Outside Daning Mu Chunyuan arrived, only Eunuch Hou was waiting outside. "Mu Sizheng?" Eunuch Hou was a little surprised. You know, Mu Chunyuan seldom came to the palace, and would only come when summoned by Emperor Ning. Mu Chunyuan asked, "Where is Chief Steward Wei?" Eunuch Hou hurried forward to salute and said, "Eunuch Wei had something to do and left Kyoto City." Mu Chunyuan didn't ask any more questions and strode towards the imperial study. Eunuch Hou wanted to stop him, but in the end he did not dare to reach out. He watched Mu Chunyuan walk into the imperial study, and the palace door closed automatically. In the royal study. Emperor Ning naturally felt Mu Chunyuan's presence and closed the memorial in his hand. Not long after, Mu Chunyuan walked in. Seeing Emperor Ning staring at him, he stepped forward expressionlessly and saluted: "Your humble servant Mu Chunyuan pays respect to Your Majesty."

"Mu Si Zheng, I didn't summon you, did I? Why did you leave without permission?" Emperor Ning stared at Mu Chunyuan. Mu Chunyuan said: "This subordinate has something important to report." "What's important?" "In the past six months, five demons have died in the Demon Prison of the Demon Suppression Department. I suspect that this person was the black dragon Ao Feng of the demon clan." "what?" Emperor Ning suddenly stood up, hunched over and stared at Mu Chunyuan: "It happened half a year ago, why are you reporting it only now?" Mu Chunyuan said, "Your Majesty, please do not get excited. The demons in the Devil Prison are not worth dying for. However, I feel that their deaths are strange. Today, I specially guarded the Devil Prison and caught that person, but unfortunately he escaped." Emperor Ning frowned: "Why don't you go and hunt down the murderer? What are you doing here?" Although Mu Chunyuan spoke in a very respectful manner, he was not afraid of Emperor Ning at all. He said in a deep voice: "I remember that when the Seventeenth Princess got married last year, Black Dragon Ao Feng brought the demons to kidnap the prince and princess of the demon tribe. At that time, they used the Pang family to send a black dragon jade pendant to the clan residence. I heard that the jade pendant has the magical power of Black Dragon Ao Feng, which can conceal the body and transfer space." "I came here to ask Your Majesty where the Black Dragon Jade Pendant is." Emperor Ning's eyes flickered slightly: "There is indeed a black dragon jade pendant, but it was destroyed by me long ago, otherwise Ao Feng would have kidnapped the prince and princess of the demon clan." "The Prince Consort Chen Xian also knows about this." Mu Chunyuan frowned slightly, "I have no other intentions, but this matter is too strange. The murderer can not only hide his body and transfer space, but also understand the formations in the Demon Suppression Division very well. He must have the ability of Black Dragon Ao Feng, understand the formations of the True Martial Dao Sect, and be a demon." Emperor Ning frowned and asked, "Could it be the great evil demon from the Black Abyss?" "The great evil demon previously controlled Yuan Fei, saying that all martial arts in the world came from Hei Yuan, and killed many people. After being killed by Chen Xian at the martial arts conference, he controlled Wang Ming again, and now he controls Yu Fenglin. He appears and disappears mysteriously, and has killed more than 200,000 people in Xiliang. Even my son was killed by him." Mu Chunyuan was stunned for a moment: "Is there such a thing?" Emperor Ning frowned: "Do you think I would lie? He is my seventh prince." "That's not what I meant." Mu Chunyuan looked calm and said, "I have not heard of this matter."

