After not writing for ten days, my writing became a little rusty. That’s it for today, I’ll make up for it tomorrow.
————The above does not count the number of words————
Luming Palace
This is the royal palace of Lu Kingdom. It is said that Qixia Zhenjun, the empress of the Lu Kingdom, liked a poem that was circulated from the Xu Kingdom in recent years: "How about the roar of the deer, eating the apples in the wild...", so she named the palace after her.
The palace was built on a cliff, with the extremely hard second-level spiritual material Pan Iron Stone as the base. This object is also a good formation material. After the completion of the main hall, although the overall formation is only a fourth-level high-grade formation, the actual defensive power is not inferior to that of a fifth-level formation.
The palace has cornices, green tiles and red walls, and is majestic and magnificent. Inside the palace, there are hundreds of pillars made from thousand-year-old spiritual wood, decorated with exquisite carvings, with different patterns and colorful colors. Its luxurious style is not inferior to that of the imperial palaces of the great cultivation countries in the Eastern Region.
At dusk that day, the Luming Palace was decorated with lanterns and bright lights. On the throne on the high platform in the palace, sat a petite woman in colorful clothes, with a dot of bright red cinnabar between her eyebrows. She had a beautiful appearance and a majestic expression. She was a demon. Huang Qixia.
Under the high platform, there are about forty tables arranged in two rows. Except for a few empty seats on the left side of the front, the rest are full. A rough count shows that there are more than thirty people.
To be precise, there are more than thirty demon kings.
The Yunxiao Sect occupies the territory of Jiuzhou, and all the Jindan Daoist people in the country combined are only a little over ten people. The territory of the Lu Kingdom is less than half that of the Xu Kingdom, and the number of demon kings who appear in this palace alone exceeds thirty!
I'm afraid Qixia herself may not know exactly how many demon kings there are in the Lu Kingdom, but she estimates that they are at least fifty!
If a demon king is regarded as a real Jindan, the strength of the Lu Kingdom is simply frightening!
However, because he is not good at cultivation methods such as alchemy and talisman formations, the demon king's combat power is actually far inferior to the golden elixir of the same cultivation level.
A real person relies on magical weapons for offense and defense. He relies on elixirs to stay alive when his strength is exhausted. When he is besieged, he relies on formations to survive. He also has talismans as helpers. How can these demon kings who rely only on their physical bodies and talents be able to compete?
In addition, the demon clan is unruly and lacks training, so they often fight on their own. In actual battles, it is not uncommon for the monks to defeat the many with a small number, defeat them one by one, and defeat the strong with the weak.
Therefore, although there are many demon kings in Lu Kingdom, they are not regarded as a real threat by Qin and Xu.
Of course, it cannot be completely underestimated. Especially when the beast tide occurs, if there is a demon king involved, its destructive power will be doubled, and it will also force the human monks to run exhausted and worry about one thing and the other.
At this time, more than thirty demon kings with ferocious faces and different appearances were sitting under the stage, facing the empty tables. Although they were strange in their hearts, no one dared to raise any doubts. They just whispered to each other in low voices. From time to time, he glanced at the high platform from the corner of his eye.
They were not spying on Qixia. In recent years, with the establishment of the Lu Kingdom, various rules have been gradually promulgated and improved. Qixia's reputation is growing day by day. Its decisive killings and cruelty have already tamed these demon kings into obedience. How can they dare to be disrespectful at all.
What interests them are the three seats under the throne.
The demon clan likes to be lively, and Qixia often holds banquets in the palace to win over people's hearts. The person who can sit on the high platform with her every time and look down at the demons is naturally her most trusted subordinate, and her status is far above the demons.
No one is sitting on the first one today, and a middle-aged man and a young girl are sitting on the other two.
The middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks is the transformation of the ape demon. This person is responsible for the foreign affairs of the Lu Kingdom. In recent years, he has been on envoys to the Eastern Region and the Qin and Xu Kingdoms, and is highly relied upon by Qixia. The monsters didn't find it strange that he could sit there.
