When Elder Bai called Duan Changqing out as the High Priest, the audience went into an uproar.
Holy City’s side was dumbfounded. They had been propagating that Elder Bai betrayed the High Priest, that the people in Hongye City were not friendly to the High Priest, and that the Ghost King had killed the High Priest…
They even swore that the people of Hongye City attacked Holy City to overthrow the Holy Temple.
The Holy Temple is sacred in the hearts of Holy City’s citizens, so they naturally rejected the people of Hongye City.
Before Duan Changqing came on stage, everyone even tacitly agreed that the Second Elder Council was the new High Priest, but the ceremony had not yet been held.
But what Elder Bai just said… Duan Changqing is the High Priest? The High Priest who disappeared in the previous coup?
The people from Hongye City were also dumbfounded.
Meng Yan and the others originally thought that Duan Changqing was the Ghost King. But because of the Ghost King’s words, they later thought that Duan Changqing was a god-level warrior beside the High Priest.
But the truth is… Duan Changqing is the High Priest?
A High Priest can fight like this?
Should they be glad that after being captured by Hongye City, they tried their best to show their loyalty to the High Priest in order to survive?
The Ghost King was also dumbfounded.
He has always believed that Duan Changqing was the person next to the High Priest. He even worried that Duan Changqing would be hated by the die-hard loyalists of the High Priest like Elder Bai because he did not protect the High Priest well.
As a result, Duan Changqing is the High Priest?
The High Priest who has been pampered since he was a child acts like a spoiled child beside his son?
At this time, the Second Elder conveyed the doubts in many people’s minds. “This is impossible! How can he be the High Priest?!”
“He is the High Priest. I have watched him grow up since I was a child, and I will never be wrong.” Elder Bai said, showing off a little. “I also treasured the photos of him growing up!”
Elder Bai’s loyalty to the High Priest is obvious to all. Because no one believed he would deceive them, many naturally believed him.
No wonder Elder Baihui suddenly ran to Hongye City, bringing many of his subordinates in tow. Duan Changqing is the High Priest!
Having seen the High Priest when he was a child, the Second Elder finally saw a hint of familiarity after studying Duan Changqing’s appearance. “Impossible! He is just a sick seedling, he can’t survive!”
Neither the two other senior priests nor Elder Bai knew where the High Priest disappeared to in the chaos of the rebellion, making it hard to know where to start looking.
But the Second Elder actually knew where the High Priest was. After he grabbed the scepter, he watched the High Priest jump into the river with his own eyes.
He was a little angry at the time and attacked the High Priest. With how weak the High Priest’s body was, falling into the water after receiving a blow, he definitely won’t survive.
Of course, even if such a thing happened, he also wanted to find the corpse of the High Priest. But his plan couldn’t keep up with the changes, and he encountered some troubles in the process of using the scepter…
Later, Elder Bai and the others intervened in the search for the corpse. In order to monopolize the scepter, he even hid it.
He has already determined that the treasure handed down by the High Priest from generation to generation is the scepter in his hand. If so, why spend time on a worthless corpse?
“Why can’t I survive?” Duan Changqing chuckled. “My body was indeed very weak, but that is because I often used the scepter in your hand. Without the scepter, my body will gradually recover. Now you’ve achieved a breakthrough with the scepter, but don’t you feel that every time you use it, your body will be a little worse?”
His identity as High Priest has been exposed, so Duan Changqing can only admit it and blur the unreasonable parts.
What he said was actually not wrong. The main reason this body was unhealthy is because of scepter and spiritual marrow. If he doesn’t use the scepter, and digs out the spiritual marrow from his body… He should be healthy.
After staying by the spiritual marrow’s side for a long time, after several decades, he might even become a priest.
“You’re speaking nonsense! This scepter is a gift from God and possesses great power…”
“Are you sure?” Duan Changqing asked rhetorically.
The drooping face of the Second Elder turned the color of pig’s liver.
Duan Changqing sighed and looked at the Second Elder sympathetically. “I didn’t understand it before; I thought it was a gift from God. Later, when you snatched this scepter away, I realized that this scepter isn’t an all-powerful tool at all. It just absorbs my power and uses it… Without it, I am much more relaxed, and my strength has improved by leaps and bounds, um, you should be able to tell.”
The Second Elder was going crazy. He spent countless days planning and paid a high price to grab the scepter, and being told it’s not a good thing now… How could he not be crazy?
“You lied to me, this is obviously a treasure…”
Duan Changqing continued to attack him verbally: “It’s not a treasure at all. Of course the treasure does exist, it is on me… Without it, my strength would not have grown so fast, nor would Xie Yunnan become a senior priest in such a short period of time.”
“Give it to me.” The Second Elder stared at Duan Changqing with bloodshot eyes.
Duan Changqing said, “Why should I give it to you?”
After speaking, while the Second Elder was unprepared, he moved and grabbed the scepter directly from the Second Elder.
All the words he spoke to the Second Elder was to distract him because he found that the Second Elder still had some spirit stones in his hands, and the Second Elder himself had not reached his limit.
That is to say, the Second Elder can continue to use the scepter. If he burns his life to use the spiritual tool, the power can be even greater.
Although Duan Changqing has recovered much of his strength, he’s not sure whether he can withstand such an attack… It’s better to grab the scepter back.
So he took advantage of the Second Elder’s inattention, and robbed it.
With the scepter in hand, Duan Changqing checked it and quickly confirmed his initial guess – this scepter does not belong to this world.
With the strength of people in this world, there is no way to refine such a spiritual tool.
This should be a spiritual tool that came here from another world many, many years ago.
