Chapter 885: Escape
"Ancient Qi State! Could it be such a coincidence?" Qin Ziling's expression became more subtle.
Tian Yuanmao, the third prince of the ancient Qi State, was very arrogant in the Dark Emperor Heaven. Not only did he join forces with Zhou Ziru and others to kill Tai Shi Ba and him, he also coveted Lan Ran's beauty.
As a result, he was naturally killed by Qin Ziling.
From him, Qin Ziling obtained a fragment and an ancient map. It was in that ancient map that Qin Ziling found the Five Elements Fruit Tree and the land transformed from the body of Emperor Zhu Chi.
Hundreds of years had passed since this happened, and Qin Ziling almost forgot the name of the Ancient Qi State. Unexpectedly, he met the royal family of the Ancient Qi State here again.
"Haha, Your Highness the Seventh Prince, you are too kind. My cousin is notoriously conservative. Don't take it to heart. Your Highness the Seventh Prince, if you want to arrest the remnants of the Lin family, just go ahead and arrest them. Our Ju family will never stop you!" At this moment, an elegant man in white stepped out, apologetically smiled, and bowed.
"Haha, Young Master Ju is still the one who understands things!" The Seventh Prince in the carriage laughed out loud.
As he spoke, the giant flaming eagle hovering in the air swooped down again.
"roar!"
Seeing the flaming giant eagle swooping down again, the tiger-head knife soared into the sky, and the tiger's mouth roared again, wanting to devour and bite the giant eagle.
When the Seventh Prince saw this, his face changed slightly. The giant eagle hovered again, with flames billowing, stirring up the heaven and earth as if a churning sea of fire.
"Master Ju, it seems your words are useless!" The Seventh Prince said sarcastically.
"Elder Ju, what do you mean?" The young master of the Ju family's face darkened and he turned to Ju Gongyan and questioned.
"Young Master, you also know that I have a friendship with the Lin family. Now that the Lin family has suffered such a catastrophe, their orphans and widows have fled to the fairy city where I am in charge. How can I sit back and do nothing?" Ju Gongyan said.
After that, Ju Gongyan turned to the Seventh Prince and said, "Seventh Prince, the Lin family only has this orphan and widow left. What kind of trouble can they cause? Please be magnanimous and let them go!"
"Ju Gongyan, you understand the principle of cutting the grass at its roots, don't you?" The Seventh Prince sneered.
Ju Gongyan remained silent, his expression changing from gloomy to bright.
"Thank you Elder Ju for your generosity, but the ancient Qi Kingdom is powerful, and we, an orphan and a widow, will not bring trouble to you!" Seeing this, the armless woman couldn't help but reveal a look of sadness and despair on her face. Holding the baby in one hand, she bowed deeply to Ju Gongyan and said something. When she raised her head again, her face was calm.
Then, a stream of blood shot out from her broken arm, turning into a beam of blood light that enveloped her and the child, preparing to escape in a bloody manner again.
Seeing this, Ju Gongyan's face suddenly darkened, and a force burst out from his body, holding back the blood. Then he smiled bitterly and said, "Since you are already here, it is too late to say that you will not be implicated. Well, anyway, I am the only one in my branch now, and I don't have any wife, children, or close relatives. I will protect you and your son today!"
"Elder Ju!" Amidst the blood, the woman burst into tears.
"Ju Gongyan, you..." The young master of the Ju family's face changed drastically. He didn't even call him elder, but called him by his name.
"Young Patriarch, please tell the Patriarch and the elders in the clan that they should just pretend that there is no Ju family member like me." After that, Ju Gongyan turned to the carriage and said, "Seventh Prince, this is my Ju Gongyan's personal decision. I am responsible for my own actions. It has nothing to do with the Ju family. If you have the ability, just come and capture me and kill me."
As soon as Ju Gongyan finished speaking, a tiger roar was heard.
The tiger-head knife emitted bursts of cold light, wrapping up Ju Gongyan, the woman and the child, and transformed them into the phantom of a tiger, running wildly .
"Where are you going!" The Seventh Prince and his men shouted upon seeing this, and various magic weapons flew out into the air to intercept Ju Gongyan.
However, a blade light broke through the air from the shadow of the tiger and slashed down fiercely at the magic weapon that blocked the way.
“Dang! Dang! Dang!”
Those magic weapons fell back one after another, and the light dissipated.
The phantom of the tiger carried Ju Gongyan and the other two away in the blink of an eye.
The Seventh Prince's face turned grim.
"Notify the teleportation arrays in all places to keep a close eye on the whereabouts of Ju Gongyan and the other two. Do not let them leave the northern border of Kundong Territory through the teleportation arrays." The Seventh Prince gave the order.
