Zhang Yuanqing's mind "boomed," as if a grenade had exploded inside, shattering his soul into fragments, grinding his consciousness into powder, leaving only a blank space. A ringing echoed in his ears.
He didn't know how long it had been, but Zhang Yuanqing was awakened by Guan Ya's increasingly urgent calls. "Yuanshi, what's wrong?" "Aren't you at Fu Qingyang's villa? How could there suddenly be an image of the Devil Monarch? What's wrong... should I come over?" Guan Ya was a scout, and she keenly sensed something was wrong from Yuanshi's long silence. Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath, trying to keep his tone from trembling, and said, "It's nothing, Sister Guan Ya, thank you for your help. I have something to do here, I'll hang up!"
He couldn't wait to hang up the phone. The moment he pressed the "Hang Up" button, he slumped back in his chair as if he had collapsed, gasping for breath. *The Devil Monarch isn't dead. The Devil Monarch is still alive. She +++ If the Devil Monarch isn't dead, what am I, the Devil Monarch's successor?*
*Will there be hidden dangers with the character card on me? How could the Devil Monarch appear so coincidentally that night and take the small sun from the Fallen Holy Grail? The Devil Monarch didn't kill me that night, he clearly knew I was the owner of his character card. If he didn't kill me, does he have another purpose? Does Brother Bing know that the Devil Monarch is still alive... Was it really Brother Bing who sent me the character card that day?* Various thoughts and doubts rose like bubbles, dense and chaotic, and his brain was unable to calmly think. The Devil Monarch's appearance filled Zhang Yuanqing with deep fear, which swallowed his reason and prompted him to get up and walk towards the door. --Report to the organization, tell the Five Elements Alliance that the Devil Monarch is not dead, even if it exposes my identity as the Devil Monarch's successor!
Just then, the Elvis Presley speaker he had placed on his bedside table suddenly emitted a "buzzing" electrical sound. Then, a low, almost suppressed voice of pain rang out, "Any The Way of the Extraordinary, only death can release the binding of the character card. Even the five leaders of the Five Elements Alliance and the top leaders of evil organizations are no exception..." Zhang Yuanqing, who had already grasped the doorknob, suddenly froze. It was the voice of Master Wuhen.
He remembered, remembered the conversation he had with Master Wuhen. After the mysterious man took away the "small sun," he had suspected in his heart whether the mysterious man might be the Devil Monarch, and had been deeply worried about it. So the next day he went to Jinshan City's Wuhen Hotel to ask Master Wuhen, who was a Ruler. The answer he received was the audio that the Elvis Presley speaker had just played.
That's right, I clearly confirmed that the Devil Monarch was already dead... Zhang Yuanqing took a few deep breaths, his emotions slightly stabilized, released the doorknob, and returned to the table to sit down. He pondered, thinking...
loubiqu.
"The Sect Leader of the Taiyi Sect said that the Devil Monarch is already dead! That strongest Night Wanderer in the world is even stronger than the five leaders of the Alliance. Moreover, Yin Ji seems to have said that the Sect Leader mainly cultivates the Star Official, known as all-knowing."
"Would such a person misjudge? Obviously impossible. Moreover, the Devil Monarch has a relationship with many great figures, the President of the Goddess Association, the White Tiger Marshal of the Five Elements Alliance... If the Devil Monarch has this ability, to deceive even them, then he wouldn't need to feign death. Obviously unreasonable."
People always believe what they want to believe. Zhang Yuanqing, as if he had seized evidence, immediately overturned the possibility that the Devil Monarch was still alive, and felt great joy and relief. "But the Ghost Bride shouldn't lie to me, and there's no need to lie to me..."
Thinking of this, two doubts suddenly emerged in Zhang Yuanqing's mind. First, the Devil Monarch should have sensed the Ghost Bride at the time, right? How could he let the Ghost Bride see his face? Second, the Devil Monarch had entered Jinshui Amusement Park before, how could the Ghost Bride not recognize the Devil Monarch?
Immediately, he gently breathed a mouthful of Taiyin power towards his side, and dark Yin Qi fluttered, condensing into a graceful figure wearing a wedding dress and a red veil. A bit of beauty, a bit of eeriness.
"Wife, I suddenly remembered something I didn't ask." Zhang Yuanqing looked at the portrait on the table and said, "Do you have any impression of this person?" The Ghost Bride stood still like a wraith, no, she was originally a wraith... She replied in a soft, but somewhat ethereal voice, "Husband, I do not know this person."
