Chapter 718: Black Miao King

Chapter 718 The Black Miao King

Long ago the Miao territory had a king and Dali was its royal capital whose ruler the Black Miao King stood upon the Heavenly Ranking and the White Miao where Dao Qingfeng belonged was oppressed so wretchedly that they were once nearly exterminated defining an ancestral feud.

After the Black Miao King unified the various tribes of the Miao frontier he was naturally unsatisfied with this and with ambitious designs invaded Bashu multiple times.

How unfortunate that he clashed with Xia Yuanyuan who was at the absolute zenith of his power back then and moreover a Xia Yuanyuan who was striving valiantly forward to achieve the subjugation of all under heaven such a Xia Yuanyuan in those days was invincible.

The Black Miao King was blasted and slain by a single blade without any suspense yes a blade was used and everyone is very familiar with this blade now it is named Longque Little Female Que was very familiar with this Black Miao King yet he was not split into two halves but rather had half his head shorn off in any case he was dead through and through.

The Miao frontier was conquered by the Great Xia from then on due to geographical factors it was very difficult to directly establish commanderies for governance so it ultimately evolved into a template of autonomous rule by the chieftains of various tribes loosely restrained by a pacification commissioner while the Black Miao weakened from then on yet because their own base population was the largest though Xia Yuanyuan had massacred a batch of them he did not implement a policy of total extermination and over these years they were developed and revived once more by Lei Zhentang and others who further colluded with the Bashan Sword Sect to instigate the previous rebellion only to be broken by Zhao Changhe.

Yet after that last incident though the Miao territory was said to be a joint council of various tribes it actually existed in name only after all there were simply no external wars and nothing that required a joint vote what existed was merely the struggle for power among the various tribes for instance to whom did Dali belong Sisi as the side with the strongest faction chose instead to retreat rapidly from the rapids and not contend for Dali which was actually because she truly had no fucking spare time.

Dao Qingfeng of the White Miao and Pan Wan of the Yao tribe however fought here until their heads bled and in the end Dao Qingfeng occupied Dali becoming the strongest tribe outside of Sisi.

Dao Qingfeng originally possessed no great ambition he only opposed the Black Miao of Lei Zhentang but a mans ambition will grow and expand along with the shifting of power and the current Dao Qingfeng believed the Miao frontier could be plotted for.

In the eyes of the various tribes Sisi s side harbored immense hidden perils as the main body the Xia army could not sell their lives for a lifetime relying solely on earlier kindness they lacked recognition in terms of tribal culture and institutional identity and would not treat the Spirit Race as everyone s sense of belonging this was fatal and extremely easy to be instigated and penetrated especially under the premise that the instigation also came from the Xia people Sisi herself had already taken precautions against this for example the army Zhao Changhe saw was already half comprised of Spirit Race people which was the counterbalance she had made.

The terrifying spiritual beasts within the Spirit Race were something Dao Qingfeng had never experienced on the surface it appeared that as long as he defeated the power of Taoyuan Town he would have a chance to unify the Miao frontier so how could he not be eager to move?

But though the Spirit Race problem was grand he himself lacked a bit of capital not only was his military power a tier weaker but he also lacked experts he could not even defeat Sisi alone not to mention that she had a Heavenly Ranking master residing there with a divine artifact.

However some time ago a strange person from western Xiang found him and told him that he too could possess an expert.

That was the Black Miao King within the Black Miao King s tomb right beside Dali.

He could use a special method of corpse puppetry to turn the Black Miao King s corpse into his own puppet a puppet possessing a Heavenly Ranking combat capability.

And this was not to be operated by someone else but rather the technique was imparted to him for him to operate himself after repeatedly testing it with other corpses to confirm its reality and feasibility Dao Qingfeng began his secret operations targeting the Black Miao King s corpse previous talks of grave digging and tomb robbing were all to blind eyes and ears what truly was to be done was to refine the Black Miao King into a corpse puppet.

Yet what kind of disturbance the revival of the Black Miao King would cause no one could predict Dao Qingfeng could not do it in advance deeply fearing that too great a disturbance would trigger the attention of the Spirit Race one must know that Dali was not devoid of Spirit Race people either furthermore Sisi s side truly possessed a treasure that countered corpse puppets the thunder of the divine axe with majestic heavenly might was the natural nemesis of these yin corpses and dead things and the Saint of Thieves bringing the axe here was simply a disgusting twist of fate.

But once the Saint of Thieves died the divine axe became masterless and Sisi s internal faction still faced a tearing of faces there truly was no better time to act than this.

