Chapter 2245 - 2240: Something’s Off

Chapter 2245: Chapter 2240: Something’s Off

West Desolation’s Old Demon has been in a great mood lately.

The death of Meng Xiao provided him with an opportunity to invite several of Meng Xiao’s junior disciples.

Although the three brothers from the Zeng Family had temper issues, their strength was evident, each not inferior to his own.

In the morning, West Desolation’s Old Demon led the Zeng Family’s three brothers to attend the meeting at the West Desolate Tower in West Desolation City.

Even Wang Buqun suffered a hidden loss at Zeng Xing’s hands, easing much of the frustration that had built up in West Desolation’s Old Demon’s heart.

"City Lord, without the meat-cutting mountain range, our ability to control the foxes in the Fox Spirit Mountain Range has diminished greatly. The foxes in the Fox Spirit Mountain Range have been quite active lately, and both around Fox Spirit Mountain and the nearby meat-cutting mountain range sentries have been set up. Every spy I sent out hasn’t returned."

Skeleton Sage furrowed his brow, his old face full of wrinkles, like an ugly flower in bloom.

The originally gleeful West Desolation’s Old Demon raised his brow upon hearing Skeleton Sage’s words; he realized he might indeed have let things go to his head a bit.

Tang Ming and Fox Spirit Mountain Range still remain unresolved; he had merely gained a slight advantage over that fool Wang Buqun.

"Mm, what you say makes sense. To deal with the Fox Spirit Mountain Range, we indeed need to put in some effort. Hey, Skeleton, what do you think about Dou Niu Mountain over there?"

West Desolation’s Old Demon sat up straight in the lounge chair, speaking in a low voice.

Skeleton Sage’s eyes narrowed; Dou Niu Mountain was always a place West Desolation’s Old Demon and Skeleton Sage wanted to control.

Because, the Niu Family has a secret which was revealed to West Desolation’s Old Demon when the Right Bull Horn branch of the Niu Family joined him.

It turns out, due to their bloodline, the Niu Family can purify demonized land, but the cost is the lives of Niu Family members.

A fallen Niu family member can purify demonized land hundreds of times the size of their body, but the purification lasts only ten years.

Even so, the Niu Family still managed to open a large field on Dou Niu Mountain.

In fact, with the death of a family member, they would gain the field, leading to instances of self-inflicted killings within the family.

After all, in the land of West Desolation, the more fields one possesses, the greater the profit one can gain.

The time on Dou Niu Mountain was extremely bloody, as acts of filicide and patricide for arable land occurred frequently. But they discovered that intentionally killed family members could purify the land, yet the land would last at most a year, some even mere months—just before the immortal rice matured, the land would become demonized again.

Thus, the Niu Family, known for generations of unity, split into the Left Bull Horn clan and Right Bull Horn clan.

"The Right Bull Horn clan’s Niu Wei merely uses us; he wants us to help suppress Niu Hao, while we need the cheap grain they provide. In recent years Dou Niu Mountain has become increasingly peaceful, both the Left and Right Bull Horn groups are recuperating, and the amount of grain we’ve obtained from Dou Niu Mountain has diminished considerably."

Skeleton Sage didn’t directly say Dou Niu Mountain was unusable, just mentioned some things about Niu Wei.

Niu Wei, banking on his ability to produce immortal rice, was self-sufficient, spoke rather boldly.

Skeleton Sage suffered setbacks with Niu Wei numerous times, so he didn’t wish to cooperate with Niu Wei. According to his plan, the Niu Family should be brought up, used solely for bloodletting to purify demonized land. This was what West Desolation’s Old Demon should do.

"I know Niu Wei well enough. He always has his little schemes; give him some incentives, and he’ll obediently work for us. But Niu Hao is rather bothersome."

West Desolation’s Old Demon raised his brow, then said.

"I know a bit about Niu Hao; I interacted with him before joining you. This person values his family greatly; if I recall correctly, he has several sons, but only one daughter."

Skeleton Sage’s mouth curved slightly.

West Desolation’s Old Demon was initially taken aback, then burst out laughing; "Good idea, good idea."

Hu Jiuze’s prepared gifts began with immortal rice; such items in the Fox Spirit Mountain Range are stored in special wooden boxes.

Hu Jiuze packed out nine full wooden boxes and additionally took some ores and immortal elixirs.

Seeing Tang Ming approach, Hu Jiuze waved, and all the prepared gifts transported into the storage ring, which he then handed over to Tang Ming: "You will be the City Lord of West Continent City in the future. These gifts should be given by you."

Tang Ming didn’t hesitate, taking the storage ring from Hu Jiuze’s hand, understanding this was a priority issue.

He didn’t wish to dispute this point with Hu Jiuze, after all, as Hu Jiuze said, he is the City Lord of West Continent City, the true master of West Desolation.

Dou Niu Mountain is very close to the Fox Spirit Mountain Range; it’s just a ten-minute walk to the mountain. Tang Ming and Hu Jiuze’s speed were swift, arriving under Dou Niu Mountain in the blink of an eye.

Tang Ming wanted to walk up the mountain but was stopped by Hu Jiuze; she glanced toward Dou Niu Mountain, her brow furrowing slightly; "Something’s off, what’s this old Niu Hao up to, not even a single sentry at the mountain base."

The black ghost fog spouted from Hu Jiuze’s mouth, flying onto Bull Horn Mountain.

"Let’s hurry up the mountain, trouble’s brewing on Dou Niu Mountain, a few sentries here have been killed."

Hu Jiuze’s face turned somewhat grim, as they originally came to win over Niu Hao, a man with a bad temper who was obstinate and self-serving. Viewing his family as more important than anything else.

Yet now, the sentries he set up had been killed; if they couldn’t catch the culprit, they might falsely accuse Tang Ming and Hu Jiuze.

Tang Ming nodded, following Hu Jiuze into Dou Niu Mountain, a place more open than Tang Ming expected and surrounded by demonized land which, once purified, surpassed the Fox Spirit Mountain Range in usability.

While Tang Ming and the others traversed halfway up the mountain, five men carrying a sack rapidly dashed downhill, their faces altered upon seeing Tang Ming and Hu Jiusheng.

The leading man was not polite at all, directly slashing at Tang Ming and his group.

Tang Ming’s eyes narrowed, dodging to the side, while Hu Jiuze reached out, grabbing the man’s wrist.

"Move aside, otherwise, I’ll kill you."

Zeng Xing broke free from Hu Jiuze’s grip, cautiously looking toward Hu Jiuze.

And Hu Jiuze’s eyes narrowed as well; she sensed the presence of Meng Xiao from Zeng Xing’s body, not his still-alive soul possessing this body.