Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Six Hostages One Life For One Life
"Little girl, I advise you to put out this fire, otherwise he will definitely die in front of us before we die."
At this moment, an old voice came from thousands of miles away and resounded in the ears of Ling Qingzhu and the merchant alliance monks.
This voice was extremely unfamiliar to Ling Qingzhu, and he was certain that he had never heard it before, but the hostility in the other party's words was obvious.
Ling Qingzhu looked far into the distance and saw a haggard old man walking out of the Suzaku Palace in the center of the sea of fire. At the same time, he held several faces that Ling Qingzhu was very familiar with and stood in front of the sea of fire.
There were men and women, but without exception they were all people who had been involved with Ling Qingzhu.
The friends recognized in Wuwang City are Gongsun Lan, Tianyunwu Palace Lord Luo Hu, Huangxin City Lord Feng Yihan, Feng Xiaoyao and his son, Huangyue Sect Ningchen, Mo Zhilu, Meng Zimo and three disciples, Ling Xueying
Grandpa Jiang Lao Jiang Xingyuan, and the five true kings who were sent by Ling Qingzhu to secretly protect a few people.
I have to say that Suzaku really put in a lot of effort. Although whether it can affect Ling Qingzhu remains to be seen, everyone who had a slight friendship with Ling Qingzhu so far has been captured.
Ling Qingzhu didn't want to leave any weaknesses in herself, so she basically tried her best to keep a distance from others when making friends. It had been a few years since she had awakened her past life memories, and she only had four friends: Ke Yimeng, Lu Lian, Luo Hou and Gongsun Lan.
Several friends each have their own power and pursuits, and it is impossible for Ling Qingzhu to take care of them all, but even so, she still sent true kings to protect them secretly.
As for the two true kings who went to Huangyuemen and Huangxincheng, they were the envoys sent by Liu Qi according to Ling Qingzhu's order to give them gifts of thanks and to recruit them to join the merchant alliance.
What he didn't expect was that now they were actually captured by Suzaku and became hostages.
If the sea of fire continues to spread to the center of Suzaku Palace, the hostages like them will be the first to be killed in the sea of fire.
As a last resort, Ling Qingzhu had no choice but to go to the sea of fire and extinguish the endless three thousand flames with her own hands.
However, even though the strange fire was extinguished, the formation set up by the Suzaku monks had been destroyed. Even the formation patterns on the base of the formation had been burned. It was impossible to open the formation again.
The boundless sea of fire was extinguished, and the figures of the Suzaku Emperor and the Purple Phoenix Sect monks were no longer obscured, and their emptiness and weakness were also exposed to others.
"Taking hostages and using such a despicable method is really in vain for your status as a leader in righteousness. As a wise person in this life, don't you care if you lose your security in the end, Suzaku Emperor?"
Ling Qingzhu did not look at the hostages being held hostage, nor did he care about the haggard old man who took the hostages, but directly pointed the finger at the Suzaku True Emperor.
"Hehehehe, cough cough, although I, Shangguan Cheng, am not ashamed of the despicable means of taking hostages, I don't mind losing these false reputations. You lose this game, Lord of the Merchant Alliance!"
They are all foxes who have matured with age, so don’t play chat with anyone else.
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, although Ling Qingzhu showed an attitude of not caring much about the hostages, it was true that Ling Qingzhu extinguished the sea of fire after seeing the hostages.
Limited by his height, the Suzaku Emperor did not have as magnificent knowledge as Ling Qingzhu, but the number of years he lived was longer than Ling Qingzhu's three lives combined.
Ling Qingzhu sighed, she knew it would not be so easy to deceive him.
Although she chose to lose, she lost, and there was nothing wrong with admitting it.
"Indeed, I lost, but you didn't win either!"
Ling Qingzhu lost because she could not completely destroy Suzaku, but she also won because from today on, Suzaku will no longer exist in the land of China.
Ling Qingzhu glanced at Jiang Xingyuan and others, and then said: "One life for another. Among the monks among the Suzakus who have not stained their hands with the blood of people from our business alliance, you choose fourteen to leave."