Dao Qingfeng swiftly led his flock to dive into the burial grounds proceeding straight to the core of the tomb chamber.

The tomb mechanisms had long been ruined with guards only at the entrance yet they failed to discover that a figure in red clothing followed behind the entire time when they entered the tomb passage the guards behind them had already collapsed silently outside following like a phantom.

Upon arriving at the tomb chamber the coffin had long been opened and a withered corpse lay within it faintly already possessing a hint of ferocious and wild aura making Yue Hongling who followed at a distance tremble with fear in her heart.

The art of the corpse puppet was already half successful as long as they continued to complete the latter half and Yue Hongling who had thoroughly understood the state of the corpse mutations of Xue Wu and Maitreya back then during her dual cultivation with Zhao Changhe could almost be certain that the unearthing of this corpse puppet would surely trigger a catastrophe not for the Spirit Race but for the entirety of Dali and even the Miao frontier!

Several White Miao priests stood apart respectively to form an array chanting incantations under their breaths while Dao Qingfeng stood at the position of the withered corpse s head reaching out to lightly caress the forehead of the withered corpse closing his eyes to perform the technique that informant stood to the side with a smile watching clearly also possessing the excitement and anticipation of imminent success.

Snap the withered corpse extended an iron like hand clamping onto the edge of the coffin and with a crack the stone coffin lid was squeezed into powder.

Dao Qingfeng was just in the midst of wild joy when a red light suddenly appeared and sword radiance exploded.

A speck of sword qi pierced straight toward the space between his brows while Dao Qingfeng s smile was still frozen on his face the sword qi had already torn his spiritual terrace to shreds.

The surrounding White Miao priests and that informant were all greatly shocked having never even thought that such a terrifying assassin would emerge inexplicably not a single person present possessed even the level of the Human Ranking who could withstand her assault?

With just one sword all of Dao Qingfeng s movements turned into empty words.

Yue Hongling Dao Qingfeng looked blankly at the ugly face in front of him no need to look at the face such a sword in this world belonged only to Yue Hongling Why why is it because you are partial toward Simeng?

You were blinded by your lust for power Do you truly believe that with your mere level that hasn t even reached the Secret Treasury you can control a corpse puppet with a Heavenly Ranking foundation Yue Hongling gained success in one move yet showed no look of pride becoming instead even more anxious and angry Energy will not be born out of thin air nor will life come without cause when you tested ordinary corpses you naturally noticed nothing however the revival of a Heavenly Ranking corpse puppet must require the summoner s own life to feed it My killing of you at this moment is already considered late!

The expressions of several White Miao priests changed instantly.

Kacha the corpse puppet summoning ritual was stopped yet the withered corpse expectedly did not turn into a brick but rather continued to climb up the entire stone coffin turning entirely to powder along with his rising.

Dao Qingfeng stared blankly at that informant seemingly unable to believe it.

That person finally smiled Of course strange indeed this path of yin corpses should not yet be known by outsiders in the world I wonder how Heroine Yue came to know it could it be that back when the Maitreya Sect ran rampant a few unorthodox methods were obtained from western Xiang and chanced upon by Heroine Yue?

Along with the voice it seemed an invisible qi transferred from the several White Miao priests onto the withered corpse the White Miao priests unexpectedly could not even utter a single word dying violently on the spot one and all.

Without nourishment he will tear apart every living thing here including Dali and even the Miao frontier as well as all life within your tribe Yue Hongling drew her sword suddenly thrusting toward that informant.

In Dao Qingfeng s eyes was regret beyond remedy yet he was already unable to speak his corpse crashing to the ground.

The final scene in his eyes was the withered corpse extending its hand with extreme agility blocking Yue Hongling s sword path while the informant attempted to flee from beginning to end he had never participated in the ritual to awaken the withered corpse so life force could not be drawn onto him yet he conversely could control the corpse!

From beginning to end this was a deception the controller of the corpse was someone else.

Qiang Yue Hongling s sword clashed against the Black Miao King s hand which was as hard as iron and energy suddenly erupted the tomb chamber beginning to tremble and cave in.

Terrifying corpse qi shot straight upward breaking through the structure of the underground tomb and the tomb chamber collapsed with a roar.

That informant thought himself able to control the corpse yet even he did not expect that before he could even run out of the tomb passage he would be smashed into meat paste by the stones crashing down from above.

After all that scheming and calculating it was entirely a search for one s own death.

Yet could Yue Hongling escape either?