Chapter 54: Prince Lu's Palace
Chen Jiu returned home with a lot of magical herbs and elixirs, and was in a good mood.
Jiaona and Luo Li had been worried for most of the day, and they were very happy to see that he not only came back, but also brought back a mountain of medicine boxes and countless magical herbs and medicines.
The three of them were happily counting the goods in the house when the monkey demon Sun Dasheng suddenly ran in and said in a panic, "Master, it's bad, the soldiers are coming."
Officers and soldiers!
The imperial court came to us so quickly?
Chen Jiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
He was stunned for a moment, then asked quickly: "Where are they? How many soldiers have come?"
Sun Dasheng said without hesitation: "They are already outside the southern valley. There should be hundreds of soldiers there."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. There were only a few hundred soldiers and officers. Look how scared you were. I thought there were tens of thousands of soldiers and officers.
He calmly put the magic herb in his hand into a medicine box, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Soon, they came to the stone wall on the south side. At this time, the old fox fairy, the pig demon and the cow demon were already standing on it, but the wolf demon and Daqing and Xiaoqing were not there. The three were probably still thinking about how to become handsome and beautiful.
Chen Jiu glanced to the south and saw, as expected, a general on a war horse was leading hundreds of soldiers slowly towards this side.
Those guys were all dressed in armor, holding spears, looking majestic and neat, and they were obviously imperial officials and soldiers.
However, it is a bit strange that such a small number of people were used to capture him.
Although these officers and soldiers look impressive, their numbers are too small. Moreover, they don't seem to be very strong. The general leading them is at most a demon king, and those soldiers probably don't even have the strength of a big demon.
Why are such a small number of people coming here? Are they looking for death?
He was just wondering when the general suddenly stared at Luo Li and said excitedly: "I thought it was a monkey's den, but it turned out to be a rebel's den. Brothers, go ahead, kill all the men and keep the women for interrogation."
Hundreds of officers and soldiers shouted with excitement, and rushed forward one after another as if they were in heat.
Damn, this bunch of soldiers!
It is rumored that when officers and soldiers encounter a caravan in the wild or pass through a remote village, they will usually kill innocent people to claim credit, rob people of their property, and humiliate people's wives and daughters, being worse than beasts.
Therefore, the old people in the village all said that when the soldiers passed by, they had to hide and not be seen by the soldiers.
Now it seems that the rumors are true.
Chen Jiu became furious upon seeing this and raised his hand to grab the general leading the troops.
Unexpectedly, the general who led the troops showed no panic when he saw the huge hand grabbing him. He just raised his hand and fired a shot.
With a "puff" sound, a fire shadow flashed, and Chen Jiu felt as if his hand was burned by a branding iron, it hurt terribly.
He withdrew his hand and saw that there was a dark hole on the palm of his hand.
Seeing this, Luo Li couldn't help but said with concern: "Ajiu, be careful, the elite officers and soldiers are practicing "Heavenly Spring Jade Blood, Steel Blazing Sun", which is considered the most powerful fire-attributed martial arts in the world."
"Heavenly Spring, Blue Blood, Steel Sun"?
There is indeed something there.
Chen Jiu couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
He originally wanted to suck some blood and energy, but this guy had thorns on his body, making it difficult to suck. It seemed that he had no choice but to cut the Gordian knot.
Seeing that he seemed a little afraid, the general in charge actually laughed smugly and said, "Hahaha, it turns out you only know a little bit of demon skills, what a clown."
A clown?
Chen Jiu looked at the guy's smug face and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He simply pulled out the Kaitian sword on his back, which had turned into the size of an ordinary machete, and raised his hand to cut it.
With a sharp "Woo" sound, a terrifying sword energy several miles long came down, and the general leading the troops and the horse under his crotch were directly split into two halves.
Oh my god, what is this!
Seeing this, the soldiers who were originally excited were all shocked and turned around and ran away.
Chen Jiu decided to go all out and raised his hand to sweep over with another knife.
With a sharp "Woo" sound, a terrifying sword energy several miles long swept past, and all the soldiers including the trees behind them exploded and broke into two.
The power of the divine weapon that opened the sky is truly terrifying!
Luo Li was stunned for a moment, then he stepped forward and asked, "Ah Jiu, what kind of weapon is this? It's so powerful!"
Chen Jiu slowly retracted the magic weapon and said solemnly: "Ah Li, this is an ancient magic weapon, don't tell your father, okay?"
