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The disciples of the Floating Jade Island who were attacked and burned by the demons before, finally gradually came back to their senses, no longer in a mess like before, more disciples rushed to help from all sides of the island. Gradually, the attacking demons could not stand the force and retreated one after another.

“The rest of you stay at the back, don’t stay near the gate!”

This is the first time they have heard Pianpian speak after all this time, he was still wearing his red coat and red sword, and he looked even more stable than before, and a circle of demons fell around him, each with a deadly sword wound, which shows that his sword skills have become more and more sophisticated over the years.

The disciples listened to him very well, and since the demons near the gate have also been repelled, they methodically formed their own teams to patrol everywhere to put out the fires and hunt down the demons that had escaped the net.

Dongfang Qingqi saw that rockets continued to shoot down from the sky, although the quantity is not as many as before, but this night they are aided by the sky, the wind and clouds, when the rockets fell on the ground, the wind will make the fire grow rapidly, if not put out in time, it will soon become a huge fire. He thinks that even though Chu Lei and Master Rong Gu went to eliminate the demons, but the other side must have a large number, and had created a stalemate, thus unable to eliminate them.

“Yuning, you bring some more disciples up there!” He turned back to the woman in white who was directing disciples to extinguish fires, she hurriedly said yes, immediately collecteded more than ten people, and went towards the gate to battle.

At this time, Lu Yanran’s fellow young disciples also came sweating, and were quickly organized into small groups of ten people to get water to put out the fire, and finally the fire was temporarily suppressed. The first group of attacking demons were also almost hunted down by Xuanji alone. The young people were still a bit overwhelmed, looking at each other’s wretched appearance, some laughed, some were dumbfounded, and some covered their faces and cried.

When Dongfang Qingqi saw that the opponent’s attack had weakened and that fewer and fewer rockets were falling from above, he ordered, “Carry the injured disciples to the Yushui Infirmary! Please ask Steward Ouyang to take care of them!”

Fortunately, not many disciples were burned, only one or two were in unconscious, and the rest of the injured could just barely hold on and leave. Lu Yanran and her sisters took them away, but after a short while, they came running in panic, saying, “Sect Leader, I can’t find Steward Ouyang!”

Dongfang Qingqi frowned slightly, “Searched everywhere?”

“Yes, no one …… has not seen Steward Ouyang.”

Dongfang Qingqi waved a hand, “Ask the Madam to take care of them.”

Lu Yanran quickly ran away. In a few moments, she came running with even more fear, her face covered with sweat, and said in a trembling voice: “Master! She …… can’t be found!”

Dongfang QIngqi was silent for a moment, “That’s alright. You don’t have to come back, you all stay at the Yushui Infirmary to take care of the injured.”

The firelight gradually dimmed, the dark orange sky looked gloomy. Slowly, that dark orange-red also faded down, restoring the ink blue night sky. All the people understood that this meant Chu Lei and the others have cleared the demon coiled above the sword net. Sure enough, soon Chu Lei led the disciples back to the gate there, the two masters still looked unharmed, the rest of the disciples are more or less wounded, even Yu Ning’s hair and clothes are also burned out of shape.

Chu Lei, who was carrying a seriously injured demon in his hands, looked around, asked: “How is the situation here?”

Dongfang Qingqi shook his head: “No big deal, just a lot of injured disciples. “This is ……?”

Chu Lei threw the seriously injured demon in his hands on the ground, lightly said, “Captured him alive, he’s under the influence of Ruǎn Xiāng sū[1] and cannot move a finger, even if they want to kill themselves its absolutely impossible. You can question them.”

Xuanji saw that the black cloth on the demon’s face had been taken off, revealing the beast-like face below, which was dripping with blood and was extremely fierce. The demon was unable to move, but it was not defeated in any way, and its eyes were burning, glaring viciously at the people, and that look reminded them of the demon they had killed on Hai’Wan Mountain.

Master Rong Gu flicked the sleeve of his robe, releasing the rope to bind the demon from head to tail, then said in a low voice: “Demons have never lived in a fixed place, never in groups. Where did you come from? Who instructed you?”

The demon sneered, but did not say anything. Master Rong Gu stepped on his chest. He pressed down with such force that the ribs creaked and Xuanji felt a chill run down her back, and could not help but grab onto Yu Sifeng’s clothes.

