Chapter 1 The Marshal

Leaning back in her chair with her legs crossed, the elegant and nonchalant Marshal was fiddling with her phone when she heard the words from the loudspeaker, and she immediately straightened up.

Yuanshi Tianzun returned to Lingjing Xingzhe? Died in a dungeon?

Even as a demigod, she was caught off guard by this news. She had high hopes for Yuanshi Tianzun, believing him to be a young genius who could challenge the demigod realm.

Such a figure had returned to Lingjing Xingzhe just like that?

She couldn't help but look at her useless younger brother, Fu Qingyang, who sat stiffly behind his desk like a statue. His face was as cold and expressionless as ever.

But the hand holding the phone was trembling slightly, trembling… These hands could hold all the swords in the world, but they couldn't hold a phone.

"Didn't die in a dungeon?" As a demigod-level scout, Fu Xuanqing saw through the problem in Fu Qingyang's emotions with a single glance.

"Tell me the reason…" Fu Qingyang squeezed these words out between his teeth, like the wind in the dead of winter.

Fu Xuanqing's eyes narrowed as well.

Fu Xue told him the whole story, sobbing intermittently, from Elder Cai's scheme to lure and kill Yuanshi Tianzun, to Yuanshi Tianzun's self-destruction at the trial, and then to the large-scale withdrawal of grassroots official members from the organization.

Fu Qingyang remained expressionless throughout, but when he heard that Yuanshi Tianzun's body and spirit were destroyed, without even leaving a spiritual body, panic finally appeared in his eyes, a deep and utter panic.

Fu Xuanqing listened calmly to her aunt's words, and then said, "This matter isn't that simple. Wangshi Wuhen challenged the demigod realm, drawing away two alliance leaders. You suddenly decided to challenge level eight in September, and I followed you into Lingjing Xingzhe. Yuanshi clearly knew there was a calamity coming, and the safest thing to do would have been to hide in a gang dungeon, yet he insisted on attending the Crab Feast on October 1st… Everything is too coincidental, too perfect."

"Also, I suddenly remembered something. When you and the Southern School cooperated to capture the Chunyang Sect Leader, the two elders of the Southern School suddenly disappeared and never reappeared. Only later was it discovered that they had already withdrawn." As a demigod-level scout, Fu Xuanqing analyzed.

"I suspect that the Dark Rose had already conspired with the Southern School at that time. You should know the rules for using Ten Thousand Realms Bank exchange tickets—equivalent exchange! What did Yuanshi Tianzun exchange for demigod-level power? It was the supreme power of the Night Wanderer profession left by the Devil Lord, which is exactly what Ling Tuo needs. I even think that the Taiyi Sect Leader was also involved, but this Star Lord's plan is still hidden, and I can't see it clearly."

Fu Qingyang was expressionless, as if he had heard it, and as if he had heard nothing.

He had already hung up the phone, but he still maintained the posture of listening to the phone.

He was struggling to maintain his cold expression to disguise himself, but his emotions were already in chaos.

Fu Xuanqing had never seen her brother, who was not good at expressing emotions, so out of control.

She realized that she had perhaps underestimated Yuanshi Tianzun's status in Fu Qingyang's heart. Fu Qingyang had disguised it so well that even she had misjudged the affection between the two.

She had only thought that the two were close friends, like Ling Jun.

Fu Xuanqing comforted in a low voice, "Most farewells in life are silent. It turns out that a certain meeting was destined to be the last, and after that, there will be no reunion across mountains, rivers, and the divide between the living and the dead."

Fu Qingyang felt a sharp pain in his heart. He looked at Fu Xuanqing, "I hope you can convene an alliance leader meeting in the name of the Marshal!"

Without waiting for Fu Xuanqing to respond, he called Tianxia Guihuo, "In my name, have the Songhai branch's official account post an announcement on the forum, the content of which I will give you later."

Then, he made another call, "Youfeng Laiyi, summon the White Tiger Guards, destination Thousand Bird Lake!"

…

Kyoto.

The harsh ringing woke Sun Miaomiao. After the trial, she went home and grieved, curling up and falling into a deep sleep, until now.

She groaned softly, her big eyes wearily looking at the screen. The caller was Zhao Chenghuang.

Sun Miaomiao answered the phone, her voice thick with nasal congestion, and said "Hello." Zhao Chenghuang said in a deep voice, "Leave the apartment immediately, quickly!"

Sun Miaomiao was stunned, and instantly sobered up, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Chenghuang spoke very quickly, with an unspeakable solemnity, "The Demon Eye Heavenly King has brought the Soldiers of Heaven Sect's Ghost Blade, Extinction, Silver Moon, and a group of followers to Kyoto, and has destroyed six official strongholds in a row. The Nine Elders of the Five Elements Alliance are not in reality, and the alliance leaders don't seem to be here either. Also, my great-grandfather is trying to contact the sect leader."

Without a word, she returned to her room, didn't even have time to change out of her pajamas, hurriedly put on her shoes, put on her coat, and turned into starlight and disappeared.

With the foundation of the official, naturally they are not afraid of the Soldiers of Heaven Sect, as long as the Shura does not come out, there is nothing to fear, but the result of a large-scale conflict between Lingjing Xingzhe will definitely be heavy casualties.

What's more, it's a group fight at the Overlord level.

Kyoto, Southern Suburbs, Thousand Island Lake.

