Chapter 2358: A Show of Strength

"Lord Linghu!!" Huode Zhenren's Nascent Soul screamed, with timidity in his voice, "I have news of the death of Lord Shangguan Ye Ran. This is a major military matter. If you dare to take revenge on the public, , you have delayed the affairs of the Lord of the Palace, and if I don’t say that the Lord of the Palace will not spare you, even you and the Twenty-Eight Star Lords will fall one by one..."

"Stop!" A voice shouted in the tent, and the man's sword stopped in mid-air like a cast of copper. Although Huode Zhenren's body could not move, cold sweat was already dripping from his forehead.

"Let them come in..." As the majestic voice sounded from inside the tent, the man put away his sword and stepped aside. The immortal general raised his hand and said with a smile on his face, "General Huodexing, please……"

Then he threw the pennant to Zhou Hong and said, "You can go in too!"

Zhou Hong was very frightened. He took the flag and saluted hurriedly: "I sent him here on the order of Mr. Xingjiang. Now that Mr. Jiaomujiao wants to see Mr. Xingjiang, it is time for me to turn around and inspect!"

"Didn't you hear my lord say, let you all go in?" the immortal general said with a cold smile.

"Yes, sir!" Zhou Hong didn't dare to argue, so he replied and hurriedly lowered his head and followed Master Huode into the tent.

That Huode Zhenren originally had an unruly heart... but now it suddenly hangs on his head. He is the Star General of Kong Hongwu. Although his status is not comparable to that of the Star Lords such as Jing Muyan and Jiaomu Jiao, his status in the Star Lord Palace is Somewhat aloof, you don't usually have to deal with these star kings. However, he had interacted with Jing Muyan several times and was familiar with them, but he had no interaction with Jingmu Jiao. However, he heard Jing Muyan say something about Jiaomu Jiao, and knew that Jiaomu Jiao was Kong Hongwu's confidant. Although Jingmuyan didn't say anything bad about Jiaomu Jiao, the disdain in his tone was very obvious. But everyone always has preconceived notions. Although Huode Zhenren has never seen the Jiaomu Jiao, he already has some bad perceptions about the Jiaomu Jiao based on a few words from Jing Muyan. This time, I heard that Jing Muyan had died and Jiaomu Jiao had taken over, and I couldn't help but have some so-called grievances.

It's a pity that Huode Zhenren has never seen the Jiaomu Jiao, and the soldiers outside the tent gave him a warning, which really disgraced him. Moreover, when he heard that Jiaomu Jiao also made money for Zhou Hong, he didn't realize it. I had a bad feeling again.

Sure enough, when Huode Zhenren entered the tent, he saw that the inside of the tent was very simple, except for a jade table with an order pot placed on it. There were a few ordinary-looking order arrows in it, which was the end of the tent. Sitting behind the jade table was a middle-aged Confucian scholar.

The Confucian scholar was holding an ancient book in his hand and was looking at it with great interest. There was no special aura about him. Even the eyes staring at the ancient book and the hand holding the scroll were nothing like those of ordinary students except that they were extremely slender. different!

Master Huode did not dare to neglect, walked to the center of the tent, clasped his hands into fists, and said respectfully: "Jin Yude, the last general, has met General Linghu."

Zhou Hong, who was behind Master Huode, hurriedly knelt down.

He whispered with a trembling voice: "Little...little Zhou Hong has met the general."

Unexpectedly, Linghu Piran didn't even respond and didn't look away from the scroll at all.

Master Huode stood there with his fists clasped in embarrassment, quite at a loss. Although he had practiced for thousands of years, he knew very well that the Confucian scholar opposite him was not only older than him, but also stronger than him. He was tyrannical, not to mention that there were many monks with similar strength around the barracks who obeyed his orders, so he gritted his teeth slightly, and did not retract his fist-clasping hands and slightly bowed waist. The etiquette that controlled him was up to him. I'm not afraid that Linghu Piran will do anything wrong.

In just half a cup of tea, it seemed that he had finished reading a page. Linghu Piran naturally dipped his hands into some saliva and turned the page. At this time, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Master Huode with his dark eyes. Then he landed on Zhou Hong and said calmly: "Zhou Hong, do you know your guilt?"

"Ah?? Xiao...what crime did Xiao have?" Zhou Hong was confused and asked hurriedly, forgetting to kowtow.

"You did not abide by military regulations, did not patrol within your own defense area, and rashly brought Taoist disciples to the camp of our Jiaomujiao army. Isn't this... a serious crime of collaborating with the enemy?"

"Sir... Your Majesty!" Zhou Hong was stunned. He looked at Linghu Piran and then at Master Huode and shouted, "Although this Lord is a Taoist monk, but... he is holding the Star General Order of the Palace Master. There is nothing wrong with what I have experienced and experienced! Moreover, this lord has news about Jing Muyan’s death because he wants to inform the lord of the palace about something important. I don’t dare to delay, so I send this lord here. …”

"General Linghu, is there some misunderstanding?!" Master Huo De also said, "Although I have never met the general, you can get acquainted with General Jing Muyan. This is the general's star general order. General, please Check it out.”

