Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 162 Black Lotus Emerging from the Ground
After Russell confirmed that the Tianzi spy had not been tampered with by the Nine-tailed Fox, Li Miaozhen took out a talisman and stuck it on the spy's head. He fell into the illusion carefully created by the Nine-tailed Fox and slept very soundly. It didn't take much effort to lead his soul out.

Looking directly at the illusory soul in front of him, Li Miaozhen said in a deep voice: "What's going on with the bloody massacre of three thousand miles?"

The spy's expression was stiff, and his voice was hollow as he replied, "His Royal Highness Prince Huai is striving for the third rank of Great Perfection. He needs a large amount of life essence to increase his warrior's Qi and blood."

Sure enough...

Li Miaozhen had a slightly bitter taste in her mouth. Emperor Yuan Jing sent the princess to the northern border, and it was obvious that he had some understanding of the matter. Or it could be said that it was with his tacit approval and instructions that Prince Huai was so bold as to massacre the city and make the elixir.

A prince of a country, an emperor of a country, is so selfish. Dafeng is really hopeless.

"Where did the massacre take place?" the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox took the opportunity to ask.

The black-robed man replied with a stunned expression, "I don't know. Only Que Yongxiu, the commander-in-chief of Chuzhou, and the spy named "Tian" know about this."

The Nine-Tailed Fox was slightly surprised, then continued, "Your identity."

"Tian Quan, a top-ranked spy under the Huai King's command."

???

The Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox seemed to squeeze out a “#” symbol at the corner of her eyebrows, because she felt that the guy in front of her was challenging her IQ.

"His soul was tampered with, and part of it is missing. He has no memory of this." Li Miaozhen gave the explanation after examining the soul of the Tianquan spy.

"He is so cruel to his own people, he is quite a character." The Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox raised his lips in a sarcastic smile.

Humans are truly strange creatures. Prince Huai treats his subordinates like this, yet there are still people willing to die for him.

"To support a third-rank warrior to reach Great Perfection, the blood and essence of no less than 200,000 people is required. There are only nine cities with such a population in Chuzhou, and there is also the Duke of Protectorate... Did he massacre Chuzhou City?"

Based on the existing clues, Li Miaozhen's thoughts changed rapidly.

She only regretted that the Star Butterfly had fallen into a deep sleep, otherwise she could use the Star Butterfly to project her consciousness into the sky and obtain information from the stars.

"The message has been delivered. I will no longer accompany you." Having achieved her goal, the Nine-Tailed Fox clapped her hands and rose from the rock. Her nine tails bloomed behind her like flowers scattered by a fairy. Her body became increasingly ethereal. Before leaving, she gave one last warning: "Remember, we only have ten days."

"Just left like that?" Li Miaozhen turned her head and looked at Russell. Russell nodded, confirming that the other party had left here.

Li Miaozhen immediately squatted down, spread out the map, and drew on it with a pen dipped in cinnabar. Although Chuzhou was eight thousand miles wide, if Baiyi County was taken as the center, there were only three cities with a population of 100,000 around it, and the largest of them was Chuzhou City.

"Chuzhou City, Bianzhou City, Lanzhou City." After determining the location, Li Miaozhen silently collected the body and soul of the black-clad spy into the fragments of the Book of Earth.

These are all the ironclad evidence that will be used to incriminate the Prince of Zhenbei in the court in the future. All the dignitaries in the court and the civil and military officials in the capital, when they unite, they are a force that even the emperor cannot contend with. As long as such a shocking tragedy in the northern border is made public, she believes that those people in the capital will definitely not sit idly by.

After contacting Taoist Master Jinlian, Li Miaozhen then chatted privately with Xu Qian'an, telling him all the clues she and Russell had obtained, and asked him to pay more attention in Chuzhou City.

"Where are we going next?" Russell asked. Li Miaozhen's performance in the past two days had exceeded his imagination.

She is growing, whether in her cultivation, or in her ability to solve cases and think.

"Let's split up. I'll go to Bianzhou and you'll go to Lanzhou," said Li Miaozhen.

Lanzhou is located in the center of Bianzhou City and Chuzhou City. Ten days is too short and it is impossible for them to travel across the three states. So she chose to act separately and let Russell go to Lanzhou City, which is located between the two.

Russell is a third-rank official, and his mobility is far superior to his. This way, no matter what problems occur in Bian and Chu states, he can respond in time.

Russell naturally had no objection to Li Miaozhen's arrangement. Chuzhou would later become a battlefield for several extraordinary people. The reason why the extraordinary people were called extraordinary people was that their every move could cause a devastating blow to all living beings below the third rank.

