Zombie World: I Have a God’s Tomb

"Senior brother, you actually invited senior brother! ?"

The older Taoist priest below immediately frowned and spoke.

"Yes, senior brother, is Shi Jian nearby now? ? Why haven't I heard you talk about it? ?"

Even Zhue Gu asked curiously at this time.

Obviously Shi Jian had little good impression in the eyes of these 81st generation disciples.

Of course, the main reason was that the 81st generation disciples on Maoshan were divided into There are two factions. One faction is clinging to the title of Shi Jian's chief disciple, because in the future, the chief disciple will mean that as long as there are no problems, he will be the leader of Maoshan. The other faction is the same as Jiu Shu I can't stand people from Shi Jian's faction.

Of course, I don't know if it's because of Jiu Shu's personality charm or because Shi Jian is just too annoying, so there are only seven or eight disciples left with Shi Jian in this generation. When Uncle Jiu left, all his disciples left together.

You must know that the original 81st generation disciples not only had many people but also had very good talents. They should be prosperous.

But with Uncle Jiu leaving, almost 80% of the disciples After everyone left, the Maoshan sect was withered.

Fortunately, there were some older master uncles who were still alive and came back to control the situation so that Maoshan wouldn't suffer too much.

You know, when Uncle Jiu insisted on leaving Maoshan At that time, the three ancestors took turns to persuade Shi Jian. Unfortunately, he really couldn't stand Shi Jian and chose to leave.

Of course, after Uncle Jiu came out with a group of outstanding Maoshan disciples, in the past ten years or so, The prestige and reputation of Maoshan, who came to the world in the world, were instantly greater than before.

Among the 82nd generation disciples, more people went to become disciples because of Maoshan's reputation than the 81st generation disciples.

It can be regarded as another prosperous scene..Of course, if it weren't for Shi Jian, they might be practicing together with their brothers in Maoshan now.

"Dear junior brothers, this matter is related to senior brother, so he must be present. When he arrives, everyone will know the reason!"

Uncle Jiu spoke solemnly.

As soon as his words came out, all the brothers present looked at each other.

Then he said no more.

"Then there I go!!"

And Ling Xiao also turned around after speaking to Uncle Jiu!!

"Buzz!!!!!!"

However, at this moment, with a burst of space fluctuations around Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao actually disappeared out of thin air.

All the 81st generation disciples and 82nd generation disciples who watched this scene were so frightened that they stood up.

"How is this going! ?"

"Where is Ling Xiao’s nephew?"

"Could it be that the legendary Taoist magic that disappeared out of thin air is just around the corner?"

"No, even if it is so close to the end of the world, it is impossible for it to disappear without reciting a mantra! ? Could it be the power of teleportation from the top power of heaven and earth! ?"

"hiss!! Senior brother, you, this disciple, what is going on! ?"

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Ling Xiao's actions frightened all the Maoshan disciples present.

Of course they got to know Ling Xiao and Wen Cai Qiusheng during the day they came here.

Wen Cai Qiu Sheng and the others knew that the strength of Seventh Heaven made all the master uncles surprised. You must know that there are not many people at this age who have reached this level!

But from the very beginning, some of the uncles were curious about Ling Xiao's realm, because they couldn't even see through it!

They originally thought that Ling Xiao had mastered Su Mo's powerful breath-containing secret technique, but now it seemed that this nephew was far from as simple as they imagined.

It has even reached an unbelievable level of terror.

Of course, let alone them.

Even Aunt Zhue, Taoist Priest Four Eyes, and even Uncle Jiu, who had known Ling Xiao’s strength for a long time, had their eyes widened.

"Darling, this brat has awakened some powerful magical skill again! ?"

Uncle Jiu swallowed. As a master, it was also the first time for him to see Ling Xiao use the power of teleportation.

"Ahem, junior fellow apprentices, please be patient. The focus this time is not on Ling Xiao!"

In desperation, Uncle Jiu could only stand up and explain quickly

"Senior brother, if this is not the point, then what is the point! ?"

"Yes, yes, no matter it is so close to the end of the world or the power of teleportation, this is a big event that can shock the entire cultivation world!"

"That’s right, this thing is not the point. Is the end of the world the point? ?"

"Senior brother, stop hiding it and tell us about your disciple!"

