Asura Mad Emperor

Qinchuan observed everything that happened but did not expose anything. Instead, he stood aside with a cold, detached look, curious about how Li Shu planned to resolve the situation.

After Li Shu finished speaking, his gaze swept over everyone present, and he quickly grasped the situation. Li Shu, along with four others, was a team affiliated with the Eldest Prince of the Taiyuan Ancient Country, while Qinchuan and Dongfang Zhen were allied.

Although he did not know why Qinchuan would join forces with Dongfang Zhen from the Taiyuan Ancient Country, Qinchuan's actions before entering the Heavenly Demon Forest were somewhat unfathomable to him. Moreover, Qinchuan had detected the toxicity in the armor, which was a favor to him. Most importantly, Dongfang Zhen's breakthrough to the Dao Palace Realm meant his strength must be terrifying.

Finally, his gaze settled on Jiang Can and the others, "Young Master Jiang! I seem to smell the aura of a Sky Blue Python and a Three-legged Black Tortoise's demon cores on you. The Prince here has reached a bottleneck in his cultivation and urgently needs these two types of demon cores for alchemy. Would you be willing to part with them?"

His words were transparent. It was obvious that he intended to snatch the demon cores from Jiang Can and the others. As for the talk of a cultivation bottleneck, it was just an excuse.

As Li Shu spoke, the eight martial artists behind him had already encircled Jiang Can and his companions at the center, unnoticed.

"Despicable!"

Jiang Can and the others' expressions changed, and their eyes darkened with anger. They had not anticipated that the Third Prince could be so shameless.

Little did they know that the Third Prince, battle-hardened and well-versed in military tactics and strategies, only cared about winning the war and never minded whether his methods were honorable.

Qinchuan looked completely at ease. At that moment, his gaze suddenly drifted into the distance, sensing an elusive presence far away.

He thought to himself, intrigued, "Interesting, all of this seems to be unfolding just as Li Shu predicted, but it also seems to have surpassed his expectations."

As he pondered, several Divine Rainbows once again streaked across the sky in the distance of the Heavenly Demon Forest.

The Divine Rainbows shot forth and arrived in an instant at the center of where everyone was gathered.

Qinchuan gazed intently and saw a group of precisely ten people arriving. Leading them was a clean-faced young man in a white robe, with willow-leaf eyebrows and starry eyes, an impressive figure.

This young man appeared to be only about twenty years old, but the aura he emitted was the strongest in the group, aside from Dongfang Zhen.

Even stronger than the Third Prince, Li Shu, by a margin.

He took a step forward, blocking Li Shu with caution, and taunted lightly, "So this is the Third Prince of the Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom, brazenly trying to snatch the demon cores of the Taiyuan Royal Family's lineage. Don't you think you are taking our Taiyuan lineage too lightly?"

Following the young man's words, the nine people behind him arrayed themselves in a line, implicitly facing off against the Third Prince's group.

At this point, the number of people on Taiyuan's side in the clearing increased from four to fourteen, instantly reversing the situation from a disadvantage to an advantage, vastly overpowering the Third Prince's group.

Furthermore, the Taiyuan Royal Family's cultivators were already stronger than those of the Tianyuan Royal Family by a significant amount. Now, with the advantage in numbers, it was clear that Li Shu and his group stood no chance.

However, Li Shu did not seem to fear at all. He gave the cleanly dressed young man a glance and said, "Fanyao, you are the main support of the Second Imperial Prince, Fu Lin, and the four individuals here are followers of Fu Xi. Why should you stand up for them? Wouldn't it be better for you and me to join forces and take the demon cores from them to share equally?"

Upon hearing Li Shu's words, Fanyao was first taken aback, his expression one of astonishment.

Then he burst into wild laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, "Haha!"

"Hahaha——"

"Did you all hear what our Second Imperial Prince just said?"

While Fanyao laughed, he deliberately asked a martial artist beside him, "The Second Prince seems to be unable to see the situation clearly before his eyes, actually calling for me to join hands with him?"

