The darkness before dawn is getting thinner and thinner.
At this moment, in Lingze Palace, a man in a silver mask stood in front of Shangguan Hong who had returned.
"You said you are Boss Jing Hao's secret envoy?"
Shangguan Hong stared at Bai Yunsheng again and again. The blue fox pattern between his eyebrows was magical and majestic.
With a smile in his eyes, Bai Yunsheng bowed and said, "Your Excellency, Bai Yunsheng, I have been ordered to come and pay a visit to the Nine-tailed Fox King!"
Shangguan Hongdao: "How to prove your identity?"
Bai Yunsheng calmly took out the Lord's Order from his arms and said, "Is this okay?"
Shangguan Hong's eyes lit up, he recognized Jing Hao's token, and nodded: "This is indeed Jing Hao's thing, I can trust you. What do you want to do here?"
Bai Yunsheng said: "This junior is here to convey Master Jing Hao's wishes. I hope King Fox can stand with the coalition forces and put down the rebellion together."
Shangguan Hong's face dropped before he finished listening. He had already anticipated Bai Yunsheng's intention, and said with a solemn expression:
"You heard it tonight. I didn't promise Jin Chan, and I won't promise you."
Bai Yunsheng suddenly realized that when the black-robed killer found him, Shangguanhong also found him, but he deliberately didn't say anything and stopped the black-robed man to save his life.
Shangguan Hong continued:
"For a long time, the undercurrent of the Demon Realm has never stopped. The eight royal families jointly control the Seventy-six Mountains. They seem to be monolithic, but in fact they all have their own agendas. Most of the demon clans on Jing Hao's side fled from the Central Plains to the Southern Wilderness. And Jin Tu
Most of the people here are the aborigines of the Southern Wilderness. Over the years, the friction between the two sides has not stopped. In the past, no one dared to step forward due to the threat of the Demon King. Now that the Demon King has passed away, this war will happen sooner or later, but
It’s time to do it now.”
Bai Yunsheng wanted to work harder and say something, but Shangguanhong didn't give him a chance.
"Go back and tell Jing Hao that Qingqiu Mountain will not participate in the war."
Bai Yunsheng felt very unhappy because he was rejected.
Not long ago, he had no choice but to get Shangguanjing and let Shangguanjing call him "husband".
Bai Yunsheng also guessed her identity - she was the apple of the eye of Fox King Shangguan Hong, so he expressed his intention to come to Shangguan Hong, but Shangguan Jing insisted on following her.
Having said that, with Shangguanjing leading the way, Bai Yunsheng felt a little more relaxed when he met Shangguanhong.
But Bai Yunsheng had already made a plan in his heart: "I will never stay in Qingqiu Mountain, and I will never take Shangguanjing away!"
This is an idea that has been firm from the beginning, a belief that never changes in people's hearts.
After hearing Shangguanhong's final decision, Bai Yunsheng took a deep breath and prepared for the final "fight".
He showed his "trump card" and said solemnly: "Lord Shangguan, I wonder if anything strange will happen in Qingqiu Mountain tonight?"
When Shangguan Hong heard this, he wondered why this boy was talking about something else.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Nothing."
Bai Yunsheng said with a confident smile in his eyes: "Jin Tu's envoys are all dead, so everything is fine?"
Shangguan Hongjian frowned and said solemnly: "How do you know? It was you who did it?!"
Bai Yunsheng said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Of course, if it weren't for me, I'm afraid your concubine would have been murdered."
"What does this have to do with Jing'er?"
Shangguan Hong's voice suddenly became stern. Shangguan Jing was the only apple of his eye, and he would never allow any inconvenience.
"Could it be..."
Before the Fox King finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and shot towards Bai Yunsheng like an invisible wind of karma.
Bai Yunsheng did not dodge, he raised his palm and turned out black karma, blocking the pure karma of the strong man in the blue soul realm.
But he still couldn't block it and retreated several feet, leaving a pair of marks with his feet.
"Husband!"
