Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 249 Qinling Headquarters
As the chosen emperor of the Blood God, Li Yelai now has eight servants, but has not designated any personal guards.

This filled some of the servants with anticipation, each harboring their own thoughts.

In the power structure of the church, the chosen ones are almost at the very top.

Unless a Chaos Demon descends upon the physical world, or another chosen god becomes a Chaos Prince, only then can one supersede the power of the chosen gods.

However, these two situations are almost never seen.

Therefore, as long as one can become God's chosen servant, one can obtain great power and resources.

Once you become one of the gods' chosen guards, you'll receive a massive influx of resources. You might even become a demon general!
This is the biggest attraction for believers who pursue the path of killing!

The first royal bodyguard was Wan Shi, but he died in battle. He failed to uphold this honor.

The other servants, who considered themselves to be quite talented and capable, would not let this good opportunity pass them by!
So, they all went to great lengths to curry favor with Emperor Yun.

None of them are weak, but they are not far apart in strength, so they can only focus their efforts elsewhere.

Some servants began to use their connections to try to acquire or hunt powerful supernatural creatures, obtain their complete corpses, and give them to Lord Emperor Yun as mounts.

Some, however, search among their followers or strongholds for beautiful girls and handsome young men, intending to offer them to God as servants.

Both involve using underhanded tactics, but the former looks down on the latter. They both believe the latter's methods are meaningless.

What discerning eyes does Lord Emperor Yun possess? He even rejected Lord Blood Drinker, who was also chosen by the gods. How could he possibly be seduced by some ordinary woman?

Then, the former received the message.

God's chosen servant 'River' became God's chosen bodyguard.

He searched among the newly recruited followers and prisoners of the immortal faction during this ceremony and brought out many good-looking girls and boys while Emperor Yun was having his meal.

It is said that Emperor Yun was extremely shocked when he saw one of the beautiful girls with long legs.

He immediately allowed her to stay and appointed her as a bodyguard, much to the river's delight.

River felt a little regretful when he saw that the tall, leggy girl had been chosen by God.

The girl's gaze was undeniably alluring and seductive, though she didn't show it. River was suspicious—no, certain—that she was tempting him.

Normally, he would definitely take advantage of her and leave her completely.

As God's chosen servant, his status far surpasses that of the believers.

But considering that Lord Di Yun might take a liking to these girls, he didn't dare to take any action, lest it cause trouble later.

Surprisingly, it actually worked.

A pang of regret flashed through the river's heart, but it was overwhelmed by even greater excitement and exhilaration.

After bowing to Li Yelai, he quickly led the other men and women out of the room, wisely giving up a private space for Lord Di Yun.

Inside the room, Li Yelai felt a chill run down his spine and remained silent for a moment.

He silently watched this cult member who was 'supposedly' a newly ascended psychic during the ritual. The cult member stood calmly before him, the feigned tenderness and infatuation on her face long gone.

She was dressed in a light gauze dancer's costume.

She wore a tight-fitting short vest and a red gauze shawl. Through the gauze shawl, her fair abdomen and shoulders could be seen.

Her lower body was covered by a pair of loose red dance pants, which were very flowing, as if she was about to dance at any moment.

Her already delicate face was further enhanced with a touch of light makeup.

This made her stand out even among the handsome men and beautiful women carefully selected by the river.

But this is clearly the Little Mad King!

When the Little Mad King was seen among the handsome men and beautiful women brought by the river.

Li Yelai broke the chopsticks in his hand and was stunned for a moment.

But he quickly realized what was happening. He pointed at Little Mad King, left a set of clothes by the river, and then dismissed everyone.

In the quiet room, after a few seconds of staring at each other, Li Yelai sighed, "You really... don't care at all?"

Li Yelai grabbed the clothes beside him and handed them to Little Mad King: "How did you sneak in?"

“I’ve investigated. Most of the ordinary followers come from various strongholds or branches. They don’t know each other. Plus, a lot of followers died in yesterday’s sacrificial ceremony. I can easily sneak in and take the place of a dead person. Just in case, I also used the weird spray.” Little Mad King took the clothes from Li Yelai.

Then, Li Yelai looked away, while Little Mad King tore off his light gauze shawl and vest and threw them on the ground and the table.

To fabricate a scene as if something had happened.

After she changed her clothes, Li Yelai turned around and said with a worried look, "Teammate, you weren't taken advantage of, were you? You can't be so careless about this!"

