Chapter 854 Who is the evil spirit of Qiancheng Kingdom?
Chapter 854 Who is the villain of Qiancheng Kingdom?
Author: Saragus
Chapter 854 Who is the villain of Qiancheng Kingdom?
Xu Zhiqiong was sorting out clues at the Marquis Mansion. The news he had received from various sources these days allowed Xu Zhiqiong to gradually focus on one person.
Duan Zi Fang.
According to the descriptions of Hong Zhenkang, Hong Huayun, Zhao Zhipeng and generals from various places, a man named Duan Zifang had been looking for them recently.
Hong Zhenkang had the most contacts with Duan Zifang. In order to clarify the relationship, Hong Zhenkang described the incident in the most specific way, thus bringing out another important person.
"That man said he was a disciple of Duan Zifang. He never spoke, but he liked to stare straight at me, which made me panic."
Xu Zhiqiong did not ask about this disciple's appearance. For him, changing his appearance should not be a complicated matter.
Xu Zhiqiong only made one verification.
Because Hong Huayun repeatedly emphasized in prison that he was the prince of Qiancheng, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to see what Hong Zhenkang said.
"Who is the crown prince of Qiancheng Kingdom?"
"It's the Second Holy Son Hong Huayun." Hong Zhenkang answered very simply. Although he regretted it very much after answering, he could only tell the truth because Xu Zhiqiong used the Mantra.
"I have been dealing with traitors recently, and I am very tired. I have made foolish remarks. Marquis Yun must not take them seriously."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, King Lu. I'm just asking casually. You said that Hong Huayun is the crown prince. Do you have proof?"
"I saw it with my own eyes."
After saying these words, Hong Zhenkang regretted even more.
He repeatedly begged Xu Zhiqiong not to take his foolish words seriously.
Xu Zhiqiong didn't pay attention to his foolish words. He first confirmed something: Hong Zhenkang's memory had been tampered with.
In this incident, the memories of those who have seen Duan Zifang have been tampered with.
Duan Zifang is Ye Ansheng?
Xu Zhiqiong used his divine machine eye to observe Duan Zifang twice, but he never saw his true appearance. What appeared on his divine machine eye was a mist.
Since arriving in Qiancheng Kingdom, Duan Zifang is the only person who can avoid the sight of the divine machine eye.
This person's cultivation level is most likely to be above that of ordinary people. Ye Ansheng should not have such ability.
The disciple following Duan Zifang should be Ye Ansheng.
Who is Duan Zifang’s identity?
According to the description given by Qiongqi, when Ye Ansheng arrived, the person who wanted to ignite the resentment of Qiancheng Kingdom also arrived.
Ye Ansheng is his subordinate, so Duan Zifang should be a senior member of the Nufu Sect, and may even be the Nuzu himself.
Xu Zhiqiong prefers the latter, because with Qiongqi's identity and character, only characters like Nuzu can attract Qiongqi's attention in the Nufu Sect.
The angry ancestor wanted to ignite the resentment of Qiancheng Kingdom and awaken something in Qiancheng Kingdom.
This something from Qiancheng Kingdom has troubled Xu Zhiqiong for a long time. According to Xue Yun, he should be an evil spirit.
To summarize carefully, Xu Zhiqiong has heard of three ways to wake up this evil spirit.
The first type is a cultivator above the ordinary world who does not have the blood of Qiancheng. However, he comes to the country of Qiancheng, and may awaken the evil spirit.
This statement comes from Master, but Master also said that there is a problem of probability.
As far as Xu Zhiqiong knows so far, there have been many extraordinary cultivators who have come to Qiancheng Kingdom, but they may not all have Qiancheng blood.
But Master has emphasized one thing: a judge above the mortal world must never come to Qiancheng.
This is also something Xu Zhiqiong must pay attention to. His cultivation level has reached the third level. The specific stage of the third level is still unknown.
Second, taking the stone eye out of the Qiancheng Kingdom will awaken the evil spirits in the Qiancheng Kingdom.