It's a pity that Linghu Piran ignored him at all and swept his eyes coldly. The sharp gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the body of Master Huode: "How can you make casual noises in the Chinese army tent? Did I, the general, let you speak?"

Master Huode's hands froze there again, and he didn't dare to move. He was afraid of hearing the words "Why join the army?"

Fortunately, Linghu Piran didn't ask to join the army. Instead, he put his hand around and took out a jade pupil from somewhere and threw it to Zhou Hong. He said lightly: "Take a look..."

"Yes..." Zhou Hong took it very carefully, with clear light flashing in his eyes. After a moment, his face turned pale, and big beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. Then he kowtowed and said, "General, spare your life. I don't know this." The little man has not received the news that the great general’s order has been abolished.”

"Why join the army!" Linghu Piran said without any nonsense.

"Yes, sir!" Joining the army came in with a sword in his hand.

Linghu Piran took out a command arrow from the command pot and said: "Go and check whether what Zhou Hong said is true. If it is true, see who dares to delay the military plane and take that person's head. If Zhou Hong is lying, take Zhou Hong’s head is here.”

After saying that, the inscription flew out of Linghu Piran's mouth and landed on the arrow. The arrow flew into the hands of the army with a bloody light.

"Yes, sir!" After receiving the order to join the army, Yi Tan carried the trembling Zhou Hong out of the tent. Poor Zhou Hong, after all, was at the third level of Yuanli, equivalent to a Taoist golden elixir monk. Now he is like Xiaoji. He was taken away like a boy.

"Si..." Master Huode took a breath, knowing in his heart that this was not Linghu Piran giving him power, but... he entered Yaotai Mountain and offended Kong Hongwu!

Thinking of Linghu Piran's ruthlessness, Master Huode did not dare to say a word. He only held the Star General Ling that he was proud of before but has now become a waste in his hand. He stood there quietly with the blue veins on his hand Slightly raised.

"You are now a Taoist monk. According to my military discipline, you will be beheaded if you trespass on our army!" Linghu Piran put down the scroll in his hand and said calmly, "However, you were the palace master's before. Star General has also made some contributions to our Xingjun Palace, but I can’t specialize in it.”

"Huh..." Upon hearing this, Master Huode's heart suddenly dropped, and the veins on his hands disappeared. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, General Linghu, for your kindness."

"Please, Lord of the Palace..." Linghu Piran stood up, walked to the order case, took out a diamond-shaped token from his arms, and slapped it on the door above him with his hand. The three-color true energy surged out and fell. On top of the token, the token produced an auspicious cloud that floated behind the token. Immediately, wisps of awe-inspiring aura emerged from the void and gathered on the auspicious cloud. In a moment, the image of Kong Hongwu appeared.

"I have finally met the Lord of the Palace!" Linghu Piran bowed and saluted.

Master Huode did not dare to neglect, and also saluted: "The last general has met the palace master."

General Kong Hong waved his hand and said: "Linghu, get up."

"Yes, sir!" Linghu Piran straightened up and stopped talking, while Kong Hongwu glanced at Huode Zhenren and said coldly, "I am the master of the Xingjun Palace, but you are not the star general of the Xingjun Palace. There is no need to claim to be the last general. I know that our Xingjun Palace is too small to accommodate a great god like Zhenren. I just want to find my own opportunity here on Yaotai Mountain."

"Your Majesty the Palace Master..." Huode Zhenren's face turned pale and he whispered, "I know that I have disturbed the Master's plan, and my sin is unforgivable. I do not ask for the forgiveness of the Palace Master. I will only keep what I know. Tell the palace master some secrets, and then go to die in the formation!"

"Say..." Kong Hongwu said calmly, his face still as dark as water.

Master Huode did not dare to beg for mercy too much, nor did he dare to talk about his previous achievements, just because he was afraid that Kong Hongwu would not give him a chance to speak. Now that he had let him speak, he was already secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The master of the good teaching hall knows , I found a monk who had concealed his cultivation in the Yaotai Conference, and... I had previously known that General Jing Muyan had died in the Imperial Formation, so the Lord of the Palace must have not found the real culprit, so I risked my life to serve as Prime Minister. The Lord is clear.”

"Who..." Kong Hongwu's eyebrows twitched. It was exactly as Huode Zhenren said. When Kong Hongwu was furious, he had already sent people to search for the truth. However, the entire Yaotai Mountain was within the formation, especially after the formation change. After the death of Jing Muyan, the immortal soldiers and generals of the star array were already in a bit of a mess. The news that Huode Zhenren's star general order was abolished did not reach Zhou Hong, which is proof. Moreover, most of the immortal generals who had seen Xiao Hua were killed by Xiao Hua. It was really difficult for Kong Hongwu to find Xiao Hua who killed Jing Muyan for a while.

"Xiao Hua!!" Master Huode did not dare to go around the bush and said Xiao Hua's name directly.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Kong Hongwu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if it was not beyond his expectation, while Linghu Piran raised his brows, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Master Huode was slightly shocked. This news was his last straw. Now it seemed that it was really the straw. He hurriedly shouted: "The wise master of the hall is Xiao Hua." r1152