Based on Li Yelai's understanding of the Little Mad King, he was afraid that the Little Mad King would disregard his own losses in order to complete the mission.

Little Mad King calmly shook his head: "In the church, no one has dared to lay a hand on someone to be offered to God. Of course, if God doesn't approve, then there's nothing more to say. Appearance has become a sin."

"So this is the method you wanted?" Li Yelai frowned. "Also, what's wrong with your psychic abilities?"

The Little Mad King's psionic barrier is very weak, not much different from that of a first-stage psionicist.

“The nature of the Netherworld Path is that it perfectly conceals spiritual energy fluctuations. Otherwise, it would have been discovered long ago. I am now suppressing the Well of Souls and disguising myself as a waking being.” Little Mad King nodded: “My idea is that since I can’t sneak in and follow you in the dark, I’ll go from the shadows to the light.”

“I originally wanted to disguise myself as a highly capable follower and become your personal guard. But that would be too easy to be discovered, and it wouldn’t be easy to fake at this level of status. So I chose this path, which still allows me to stay by your side while avoiding a lot of attention.”

After a moment of silence, Li Yelai replied, "It's not good for one's reputation."

"Who here would recognize me?" Little Mad King tilted his head slightly and said, "Besides, even if word gets to the giant city, am I supposed to leave my teammates alone in the enemy's lair for the sake of so-called honor?"

Li Yelai frowned, but in the end he could only nod.

After all, the Little Mad King was only doing this to support himself, and he couldn't let the outside world know. Otherwise, the news of becoming a chosen maid would ruin her reputation, and even if it was for the mission, the curses of distrust would push her into the abyss of rumors.

"So what should I call you normally?" Li Yelai asked.

After thinking for a moment, Little Mad King replied, "Red Makeup, that's my original codename."

Thus, 'Hongzhuang' became the personal maid of Emperor's Chosen One, walking openly beside him.

Of course, she usually stays in her room. It's difficult for church members to reach her.

Subsequently, the Blood God faction's forces, gathered at their headquarters, set off towards the main camp. Due to their large numbers and the need to carry substantial supplies and prisoners, the Blood God forces moved slowly through the wilderness.

So, Li Yelai rode the Leia dragon, accompanied by the Little Mad King, and led his chosen servants and some elite troops, setting off first.

The speed of the psionicists was extremely fast, not to mention that Li Yelai was riding a flying dragon. In just a few hours, he arrived at the influence range of the Blood God faction's headquarters.

There were many church outposts along the way, as well as some extraordinary creatures I had never seen before.

And various strange geological environments, with red rocks and black trees strung together in the mountains and forests.

On the dragon's back, Li Ye, clad in gleaming armor, asked, "Which giant city is closest to us?"

Sitting in front of him, the Little Mad King took out a map, compared it, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the original Qinling Mountains. That's not exactly close. If I had to say, head southwest for five or six hundred kilometers, and you'll pass through a restricted area. After that, you should be able to see the giant cities of Sichuan."

"Qinling Mountains? That's not far from Chang'an," Li Yelai said with some emotion.

He was naturally familiar with this region; in the seventh century, it was practically the center of Asia.

The Tang Dynasty of that era was the protagonist of the world.

Emperor Li Shimin can be called the strongest carbon-based life form of that era, representing endless glory.

However, today, this once glorious land...

First it was swept away by the calamity fog, then it was occupied by the forbidden zone, and finally it was occupied by the human traitors of the Church of the Embers.

According to church records, a calamity once swept through this area, swallowing up hundreds of millions of people and nearly turning it into a forbidden zone.

Even the earth itself was tainted by the forbidden zone's order, becoming incredibly strange, and a large number of extraordinary creatures appeared.

The good news is that the fog of disaster was eventually overcome by humanity.

The bad news is that the humans who broke through the fog of disaster embraced chaos.

In the following decade or so, various factions within the church vied for control of the site, which was eventually seized by the Blood God faction, who became its headquarters.

This is almost a weakened version of the forbidden zone. The space after entering the mountains is much larger, with a large number of special minerals and plants, as well as a large number of extraordinary creatures.

However, there is no obstruction from restricted areas, making it a truly precious place.

He saw eerie mines and mysterious forests. Many prisoners would be sent here to mine and collect resources.

The main headquarters is continuously nourished, which in turn nourishes the branch headquarters in various places.