Ancient divine weapon!
Luo Li seemed to understand something, and nodded slowly, saying, "Don't worry, I won't tell my father."
Chen Jiu looked at the corpse below and sighed.
Where did these officers and soldiers come from and why did they suddenly come to him?
He thought about it, then jumped to the body of the general and scratched it a few times with his magic weapon.
Sure enough, this guy had a badge hanging around his waist.
He raised his hand, grabbed it, took it and looked at it, his brows couldn't help but frowned.
Prince Lu’s Palace, Right Guard, former thousand households!
It turned out that these were not soldiers, but the guards of Prince Lu's Palace.
This caused even more trouble, because the Prince of Lu's palace was in Yanzhou, and Yanzhou was just south of Mount Yi, not far from here.
Luo Li leaped over to him and looked at him, also with a serious face, he said: "Yanzhou Luwang Mansion! Ah Jiu, be careful, it is said that Luwang Mansion is full of masters, and there is more than one earth immortal."
Chen Jiu nodded slowly, still a little puzzled: "Why did they suddenly come to the Earth Fire Valley? My identity should not be exposed. The generals don't know me, and this is not the new territory!"
Luo Li thought about it, and then estimated: "This place is located between Yanzhou and the New Territory, and the fire spirit energy is quite rich, which is just right for them to practice. I think they should want to seize the Earth Fire Valley as a camp, and then gather a large army to go to the New Territory to snatch the immortal herbs and spiritual medicines."
By the way, these guys are practicing fire-attributed skills.
Alas, I have just offended the most powerful aristocratic family in the world, and now I have offended the terrifyingly powerful Prince Lu’s Mansion. I can’t stay here anymore.
This group of guys are obviously the pathfinders sent by Prince Lu's Palace. It's useless to kill them all and wipe out all traces. The guards of Prince Lu's Palace will still find the Earth Fire Valley by following the fire spiritual energy.
Moreover, the wealthy children of the Zhao family had already discovered this place a long time ago, and he had not been able to kill them all. Sooner or later, they would bring the earth immortals to his door, and other wealthy families would easily expose Chen Banxian's tricks based on these clues.
He was originally still thinking about what to do next, but now it seems that the best option is to give up this place and find a place to hide first.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand decisively and said, "Let's go, pack up our things and leave here quickly."
Jiaona and Luo Li had no objections. As long as they could be with Chen Jiu, it didn't matter where they went.
Honghuang Shending was quite unhappy and said, "Ah Jiu, why are you leaving when everything is going well? I am refining pills and tools just fine."
This guy, it turns out he loves doing this, it's a nice hobby.
Chen Jiu patiently explained: "This place has been discovered. If we stay here, we will become the target of the aristocratic families and the Lu Palace. Moreover, this place is too far from the Yin and Yang Realm, and it is not convenient for us to contact Lao Qi and the others.
Don't worry, there is already underground fire over Jiuling Mountain, and when the new area was formed, the earth dragon rolled out many mountains, I believe it should not be difficult to find another underground fire outlet."
Okay, as long as we can find the crater.
Honghuang Shending said straightforwardly: "What should I do with so many things? I can't swallow them all at once. The most I can take is the materials for refining the golden body."
This is indeed a problem. Other things are easy to deal with, as he can collect them all into the demon power space. But how to take away the troublesome people and demons, especially the hundreds of monkeys under the command of Sun Wukong?
When he was hunting down the Zhao family members, he did not take them into his inner world because he was afraid that they would suck his vital energy.
It seems that it is necessary to collect those monkeys into the magic power space now. If these ordinary monkeys are allowed to travel through the dangerous new area on their own, I am afraid that only a few of them can reach the vicinity of Jiuling Mountain alive.
Oh, never mind. Even if it is a reward to them, ordinary monkeys can’t absorb much vitality anyway. Maybe, we can even cultivate a group of monkey monsters.
Thinking of this, he opened his spiritual sense and scanned everything. All the magical herbs and elixirs, house materials, the ancient divine tripod, and all the monkeys were collected into his demonic power space.
The entire Earth Fire Valley was empty in an instant!
Everyone was stunned when they saw this.
However, he transformed into the Tiger God's true form without hesitation and said decisively: "Hurry up, come up, let's go."
All the people and monsters in the Earth Fire Valley disappeared suddenly. Chen Jiu led them to the territory of the Green Lotus Sect in the northwest. The wealthy families and the Prince Lu's Mansion had no idea where they had gone.