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However, Uncle Jiu's words could not help but have no effect. Instead, all the brothers present were excited and started asking around.

"Forget it, keep waiting!!"

Unfortunately, Uncle Jiu could only sit back and ignore the people present.

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At the same time, the county seat is more than ten kilometers away from Yunling Town!

"Buzz!!!!!"

With a burst of space fluctuations, Ling Xiao's figure instantly appeared in the yard where Shi Jian rented.

"Um? What a heavy Yin energy!!"

Ling Xiao shrank his eyes slightly, and then he opened his yin and yang eyes and looked into the room. In an instant, he saw two extremely sinister auras in the room.

And these two auras belonged to Shi Jian and Shi Shaojian.

At this time, Shi Jian's aura has actually reached the level of a one-star zombie king, and Shi Shaojian has also reached the late stage of green zombie!

"The art of corpse refining? It's amazing! Uncle Master has even turned himself into a zombie. It seems that you are not not poisonous in order to kill the master this time!"

Ling Xiao's eyes flashed slightly.

Yes, the spells Shi Jian used at this time were the ones used by those horse thieves before. Of course, these spells Shi Jian used were not only much more advanced than those used by those horse thieves, but they also provided blessings. With the power of thunder, his strength has directly soared to the terrifying zombie king realm.

Of course, the most important thing is that if you don't use special methods, you can't tell from the appearance that their master and disciple have turned into zombies.

Of course, you can't see it now You can see it when you come out and do it!

So Ling Xiao directly spoke to the inside of the room

"My nephew, Ling Xiao, has met his uncle. My master has invited me!!"

Ling Xiao calmly spoke to the inner room.

"Squeak!!!!"

The next moment, the door of the room slowly opened.

A gloomy-looking Shi Jian and a sluggish-looking Shi Shaojian came out.

Shi Shaojian's transformation at this time was to use magic to forcibly fix his soul in the body. , so his spiritual intelligence is no longer as clear as before.

After all, he is a dead person.

It is somewhat different from time, which directly uses his own body as a zombie to refine

"It turns out to be Junior Nephew Ling Xiao. I don’t know what Junior Brother wants from us! ?"

Shi Jian looked at Ling Xiao and spoke coldly.

Of course, he didn't ask about the coffin fungi that he had talked about the night before yesterday.

But Shi Jian was surprised, wasn't Lin Jiu unable to move after using the Nine-Star Divine Curse? ?

Why would Ling Xiao come to him ?

"The master uncle is like this. My master used the forbidden technique the night before yesterday because he was looking for coffin fungus. Now he can only speak but cannot move. It is said that the master uncle has the best medical skills among all the disciples in Maoshan, so my master let him Let me ask you, great uncle, to take a look!"

Ling Xiao also told a lie casually.

If this old boy doesn't follow the truth, he can only use force.

Sure enough, after hearing Ling Xiao's words, Shi Jian shrank slightly in an instant.

Lin Jiu actually said it was true. He was injured, but he just couldn't move his body. In other words, his combat power is zero now?

As long as he kills him by himself and drains all his blood, his realm will be completely stable!

Thinking of this, Shi Jian laughed instantly

"What are you talking about? If that's the case, then I'll go with you! Shaojian, go back to your room and rest first!"

Shi Jian smiled and spoke slowly to Ling Xiao.

As soon as his words came out, Shi Shaojian nodded numbly and walked directly towards the room.

"Hey, Senior Uncle, is Senior Brother Shaojian sick? Why does he look weird? ?"

Ling Xiao asked curiously.

"This has nothing to do with you, let’s go!!"

And Shi Jian glanced at Ling Xiao coldly. He knew that Ling Xiao had already guessed that Shi Shaojian was not a human, but so what!?

Regardless of whether Ling Jiu is really seriously injured now, with his current strength, Lin Jiu is definitely not. His opponent.

When he kills Lin Jiu, this annoying boy will die!

Thinking of this, Shi Jian snorted and walked directly outside.

Ling Xiao smiled when he saw the time and followed.

Along the way, Shi Jian seemed to be in a more and more intense mood to kill Uncle Jiu, so Shi Jian's speed was very terrifying.

But soon he discovered something was wrong, because no matter how much his speed increased, Ling Xiao was still following him. Beside him.

