Qingdi City.
At the Qingdi Mountain, inside a grand hall, there is a long bronze table with more than ten chairs on each side.
At this moment, all the chairs were filled with people; almost all the high-ranking members of the Qingling Palace had gathered here.
The vast majority of them were Peerless true saints, and several of them possessed excessively strong Qi Mechanism, with their Origin Law approaching a perfect form.
Fang Xin, Xiao Ran, and the Plain-clothed Youth sat on the outermost edge. Although the three of them had not yet undergone the True Saint Tribulation, they were all of high potential and status, and were qualified to sit here and listen.
On the left, the Yin-Yang Venerable Cui Yue remarked with a sigh, "A lot has happened lately."
Opposite him, a weathered old man said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect that you, Cui Yue, would bring Supreme Artifact, yet things still went wrong."
Upon hearing this, Cui Yue snorted coldly, "This matter is top secret. I was on guard against those three Dao system when I went there, but I was still followed. It seems that Qingling has spies from those three lineages, and they are not of low rank. They are either some Peerless or one of you Venerable."
"Cui Yue, stop spouting nonsense!"
A loud, angry shout came from a burly, red-haired man.
Cui Yue's face darkened, and he sneered, "I just said something, and you got so worked up. Could it be that you're a spy for Qingling?"
With a bang, Redhead slammed his fist on the table in anger. "You're talking nonsense!"
"Alright."
The weathered old man smoothed things over, saying, "The matter is already settled. All three Dao system are aware of it now. We should think about how to handle this. If word gets out again, the entire South Heaven Departmental Prefecture will be thrown into turmoil."
"Those three families shouldn't leak this information. It's a matter of fate for South Heaven. If other top powers in different regions find out, they won't even get a share of the spoils."
The weathered old man nodded and said, "We'll discuss this matter later. Although Qingling gained quite a bit from this trip to the Moon Star, obtaining several complete Supreme Artifact, we also lost many outstanding individuals, including a promising Upper True Disciple who was on the verge of becoming Dao Monarch."
"There's nothing we can do about encountering Alien Dao Soldiers," Jian Chen with some emotion.
"Now that the Five Elements Dao Monarch have appeared, and they even come from Yu Province, which borders our South Heaven, this matter is no small thing. The Five Thunder Hall will soon Dao Monarch as well. Our Qingling lineage has the longest history, and we cannot fall behind."
As Cui Yue spoke, he looked at a young man in white on his right. "I've heard that you've already passed the True Saint Tribulation?"
The man in white nodded slightly, then said, "Give this junior fifty years, and I will surely Dao Monarch."
Fifty years is not a long time for a divine traveler or a true saint; some people don't even spend that much time in seclusion.
"One isn't enough. I, Qingling, will strive to produce several more Dao Monarch within the next two hundred years."
The weathered old man pondered for a moment, then said, "The Xuanhuang realm has been dormant for many years, but it is finally about to erupt. The Five Elements Dao Monarch are just the beginning; next, there will definitely be an explosion of Dao Monarch beings, and the emergence of several more Peerless Strong will also benefit my Qingling Palace."
The old man recalled a top-secret record of the Qingling Palace. Tens of thousands of years ago, when the Qingling Palace was in a period of decline, it was attacked and almost wiped out from the history of Xuanhuang Qingling.
This bloody lesson made him especially vigilant. Qingling Palace was once hailed as the ancestral court, dominating the Xuanhuang. Although it has declined now, it cannot allow this foundation to be destroyed in their hands.
"I, Zhu, can also be a revered Dao Monarch without needing a hundred years!"
Zhu Xuan spoke with a smile.
He underwent the True Saint Tribulation around the same time as Wang Ping, and was already Peerless True Saint, not far from becoming Dao Monarch.
"Two hundred years shouldn't be enough."
Xiao Ran spoke up at the opportune moment; as Upper True Disciple, he had to express his opinion at this crucial juncture.
The weathered old man glanced at him and sighed, "You cultivate the Three Pure Ones Thunder Method, but it's a pity that my Qingling doesn't have this lineage, and we haven't been able to find a corresponding thunder-path Supreme Treasure in the Moon Star either. Otherwise, with its assistance, your progress would be even faster."
Like Wang Ping, who practices the purest Longevity Scripture of Qingling (containing the True meaning life and time), he will be bestowed with a longevity-related Supreme Treasure that he has just completed, which will allow him to break through the barrier faster. Perhaps he can achieve enlightenment in less than fifty years.
"I am a junior practitioner of the Life and Life-Death Technique. I wonder if I can find such a Supreme Artifact on this Moon Star?"
Zhu Xuan looked at the weathered old man, while the old man looked at Cui Yue, who was leading the group.
Cui Yue thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, there are, but Non-Self obtain them."
The red-haired Venerable frowned. "Tell me who obtained it! This item is so perfectly suited to my disciple; you should have brought it up sooner."
Cui Yue ignored him, but finally, when the weathered old man asked, he replied:
"A Guest Elder, Jiang Pingping, is said to possess a complete sword of Life-Death."
