Chapter 430: Chapter 180: Fratricide and Patricide, Li Treading Immortal... Pleads for Duke Tongye to Abdicate and Succeeds the Title!
The people from the Demon Hunting Department present were all brought by Qing Shan Taoist, numbering about twenty.
Yet all of them...
Invariably, practiced top-tier Primordial Pill techniques.
It wasn’t Qing Shan Taoist’s insight into the ’Mountain and River Returning Yuan Qi’.
But rather various kinds such as the Dragon and Tiger Primordial Manual, Scripture of Inner Illumination of the Divine Soul, Life and Death Force, etc., which Jixia had comprehended three months ago with the ’Human World Demonstration Dao’, the secret transmission of the Demon Hunting Department.
The cultivation is thriving in this world, but the cultivation methods mostly fall short, lacking the sophistication of top clans, strong schools, or demon legacies... mostly they are quite simple.
Those demons from the Jing River Dragon Court may appear formidable and intimidating, but how many can truly be called ’Dragon Blood Flood Serpent Kind’?
Among them, most, even if they have cultivated to the Great Innate or even broken through the Primordial Pill Pass, if their bloodline talent fails, are nonetheless just ’Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals’!
In comparison with the Demon Hunting Department practitioners, all inherited the Peak of the Primordial Pill, almost carrying the Half-Step True Master Secret Manual among them.
Even a demon who has refined Dragon Tiger Divine Power, and after three months of tempering, comparable to years of hard work, cannot obtain much advantage in the hands of the Demon Hunter Generals.
Otherwise, how could the Demon Hunting Department have forged such a grand reputation, compelling the current manager of the Tongye Duke’s Mansion to treat them with respect?
The Demon Hunting Department rose unexpectedly, its prestige mighty in these last three months.
And because most of its personnel were traveling, stationed in the Western Region of Longxiang Prefecture, combating, and slaying demon calamities, the territories occupied by Marquis Hu Wei often heard their renowned name.
Li Qiankun knew.
His maternal uncle, ’Marquis Hu Wei’, had repeatedly, upon hearing the reports from the east on the training field of the Tiger Wei Cavalry, praised the Demon Hunting Department, calling its leader ’Great Demon Hunter Master’ immensely courageous!
It is said that a month ago, the Jing River Dragon King, infuriated by the rampant arrogance of the Demon Hunting Department, purposely laid a ten-fold ambush, dispatching Celestial experts to suppress the various mountains and crucial points of the Western Longxiang two prefectures!
If those from the Demon Hunting Department reveal themselves after their ’burning, killing, and robbing’, and begin to withdraw.
What awaited them would be an imminent encirclement, a path of utter death!
At that time, the Tongye Mansion’s official army collapsed, most of the Demon Hunting Department’s personnel, including six Demon Hunter Generals, were all at the frontline of Longxiang Prefecture.
Even... it was heard that the very mysterious Great Demon Hunter Master was among them.
Logically, when they show themselves once more, they should be captured in one fell swoop, but unexpectedly... something went wrong!
The Jing River Dragon Court placed ninety percent of its forces and demons at the frontline, even the True Master, Jing River Dragon King, appeared in person, stationed at Longxiang, ensuring foolproof security.
Yet...
The Demon Hunting Department, breaking the conventions, under an unknown leadership, secretly bypassed Longxiang, recklessly crossed the Wei River, heading straight into Baoping, surprising the state mansion!
Forcibly... at a time when Jing River Dragon Court was exposed at the rear, they plundered the ’Jing River Dragon Palace’ headquarters!!
In an instant, they seized nearly fifty percent of the resources, causing the present Demon Hunter Generals and commanders to reap abundant profits, sparking rapid cultivation advancements, serving as a wedding dress for others.
The Jing River Dragon King would certainly not tolerate this upon hearing it, quickly marshaling forces and setting traps at various passes to hinder the return of the Demon Hunting Department people, including the ’Great Demon Hunter Master’.
But unexpectedly...
That never-before-seen ’Great Demon Hunter Master’ in Baoping State, despite being unfamiliar with the place... after surprising Jing River Dragon Court’s headquarters in Baoping State, not only was he not restrained, but rather blended in seamlessly, heading southward, penetrating directly into the heart of Baoping!
Moreover, that person seemed to know each prefecture in Baoping State, such as Purple Sun, Shunan, Wutong... like the back of his hand.
Even more familiar than this Old Dragon King who has operated for decades!
Baoping State, is a place dividing three major Ancestral Courts.
The Jing River Dragon Court, in alliance with two other families, would emerge from ’Tongye’, naturally appearing as one in the eyes of outsiders.
But within its own territory...
If Jing River Dragon Court wishes to venture into the territories of the ’Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance’ or ’Great Snow Mountain’ to suppress the Demon Hunting Department people, the protocol dictates they must notify the other two families.
But this coming and going... delayed much time.
Allowing the Great Demon Hunter Master to seize opportunities, coming and going readily between the three paths leading from Baoping to the Wei River, evading capture like a loach.
Even... after constant conniving and wrangling for a full month, the Jing River Dragon Court, due to overextended battle lines, constantly made blunders.
The Great Demon Hunter Master, along with numerous Demon Hunter Generals, took advantage to air raid, breaking through several critical points, ’passing five barriers and slaying six generals’, returning swiftly to Tongye!
After this battle, Jing River Dragon Court suffered severe losses, throwing good money after bad.
Meanwhile... it also shook the reputation of the Demon Hunting Department, making the name ’Great Demon Hunter Master’ reach the ears of every top aristocracy.
Moreover.
The initial policy of the Demon Hunting Department was not against ’Great Yin’, but merely to resist demon rule, thus when observed by Marquis Hu Wei, who invaded Tongye, it emerged as a recruitable, recruitable target.
Marquis Hu Wei Lv Xiantian had once directly remarked before Li Qiankun: "Tongye State, in terms of heroes, Zuo Shanhe is a Mountain People, not entering the mortal world; my brother-in-law Li Shen Yao is a mere Martial Artist, conquering the world easily, defending the kingdom is difficult, all do not count as worldly heroes."
"I thought there weren’t any rising stars."
"But observing the employment of the ’Great Demon Hunter Master’, it is already nearly divine, even if the Old Dragon King could see through the Celestial Gate and step on the path of transforming into a dragon and returning to the heritage, he is still led around incessantly, driven by the nose."