Shangguanjing, who had been hiding behind the tent, let out a sweet cry, ran out, supported Bai Yunsheng's crumbling body, and said with concern:
"Husband, are you okay?"
As he spoke, several strands of warm karma were injected into Bai Yunsheng's body, calming the restlessness in his body.
Just a casual blow from the blue spirit realm expert made Bai Yunsheng dizzy. Fortunately, the black karma in his body swallowed up some of Shangguan Hong's power, and the Fox King did not take it seriously, so he escaped the disaster.
But at this moment, Shangguanhong pointed at Bai Yunsheng and the two of them and shouted: "Jing'er! What did you call him?!"
Shangguanjing supported Bai Yunsheng, looked at Shangguanhong who was rarely angry, and said firmly with a pretty face:
"Dad, he is my husband! You are not allowed to hurt him!"
"What did you say!!"
This sentence completely ignited Shangguanhong's anger.
In an instant, the fox king's whole body was surrounded by karma, and a layer of bright white light appeared on his body.
The powerful pressure of the Blue Soul Realm expert rolled over like a mountain, causing the entire palace to tremble slightly.
Shangguanjing immediately stood in front of Bai Yunsheng and said firmly:
"Dad! Bai Yunsheng didn't harm me, he saved me!"
Shangguanhong finally showed some tolerance and was patient, waiting for his precious daughter's explanation.
Bai Yunsheng patted Shangguanjing's shoulder, pushed Shangguanjing aside, and said, "Let me tell you."
Shangguanjing pouted her pink mouth, her eyes full of anxiety.
Bai Yunsheng took a few breaths and said:
"Lord Shangguan, the golden toad tried to taint your daughter, but I arrived in time to kill him. It was as simple as that. As for setting the house on fire, it was not me who did it. We had already left at that time."
Bai Yunsheng calmly omitted some of the plot.
The heavy pressure in the room disappeared instantly, and Bai Yunsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Shangguan Hong sat down again with a solemn expression and said: "Jing'er, come here."
Shangguanjing glanced at Bai Yunsheng reluctantly and walked to Shangguanhong's side.
The two whispered a few words, during which Shangguanjing blushed and nodded several times.
That Shangguanhong actually put up a barrier so that Bai Yunsheng couldn't hear anything.
After a while, Shangguan Hong's expression softened a bit. After he said the last words to his daughter, Shangguan Jing nodded, glanced at Bai Yunsheng secretly, and walked out of the room.
Bai Yunsheng felt happy, as long as the Fox King didn't drive him away, it meant there would be more to the matter.
...
In Lingze Palace.
The bright candlelight burned the last loneliness of the night, and the morning light had already climbed on the window lattice.
Bai Yunsheng regained his energy, and he vaguely sensed an opportunity to persuade Shangguan Hong.
Shangguan Hong leaned on the chair and said with a proud look on his face: "What are your plans for this matter?"
Bai Yunsheng said nonchalantly: "Lord Shangguan, I can only tell you that I, Bai, have a clear conscience."
Seeing Shangguan Hong's face turn green again, Bai Yunsheng said quickly:
"Miss Shangguan has a simple mind. You are the lord of this country. I think you don't need to talk too much about these matters."
Shangguan Hong scolded mercilessly: "I think you deserve a beating."
Although Bai Yunsheng wore a mask, he did not conceal his sincerity at all, saying:
"Senior Shangguan, I have someone I like in my heart, and I have no ill intentions towards Miss Shangguan. This trip is just to convince King Fox to support the coalition."
Listening to Bai Yunsheng's sonorous and powerful voice, Shangguan Hong gradually put away his angry expression.
Why didn't he understand the cause and effect? It was just for the sake of his daughter that he had no choice but to put on an annoying face.
The two were in a stalemate for a while.
Shangguan Hong let out a long sigh and said: "Let's put aside Jing'er's matter for the time being. As for participating in the war, although Jin Chan is unkind, I still say that the two will not help each other."
"Fox King!"
