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Two hundred and twentieth eighth ancient demon emperor

When Liao Xiaojin first cultivated these thirteen-headed Blood God Sons in the human world, they were just faint shadows of blood. But after arriving in the Earthly Immortal World, another forty years had passed. Liao Xiaojin had been practicing in seclusion almost all the time, and the Blood God Sons were also in his body.

It is nourished by its own essence and blood.

The bloodline of the great witch Chi You in Liao Xiaojin's body is extraordinary. After forty years of absorption, the thirteen-headed blood god sons have evolved to an incredible level, almost reaching the highest state of the formless blood demon recorded on the blood nerve.

In the river of blood in the underworld of hell, the hostility of the three realms is overwhelming, and it is extremely filthy. Since ancient times, for countless years and generations, a piece of filthy blood actually developed consciousness, cultivated into a spirit, traveled around, and created

Such a unique cultivation method, but the blood demon disappeared later. This blood nerve was hidden in hell. It was accidentally obtained by the bull-headed Yin God. Before he could practice it, he was beaten by Zhou Qing.

The divine whip beat him to death, but it was an advantage for Liao Xiaojin.

Seeing that Liao Xiaojin could not be hurt by the sword, the Heavenly Snake King did not know what kind of freak he was, and knew that he could not win, so he wanted to retreat into the formation and call the two armies into a melee.

Liao Xiaojin had 800,000 demon soldiers, and the Heavenly Snake King also had quite a few, and there were 200,000 more, a full million. The two armies were fighting in the sky, and the mountain gods and lands below were so frightened that they hid in the underworld and did not dare to

Come out, wars like this happen all the time, even the Heavenly Court can't control it, and they don't bother to do it.

The demon soldiers under the Heavenly Snake King are all well-armored, with blazing swords and guns. Most of them are demons who have returned to the virtual world. However, among the 800,000 demon soldiers under Liao Xiaojin, only 200,000 have reached the realm of returning to the virtual world, and the rest are all demons who have transformed into gods.

, there are even those who are in the later stages of priming, holding gray flying swords and waving flags from behind, just to make up for the numbers, not even cannon fodder.

Although we have conquered a million-mile radius and harvested countless weapons-refining materials, time is still short after all. It will take time to refine some magic weapons, flying swords, armors and weapons. The more than 20,000 disciples of Tiandao Sect themselves are somewhat lacking, let alone

Said it was these monsters.

In addition to these 800,000 monster soldiers, there are also 100,000 monsters who work as coolies for mining mineral deposits, busy working on the mineral veins in the mountains.

A flash of blood dyed the sky almost red, and the disgusting smell of blood rushed out. The thirteen tall Blood God Sons were like hell demons. They were no longer faint blood shadows, but had the same physical body.

, a pair of bloody horns grew on his head, and the shape was terrifying, somewhat similar to the shape of Liao Xiaojin after he transformed into Chi You's real body.

These days, Liao Xiaojin conquered the east and west, conquering hundreds of mountains. Many of them were dissatisfied monsters and cultivators. They were fed the Blood God Sons one by one. The thirteen Blood God Sons became more and more ferocious, killing people invisibly.

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The Heavenly Snake King felt the smell of ferocious blood coming from his back. He knew it was not good, so he sped up a little faster. However, the Blood God Son was faster, and the moment he was released, he was behind the Heavenly Snake King.

As long as the son of the blood god passes through his body, even gods and Buddhas will not be able to escape his poisonous hand.

"The cultivation is unreasonable!" Seeing that the Heavenly Snake King was defeated and fled towards the formation, several of his subordinates quickly responded. The flying generals came out, one for each, and released the magic weapon, entangling the thirteen-headed Blood God Son.

A white python demon king is a monster that has survived eight heavenly tribulations. It transformed into a tall white-faced man. He was only one step away from achieving the path of demon immortal. He stopped in front of the heavenly snake king, opened his mouth and spat out two

White light spurted out from the mouth, circled around on the spot, and cut the chasing Blood God Son into two pieces.

"It's embarrassing to let such a trash incarnation out!" The two white lights are the arrows on the tip of the tongue in the mouth of this white python. It is very powerful. Seeing that it has killed the Blood God Son, it can't help but feel proud.

