Hell Emperor.

Chapter 246 Xie Xinyu-Bad luck
Just when everyone was having a great time, Xia Wei frowned and a hint of alertness flashed in her eyes.

"Sister Xia Wei, what's wrong?"

Seeing Xia Wei's serious expression and no intention of joking at all, Li Fei'e was surprised and asked.

"There is an unusual smell coming from the front. There is someone there..." Xia Wei said seriously.

Just now, the sound of faint footsteps came into Xia Wei's ears.

The footsteps were very small, so small that they could almost be ignored. If one was not careful, they would be drowned out by the noise of people talking and laughing. However, Xia Wei, who had ears all around, still keenly caught that unusual sound.

Xia Wei's words surprised everyone. Xia Wei's cultivation had now reached the late fifth level, which was equal to that of Shen Qingge who had drunk the snow lotus stewed with tofu. She was the strongest among the crowd, so her perception certainly could not be wrong.

"Who on earth would appear at the foot of this freezing cold snowy mountain, and why would they come here?" Hua Xiaomei raised her eyebrows, slightly curious, "Could it be some blind monster?"

Li Ba shook his head, not agreeing with Hua Xiaomei's statement: "Humph, don't forget, Xue Ling is following us. The monsters sensed her aura and gave way. Along the way, apart from the unintelligent snow rabbit, where else did we encounter a monster?"

Hua Xiaomei touched her chin, and the wide corners of her clothes fluttered up inadvertently: "The aura of the Snow Spirit works well on Mount Baitou, but it is not useful below Mount Baitou. Now, we have crossed the snow mountain and entered Dongsheng Shenzhou. Do all the monsters in Dongsheng Shenzhou have to listen to her? Who do you think she is, the king of all monsters?"

As she spoke, she saw Xueling looking at her with resentful eyes, and Hua Xiaomei waved her hands awkwardly: "Sorry, I'm not targeting you."

As everyone was discussing, Xia Wei's calm and steady voice came over: "What appeared in front was not a monster, but a person."

"People?" Everyone was stunned. Xia Wei's words were really unexpected. The appearance of people also meant that things became complicated.

"Who on earth would appear here in such a remote place? Is he waiting for us? Could it be that someone has offended someone?" Hua Xiaomei asked puzzledly.

At this time, Xie Xinyu stood up and gave everyone a reassuring look: "Don't panic, let me do the math and you'll know whether the road ahead is dangerous or not."

After saying that, Xie Xinyu took out the formation plate and made some calculations. His expression gradually changed from being calm at the beginning to becoming solemn. In the end, he couldn't take his eyes off the formation plate for a moment, and his whole body was covered in sweat.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Xie Xinyu's strange expression, Xia Wei asked with concern.

Xie Xinyu put down the formation plate tremblingly, her body shrank uncontrollably, as if she was frightened, and her voice trembled a little: "I saw a dangerous evil spirit approaching us. The evil spirit is coming so fast that it can even be described as unstoppable... This is dangerous!"

Xie Xinyu's warning surprised everyone.

Everyone had complete faith in her ability to calculate. Xie Xinyu had already demonstrated to everyone through her actions how reliable her calculations were. Everything she calculated had never been wrong.

Nan Linghe shrank his neck and moved closer, not daring to leave his family for a moment: "Sister Xinyu, is everything you said true?"

"It's absolutely true!" Xie Xinyu took a deep breath. Even she was shocked when she figured out the result. "That dangerous evil spirit is the result of deep-rooted hatred. If you are not careful, you will fall into an irreversible situation! You must be more vigilant and never take it lightly!"

Hearing this, everyone gasped. Even Xia Wei frowned deeply and said in shock, "Resentment? How could this happen? Can you figure out where the resentment comes from and when the crisis will come?"

Xie Xinyu smiled bitterly, "Sister Xia Wei, it's not that I don't want to calculate, but I'm not capable of it. With my current attainments, calculating the arrival of danger is already the limit. As for going a step further and calculating the time when the danger will come and the source of the danger, I have to wait until my attainments are improved. I can't do it yet."

Xia Wei nodded. After hearing what Xie Xinyu said, she didn't force it. Exploring the secrets of heaven was not something that ordinary people could do. It required unique talents. Even if the talented Xia Wei came, she wouldn't be able to do it.