Even after he increased his speed to the seventh or eighth level of the Earth Master, Ling Xiao still showed no sign of falling behind.

"How is this going! ? Could it be that I am making a fool of myself by refining corpses? ?"

Shi Jian's face changed drastically.

"No, something's wrong!!":

Finally, Shi Jian realized something was wrong and stopped where he was.

"Uncle, we are almost there, why did you stop? ?"

Ling Xiao asked pretending to be curious.

"who are you! ?"

Shi Jian said coldly to Ling Xiao.

"Crack, crackle!!!"

At the same time, bursts of thunder erupted from his body.

It seemed that as long as Ling Xiao didn't say anything, he would be killed directly in the next moment.

"I? Isn’t it your nephew Ling Xiao! ?"

Ling Xiao said helplessly

"Boom!!!"

However, as soon as Ling Xiao finished speaking, Shi Jian took action instantly. With a fierce palm blow, endless thunder hit Ling Xiao directly.

"boom!!!!!"

In just an instant, this thunder hit Ling Xiao's chest hard.

However, what made Shi Jian's face change drastically was that this move did not cause any harm to Ling Xiao.

He put his hands behind his back Ling Xiao casually patted his chest

"Master, what does this mean? Thunder is not something you can play with casually. It is not good to injure the surrounding flowers and plants!"

Ling Xiao said helplessly

"Boy, you're looking for death!!!"

However, after hearing Ling Xiao's words, Shi Jian became completely angry.

"Rumble, rumble!!!!"

At this moment, he no longer hid, and his whole body instantly erupted with yin energy that filled the sky.

In an instant, the entire sky began to darken rapidly..

"Rumble, rumble!!!!"

Thunders in the sky began to roar.

Shi Jian's figure also rose into the sky under the influence of thunder and Yin Qi.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

When he flew into the sky, thunder and lightning all over the sky came towards him.

However, the moment these thunderbolts hit Shi Jian, they were all gathered into his right hand.

"lightning! Thunder Fist!!!"

Shi Jian roared, and then punched Ling Xiao hard on the ground.

"boom!!!!!"!

Then in a burst of purple lightning, the huge thunderbolt as thick as a bucket struck Ling Xiao fiercely at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this scene, Ling Xiao also smiled disdainfully

"Your strength is not much better than that of a golden-armored zombie! Do you still dare to fight my master?"

As he said that, Ling Xiao's right hand pointed directly towards a point in the void.

"brush!!!!"

Shi Jian, who was still several hundred meters in the sky, was suddenly pulled hard by a mysterious force, and the surrounding environment changed instantly.

When he came to his senses, he found that he was already in front of Ling Xiao.

"not good!!!"

His face changed drastically and he turned around suddenly

"Boom, boom, boom!!!!"

The thunderbolt he shot combined with the power of the sky thunder hit him hard.

At this time, the thunderbolt combined with the power of his whole body was no longer something he could absorb.

"Roar!!!!!!"

The endless power of thunder crazily destroyed the rotten cells in his body.

The painful roar spread throughout a ten-mile radius.

Even Uncle Jiu and the others in their hometown were attracted by the sudden change in weather and the roar. They all came to the courtyard

"How is this going! ?"

"Such a strong yin energy, is there a zombie king appearing in this world?"

"Could that roar just now be the Zombie King! ?"

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All the Taoist priests in Maoshan looked at this time in horror as the Yin Qi soared into the sky in the distance, turning the area for dozens of miles into a dark cloud cover.

"Senior brother, could it be that Ling Xiao has already taken action! ?"

Taoist Priest Four Eyes asked quickly

"It should be! It's a pity that this guy got one step ahead of me. I'd have known I would have gone by myself!

Uncle Jiu sighed helplessly

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However, at this time, it was directly below the thundercloud.

Ling Xiao looked at Shi Jian in front of him, who was almost scorched by his own thunder, and fell into thought.

If he kills the other party just like that, wouldn't the master's busy work these days be in vain? ?

"No, let’s save him! :"

Ling Xiao helplessly came to Shi Jian's side.

But what his healing technique erupted was the power of life. It's impossible to save a zombie with the power of life, right!? Wouldn't that make him even more dead

? quick!?