“I have countless ways to make you speak. If you don’t talk quickly, I will finish you off.”

Master Rong Gu’s voice has always been flat and undulating, usually sounding very stable and gentle, but under such circumstances, it actually gives people a creepy feeling.

The demon can not stand, blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, said in a low voice, “This matter has no room for you mortals to intervene …… but you want to fight for power to the top …… in vain, you are a laughing stock. If you are against this group of demons, you have to see if you have …… that ability. If we did not give way, even ten Fuyu island also ……”

The voice suddenly broke in a cry of pain as his ribs were trampled, several cracks could be heard as they broke, could not take in a breath of air and actually fainted.

Master Rong Gu did not change his face, turned back and ordered, “Bring water.”

Several young disciples fearfully took a bucket of water and splashed it on the demon’s face. They were all disciples of the righteous sect, and although their mission was to eradicate demons and pacify chaos, they had never seen cruel torture before, and in their minds, demons were powerful beasts that had no human form and could not speak. Even Zhong Minyan also frowned, his heart was very uncomfortable.

The demon was splashed with cold water and woke up again. Master Rong Gu squatted down and looked at his miserable green eyes, and said in a deep voice, “In fact, if you do not say, we also know. I heard that there is a group of demons living in the western wilderness near the Buzhou Mountain, which is connected to the nether world and is never easily accessible to ordinary people. You want to break the Dinghǎi Iron Chain and break into the underworld to rescue that person, right?”

He said this so low that only the demon could hear him and he was shaken, but he didn’t curse, instead he just laughed and said, “You ants dare to meddle in the matters of eagles.[2] The one who is holding him is a god, and the one who is being held is a demon, what does it have to do with you mortals?”

Master Rong Gu frowned, Chu Lei coldly said, “All evil people have to be killed! Not to mention you messed up the human world, how many innocent people are harmed! Still you dare to boast!”

That demon whispered: “From ancient times, you mortals are like a snake trying to swallow an elephant[3], created cultivation to ascend, in a futile attempt to crawl upwards to heaven…… and now come to interfere with a matter of the gods …… are you not afraid to suffer retribution?”

The words fell, but heard someone behind cackling: “That’s good, good! The heart of a man is not enough to swallow an elephant …… but you have harmed many mortals this is true, now you say these words, does your heart not falter?”

The people hurriedly turned around, but saw the Deputy Master of Li’Ze Palace, who had not been seen, staggering over, holding a feather fan in his hand, clean and neat from head to toe, seemingly out of place here at this place of chaos.

Lord Rong Gu grunted, lifted the demon and said: “Qingqi, put this demon in the dungeon on your island, and interrogate him carefully some other time!”

The Deputy Palace Master laughed again and said, “Return to the dungeon! The dungeon has been empty for a long time! You be cautious, don’t end up like the others!”

Dongfang Qingqi was shocked, looked deeply at him, turned back and instructed Pianpian a few words, who immediately agreed, turned around and left. After a few moments, the red shadow flashed and rushed back, saying: “Sect Leader! I don’t know who opened the door of the dungeon …… inside …… its empty!”

The young disciples were fine, but the three sect masters were horrified and changed color. Master Rong Gu took out a copper mirror from his arms, raised his hand and flicked it, the whole Fuyu Island scene immediately reflected in it. His forehead was covered with sweat, as if he was struggling to find something.

The Deputy Palace Master said: “As I see it, the gate is full of people, they must be heading towards other places where they can leave the Fuyu Island!”

Dongfang Qingqi waved his sleeve and left. He naturally knew where the so-called other exit was – the northern slope! There is a vast ocean on all sides, it is impossible to enter the island, but to get out from there, as long as you are familiar with the terrain and bypass the guards, you can easily escape from the Fuyu Island!

Who is familiar with the terrain of Fuyu Island?

Ouyang! Dongfang Qingqi hated a sound. Chu Lei immediately followed him to the north slope, Xuanji and the others looked at each other and also ran after him, leaving only Lord Rong Gu, who slowly put away the bronze mirror and struck the demon’s chest with a palm, knocking him out to near death with a frenzy of blood.

“You know a lot of things, Deputy Palace Master.” He said coldly.