'This is huge. I hope the natural disaster I've brought will destroy everything in one fell swoop,' Li Yelai thought to himself.

He hoped his misfortune would be even more severe, as a single meteorite would likely be insufficient to destroy everything.

As they approached the mountains, the group gradually slowed down.

A massive mountain fortress appeared before Li Yelai. The church had almost hollowed out the mountain range, creating a sturdy fortress and passageways inside.

At the outermost entrance to the fortress, a huge dragon head was hanging on the door.

The dragon's head was enormous, resembling a small mountain, and emanated a terrifying pressure.

It was even larger than the head of the mountain dragon that Li Yelai had seen before.

"What is that?" Li Yelai asked as he controlled the flying dragon to land.

The craftsman Gongsun, who was on the ground, immediately responded: "My lord, it is the skull of the Black Refining Dragon. It is said that it already has the strength of a supreme being, but it was still killed by a certain chosen one of the same level."

"That's quite extravagant." Li Yelai's heart stirred. He wondered if any ancient dragons of the supreme level had given birth to ancient dragon pearls.
If it were still preserved, Li Yelai could directly enter the fifth sense stage!
At this moment, a group of people rushed out of the mountain fortress, and the four leading figures were still Sixth Awakening experts.

They stood on either side of the entrance, dressed in scarlet robes, both men and women. They seemed to be welcoming Li Yelai, the chosen one.

Li Yelai and Little Mad King flipped off the dragon's back, had their attendants settle the dragon, and then he climbed on.

"Lord Emperor's Fall, welcome. I am Jiang Yong, a demon general directly under Lord Zhu Tu and also the commander of the First Legion of the headquarters." The middle-aged man at the head of the group bowed and spoke.

Zhu Tu, one of the chosen ones of the main headquarters, a hegemon-level chosen one. His whereabouts are unknown; he has been away from the main headquarters for several years and is said to be attempting to ascend to the Supreme level.

He was the head of the headquarters, but he himself was out of contact, so his demon generals managed the headquarters.

As the chosen one, Li Yelai was truly beyond his control.

This person gave Li Yelai a very strange feeling, as if a poisonous snake was watching him.

Indeed, of the three chosen ones, two of them, both at the sixth level of awakening, perished, while a newly promoted chosen one with only the fourth level of awakening survived. He absorbed a portion of the elite forces of the two chosen ones, becoming the biggest winner.

He probably had some doubts. Of course, no one would doubt that the chosen ones betrayed their faith, but rather that Li Yelai killed two chosen ones in order to gain power.

Hey, you actually guessed some of them right.

But Jiang Yong could not afford to offend the chosen one in any way. Otherwise, without Li Ye even needing to speak, his loyal followers would tear him to pieces!
Even if he is a demon general.
“Very good. Red Fury mentioned you to me. Although not chosen by the gods, you are a ruthless person who fought your way up with your sword. You were granted a blessing and became a Chaos Demon General.” Li Yelai said, “It’s a pity that Red Fury and the others have temporarily returned to the Crimson Throne. I don’t know how many years it will be before I see them again.”

"Please don't be sad. As the chosen one, you will eventually meet him. And we will eventually return to the Crimson Throne," Jiang Yong replied, sounding somewhat bureaucratic.

“But I know you are very strong.” Li Yelai smiled slightly. “After I advance in my career, I’ll have to learn from you.”

Jiang Yong smiled and said, "It would be my honor, Lord Emperor."

Afterwards, the group was led into the fortress, where Jiang Yong kindly introduced Li Ye to the various defensive measures of the fortress.

It must be said that the church has a lot of talented people who have designed many defensive measures, including psionic traps, evil rituals, forbidden objects, and strong defenses.

It is countless times stronger than the town of the Church of Immortality.

Even when faced with an attack by thousands of troops, they could handle it calmly, and it was very difficult to breach such a fortress from the outside.

They even acquired some Spiritbreakers and added their ashes and blood to the defenses, giving the entire mountain a certain degree of spiritual resistance.

They have enough followers inside that even in the worst-case scenario, they can perform a blood sacrifice to summon the projection of the Great Demon.

It is very difficult to breach from the outside.
If a giant city wants to conquer such a mountain fortress, it will probably have to pay an extremely heavy price!
Looking at the tight defenses, Li Yelai couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

'The defenses are truly astonishing; it's incredibly difficult to breach them from the outside.'

'But what if we approach it from the inside?'

(End of this chapter)