"By the way, the zombie's Yin Qi can heal the zombie's wounds. As long as enough Yin Qi is injected into him, he will be revived soon! ?"

Ling Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he waved his right hand

"Buzz!!!!"

The next moment, a zombie king was summoned by Ling Xiao.

"Bring him back to me!!"

Ling Xiao spoke directly without hesitation.

"Roar!!!!"(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

After hearing this, the zombie king quickly roared respectfully, then came directly in front of Shi Jian and began to input his Yin Qi

"Buzz!!!"

This zombie is a serious zombie from the second level of the zombie king.

The amount of yin energy is terrifying to the extreme.

After the yin energy like a flood poured into Shi Jian's body, Ling Xiao saw Shi Jian's body. The zombie body began to repair quickly.

Of course, repairing a zombie's body consumes more yin energy than restoring his strength.

It was not until the zombie king injected all his power into Shi Jian's body that the other party recovered. It's almost the same.

This is because the energy contained in this zombie king is much more powerful than the ordinary two-star zombie king. If it were an ordinary zombie king, after such a single indoctrination, there would definitely not be much change in Shi Jian's injuries.

"Don’t get up yet! ?"

Ling Xiao kicked Shi Jian who was lying on the ground.[]

This kick directly kicked Shi Jian dozens of meters away and rolled him dozens of times on the ground.

"I! where is this place! ?"

Shi Jian woke up in a daze.

Suddenly, his eyes widened and he remembered what happened just now.

"boom!!!"

With a loud noise, his figure suddenly stood up from the ground.

He looked at Ling Xiao with a horrified expression, but the next moment he was completely stunned because he saw the person next to Ling Xiao. A powerful zombie king.

The terrifying aura exuded by this zombie king directly changed Shi Jian's face.

This aura was much stronger than him.

"Zombies!! You actually practice the lineage of raising zombies, and you even raised a zombie king!!"

At this moment, Shi Jian couldn't help but exclaimed.

Then for some unknown reason, Shi Jian suddenly became ecstatic.

"so what? It's better than you training yourself into a zombie! Let's go, my master and your brothers are still waiting to see you!"

Ling Xiao smiled disdainfully, of course he guessed what this guy was thinking! Then he spoke directly.

However, Shi Jian's expression changed slightly after hearing what Ling Xiao said about the brothers.

"It turns out that you, master and disciple, plan to expose my crime in front of all the brothers?"

Shi Jian instantly guessed the reason why Ling Xiao had the strength to kill him at will but kept his hands on him again and again!

"You guessed it, let’s go! ?"

Ling Xiao smiled、

"snort!!!!"

Shi Jian snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards Uncle Jiu's hometown.

Ling Xiao also waved his right hand, collected the Zombie King, and then followed Shi Jian towards his hometown.

"It's a pity, if you didn't practice the lineage of cultivating corpses, you might be able to shine!"

Along the way, Shi Jian also spoke with emotion.

At this time, all the injuries on his body had recovered. As for the clothes, Ling Xiao threw him a set of Taoist robes because they were too worn, so now he is no different from ordinary people.

"It's a pity for you. After practicing the power of thunder, wouldn't it be normal if you were less jealous and practiced hard to become a heavenly master in the future? ?"

Ling Xiao also spoke with a smile.

As soon as he said this, Shi Jian fell silent.

After experiencing the scene where he was directly killed by Ling Xiao just now, he was already confused at this time.

Why did he end up losing his mind because of a little jealousy? He was completely destroyed.

Just like Ling Xiao said, relying on the secret techniques and techniques given to him by his ancestor, as long as he practices well, it is absolutely certain that he will become a heavenly master in the future.

Coupled with his advanced power of heaven and earth, Even the first heaven of the Heavenly Master and the third heaven of ordinary angels are no match for him.

And the Heavenly Master has a life span of three hundred years. As long as he can reach the third heaven of the Heavenly Master, then his strength is likely to become the strongest in the world of cultivation. A top person.

However, all of this has nothing to do with him now.

He knows that since Lin Jiu has summoned all the brothers, he has already asked the ancestor for instructions. The ancestor knows that even with his current strength If it skyrocketed and could kill Lin Jiu, Ling Xiao and even all the other brothers, then the fact that he became evil could not be hidden.