"No matter what dangers you encounter next, I will protect you! As long as I am here, no one can hurt you!" Xia Wei patted her chest and promised. She secretly swore in her heart that she would never let her family get hurt.

After saying that, Xia Wei's eyes narrowed: "Let's go and see who is blocking the way."

Everyone held their breath and walked slowly forward, alert to everything around them. Soon, the scene ahead was revealed, and that scene also shocked everyone.

However, on the empty snowy ground, several people dressed as hunters appeared. They half-crouched on the ground, dug a big hole in the snow, and laid a layer of fragile dead branches on the hole. It seemed that they were setting a trap.

"who?"

"This is impossible... After all these years, no one has been able to climb over the Paektu Mountain where monsters are entrenched!"

"They are not human at all. Have you ever seen purple light coming out of someone's eyes? They must be great demons that have transformed into human form!"

After seeing the crowd, the hunters were panicked, with an expression of disbelief on their faces, as if they had seen something incomprehensible, and they kept saying it was impossible.

Seeing that the hunters were weak and the strongest one was only at the early third level, and posed no threat at all, Xia Wei frowned, and the captivating purple light in her pupils gradually dissipated, and her eyes returned to their former clarity.

After finishing the magic pupil's power, Xia Wei remained vigilant. When she thought of the danger that Xie Xinyu had predicted, she gritted her teeth and looked at the hunters in front of her with unfriendly eyes. If they made any unusual movements, she would kill them on the spot.

Seeing the murderous look between Xia Wei's brows and the dangerous aura emanating from her whole body, as if she was ready to hurt someone if they disagreed with her. She was like a volcano that could erupt at any time. Shen Qingge held his forehead helplessly. With Xia Wei's temper, who knows how much trouble she would cause along the way.

Shen Qingge pulled Xia Wei over and advised, "Calm down, don't be impulsive. They are just ordinary hunters and don't have profound cultivation. Don't hurt them by mistake. Let me talk to them."

What made Shen Qingge helpless was that even though Xia Wei practiced the Xuannv Sutra, her impulsive temper did not improve at all. Once she got excited, she would do anything.

After saying that, Shen Qingge walked past the crowd and came to the front of the hunters. The hunters looked tense, their teeth trembling, and they dared not even move, fearing that if they made a mistake, their lives would be in danger. The terrifying murderous intent on Xia Wei's body really scared them.

Shen Qingge saw their appearance and spoke slowly: "Don't be afraid. We came from the Southern Continent and crossed the snow-capped mountains to go to the Aolai Kingdom in the Eastern Continent. Can you show us the way?"

Seeing Shen Qingge's calm expression and proper conversation, the hunters, who had been deeply uneasy, finally calmed down. However, there was still a deep fear in their eyes when they looked at Xia Wei.

The leader of the hunters came out. He was wearing a leather hat with ear protection and had the cultivation level of the early third stage. Facing people whose cultivation levels were far higher than his, he suppressed the trembling in his voice and said, "You guys...are going to Aolai Country?"

Shen Qingge nodded: "That's right."

"This road is not feasible. You'd better go back as soon as possible to avoid losing your life in vain, or something worse..." the hunter sighed.

"Oh? What does that mean? Is there a monster blocking the road ahead?" Shen Qingge asked.

"Monster? If it really is a monster, that's fine... Monsters will only kill you and eat you, and the pain will only be for a moment, but they won't put you in shackles and make you work hard day after day, year after year until the last bit of strength is squeezed out of you." The hunter said, suppressing the pain in his heart.

Shen Qingge was slightly stunned. After listening to what the hunter said, it seemed that there was something else going on. "What obstacles are ahead? You might as well tell us directly. We are cultivators. Ordinary difficulties will not stump us."

The hunter looked at them carefully, and then said, "To enter the Aolai Kingdom, you need to pass through the heavily guarded Goguryeo. It is not a peaceful place. All the people and even the monsters in the surrounding areas have been enslaved by the Goguryeo people for many years. They are required to build a magnificent statue. Even if they are exhausted to death, they are not allowed to rest for a moment."

At the end, the hunter trembled, his heart already filled with fear: "Once we fall into their hands, even death cannot free us, our souls will be enslaved forever until the moment our souls fly away... Thanks to the protection of the Yellow Dragon Army, we are safe. I advise you to leave quickly."