Don't know... Zhang Yuanqing frowned at first, then suddenly thought that Jinshui Amusement Park was not originally an S-level instance. The difficulty level only changed due to the influence of the Three Dao Mountain Goddess. And in the original version, the ghost marriage was not a must-play facility.
The Devil Monarch and Brother Bing probably haven't played the ghost marriage, or perhaps the Ghost Bride was a low-level wraith at the time, and her intelligence was not high. Even if she had seen him, she might not remember. Speaking of which, I took away the Ghost Bride, the difficulty level of Jinshui Amusement Park might be lowered to A-level. Oh well, never mind... Yuanqing said, "I understand, thank you, Wife."
At this moment, light footsteps passed by outside the door, gradually fading away. It should be a Miss Bunny passing by. From under the red veil, the Ghost Bride's delighted voice suddenly floated out: "There are many young women here, which one does Husband like? I can possess her and consummate our marriage." Although the spirit realm's setting for her is a bride waiting to be married, eager to choose a husband, the Ghost Bride is a spirit body and has no physical body.
Ah, this... Zhang Yuanqing then realized that the Ghost Bride had so many uses. Marrying a ghost is equivalent to marrying millions of beauties? He cleared his throat and said, "Having Wife by my side is enough to satisfy me." He quickly swallowed the Ghost Bride back into his abdomen.
With this interlude, Zhang Yuanqing's mood calmed down a lot, and his thinking became clearer.
"If, if the mysterious man is not the Devil Monarch, why is he impersonating the Devil Monarch? It's definitely not to put on a show for Black Impermanence, because there's no need to act in front of the dead." "Assuming the mysterious man sensed the Ghost Bride's spying, then he's putting on a show for the Ghost Bride, but what's the purpose? Does he want to convey information to someone through the Ghost Bride, to me?" "But he couldn't possibly have expected me to return to Jinshui Amusement Park, and he wouldn't have expected me to subdue the Ghost Bride... Wait, that person can disguise himself as the Devil Monarch, he must know the Devil Monarch very well, so can he also predict that I will obtain the teleportation talisman at some point in the future?"
The thinking is getting clearer, but in the end, all the doubts return to the original question - what is the mysterious man's purpose in impersonating the Devil Monarch? And why did he deliberately show his face to the Ghost Bride? Compared to the initial confusion about who the mysterious man is, now, it's just a transfer from one doubt to another, without any progress in unraveling the truth.
"But at least there is a direction. The final answer is gradually unraveled by constantly collecting clues. Instead of considering the mysterious man's purpose, what I need to decide now is - should I pretend that nothing happened and conceal this matter, or should I confess the truth to the organization and seek protection? Maybe the Five Elements Alliance can give me the answer." After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yuanqing weighed the pros and cons and chose to conceal this matter.
Because no matter what the mysterious man is planning, no matter what his purpose is, at least he has not shown direct pressure and crisis.
And once the identity of the Devil Monarch's successor is announced, just from what I know, the forces and big shots involved with the Devil Monarch are already beyond the protection of Elder-level figures. Putting aside the layers of fog, starting from the most core "danger," anyone with a brain would choose the former. Wuhen Hotel.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, after the peak period for delivering takeout, Kou Beiyue finally had time to return to the hotel. He pushed open the glass door and first stood at the cold air vent at the entrance to enjoy the convenience of human high technology.
Then he sighed in satisfaction and walked to the front desk, saying, "Xiao Yuan, I've found some important information."
Xiao Yuan lowered her head and played with her phone, not even looking up, and casually "mm-hmm'd." Kou Beiyue slapped the marble countertop of the front desk in dissatisfaction and said angrily, "It's really important information."
Xiao Yuan "hmphed" and said, "Is it that Yuanshi Tianzun came out of the instance, or the instance strategy caused a dispute between the Taiyi Sect and the Five Elements Alliance, or the Devil Eye Heavenly King is missing, or that evil profession is killing people somewhere?"
"You, you, these are all old news, mine is new." Kou Beiyue glared and said, "I found out that an evil organization is going to hold a summit in Jiangnan Province to discuss how to assassinate Yuanshi Tianzun. He's in great danger!" Xiao Yuan looked at him with an "I knew it" expression, put down her phone, and looked at him solemnly: "Which year did the evil organization not hold a summit? Which year did they not target the official geniuses?"... Kou Beiyue choked and said unconvinced, "Forget it, I won't tell you. Anyway, I've already agreed with Man-Blood Steamed Bun to go to Jiangnan Province to participate in the summit under the pretext of participating in the killing instance." Xiao Yuan's cold face suddenly widened her eyes, and she said in a deep voice, "You're going to participate in the summit?"