The Deputy Palace Master snorted and said with a bowed fist, “I don’t dare, I’ve always been ignorant, how can I be more knowledgeable than the Valley Master, who even knows that the man is in the underworld ……”

The Lord of the Valley hummed and brushed his sleeves away.

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Dongfang Qingqi and his group chased wildly towards the northern slope of the mountain, but they didn’t see a single figure on the way, and finally stopped at the edge of the cliff.

“Sect Leader, there is no one here.” Pianpian looked around for a while and immediately reported the situation.

Dongfang Qingqi’s brows are furrowed, staring at the trees of the dense forest, as if wanting to stare through them and discovering who is hiding behind.

The sea breeze is blowing rapidly with the mountain wind, and everyone’s clothes are being blown around, Xuanji suddenly covered her nose and pointed to the forest, saying softly “There …… is a demonic smell over there.”

She is a little girl whose words originally no one listened, not to mention the demon aura this kind of thing is not something one can smell. Chu Lei frowned and scolded her, “You do not joke! What demon smell!”

Xuanji blinked and whispered: “It’s the demonic energy! Moving quickly! It’s coming to the edge of the cliff!”

She raised her finger and pointed to a dark place in the forest. Dongfang Qingqi looked back and said, “Give me a bow!” Immediately, a disciple behind him handed over a long bow and iron arrows. He used his true qi and drew the bowstring with his long arm, his wrist as steady as iron, while saying, “Little Xuanji, which direction is it?”

Xuanji raised her hand and pointed his arrow in that direction, poured his true qi into the arrow, his finger suddenly released only to hear the sound of it slicing through the air, the arrow shot out, from the forest they heard a muffled grunt, followed by a woman’s cry of alarm, the wind sounded, the tree tops rustled, two black shadows lightly flew up from the tree tops.

“Want to run?” The other arrow was pulled out by Dongfang Qingqi, and it was released with a whoosh, hitting one of the black shadows, which fell down with a solid thump.

The crowd rushed towards them, and when they reached the forest, they saw someone running across the path, dressed in black and wearing a short suit, carrying a bag behind her back, and with a beautiful face. As soon as she saw the crowd, her face turned pale, but she didn’t look too scared, she just stopped there and looked at Dongfang Qingqi, thinking he was going to say something.

Surprisingly, Dongfang Qingqi seemed to have known she would be here, and didn’t ask any questions. “Watch her, don’t let her escape!”

Although several disciples were surprised and puzzled, they dared not disobey their master and had to go over and surround her. The face of Lady Dongfang turned red and then white for a long time before she said, “Master, you did this to me!”

As if he didn’t hear, Dongfang Qingqi went to the forest and tied the two people who had fallen. One of them was the Steward Ouyang, who was wearing a dark suit. He had been hit by an arrow in the back and his face was as white as a piece of paper.

They never thought that the thief was a member of their own family, and that one was the wife of the Sect Master and the other was the island’s chief steward. He was usually a scholarly man with no strength in his hands to even truss a chicken, but who would have thought that he was hiding so deeply that even the senior disciples who had trained on the island for more than ten years could not discover him.

Dongfang Qingqi fixedly looked at the two people for a long time, threw the bow and arrow in his hand on the ground, and said, “You …… hid well from me.”

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[1]: 软 (ruǎn) 香酥 (xiāng sū) – is the name of a Shaoyang Sect herb that they use to subdue people. literally the name translates as 软/ruǎn (soft) 香酥/xiāng sū (crisp-fried)

[2]: 蒼鷹(cāng yīng) 之(zhī) 事(shì)，螻蟻(lóu yǐ) 也(yě) 敢(gǎn) 插手(chā shǒu) – the author uses this sentence, which literally translates as, 蒼鷹(cāng yīng)/ Northern Gos Hawk [name of a bird species from China] 之(zhī)/ it’s 事(shì)/matter，螻蟻(lóu yǐ)/mole cricket and ants [figuratve meaning: tiny individuals with no power] 也(yě)/also 敢(gǎn)/dare 插手(chā shǒu)/to meddle, to interfere.

[3]: 人(rén) 心(xīn) 不(bù) 足蛇( zú shé) 吞( tūn) 象( xiàng) – a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant . This is an idiom the meaning of which is apparent. Someone who is never content with what they have/are is always trying to do something they have no hope of succeeding at, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.

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