Red Mansion: Incense and God Road, starting from the City God of Shenjing

Chapter 45: The Demonic Soul Appears from the Blood Refining Demon White Lotus
Emperor Palace

There was singing and dancing, and elegant music.

Seeing Emperor Shunde coming in, Dai Quan hurriedly waved his hand to signal everyone in the hall to leave.

"My son, please pay homage to your father!"

"Is everything done?"

The retired emperor Kaiyuan was half leaning on the dragon couch, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but he exuded an invisible majesty.

However, the oppressed Emperor Shunde's breathing subconsciously stopped for a moment.

"In reply to Father, all of Bai Lian's rebels in Beijing have been eliminated!"

"Hmph, look at your courage!"

"Isn't it just the White Lotus rebels that are being purged?"

"Eight dukes and twelve marquises, the nobles of Kaiyuan, a total of thirty-seven people died."

"This does not even include the civil and military ministers in the court..."

The retired emperor glanced at Emperor Kaiyuan, who knelt on the ground.

"Father, please forgive me. It was my negligence that caused such a loss..."

"Okay, if I really want to investigate, can you still enter this Huangji Palace?"

"The trunk has grown big, so it's time to prune it."

The emperor waved his hand and continued to close his eyes and pretend to be asleep.

"A man who is alone and has few moral principles should use both kindness and force, control his subordinates with force, and govern the country with virtue."

"Now you are truly like an emperor."

"I am old now. I have watched those old guys pass away one by one over the years and I have begun to miss the old times, but this is definitely not a reason for them to be arrogant."

"Jia Cong is a good kid. Daishan left a talent for the royal family before he left."

"Focus on cultivation, not on power, and still have concerns..."

“To do more will make you wrong, to do less will make you wrong, and to do less will make you wrong.”

"It's rare for him to think of this at his age."

"If used properly, it can extend the country's fortune for three hundred years!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Shunde, who had felt nothing when he knelt down to admit his mistake just now, suddenly felt cold sweat soaking his back.

When Jia Cong said this, there were only two people in the carriage.

"Fourth Brother, I do often criticize you on purpose, but I hope you understand that if jade is not polished, it will not become a useful object."

"The Daqian has been passed down to you for four generations, and the current situation is not easy to come by."

"Don't you want rights?"

"I'll give it to you."

"Just as you said, let Jia Cong be the commander of the Beijing Camp. The Beijing Camp is related to the safety of the capital, so it must be cleaned up thoroughly."

"Also, this time the White Lotus Sect came from Jiangnan. You must pay attention to it and start sending people to wipe it out as soon as possible."

"Thank you, father." Emperor Shunde did not expect the surprise to come so suddenly, and he knelt down and shouted.

"Go, I'm tired."

After a brief exchange, the emperor calmly ordered them to leave.

……

"Dai Quan, do you think there is really no hope for Old Fourteen Zhongshun and Yizhong?"

After Emperor Shunde left, the retired emperor suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, I don't know."

"I only know that this world belongs to your Majesty, and you can give it to whoever you want!"

"If there are any traitors who oppose me, I will purge them for Your Majesty even if it costs my life!"

Dai Quan bowed in response.

"You old man, when have you ever been so secretive when talking to me?"

"What's the point of me asking you to risk your life?"

"Forget it. Jia Cong is right. The fourth son has been on the throne for four years, and there is nothing wrong with that... If we rashly depose him, there will definitely be opposition both inside and outside the court."

"At the least, the whole world will be shaken; at the worst, the nation will be shaken!"

"I can't follow Taizu's example and conquer the world all over again."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings!"

With a faint sigh, Huangji Palace returned to its former tranquility.

……

Late night
Daxing County

City God's Office
He pretended that his magic power was over-consumed and waited in the Jia Mansion for a whole day.

The expected attack didn't even show up.

Only then did Jia Cong confirm that there was most likely no direct connection between the White Lotus Sect and Prince Beijing's Palace.

We arrived at the City God’s office under the cover of night.

With his right hand raised, the Shinto seal appeared.

Divine thoughts penetrated.

A space appeared in my mind. In the corner was a mountain of food, armor and weapons.

Five Eight-Ox Crossbows with their strings already strung were lined up in a row, waiting for the future owner of this "surprise".

The exact center of the space.

It is a blood demon about ten feet tall.

Even though it had lost the person controlling it, the Blood Demon had already transformed back into a pool of blood.

The boiling blood still exudes an extremely ferocious and terrifying aura.

"go with!"

Jia Cong stretched out his hand and divine power surged in his body.

It is infused into the blood demon's body through the Shinto seal.

Ten ways!

Twenty!
Forty!
Eighty!
"No movement?"

It is different from the previous times when the ghost soldiers were transformed.

A total of eighty of them, after most of the divine power was infused into him, the Blood Demon did not show any sign of change.

Jia Cong frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, another divine power burned.

There was a gleam of light in his eyes.

With the help of divine power, the divine thoughts were focused on the blood demon.

Assisted by the exploration of the Qi-seeking Tree.

"No, it's not that there is no movement..."

"There's been a change!"

"This is……"

Jia Cong's eyes lit up and his divine power continued to surge.

Continuously infused into the blood demon's body.

It stopped for several hours.

After the divine power is restored, the cycle will repeat itself.

After a full two hundred divine powers were infused into it.

The blood demon that looked like a pool of blood finally underwent a major change.

This kind of transformation is not a state of being conferred as a ghost or god.

The head is like a camel, the eyes are like a rabbit, the neck is like a snake, the belly is like a clam, the scales are like fish, the claws are like an eagle, the paws are like a tiger, and the ears are like a cow!
It is over ten feet long and covered with dense blood-red scales.

Exuding the smell of death and decay.

There are no horns on its head, but there is a white lotus blooming.

It is the White Lotus Sect’s most precious treasure, the Holy Fire White Lotus, in the hands of the Right Protector of the White Lotus Sect.

A feeling of spiritual connection appeared between Jia Cong and the blood dragon.

Jia Cong's mind moved.

The blood dragon in the space of the Shinto seal immediately began to swim.

Then the holy fire white lotus on its head bloomed, and the appearance of the blood dragon changed again.

From the eerie blood red to pure white.

It exudes the aura of holiness.

Open your mouth.

A stream of holy white lotus fire gushed out like dragon's breath.

"It's done!"

"It turns out it's not a blood demon, but a demon soul, the soul of a dragon."

"Eat human souls and sacrifice human blood."

"No wonder he couldn't be canonized as a ghost or god."

Jia Cong's eyes lit up with excitement as he recalled a record he had read in a miscellany.

In ancient times, the demon race also flourished in this world.

Later, after generations of heroes from the human race fought and expelled them.

Only then did he establish his rule over the Nine Provinces. Even now, there are still signs of powerful monsters appearing in Daqian from time to time.

But it has long been difficult to achieve success.

This Holy Fire White Lotus is one of the three greatest treasures of the White Lotus Sect.

It is unknown which generation of White Lotus Sect's leader sealed it into a dragon demon soul.

Then it was passed down from generation to generation.

Summon the "blood demon" to kill and sacrifice blood.

It is to use human souls and blood to flush the dragon's intelligence, in order to completely merge the dragon with the Holy Fire White Lotus.

Let it transform into an existence like the "soul of the weapon" in the Holy Fire White Lotus.

It can be summoned at will to defend against the enemy, becoming one of the great assets of the White Lotus Sect.

(End of this chapter)