The lakeside villa area was brightly lit, and in the spacious and bright small hall, Cai Qinhe's children gathered together, each with a face full of sorrow and a gloomy expression.

Cai Longshen's father, the current head of the family, Cai Shuishi, who was also the only Overlord present, glanced over his brothers and sisters, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law, and said in a deep voice, "Father has returned to Lingjing Xingzhe, I know everyone is very sad, but the future of the family is the most important thing right now, let's discuss how to get through this difficult time."

A middle-aged woman snorted coldly, "Although father has returned to Lingjing Xingzhe, there are still us, and those elders and saints of the Cai family faction, what's there to worry about. Of course, without father, it will be difficult for us to occupy those positions, we might as well give up a part."

Her eyebrows were thin and raised, her cheekbones were slightly high, and her lips were very thin, which made her look both strong and mean.

In her opinion, it was inevitable that the family's power would be weakened when her father, one of the Ten Elders, returned to Lingjing Xingzhe. The other nine elders would definitely eat away at the Cai family's power.

Power struggles have always been like this, without a sea-stabilizing needle, forcibly occupying power that doesn't belong to you will only bring about your own death.

This matter has to be acknowledged.

But the Cai family has been operating in the Water God Palace and the Five Elements Alliance for so many years. Internally, the family has four elders, and there are more elders with the same breath, spread all over the major branches.

Externally, among the major Lingjing Xingzhe families, the Cai family has more or less relationships, which can be described as deeply rooted, so there shouldn't be any disasters.

And Yuanshi Tianzun is just a commoner, the value of this kind of genius without power will disappear after returning to Lingjing Xingzhe, who would risk their life to fight a deeply rooted Lingjing Xingzhe family for him? And it's still an official Lingjing Xingzhe family.

As for the public opinion on the forum, it will subside after a while, it's already commonplace.

"I agree with the eldest sister's statement." A middle-aged man said.

"I also agree." Another person said, and added, "Sixth Uncle, Second Brother and Seventh Brother have already gone to find the elders under Father's command to talk to them one by one, and they will be able to stabilize people's hearts soon. As for the Nine Elders, let them try to test them afterwards. With the past friendship between the Nine Elders and Father, as long as we make concessions and satisfy them, there will be no problem."

"Yuanshi Tianzun is a commoner, he's dead, who would fight us Cai family to the death for him? We can't ignore the public opinion, when the time comes, we'll use a few unimportant people in the family as scapegoats, and let the headquarters expel them on the grounds of dereliction of duty and corruption, and those at the bottom will be satisfied."

Everyone was discussing in a lively manner.

Cai Shuishi listened silently and said with emotion, "Father's approach is indeed correct. From another point of view, if Yuanshi Tianzun were allowed to advance to the Overlord, peak Overlord, or even demigod, the Cai family would be in real trouble."

"Yes, it's better to nip a young tiger in the bud than to let him grow into the king of beasts."

Everyone felt relieved.

Just then, there was a "咚咚" knock on the door.

Are Sixth Uncle and the others back? Cai Shuishi looked towards the door, and everyone in the hall turned their heads as well.

The door of the small hall was pushed open, and a young man in white like snow stood at the door, wearing a gorgeous cloak and tying a handsome and evil ponytail.

His five features were handsome and carved, his eyes were deep, brewing a terrifying storm.

With a "哗啦" sound, the Cai family members stood up one after another, Cai Shuishi frowned and said in a deep and steady voice, "Fu Qingyang, what are you doing here?"

The Cai family's eldest sister, who looked strong and mean, said coldly: "What, are you here to stand up for your subordinates? Yuanshi Tianzun colluded with evil professions, and your boss may not be able to withstand the investigation. Fu Qingyang, it's not your turn to come to the Cai family to question us! I'm in a bad mood, get out, otherwise, I'll report you to the headquarters tomorrow."

Everyone looked at the young man in white, knowing that he had a very good relationship with Yuanshi Tianzun.

Fu Qingyang remained silent, his expression was unkind, and he grabbed a talisman from the item bar. The talisman was written with: Apart from you, who else in this world is worthy of wearing white?

He closed his eyes, turning the grief in his heart into a surging killing intent, "Everyone, take my good sword!"

In his ears, it seemed that he heard the voice of that person bowing down: Boss is wise.

Killing intent fills three thousand miles, sword energy fills the universe.

Youfeng Laiyi, wearing rattan armor and covered in blood, pushed open the door of the small hall and was shocked by the scene in front of her.

In the luxuriously decorated hall, blood splattered all over the table, floor, and walls, and the ground was covered with broken limbs and bloody internal organs.

Several heads rolled off the tables and chairs covered with sword marks, one of which was the head of the Cai family head, Cai Shuishi.

The Overlord's eyes were wide open, his mouth slightly open, as if he had experienced extreme fear and shock before his death.

The Cai family's high-level members were all dead.

Fu Qingyang stood in the slaughterhouse-like scene, his white clothes like snow, independent of the world.

"H-Head, Cai family colluded with evil professions and killed Yuanshi Tianzun, the direct line has been completely killed, the collateral line has also been brought under control, what else do you want us to do?"

"The Cai family still has three Overlords. Let the scholars crack Cai Shuishi's phone and send them a message, asking them to return to Thousand Bird Lake as soon as possible."

Fu Qingyang's tone was cold: "The Nine Elders are still in Lingjing Xingzhe, be quick!"

"Yes!"