That stone eye is the Eye of Chaos. This fact has been confirmed by Yuan Chengfeng's confession.
What is the connection between the Eye of Chaos and the evil spirit?
The most likely connection is that the Eye of Chaos is the eye of the Evil One, and that Evil Evil is Chaos.
Chaos lurks in Qiancheng Kingdom, and he doesn't want anyone to take away his eyes.
The third method, which is what Qiongqi just mentioned, is to ignite the resentment of Qiancheng Kingdom and awaken evil spirits.
This is what Duan Zifang is doing.
But this statement seems to contradict the first statement.
Since Duan Zifang wants to awaken the evil spirit, why not just use his power above the mortal world?
As long as he is not a Qiancheng person and exerts his power beyond the ordinary world, it is possible to awaken evil spirits. Such an operation is much easier than igniting resentment.
"Aqiong, do you think this is true? In fact, he doesn't have to ignite the resentment of Qian Chengguo.
Ah Qiong, please speak!"
Xu Zhiqiong called a dozen times, and Qiongqi responded.
"Xu Zhiqiong, there is a simple truth. I don't know if Qian Ming understands it.
When a person is suddenly woken up while he is sleeping soundly, he will be extremely angry and want to kill the person who woke him up."
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said, "Did I wake you up?"
"Do you think there could be anyone else?"
"Do you want to kill me now?"
"Silly boy, our friendship has been here for many years, how can I be willing to kill myself?" Qiongqi laughed and said, "If you don't believe me, let me out and try?"
Xu Zhiqiong laughed twice and returned to what he had just said: "If that person wakes up Chaos, then Chaos will keep chasing that person, right?"
Xu Zhiqiong deliberately described the evil spirit as chaos, hoping to get the answer from Qiongqi.
Qiongqi exclaimed: "Don't mention his name, don't talk about him, why did you die?"
The evil in Qiancheng Kingdom is really chaos!
The chaos has not yet awakened, and the Qiongqi soul is in my body. Who is the evil coming from the north?
Xu Zhiqiong put this question aside for the time being, and continued with the previous question: "If that person ignites resentment, won't the evil spirits of Qiancheng Kingdom wake up?"
"You'd better not call him evil," Qiongqi corrected Xu Zhiqiong's title, "igniting resentment is a magic circle, a magic circle that can wake him up. This is equivalent to waking him up in a silent way.
Not only will it not irritate him, but it will also allow him to use it for his own purposes."
For one's own use?
My dear mother, something big has happened!
There is already an evil spirit in the north.
According to Xue Yun's description, that evil spirit is most likely under the control of the Nufu Sect.
If there is another evil spirit under the control of Nufu Sect, all the countries in the world will fall into the hands of Nufu Sect!
"The resentment of Qian Chengguo is not enough, right?"
Qiongqi sniffed and said: "The breath I can sense behind the barrier is limited. If you open a hole in the barrier and send some breath in, I will be able to tell whether it is enough."
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile on his face: "Aqiong, please step back."
"Ha~ retreat, retreat, retreat!" Qiongqi responded several times and fell into a deep sleep again.
Resentment, resentment is the key!
While he was thinking about it, Chang De came with Qin Yan.
"Master Marquis, the Lord God invites you to go to the palace."
Xu Zhiqiong knew what Hong Zhenji was up to. He had already received the news that Tu Nu was raising troops.
"If you don't want to go, let him come to see me. I'll wait for him here."
Qin Yan didn't say much and hurried back to the palace, conveying Xu Zhiqiong's meaning in her original words.
Hong Zhenji was very angry when he heard this: "I am the lord of a country, why should I visit a foreign marquis?"
After all, within an hour, Hong Zhenji came.
This is the benefit of mediocrity.
He will complain about many things, but after complaining, he will not dwell on it.
When they arrived at the Marquis Mansion, Xu Zhiqiong did not come out to greet him. Hong Zhenji was dissatisfied, but he did not show it on his face. He still smiled as he did when he was a prince, saying with a smile on his face: "Marquis Yun, I haven't seen you for several days, it feels like three autumns have passed.
