There was a woman among the fourteen Suzaku monks who were selected. At this time, her face showed a sad look, with tears streaming down her face. She looked at Ling Qingzhu with suppressed and deep hatred in her eyes.
Even if it was just an inadvertent sight, Ling Qingzhu could recall every detail in her memory, so Ling Qingzhu was no stranger to her.
When the Ten Thousand Souls Demon Cauldron was born to fight for it, Ling Qingzhu saw her in the crowd at Tianshui Lake outside Chunyang City in Li State. Ling Qingzhu also saw her during the battle when Suzaku declared war on the Merchant Alliance.
However, even though she was at the king level, she was still too weak among the monks who participated in the battle. Emperor Suzaku did not trust her to participate in the battle at all, so she did not kill anyone from the merchant alliance.
After the death of the three-eyed old man, the Suzaku True Emperor was able to abandon even his Taoist concubine, but he desperately broke into the Thirty-Six Tiangang Emperor's combined attack formation just to take her away.
Dan Xinyue couldn't help herself. Not only was her body imprisoned by the Suzaku Emperor, but she was also unable to speak. She could only let her companions pull her out of the Suzaku camp and pass through the blockade of the Merchant Alliance monks.
"Mu Hua, let them go." True Emperor Suzaku ordered.
From the beginning to the end, the initiative was in Ling Qingzhu's hands. The only choice the Suzaku Emperor could make was to die or to put his hopes on the enemy and rely on Ling Qingzhu's trustworthiness.
It was stupid, but the Suzaku Emperor did not make a wrong choice. Ling Qingzhu took his promise very seriously and kept it to the letter.
Under the order of Emperor Suzaku, the haggard old man who held the hostages immediately released the fourteen hostages.
Because one of the fourteen Suzaku monks released by Ling Qingzhu was his descendant, he faced the same choice as the Suzaku Emperor.
Although Luo Hu, Gongsun Lan, Jiang Xingyuan and others were captured by Suzaku as hostages, in addition to being restricted from personal freedom, they were also provided with good food and drink.
After all, taking it out on them has no meaning other than angering Ling Qingzhu.
"Meet the leader of the Merchant Alliance!"
Although they have known each other for a long time, the sudden change in status made everyone's emotions complicated and difficult to understand.
Surprise, timidity, confusion, awe, and all kinds of changes in his face.
To them, Ling Qingzhu was an acquaintance, a proud contemporary worth looking up to, and a junior in spiritual practice, but the leader of the Shang Alliance stood at the top of all living beings, the pinnacle of all practitioners.
"Senior Luo, Senior Feng, I have caused trouble for you." Ling Qingzhu stepped forward and faced Luo Hu, and Feng Qianning apologized.
Luo Hu cupped his hands and said with shame: "The leader of the alliance is too polite. Luo is ashamed. His skills are inferior to others and he still needs the leader to come to rescue him."
"It doesn't have to be like this. Everything I do comes from my heart. I am the leader of the Merchant Alliance, and I am also Ling Qingzhu. I have never changed. Senior Luo just needs to treat me as before. The Merchant Alliance also collected some fine wine.
Once things are over, Senior Luo Hu might as well go back to the Merchant Alliance with me and have a good drink together."
"good!"
Although Luo Hu has some knowledge, he cannot deal with it calmly for a while and needs time to change his mentality.
Compared with Luo Hu and others who were only restricted from personal freedom, Jiang Xingyuan's situation was much more serious.
If Suzaku wants to take him as a hostage, they will naturally not harm him, but they will inevitably seek death.
This is the second time Jiang Xingyuan has been taken hostage.
The first time was Emperor Xuanting, then Ling Xue went to rescue him, and finally fell into the weak water of Huangquan in Jinghai Kingdom.
Jiang Xingyuan blamed himself. The moment he learned about Ling Xue's death, he was heartbroken. He felt that he was the one who caused the death of his young lady.
This is the second time, the same thing happened again.
But the difference this time is that Ling Qingzhu and Ling Xue had different stances at the beginning. Ling Qingzhu was stronger than Ling Xue, and Suzaku took him as a hostage just to protect himself.