At this point, seeing that the duck was about to be cooked, Bai Yunsheng hurriedly said: "Do you have anything else to hide?"
Surprisingly, Shangguanhong was not angry. Instead, he sighed even more and said frankly: "Yes, we, Qingqiu Mountain, are facing a life-and-death crisis."
Bai Yunsheng's eyes flew as he quickly thought about all the information related to the Qingqiu Fox Clan.
But what kind of power can endanger one of the eight royal families in the Demon Realm?
"Man-made disaster? Impossible. The Qingqiu Fox Clan is also an aborigine of the Southern Wilderness and has deep roots in the Demon Realm. Now that the Demon Realm is fighting, who will care about this place? Could it be..."
Bai Yunsheng suddenly had an idea in his mind, that was one of the things he was entrusted to do secretly.
He asked carefully: "King Fox, is there a natural disaster coming?"
Shangguan Hong lowered his eyes and looked at the vermilion table. After a while, the overlord of the Demon Realm slowly nodded.
Bai Yunsheng raised his heart in his throat and asked carefully: "Is there something wrong with the source of water?"
The air in the attic seemed to freeze for a moment, and even the candlelight lost its power to beat.
Shangguan Hong created a barrier with a wave of his right hand, stood up and walked to Bai Yunsheng.
He was very calm and there was no shock at all after the secret was discovered.
"You actually know the origin of water? You are not from Jing Hao, who are you?"
Bai Yunsheng was very surprised by Shangguan Hong's attitude and said calmly: "I'm Bai Yunsheng."
"Bai Yunsheng?"
Shangguan Hong murmured, walked a few steps, shook his head, and said, "Can you take off the Fengyun mask?"
Bai Yunsheng said in surprise: "Do you know this mask?"
However, he did not refuse and calmly took off his mask to reveal his true colors.
"It's you?!"
Seeing Bai Yunsheng's face, Shangguanhong could no longer remain calm.
Although his white hair is different from before, his face is unmistakable.
Two years ago, it was this man who burned the unruly Golden Spider to ashes in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.
However, Shangguanhong did not salute, but just smiled and said: "I didn't expect that you would come back at this time after disappearing for so long."
Bai Yunsheng didn't mind and responded with a smile: "It's good if Lord Shangguan still remembers me."
Shangguan Hong said: "Have you met Yin Yisheng? This Fengyun Mask is a treasure. He has never left it, and he actually gave it to you."
There was no greed on Bai Yunsheng's face, and he said: "I'm just borrowing it and will return it when the war in the Demon Realm is over."
Shangguan Hong sighed softly, puffed up his chest, and said seriously:
"Although I can't see through you, with your current level of cultivation, you still can't hold the position of Demon King. It's right to hide behind the scenes. But I'm still curious, how do you know the origin of water?"
Bai Yunsheng answered half-heartedly: "Of course it's the mythical beast telling me."
Shangguan Hong said: "Oh? You have also seen the five divine beasts. But it is useless for you to know. The power of the source is not something that ordinary people can approach."
Bai Yunsheng smiled. One of the origins of the Five Elements, the Heavenly Water Bead, the origin of water, was on his body. The origin and branches were distantly connected, and this was how he learned the truth that Qingqiu Mountain had the veins of water in the Southern Wilderness.
He said: "Why don't the lord take me to take a look? Maybe I can find a way to solve the nobles' urgent needs."
Shangguan Hong said in surprise: "What can you do?"
Bai Yunsheng speculated: "If my guess is correct, the Qingqiu Fox Clan guards the water branch of the Demon Realm. It is not difficult to control."
Shangguan Hong smiled bitterly, shook his head feebly, and said:
"That's right. For millions of years, our clan has spent everything it has in order to preserve the last source of water energy in our branches. Most of the clan members are trying to keep the seal intact and slow down the loss of origin energy, but this has only weakened the clan's power."
Bai Yunsheng listened quietly and asked:
"Why don't the lords ask for help from the white tiger beast?"
