Hua Yue, seeing his silence, answered for him.
"This war will definitely continue, even if the Demon King stops, the Western Purple Kingdom and the Northern Divine Realm will not."
She suddenly asked again, "Which side do you hope wins?"
Qu Tongzi shook his head, his face full of worry as he gazed at the newly sprouted tree.
Hua Yue knew this was difficult for him, so she said to him, "Can I ask you for one thing?"
He looked somewhat confused but agreed, "You say."
"If I die on the battlefield in the future, can you come and collect my body?"
Her eyes welled up with tears and silent longing as she spoke.
Qu Tongzi felt as if he had been wounded, his heart aching with helplessness, and he could not speak.
Hua Yue watched as tears suddenly fell from her eyes. Qu Tongzi was at a loss and hurriedly comforted her.
"Don't cry, don't cry, you won't die."
Hua Yue shook her head.
"If this battle has no outcome, then it means death for everyone. I know I will die, but I hope you can come and take me away, take me home."
Hearing her words, he could no longer hold back. He embraced her and said with deep emotion,
"I will save you, you will not die, you will not die."
Hua Yue said softly.
"Now the Demon King is going to attack the Western Purple Kingdom and needs a wealthy merchant as a guide, but who is willing to be this person?
If there is no guide, then Black Mountain cannot avoid this battle with the Western Purple Kingdom, and I will be at the forefront to fight for their chance to survive."
"Do you really have to do this?"
Qu Tongzi did not understand. He had never fought in a war and did not know what his duty was as a soldier.
"Promise me, will you? After I die, come and collect my body."
Qu Tongzi shook his head, his mind only on how to save her. "Will the battle be avoided if there is a merchant to lead the way?"
"Yes, that way Black Mountain can enter the Western Purple Kingdom more discreetly and conquer it with minimal conflict."
Qu Tongzi thought of only one person at this moment: "Chong Dang."
He knew that Chong Dang was a reasonable person. If he wrote a letter explaining the situation and sent it to Chong Dang, he would surely come out of seclusion to help the Ten Thousand Demon King.
Although he thought this, he did not make a decision immediately. Instead, he took Hua Yue back to the royal palace and locked himself in his room.
His thoughts were in turmoil as he carefully considered everyone and everything.
"If this battle must have an outcome, I hope it begins with the Ten Thousand Demon King and ends with her. If that is the case, then I will break precedent and help her."
With this thought, he quickly fetched paper and pen and wrote a letter of appeal, explaining the situation and hoping Chong Dang would come out of seclusion to help.
After writing the letter, he found Hua Yue's residence and handed the letter to her personally.
"What is this?" Hua Yue asked, looking confused.
Qu Tongzi explained, "This is a letter I wrote to my friend Chong Dang. He is a wealthy merchant and has considerable prestige among merchants. I believe he can help the Ten Thousand Demon King."
Hearing Qu Tongzi's words, she was overjoyed. "That's great, that's great, thank you, sir, thank you."
Then she leaped forward and kissed him on the cheek before quickly rushing off to send a message to Shi San Niang.
Qu Tongzi touched the lingering scent of her kiss on his face, standing there foolishly, grinning uncontrollably. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Hua Yue ran all the way to the rear hall and handed the letter to Shi San Niang, panting, "Qu Tongzi, here, a letter for Chong Dang."
Shi San Niang also became excited. She took the letter from Hua Yue and carefully opened it. It was indeed addressed to Chong Dang, asking him to come out of seclusion.
"Well done, Hua Yue. I'll send it to the Demon King now."
Because the letter was very important, she had to deliver it herself. She rode her horse at full speed and finally reached South Sea City late at night.
As soon as she entered the South Sea Royal Palace, she hurried to the main hall and met Mu Ye, presenting the letter.
"Demon King, this is a letter from Qu Tongzi to Chong Dang."
She held it out with both hands and knelt before me. I was momentarily stunned, then also became excited.
"That's great, that's great, Shi San Niang, you've come at the perfect time."
I immediately helped her up. At this moment, Lin'er heard the commotion and also walked in.
"Shi San Niang, you're here." He knew that things must have worked out.
"Elder, I have accomplished what you and the Demon King discussed."
"That's wonderful, I knew you could do it."
I handed him the letter. He opened it and saw that it was indeed addressed to Chong Dang.
"Stay here tonight, and leave tomorrow," I said.
Shi San Niang, however, refused. She explained, "Thanks to Hua Yue this time, I still have things to attend to back there."
