Chapter 704 Different Positions
The barren mountains outside Leizhou city.

There were two groups of people standing opposite each other.

There was something wrong with the atmosphere between the two sides.

One side was Xu Changqing and his group, and they all gathered here.

There was only one person on the other side, and that person was Yun Ting, the guardian of Leizhou City.

"Mr. Yun Ting, I hope you can put the overall situation first and hand over the Thunder Spirit Pearl to us." Tang Xuejian looked embarrassed, but still said this.

Yun Ting did not show any anger when he heard this. He just shook his head slowly and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Xuejian, I can't give you the Thunder Spirit Pearl."

Upon hearing this, Jingtian couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you dislike the Thunder Spirit Pearl before? Why are you suddenly unwilling to hand it over?"

Yun Ting raised his head and took a deep look at Leizhou City, then said, "I really don't like the Thunder Spirit Pearl, and I hate the power it gave me, but I have to accept it."

Sedum: "..."

Yun Ting glanced at Jing Tian and said, "I heard from Miss Xue Jian that Brother Jing's life was indeed not easy."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jingtian's face froze, but he quickly returned to his playful expression.

Yun Ting said: "I was born the son of the governor of Leizhou City. I have servants to take care of my food, clothing, housing and transportation. I enjoy all the treatment I can enjoy. I was born into the upper class, and you belong to the lower class."

When these words came out, everyone was stunned. They felt very surprised. Yun Ting should not say such words. Yun Ting was not the kind of person who looked down on others, and he would not look down on people of lower birth than him.

Yun Ting continued, "You were born in the lower class, so it is your freedom to help others or not. Since I have enjoyed the support and love of the people of Leizhou City, I must shoulder this responsibility."

"So I can't lose the power of the Thunder Spirit Pearl."

Yun Ting was finally moved by the recent prayers of the people of Leizhou City.

He resolutely took on the responsibility of protecting Leizhou City.

So he gave up his chance to get rid of the Thunder Spirit Pearl and decided to keep this power to protect the safety of Leizhou City.

Upon hearing this, Xu Changqing immediately said, "Master Yun, don't you know that if the Shushan Demon Locking Tower is destroyed, the tens of thousands of demons inside will come out and cause harm?"

Yun Ting frowned and said, "I know."

Xu Changqing was puzzled and asked: "If that's the case, why would you lose the big picture for the small?"

Yun Ting said with a firm look, "I only know that my people also cannot do without the protection of the Thunder Spirit Pearl. I, Yun Ting, am useless and do not have the ability to protect the entire world. All I can do is protect the people of Leizhou City who trust me."

Xu Changqing was about to persuade him again when Yun Ting interrupted him and said, "You guys go!"

Jingtian and Xu Changqing looked at each other, and instantly drew their swords and attacked Yun Ting.

Yun Ting was also startled by the sudden attack, but his strength was extremely powerful and he was not afraid of Xu Changqing and Jingtian's attacks at all.

The strengths of Xu Changqing, Xuejian, and Jingtian are:
Xu Changqing Human Race | Martial Arts 410 points | Magic 240 points | HP 3000
Xuejian｜Human｜Martial Arts 190 points｜Magic 200 points｜Health 1200
Jingtian｜Human race｜Martial arts 190 points｜Magic 120 points｜Health 1000
However, Yun Ting, who possesses the Thunder Spirit Pearl, has the following strength:
Yun Ting｜Human race｜Martial arts 520 points｜Magic 440 points｜Health 10000
The difference is clear at a glance.

"Boom!!!!!!!"

Dazzling lightning flashed on the top of the mountain, covering an area within a radius of ten feet around Yun Ting's body, instantly forcing Jingtian and Xu Changqing out of his vicinity.

When the thunder and lightning faded away, the place where Yun Ting was standing was completely charred.

Yun Ting frowned and said, "Brother Jingtian, Brother Xu, Miss Xuejian, I, Yun Ting, regard you as my friends, and you'd better treat me as your friend as well, otherwise..."

