Chapter 442: Shaoying Arrives at the Stalemate

A long sword came through the air. Sima tilted his head slightly, seemingly nonchalantly, but in fact he didn’t take it to heart at all. He even picked up the teacup and sipped his tea.

The sword belonged to Long Yuan, and the person who threw it was naturally Long Qi.

Long Qi could tell at a glance that the one who commanded the entire demon army was the old man sitting on the seat.

As the saying goes, to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. As long as we take down this old man, the rest will just be his soldiers.

It’s true what you think, but how can everything be that simple?
When the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, the palace had the positions of Grand Tutor, Grand Preceptor, Grand Protector, Left and Right Prime Ministers, Situ and Sikong, etc. Later, the Demon Lord of Creation changed the official system. In order to simplify the government affairs in the court, he set up seven departments as the highest command department, namely Situ, Sima, Sikou, Sigong, Sinong, Sishi, and Sizhi.

The seven departments are directly under the Demon Lord, each with its own duties, and under them are officials of varying sizes. On the contrary, although the positions of Taifu and Taibao were retained, they were mostly honorary positions and their actual power was greatly weakened.

The so-called Grand Sima, as the name suggests, is in charge of military and political affairs and has certain confidential decision-making power in the court. He is deeply trusted and highly valued by the Demon Lord. Those who serve as Sima have always been military generals since the creation of the world.

So when faced with the sudden arrival of a group of Taoists, Da Sima made the decision on his own and did not wait for the Demon Lord’s order, but directly guarded outside the palace gate.

If you don’t trust someone very much, how dare you mobilize troops on your own?
And to be trusted, you naturally have the ability to be trusted.

“Young people nowadays are so rude. Don’t they know that two armies should announce their homeland before fighting? Why do they draw their swords without any explanation?”

“Anyone who comes is a guest. What kind of rule is this that the old man refuses to let people in?” Long Qi used his spiritual power to take back Long Yuan, and he was not willing to be outdone.

The Grand Marshal just smiled without answering, and ordered his attendants: “The tea is getting cold, go get some hot tea.” Then he stood up and tightened his wrist armor, “Bring me my dragon whip, I’ll have some fun with this brat first.”

Ah Dao, who was hiding, thought something was wrong and kept scolding Long Qi for being stupid.

Why pick on that damn old man when there are so many people to pick on? I’ve never seen anyone so eager to die.

The Grand Marshal stroked his long beard, raised the dragon whip, and walked out slowly, with his steps rising and falling, looking very majestic.

The dragon whip in his hand is also no ordinary object. It is said that a long time ago there were two whips, one male and one female, but later the female whip was cut off by someone, leaving only the male whip.

When Long Qi saw this, he knew that this person was not someone to be trifled with. His expression changed and he became serious.

The two men looked at each other, neither of them moved, not affected at all by the shouts of the battlefield.

“Good concentration,” Da Sima suddenly laughed, “Boy, that’s quite interesting.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Sima was suddenly surrounded by purple lightning. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Long Qi. Before Long Qi could react, the dragon whip came down.

Long Qi had no way to dodge and could only raise his sword to resist. Unexpectedly, the opponent was so strong that he forced him to his knees.

“What a domineering power.” Long Qi took a deep breath and forced a smile. “Old man, you are still as good as ever. I underestimated you.”

“You little brat, you’re so arrogant.” Upon hearing this, Da Sima was not angry but smiled instead.

If they were not on a battlefield, the conversation between the old and the young would have been quite joyful, just like a grandfather and grandson.

Long Qi exerted force on his waist and turned around with great effort, thus relieving Da Sima’s force. He took advantage of the moment when the dragon whip hit the ground and rolled a few times to distance himself from it.

“Thank you for your praise.” Long Qi panted, but did not give in at all.

Just now, Long Qi forcibly took the whip from Da Sima, which seemed to have injured his right arm. His shoulder was aching and he wanted to raise the sword, but he couldn’t lift it at all.

It appears to be dislocated.

Da Sima had no intention of letting him go and chased after Long Qi, attacking him with all his might.

The pain in his shoulder forced Long Qi to step back and dodge, but his weak right arm made it difficult for him to maintain his balance, and his body movement was quite slow. In addition, Da Sima moved very quickly, so he was caught up in just a few steps.

Seeing the dragon whip coming through the wind, a long beard suddenly wrapped around it, holding the dragon whip back. “Your Excellency, if you argue with a junior, you will inevitably get criticized. If you don’t mind, how about fighting with an old man like me?”

It was Chi Yanzi, and the thing wrapped around the dragon whip was his whisk.

Da Sima narrowed his eyes and looked at Chi Yanzi. He could tell at a glance that Chi Yanzi was not an ordinary person. Even if it was just a small thing, he could not hide that little bit of fear.

This person is a demon!
But since he is a demon, why is there no trace of demonic energy on him? If you are not careful, you will be deceived by this aura.

“Boy, where are you from?” asked Da Sima in a deep voice.

“I am not talented, I am just a wanderer, not worth mentioning.”

Chi Yanzi did not loosen his strength at all, and even exerted a little more force, and actually managed to pull Da Sima’s dragon whip away a little, allowing Long Qi to retreat.

“Old man, this old guy is clearly my opponent, why are you interfering?”

Long Qi, who stood still, seemed quite dissatisfied, causing Adao in the dark to roll his eyes again.

Someone saved you, and now you are saying something ungrateful?
But before Ah Dao could finish his complaints, Long Qi said, “But since you are asking for it sincerely, I will give this opponent to you with great reluctance.”

This time Ah Dao also narrowed his eyes——

Do you look good?

When being teased, Da Sima did not get angry but laughed instead, but there was murderous intent hidden in his laugh.

“Why don’t you two come together? It will save me a lot of trouble.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Da Sima turned around and slapped Chi Yanzi.

The palm wind was so powerful that Chi Yanzi had no choice but to let go of the Jiaolong Whip. After several flips, he put some distance between himself and Da Sima.

This palm may seem simple, but it is actually very powerful, and when facing it, one will feel inexplicably afraid.

This person’s cultivation cannot be underestimated, I’m afraid he will be difficult to deal with…

Chi Yanzi frowned, alerted himself, and stared at Da Sima, not daring to relax even a bit.

And Long Qi was not as relaxed as he looked. Although he said joking words, the pain in his right shoulder reminded him of the terrifying person in front of him.

Even if the two of them worked together, the old man would surely be easily captured, and they would have no chance of winning at all.

Long Qi grasped the scroll behind his back with his backhand, hesitated for a moment, and finally let go.

This scroll is the last resort, how can it be used on this person? Besides, even if it is used, it may not be effective.

“What? You still don’t want to do anything? Then I will not be polite.”

As the Grand Tutor spoke, he raised the Dragon Whip, and Long Qi and Chi Yanzi held their breath and waited.

But at this moment, a white shadow suddenly appeared, and there was a “clang” sound, and suddenly a flash of fire appeared. Before I could see who it was, the man somersaulted and jumped over.

“It’s such a grand event, why don’t you count me in?”

A man in a grey cloak, holding two maces in his hands, turned around and Long Qi shouted:
“Why is it you? Why are you here?”

It was Lu Ying.