Time is running out and the troops are divided into two groups.
The large corps marched at a slow pace, and was under the command of Shang Ding, who will move forward today.
Zhang Qi and Xuan Tiancheng were fast and rushed to Tianqi first.
Tianqi must have convened a meeting immediately after receiving Wang Tianwei's message. Based on the time, it was speculated that there would be delays if he followed the expeditionary force. They went ahead just in time to catch up, so they split their troops into two groups.
The two of them got on the Qingqi and ran towards the sky.
Along the way, we saw many sects from various forces with banners, but not many could attend the Tianqi Supreme Meeting. I am afraid that only Zhang Qi’s level was qualified, but the two of them did not want to be high-profile and just immersed themselves in their journey. .
After entering the city, the oppressive atmosphere before the war was very solemn. Shops everywhere were busy taking down their signboards, and shop assistants were busy sorting out supplies. There were more than twice as many guards at the city gate as usual, except for the city gate. Posts have been abolished, and at this time, the feud between humans has been temporarily put aside, and there is no need to check the door. Even passers-by are allowed to have sex. Obviously, the big beast tide is no longer limited to high-level officials. I'm afraid Even ordinary people already know it.
Zhang Qi and the two went straight to the Presbyterian Church, and when they approached the high-rise building, they saw pieces of white cloth hanging at the gate, and various eulogies and elegies were poured out. It seemed that they were attending the funeral for Song Juncheng.
Zhang Qi frowned. It seemed that someone was dissatisfied with him for killing Song Juncheng and wanted to use Elder Tianqi to put pressure on him.
I feel angry and want to laugh at the same time. At what point do I still want to cause trouble? Isn’t this digging my own grave? Also, do you want to destroy yourself just based on this? Think too much!
He glanced sideways at Xuan Tiancheng, twitched the corner of his mouth, and then strode forward, ignoring everything in front of him. As the latter made a move, a storm of sword blades rose from the ground, and the white cloth elegiac couplets were instantly torn into pieces by the storm, like cloth. Rain fell to the ground.
Xuan Tiancheng's huge movement attracted the attention of the people in the room, and instantly a large group of people from the Mad War Sect in white clothes rushed out, including Song Yijian, and a group of purple-level elders who also had one arm.
One of the one-armed elders squeezed out of the crowd, pointed angrily at Zhang Qi and shouted: "Zhang Qi, you took advantage of the large number of people to kill the city lord. Now that you are in front of the Presbyterian Church, you actually dare to make a scene in the mourning hall. Could it be that you are really cheating?" Is there no one in my Mad War Sect?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure disappeared like a ghost. The speed of Shengtian Step was already faster than the naked eye could detect. The gray light of the bone dagger suddenly appeared, and the figure and Zhang Qi had already reunited and returned to the ground.
And the one-armed elder who had spoken just now suddenly shot a bloody arrow from his throat. He covered his throat with both hands and stared at Zhang Qi with horror on his face. Then he fell down with a bang. He was afraid that he would not understand until he died. Why was Zhang Qihui so bold that he dared to kill people in front of the Presbyterian Church, where there were also red-level elders from his Mad War Sect?
Zhang Qi retracted the bone dagger with disdain, and said as he walked: "The name of the messenger of Tianwei is taboo, how can you call it directly, disrespect the elders, kill him!"
Everyone was shocked by this arrogant momentum and subconsciously made way for Zhang Qi, but no one dared to step forward to question him.
"Xuan Tiancheng, guard the door for me. If anyone below the red rank enters, it will be regarded as contempt for the messenger of Tianwei and will be killed without mercy!"
As he walked forward, he said, the cold voice was like a command from hell. Everyone who was about to enter the hall stopped abruptly because they saw Xuan Tiancheng's huge ruling seemingly casually lying across the door. , if you want to enter, you must step over this ruling, but I'm afraid you only have to step over the other half of your body.
Xuan Tiancheng's savagery is even more brutal than Zhang Qiyou's. Back then, he was known as the "face-slapping brother" before he entered the purple rank. Now he has reached semi-reverence level. I heard that even Chen Tian, a Xu Chi, was killed by him. How could these people still be there? Dare to cross this thunder pool even half a step.
The angle of view changed, and as soon as Zhang Qi stepped into the hall, a wild voice rang out: "Herald of Heavenly Crying, what a great official authority, my Kuangzhan Sect would like to ask, Song Juncheng is also a heavenly being after all. Lord Crying City, by killing me at will, are you looking down on my Mad War Sect, or are you ignoring the Crying Elders Council?"
Zhang Qi looked up and saw that the person speaking was a man with an eagle face. A long scar stretched from his mouth to his chest. Even his voice was leaky. Such a ferocious appearance was unique in Tianqi. He was a human being. Everyone knows who this person is.
