Chapter 40 Xuanming Zhong Xiaokui, the Dark Emperor appears in the empty city! three days da da…… The white horse under Li Xingyun's crotch snorted and stopped in front of the gate of a dilapidated small town. The shadows of several people were stretched out in the sun and were printed on the city wall. This was an unknown small town. There was not even a plaque on the city gate. Li Xingyun frowned slightly and said, "It doesn't look like anyone lives here." Shangguan Yunque sighed, "It's almost dusk now, and there's no smoke from cooking in the city. This is another dead city." "This..." Lu Linxuan's face looked a little ugly. After they came out of Shu and headed north, they had encountered such situations several times. Li Xingyun held the reins with one hand and silently looked at the city in front of him. This was the sadness of this era. In troubled times, human life was as cheap as livestock. Rebellious armies in various places did inhuman things under the guise of doing justice. Massacres and looting had become commonplace. What's worse, when the army was short of food and grass, they would capture civilians and refugees for food. Throughout Chinese history, few people could do things more cruelly than Huang Chao. After Huang Chao entered Chang'an, he burned, killed, looted and massacred innocent civilians. He was defeated by the Shatuo people and burned Chang'an before fleeing. In the Battle of Chenzhou, Huang Chao led his entire army to besiege Chenzhou for nearly a year. Because Huang Chao himself was a bandit fighting everywhere, he had no base or logistics at all. Therefore, facing this protracted war, food and grass became the biggest problem for Huang Chao's army. It is recorded that Huang Chao sent craftsmen to make hundreds of stone mills and mortars to grind bones and make minced meat. Folk rumors say that from the time Huang Chao started his rebellion to the time he died, his army killed more than 8 million people and more than 500,000 civilians. Li Xingyun was not sure whether Huang Chao really killed so many people, but he was very sure of one thing: since Huang Chao's rebellion in the Tang Dynasty until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the entire Chinese population decreased by tens of millions. It was not until the rise of Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin and the establishment of the Song Dynasty that the population was able to slowly recover thanks to the relatively stable environment. At this moment, a sound of breaking air interrupted Li Xingyun's meditation, "Your Highness, be careful!" With a clang, Shangguan Yunque drew his sword in an instant, and the long sword in his hand slashed in the air, leaving a cold light and also cutting off a cold arrow, "Where did you come from, little thief, get out now!" Shangguan Yunque held the goose feather knife in his hand and looked coldly at the top of the city. The cold arrow that suddenly flew just now came from that direction. "Good skills, you are worthy of being Li Xingyun's bodyguard." A faint voice appeared on the city gate, along with a short-haired loli and a group of Xuanming sect members wearing black robes.

"Li Xingyun, our Hades wants to see you, come with me." The short-haired loli opened and closed her red lips with a very cold and indifferent tone, as if she didn't take Li Xingyun seriously at all. Emperor of Hades? Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan behind Li Xingyun both looked stern. Lu Linxuan immediately thought of what Li Xingyun said a few days ago, and couldn't help tightening his sword grip. At this moment, Li Xingyun looked up at the short-haired girl and frowned, "Let me go see him. He has such a big face. And you, why are you standing so high? Why don't you roll down and talk?" "If you don't accept my toast, you'll be punished!" The short-haired loli snorted coldly, tapped the wall with her toes, and dived down. Shangguan Yunque sneered, "Where did you come from, you little goblin? How dare you disrespect our Xingyun?" After that, Shangguan Yunque also flew up and slapped the short-haired loli in the air. boom! The two of them held each other for a moment and then separated instantly, with visible internal energy spreading out in all directions. Shangguan Yunque landed leisurely on the ground, while the short-haired loli flipped back two steps in the air before she could barely stabilize her body. There was obvious surprise in the eyes of the short-haired loli, she didn't expect that an unknown little person she met would have such internal energy. "Zhong Kui of the Xuanming Sect, please teach me!" Zhong Xiaokui raised one hand to the sky and made a starting gesture. Shangguan Yunque raised his right hand, and a force immediately sucked the Yanling knife on the horse's back into his hand. Shangguan Yunque pinched his left hand with an orchid finger and flicked the blade and said, "Little goblin, you'd better let your Hades out quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless." "Capture them alive!" Zhong Xiaokui gave orders to the Xuanming Sect members around him and instantly rushed towards Shangguan Yunque. Seeing that the woman ignored his warning, Shangguan Yunque could not help but look stern. He twisted the Yanling knife in his hand and dodged the moment the blade faced the enemy. Shangguan Yunque, the clever star among the thirty-six captains of the Bad People, was best at assassination! "Disappeared..." The one who exclaimed was Lu Linxuan. She had never thought that Shangguan Yunque, who usually whined and acted like a sissy, could be so fast! Of course, the one who also felt horrified was Zhong Xiaokui who was facing Shangguan Yunque. After all, she was a master whose internal strength had reached the middle level, but at this moment, she couldn't even see the figure of the man in front of her! Whoosh! The person has not appeared yet, but the blade is already here! The sharp knife energy instantly cut a gash on Zhong Xiaokui's shoulder. If she hadn't dodged by relying on her own conditioned reflex, the knife would have killed her. Damn it! Several threads flew out from Zhong Xiaokui's sleeves, wrapped in internal energy, and these threads collided with the oncoming Yanling Knife, instantly making a sound of metal clashing. “Hehe, Dark Water Silk?” Shangguan Yunque sighed, and said with a flourish of his sword: “I haven’t seen this kind of martial arts in the martial arts world for a long time. I didn’t expect it to have not been lost yet.” Zhong Xiaokui just saw Shangguan Yunque's position clearly, but found that there was only a residual image left at the place, whoosh! Another knife came towards him! The silk thread in Zhong Xiaokui's hand was cut by a knife, and he had no choice but to tiptoe to avoid to the right. Shangguan Yunque was relentless and turned around and kicked Zhong Xiaokui, who had crossed his arms, and flew out backwards. All the members of Xuanming Sect were dumbfounded. Their Lord Zhong Kui was actually completely suppressed by a sissy. "There is also a gap between the Zhongtian positions!" Shangguan Yunque took a step forward with a knife in his hand and was about to continue his attack, but suddenly he looked towards the direction of the city gate with a serious expression. "Hahaha, hahaha, there is a gap even among the middle heaven positions!" As soon as the sharp and piercing laughter sounded, a black mist appeared at the city gate, and a figure flashed in it. Shangguan Yunque widened his eyes, but he could not track the figure. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The figures in the fog kept flashing. Before Shangguan Yunque could react, a strange child appeared in front of him. This person laughed strangely and said, "You are right, but you are nothing but an ant in front of me!" “Underworld Emperor!” Crack! Shangguan Yunque slashed with his sword, but was easily dodged by the Underworld Emperor in front of him. The Underworld Emperor forced Shangguan Yunque back with a palm and snorted coldly: “You overestimate your own abilities. But judging by your skills, you are indispensable for Luoyang’s affairs!” (End of this chapter)