Emperor Ning had no intention of blaming Mu Chunyuan. "I know that you are guarding the Demon Prison and it is very hard, so I sent Wei Cheng and Xu Wangqin to Xiliang to capture him. If they can't catch him, I will have to ask you to help." Mu Chunyuan nodded: "It is my humble duty. Your Majesty, please let someone pass the message." …… Wei Cheng and Xu Wangqin came to Xiliang City and went directly to the Demon Suppression Headquarters to inquire about the situation of the 'Yufeng Forest'. Li Lian, the chief of the Xiliang Town Demon Suppression Bureau, a middle-aged man who looks to be in his fifties and a powerful master of the fifth level of Wanxiang cultivation, recounted what Yufenglin had done. Currently, the Demon Suppression Bureau is looking for Yufenglin, but there is still no trace of him. "Where is the body of the seventh prince?" asked King Qin of Xu. "Lord Xu and Chief Steward Wei, please follow me." Li Lian said as he led the way. There is a loft in the Demon Suppression Headquarters, guarded by the Demon Suppression Guards. Xu Wangqin and others followed Li Lian into the attic and saw the body of the seventh prince Ning Ye on the bed in the room. There was a bloody hole on the chest of the corpse, and black and red evil spirits were coming out of the blood hole. Xu Wangqin stepped forward and grabbed a ball of black air to feel it carefully, then looked at the old eunuch Wei Cheng and said, "It is indeed the aura of the great evil demon in the black abyss." The old eunuch Wei Cheng said: "Master Xu, please escort the seventh prince's body back to the palace first." Prince Xu Qin nodded and ordered the people around him to prepare a carriage to send the seventh prince's body back to Kyoto City. Next. Xu Wangqin and Wei Cheng followed Li Lian to a town outside Xiliang City. The town had long since turned into a death town, shrouded in black and red evil spirits. People with weak cultivation did not dare to approach it. Xu Wangqin, Wei Cheng, Li Lian and others walked into the town. They saw corpses lying all over the streets or in the shops. They looked miserable, their bodies were shriveled and soulless. It was the same cruel method as Wang Ming's previous killing in Fengbei. The same thing happened in two towns in a row, and more than 200,000 lives were lost. "Isn't the Seventh Prince in Xiliang City? How did he meet Yu Fenglin?" King Xu Qin stared at Li Lian. Li Lian shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, when the body of His Majesty was found, it was not in the city, but by a stream outside the city. At that time, along with His Majesty's followers, there were also those in the Myriad Realm who died tragically." Xu Wangqin said nothing more, turned around and told Lei Yunteng: "Take people to search in Xiliang. If you find Yufenglin, you don't need to fight him. Just come and report." "Yes, sir!" Lei Yunteng and the Demon-Suppressing Guards left quickly. Xu Wangqin looked at Wei Cheng and said, "General Manager Wei, would you like to take a look too?" Wei Cheng nodded: "Your Majesty asked me to come, so I must do my best to go around and find that big evil demon." Xu Wangqin said nothing more, and went his separate ways with Wei Cheng, each to look for Yufenglin. Three days passed in the blink of an eye. King Xu Qin also had no news about 'Yu Fenglin', and the demon-suppressing guards he sent out did not bring any news about 'Yu Fenglin' ​​either. It seemed that 'Yu Fenglin' ​​had committed a crime outside Xiliang City and left. Wei Cheng was resting in the largest restaurant in Baiyin City, south of Xiliang. Not long after, a man in black clothes and a bamboo hat, led by a young eunuch, came into the room to pay his respects to Wei Cheng.