But what he didn't expect was that after hearing these words, the emotions in Shangguan Hong's eyes suddenly became very complicated, including piety, enthusiasm, and unwillingness.
He said with stern eyes: "Do you think that we, the Qingqiu Fox Clan, joined the Sun Moon Pavilion and guarded the branches to fulfill the instructions of the divine beasts? No, we did it for the stability of the demon realm. The surrounding world was born from the five elements, and the five origins are
The main vein that supports the heaven and earth, the five divine beasts extend and split the main vein into many branches, each supporting an area of heaven and earth. If something happens to this branch of water, once the five elements lose a corner, the demon realm will never be peaceful. In the past, the white tiger divine beast once every thousand years
It will come once and help strengthen the seal, but it has been nearly two thousand years since the previous generation of the Fox King, and we have not seen the divine beast yet."
Shangguanhong's words made Bai Yunsheng feel uneasy.
He suddenly felt that the five divine beasts were not as majestic as they seemed.
Bai Yunsheng saw three mythical beasts with his own eyes, the green dragon, the red bird, and the white tiger.
From what they said, they seemed to have their own plans, and they seemed to be quite different from each other. They were very different from the stone statues of the five divine beasts encountered in the tomb of the divine beasts.
Bai Yunsheng asked himself in his heart: "Did something happen to the five divine beasts this time?"
...
Yin Shi.
Qingqiu back mountain.
Shangguan Hong led Bai Yunsheng into a wide cave, and the sound of running water could be heard in his ears.
After a while, a bright light appeared in front of my eyes.
It's a pool of water.
It's so dark that you can't see the depth. There are a few smooth stones lined up on the water, which curves into a path, leading to the place where the light comes from.
A glittering curtain of water flowed down from the roof of the cave and fell into the pool, creating white splashes.
Water curtain cave sky.
"Follow me."
Shangguan Hong said calmly.
After careful consideration, he brought Bai Yunsheng here.
Although Shangguanhong expressed great doubts about Bai Yunsheng's words of "helping solve the problem", since Bai Yunsheng knew about the origin, he simply became a living doctor.
At this time, Bai Yunsheng was calm on the surface, but inside his body was already in chaos. The beads of heavenly water in his kidneys were shining excitedly, as if he had seen a long-lost child.
The two quickly passed through the water curtain and walked into the cave.
The sudden white light stung Bai Yunsheng's eyes.
He covered his eyes for a while to adjust to the bright light, and when he opened them again, he was stunned.
I saw a wall of blue water at the end of the cave, with no top and no sides. The water flowed to the far end of the cave, and no sound of water could be heard, just like a corner of the boundless sea.
On the water wall, there are crystal tablets floating one after another.
The tablets exuded soft light and gathered together to form a majestic momentum, rushing towards them from the end of the water, as if waves of invisible waves swept away and washed away Bai Yunsheng's soul.
On the top of the cave, a blue barrier floats in front of the water curtain.
Under the barrier, there were ten old men sitting cross-legged in a circle, and cold blue karma was flowing endlessly from their bodies into the barrier.
Bai Yunsheng was amazed and said: "Is this the water branch of the Yidi Mountain Demon Realm?"
Shangguan Hong, however, did not express the slightest admiration.
On the contrary, every time he came here, his heart was filled with despair.
A kind of despair that is still powerless despite all the efforts.
Shangguan Hong said in a low voice: "These ten are the elders of my clan, and they have all reached the ultimate level of the Purple Soul Realm."
"What did you say? Ten great demons who have reached the Purple Soul Realm?"
Bai Yunsheng confirmed Shangguanhong's words again and again, widened his eyes, and looked at the ten old men with blue and white hair and beards respectfully. As if he had seen gods, he shook his head in disbelief and said:
"The five major families in the Central Plains may not have that many practitioners who have reached the Tianying position combined."
Shangguan Hong explained unhurriedly: "This is the place of origin. The purity of the five elements' vitality is far beyond comparison with the outside world. The foundation of your seniors' cultivation is naturally different."