"Yes!" Someone took the order and left.
"Ju Tingmao, if the remnants of the Lin family escape, your Ju family will not be able to escape responsibility!" After the Seventh Prince gave the order, he looked at the young master of the Ju family and said in a cold voice.
"Seventh Prince, you can see that this matter is purely..." Ju Tingmao's face changed slightly, and then he explained with a smile.
"I don't care about these things. I will report this matter to His Majesty. Then you, the Ju family, will explain to His Majesty!" The Seventh Prince said coldly, then turned the carriage around and drove away.
"Damn it!" Ju Tingmao looked ugly.
"Young Master, what should we do now?" A True Immortal who appeared later asked in a low voice.
"What can we do? The emperor of the ancient Qi State is the general who protects the southern border. He not only holds great power, but is also powerful. Can we really go against them? Naturally, we have to ask my father to come forward and intercede as soon as possible to calm the situation down!" said Ju Tingmao.
After saying that, Ju Tingmao rolled up a ray of light, disappeared outside the fairy city, and went all the way to Juling Mountain.
From beginning to end, Qin Ziling was watching all this from afar, but no one noticed him.
Soon, Qin Ziling also rolled up a ray of light and headed towards the direction where Ju Gongyan had just fled.
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Juling Mountain, the ancestral home of the Ju family, is a majestic and majestic mountain range.
The Ju family has produced many Taoist immortals, including several powerful figures who were feared in the southern border of Kundong Region.
However, over the long years, the Ju family had experienced ups and downs, and now the family has fallen into decline. There is only one Taoist priest in the family, who is Ju Tingmao's father and the current head of the family, Ju Gongyuan.
Unlike his son who had an elegant appearance, Ju Gongyuan looked a bit like Ju Gongyan and was quite fierce.
He sat in the seat of the patriarch, listened to his son's words quietly, and seeing his son's complaining look, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of disappointment.
"Speaking of which, you and Gong Yan are not much different in age, and in terms of your physique and talent, you two are also similar. But you are my son, and your uncle Gong Yan's lineage had an accident, so when it came to him, it became a single line.
So it was destined that the training you received along the way was completely different. At the beginning, you did not disappoint your father and were far ahead of Gong Yan.
But as time went on, the gap between you not only did not widen, but instead became closer and closer. By the time Gong Yan came back from Dark Emperor Heaven, the gap between you was almost the same.
And now, the gap between you has widened again, but this time it is Gong Yan who is ahead of you. Originally, this is nothing, after all, Gong Yan got a great opportunity in the Dark Emperor Heaven.
But now I realize that even if Gong Yan didn't get a great opportunity in the Dark Emperor Heaven, he would surpass you sooner or later. And the hope of the next Taoist immortal of my Ju family will eventually fall on him!" When he said this, Ju Gongyuan had a complicated expression, with both disappointment and relief.
"Father, I don't agree with what you said! He and I are both ninth-grade true immortals now. Why do you think he has the hope of becoming an immortal, but I don't?" Upon hearing this, Ju Tingmao's face changed drastically, and then he quickly said with an indignant look on his face.
“The Lin family does have some history with our Ju family, but the ancient Qi Kingdom is powerful. For the sake of your family’s safety, you are unwilling to help. Your father can understand that.
In fact, if he were a father, he would make the same decision as you. After all, everything has its importance and you need to make trade-offs.
But that was just a helpless move for the Tian family to see, we didn't really want to do that! But you took it for granted, even when Gong Yan escaped, as the young master of the family, you were not worried about his safety, nor were you angry that Tian Yuanding was bullying others, but instead you took your anger out on Gong Yan!
What does a family rely on to thrive? It is unity and mutual support. Ju Gongyan is an elder . Even if such a person causes a great disaster, the family will find a way to protect him. But you are just hoping that the Tian family will arrest Gongyan so that you can distance yourself from the matter!
Humph, my Ju family is at least a powerful force with a Taoist immortal in charge, and who is Tian Yuanding? He is just an ordinary ninth-rank true immortal, one of Tian Junyi’s many sons.
Because of the Lin family's matter, Ju Gongyan has chosen to sever his ties with the Ju family and become a fugitive. This explanation is enough. He even dared to ask the Ju family to explain to Tian Junyi. He is really arrogant. It would be more appropriate if Tian Junyi said this.
It's ridiculous that you don't even dare to say a decent and tough word, but instead come to your father in a panic, as if a disaster is about to happen. If this is really the case, my Ju family will be in great trouble. I don't know how many times the Ju family has been destroyed!" Ju Gongyuan became more and more annoyed as he spoke.
Ju Tingmao was scolded by his father until he was sweating profusely. He wanted to refute several times but kept his mouth shut.