The man took off his hat and revealed a middle-aged man, who looked to be in his early forties, with a wheat-colored complexion and sharp eyes. "Wu Fenglin pays his respects to Chief Steward Wei." Wei Cheng sat there, looking very mature. "What did Gu Qingyang say?" Wu Fenglin felt a little unhappy when he heard Wei Cheng calling his master by his name, but he did not show it. "Master asked me to ask the steward what the eldest prince is preparing for." Wu Fenglin spoke slowly. "Go back and tell Gu Qingyang that Emperor Ning has had some problems recently. If it's convenient for him, he can check what Emperor Ning has been doing recently." Wei Cheng said coldly. Wu Fenglin frowned: "General Manager Wei has always been with Emperor Ning. Doesn't he know about Emperor Ning's affairs?" Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Wu Fenglin, saying, "Since Emperor Ning was injured, he has become more wary of me. I still know about state affairs, but Emperor Ning always sends me away when it comes to his personal matters." "His body looks old and weak, and his life is fading fast, but he has been close to Emperor Ning recently, and I feel a different power from him." "I would like to know, but it is not convenient." "As for the eldest prince, if we can deal with the second, third, and ninth princes, then it will be quick." Wu Fenglin nodded secretly. Seeing that Wei Cheng stopped talking, he bowed and said, "I will go back and tell Master the truth. Goodbye!" Wei Cheng did not even look up, and continued drinking his tea. He did not move until Wu Fenglin left Baiyin City. It wasn't that the eldest prince was fast, but that Gu Qingyang was too slow. In the current situation, there are only four people who are most unfavorable to the eldest prince: the second prince, the third prince, the fifth prince, and the ninth prince. The Second Prince has old subordinates, and there are still people who support him in the Seven Palaces. The third prince and the fifth prince now command an army of 300,000 each. If the eldest prince were to rebel, the two princes would definitely come to the rescue. Although the Ninth Prince has no power at present, when it comes to the marriage with the Gou family of Lizhou, Xie Zifeng of the Lizhou military camp also obeys the Ninth Prince's orders. Although the 200,000 troops in the Lizhou military camp are not to be feared, they are still 200,000 troops, and they are the confidence of the Ninth Prince. In addition, Chen Xian is a potential threat. No matter what, Chen Xian is the strongest among the princes-in-law. Now he has established the Fulong Army, the Demon Suppression Bureau, and the City Defense Bureau in Fulong City. If they are successfully established, he will be a force that cannot be underestimated. What's more, there are 200,000 demon-suppressing troops outside Fulong City. At the critical moment, Chen Xian can still mobilize those 200,000 elite troops. As for the Fengtian military camp, the Tang family, and the Xiahou family, these three places only obey the emperor. If Emperor Ning passes the throne to the eldest prince, the eldest prince will have the full right. If the throne is not passed to the eldest prince, the Tang family and the Xiahou family will definitely have objections, and may even lead their armies to march directly to Kyoto City. By then, he alone in Kyoto City would definitely not be able to stop the Tang Family and the Xiahou Family from surrounding the Fengtian military camp. What’s more, there is the Lu family. If the second prince, the third prince, the fifth prince and others were killed one after another in the past few years, things would be much easier. The remaining Fourth Prince, Sixth Prince, and Eighth Prince are fools. Even if they control the military camps in various regions, they can be dealt with without using their brains.

Wei Cheng still has this confidence. …… Lizhou. In the palace, Gou Da Teng found Ning Chen and told him that the seventh prince had been killed. "I already knew about this." Ning Chen's face was solemn. He had no interactions with the Seventh Prince Ning Ye, let alone any feelings for him, but the Seventh Prince had never bullied him much. Now that the man was dead, he still felt very heavy. Since the eldest prince has already taken action and the seventh prince is dead, who will be the next prince to die? Ning Chen didn’t know, but his sense of crisis grew stronger. "Master, where is Yu Fenglin now?" "Not sure. I heard that Emperor Ning sent Xu Wangqin and Wei Cheng to Xiliang to get him. There is no news at the moment." “I know Yu Fenglin. He doesn’t have the ability to kill more than 200,000 people. He must be possessed by the evil demon in the Black Abyss. He is no longer Yu Fenglin.” Ning Chen said with a serious expression. The great evil demon in the Black Abyss