But that girl...
Most of the demons have been surrendered and gathered by Qixia in the past few years. Not many of them recognized the girl, so they were just surprised to see a new face suddenly appear.
However, those who recognized the girl were not only surprised, but also a little more disdainful!
You little young spirit, isn’t it just because of your beauty and well-behaved personality that you are favored by His Majesty? But you were fine, so why did you run away with a human monk more than ten years ago?
Such a rebellious person actually dares to come back with his face licked, and sit on our heads!
Even if His Majesty puts things past the past and still favors you, don't you have any idea in your heart?
Being arrogant based on favor and not knowing what is good or bad!
Among these dissatisfied, jealous, and even resentful looks, He Xi was the most obvious. She is in charge of affairs inside and outside the palace, equivalent to the position of prime minister in the human world, and is His Majesty's right-hand man along with Yuan Zheng. At usual banquets, she must have a place on the high stage!
As a result, this girl took over today!
You, a junior who was not even the Demon King more than ten years ago, who relied on me to pass the news when entering and leaving the palace, are you actually going to ride on my head now?
Then don't blame me... I'm going to make a fool of you later to see how much face you still have!
While I was thinking wildly, I suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the door, and then a voice sang:
"Your Majesty, the envoy from the Great Zhou Kingdom is here to visit!"
"Come in quickly!" Qixia, who had a cold face on the throne and seemed to be distracted, quickly ordered.
In an instant, the bells inside and outside the hall were ringing, and the drums were playing loudly.
The two rows of human monks with wilting heads and brains who were standing at the gate of the palace immediately cheered up, holding the instruments in their hands, shaking their heads and playing.
They were all prisoners captured by the Lu Kingdom in recent years.
Yuan Zheng took a few quick steps to the middle of the two-row band, straightened his clothes a little, and greeted the approaching messenger with a solemn expression.
There were three people on the other side. The middle-aged man E Guan Bodai walked in front, with a long sword hanging from his waist. He had an elegant temperament, and two followers followed closely behind him.
The two sides stood one foot apart.
Yuan Zheng imitated human behavior, clasped his hands in fists and raised them above his head, his back deeply bent:
"Yuan Zheng has seen the envoy from the superior country. The emperor of the inferior country is already waiting in the main hall. Please come in, sir!"
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, and under the guidance of Yuan Zheng, he walked towards the palace.
All the demon kings in front of the case also stood up, turned sideways and looked at the messenger, with curiosity, surprise, excitement, etc. in their eyes.
At this moment, someone from the band suddenly rushed out, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and stood in front of the middle-aged man:
"Sir, help me——"
All the monsters looked at each other, some with ridicule, some with disdain, and some with anger. They only waited for Qixia's order to beat this daring guy to a pulp.
On the throne, Qixia's face darkened, and an evil spirit flashed in her eyes, but she suppressed it.
"Who are you?" the middle-aged man asked.
"Disciple Wan Xuanqi is from Kuangzhou, Yunxiao Sect," the man cried: "Last year, the demon tribe invaded Kuangzhou and kidnapped the disciples here. He will not be free all day long..."
"Please, for the sake of our fellow humans, please help us escape from the monster cave! Your Majesty——"
After saying that, he knocked his head to the ground repeatedly, leaving traces of blood on the hard iron stone ground in a short while.
Seeing this, the other band members also had sad and sorrowful expressions on their faces. Some wanted to take a step forward and kneel on the ground like that man, but they suddenly found that their bodies had been imprisoned by powerful magic and could not move at all.
The middle-aged man stopped, glanced at everyone's faces, and said expressionlessly:
"Since you are already prisoners of the Lu Kingdom, according to the rules of our Eastern Region, you should just accept the arrangements of the Lu Kingdom."
"As long as you stay safe, cooperate honestly, and don't cause trouble for no reason, I won't mistreat you if you come to Lu State. When your home country negotiates with Lu State in the future, you will be released..."
Having said this, he waved his hand, already a little impatient:
"Get up!"
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