Xu Changqing said helplessly: "There is no grudge between us, but our positions are different. I must obtain the Thunder Spirit Pearl. Sorry!"

Jingtian also followed Xu Changqing and took action.

The fight between them was not because of hatred, nor for profit, and certainly not for themselves.

They all fight for the beliefs they hold in their hearts.

They all firmly believed that they were right. Yun Ting believed that Shushan's strength was definitely enough to suppress the collapse of the Demon Locking Tower. After all, those demons were captured by them. They were a group of defeated generals. They had been locked up in the tower for who knows how long, and their strength had long been affected.

Yun Ting thought that the monsters in the Demon Locking Tower would cause a disaster that would spread across the entire world if they escaped. In his opinion, the old man from Shushan was just exaggerating and fooling people.

His father, who was in the officialdom, had taught him these methods a long time ago.

He didn't want the Thunder Spirit Pearl before, so he didn't expose anything and pretended to really believe what Xu Changqing and others said.

But now that he has changed his mind, it is naturally impossible for him to believe what Xu Changqing said.

in fact,

It was exactly as Yun Ting thought.

Even if the Demon Locking Tower collapses, Shushan will be able to suppress all the demons inside if they escape.

The strength of Shushan's headmaster Qingwei Laodao:
Qingwei｜Human race｜Martial arts 670 points｜Magic 700 points｜Health 17000
The most powerful Heavenly Demon King in the Demon Locking Tower has the following strength:

Heavenly Demon King Clan｜Martial Arts 495 points｜Magic 300 points｜HP 8000
A comparison of their attributes and strength will reveal that it is not difficult for Qingwei to kill the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

the most important is,

There is more than one Taoist priest Qingwei in Mount Shu.

Taoist Qingwei has four fellow apprentices.

Youxuan, Canggu, Heyang, Jingming.

Qingwei and his five fellow disciples simultaneously practiced the forbidden technique from Shushan that they had obtained from an unknown source.

The abilities of Qingwei's fellow disciples are only slightly weaker than Qingwei's.

Even if Cang Gu and the others are weak, they are still stronger than the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Xu Changqing was not aware of the true abilities of his masters, and thought that there would be no way to solve the problem if the Demon Locking Tower really collapsed.

The reason why the Heavenly Demon Emperor can roam freely in the Demon Locking Tower and call himself the emperor is not because of how powerful he is.

Instead,

The Shushan ancestor had a leader who broke into the Demon Locking Tower to kill a demon, but not only did he die, he also lost the Shushan's most precious treasure, the Demon-Suppressing Sword (Zhaodan Divine Sword), in the Demon Locking Tower.

So later on, Shushan had a rule: Shushan disciples were not allowed to enter the Demon Locking Tower.

It was this sect rule that saved the Demon Emperor.

Qingwei and his companions violated their ancestral teachings in their early years by practicing forbidden techniques. After causing great disaster, they had psychological trauma and were unwilling to violate the sect rules again.

Otherwise, the Demon Locking Tower could have been pushed over by Qingwei and his men.

but,

What Yun Ting didn't know was that Shushan really needed the Five Spirit Pearls.

Because of the Evil Sword Immortal.

The strength of the Evil Sword Immortal is not stronger than Qingwei, but Qingwei and his men are unable to deal with the Evil Sword Immortal.

Any damage suffered by the Evil Sword Immortal will be immediately reflected on them.

The existence of the Evil Sword Immortal forced Qingwei and the others to collect the Five Spirit Pearls.

Qingwei's original plan was that Xu Changqing would go to the God Realm, throw the Evil Sword Immortal into the Tianchi for purification, and then the five of them would sit in meditation and die.

The Five Spirit Pearls are what Xu Changqing used to repair the Demon Locking Tower after he returned to succeed him as the head of the sect.

(End of this chapter)