Bai Yunsheng nodded in understanding.
At this moment, the Heavenly Water Bead that had been hidden in his kidney actually turned into a stream of light and ran out without him noticing.
I saw beads of water hanging above the heads of the ten old men, emitting brilliant blue light, like a bright moon descending from the earth, and the stable barrier on the top of the cave suddenly trembled.
The ten most powerful Fox Clan warriors in the Purple Soul Realm all opened their eyes and looked at the beads in the air in amazement. Furujing Mubo's old face was instantly filled with horror.
Shangguan Hong pointed at the Tianshui Pearl with trembling fingers and said hesitantly: "This is...the origin of water, the Tianshui Pearl?!"
Bai Yunsheng curled his lips with satisfaction, cast a line of karma, and took back the excited Tianshui Bead in his hand.
In an instant, the light in the cave went silent.
Bai Yunsheng played with the blue bead in his hand and said calmly: "Yes, this is the sky water bead guarded by the mythical beast White Tiger."
Shangguan Hong was so shocked that he could not calm down for a long time.
The ten elders still had missions and could not speak, but the shock in their hearts was clearly written on their faces, and they were definitely no less than Shangguan Hong.
Shangguan Hong was still shocked and said: "How come the source of water is in your hands? Could it be that Master Baihu..."
Bai Yunsheng said: "He left because of something and asked me to keep the water source temporarily."
Shangguan Hong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great. With the Heavenly Water Bead here, the seal can be stable."
Bai Yunsheng rolled his eyes and said, "Senior Shangguan, I don't know how to use this thing."
Shangguan Hong asked anxiously: "Master Baihu didn't teach you the method of controlling pearls?"
Bai Yunsheng shook his head innocently.
Shangguanhong almost wanted to slap Bai Yunsheng to death for talking loudly and breathing heavily.
At this moment, a deep voice suddenly came into the minds of the two of them.
"Don't worry King Fox, just ask this little brother to put the Tianshui Pearl into the barrier."
Shangguan Hong heard the voice of the great elder and said respectfully: "Great elder, how is the sealing situation of the branch?"
The old man gave him the worst result and said: "If there is no more injection of original energy, I am afraid that in another hundred years, the branches will dry up."
After hearing this, Bai Yunsheng took a deep breath, and immediately stopped hesitating. He calmed down in his mind. With the Heavenly Water Drops in hand, could a living person still be choked to death by urinating?
Just try everything first.
"Senior, please rest assured, junior will try his best."
After saying that, Bai Yunsheng ignited a ball of black karma in his palm, entangled the Tianshui Pearl and drove it into the barrier.
At first there was no movement in the cave, but soon the barrier was filled with blue light, making the entire cave shake violently.
Bai Yunsheng was shocked and said: "What's going on!"
The ten old men sitting cross-legged in the center of the cave are still as stable as Mount Tai, and their karma is still flowing in an endless stream.
After a short while, the great elder who just spoke said anxiously: "The original energy in the Tianshui Pearl overflowed, and the branch veins were about to be unable to bear it!"
Bai Yunsheng said anxiously: "How could this happen?"
Shangguan Hong frowned deeply and said: "After hundreds of thousands of years of consumption, the branches are on the verge of drying up and are no longer the same size as before. The amount of original energy that can be accommodated is very limited now, and it is still shrinking."
It is like a person who has been hungry for a long time and suddenly has a table of delicacies in front of him. While he is devouring it, he is in danger of starving to death at any time.
"What should we do?"
Bai Yunsheng couldn't help but cursed in his heart, what are these old men doing with these useless things if they don't come up with solutions?
The vibrations in the cave became more and more violent, but the endless blue water wall still flowed quietly, without any ripples in the water above.
Shangguan Hong shouted loudly: "The water source energy must be controlled as soon as possible, otherwise not only the branches will be destroyed in advance, but Qingqiu Mountain will also be destroyed."
After Bai Yunsheng heard this, he only hesitated for a moment, then jumped up and jumped into the barrier.