"Be careful!" The voice of the Heavenly Snake King came from behind. The white python was tensed. When he took a closer look, he saw that the Blood God Son that he had cut into two pieces actually split into two. His ferocious power was not reduced, and he rushed over again.

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The white light strangled him one after another. The body of the Blood God Son seemed to be very fragile. He would be scattered as soon as he was killed, but he could not be killed. Killing one became two, killing two became four. The white python chopped the Blood God Son into hundreds of pieces and turned them into numbers.

There were hundreds of blood shadows, and in the end, there were hundreds of blood shadows flying all over the sky.

Phew! The white python couldn't parry, and was pounced upon by one of the blood shadows. It passed through the body and immediately lost consciousness. It revealed its original shape. It was a thick one-horned python, leaving only an empty face.

The white snake skin, the flesh and blood inside, the soul, and the essence seemed to have all disappeared, but they were swallowed up by the Blood God Son.

This complete white python skin, together with clothes, armor, and weapons, was floating like it was falling below.

Only the extremely pure Taoist sect and the Buddhist evil evil-breaking curse can protect you from being penetrated by the Son of Blood God. This white python is a demon clan, and there are also talismans on its armor, but after all, it is also a sinister way, so what?

Able to withstand the most powerful spells among demons.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! I could only hear the sound again and again. The blood shadows all over the sky disappeared and turned into thirteen tall Blood God Sons. However, below there were more than a dozen sets of armor weapons and empty animal shells, and there were not many breaths left.

The Demon King under the Heavenly Snake King lost more than a dozen.

The Heavenly Snake King was shocked when he saw the Son of Blood God rushing towards him again. He didn't dare to use swords or weapons to kill him because of the previous lesson. He knew that this thing could only be restrained with a pure Yang magic weapon. The Heavenly Snake King retreated into the formation, took out a magic weapon and looked into the sky.

As soon as the sacrifice was made, a fire net covered the Blood God Son who rushed towards him.

This Gantian Lieyang Net is collected from Gan Tianzhen Gang and mixed with the real fire of the sun to refine it. Extremely Yang Gang is the guest star of Blood God Son. Thirteen Blood God Sons rush left and right in the net, and every time they touch the net,

When he hit his body, a ball of crystal light burst out, mixed with the Heavenly Fire, and shot the Blood God back.

The Son of Blood God's Yin Qi was extremely strong, and he was not afraid of the Fire Net. The endless impact caused the Heavenly Fierce Sun Net to explode and tremble violently, making the Heavenly Snake King extremely anxious.

According to this situation, it won't be long before the Son of Blood God breaks through the net and comes out. The Heavenly Snake King raises his spear and issues an order. Millions of demon soldiers change their formations and rush toward Liao Xiaojin.

Before the Son of Blood God rushes out, he needs to deal with Liao Xiaojin first. Once the master dies, any magic weapon will lose its effect. He has a strong force in this area, and the Heavenly Snake King is very confident in dealing with the opponent.

"Junior sister, it's your turn!"

Liao Xiaojin stepped back, and a girl dressed as a Taoist nun appeared from behind, riding a white bear. It was Zhou Chen. Seeing the demon soldiers coming from the opposite side with great momentum, Zhou Chen was not afraid at all. He stretched out his hand and took out a three-inch, exquisite and small

The banana leaf swayed and became three feet in size. He was offered in the air and shouted: "Brother, help me!"

Liao Xiaojin nodded and put his palms behind Zhou Chen's back.

Boom! The endless true energy and mana blasted into Zhou Chen's body. Zhou Chen quickly transformed it into the banana fan. Hearing a few more clicks, the three-foot banana fan grew a thousand times larger.

The body of the fan was shining with brilliant light, and the necklace was hanging down. Zhou Chen looked at the fan in the sky, and a gloomy wind blew up on the spot.

This sinister wind is truly extraordinary. It makes the mountains and rivers drift in the dark desert, blowing down the rivers. I can only hear the strange whistling sound, and the overwhelming tornado tears apart the space, and destroys the five elements along the way.

The Yuan Li was crushed into pieces and melted into the dark wind.

As soon as the evil wind blew, the countless monster soldiers who were rushing towards me were blown away. The tens of thousands of troops in the lead were blown away without knowing where they were. They were not sure whether they were dead or alive. Fortunately, the Sky Snake King's men were well-trained and they immediately formed formations.

