai have suddenly come to understand.

Although the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method has detailed annotations, especially in the introductory stage, and pioneers such as Gu Chifeng have provided hands-on instruction, most people still haven't even gotten to the basics.

In this way, no matter how profound the Great Sun Demon God's Body Refining Technique is, how much of a utilization rate can they achieve with the Essence Blood of Demonic Beasts?

He glanced at Gu Chifeng.

His two personal guards, Gu Qingmei and Gu Qingmei, who had both mastered the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique to a minor degree, did not disappoint him.

It has already condensed into the body of a great Demonic Beasts.

Not only him, but Gu Yunxin also surpassed Gu Luochen and became the third demon god warrior to condense the physique of a great Demonic Beasts.

"A thousand demon god warriors, interspersed among them are some mid-level and high-level warriors..."

I did a little calculation from Gu Jinlai.

This power...

It's equivalent to dozens of Spirit Refining True Person.

After this battle, the power of Lingxiao City at the Spirit Refining Stage, Core Forming Stage, Gang Condensing, Qi Refining has been fully unleashed.

If you include close-in weaponry like the close-in defense Spirit Artifact, the power of Spirit Transformation level cultivator is just so-so.

Once they replenish their ranks at the top level of Primordial Spirit True Lord, who dares to say they aren't a top-tier force?