In other words, his great future was completely ruined by him because of his jealousy.

Even his own son Shi Shaojian was ruined!

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And without Shi Jian saying a word, Ling Xiao took him back to his hometown.

At this time, the thunderclouds in the sky still did not disperse.

The entire land was extremely dark, as if it were dark night.

Candles were also lit in my hometown.

Under the swaying of candles, everyone stood solemnly in the ancestral hall!

Shi Jian is standing in the center

"Dear junior brothers! long time no see!!!"

Shi Jian looked at the junior brothers around him and said with a smile.

"Junior brother, I have met senior brother!!"

"I’ve met Senior Brother!!"

"Big brother! long time no see!!"

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All Maoshan disciples took a deep breath and greeted Shi Jian one after another.

Shi Jian smiled and nodded, then looked at Uncle Jiu who was standing in front of the Patriarch's throne.

"Junior brother, you and I have been fighting for most of our lives, but in the end, you won!!"

Shi Jian sighed and spoke slowly.

As soon as he said his words, the surrounding brothers looked at each other.

For some reason, at this moment, they seemed to feel that this senior brother was different.

Moreover, he so-called won. , what exactly is losing!?

"You did lose, but I also lost. What you lost was your life and future, but what I lost was you, my senior brother!"

Uncle Jiu looked at Shi Jian with a particularly heavy tone.

His words silenced everyone present.

Shi Jian also smiled helplessly. It turned out that from the beginning to the end, Lin Jiu had always regarded him as his senior brother. He had always been curious before Why should Lin Jiu not be the chief disciple?

He had always suspected that Lin Jiu wanted to rely on this incident to win the favor of the disciples of their sect and the favor of the elders.

However, at this moment, he knew that even if the other party looked at He is not used to his own behavior, but in Lin Jiu's eyes, he is still the senior brother

"Tell me what you are going to do with me! ? I, Shi Jian, admit all my crimes!!"

Shi Jian looked at Uncle Jiu with arrogance and spoke slowly!

As soon as he spoke, the brothers around him all looked at Uncle Jiu.

"good! If that's the case, then I'll say it!!"

Uncle Ninth took a deep breath and took out a book. This book was listed by Ling Xiao from the merit book.

Looking at the dazzling array of crimes on it, Uncle Ninth took a deep breath.、

"Shi Jian!! Fourteen years ago! You massacred 524 people in Lianlian Village to practice evil, you can plead guilty!!"

Uncle Jiu shouted.

However, as soon as his first words came out, all the Maoshan disciples present took a breath!

"524 people! ? Practice evil arts! ? How can this be! ?"

"hiss! What happened in Lianlian Village back then was actually done by senior brother! ?"

"This is impossible, how is this possible! ?"

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All the disciples of the 81st generation and even the 82nd generation disciples started talking in horror.

"I didn't expect that the incident in Lianlian Village was actually done by senior brother. After that incident, I didn't go out to investigate with my master, and we didn't even spare the baby!"

At this time, Gu Gu also gasped in horror!

As soon as his words came out, the surrounding brothers looked at Shi Jian in disbelief.

They never expected that the senior brother would become so cruel and ruthless. Moreover, it was still fourteen years ago!

As for Shi Jian, his heart skipped a beat when he heard that Uncle Jiu actually knew about this matter.

However, he still spoke coldly!

"I think!!!!"

At this time, he no longer has any need to hide anything.

"boom!!!!!"

As soon as his words came out, the whole ancestral hall exploded in an instant.

Shi Jian actually admitted it, something that few evil cultivators could do, and the senior brother actually admitted it!

And Uncle Jiu also shook his hands slightly. Get up、

"Seventeen years ago! Because you violated Miss Luo of the Luo family in Guangfu Town and gave birth to a son, Shi Shaojian! It is inevitable that the news about the death of 25 members of the Luo family has been revealed, so you can plead guilty! ?"

Then Uncle Jiu dropped another bombshell.

Shi Shaojian is actually Shi Jian's disciple? Everyone present looked at each other at this moment!

Moreover, in order to have this child, he actually destroyed the entire Luo family!

At this moment, Shi Jian He was also silent. He remembered that girl, Shi Shaojian's mother.

"I think!!!"

After a long time, Shi Jian spoke slowly!!