Through the connection, the waves were connected and withstood the evil wind. With the support of Liao Xiaojin, Zhou Chen fanned continuously, and the evil wind came one after another, blocking the demon soldiers and unable to advance at all.

Huh! Liao Xiaojin actually let out a gasping sound, and said with difficulty: "Junior sister, I can truly defeat a million with one force. This banana fan consumes too much mana, and I can't even support it."

The banana fan is a little lunar leaf from the beginning of the world. The greater the mana, the greater the power. It does not have a limit like other magic weapons. After reaching the limit, no matter how much mana you input, it will be in vain. This is also the upper level.

The difference between magic weapons and lower level magic weapons.

Zhou Chen rolled his eyes at him and said: "Brother, you think that you are invincible after becoming a great witch. The Maitreya Buddha who made a bet with the master can kill ten of you with one slap. How about you insist on coming up with this plan with me?

, now it’s self-defeating.”

"Hey, hey, no! How could your senior brother miscalculate?"

Liao Xiaojin chuckled twice, and then heard a loud explosion among the demon soldiers in the distance. The thirteen-headed Blood God Son finally broke through the dry sun net. The blood shadow was swaying, and the whole day was red. Then he went on a killing spree, killing the demons.

There was chaos in the rear.

The Qiantian Lieyang Net is the Pure Yang Zhengang, and the Banana Fan is the Taiyin Leaf. The wind blows, and the Pure Yin Qi becomes strong. Coupled with the Blood God Son's bombardment from inside, the two phases are pinched together, and they are instantly broken.

Thousands of blood shadows were flying in the sky, harvesting the lives of countless demon soldiers in an instant. Every time a demon soldier was sucked up, there was one more blood shadow, just like rolling blood balls. There were more and more of these blood shadows, and they were getting bigger and bigger.

sharp.

Every time the blood god son's skill becomes deeper, he can create one more blood shadow. With Liao Xiaojin's skill, he could only create hundreds of blood shadows at the beginning. Now that he has made a big improvement, the number of blood shadows has increased to a thousand.

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The demon soldiers of the Heavenly Snake King were in chaos, and Liao Xiaojin could not support him. He quickly asked Zhou Chen to collect the banana fans and commanded Poison Dragon and other twenty or thirty demon kings to rush over with their strong demon soldiers. The opponent's formation was in chaos. Although Liao Xiaojin only had 200,000 demon soldiers.

The demon soldiers walking on the path of returning to the void were powerful and not chaotic at all. They were as powerful as a bamboo. They dispersed the millions of demon soldiers over there in an instant and killed them all. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Heavenly Snake King was not chaotic at all and quickly commanded.

retreat.

Liao Xiaojin chased all the way. The Heavenly Snake King led the remaining defeated soldiers and fled into the Snake Pan Mountain. He immediately activated the forbidden method to block the pursuers and then made adjustments.

Liao Xiaojin was afraid that the other party would stabilize their position and kill the general back, so he relied on his own strength, but he couldn't resist it and quickly retreated.

In this battle, nearly 100,000 of the opponent's demon soldiers were killed, 50,000 were captured and subdued, and nearly 100,000 sets of armor and 100,000 magical weapons were seized. The harvest was huge, but the opponent's foundation was not damaged, only some vitality was damaged.

, Liao Xiaojin also had to make adjustments. Both sides took care of it and stood still, waiting for the opportunity. The Heavenly Snake King secretly sent people to Wudang Mountain to ask for help. The situation seemed to be threatening to rain.

In the Yuzhu Immortal Mansion, Liao Xiaojin said to Wen Lanxin: "Senior Sister! We have made a fortune this time. It's a pity that the master is not here. Otherwise, we would take this opportunity to set up a great array of gods and demons to refine Snake Panshan in one fell swoop.

All the 3,700 hills near these two realms are included in the bag."

"Well, now we are in bad shape and are caught in the middle. There are many demon kings in Zhanbu Prefecture through Snake Winding Mountain in the south, and the Buddhist sect in Beiluju Prefecture in the north. The Maitreya Buddha lost the bet with the master, and I am afraid that he will be killed.

