Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu
Chapter 542: 301 Hunting King_2

Chapter 542: Chapter 301 Hunting King_2

Ling Ji said, “Actually, you just need to peacefully recover your power, and you can return to that position.”

Chen Qing shook his head, “I currently have an adversary who will take quite the effort to deal with. That fellow has lived for hundreds of thousands of years—hunting him down will not be so easy.”

“Setting that aside for now, let’s first take over the territory of Water Country.”

“Once I have the land of Water Country, I can comfortably cultivate to the Feather Transformation Realm.”

In less than a month’s time, Chen Qing received a message from the Death Realm.

The Holy Daughter of the Yin Yang Sect, bearing the Yin Yang Heavenly Mother Map, Mi Le, entered the Death Realm, took command of the Evil Cultivators, and began to establish defenses. She withstood the offensive of Li Shang and even started to counterattack.

Chen Qing issued a royal decree, calling upon Li Country, Ye Country, Wen Country, and Qi Country to form an elite force of a thousand Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, to send reinforcements to the Death Realm.

After laying out the plan for so long, a big fish finally took the bait.

Meanwhile, the situation in the Death Realm, while not as intense as the war of succession between Chen Qing and Ji Dang, was still marred by constant warfare.

At the time Mi Le entered the Death Realm, she brought nearly two thousand Evil Cultivators, and their military strength once again reached tens of thousands.

Yet, the number of troops that Li Shang could mobilize at the moment was merely three thousand.

Quantai City.

Ye Chen, drenched in blood, walked through the city gates and led his army into the city for rest and reorganization.

After cleansing himself of blood and returning to the hall, he sat down to discuss defense strategies with Li Shang.

“Now that I’ve truly experienced warfare, I understand just how difficult it was for my master back in the day.”

“Moreover, we still have the strongest Undying Dragon Cavalry; our opponents are merely Evil Cultivators, not the multitude of Great Sects.”

Li Shang, however, did not dwell on these points and asked, “What about Mi Le? You’ve crossed hands with her, how strong is she?”

Ye Chen replied, “She’s on par with me, but capturing her is extremely difficult.”

Li Shang nodded, “Master said we just have to hold our ground, there’s no need to worry about anything else.”

Ye Chen said, “That should not be difficult. With me leading the Undying Dragon Cavalry to defend Quantai City, no matter how many Evil Cultivators come, they won’t be able to enter.”

“Quantai City, forged by master over decades, will not be so easily breached.”

“The problem lies with you—right now, we’re at a disadvantage in strength, we need you to continually boost morale.”

“Quantai City fears not the external enemy, but the traitor within.”

“It’s a pity that there are not more troops available from the human realm. If another thousand were at the Ghost Face Realm, we might be able to face off directly against those Evil Cultivators.”

Li Shang said, “Just defending the city shouldn’t be an issue. After all, master can sweep across the world with merely three hundred Dragon Cavalry.”

“Let’s see how they plan to attack.”

The waters of the Death Sea surrounded Quantai City, and the Evil Cultivators had no way to breach it, at least for the time being.

Thus began an exceedingly protracted tug-of-war in the Death Realm, with Li Shang and Ye Chen holding the city while Mi Le employed numerous ingenious strategies. Although she brought certain danger to the city, she could not manage to capture it.

Quantai City seemed imperiled, but in reality, safeguarded by the Undying Dragon Cavalry, it remained secure.

The losses suffered by the Evil Cultivators in their siege far exceeded those of Prince Wen’s army.

The only difficulty was that Quantai City had been cut off from communication, trapped in the center of the Death Realm, unable to garner a vast amount of Merit for the Ghost Face Realm cultivators in the city.

Mi Le also noticed this and began to dispatch three joint forces of a thousand each to hunt ghosts and exchange them for Merit to cultivate.

She planned to acquire a large amount of Merit to elevate the realms of the Evil Cultivators and then use their increased realm to suppress and defeat Prince Wen’s forces.

After discovering the enemy’s strategic intentions, both Ye Chen and Li Shang became anxious.

In this war of attrition, wherein the city’s defenders could not increment their strength while the Evil Cultivators could continually cultivate and elevate their realms, their defeat was guaranteed.

Ye Chen proposed to assassinate Mi Le. After devising a plan, he led the Dragon Cavalry out of the city at night to raid the enemy camp, causing great chaos.

In the turmoil, Ye Chen severely wounded Mi Le but also suffered substantial injuries himself and lost thirty Dragon Cavalry troops to capture.

This battle resulted in heavy casualties for both sides.

At this critical moment, the Dragon Palace forces suddenly emerged, assembling two thousand Dragon Palace troops under the leadership of a true dragon near Quantai City.

Li Shang stood on the city wall, looking toward the Dragon Palace camp, “The Dragon Palace is about to revolt.”

Ye Chen coughed twice, “It’s my fault for not taking down Mi Le earlier.”

Li Shang stated, “If the Dragon Palace revolts, victory will become too difficult to achieve.”

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind them, “How difficult could it be?”