"Oh! It turns out to be Yuan Jian, the Eagle Sword Emperor of the Mad War Sect. Since you said so, I have a question to ask you. What would you do if your face was cut into this ghostly shape by a purple step? ?”
"You..." Yuan Jian was furious. His face was chopped by an enemy before Chi Jian, and he almost died. Later, after he became the emperor, he wiped out the entire opponent's clan, but the scar on his face was not removed. , so he hated people laughing at his face the most in his life. Now that Zhang Qi said he was a ghost in public, he was about to have an attack.
However, Zhang Qi didn't wait for him to attack and said again: "I heard that Yuan Jian destroyed his entire family and didn't even spare a single servant. It was true that he didn't leave any chickens or dogs behind, but in my opinion, you killed him well!"
Zhang Qi's praise and killing made Yuan Jian get angry and then shrink back.
"Song Juncheng committed a crime and wanted to use the sword to kill me. I also punished him slightly like the Eagle Sword Emperor. Is there any fault?" Zhang Qi said coldly.
"You..." Speaking of sophistry, Yuan Jian was Zhang Qi's opponent and was completely speechless.
"You Yuan Jian wiped out his entire family, how could I have done anything wrong in dealing with a guilty person? Since there is nothing wrong, you Yuan Jian are aggressive towards me at the Huanghuang Elder Council. Could it be that you want to use the power of the Kuang Zhan Sect to attack me?" Defeat the first-level force Cangyue Town? Or do you want to use your red-level power to deal with me, the Purple-level Messenger of Heavenly Crying?" Zhang Qi said coldly.
Hearing this, Yuan Jian's heart tightened. Zhang Qi's words forced his anger back. No matter which one it was, he, Zhang Qi, held the highest moral position.
He was about to say something in reply. Zhang Qi suddenly stopped shouting. He changed his calm look and turned into a fierce look. Finally, he shouted almost hoarse: "Do you, Yuan Jian, really think that we are crying and there is no one, and you actually used the red steps in front of everyone?" The power is so powerful that it overwhelms the messenger of Tianqi. Who gave you such courage to dare to become an enemy of Tianqi? Now that the tide of beasts is approaching, you actually took the opportunity to provoke a war of forces. Could it be that you want to destroy me? Tianqi cannot succeed. In his heart Kezhu, tell me, are you a spy from outside or a traitor from Tianqi?"
Zhang Qi's harsh words were full of twists and turns, and Yuan Jian had not even graduated from kindergarten in front of him. However, to everyone's ears, these words were well-founded, and it sounded like Yuan Jian was bullying the Messenger of Heaven.
You know, Zhang Qi had risked his life before, risking his whole life of cultivation to retrieve fire for Tianqi, and this fire was the key to resisting the tide of giant beasts, so Zhang Qi's character was still in the minds of these people. He was tall, and the Messenger of Heavenly Cry was highly respected by them. Yuan Jian's actions immediately aroused their dissatisfaction. All of them stood up in an instant and glared at Yuan Jian.
At this time, Yuan Jian has not yet reacted. This... what is going on? His Kuezhan Sect placed the funeral hall just to denounce Zhang Qi's crimes, and then took the opportunity to abolish his identity as the messenger of Tianwei. Why did he say so few words? Suddenly, everything was completely reversed. He was already the victim, but now the murderer Zhang Qi has become the victim, and this guy also brought the Mad War Sect with him. If this is not handled well, don't say that he will be inexplicably killed instantly. Wearing the hat of a traitor, even the Mad War Sect has to bear the responsibility of provoking internal strife, but Zhang Qi's words are indeed impeccable. In desperation, he kept winking at Xi Zhao beside him. It was obvious that this idea was discussed in private between them. of.
"Everyone, everyone, Brother Yuan is just asking casually. However, Brother Yuan naturally has a loud voice, but he has no intention of disrespecting the Messenger of Heaven. Do you think so, Brother Yuan?" Seeing the situation, Xi Zhao did not hesitate to retreat. Entering gave Yuan Jian a step up.
"Yes, yes... please don't misunderstand. I'm just asking casually." Yuan Jian climbed down the pole and responded hurriedly.
"That's good. For the sake of the elders, this matter has been revealed. Anyone who dares to mention it again will not give face to the elders. Also, I hope Brother Yuan will restrain his subordinates, especially the Lord of Tianqi City. Don't let such an important position be held by someone as disrespectful as Song Juncheng." Zhang Qi said coldly, but secretly laughing in his heart, how dare you to trick me? And by the way, he also brushed off the killing of Song Juncheng, because he used Elder Tianqi as a guarantee, and the Kuangzhan Sect would not dare to mention it again in the future, so it would be considered that Song Juncheng's death was in vain.