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Xu Zhiqiong stood up and saluted, saying: "How virtuous and capable is Xu, how dare you trouble your Majesty the Lord?"
With two bows of courtesy, everyone took their seats.
Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to go to the palace, just because he didn't want to talk nonsense with Hong Zhenji.
Unexpectedly, in the Marquis Mansion, Hong Zhenji still insisted on cutting off the idle talk. He asked for help, and all kinds of polite words kept coming. Xu Zhiqiong gradually became impatient, and signaled others to leave, saying to Hong Zhenji: "Let's get down to business!"
Seeing the change in Xu Zhiqiong's expression, Hong Zhenji quickly said: "Tunu is about to attack, and the alliance between the two countries will be decided early on."
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said: "Don't talk about forming an alliance, first talk about facing the enemy."
Hong Zhenji shook his head and said: "Marquis Yun, Qian Cheng has no power to face the enemy at the moment."
"Qiancheng is said to be second in the world in combat power, how can he say he is unable to face the enemy?"
Hong Zhenji said helplessly: "These are all self-proclaimed words. If Lord Yun wants to make a few sarcastic remarks, I will listen here. Lord Yun, just don't take it seriously!"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "Regardless of whether it is true or not, this battle must be fought. Daxuan and Qiancheng are separated by a huge sea. Even if they make an alliance, reinforcements cannot arrive immediately."
Hong Zhenji said in astonishment: "Didn't Marquis Yun say before that if Tunu attacked Qiancheng, Daxuan would attack Tunu, and they would take care of each other, so Tunu would not dare to cross the border again, but now he wants to break his promise?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I'm talking about taking care of each other, how are you taking care of Daxuan now?
Even if Daxuan sends troops to attack Tunu now, Tunu can still resist for a while.
You don't even want to resist, and Tu Nu will march straight in, how will you ask Daxuan to take care of you?"
Hong Zhenji was speechless, but Xu Zhiqiong said firmly: "This battle must be fought!"
Hong Zhenji stopped arguing and called Qin Yan in: "Marquis Yun said we must fight. Please tell Marquis Yun about our family background."
Qin Yan picked up the account and said seriously: "There are 800,000 troops with a thousand chariots..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Hong Zhenji said angrily, "How long has it been and you are still talking about 800,000?"
Qin Yan closed the accounts and said directly: "There are actually more than 376,000 sergeants in the army of various states and counties."
Less than half?
This is even less than what Xu Zhiqiong found.
Xu Zhiqiong pinched his chin and said: "With more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, it's good that they can fight."
Hong Zhenji smiled bitterly: "It would be really good if we could all fight."
Qin Yan said: "Excluding the old and the weak, there are less than 200,000 fighting men in the army."
Xu Zhiqiong blinked: "Can these 200,000 troops be transferred to the northern border within one month?"
Qin Yan shook his head and said: "The Qiancheng area is vast, and less than 100,000 people can be transferred to the northern border within one month."
"An army of one hundred thousand can still fight."
Hong Zhenji whispered: "Ordnance is not enough."
One hundred thousand ordnance is not enough?
"How much ordnance is there?"
Qin Yan said: "It's barely enough to support fifty thousand people."
"What do you mean by barely supporting me? Can I have all the armor, crossbows, and long and short swords?"
Qin Yan answered truthfully: "Each person can only be equipped with one weapon."
This response is really reluctant.
This is the standing army of Qiancheng Kingdom.
Xu Zhiqiong was silent for a long time and said slowly: "Gather craftsmen from all over the country to build ordnance immediately. First, ensure that the northern garrison has sufficient ordnance."
Hong Zhenji sighed and said, "I don't know how many craftsmen there are who are willing to contribute to the imperial court."
Xu Zhiqiong raised his eyebrows and said, "Why should I help you? I hired them with money, issued a memorandum, and said that I was going to fight with Tu Nu. I offered a huge reward to recruit craftsmen and get all the weapons as soon as possible!"