Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 627 - 529: Snow Lotus Palace

Inside the White Bone Mysterious Yin Banner.

Amidst the vast black mist, on a white bone island that floated up and down.

Qin Wu, who had just awoken, glanced sharply and suddenly sat up, instinctively wanting to summon the Great Halberd Long Sword in his hand.

But as he tried to mobilize the power within him, a series of golden Cloud Seal Talismans immediately appeared on his skin, and an immensely powerful mysterious force suppressed all his power, preventing him from using even a bit.

"Just waking up and already being restless, you really should have listened to me, soul searching would have been much simpler."

Leaning against a white bone throne, Tai Yin propped his chin with one hand, his expression lazy, his cold and indifferent eyes quietly watching the awakened Qin Wu.

Nearby, Taiyang Daoist, who was playing with a jade-like leg bone, glanced at him:

"It was hard enough for me to suppress the evil method in him. If you use soul search and trigger the evil method, you’ll have to clean up your own mess."

Chided by Taiyang, Tai Yin pouted and said no more.

In a flash, appearing before Qin Wu, Taiyang Daoist and the Hunyuan Sword Spirit looked down at the Domain Lord of Domain A:

"The Demon Lotus within you has been extracted by us. I know you’ve always been resistant and opposed to that Demon Lotus.

If you cooperate with us, once the Demon Lotus is eradicated, you could restore peace to the Blood Lotus Great World."

Looking up at the Taiyang Daoist and the Hunyuan Sword Spirit before him, Qin Wu sneered:

"The words of an Outer Realm Evil God can be trusted?"

"Oh, are you challenging us?"

Upon hearing Qin Wu’s rather unyielding tone, Tai Yin raised an eyebrow, rolled up his sleeves, ready to have a good "talk" with this prisoner.

"You may not believe it, but you surely know in your heart that as long as the Demon Lotus remains, your Blood Lotus Great World will not be free.

If it completely erodes this world, it will be too late then."

Holding back Tai Yin who was prepared to take action, Taiyang Daoist spoke slowly.

As the Domain Lord of Domain A, although Qin Wu had always secretly resisted the erosion of the evil method of the Demon Lotus within him, he had also gained the trust of the Demon Lotus.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been made the Domain Lord of Domain A.

If he could be turned, a deeper understanding of many secrets of this world and the overall situation could be obtained.

Taiyang Daoist’s words caused Qin Wu to show a trace of contemplation.

After a while, this man, as if forged from Divine Iron, frowned and looked at the Taiyang Daoist before him, slowly opening his mouth:

"I can work with you..."

"He’s going to say ’but’," Tai Yin interjected with a rolling eye.

Glancing sideways at Tai Yin, Qin Wu paused and then spoke:

"However, I have one condition."

"Speak."

"I know that you Outer Realm Evil Gods, like the Demon Lotus, are all after the core object of this world.

I can tell you everything you want to know.

But you must also promise that once the goal is achieved, you will help cure my people who have been corrupted and transformed by the Demon Lotus and restore my Blood Lotus Great World to its original state."

Sitting upright with his back straight, even though all his power had been sealed, making him no different from an ant, Qin Wu had no thought of yielding.

It seemed that as long as Taiyang Daoist and the others did not agree to his conditions.

Even if he had to bang his head against the wall, he would not agree to cooperate.

"Indeed, the Demon Lotus did not appear here in the Blood Lotus Great World for no reason, but I wonder what exactly is the ’object’ this guy is speaking of?"

As soon as Qin Wu stated his conditions, Tai Yin immediately used a Secret Method Sound Transmission to Taiyang Daoist.

The ’object’ Qin Wu mentioned must be the reason the Demon Lotus appeared in this world.

"That object must have deep connections, but this person does not know that we did not come for that purpose.

If we ask, he will be alerted.

Keep him stable first, we’ll find a chance to pry it from him later."

Exchanging a glance, Tai Yin and Taiyang tacitly agreed, keeping silent about what the object actually was, thereby confirming Qin Wu’s incorrect assumption.

"Alright, I agree to this condition." Nodding, Tai Yin responded.

However, his reply did not cause any reaction in Qin Wu, who directly shifted his gaze to Taiyang Daoist, as if only his answer counted.

This guy...

With veins throbbing on his forehead, Tai Yin’s mouth twitched as he forcibly suppressed the urge to tear his soul out and skin him, turning away to stop looking at that face.

"Alright, I agree."

Receiving Taiyang Daoist’s confirmed response, Qin Wu’s expression relaxed, his previously straight back bending slightly:

"You can ask whatever you want, but I must say first that during my control period by the Demon Lotus, my consciousness was not complete, so some memories are missing.

I can only tell you what I know, but the accuracy and completeness cannot be guaranteed."

"No problem, let me ask you, in this Blood Lotus Great World, aside from you, how many True Monarchs of the Dao Body are there..."

...

High above ten thousand feet, the cold wind whistling in the magnificent Snow Mountain Range.

Countless thick and winding massive roots converged from all directions, leading upwards to a towering Snow Lotus with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers that stood high above, with each of its lotus petals shedding large snowflakes downwards.

It seemed that the year-round endless wind and snow in this Blood Lotus Great World originated from this massive lotus flower.

And below this boundless Snow Lotus, a majestic palace stood hidden amidst the vast snow.