"Very well, you are fully in charge of the matters in Dongyue Town, and you need not report to me."
"Yes, I'll be going back then."
"Go."
With that, she walked out of the hall without looking back, mounted her horse, and rode out of South Sea City towards Dongyue Town.
After Shi San Niang left, I asked Lin'er, "What should we do next?"
"The priority is to send someone with the letter to invite Chong Dang out of seclusion."
"And who do you think would be most suitable to go?"
"Xue Gu Cheng and Yan Wu Shuang. It must be those two."
"I also think they are the most suitable. Let them go then."
Lin'er clapped his hands, and a servant hurried in. He cupped his hands and said, "Demon King, Elder, what are your orders?"
Lin'er said, "Please go and summon Xue Gu Cheng and Yan Wu Shuang."
"Yes."
Having received the order, he rushed out and went to the residences of Xue Gu Cheng and Yan Wu Shuang to summon them.
A short while later, the two arrived in a hurry. As soon as they entered the hall, they seemed to understand what was to be done.
"Mu Ye, Elder." He was still not used to calling me Demon King, but I didn't mind. Perhaps this way we could appear closer.
I carefully explained the purpose of this mission to them.
"The reason I called you here is simple. We had previously discussed that after Dongyue Town, the next target is the Western Purple Kingdom.
The journey to the Western Purple Kingdom is long and requires an influential person to lead a large disguised group. We have decided that person will be the wealthy merchant Chong Dang.
He has considerable prestige among wealthy merchants. This is a letter of appeal written by his friend Qu Tongzi, hoping they will be reasonable and come out to help us."
As I spoke, Lin'er handed me the letter. I continued,
"Your mission is to take this letter to find Chong Dang and invite him out of seclusion."
With that, I handed the letter to Yan Wu Shuang. Yan Wu Shuang took the letter and opened it. Everything was clearly written on it.
Yan Wu Shuang nodded repeatedly, also feeling that Qu Tongzi's reasoning was sound.
"Alright, let's go now then." Yan Wu Shuang was impatient and would always go to resolve things as soon as possible.
I laughed and said, "It's so late today, let's leave tomorrow."
Xue Gu Cheng, however, disagreed. Like Yan Wu Shuang, he said, "Mu Ye, let's go now. The sooner we go, the sooner we return."
Lin'er also chimed in, "Gu Cheng and Wu Shuang will surely handle everything well. Let them go."
I thought about it. Since they had decided to leave now, so be it. "Alright, then be careful, and come back soon."
"Okay, we're leaving then."
"Go."
Yan Wu Shuang tucked the letter into his clothes, and together with Xue Gu Cheng, they left the hall.
After going out, someone brought two swift horses. They mounted the horses and quickly headed towards the north gate. The letter indicated the address: Chong Dang lived in the Taiping Palace on Yaolu Mountain.
Yaolu Mountain is located northeast of South Sea City, amidst a dense cluster of mountains.
Therefore, without a precise location and marker, even an immortal would find it difficult to locate that place.
After Xue Gu Cheng and Yan Wu Shuang left, Lin'er and I returned to our respective rooms.
The next morning, as Qiu Yu just woke up, she saw an arrow stuck in the wooden pillar outside the door. A strip of paper was tied to the tail of the arrow. Her heart sank.
She carefully pulled out the arrow and returned to the room. Seeing that I was still asleep, she gently woke me up.
"Demon King, Demon King."
I opened my eyes groggily and asked, "What is it?"
She then brought the arrow to me and said.
"This was found outside the door, stuck in the wooden pillar. The entire royal palace is heavily guarded. If anyone had entered, they would have been discovered. It seems the person who came must be an unparalleled master."
She analyzed it point by point, and every word was logical.
I was also somewhat puzzled, so I took the arrow, removed the paper strip from its tail, and read it carefully. It said:
"If you don't want Xue Gu Cheng and Yan Wu Shuang to be harmed, come to Wangye Mountain immediately."
My heart leaped, and I thought back to everyone I had encountered. Shi San Niang was impossible, and Lin'er was even more so. Then there was only one person who could know: Liu Xiang.
Thinking of this, I suddenly smiled and thought to myself, "Finally impatient to make a move?"
Qiu Yu saw me flustered one moment and smiling easily the next, and she was very confused.
"Demon King, what's wrong? Is it a very dangerous person? I'll go inform the Elder and the others." Saying this, she was about to get up and leave. I hurriedly stopped her and said,
"It's nothing serious. Just an old friend wants to see me. I'll go meet him and be back soon."
