RETURN OF THE RULER

121. Turmoil in the northern part of the eastern region.

The north east.

"Hou Chen, why did you call me?"

A black-robed man known to Hou Chen as the demon general appeared in one of the rooms in Hou Chen's residence. The aura of death seeped from his body, his eyes gazing extremely terrifying as if he knew what was on Hou Chen's mind.

"Sir, I need a little time to recover."

Hou Chen spoke carefully he was afraid of mispronouncing. He has been battered several times due to too many requests. The black-robed man before him was a demon general who knew no words of mercy. The demon general stared intently at Hou Chen as if he wanted to suck human blood in front of him, The pitch-black eyes that sometimes emitted black smoke made Hou Chen seem to be near the gates of hell.

"Have you guys executed a plan so that our alliance loses strength by twenty percent?"

Finished asking the question The demon general flicked his hand making Hou Chen flung and smashed into the wall of the room, He was furious after hearing Hou Chen's explanation, he had already lost a lot of subordinates the past few months now Hou Chen had instead added to the problem.it was not the same that Hou Chen was useless..!

"No sir, it's just that a girl rampaging in my palace made the bow city into a dead city had even turned into a snow hill. Hundreds of my men were killed in that city, so the current situation is not in our favor, I will find a solution as soon as possible." Hou Chen assured the demon general.

The situation of the past few days had indeed greatly cost Hou Chen the death of hundreds of his subordinates and the destruction of the bow city in fact had a great effect on the power of his alliance. She did not expect that the beautiful girl who looked weak turned out to be so terrifying. It is indeed very dear just because of a girl the strength she built so far just destroyed.

"Right now we've lost a lot of power there's no way we're going to attack anytime soon. So, do you have a solution..?" The demon general finally took a deep breath.

Hou Chen shook his head then looked at the black-robed man with a clear face while asking for a little time. The death of his father, uncle and aunt dealt him a crushing blow. He had also always carefully taken steps since his strength was much weaker than his father's.

Since failing to carry out his plan with the east wind sect, the destruction of the forbidden forest as well as the killing of the mysterious forest ancestor made Hou Chen lose confidence so he was not sure of confronting Yang Xuan's strength.

"Master, every time the temple continues to grow, I'm not sure our alliance can touch the defense fortress of Zhang Hua kingdom and Jiang empire."

Hou Chen had already considered all the plans of the demon general, now he became regretful of having cooperated with the demon general. Offending Yang Xuan according to him was tantamount to snubbing the God of death.

"I know what you're worried about, for a while you'd better recover your alians strength, you should also be careful from now on that many cultivators roam the region." the demon general's face spoke expressionlessly.

Looking at the demon general's gaze, it was as if he wanted to kill Hou Chen. So far Hou Chen had not been able to contribute anything to him, It was just that the human blood he wanted could always be provided by Hou Chen whenever he needed it.

"Okay sir, I will always remember your message." Hou Chen replied after the black-robed man disappeared into the wind.

Hou Chen was a little disappointed, though, in fact, the demon general did not want to help him in any way, even to kill the girl who froze the city of bows, the demon general did not respond if he did not have a gift to give to the demon general.

Hou Chen immediately ordered his men to gather all his subordinates for an emergency meeting. After waiting for some time, the meeting finally took place.

"Please state your opinions." Hou Chen circulated his gaze all over the meeting hall and there were still some people who were not present.

"Your Majesty, we have found countless cultivators popping up in the Jing shang mountain region, the mysterious forest and region these past few days. Our spies also sent information that in the mysterious forest a great many cultivators hunted ferocious beasts. Is it according to His Majesty This phenomenon is just a coincidence." asked an elder as he ended his speech.

Hou Chen suddenly recalled the message spoken by the demon general, his face was even expressionless in response to the information, It just so happens that right now he needs a sacrificial mashup, since he had great ambition then he had to prepare human blood as a gift for his Master.

"You investigate their background, if they come from another region and report to me so I can send help if you face a difficult situation, I'm sure they're spies too." hou Chen's orders were firm.

"Okay, Your Majesty, we are also sure that they are spies, but we will also have a hard time killing them because they seem to have a strong information network, so that at night they all disappeared somewhere, I believe they are a trained group" said one of the old men.

Hou Chen nodded his head without answering the elder's question, He had also expected it, if they were just ordinary cultivators where perhaps the demon general warned him.

"If the mysterious forest needs help because of this situation you need to act immediately, try so that they can become pawns for us." Hou Chen had long since suppressed the mysterious forest in order for him to have a defensive fortress. He did not want his alliance to come face to face with their enemies.

"Okay, Your Majesty, we will carry out the plan according to your orders." replied one of the elders and the other nodded his head.

Hou Chen broke up their meeting and sent a message to the head of the assassin group.

In the region of the bow desert only a handful of people know that this group is a group of assassins, it is because the leader of the group is an expert healer with various diseases.

The loud sound of knocking broke Hou Chen's daydream, he instantly rose from his chair to see who suddenly wanted to meet him.