Strictly speaking, Ling Qingzhu only knew thirteen of the monks captured by Suzaku.
It's just that the fourteenth person, whom Ling Qingzhu didn't know, had an indifferent expression, but deep in his eyes when he looked at Huangyuemenmeng Zimo, there was an inexplicable tenderness and determination as if he had made some decision.
It is not difficult to guess that this person was probably implicated because he got too close to Meng Zimo, a disciple of the Desolate Moon Sect.
Ling Qingzhu is not too fussy about it. It doesn't make any difference to her if there is one more person or one less person.
Besides, since the three disciples of the Desolate Moon Sect, Ning Chen, Mo Zhiyi, and Meng Zimo, had been with her before, it was natural for them to receive her favors.
Hearing what Ling Qingzhu said, the Suzaku Emperor suddenly felt relieved. Although the method was shameful, he did not regret it because the goal was achieved.
However, when it comes to the person he cherishes in his heart, Zhuque Zhenhuang gave up even the last bit of face and cautiously said: "The Lord of the Business Alliance is indeed benevolent and righteous. Although you are an enemy, I am willing to believe in your character, but I cannot trust the other people in the Business Alliance."
They will take action to claim credit. If you are willing to swear an oath, I will let them release you."
"You have no choice, and you are not qualified to make me swear."
Ling Qingzhu spoke indifferently, then looked at the merchant alliance monks behind him and asked, "Do you have any objection to my words?"
"Respect the alliance leader's order!"
Ling Qingzhu's majesty was something that no one in the Merchant Alliance dared to offend. What's more, she had just subdued Suzaku with one person's power. When this power was at its peak, no one dared to touch her brow.
"Shangguancheng, do you still have any concerns?"
Ling Qingzhu was naturally unhappy because his right to speak in the business alliance was questioned, and he was even suspected of sowing discord. Therefore, not only did his attitude become indifferent, but he also stopped calling the other party Zhuque Zhenhuang.
"Thank you!"
In front of Ling Qingzhu, the Suzaku True Emperor had put down his arrogance of asserting his status as a senior and said sincerely.
"Zhou Ziqing, Lu Yushu, Dan Xinyue... Yan Yuping." The Suzaku Emperor called out fourteen names one after another.
The quota of fourteen people who could survive had been exhausted, but he was not among them.
Because even if Ling Qingzhu is willing to let him go today and Shangguan Cheng can live, the Suzaku True Emperor will no longer exist.
Shangguan Cheng is an extremely conceited person. With the qualifications of an ordinary person, he has become a half-step emperor, which is enough for him to have the capital to be conceited.
It is precisely because of this that he does not want to live.
Originally he should have died in the battle with the Merchant Alliance, but because he was concerned, he escaped with Dan Xinyue under the cover of the monks headed by the three-eyed old man.
But this time, Ling Qingzhu led the monks from the Merchant Alliance to conquer the Suzaku territory, and with Dan Xinyue, his last concern, also settled, he no longer wanted to escape.
After Zhuque True Emperor selected the people, he looked at Ling Qingzhu and said: "Master of the Merchant Alliance, none of the fourteen of them have ever killed a single person from the Merchant Alliance..."
Fourteen people, all of them are in the soul-forging realm, nine true kings, five false kings, and they don't look very old.
Among them were Zhou Ziqing, a genius disciple and an elder from the Purple Phoenix Sect, and Lu Yushu, the true king of the sky coffin who was a confidant of the Suzaku True Emperor.
Without exception, they all have a close relationship with Dan Xinyue. This is the candidate chosen by Emperor Suzaku after careful consideration, in order to leave a team that Dan Xinyue can rest assured of.
Whether he hides his name or makes a comeback to rebuild the Purple Phoenix Sect, at least Dan Xinyue will not be bullied after his death.
"Can."
Ling Qingzhu glanced at the fourteen people selected by True Emperor Suzaku and nodded.