Seeing Xiao Yuan's face turn ugly, Kou Beiyue's momentum suddenly weakened, and he asked weakly, "Yes, yes... What's the problem? Don't worry, I definitely won't participate in the killing instance. I'm just deceiving them and participating in the summit to gather intelligence." Xiao Yuan sneered, "You think you're the smartest, that the higher-ups of the Spiritual Power Society, the Soldier Master Sect, and the Void Sect are all fools? And I'm a fool? How could I have taught a fool like you?" Kou Beiyue was unconvinced, but he didn't argue with Xiao Yuan, whom he regarded as an older sister. Xiao Yuan's face was serious: "Not just anyone can participate in the summit. It requires recommendations from the three major organizations, and there will be other tests upon entry. You are familiar with Yuanshi Tianzun, and you are cultivating with Master Wuhen. You are not on the same path as them." "Once your identity is exposed, you will surely die!" Kou Beiyue's face suddenly changed, and he stammered, "There are other tests? Man-Blood Steamed Bun didn't tell me these..." Xiao Yuan snorted coldly, "Yes, why didn't Man-Blood Steamed Bun tell you these?" Seeing that Kou Beiyue did not understand, Xiao Yuan raised her voice like a mother tutoring her child with homework, hating that he was hopeless: "He's testing you, wanting to see your background, your background, to see if there's a problem with you!" Kou Beiyue understood and immediately said, "Then, then I won't go." "Then Man-Blood Steamed Bun will know that there's a problem with you, at least he will suspect you. You can't hang out with him anymore in the future, and you can't deliver takeout anymore." Xiao Yuan said. Kou Beiyue nodded, but was a little unwilling and said, "I heard that the higher-ups of the evil organization have issued a death order, one of Fu Qingyang and Yuanshi Tianzun must die. I originally wanted to sneak in to see what arrangements they have..." Xiao Yuan's face changed, and she changed her words: "It's not that there's no way for you to participate in the summit." Kou Beiyue was delighted and said, "What way?" "Seek help from Master Wuhen. He can help you pass the evil organization's tests. When I was in the extraordinary realm, I went to a summit once. That time, Master Wuhen helped me, so I know that there's a test procedure upon entry." As Xiao Yuan spoke, she left the bar and walked into the depths of the hotel. "Wait a minute." Kou Beiyue stared at her suspiciously: "Why did you immediately change your mind as soon as I said that Yuanshi Tianzun and Fu Qingyang had to die? Aren't you afraid that I'll encounter danger?" "No one will suspect that a fool like you is an undercover agent." Xiao Yuan replied calmly. "Liar!" Kou Beiyue said angrily, "It's because of Yuanshi Tianzun, right? In your heart, am I not as important as Yuanshi Tianzun? Xiao Yuan, I regard you as... the most important person, but you only think about Yuanshi Tianzun." He swallowed the word "sister" back. "That's not true." "Yes, it is." "That's not true." 7:30 PM.
After having dinner, Zhang Yuanqing came to the computer. The screen was lit up, showing the interface of the official internally developed conference software. Zhang Yuanqing inputted the "Yuanshi Tianzun" ID account and password and clicked login.
The interface suddenly changed, showing a layout similar to online course software, arranged like a miniature overhead view of a large classroom. At the front was the "podium," and below were avatars paired with spirit realm IDs. Yuanshi Tianzun was in the first row, first position, next to Zhao Chenghuang, and next to him was Sun Miaomiao.
In addition, he also saw familiar people such as Tianxiaguihuo, Jiang Jingwei, Yuan Ting, Maoshan Taoist, and Guohezu. A total of thirty-eight people.
It is worth mentioning that Qingsongzi was imprisoned by the Five Elements Alliance for colluding with Zhu Rong to harm Yuanshi Tianzun and was not eligible for the killing instance. At this time, the elder on the podium had not yet come online, and the members were in a muted state. A line of words popped up in the dialogue box below: [Jiang Jingwei: Yuanshi Tianzun is here, let's change positions, I want to be in the first position.] [Newspaper Boy greets Yuanshi Tianzun, long live the Heavenly Lord.]
[Peony Fairy: Yuanshi Tianzun, after we enter the killing instance, will you let me follow you?] [Maoshan Taoist: Hehe]
[Long Live White Tiger: Heavenly Lord has arrived, tsk tsk, when we enter the killing instance, I want to advance and retreat with the Heavenly Lord.] [Jiang Jingwei: You guys are typing too fast, you're erasing my words.]