On the surface, Yuan Jian had to respond with a smile on his face, but he felt extremely aggrieved. It was obviously someone who killed his Kuezhan Sect City Master, and he came to raise an army to question the crime. In the end, it didn't matter if his death was in vain. , and asked him, a majestic red-level emperor, to bow his head and apologize to a purple-level emperor.
Those useless things made Yuan Jian feel angry and directed his anger on those who reported the matter to him, especially Song Yijian. He had to be destroyed when he returned.
Zhang Qi held his head high and sat down directly on the seat of the city lord. Now that the city lord was dead and he was the Messenger of Heavenly Crying, everyone felt that it was understandable. Although Yuan Jian was not angry, he could not do anything about it.
There were dozens of people attending the meeting, and of course they were all red-level emperors. Except for Zhang Qi, who was a purple-level emperor, most of the people who stood at the top of the Tianqi food chain were present, but among these people, Zhang Seven knew less than half of them, and most of them were the ones he had met at the Presbyterian Church.
Zu Xiuming was the host of the last Heavenly Cry Competition and was also an old acquaintance of Zhang Qi. He was also hosting the conference this time, and he enthusiastically introduced the identities of the people present to Zhang Qi.
The fifty people present today are all the Red Orders who can be contacted. However, some such as Chen Hui and others who are rumored to have died but are actually still alive are not present because these people belong to a certain force. The bottom line is that these people don't want to show up unless they have to, and there are some scattered emperors who have nowhere to contact them, but the number of people present is already at least 80% of Tianqi's emperors.
Among the eight major alliances, the Ranger Alliance is dominant. There are more than forty known members of the Nine Sects and Eighteen Guilds, and there are at least ten or twenty unknown ones. Of course, there are also more than a dozen of the eight major alliances, but many people in the alliance also have He serves in the Nine Sects and Eighteen Associations, so there will be duplication when counting the number of people. However, according to the estimation of the Presbyterian Council, the actual number of Tianqi Chiji should be around seventy.
After listening, Zhang Qi was somewhat surprised. He had thought about those powerful forces, but he had never expected that there were so many emperors in Tianqi. But what he didn’t expect was that when Tianqi was at its most glorious, the number of emperors would be several times that of now. .
"Herald of Heavenly Crying, although it is very important for you to send out the information about the beast tide at this time, I wonder if you have verified this information? Everyone who comes here is a king, and every minute and every second is extremely valuable..." He said yinfully, with a very naked provocative tone. His eyes stared at Zhang Qi fiercely, as if he wanted to gnaw Zhang Qi clean even to the bones.
Zhang Qi looked at Xi Zhao indifferently. It was a good thing that he killed his illegitimate son and did not do anything behind his back. Now Zhang Qi can only say this. From this, it seems that there is indeed a bit of chaos within the Sword Sect. .
"Hmph! What Elder Xi said is too childish!" Zhang Qi said coldly.
Xi Zhao felt happy instead of angry. He knew that the more he angered Zhang Qi and caused him to cheat, the more he would have the opportunity to punish him with the power of Chi Jie, so he said: "Herald of Heavenly Cry, although you have a transcendent status, you are only of the same rank." In the red rank, people of the same rank humiliate each other, this is not in line with the identity of the messenger of Tianwei."
"Chijie? Hahaha... It turns out that Elder Xi also knows about Chijie!" Zhang Qi looked up to the sky and laughed, but said with a sarcastic face: "Xi Zhao, I am just a Zijie, risking my life to get this information, but you still let me Go and find out the authenticity? Do you think that evil forest is my back garden?
Just as Xi Zhao was about to have a seizure, Zhang Qi suddenly opened his eyes and said angrily: "Xi Zhao, you, a majestic red-level emperor, actually asked the red-level Tianwei messenger to go to the fourth floor of the evil forest to investigate. You, Xi Zhao, think I, Zhang Qi, The strength is higher than yours, but you, Xi Zhao, have become a tortoise. I don’t believe it. There is a room full of red-level emperors, but it’s my turn to test the authenticity of a purple-level emperor.”
"It's so sad that the sky weeps, it's such a shame that the sky weeps!"
"Xi Zhao, it's true that we have a deadly feud between you and me, but now that the beast wave is approaching, you are still entangled in your personal grudges. What are your intentions?"
"Come! Come!" Zhang Qi shouted loudly, "If you want to kill me, the Messenger of Heavenly Crying, come here clearly, and I will never fight back, because I can't defeat you, so why do you use that evil trick to trap me to death? .”