Jiang Pingping only learned about the Life-Death Sword from Shen Wuyou of the Hengdao Sect; otherwise, he wouldn't have known either.
Where is he?
Zhu Ming's eyes instantly lit up with fervor.
An intact Supreme Artifact of Life-Death was of immense help to him.
"This matter is not urgent."
The weathered old man waved his hand, saying that since a guest minister had obtained Supreme Artifact, the higher-ups of Qingling could not simply seize it by force; they had to ask for the other party's opinion first.
"This junior is in a panic... Oh no!!"
Zhu Xuan suddenly stood up, his expression changing drastically.
The Rules Jade he bestowed upon his younger brother Zhu Ming was triggered at this moment.
Boom!
He transformed into a streak of light and rushed into the distance.
"It seems there's been some trouble in Nine Clouds City."
The red-haired Venerable gazed at the soaring Rules of Life-Death and death on the horizon; this matter concerned his disciple.
His figure flashed and he disappeared from the spot.
"Lu Chen can't even handle something like this?"
The weathered old man frowned.
Not long ago, a stunning Sword Light appeared, and Lu Chen rushed to deal with it. However, a short while later, Zhu Xuan's Rules Jade was triggered again.
"Could something have happened...?"
Fang Xin frowned slightly.
"Let's go, we'll go take a look too."
Xiao Ran also stood up.
Nine Clouds City, Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
The vitality of the Zhu Ming was rapidly waning.
His face was filled with despair, and a trace of regret arose within him.
Zhu Ming never imagined that his desire to embezzle some contribution points would lead to his death.
That lowly guest retainer dared to kill him! How dare he kill him?!
"Ah!!!"
Zhu Ming couldn't help but wail; his body was collapsing, and the light of the gods was being extinguished on a large scale.
He tried to remedy the situation, taking out all sorts of healing remedies, but to no avail; he could not stop the passing of life.
Zhu Ming roared, his face contorted with rage, yet he looked at Lu Cun with a pleading expression. "Commander, save me!"
Lu Cun trembled, but did not react.
Zhu Ming had just entered the Divine Travel realm, while Jiang Pingping was already invincible in this realm, even comparable to him.
Such a powerful attack caught him off guard, leaving him a beat too slow to react, let alone recover.
At this moment, Zhu Ming's heart was pierced, and the True God between his eyebrows was completely reduced to dust; he was on his deathbed.
Lu Cun looked at Jiang Pingping and sighed, "Even if you have grievances, you don't have to take action directly. His brother is Zhu Xuan; this matter is a bit tricky."
Jiang Ping had naturally heard of Zhu Xuan's great name, but he remained unmoved, saying, "Do I care?"
Lu Cun was delayed.
He recalled that when they were at the teleportation array, in front of Jade Palace Venerable, the latter dared to attack the genius of that Dao system.
This person, however, has a ruthless streak, capable of killing at the slightest provocation.
"Zhu Ming!!"
A heart-wrenching roar echoed throughout Nine Clouds City.
Zhu Xuan arrived and witnessed his brother's impending death. In an instant, he was enraged, his eyes blazing with Killing intent.
"Elder brother!"
Zhu Ming saw the person who had arrived, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes, but he couldn't speak. With a bang, his entire body exploded, turning into a bloody mist.
"Ah!!!"
Zhu Xuan looked up at the sky and roared, driven mad with rage.
In the Qingling Palace, on his own territory, someone actually dared to kill his closest relative, murdering his younger brother in full view of everyone.
"Jiang Pingping, you're going to pay with your life!"
Zhu Xuan was enraged and attacked. He had already received a telepathic message from someone else and knew who the executioner was.
With a deafening boom, the very fabric of Life-Death seemed to overturn the heavens, bathing the universe in crimson light, causing all living beings in the entire Nine Clouds City to tremble.
He is already Peerless saint; without the Venerable appearing, how many in the world can rival him?
"Holy shit!"
Ye Qingyun, standing in his celestial palace, was dumbfounded by what he saw.
Brother Pingping is such a troublemaker! It's only been a short time since we last met, and he's already gotten into a fight with the Upper True Disciple of the Supreme Dao System.
At this moment, the night sky was as bright as day, and in the blinding Blazing Sun, a giant hand that covered the sky pressed down, heading straight for Jiang Ping.
Lu Cun, who was watching from the sidelines, immediately became serious.
Jiang Ping, however, remained calm. He took a jade Jade hairpin from his hair and began communicating with his Spiritual power.
"Very well, this junior agrees. I will first find enough spiritual Rules to mend your body. However, please do your best to kill me with a single blow."
"No problem. You've already made an enemy of him anyway, and I don't have those old turtle's rigid rules."
After saying that, Jiang Ping instantly threw out the Jade hairpin.
In the blink of an eye, a thin ray of light pierced through the sky and the earth.
With a bang, the Blazing Sun in the sky was instantly extinguished.
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