The many cultivators of the Taiyuan lineage also broke out in roaring laughter upon hearing what was said.

"Li Shu, are you being a little too naïve? Although Jiang Can and I serve different masters, we are both of the Taiyuan lineage, and we are not so confused as to collude with a rival nation's prince because of our internal strife!"

As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly, a number of divine lights emerged from the distant Heavenly Demon Forest, with long-lasting auras that clearly belonged to Martial Artists of the Spirit Martial Realm.

Fanyao's gaze shifted towards the distance, sensing the group of people afar, and immediately understood, his face turning cold, "Are you delaying time?"
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In the current scene.

Aside from Fanyao and Jiang Can's groups, there was also Dongfang Zhen. Together, they amounted to fifteen people from the Taiyuan lineage, including the Eldest Prince and the late Ah Da and others, which meant that all Martial Artists from the Taiyuan lineage had gathered here.

However, aside from the Third Prince's nine people and Qinchuan, there were still nine Martial Artists from the Tianyuan lineage that had not arrived.

The Martial Artists in the distance were likely the remaining nine from the Tianyuan Royal Family!

And the Third Prince's actions were merely to buy time for these Tianyuan Martial Artists to arrive.

However, he soon gave a nonchalant smile, arrogantly stating.

"Third Prince, you may have overlooked the biggest variable! Our Taiyuan lineage might be outnumbered, but we far surpass you in strength! Even if we fourteen were to suppress you overestimating ants, it would be no difficult task!"

Having said that, Fanyao's gaze turned to Dongfang Zhen and Qinchuan, the tone of his voice shifting.

"Moreover, it seems you have failed to notice that Dongfang Zhen, Young Master of our Taiyuan lineage, has already broken through to the Dao Palace Realm. Even if your Tianyuan lineage outnumber us, how could you possibly stand against a Dao Palace Expert?"

Fanyao stood tall and proud, as if he had already secured victory over the Third Prince and his party.

But before his words had completely fallen, suddenly a nonchalant voice rang out.

"You fight your battles, Dongfang Zhen and I are simply passing by, we aren't involved in your strife."

Fanyao's face froze, his gaze turning to Qinchuan, and upon discerning Qinchuan's cultivation level, a mocking smile appeared on his face.

"What do you count for, a mere Meridian Opening Realm, daring to be so disrespectful to this Young Master?"

And the people of the Taiyuan Royal Family were also whispering amongst themselves.

Although they did not understand why Dongfang Zhen was with Qinchuan, they guessed that this boy's lowly strength meant he could not survive in the Heavenly Demon Forest alone and that Dongfang Zhen had taken Qinchuan under his wing out of charity.

"This kid, relying on the boost from Young Master Dongfang to survive in the Heavenly Demon Forest, dares to speak rashly, deciding things for Young Master Dongfang?"

Just as the crowd was abuzz with discussion, Dongfang Zhen stepped forward and spoke, "Indeed, Young Master Qin and I are merely passing through this place and do not wish to partake in the conflict between the Taiyuan and Tianyuan Royal Families!"

Having been spared by Qinchuan earlier, Dongfang Zhen was grateful and naturally spoke up for Qinchuan now.

Moreover.

He was aware of just how terrifying this seemingly harmless little bird on Qinchuan's shoulder was, with even the Divine Sense of a Supreme Saint Expert being devoured by her. To her, including himself, everyone present was no more than a minor character.

Therefore, in his view, Qinchuan's non-involvement in the conflict between the Taiyuan and Tianyuan lineages was already a huge stroke of luck for Fanyao, Jiang Can, and the others.

But Fanyao and the others failed to grasp the underlying significance. His words seemed like a slap in the face, leaving Fanyao and the rest puzzled and bewildered.

"Young Master Dongfang—"

"What's up with you, playing along with this kid?"

Some within the Taiyuan faction also seemed to have sensed something odd, speaking with confusion, "Why does Young Master Dongfang seem so respectful towards this Meridian Opening Realm kid?"

"Not helping us suppress the Tianyuan Royal Family is one thing, but he's actually speaking up for that kid?"