Chapter 483: Chapter 378: All Demon Corpses_2

At this moment, in the pavilion, beside a stone table, the Heir of Beiliang, clad in a python robe yet gentle as jade, was holding a White Jade Pot, pouring a cup of tea in front of the person opposite him.

The one who could make the dignified Heir of Beiliang pour tea must not be an ordinary person; opposite sat a woman of graceful posture, shrouded in white gauze, wearing a bamboo hat, with a white veil hanging under the hat, concealing her appearance thoroughly, with an aura like that of a reclusive fairy from a sacred land.

“Swish Swish”

The emerald and crystalline tea water flowed down, landing in that White Jade Cup, with a few green pine needles spinning in the tea, exuding a delicate and elegant fragrance akin to the fresh scent after a mountain rain, wafting up with the rising steam.

“Bang”

The Heir of Beiliang put down the flawless White Jade Pot, his long and slender eyes glanced at the woman opposite, slightly lifting upwards,

“Every time I meet with the Holy Daughter, your attire is different, sometimes like the Flying Goddess in the murals of Dunhuang, sometimes like an ethereal fairy hidden in a Blessed Land, a person with a thousand faces, yet I still cannot tell if the person in front of me is real or fake, wondering when I would be able to see your true visage.”

The woman in white on the opposite side released a gentle smile, her voice as gentle as a Jiangnan woman, yet it seemed as if someone was tickling your ear, “You should know, Your Highness, that my cultivation technique has not yet reached Great Success, even I don’t know what I will look like tomorrow, so it’s better not to frighten Your Highness.”

“Truly fascinating, such a miraculous cultivation technique exists in the world, I have long heard that your Holy Fire Sect found the legendary Divine Ruins in the Western Regions, could it be that this technique was discovered by the Holy Daughter in that place, it is indeed intriguing.” The Heir of Beiliang’s eyes flashed with curiosity, although his tone carried some profound undertones.

It turned out that the woman opposite was the Saintess of the Holy Sect of the Western Regions!

The Beiliang Iron Cavalry intimidated the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, being mortal enemies, yet it seemed this Saintess had quite a bit of interaction with the Heir of Beiliang.

This Saintess concealed her visage, feeling no energy flow from her, appearing normal on the surface, yet exuding a peculiar aura beneath.

“Your Highness, stop probing, I came from Tianxiong Pass to inquire about some matters from you.”

“Oh?” Upon hearing the words ‘Tianxiong Pass,’ the Heir of Beiliang’s gaze flickered slightly, “Please, speak!”

“I heard you once had your followers send messages to our sect…That Ninth Mountain’s Colonel killed one of our protectors and two incense masters in that war. Can Your Highness tell me what is the relationship between the owner of the Heavenly Fragrance Building and this Colonel?”

This inquiry about the Heavenly Fragrance Building from the Saintess to supplement the information about the three “small fries” killed by the Ninth Mountain’s Colonel during the battle at Tianxiong Pass that no one mentioned!

The Heir of Beiliang was somewhat surprised, not realizing the intricacies involved, but the Saintess’s probing of the Ninth Mountain’s Colonel made the heir feel somewhat uneasy.

The gentle brows and eyes twitched lightly, lids lowered, as he turned the cup on the table, a somewhat gloomy voice,

“The Holy Daughter should stop investigating!”

“I’m afraid that’s not possible, the owner of the Heavenly Fragrance Building is closely tied to our Holy Sect.” This Saintess from the Western Regions shook her head, the gentle voice turned a bit off, sounding somewhat distorted, and then added, “Could it be that Your Highness is afraid of the Ninth Mountain’s Colonel? I heard that when Your Highness entered the city, you suffered a silent setback at his hands!”

With these words from the Holy Daughter, the tea cup in the hands of the Heir of Beiliang halted, tea splattered out, spilling onto the table, while on a nearby covered bridge fishing in the snow stood a motionless old man, his bamboo rod trembled, a wisp of energy dispersed, causing the ice in the pond to crack open with a clear sound.

The Heir’s chest heaved for a moment, he looked up at the woman who did not show her face, expression turning calm,

“It seems the Holy Daughter has done her homework, there’s no need to provoke me, or to take unnecessary risks with this person, since you already know what happened at Tianxiong Pass.”

“This person’s nature is rebellious, unrestrained by anything, even fights against the Court and Dragon and Tiger, with the local Demon Suppression General aiding him, are you sure you want to investigate?”

“Investigate!”

“Then I must declare, neither I nor Beiliang will get involved!”

Opposite, the Saintess beneath the white mask seemed to be cornered, releasing a sharp chuckle from her throat at last,

“It seems Your Highness truly is afraid!”