At this moment, it seemed that nothing mattered anymore.

"Thirteen years ago, the Zhu family was massacred. Do you admit it or not?"

Uncle Jiu spoke again.

"I think!!!"

Shi Jian didn't hesitate any more!

"In the spring of 12 years ago, 877 people in Luoshui Village were brutally massacred, and all their souls were absorbed by you. Do you recognize it?!"

Uncle Jiu continued!

"There is such a thing!!!!"

Shi Jian spoke slowly again.

"In the winter of 12 years ago, Qijia Town……

"Yes, I agree!!"

"Eleven years ago in the spring, Mowan…………

"I did it!"

Next, Uncle Jiu asked about all the crimes Shi Jian and Shi Shaojian had committed over the years. Even some crimes that Shi Jian couldn't remember clearly and only remembered after Uncle Jiu said them were revealed by Uncle Jiu. He was surprised. In addition, Shi Jian admitted them all without any hesitation. The scalps of everyone present were numb after hearing the crimes.

Everyone looked at the senior brother in front of them in disbelief. They were horrified. Why could Senior Brother commit such heinous crimes in just over ten years!

Of course, what surprised them was this, but Ling Xiao was surprised that Shi Jian, who had committed so many crimes, was only an eighth-level master of the Earth. , I really don’t know how he practiced this evil skill.

Of course, Ling Xiao didn’t know that Shi Jian did kill people for the purpose of practicing at first, but in the later stage, it gradually turned into killing like killing.

After killing so much Of course, in places where there are many, the resources for cultivation have long been enough, and the extra innocent souls can only be dispersed by themselves.

This has led to many innocent souls going to the underworld, and some have even been personally rewarded by Master Wuchen for their good talents. I know some of Shi Jian's crimes.

Of course, the most important thing is that Shi Jian is a disciple of Maoshan after all, and of course he doesn't want to be noticed.

Therefore, when absorbing these wronged souls, it is necessary to eliminate the malicious part of them, which is very difficult..

It takes a lot of time, which leads to many wronged souls being given up.

Otherwise, if you want to cultivate to his level, one or two thousand wronged souls will be enough.

And Uncle Jiu finally read for a full thirty minutes Then he told all of Shi Jian's crimes!

"As mentioned above! In total, you killed 25,410 innocent people in seventeen years! Ingest 2550 innocent wandering souls! The sin is heinous! You have already admitted all this, what else do you have to say! ?"

Uncle Jiu closed the book and spoke coldly to Shi Jian.

At this time, all the surrounding brothers looked at Shi Jian with indignation. There are more than 25,000 people! There are more than 2,000 innocent people. Wandering souls, none of the heinous evil spirits they had heard of could do such horrific killings.

But these were done by a cultivator!

And they were done by his chief disciple of Maoshan.

If it is said that If he goes out, his Maoshan face will be gone.

"Words? You have said everything, so of course I have nothing to say, but I am a little, very curious.

Not to mention verifying the things I have done, not even a single one is alive. How did you collect such a complete collection! ?

You know, I killed many innocent souls in the underworld directly!"

Shi Jian looked at Uncle Jiu and immediately spoke curiously.

This was also the part that puzzled him the most!

After hearing what he said, the brothers and sisters around him were also a little curious!

Because these things are definitely the secrets of the underworld. Even the founder of the Maoshan sect did not have any qualifications to check.

Let alone Uncle Jiu in front of him.

Uncle Jiu looked at the curious eyes of the brothers and also looked at Ling Xiao.

"Let me explain!!!"

Seeing Uncle Jiu's gaze, Ling Xiao also spoke slowly.

As he said that, he came to the front of everyone.

He slowly shook his right hand into the void!

"Buzz!!!!"

In an instant, after a space fluctuation, a token appeared directly in his hand!

However, as soon as this silver token came out, all the Maoshan Taoist priests present turned pale.

"I am the judge of the underworld who punishes evildoers! I don’t know if this is enough explanation!!"

Ling Xiao spoke slowly!

"boom…………"

Ling Xiao's calm words instantly struck everyone's minds like a thunder.

Even Gu Gu opened her mouth wide.

Finally, a disciple came to his senses!

"The 81st generation disciple of Maoshan, pays homage to Mr. Wu Pan!!!".