If we are not careful, our foundation will be destroyed and we will have to develop in the human world." Wen Lanxin saw the situation clearly and was very pessimistic.

Everyone else nodded one after another. Just as Liao Xiaojin was about to speak, his mind suddenly shook, and a mysterious message came into his heart.

"No, the master is trapped in Beihai Hell!" Liao Xiaojin shouted, without any of the majesty he had just led the troops to fight.

It turned out that Zhou Qing was trapped in the bronze bell. Knowing that he could not escape, he gave Liao Xiaojin the power of telepathy.

This matter was not trivial, Wen Lanxin immediately told Yunxia, ​​and Yunxia hurriedly asked Liao Xiaojin.

Liao Xiaojin said: "Master said that he has nothing to do for the time being and will be out of trouble in the next few days. This time he was tricked and wanted to teach the Great Sage Fu Hai an eternal lesson. He told us to keep quiet and go to Princess Ao Luan of the South China Sea.

Become one with the Dragon King of the North Sea, and when the time comes, cooperate with the inside and the outside to break through the Hell of the North Sea in one fell swoop and kill the Jiao Demon King."

"Also, the master asked us not to leak the news and not to alarm the heaven. It would be bad if we alarmed the other great sages of the demon clan." Liao Xiaojin added.

"Well, that's it!" Yunxia nodded and said: "It will take several days and nights to get to the South China Sea, let alone the North Sea. I'm afraid it will take more than a month. Well...Lan Shen, you have fast feet, go

Nanhai invites the princess, and we will leave immediately without further delay."

Lan Shen nodded beside him and said: "I understand!" His body flashed, directly entered the void, and disappeared.

"Xiao Jin, you must be more careful, or Snake Panshan will come to retaliate." Yunxia knew that Zhou Qing had an idea, but was not worried, so she talked about the situation here.

"Master's wife, don't worry about this. Junior brother is already a great witch and is immortal. Junior sister has the banana fan given by you. I also have the Seven Treasures tree given by the master. The other junior brothers and sisters have magic weapons. Just take it for granted.

Not afraid either." Wen Lanxin said this, still feeling a little uneasy.

At present, Liao Xiaojin stepped up his training of demon soldiers, and the disciples of Tiandao Sect practiced day and night to guard against incoming enemies.

"Master Zhou, you are really a stone in the pit, smelly and hard. Seriously, there is nothing I can do but you can't."

The Jiao Demon King has been talking outside for a whole day, using threats and inducements. After finishing his words, Zhou Qing just laughed strangely and made sharp and mean remarks without caring. The Jiao Demon King was furious and launched the copper attack again.

The forbidden law of bells.

Raging flames, thunderbolts, electric dragons, wind blades, turbid currents, black smoke, and potential energy appeared in the bell again, twice as violent as before. Zhou Qing sat in the bell, but he didn't know it, and sneered in his mouth, constantly mocking the Jiao Demon King.

Although the Jiao Demon King threatened Zhou Qing to deal with his disciples, he did not dare to reveal the news. Zhou Qing was granted the title of Gouchen Great Emperor by the Original Heavenly Lord Talisman. It was recognized by the three realms. If the news spread, I am afraid that within three days, the Heavenly Soldiers would

The Heavenly General came to the door. Although the Demon King was not afraid, he was still very troublesome.

"Long Tian, ​​how many navy troops do we have in the Beihai Underworld Prison?" Zhou Qing was so angry that the Jiao Demon King turned back to the Water Mansion and called two of his confidants, two ancient dragon whales, in front of him to ask.

The two ancient dragon whales are eight feet tall, but they are just like ordinary people. One is called Longtian and the other is called Longdi. They were named after the Jiao Demon King who conquered them with a copper bell when he first came to the immortal world.

The ancient dragon whale lives on the seabed tens of thousands of feet deep. It is huge and boundless. When its body is spread out, it is thousands of miles away. With its mouth open, it can swallow thousands of tons of fish. It is the overlord of the sea. With such a huge body, it can be refined.

It can be seen how much effort and time it takes to transform Chengren. Without the guidance of the Dragon Demon King, these two dragon whales living in the Hell of the North Sea would not be able to transform into humans and achieve immortality even in another hundred thousand years.