Prince Wen and Ye Chen turned around, overjoyed, “Master!”

Chen Qing laughed heartily, “Since Dragon Palace can no longer restrain themselves, then I shall add a conclusion to this game.”

“Temporarily do not announce the news of my arrival in the Death Realm, just wait for Dragon Palace to attack Quantai City.”

Another month passed, and in the full view of all, the leader of the Death Realm from Dragon Palace, Ao Bing, read out the charges against Prince Wen, stating bluntly: Prince Wen has taken control of the Death Realm, offering no way out for the people of the world, failing the Royal Decree!

Ao Bing wishes to uphold the will of the people of the world, to overthrow Chen Qing’s tyrannical rule, and to reopen the path of cultivation for the people of the world!

Three days later, Ao Bing led the grand army of Dragon Palace, along with the Evil Cultivators, to arrive in front of Quantai City. Ao Bing and Mi Le stood on the chariot, looking out at Quantai City from afar.

Mi Le said, “I must admit, Quantai City, personally crafted by Chen Qing, is extraordinarily sturdy. I led tens of thousands of troops and assaulted it for nearly three years without success.”

Ao Bing smiled, “No need to worry. There is a waterway underneath Quantai City. We can dispatch surprise troops through this route to open the city gates from the inside.”

“Once the city gates are wide open, the Death Realm will be in our hands!”

Mi Le said, “Can Dragon Palace follow the previous agreement and incorporate our four Great Sects as vassals?”

Ao Bing replied, “Of course, once Quantai City falls, the Death Realm will be under our command!”

“My Dragon Palace will once again rule between heaven and earth, controlling the great power of the Death Realm, and repay all the humiliations piled on us by the many Great Sects!”

“Once I take control of Quantai City, I want Nanli to not produce a Mystic Gate Realm cultivator for five hundred years!”

Mi Le looked around, and saw everywhere there were bleached bones. “Hmm, why are there so many bones around here? I don’t recall seeing so many before.”

Ao Bing said, “No need to worry, they’re just some bones.”

Just as the two of them were leading twelve thousand soldiers to Quantai City, they were shocked to see the city gates of Quantai City wide open, with hundreds of riders of Dragon Cavalry lined up in two rows coming out, with Ye Chen and Prince Wen driving the royal chariot.

Mi Le exclaimed, “Have Prince Wen and Ye Chen gone mad? Our forces are here to attack the city, and yet they dare to come out and fight in the open field!”

Prince Wen advanced with the royal chariot, and Ye Chen reached out to lift the curtain, revealing Chen Qing’s face.

Mi Le and Ao Bing, upon seeing this scene, were panicked and speechless.

A Dragon Palace disciple, upon seeing Chen Qing, was so frightened that he fell from the Dragon Boat, spitting out blood.

Chen Qing stepped out of the royal chariot, walked to the shaft, and calmly said, “Prince Wen, read the charges!”

Prince Wen immediately pulled out a Royal Decree and read out, “The North Sea Dragon Clan colluded with the Evil Cultivators in rebellion, losing the name of the righteous path, indulging in evil, lacking virtue!”

“The North Sea Dragon Clan has fallen into the wayside of Evil Demons and must be exterminated!”

Chen Qing stepped forward, leaped off the shaft, and the ground shook with his landing.

Numerous Evil Cultivators tangled their legs and ended up collapsing on the ground!

At this moment, Ao Bing felt utterly disheartened, “It’s all a conspiracy!”

“Chen Qing, why do you bring disaster upon my Dragon Clan?”

Chen Qing laughed, “Since you harbor thoughts of rebellion, you must bear the consequences of rebellion!”

“The Dragon Clan openly violated the pact of the Death Realm, mingling with the Evil Cultivators, sinking into the path of evil.”

“The Dragon Clan shall be stripped of its Great Sect Venerable Position!”

Only then did Mi Le realize that the opportunity to vie for control of the Death Realm was nothing but a trap set by Chen Qing!

He intended to trap and kill all the Evil Cultivators!

Just as the two were stunned, they suddenly saw in the distance, dust rising into the sky, the armies of Da Yan, Immortal Court, and Heavenly Master Mansion from the Death Realm rushing towards the location, completely encircling them.

Ao Bing wanted to command the many Evil Cultivators to attack Chen Qing, “Don’t be afraid, everyone, he’s just one person, and we have tens of thousands – he will be overwhelmed!”

“Once Chen Qing is slain, we can still win decisively!”

Even as he said this, he himself didn’t believe it, let alone the Evil Cultivators.

The ranks of the Evil Cultivators in the rear were disarrayed; numerous Evil Cultivators began to flee in every direction, no longer willing to follow orders.

Just who is Chen Qing?

This guy is someone who slays beings of the Sky-reaching Realm as if slaughtering dogs. Their wish to kill Chen Qing is nothing but a fool’s dream!

Just then, Mi Le suddenly noticed that the bones piled around them began to stand up, boundless and vast as the sea.

The situation was beyond recovery.

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