If there is something he has not considered, there is no guarantee that Li Miaozhen will not get into trouble. Life is not a script, there is no chance to start over.

"By the way, Taoist Jinlian asked me to give this to you." When they parted, Li Miaozhen took out another small jade mirror from the sachet and stuffed it into Russell's arms.

"A fragment of the Earth Book?" Russell stared at the fragment of the "Seventh" Earth Book in his hand and was stunned. "But what should I do if your brother comes back?"

"It's not important." Li Miaozhen shrugged. Judging from her facial expression, she was consistent in her words and deeds. She didn't care about the Son of God from the bottom of her heart.

Poor Holy Son...

Russell mourned for Li Lingsu for two seconds in his heart and quietly put away the fragments of the Earth Book.

It seems, probably, as if, in every Dafeng fanfiction, the fragment of the Book of Earth in the Son's hand will eventually fall into the hands of time travelers. It has almost become a tradition.

……

In the heartland of the northeastern demon tribe, the figure of the nine-tailed sky fox appeared, and in front of her was the map of Chuzhou.

Similarly, her sights were also fixed on the three cities of Chuzhou, Bianzhou and Lanzhou.

"My Queen, My Queen." Bai Ji, who had been pretending to be a doll for half an hour, jumped a few times on the Nine-tailed Sky Fox and climbed onto her shoulders. "Why are you talking so much to those two humans?"

"Of course it's for our plan to restore our country." The Nine-tailed Fox picked up a candy from the fruit plate on the table and fed it to Bai Ji on his shoulder with a gloomy look in his eyes.

During the five hundred years since the destruction of the Wan Yao Kingdom, she has been constantly looking for opportunities to restore her country.

At present, Shenshu's broken arm has been freed from the bottom of Sangpo Lake. The next step is to find opportunities to unseal Shenshu's broken arm one by one. The rest is to find a suitable ally.

Now she has two best allies. One is Xu Qian'an, who is blessed with great fortune and was chosen by her as the vessel for the divine severed arm; the other is Russell, a newly promoted third-grade warrior who shines brightly in the battle of magic.

The former is highly regarded by the Supervisor, so there is nothing wrong in betting on him. He has done very well along the way, whether it is his character, conduct or cultivation, he has done very well.

If nothing unexpected happens, this boy will be of great use in the future.

As for the latter, Luo Su's battle with the Buddhist sect on behalf of the Imperial Observatory had already sent a message to them: Luo Su had entered the Observatory's sight, and they were beginning to plot around him. He was a third-rank warrior with good luck, which made him qualified to cooperate with her. His appearance was indeed to her liking, and his bloodline was still human, so he would not interfere with the transmission of her Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox lineage.

As for Xu Pingfeng from Qianlong City, he was not among her candidates for cooperation. This kind of person was too utilitarian and would do anything to achieve his goals.

There is no guarantee that they will not turn against Buddhism for the sake of great benefits and sell them to Buddhism as bargaining chips.

……

After parting with Li Miaozhen, Russell, who was familiar with the original plot, did not go to Lanzhou as planned, but returned to Chuzhou City along the same route.

If the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox had not lied to him, then he still had ten days, which was good news for him.

Qingyang Town is a not-so-big town adjacent to Chuzhou City. It became prosperous entirely because it is close to Chuzhou City and is an extremely suitable transit point.

Russell led the horse across the boundary marker and moved forward along the bluestone road.

The aroma of fried fruits, the smell of wormwood wafting from the medicine shop, and the unique fishy smell of the mule and horse market suddenly filled my nostrils.

Colorful cloth tents were erected on both sides of the street. An old man selling candy figures blew out a red dragon, attracting children to gather around with copper coins in their hands. The vendors' shouts rose one after another, attracting passers-by.

In the tavern, the aroma of wine filled the air, and the waiters were moving between the tables and chairs, shouting loudly. Most of those who came here to drink and brag were rangers who roamed around the border of Chuzhou hunting monsters and barbarians in exchange for silver rewards from the government.

They loudly discussed the results of the battles of the past few days, and reiterated what they should do if they encountered the situation at that time again or if they were in the opponent's situation.

As he walked and looked around, the more carefree he felt here, the heavier Russell felt in his heart.

What a sin!
Russell sighed in his heart. In such a thriving and prosperous scene, he wondered how many people were still alive.

This small town is too close to Chuzhou City. If a massacre is to be carried out, Russell can't imagine any reason why Prince Huai, Que Yongxiu and others would let it go.