Similarly, after achieving immortality, the Ancient Dragon Whale Bi is much more powerful than ordinary monsters due to physical reasons, with infinite strength and boundless magical powers. He is the right-hand man of the Jiao Demon King and the main general under his command.

The two dragon whales are a male and a female, and the incarnations of Chengren are also a male and a female. The female is very charming and graceful. No one would have expected that such a delicate woman has almost terrifying magical powers in her body.

"Your Majesty, our Beihai Hades Prison has a radius of tens of thousands of miles. There are three to four million people stationed near Shuifu. Among them, 1.9 million have cultivated to become immortals. There are also five million people stationed outside. In total, your Majesty's men

There are nearly ten million naval troops, each led by one hundred and eight princes of the king." Long Tian said.

"Well, you ask Qingjiao to prepare some gifts. By the way, take my Demon Emperor Sword with you and go to Jilei Mountain. Ask the Bull Demon King to secretly attack Heifeng Mountain and arrest this Taoist priest's disciples. Hmph, as long as

If this Taoist priest does not agree, I will kill one of his disciples every day."

The Jiao Demon King thought about it and finally made up his mind.

"Your Majesty wants to give the Demon Emperor Sword to the Great Sage Pingtian?" Long Tian asked in surprise.

"Hmph, as long as I get the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Demon Emperor Sword is nothing. Go tell Qingjiao that if this matter is done properly, I will ask him to command the 500,000 navy demon immortals."

The Jiao Demon King waved his hand, drank his subordinates away, and began to ponder and calculate again.

"We have to find a way to get out." Zhou Qing sat inside the bell, using his discerning eyes, he saw through the turbulent earth, fire, water, wind, thunder and lightning outside, and directly saw the ancient demon inscriptions on the bronze bell.

Emperor Taiyi and the sitting ministers of the ancient demon clan are vividly carved.

Zhou Qing activated the black smoke demon fire of the Pluto flag, spinning rapidly and swaying, forcing the flames, thunderbolts, electric dragons, wind blades, turbid currents, black smoke, and potential energy outside back several feet.

Unwilling to be trapped, Zhou Qing seemed to counterattack, and the power of the Twelve Heavenly Gods was activated, which was no less than a magic weapon at the leader level. Zhou Qing refined it himself, making it even more satisfying.

But the bronze bell was the magic weapon of Donghuang Taiyi back then. Zhou Qing exerted his strength fiercely. Although the forbidden method was forced back, the further he advanced, the stronger the blocking force became. Zhou Qing expanded the black smoke demonic fire by several feet, ten feet.

The two-headed ancestral witch clones were rising and falling in the demonic fire, roaring repeatedly, retreating and advancing, and actually started a tug-of-war.

This is something from the ancient world of the monster clan. Zhou Qing recalled the records in the Heavenly Book of Gou Chen, but one was the great sage of the monster clan after becoming a god, and the other was from the world of the monster clan in the prehistoric times. They were completely different.

There are no clues about it.

"Well, why don't you ask Liao Xiaojin to call Ao Luan to help me, and then notify the Heavenly Court. Although it is a bit embarrassing, it is worse than being trapped here. Ao Luan's Immortal Sword, plus my Dutian Shensha, can definitely break this trap from both inside and outside. Tongzhong." Zhou Qing thought to himself, the only way is to find someone to save him.

Using the magical power to change the way of heaven, he secretly sensed the bloodline of Liao Xiaojin, the great witch. Who knew that this bronze bell was integrated into one body and blocked everything. Not only the divine thoughts, but also the bloodline senses were powerless. When Demon King Jiao was here just now, he could still send messages. Now that he is gone,

, the restriction was closed, and Zhou Qing completely lost contact with the outside world.

"This thing's attack is not very good, why is it so perverted?" Zhou Qing couldn't help but secretly complained, and couldn't laugh or cry. However, his cultivation of mind and surname was to the extreme. He even endured ten years of demon fire refining the soul, and he immediately

Calm down.

He sent out his spiritual thoughts and searched the entire inner wall of the bronze bell inch by inch. Zhou Qing is an expert in refining magical weapons. He hopes to find out the refining structure of this bell to see if there are any weak links so that he can concentrate his strength and bombard it with all his strength.

Able to break through in one fell swoop.