Zhang Qi spoke very fast, with ups and downs in his tone, and his words were intertwined with each other without any flaws. Xi Zhao was stunned for a moment when he was told what he was saying, but the other Chijie couldn't look at it, and they all accused Xi Zhao of not letting Zhang Qi Go to seek confirmation, let alone offend the messenger of Tianqi. Not only did they contribute fire, but they also provided Tianqi with information about the beast tide. It was a great favor to Tianqi both emotionally and rationally. This approach not only violated the rules of the Presbyterian Church, but also It also damages the reputation of Tianqi Chijie.
When Xi Zhao saw this situation, he was dumbfounded. He had thought about asking Zhang Qi to die in order to avenge his son's murder, but now he was defeated by Zhang Qi. Now he directly offended the public. In addition, last time In order to avenge Xi Yong, the strong men in the Sword Sect accused him of being too selfish. Not only him, but also the Xi family were ostracized. Looking at this situation, everyone wanted to settle the matter of bullying the Messenger of Heaven. At the head of the Sword Sect, not only him, but also the Xi family will lose their status in the Sword Sect.
Xi Zhao glanced at Zhang Qi, who was still full of anger, but when he found that Xi Zhao was looking at him, there was a hint of sneer and sarcasm secretly in his eyes. Xi Zhao knew that he had fallen into Zhang Qi's trick again. , but there was nothing he could do. He was so angry that he didn't dare to show up at all.
Looking at Zhang Qi's sarcastic and proud eyes, he was extremely angry and lowered his arrogant head, "Dear Messenger of Heavenly Cry, I have no intention of framing the messenger. If I have such thoughts, I will be struck by thunder."
Xi Zhao swore to the sky, and then said: "Of course the messenger's information is accurate. Even if it is inaccurate, we should find out. I just made a mistake. I hope the messenger will not blame me. As for the dog's incident, it was his fault." The envoy died unjustly, and the Sword Sect will never pursue this matter."
Xi Zhao knew that the so-called oath would not win Zhang Qi's trust at all. If he wanted to stop Zhang Qi, he would have to give him a benefit, so his last sentence was what really moved Zhang Qi. Everyone knows this subtext, which is: You can stop this matter today. The Sword Sect will act as a guarantee and the matter of killing Xi Yong will be stopped here.
Zhang Qi had no intention of causing a stalemate in this matter. After all, this matter involved the entire Sword Sect, so he would stop if he could get some benefits. Now that this benefit was really affordable, he just went down the slope.
"If it weren't for the fact that Tianqi was facing a huge tide of life and death, we would never have given up on this matter. That's it, let's give up!"
After saying that, he glanced at the ancestor of the Wang family. The other party understood it and said: "Dear friends, you must still remember the matter of advancing to reincarnation and dare to use fire. You must know that completing such a task and bringing back fire requires more than just Combat strength is more about intelligence. Let me ask everyone here, who has this intelligence?"
The people present were all old foxes, so they could not understand the meaning of the words of the ancestor of the Wang family, but there was indeed nothing wrong with what they said, so they all fell silent, but at this time another female voice sounded, it was Murong Xue, from the Yulan Sect. Murong Xue.
"Dear friends, the ancestor of the Wang family is right. In terms of combat power, we are naturally far superior to the envoys. However, because of this, we are not convinced by each other. We are leaderless. Even if we reluctantly choose a leader, I am afraid that we will only express our dissatisfaction. But the Heavenly Crying Messenger is different. Although his combat power is not as good as all of you, in terms of intelligence, let alone all of you here, it is unmatched by the entire Heavenly Crying Messenger. Even so, he is the Heavenly Crying Messenger and has superior intelligence. , he is the most ideal candidate to command the battle beast tide.”
Although Murong Xue's words were a little biased towards Zhang Qi, they were very pragmatic. Wen Wu was the first and Wu Wu was the second. No one among the Emperors of Heavenly Cry would obey anyone else. Zhang Qi's appearance was neutral and harmless to everyone. The best candidate.
After some private discussions, it was finally unanimously decided that Zhang Qi would coordinate the operation against the big beast tide, but his authority was limited to this big beast tide, and it would automatically expire once the beast tide passed.
Zhang Qi pretended to decline. Although this was just a formality, some formalities had to be done. For example, in the ancient abdication, the recipient had to yield three times, otherwise he would be suspected of usurping the throne.
In fact, Zhang Qi himself never thought that such a thing would happen, but it was not a bad thing. He could just take the opportunity to get more benefits for Can Yue.
After being unanimously elected by dozens of red-level emperors of Tianqi, it was finally decided that Zhang Qi would serve as the commander-in-chief of the Great Beast Tide War as the messenger of Tianqi, and he would lead all matters in this battle until the end of the war!
