Chapter 92: Turmoil Breaks Out

No one had foreseen that on the third day after the Lu family was consumed by fire, the refugees from four counties in Hebei Province would rise in rebellion.

Upon receiving the news, Zhao Su set out at once with a hundred elite troops for Liuxing Mountain.

There, a thousand imperial guards and two thousand soldiers from the eastern capital were encamped, and they were now facing off against the rebels. If a true battle broke out, victory could not be guaranteed.

He had not yet left the territory of Henan Province...

Granzhou had lately been hailed as a cradle of mages, for more than one mage of the fourth ring had appeared there. Though they were merely former holders of extraordinary power who had regained their strength, their renown had still soared.

Ever since the ambush on the Sixth Princess had failed, he had known that, no matter how magnanimous the emperor might be, the Sixth Princess and the others would never let him off easily.

The soldiers from the imperial tomb were utterly disregarded. One man had been slain, and the commoners who had come to the Earth Temple seeking blessings fled in terror in all directions. Of course, there were also some fearless souls who, as if watching a spectacle, simply stood off to the side and refused to leave.

A cold curl touched Xia Yu's lips, and her frosty gaze fell directly on Bei Mingye in his snow-white robes, unstained by the slightest speck of dust. The demon king returned through ten lifetimes—he was right. Even if she destroyed the entire divine realm today and killed every person in the world, Yifeng would still never come back.

"How could this happen... Big Brother, what's wrong with you, Big Brother..." Seeing Du Yuanming covered in blood, Du Jiaoyu rushed straight toward Xia Yu, shoved her aside, and then half-embraced the unconscious Du Yuanming as she burst into tears.

Because Captain Yu had some old connection with the second master of Baifeng Stronghold, his relations with them were fairly good, though this amounted only to sending offerings and gifts each year so that he could pass smoothly through Baifeng Valley, and, on occasion, take the narrow pass below the stronghold.

"..."

The Sixth Princess let out a helpless sigh in her heart. That stubborn fool, Yu Fei, could not be won over; it was truly one of her greatest regrets. Yet on second thought, if Yu Fei were the sort of man who could be won over, and she had chosen to seek refuge with the Eighth Princess, she would probably have been ruined long ago.

One could no longer hope for the level thirty-five blueprint, so Su Wanwan could only look back through the records. Heaven rewarded the diligent at last, and she finally found a blueprint for a longsword that could be bought for just one gold coin.

Seeing Tang Qing pour the Thunder Jade Dew straight into his mouth, Elder Qingyan could not help but sigh.

And Old General Dai seemed unsurprised, showing no astonishment at all over the handshake between Chai Hua and Dabin. He only watched the fierce, unwilling contest between the two young men with amused delight.

The one charging over was none other than Vito, who had been hiding in a corner nearby. In his mind, any act that might take another person's life was a crime; no matter which side suffered the blow, his only thought was that such behavior had to be stopped, because it was criminal.

After walking for a very long time, they finally saw a platform. It was tall, and beside it stood an incense burner filled with many, many lots.

Meng Xiyao once again flushed crimson, her heart pounding wildly, feeling that before she knew it, she had fallen all over again.

So, thinking of this, the man in the skull mask simply abandoned the two so-called comrades, turned on his heel, and fled.

Chen Yingxue could clearly feel that their vitality had long since vanished, while the surrounding corpse miasma grew ever thicker.

The shadow vanished, and the horde of zombies advancing on Jun Chen and Situ Pengju also began to scatter. Only a small number pressed into the range where they could sense the presence of the two living men.

Faced with that monstrous thing crashing toward her, Rong Zhao's mind went utterly blank. She had always been quick-witted, yet this time she did not even know how to dodge, utterly without the means to defend herself.

A piercing crack of thunder split the air, and Yuyangzi's divine power was shattered in an instant as countless bolts of lightning surged along it.