Bit by bit, inch by inch, Zhou Qing probed the inner wall of the entire bronze bell clearly. The entire bronze bell was seamless without any loopholes. Zhou Qing could not detect any forbidden formations, as if it were an ordinary thing.

, but it happened to send out water, fire, wind and thunder again.

After investigating for a long time, Zhou Qing had to lament the methods of the Demon Clan Emperor Donghuang Taiyi. With his own strength, he really couldn't see any clues.

Although he couldn't find any flaws, Zhou Qing also discovered it.

"Huh? What is that?"

His spiritual thoughts swept through the inner wall, and Zhou Qing gradually saw a small copper ring on the top of the copper bell, which seemed to be hanging something. But now it was empty. The entire copper bell was emitting water, fire, wind and thunder, but only

The copper ring was motionless and nothing came out.

"I will say that although this bell is powerful, its attack is weak. It has not killed me to pieces. It turns out to be a broken product. The magic weapon of the ancient demon clan emperor must be able to kill with one strike. If every person caught

, it takes a long time to practice, so how can Donghuang Taiyi fight against the great witch ancestor?"

Zhou Qingnai was an expert and could understand it at a glance. He quickly concentrated his strength to bombard the copper ring, but the copper ring remained motionless.

"With my immortal body, I endured several bombardments from water, fire, wind and thunder, removed the guardian of Pluto's flag, and blasted away the copper ring with all my strength. I must have broken this damn bell, but in this way, I am afraid that I will also be injured.

It’s not a big deal, if you alert the Jiao Demon King and use the navy to trap me, I will die. This is someone else’s lair, so that’s not right.”

Zhou Qing calculated, and suddenly his mind moved: "Ancient demon inscriptions? Brass rings to hang things? I seem to have an impression?"

After squinting his eyes and thinking for a long time, Zhou Qing opened his mouth, and a navy blue Falun came out of his mouth. When he shook it slightly, it made a tinkling sound. It was also covered with densely packed ancient monster characters.

Zhou Qing got this Falun, but he never figured out what it was. He only knew that it was a Taoist artifact. He didn't know how he got the information from it, and learned the Eight-nine Mysterious Techniques. Later, when fighting for the Immortal Mansion, he rushed out of it.

Zhou Qing found out that the Eight-nine Mysterious Techniques were leaked from the Seven Treasures Mysterious Tree. He threw the Falun aside. Later, he learned the ancient demon script and understood the loopholes of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques and corrected it. Zhou Qing

Qing even forgot about this Falun.

After carefully reading the ancient demon text above, Zhou Qing burst out laughing after an hour: "Master Zhunti, I accepted your favor. Although you had some subtle calculations, you didn't expect to help.

I'm doing you a big favor, hehe, hehe."

Sitting upright, Zhou Qing hung the Falun in the air, and the soul came out, channeled enough mana, transformed, and rushed into the Falun. He saw that the Falun was spinning non-stop, and the demons on it were

The text flashed and emitted a clear light. As soon as the surrounding water, fire, wind and thunder came into contact with the clear light of the Falun, they disappeared in an instant like boiling soup and snow.

When the demonic characters on the Falun and the characters on the inner wall of the bronze bell were combined, Zhou Qing watched it with his soul for a long time, carefully comprehended it, and finally understood the method of controlling the bronze bell.

Zhou Qingyuan returned to his position, memorized the magic formula, and threw the Falun upwards. It was hanging on the copper ring. Only a click was heard, and the ancient evil inscriptions and the engraved image of Donghuang Taiyi in the bell disappeared completely.

, showing the sun, moon, stars, Zhoutian Yuanchen, and the twenty-four Qi, all rotating rapidly around the Falun, and the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dazzling.

"It's so powerful, it's so powerful. Once activated now, even my Dutian Formation can't resist it." Zhou Qing followed the instructions and picked up the Falun and hid it again. The bronze bell returned to its original appearance, with water, fire, wind and thunder.

Still rushing over.

"Hehe, hehe! King Jiao, if I don't go out and cut off your roots, how could I be so angry?" Zhou Qing had an idea just now and informed Liao Xiaojin.

"It's just that I don't understand something? How did Taoist Zhunti get this thing? Could it be that he fished in troubled waters during the war? Only half of the magic weapon was obtained?"

(To be continued)


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