Chapter 1292: 646: So That's It! The Truth Revealed!

Capítulo 1292: Chapter 646: So That’s It! The Truth Revealed!

Seeing Chen Yuan’s uncertain gaze, Ling Xu True Monarch smiled faintly:

“There’s no need for Marquis Wu An to be tense. I have no ill will towards the Taoist Divine Palace, nor any intention of revealing this secret.”

“Then what does the Daoist seek?”

Chen Yuan looked calmly at Ling Xu Daoist and asked.

“Nothing but to ask for aid.”

Ling Xu Daoist sighed lightly.

“Ask for aid?” Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow, showing a look of surprise. Shushan is one of the top Immortal Sects of the current era, a holy land of the Sword Sect, yet it seeks help from him. This is extremely peculiar.

“Is the Daoist joking?”

“Does Qilin Demon friend think I would make a jest at your expense?” Ling Xu Daoist changed the address directly, calling Chen Yuan “Qilin Demon True Monarch”, which indirectly confirmed this identity.

“Then the Daoist should stop beating around the bush and just speak plainly.” Chen Yuan didn’t have time for wordplay with Ling Xu Daoist.

These old men all enjoy this habit, which is truly tiresome.

Ling Xu Daoist took a deep breath and said solemnly:

“Shushan will face a calamity soon. The current Shushan is not enough to withstand it, so… I hope to ask the Taoist Divine Palace for some assistance.”

“So, Daoist is threatening me, that if I don’t agree, you will expose my identity to the Jianghu?” Chen Yuan’s lips curled up, unconcerned.

As one of the ten great Immortal Sects and a holy land of Sword Cultivation, the power of Shushan is definitely not weak. Outwardly, there are two True Monarchs, and there must be hidden strength.

If something could trouble Shushan, it wouldn’t be easy to deal with, would it?

Chen Yuan didn’t want the Taoist Divine Palace to suffer losses. It was his strongest backing. As for revealing his identity… let it be revealed. It’s different from before. With the support of True Monarch Battle Power and the entire Taoist Divine Palace, even revealing it wouldn’t cause any big issues, except losing the initiative.

But even so, he would not be threatened by this person, unless… Shushan could show sincerity that satisfies him. Simply put, they need to pay!

“Of course not, I wouldn’t do such a thing.” Ling Xu Daoist shook his head.

“People’s hearts are unpredictable. Who can say for sure? But I can tell the Daoist that with my current preparations, even if the news is leaked, it won’t be a big problem, apart from adding enmity between Shushan and the Taoist Divine Palace, it won’t bring any benefit.”

“Is that so? If that’s true, why hide the identity, Qilin Demon friend?” Ling Xu retorted.

“Why don’t you try and see if Chen fears anything!”

Chen Yuan smiled confidently.

“Just joking…” Ling Xu Daoist continued:

“This time, Qilin Demon friend came to Shushan, I guess you have a plan. As long as the request isn’t excessive, I can agree to let you take a treasure from Shushan as the price for asking the Taoist Divine Palace to step in, how about that?”

“Is this real?”

Chen Yuan’s eyes lit up. If it could be acquired so easily, there’s no need to antagonize Shushan. Of course, the calamity Shushan faces should be within his capability to handle.

If it involved an Immortal, or someone like Xiang Qianqiu, he wouldn’t agree, because that could be suicidal.

Seeing Chen Yuan appear somewhat excited, Ling Xu Daoist suddenly felt less confident and said:

“I mean the request can’t be too excessive, within what Shushan can bear. Otherwise, even as Shushan’s Sect Leader, I don’t have the right to decide. Does Qilin Demon friend understand?”

“Of course, Chen is never someone insatiably greedy. But… Chen needs to know what Shushan’s calamity is first. If it’s a suicidal mission, no matter how much Chen wants something, I can’t agree.”

Chen Yuan stipulated his conditions.

“Fine, then tell me what you want from Shushan first, Qilin Demon friend.”

“No, I want to hear what the calamity Shushan is facing is first.” If it were an overwhelming calamity, he certainly wouldn’t reveal his objectives completely.

“I asked first, according to reason…”

Chen Yuan raised his hand to stop his words, saying:

“The initiative is in my hands, doesn’t the Daoist understand?”

“Alright…” Seeing Chen Yuan’s persistence, Ling Xu Daoist could only sigh lightly and say:

“Does Qilin Demon friend know of the Southern Border Demon Clan?”

“Of course, does this calamity stem from them?”

“Yes…” Ling Xu Daoist nodded slightly and said earnestly:

“Five hundred years ago after the War against the Demons, Shushan established the Demon Suppressing Tower to suppress and eliminate the strong figures of the Southern Border Demon Clan, which has now been five hundred years. Over those years, the Demon Clan has rejuvenated.

Back then, Shushan suppressed strong figures from four great Demon Clans, including many direct lineage of the Demon Clan and various Demon Clan treasures. The Demon Clan will certainly come to attack Shushan, seize these items, and take revenge for past grievances!”

“Although Shushan is prepared, it is unable to resist the combined forces of the four great Demon Clans, hence it seeks aid from the Taoist Divine Palace, hoping for assistance.”

“Why doesn’t Shushan just take these treasures themselves?”

Chen Yuan always had a question: since they could suppress, why didn’t they just kill those demons instead of suppressing them with the Demon Suppressing Tower? This was clearly a problem.

Ling Xu Daoist frowned, somewhat unwilling to speak, but seeing Chen Yuan’s probing gaze, he had to speak:

“The demons inside the Demon Suppressing Tower are actually treasures themselves. When the Xiang family’s immortal and Shushan’s predecessors suppressed them back then, the intention was to have a continuous source of treasure.