“No, but merely weaker.” The Heir of Beiliang admitted openly, “I cannot kill this person, but others will.”

“The Court, Imperial Three Families, and besides, you!”

“Why should I take the risk?”

With those words concluded, faint thunder rumbled from the sky.

“Boom”

“Boom”

The rolling thunder became louder and clearer.

Beneath the pavilion, the three on the gallery bridge simultaneously looked up at the sky, only to see amidst the wind and snow, a black line streaking across the sky, heading north.

That black line was a troop of black-armored soldiers, several hundred strong, flying on horses, flags waving, galloping across the sky.

The leading figure among them, dressed in silver Feiyu Clothes!

“It’s the Ninth Mountain Troops. Leading them is the confidant of that Colonel, heading north out of the city. It seems that Colonel has returned from Tianxiong Pass!”

Under the pavilion, the Heir of Beiliang stood up, his eyes slightly narrowed, exuding an aura amidst the wind and snow.

And behind him, the Western Regions Saintess also stood up, her face veil blown back, revealing a fair chin and a sneering corner of her mouth.

That black line headed north out of the city, racing through the snowy winds for over a hundred miles, finally seeing an iron-clad torrent in the northeast direction amidst the vast forest sea snowfield.

In that vast snowy landscape, a streak of red was particularly eye-catching!

The leader Yun Tian raised his hand to give an order, then tugged on the horse reins, galloping downwards, landing in front of the leading figure dressed in red!

On the red horse, clad in a billowing red coat, a three-foot green peak slung diagonally across her back, with a red ribbon tied in her hair, black boots on her feet, her brows and eyes sharp as a sword, exuding an icy valor!

Behind her, a train of carriages wrapped in black cloth stretched for miles, flanked by black armor cavalry on either side, numbering over a thousand!

These black armors weren’t the standard of the Mountain-cutting Army, but of the Prefecture standard, each seemingly different. What made Yun Tian frown was that these troops’ armor bore battle scars, seemingly not long after, and hadn’t been repaired yet…

On the left of these troops, hundreds of soldiers wearing Ninth Mountain standard armor followed alongside, tens of meters apart, originally meant to greet the General.

Yun Tian, upon seeing the valiant red-clad woman leading them, recognized her, and advanced with his reins, raising a fist in salute,

“Right Route Divine Might Cavalry under the Ninth Mountain’s Colonel, Yun Tian!”

Opposite, as the advancing troops halted, the tense brows of the leading red-clad woman relaxed, returning the salute and reporting her name,

“Mountain Patrol Military Officer of Qingshan County, Lian Nichang!”

Lian Nichang also recognized Yun Tian. At that time, only three officers remained in the Ninth Mountain’s troops stationed in Qingshan County, and Yun Tian in green armor was the most conspicuous among them.

Yun Tian brought his reins closer. He wondered why Lian Nichang, originally in Qingshan County, had traveled so far to this place, who the troops from the Prefecture behind her were, and what those oversized objects wrapped in black cloth with prohibition spirit lights were.

So he directly asked:

“Military Officer Lian, leading people over thousands of miles to Jingguan City, has something happened for you to seek the General?”

“And what are you escorting behind?”

He instinctively thought that Military Officer Lian had come to Jingguan City to find the General.

But then he saw Lian Nichang, gesturing behind her.

Upon seeing this command, the cavalry flanking the carriages immediately drew their swords with a “shing, shing,” slashing at the large carriages wrapped in black cloth by their sides!

As the sword qi cut through, a spirit light rippled on top, then split open, and the black cloth emitted a tearing sound, splitting open in response.

“Hiss”

“Hiss”

“Hiss”

As the black cloth was uncovered, the contents being escorted were instantly exposed to the daylight.

A thick stench of blood and demonic energy surged forth!

Only to see, in the hundreds of vehicles built roughly from thick wood, colossal “giant objects” emerged.

A Soldier Xie’s Skull, five or six zhang in size, with red eyes and white fur, its throat torn, dripping with blood!

A massive dark silver Gu Diao body, over ten zhang large, its head blasted apart!

A Ba Snake coiled up, with a height of seven or eight zhang high, only half a corpse remaining!

…….

Among these hundreds of vehicles, they were transporting all sorts of incomplete demon corpses!

And they were all at the Heavenly Pass level!

It’s known that the flesh and blood of Heavenly Pass Demons are cultivation treasures that ordinary people can hardly access. Many Profound Body Experts, having failed to breakthrough their Sky Barrier Bottleneck for years, could succeed with just one bottle of Heavenly Barrier Demon Blood Essence.