Chapter 2365 - 2055: Dazhou on the Brink of Chaos
Originally, the Blood Pupil Deceit King and the others did not plan to provoke the Zhen Nan Prince Manor. However, when the news of Yun Yudie’s suppression reached their ears, they immediately sent people to Guangling County to gather intelligence and even considered sending someone to contact Lu Chen.
With Yun Yudie suppressed and the Heavenly Fate Sect leaderless, it was actually beneficial for the four Deceit Kings.
Without Yun Yudie, they could win over those mysterious entities hidden within the Heavenly Fate Sect.
In the time that followed, quite a few mysterious entities from the Heavenly Fate Sect pledged allegiance to the four Deceit Kings, but the Blood Pupil Deceit King and the others did not feel happy at all.
Although Yun Yudie, the mountain pressing down on them, had disappeared, a bigger threat emerged.
The thought that humans possessed spiritual weapons capable of suppressing them made the four Deceit Kings highly anxious, even considering intercepting Lu Chen directly.
If Lu Chen were to unite with the Earth Realm strong persons from Guangling County and borrow the spiritual weapon that suppressed Yun Yudie, they would likely have no chance of winning.
However, recalling how Yun Yudie was easily suppressed made them hesitate, unsure whether to intercept Lu Chen.
While the four Deceit Kings were still deliberating whether to make a move against Lu Chen, Lu Chen had already arrived at the county city, Guangling City.
Guangling County, Zhen Nan Prince Manor.
The Deceit Suppression Bureau and the high-ranking officials of the Zhen Nan Prince Manor gathered to discuss dealing with the mysterious entities, all carrying a trace of exhaustion on their faces.
They had been in the south for some time but had yet to suppress the Deceit Kings, and they also discovered that the mysterious entities and evil spirits seemed to be getting stronger, especially the evil spirits.
The mysterious entities mostly hid away, with rare encounters, but the evil spirits appeared increasingly often, and many had already slipped into human cities causing chaos.
Although most people couldn’t sense the existence of Qi Fortune, from the strength of the evil spirits, everyone understood that Dazhou’s Qi Fortune was in decline, and rapidly so, otherwise these evil spirits wouldn’t be so rampant.
At this moment, Prince Zhen Nan’s presence was absent from the hall.
Prince Zhen Nan was now suffering from spiritual evil backlash, lying in bed and unable to rise, leaving these individuals to discuss how to combat the mysterious entities.
Xiong Qingcang spoke up, "What should we do next? If things continue like this, the strength of those Deceit Kings will probably fully recover, making them even harder to deal with."
With Xiong Qingcang’s words, his gaze turned to Fan Yaodong.
Now that Prince Zhen Nan was bedridden, the command of the Deceit Suppression Bureau had fallen to Fan Yaodong.
Zou Yi sighed and said, "Those mysterious entities are really good at hiding."
Although someone always sent them intelligence, the reported location was always false.
They guessed that the informant truly wanted to leverage them to deal with those Deceit Kings, but the Deceit Kings had realized there were traitors among them, so they always temporarily changed the target city.
When the Deceit Suppression Bureau realized the intelligence from the hidden informant was unreliable, they attempted to deduce which city the Deceit Kings might attack, but each time, their deductions were wrong.
Clearly, the Deceit Kings had planted many spies among humans; as soon as the Deceit Suppression Bureau took action, they would sense it immediately.
At this moment, Fan Yaodong sat silent in a wooden chair.
Faced with the current situation, he didn’t know how to respond.
The mysterious entities were aware of their every move, yet they couldn’t grasp the mysterious entities’ actions.
This was too passive; they were led by the nose.
Just then, Wu Feng suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "By the way, I heard Master Lu is coming to Guangling County."
"If Master Lu can help us uncover the mysterious entities hidden in the human world, perhaps our future actions won’t be easily detected by those mysterious entities."
The Deceit Suppression Bureau faced two issues: one, they couldn’t discern the specific actions of the mysterious entities, even if they did, it was fake news put out by the mysterious entities; two, the mysterious entities, however, knew every move of the Deceit Suppression Bureau.
The first issue was hard to solve, but the second problem wasn’t without solutions.
The mysterious entities knew the actions of the Deceit Suppression Bureau due to traitors within or mysterious entities lurking in human cities, monitoring the bureau.
If they could uncover those mysterious entities hiding in the human world, their future actions would no longer be anticipated by the Deceit Kings.
Upon hearing Wu Feng’s words, an Earth Realm strong person from the Zhen Nan Prince Manor said, "Our prince should arrive in Guangling County in the next few days."
Right after the Earth Realm strong person’s words fell, a Hidden Guard’s voice came from the door: "Honorable masters, our prince has arrived in Guangling City."
Upon hearing the Hidden Guard’s announcement, the gathered Earth Realm Spirit Warriors immediately stood up.
Fan Yaodong quickly asked, "Where is the prince currently?"
The Hidden Guard replied, "The prince went to the lord’s residence, asking me to convey to everyone that he will be here shortly."
After Lu Chen arrived at the Zhen Nan Prince Manor and heard that Fan Yaodong and others were discussing how to combat the mysterious entities, he specifically instructed the Hidden Guard to pass the message that he wanted to hear what they had discussed.
Of course, Lu Chen’s top priority was still to remove the Black Evil from his inexpensive father king’s body, otherwise Prince Zhen Nan wouldn’t last long.
At this moment, in Prince Zhen Nan’s bedroom.
Prince Zhen Nan lay in bed, reduced to skin and bones, his eye sockets sunken, looking extremely terrifying.
Lu Chen stood at the bedside and said to Prince Zhen Nan, "Father, you’re too reckless."
Upon seeing Lu Chen, a stiff smile appeared on Prince Zhen Nan’s face, followed by his saying, "Now that the Zhen Nan Army has been assembled, I have no regrets even if I die."
Lu Chen was slightly at a loss, unsure what to say, able only to lament in his heart over the world’s parental concerns.
Then he raised his hand, grasping Prince Zhen Nan’s wrist, circulating the spiritual evil within himself, continuously absorbing the Black Evil from Prince Zhen Nan’s body.
As the Black Evil flowed from Prince Zhen Nan towards Lu Chen, Prince Zhen Nan’s complexion visibly brightened, no longer appearing as a dying man.
Prince Zhen Nan then asked, "On the way to Guangling County, did you encounter any danger?"
Lu Chen calmly replied, "No danger was encountered."
Lu Chen had instructed Zhao Yu and the others to keep Yun Yudie’s situation confidential, so Prince Zhen Nan was unaware of Lu Chen capturing a Deceit King.
Having absorbed most of the Black Evil from within Prince Zhen Nan, Prince Zhen Nan immediately supported himself with his hands, sitting upright.
Lu Chen quickly helped him to sit up. "Father, you should rest a bit more."
Prince Zhen Nan said, "I’ve been lying down long enough, it’s time I got up and moved around."
Saying this, Prince Zhen Nan sighed deeply before continuing, "You must have felt it too?"
Upon hearing Prince Zhen Nan’s sudden question, Lu Chen asked, puzzled, "Felt what?"
Prince Zhen Nan replied, "Dazhou’s Qi Fortune."
Lu Chen instantly understood what Prince Zhen Nan was implying.
Prince Zhen Nan continued, "Dazhou’s Qi Fortune is now deteriorating, and the decline is accelerating. It’s likely not long before internal chaos erupts in Dazhou, and those mysterious entities and evil spirits will seize this chance to wreak havoc on Dazhou."