northernbook Chapter 311 Lanqiuze 14
Chapter 311 Lanqiuze 14
"How much does he know?" Qin Che asked curiously after sending a distress message to the sect.
"I asked, but they didn't know much. At most, they knew that his brother-in-law, Huang Si, had committed a crime and attacked the disciples of the Guiyuan Sect."
Huang Si's elder sister was his most favored concubine, and all three children in the household were born to her. Therefore, his first thought upon learning of this was to suppress the matter.
"Wait a minute!" Cheng Jiu looked at the fat man stroking his chin: "How many concubines does he have?"
"The city lord and his wife don't care about these things. I see about ten left!"
"Has any of these people been pregnant?"
"..." Senior Sister Jin Su seemed to understand what Cheng Jiu was asking, and kicked the fat boy who was crying out in pain, "Did you hear me asking you?"
The city lord of Changming City, who was lying on the ground, hurriedly replied upon hearing the question, "No, I don't think so!" His tone was hesitant, as if he had thought of something, and he explained, "Cultivators naturally have difficulty having offspring!"
"Let's have someone check it out!" Cheng Jiu clicked his tongue.
With so many concubines, only one of them getting pregnant is truly valuable!
The senior brothers looked somewhat awkward, but Liu Shaoyuan stepped forward and said, "I am a disciple of Medicine King Valley! I know some medicine, let me do it!"
After saying this, he walked up to the city lord, squatted down, and under the city lord's watchful eyes, the hands of judgment were placed on his wrists.
Warm, melting wood elemental energy flowed rapidly through his body, his heart pounded, and he awaited judgment.
Liu Shaoyuan first looked at him with surprise, then a hint of sympathy appeared in his eyes.
That sympathy pierced his heart like a sharp blade.
"Impossible, impossible!" He struggled frantically, as if he were a madman, rejecting the possibility: "It must be my child!"
"You were injured when you were young, didn't you know?" Liu Shaoyuan's surprise exposed his pretense of modesty.
The city lord's body stiffened slightly, his thoughts seemingly returning to something, and he struggled again: "That alchemist clearly said there was no problem!"
"Maybe I didn't want to hurt you, afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it?" Liu Shaoyuan stroked his chin and judged, "Even if you haven't completely lost it, you've been indulging in women all these years, your body must be worn out! How old are your children?"
If it were a big deal, Huang Si wouldn't have only now become the manager of Lanqiuze.
Although the death of the administrator of Lanqiuze was a contributing factor, Changming City is so large that a replacement can always be found.
"Bitch, that bitch..." The city lord of Changming City completely broke down and cursed loudly.
"Tell me, where did you send your concubines and those children?"
You're going to be dragged down by her; she's probably living a happy life with her lover and their child right now.
Cheng Jiu's description was so vivid that the Lord of Changming City couldn't bear it even with a little immersion in it, his eyes bloodshot as he shouted, "Speak! I'll talk!"
They don't care about anything else, but they will definitely not let Huang Si's sister go.
Following the address Huang Si gave, Senior Sister Jin Su led her team to retrieve the person.
Cheng Jiu pointed at the calm Qiu River, looked at the fat man who was devastated by being cuckolded, and told him in a cold tone just how big a mess he had made!
Once the floodwaters below burst, this fat man will probably not be able to atone for his sins even if he dies ten thousand times!
And then there were those poor, innocent children who were fed to monsters.
Cheng Jiu wanted to tell this fat man that because of the huge trouble he had caused by his dereliction of duty, his death was deserved and unforgivable, not because of his romantic affairs.
Seeing the Lord of Changming City weep bitterly, shedding crocodile tears, Cheng Jiu beheaded him with a single sword stroke, sending this traitor to atone for the sins of those poor souls! To appease those pitiful victims!
All the disciples watched Cheng Jiu's execution of the city lord with blank expressions and indifference, offering no objection whatsoever.
Cheng Jiu didn't know if the Lord of Changming City regretted his actions at the end of his life, but it didn't matter anymore.
Cheng Jiu and the others did not leave. After all, no one knew when the Sea-Suppressing Stone would collapse. If the Sea-Suppressing Stone collapsed before the sect members arrived, then they, the disciples, would be the first line of defense against this flood!
We absolutely must not allow the water level to spiral out of control!
All the disciples have this awareness in their hearts!
"Formation Master, we need to set up formations before the flood disaster strikes. Senior Sister Yingyue, please lead the alchemists to refine more pills! Also, talisman masters, make more water-controlling and ice-condensing talismans. Everyone else, conserve your energy; it's going to be a big battle!"
Cheng Jiu methodically arranged for the other senior brothers. Fortunately, all those present were elite disciples at the Nascent Soul stage, few in number but capable in number, and they all took on their respective duties upon hearing the instructions.
Such floods are extremely powerful, so the formations must also be large-scale, using sheer force to control the mighty! This isn't about formation stones or plates; it requires the combined efforts of at least ten formation masters!
This will test the team's tacit understanding. Fortunately, apart from Cheng Jiu, the other array masters are all from the same lineage and are familiar with each other, so the prerequisite for setting up such a large array has been solved.
As for Cheng Jiu, she was a disciple of Cang Jiyue and had never cultivated at the Array Peak, but she was strong and of high rank, so she naturally took on the heavy responsibility of command!
Coordinating with other formation masters is more than enough.
Senior Sister Yingyue was experienced in alchemy during the beast tide. She directed the other alchemists in an orderly manner, coordinating their alchemy to prevent waste.
The talisman master side is led by an experienced senior female talisman master, who is also a direct disciple of the peak master and has considerable prestige among the talisman master disciples.
Everything proceeded smoothly here, while Qin Che and Senior Brother Huo Yan led the remaining disciples to recover their strength, including taking on the responsibility of patrolling and protecting the disciples.
This group is not large, how should I put it?
As expected of the elite disciples of Guiyuan Sect, almost all of them have a special skill. Even the senior brothers from Body Peak and Sword Peak have their own side jobs.
Perhaps his rank is not as high as those specialized disciples, but it is sufficient for the current situation.
The main focus is on talismans, pills, and artifacts. As for array masters, they are not included here. As one of the four most difficult arts, the threshold for mastery is very high.
Anyone with some talent in formations will generally choose the Formation Peak, because, for one thing, the Formation Peak offers better treatment than the Medicine Peak.
Cheng Jiu wiped his sweat. There were only six disciples from the formation peak present, which meant that Cheng Jiu had to take on the workload of at least four people. In addition, he also had to keep an eye on and command the remaining six people at all times. He was really exhausted.
It's only slightly easier than the Ninth-Rank Transformation Array, since that array is truly a life-threatening setup.
The ninth rank was something Cheng Jiu had never dared to dream of before. He didn't even know how much perseverance he had put in when he set up that grand formation.
Fortunately, he was in a coma for only one day and there were no other aftereffects!
Cheng Jiu set up an eighth-grade Xuan Tian Bagua Four Phases Sealing Array, which is the most defensive array among eighth-grade arrays.
The formation is characterized by having a core array eye in each of the four cardinal directions (east, west, south, north, and center), with each array eye corresponding to one of the five elemental roots: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
When the formation is activated, cultivators of the same attribute can stand at the corresponding array eye to control the formation. Each time an array eye is broken, another array eye can be activated again. Only when all five array eyes are broken is the formation completely destroyed.
One formation is equivalent to five, but the cost is also very high. For example, apart from Cheng Jiu, the others are completely dependent on pills to stay alive so that they can follow Cheng Jiu's command and complete the deployment without stopping for a moment.