"What's all of a sudden His Majesty is sending a message to the servant?."

The head of the assassin group immediately asked when the door of Hou Chen's residence was wide open even he refused to enter because there were still patients he had to heal. He also observed that Hou Chen's face was different than usual making him a little curious and finally decided to enter Hou Chen's residence.

Hou Chen did not answer the question of the head of the assassin group but he placed a bag of gold coins on the table." Tell me how you traveled to the Jiang empire and the fire kingdom, did the chairman get any good information to tell me?" Hou Chen had already messaged the healer several times after traveling.

The head of the assassin group was actually a highly respected expert healer in the desert bow region and only a handful of people knew that the healer was the head of the assassin group. For anyone who disfigured his name it was certain that the person would disappear in an instant.

The head of the assassin group recounted all the information he had gathered including the recovery of Hong Chun who was treated by a young man. The failure of Hong Zhun's plan to take over the kingdom of fire, even he told of the establishment of a temple in the center of the imperial capital Jiang as the center of all temples and also the establishment of a new temple in several places.

Hou Chen's face instantly turned ugly he had not expected it to turn out that their alliance in the region of the fire kingdom had been successfully annihilated and it was unlikely that the water kingdom would be annihilated as well. Now that he had to prepare himself, he was certain that sooner or later his territory would definitely be the arrival of guests. It turns out that the assumption is also true that the appearance of new faces in the region is a sign that great danger is lurking.

Hou Chen was convinced that the anger of his master the past few days was a sign of the destruction of their alliance in the region of the fire kingdom and the water kingdom.

"Would the chairman be able to guess the new faces that are popping up in this region?" hou Chen asked a little hoping for an answer.

"Of course, it's only natural that you have trouble recognizing it because this group is very difficult to detect. They deliberately wear clothes from this region and also secretly kill your subordinates in order to get a badge. Then they set you up as a scapegoat for the murder and tell people that your subordinates are on the death row just for trivial matters. Your Majesty better prepare, I'm sure we'll have a guest." The fake healer explained in detail to make Hou Chen stupefied then the head of the assassin group left and did not forget to bring the gold coins on the table.

"Learnest, it's worth the message I sent never got a reply, no, no. oh, no."

Hou Chen's face suddenly paled, if the insignia of his subordinates had been taken by someone else it meant that the message he sent had been known. He immediately issued an order so that the entire region would increase guard. He also went straight out of his residence to get around and ensure security in his territory.

*****

News of the appearance of new faces in the region of the bow wasteland spread rapidly. People keep talking about it in shops and in various restaurants and inns. The appearance of the stranger made the entire Hou Chen alliance stand guard at some point throughout the entire region of the bow wasteland.

They felt this was a new phenomenon, since the city of frozen bows Hou Chen did not want to be cheated again even faced a girl alone they were already drunk. What about the thousands of cultivators who had sprung up....!

Hou Chen continued to tour around from the east, south, west as well as north forts. He also made sure of several small towns and villages. He also examined some of the sects that were his allies.

*****

Slowly but surely thousands of temple members were already moving to resuscitate the villagers and small towns in the desert arc region bordering the Jiang empire. They work in groups to facilitate their disguise and each group will come to a village or small town. They had even managed to control a quarter of the desert arc region in the jing hang mountain section. they have also managed to establish a temple in the upper reaches of the river ming gang which flows on the slopes of jing shang mountain in the region of the bow desert.

Dozens of mercenary and robber organizations as well as small sects had managed to annihilate them, they were currently partying after successfully wiping out a middle sect. For the small sects who were willing to give up they would recruit him into a temple disciple.

Only in recent months has the development of small towns and villages in the jing shang mountain region bordering the Jiang empire begun to be seen. Yang Xuan also advised that the temple members should not come face to face with the ruler of the bow wasteland.

In the center of the bow wasteland region only certain people from various temples were allowed to enter the region for the time being. It had already been considered by Yang Xuan to reduce the risk of death.

The temple members of the Jiang empire along with three generals and several commanders as well as thousands of Jiang imperial soldiers moved in the jing shang mountain region.

While the temples of the Zhang Hua kingdom were like the northern temple and Xuan Xu city as well as the royal generals Zhang Hua and the thousands of royal warriors were moving in the mysterious forest region. Even they have mastered half the mysterious forest but they have never met a human. Yang Xuan had also advised that the mysterious forest was the place that held the most mysteries in the eastern region. The various illusory seals and killing formations were not an odd thing in that place.

Yang Xuan also said if they did not find a human settlement was okay, they could practice there to add to the experience. Even their duties over the past few months have only been hunting because they have not found human settlements.

The forbidden forest had also currently been inhabited by some small sects because Yang Xuan advised Xian Tang. Yang Xuan said for anyone who wanted to open a sect in the Zhang Hua royal territory then that person was entitled to a free land in the forbidden forest and would provide protection to Zhang Hua kingdom.