As for the weapon, it’s actually the bead inlaid on the scepter.
Its function is quite simple, one is to treat, the other is to attack. Very practical.
And the best thing about this spiritual tool is that it can be activated directly with spiritual stones without using a cultivator’s own spiritual power.
Such a spiritual tool with a practical function is not easy to refine.
Duan Changqing held the scepter, and with a wave of his hand, a little bit of light scattered, and the largest mass fell on him.
He used the spiritual power in the spiritual marrow to activate the scepter, and while treating the people on his side, he also treated himself along the way.
After the treatment, he felt really refreshed. No wonder those who were treated by the High Priest before felt very good.
Duan Changqing’s brain was busy working, but in the eyes of others, once he took the scepter, he immediately used it to treat the people on his side.
The Second Elder always needs a certain amount of time to prepare before using the scepter every time. After using it, he immediately turns sluggish and tired.
When it comes to Duan Changqing, everything is different. Duan Changqing used the scepter very easily, giving people he did it at will.
Duan Changqing is indeed the High Priest!
“Give me the scepter!” The Second Elder was very angry when he saw this scene. “You’re lying, you just want to take it away from me!”
“This is mine,” Duan Changqing waved his hand. “You rebelled and even tried to murder me in order to rob it. But you cannot deny one thing – this scepter belongs to me.”
Most people at the scene already knew this truth, but the people watching the live broadcast were stunned.
What does Duan Changqing mean?
The Second Elder launched a rebellion and wanted to kill him?
So the one who betrayed the High Priest was actually the Second Elder?
“The High Priest was almost killed before?”
“Second Elder is too hateful!”
“Fortunately, the High Priest did not die!”
…
Ordinary people are happy for Duan Changqing.
On the side of the Holy Temple, some people have already started to flee for their lives.
Seeing that the Second Elder is dying, if they don’t escape at this time, what are they waiting for?
The person in charge of guarding Liao Muye and the others also disappeared at some point. Seeing the situation, all of them, who were originally from Hongye City, made up their minds to escape.
Only Liao Muye was still staring at the TV screen, muttering, “Impossible, it’s impossible…”
A person beside Liao Muye said, “What’s not possible! Damn it! I say, how else did Xie Yunnan’s strength grow so fast? He saved the High Priest! Then the High Priest helped him! Didn’t Holy City send a lot of people to look for the High Priest’s body back then? So the High Priest didn’t die at all, and was rescued? Xie Yunnan’s too lucky! Why didn’t I save the High Priest in the first place? If I saved the High Priest, I might be a High Priest now!”
As soon as the man finished speaking, Liao Muye smashed the water glass beside him, splashing water everywhere, startling the person who was talking.
Seeing how boring Liao Muye was, he quickly left and ran away first.
At this time, someone on the TV questioned Duan Changqing: “As the High Priest, why do you want to help the Ghost King and stand on the side of Hongye City?”
Duan Changqing said: “The Second Elder led two senior priests of Holy City to launch a rebellion. If Xie Yunnan didn’t save me, I’d be dead. If I don’t stand on the side of Hongye City, should I stand on the side of the Second Elder?”
These words left people speechless.
Duan Changqing added: “What’s more, what’s going on in Hongye City? You should be very clear. Compared with Holy City, the current Hongye City is much better.”
The person who asked the question was speechless.
When Liao Muye saw this scene, he couldn’t help muttering to himself, “Why didn’t I save him in the first place? Why didn’t I save him in the first place?!”
After he was reborn, the world changed. What was supposed to happen didn’t happen.
At first, he didn’t understand what was going on, and why Hongye Forest was so quiet. Later, after learning some things, he thought it was the Ghost King who was reborn and got the High Priest’s body ahead of time.
It was only now that he knew the real reason.
The High Priest didn’t die, and his body didn’t fall into Hongye Forest, so Hongye Forest naturally wouldn’t fall into chaos!
Xie Yunnan also got a great opportunity from saving the High Priest!
He knew that the High Priest would float along the river to Hongye Forest, and he also knew the timing of the rebellion in Holy City.
He was already reborn at that time, so why didn’t he go to save people? If he saved Duan Changqing, wouldn’t he be the one he likes?
If so, what about Xie Yunnan? What’s about the Ghost King? What are the Lu family and Elder Bai?
He won’t need to flatter anyone to get everything he wants!
Why didn’t he save Duan Changqing?
Even if he doesn’t save Duan Changqing, if he continued associating with Xie Yunnan like in his previous life, or if he allowed Liao Xingyuan to live with Xie Yunnan and occupy all Xie Yunnan’s time, Xie Yunnan probably won’t have a chance to save Duan Changqing.
In his last life, the High Priest was never rescued, and his body was later divided among the beasts of Hongye Forest.
So after he was reborn, he worked so hard to do so many things, all of which ended up benefiting Xie Yunnan?
The materials collected by their Liao family became Xie Yunnan’s. The Ghost King didn’t die. Xie Yunnan became the city lord of Hongye City early and entered Holy City early…
He was like a fool, doing a lot of meaningless things, trying to win. But in the end, it was Xie Yunnan who won.
Liao Muye opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Why was he born again?
In his last life, he followed Xie Yunnan to conquer the world. In Holy City, he was respected and lived a comfortable life. From time to time, he could join forces with other big families to embarrass Xie Yunnan, seize a little benefit for their respective families, and dig a few pits on Xie Yunnan’s road of reform.
Now what? The Liao family has disappeared!
A good metaphor for Holy City’s forces, Liao Muye, etc. is a hunter digging pits for prey, but falling in themselves.
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