Huh?
Russell suddenly stopped in the center of the town, squinted his eyes and looked around. The sun's light was no longer warm, and the shouts of the surrounding townspeople stopped abruptly.

From the houses on the street, the townspeople walked out one by one in a daze. Their faces were pale, their eyes were empty, and they lacked spirit. They were like zombies, surrounding Russell tightly.

The knights who were bragging to each other in the tavern were so frightened by this scene that their cheeks turned pale. A huge fear exploded in the hearts of the few remaining survivors. They crawled out of their houses, rushed into the streets, and rushed out of the town.

"Taoist formation?" Russell extended his spiritual sense and felt a slight obstruction at the border of Qingyang Town.

"Hehe, you know a lot, kid." A hoarse voice sounded above Qingyang Town, and a black lotus covering an area of ​​dozens of miles emerged and then slowly bloomed.

The lotus oozes a black, sticky liquid, and each petal symbolizes corruption and evil.

In the center of the black lotus, black sticky liquid gathered to form a human figure. This figure was made of black mucus, and his eyes were evil, full of malice and depravity.

"I am Hei Lian, and I have come here to take your life." Sitting cross-legged in the center of the lotus platform, Hei Lian stared at Russell with a pair of turbid eyes without any emotion.

He had heard that the girl from Tianzong was following Russell, so he had gone to great lengths to set up a killing trap here. Now that he saw that Russell was the only one here, he naturally wasn't in a good mood.

"With you?" Russell grinned. It was just a third-grade clone. Even if his real body came, he couldn't do anything to him. The black mud that Black Lotus was proud of after being possessed by the devil and could corrode the spirits of all things had no effect on him at all.

Feeling that he was being looked down upon, Hei Lian smiled strangely, and the lotus petals on the lotus pedestal beneath him gushed out black light, emitting a power that could corrode and corrupt everything, and slashed straight down.

Russell shook his right arm, his muscles became as gnarled as an old tree, his energy surged through his veins like a torrent, and he struck out at the black lotus.

The two forces collided in the air.

The shock wave turned into a strong wind, knocking down nearby houses, blowing bricks and broken wood into the air, and razing the area within a radius of ten miles to the ground.

The Black Lotus sneered, and the sky suddenly darkened. Countless silk threads extended from the bottom of the lotus platform and connected to the back of the townspeople's necks. The townspeople, who were only left with their skins, were lifted up and driven by the Black Lotus like office puppets. They all raised their heads with murderous eyes.

Black Lotus's sneer was as harsh as a gear without oil. Under his control, nearly a thousand ordinary people exuded demonic energy and floated in the air like paper figures, muttering meaningless whispers.

Then they came roaring and pounced on Russell one after another.

A playful and sarcastic smile appeared on Hei Lian's lips. He liked to see these guys who claimed to be righteous being forced to trample on their own bottom line when their lives were threatened.

"boom!"

There was only a loud bang, and under Hei Lian's astonished eyes, Russell punched out without any hesitation.

Streams of blood mist and soul fragments immediately exploded in the barrier formation. Before the Black Lotus could react, Russell took a deep breath and sucked the semi-mature blood and soul into his stomach. Then he burped as if he was full.

"What have you done? They are all mortals!" Hei Lian asked angrily without caring about the ferocious expression.

It shouldn't be like this!
In his script, Russell should have struggled and felt guilty, and then a loophole would appear in the mentality of the vulgar warrior, allowing him to take advantage of the opportunity to erode him, instead of being stared at like a fool by the other party like now.

What happened to mortals?
Russell tilted his head in confusion. Why did someone always try to test his already limited boundaries? He had never said he was a good person.

Not to mention that these civilians had already died, it didn't matter whether he killed them or not. Even if one day a mortal enemy threatened him to surrender by taking the lives of the people in a city, he would not hesitate to annihilate the enemy along with the city.

There is an old saying that goes, you caught him, why should I stop?

"Well, according to the rules, it's my turn to take action now, right?" Russell's eyes were filled with fighting spirit, and under Heilian's horrified gaze, his figure disappeared in an instant.

hum!
A strong sound of wind pressure exploding rang in his ears. Hei Lian did not hesitate at all. At the cost of detonating the wind phase, his body retreated hundreds of feet in an instant. In the instant he retreated, the lotus platform under his seat collapsed into smoke and dust with a bang.

"What a pity." Russell stepped on the void and appeared at the position where the black lotus was just now.

On the other hand, Hei Lian's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his cheeks were twitching uncontrollably due to the air blast. He stared at Russell with his eyes, not daring to let his guard down for a moment: "You are definitely more than a third-grade!"

(End of this chapter)