Ling Xue was no longer here, and seeing that Ling Qingzhu was about to be dragged down again, Jiang Xingyuan was already determined to die.
Just like you can never wake up someone who is pretending to sleep.
Even if Ling Qingzhu has all his skills, he still can't save a person who wants to die.
Xiang was born from the heart, and with a large amount of elixirs given by Ling Qingzhu to replenish his lifespan, Jiang Xingyuan should be able to return to his youthful age soon according to his current age, but under the continuous blows, his heart has become old.
Without the thought of living, he is like an old man half buried in the soil, with a sense of twilight all over his body.
The Suzaku monk was also afraid that Jiang Xingyuan would die in Suzaku, so he had no choice but to impose a layer of imprisonment on him.
Ling Qingzhu came to the front and raised her hand to gently pat Jiang Xingyuan's shoulder to break the restraint on him, but he seemed to be unaware of it, his eyes were cloudy, and there was only a dead silence.
If Jiang Xingyuan wasn't still breathing and heartbeating, anyone would just think it was a corpse.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, it was me who got you into trouble. It's okay now. Come with me to the Merchant Alliance. No one in the Merchant Alliance will dare to disturb your leisure again."
Luo Hu and Jiang Xingyuan were captured as hostages, which forced Ling Qingzhu to give in to Zhuque. However, the reason why they were arrested for no reason was because they were implicated by Ling Qingzhu.
Ling Qingzhu didn't even bother to blame others for the faults he didn't consider, which would only make him appear incompetent and narrow-minded.
Perhaps after hearing Ling Qingzhu's words, Jiang Xingyuan slowly raised his head, as if talking to himself, and said: "I have low cultivation and limited knowledge. I have been living in Tianyun Kingdom for most of my life. I don't understand you."
What are the plans of these big shots? But after you left, the lady was very disappointed. Although she didn't show it, I felt that you occupied a very important position in her heart."
"Miss Qingzhu, you are now promising. You are the leader of the business alliance, worth more than hundreds of millions of people. If the three heads of the family and the third lady know about it, they will definitely be happy for you. You don't have to worry about me."
"Don't go to too much trouble. The Merchant Alliance is certainly safe, but it's too far away from Miss. I'd better go back to Tianyun Kingdom." After saying that, Jiang Xingyuan shook his head and walked out through the Merchant Alliance monks.
Ling Qingzhu remained silent. She could not stop Jiang Xingyuan's decision and could only order the two true kings from the Merchant Alliance to accompany him and escort him back to Tianyun Kingdom.
But just when she was giving the order, Luo Hu suddenly said: "Qingzhu, we are also planning to return to Tianyun Country. We haven't gone back for such a long time. I don't know if anything happened after we left suddenly. It just so happens that we have a relationship with Mr. Jiang."
Companion, there will be more people to talk to on the way, and we will wait until we have a chance to get together over drinking."
"What Mr. Wu said is absolutely true. After being away for so long, I am a little worried about Huang Xincheng's current situation. I think all the other heroes also miss the sect very much." City Lord Huang Xincheng also knew that Ling Qingzhu would have to fight Suzaku next, which was not appropriate.
After staying for a long time, he agreed with Luo Hu.
"That's fine."
Ling Qingzhu nodded, then looked at Gongsun Lan and others and said: "Mei Lan, Lord Feng City, Young Master Feng, Young Master Ning, in this case, I won't stay any longer."
"Farewell!" everyone said with cupped hands.
"I have implicated you in this matter. After this matter is over, I will find an opportunity to visit you personally." Ling Qingzhu said.
The merchant alliance monks had never seen the always majestic leader of the alliance with such an attitude. They looked at Luo Hu and others with envy and jealousy in their eyes.
And when Jiang Xingyuan was walking among the monks of the Merchant Alliance, even though his strength was only in the Juyuan realm, he was treated with respect.
After all, Ling Qingzhu voluntarily treated himself as a junior in front of him and called him "Mr. Jiang."