The entire palace was dead silent and cold.

Under the tumultuous cover of heavy snow, only the sounds of roots wriggling and spreading can be heard occasionally. Other than that, there’s no hint of life.

Deep within the palace, the ground is strewn with numerous fragments of stone, from which the original appearance of these stones can be vaguely discerned.

These stones are the unique divine statues of Dao Embryo in the Blood Lotus Great World!

"Domain A, Domain B, Domain C, all three domain lords have perished. It seems this Hunyuan Myriad Laws True Monarch indeed possesses some skill."

In the main hall of the palace.

Five vivid red Taishi Chairs are placed in the center.

At this moment, a figure quietly emerges on the far left Taishi Chair.

This figure is tall and thin, with a short blade at his waist and wearing an oil-painted mask. When he speaks, countless blade lights as fine as silver threads faintly appear throughout the hall.

"It is said that the True Monarch personally killed the prince’s younger brother and also completed the Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements.

Although those three guys are quite powerful, relying on a few Sacred Objects at hand to barely reach the fourth to fifth level of Dao Embodiment,

they were still somewhat thin in the face of this True Monarch.

It’s not surprising they died at his hands." From the far right Taishi Chair, a voice also speaks. With a luxurious hairpin in her hair, dressed in a colorful brocade robe, holding a Black Snow Pear Blossom, appearing as an aristocratic woman.

"The probing can end now. Rumor has it that this True Monarch’s methods are extraordinary. During the journey to the Southern Ming Wasteland, he even overshadowed the Young Master of the Hu Family and made a great achievement.

The prince has ordered that we bury him eternally in this realm.

Now is the time to act."

With a voice like an old cat in heat, the elderly man with sparse hair, dressed in a linen long robe, grins with rotten teeth like a weasel that stole sesame oil.

"Cang Xing, you’re an expert at locating people. First, confirm his location. I will directly revive Yu Kong Tian Qing and descend together to eliminate him."

Holding a bamboo scroll, the scholar resembling a phthisis ghost raised his cloudy eyes slightly and nodded:

"Alright."

Rustling——

The bamboo scroll with mottled blood dots was unfolded. On the bamboo scroll stained with black or red blood marks, twisted human-like characters moved continuously, gradually forming a weird and eerie Reverse Bagua.

Breaking the tip of his finger and writing over the bamboo scroll, the phthisis scholar muttered, with a shadow faintly appearing behind him holding a Fresh Red Blood Wolf Brush in one hand and cradling a heavy book, the robe full of numerous wailing and ferocious human faces of the Cold Dao God.

As the scholar activated the Secret Technique, the Reverse Bagua on the bamboo scroll began to seep large amounts of black water and gradually formed a commonplace snow mountain on the ground.

"Hm? Where’s the person?"

Focusing on the image condensed by the bamboo scroll, the bald elder scratched his head, rolled his eyes, and spoke.

"How strange..."

Gazing at the shadow of just a snow mountain, the phthisis scholar seemed bewildered, for his Netherworld Life-Stealing Tracing Technique had never failed.

Moreover, the situation clearly indicates the Tracing Technique has already taken effect.

Yet the peculiarity is why there’s only the phantom of a snow mountain, but no sign of the Hunyuan Myriad Laws True Monarch.

Just as everyone in the hall was perplexed and hesitant.

With a frown of doubt, the phthisis scholar’s expression suddenly changed drastically, raising his hand to retract the spread-out bamboo scroll on the ground:

"Not good..."

"Are you all so eager to see me? In that case, I’ll first present some gifts to calm your restive hearts."

An indifferent and calm voice came through the bamboo scroll.

In the next moment!

Boom——

A deafening roar resembling the world’s creation suddenly arrived, with the massive sound causing the entire palace to tremble and almost collapse.

Soon after, dazzling white light pierced through the bamboo scroll, erupting a terrifying beam more radiant than Taiyang, as if the world reopened, releasing billions of disintegrating powers, sweeping the heavens and earth!

Bang!

Like an eraser on a messy blackboard, where the Hunyuan Ultimate Cannon passed, everything turned to void, and the entire palace vanished, leaving a flat, smooth, and tidy deep pit spanning nearly a thousand li.

Crack——

After a light, crisp sound.

A coffin engraved with countless ancient cold patterns, emitting black mist opened slowly.

A middle-aged man clad in a Dragon Patterned Robe stared solemnly at the palace that was abruptly erased, his gaze flickering in thought.

"This True Monarch is truly fierce."

Stroking the Black Snow Pear Blossom in her arms, frightened into exploding fur, the noblewoman extended her crimson slender tongue, licking the corner of her eye.

"Indeed... huh... where’s the phthisis ghost."

After chiming in, the bald elder suddenly recalled and looked around, finding the phthisis scholar unexpectedly gone.

"Stop searching."

The robe-man swept his sleeve to emit a divine light, blasting open a piece of ground nearby, revealing a palm-sized clothing fragment.

"That is..."

The pupils of the three aristocratic figures suddenly shrank upon seeing the clothing fragment.

"This Hunyuan Myriad Laws True Monarch managed to employ techniques from afar, bombarding us while simultaneously using a Secret Technique to abduct Wu Pingchuan."

Gazing into the distance, the robe-man exhibited a fierce glint in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he slowly turned, directing his gaze towards the enormous snow lotus overhead.

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