has come out three times. The first time was with the help of Sarutobi's body, the second time was with the help of Wang Ming, and the third time was with Yu Fenglin. Although he has the power to break through the air, he does not have the strength to break through the air realm. Even so, 'Yufenglin' ​​also has the strength of a powerful person in the realm of supernatural powers, and the key point is that he appears and disappears at will, making it difficult to guard against him. Gou Da Teng said: "When Lord Chen destroyed the Yu family, Yu Fengchen and others were not killed. This Yu Fenglin was one of them." Ning Chen said: "Please ask your ancestor to be on guard against Yu Fenglin, he may attack the prince again." Gou Da Teng nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness. Yu Fenglin just committed a crime in Xiliang, killing many people and the Seventh Prince. He shouldn't do it again so soon." Ning Chen said: "It's hard to say, it's better to be on guard." "it is good!" Gou Dateng responded, stood up and said goodbye. Ning Chen sat in the hall, muttering to himself, wondering if the old blind man, Senior Yang Yu, was still alive? If he was, Senior Yang Yu should be able to stop Yu Fenglin from assassinating him. "Liu Dai!" "Your Highness, I'm here." Liu Dai trotted into the hall. "Have any forces moved away from the state recently?" Ning Chen asked. "Your Highness, there are some, but not as many as before. On the official road, you can still see some small families moving out of Lizhou, as well as some refugees." "According to the permanent population statistics in February, more than 16 million people have left. Most of these people went to Fulong Territory, and a small number went to Luozhou and Qingyang." Ning Chen asked: "So, there are more than 10 million people in Fulong City?" Liu Dai shook his head: "I don't know this. Many people went to Fulong City, but few came from Fulong City, so the news is different. However, judging from the population loss in Lizhou, Fulong City should have a population of tens of millions."

Ning Chen nodded secretly: "Tell Li Quanwu and Xie Zifeng to move faster. At present, there is still a large gap in the number of people above the Jade Sea Realm, let alone training them." "Yes, Your Highness!" Liu Dai left in a hurry. …… Fulong City. In the Marquis' Mansion, Chen Xian listened to Wang Yan's report. "The seventh prince is dead?" Chen Xian was a little surprised. Wang Yan nodded: "There are martial artists coming from Xiliang, saying that Yu Fenglin of the Yu family killed more than 200,000 people in Xiliang, including the Seventh Prince." "Yu Fenglin?" Chen Xian narrowed his eyes. He had seen Yu Fenglin in the Black Abyss. At that time, Yu Fenglin was not seriously possessed by the devil and could still recognize him. He did not kill Yu Fenglin at that time. Unexpectedly, Yu Fenglin was also noticed by the old demon Huang, who took over his body and came out of the black abyss to cause chaos. "Brother Xian, could it be that the eldest prince colluded with 'Yu Fenglin' ​​and deliberately killed the seventh prince?" Wang Yan said. Chen Xian did not say anything. The eldest prince had a solid position in the court. Three out of the seven prefectures supported the eldest prince. There were many powerful people in the Wanxiang realm and also strong people in the Shentong realm around him. But when it comes to colluding with Yufenglin, he feels that the eldest prince simply does not have the ability to do so, unless the eldest prince can offer conditions that will tempt Yufenglin, that is, the old demon Huang. There is only one possibility, that is the Axe of Creation on the immortal platform. The Axe of Creation can open the power sealed on the desolate tomb in the black abyss. Only this condition can make the old demon Huang excited. "How many people have settled down in the city?" "There are million people, one third of whom are couples who are able to have children. Not counting the outside population, the city's population should be able to reach more than 20 million within three years. However, it will take time to train the Fulong Army, the Demon Suppression Department, and the City Defense Department." Wang Yan told Chen Xian the current situation of Fulong City truthfully. Chen Xian nodded secretly: "It's faster than expected. There's no rush for this." "How many people are there in the Fulong Army currently?" "Less than 50,000 people, their cultivation strength is relatively weak, and less than 10,000 are above the Jade Sea Realm." "There are too few people above the Jade Sea Realm." Chen Xian murmured, the population in Fulong City was too small, nearly a hundred times less than that in other areas. It is already very good to be able to form an army of 50,000 people so quickly. (End of this chapter)