With that, I quickly put on my clothes and walked out. She knew that ordinary people couldn't hurt me, so she was relieved.
I walked out the west gate and headed west. I knew the place was not far west of South Sea City, and it was a relatively hidden forest.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, I suddenly felt something was wrong. Before reaching Wangye Mountain, I smelled a particularly strong scent of dampness on the road.
It seemed he still wanted to use some lackeys to test me.
I stopped, smiled slightly, picked up the Dragon Roar Sword, and tore off the willow bark. Instantly, a cold light flashed, forming a gust of air that swept around.
Suddenly, the sound of swords clashing came from the forest, and then more than a dozen people jumped down from the trees.
As soon as they saw the cold, killing-intent-filled sword in my hand, they were all astonished. "Dragon Roar Sword!"
However, they did not panic too much. Instead, they smiled slightly, finding it even more amusing. I looked at them one by one and found that some were charming, others were cold.
From their strange weapons, it was not difficult to see that they were the villains who had escaped with the Four Great Evils, and most of the evil deeds rumored in the world were likely done by them.
One of them looked at me without speaking, a hint of worry on his face. He laughed mockingly.
"I thought the Ten Thousand Demon King was some important figure, but it seems she is just a nobody."
I smiled faintly and replied, "I think you are the villains who escaped from hell."
"What, are you scared? There are so many of us, you are no match for us."
I coldly smiled and retorted, "Many people have wanted to kill me, who do you think you are? Hahaha."
Seeing my arrogance, they became enraged. "Don't be so arrogant, you'll regret this soon. Let's go!"
Saying that, they raised their sabers and attacked. I leaped into the air and unleashed a sword energy, and instantly a cold saber slashed down, freezing the ground.
A few quick ones immediately leaped onto the trees to dodge. The others who were too slow to dodge were frozen by the cold and unable to move.
"As expected of the Dragon Roar Sword, such powerful sword energy." One of the villains named Da Xia Ji said admiringly.
"Brother, what do we do now?" a charming man named Bu Tu Shen asked.
"Let me think. Ah, use your embroidery needles."
"Yes, how did I not think of that?" Saying that, he waved his sleeve at me, and countless embroidery needles rained down.
I dodged the attack by jumping back. He waved his sleeve again and sent them again. I stood firm, swung my sword to slash them, then quickly ran and leaped forward, unleashing a sword energy that split the trees in half.
I heard someone shout, "Not good!" and then they hurriedly jumped onto another tree.
Wan Gui Wang reminded me, "Conserve your strength, don't get into a prolonged fight. I'll deal with them."
Then, he transformed into black mist and flew out of my body, swiftly attacking the remaining people on the trees.
I heard a scream of "Ah!" and saw them falling from the trees one by one, crashing heavily onto the ground.
He then slowly returned to my body.
Looking at the defeated people scattered on the ground, I sneered dismissively.
Suddenly, a leaf flew out from the forest, attempting a sneak attack. Fortunately, I noticed it in time and caught it with one hand.
"Who is it!" I shouted.
The person did not speak but turned and ran away. I quickly chased after him and followed him to an open space.
Looking at the person's figure, it strongly resembled Li Xing Ye. Could he be Liu Xiang's subordinate?
As I was guessing, I suddenly heard a voice say, "Liu Mu Ye, we meet again."
This voice belonged to Liu Xiang.
I turned around and saw a red robe sliding down in front of me. Then I saw Liu Xiang standing before me.
Behind him were two other people: Jin Yu Lan and Li Xing Ye.
"He is indeed your man," I said, pointing at Li Xing Ye.
Liu Xiang smiled faintly and said coldly.
"So what if he is my man? I heard your strength has greatly increased recently. Do you still remember our promise?"
"Naturally, I remember."
"It's good that you remember. You'd better show some strength. I came today with the intention of killing you."
"You can rest assured, I will not die at your hands."
"Oh, I'm really looking forward to it. Xing Ye, go and chop off her head for me."
Li Xing Ye wasted no words. He drew his sword, flipped in the air, and fiercely slashed at me. I immediately unleashed the Dragon Roar Sword to block his fierce attack.
Strangely, his sword was not frozen. It was just that the powerful airflow generated by the collision of the sword bodies instantly stirred up the scattered dry leaves nearby.
He spun and landed on the ground, then unleashed a concentrated, sharp sword energy that charged towards me.
I quickly dodged to the side. I had seen this move many times before, so it was not difficult to dodge.