Hearing this, Xia Wei's pupils widened and she couldn't calm down for a long time. If what the hunter said was true, then the people here were probably living a very miserable life.

Li Fei'e blinked, looking stunned: "Is what he said true? The people here enslave souls. Could it be that the Lord of Yama Palace, who governs Dongsheng Shenzhou, would be indifferent to this?"

Hua Xiaomei pondered: "Maybe there is something hidden that we don't know."

Li Ba shrugged and said, "In front of a powerful immortal, even the words of the Lord of Yama Palace are useless. Without the Emperor of Hell, the Ten Palaces of Yama are ultimately a mess. Many times, they need to look at the face of the immortal. Perhaps the Lord has also compromised with the people here."

Li Fei'e remained silent. After all, strength is respected in this world. Even the Lord of Yama Palace, who manages the order of reincarnation, will have a moment of fear.

Xia Wei was furious when she heard this, and felt a fire burning in her heart:
"How could this happen? The Lord of Yama Palace neglected his duty and allowed people's souls to be enslaved, but he did nothing and was indifferent! When I see the Lord of Yama Palace here, I will definitely ask him for his crime! I want to see what qualifications this coward has to be the Lord of Yama Palace! I have already killed the Lord of Guangwang Palace, I don't mind killing another one!"

Hearing this, everyone was speechless, and Shen Qingge was even more upset.

Based on Shen Qingge's understanding of Xia Wei, what Xia Wei said was definitely not a joke. If she was given the opportunity, she would do it without hesitation. Even if she had to kill another Lord of Yama Palace, she would not hesitate at all.

Hearing about the unusual situation in Goguryeo, Shen Qingge pondered in his heart, his eyes were particularly focused: "I didn't expect that the road ahead is so dangerous. If I go by land, I will inevitably have a fight with the Goguryeo people. If Xia Wei gets angry again, I'm afraid that all the people here will be destroyed... I don't know if I can fly the sword all the way through this place from the sky with my current spiritual power."

On the side, Li Fei'e had no idea what her master was thinking. Her cheeks flushed with excitement. She couldn't help licking her lips and poked Xia Wei's shoulder:

"Sister Xia Wei, the people here are so miserable. Now that we have seen this, we cannot just sit back and do nothing. We must save them from suffering! In my opinion, we should go and kill the king here first! As long as we are with our families, we can do anything!"

Hearing this, Shen Qingge took a deep breath, raised his hand, and rubbed his eyebrows. He felt that the sorrow in his heart was unbearable and he couldn't get rid of it.

What worries Shen Qingge is that Xia Wei is a source of worry, and now even Li Fei'e, the girl she taught, has been aroused to be naughty by Xia Wei. She dares to say and think anything, which runs counter to the purpose of cultivating a pure mind and few desires.

Li Fei'e looked at Xia Wei with a smile, but before Xia Wei could answer, she was hit hard on the head. She covered her head with both hands in pain, tears in her eyes, and looked at her master with grievance.

"Don't talk nonsense. We know very little about Goguryeo's internal affairs. Even if we want to help the people here, the first step should be to collect intelligence and understand the information here. How can you think of killing the king here at the beginning? What if you kill the wrong person and cause unrest here?" Shen Qingge glared at her and said.

Seeing the coldness in Master's eyes, Li Fei'e stuck out his tongue and changed his words: "Master is really thoughtful... But where should we go to collect information?"

Shen Qingge thought for a moment, then looked back at the hunter beside him and asked, "You just mentioned that it was the Yellow Dragon Army that protected you, which prevented you from being enslaved by the Goguryeo people. Who was the leader of the Yellow Dragon Army?"

Without waiting for the hunter to answer, a silver-white figure flew over from behind Shen Qingge, as fast as a flash of lightning.

Meng Junyao, who had sharp ears, also heard these words and asked curiously in a childish voice: "Dragon? What dragon? Is someone calling me?"

With the appearance of Meng Junyao, all the hunters were shocked, with a look of disbelief in their eyes.

"A dragon! It's really a dragon!"

"The dragon has come to save us!"

"Dragon God, please forgive us for being blind..."

The hunters who had been trembling with fear just now suddenly became agitated. They kowtowed to Meng Junyao three times and nine times, and then knelt down, with admiration and awe in their eyes.

This scene made Xia Wei stunned for a moment, and she was unable to react for a long time.

(End of this chapter)