Seeing Li Yan take out the Hook Paper, Li Wenyuan's body trembled.

He came from the Daluo Law Realm, plotting misdeeds. If he truly was fearless, why would he have hidden for so many years?

The strength shown by Wen Lingguan earlier had already filled him with dread.

If the Thunder Department arrests someone, there's no way out.

"Ignore him!"

Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Under the Nine Tripod Divine Might, his Hook Paper can't summon the yin soldiers or the Thunder Department!"

He was indeed right.

Li Yan had already seen the two of them before, but the Hook Paper had lost its sensing ability. Plus, the sneak attack by the Blood Nuo Master, Ba Dazha, forced him to retreat.

The two calculated precisely on this, thus they were fearless.

With their Daoist skills and spells, as long as they grasped the Nine Tripod, it wasn't impossible to leave amidst the rebel army.

Their real trouble was the Nine Tripod.

This Nine Tripod traverses the Dragon Veins of the Divine State and has long been refined with extraordinary mystery, like a fierce fish in the river; even the Dragon Palace's Water Mansion couldn't hold it for long.

Moreover, the Nine Tripod hadn't completely left the Dragon Palace.

If they don't seize the time, it would again move with the Dragon Vein Earth Qi.

Thinking of this, the two gritted their teeth and moved forward.

Even if their Dao declines with body seizing and reincarnation, the strength of their Divine Souls is beyond doubt.

Under the terrifying might of the Nine Tripod, they still slowly approached.

The fur in their hands was no ordinary thing.

It was from a Spirit Beast of the plateau, resembling a yak but with Kui Niu bloodline, a giant beast, often howling at night, its sound echoing for miles. Hearing it, evil spirits would disappear in fear.

This Spirit Beast was revered as a god by the Tibetan region's people.

Years ago, Lu Sheng infiltrated the plateau. With help from the Black Sect lama, Duoji Zhaxi, he killed this Spirit Beast, inscribed the Ancient Jiuzhou Map and the Yu Gong Waterway Map on its hide, to capture the Nine Tripod.

The two endured the severe pain, moving their steps inch by inch.

On the other side, Li Yan's face was also twisted.

Lu Sheng and his cohort's plan wasn't wrong; ordinary Hook Paper indeed couldn't summon yin soldiers and the Thunder Department under the Nine Tripod Divine Might.

However, his Hook Paper was not ordinary.

With the Magic Treasure Jade Accessories left by Yin Changsheng, the sensing power of the Hook Paper far exceeded the ordinary.

In the Netherworld, it could even eavesdrop on the conversations of Yin Gods through barriers, so why not here?

With a trace of belief, Li Yan endured the pain in his Divine Soul, concentrating fully, using the Hook Paper to sense.

Having apprehended yin criminals several times before, he was already familiar with the process.

The Hook Paper was mystical due to a strand of pure Innate Yin Qi within it. When locating a yin criminal, the Divine Thought would activate the Yin Qi, and the incantation would summon yin soldiers.

To use a simple analogy:

The Daluo Law Realm is like a wall separating it from the Human World.

Any summoning method involves making a hole in this wall.

But there are two ways to "make a hole."

One is like summoning yin soldiers with the "Astral Order," summoning Wen Lingguan with "Bing Ding Ghost Talisman," or summoning "Lu Soldiers" with Mystical Sect, starting from the human side.

It requires specific Magic Artifacts, and the power summoned depends on their ability.

Like Wen Lingguan earlier; if Li Yan's Dao were stronger and the Jingyang Altar he set was more robust, the power transmitted by Wen Lingguan could solve everything.

The second method starts from the other side.

Like capturing yin criminals as a living Yin messenger, apprehending Lower Realm immortals as a Heavenly Official, or Mystical Sect petitioning to suppress and kill demons causing chaos in the human world, these consume the power from the other side.

The key to this method is identity.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Li Yan concentrated, he couldn't sense the Yin Qi within the Hook Paper under the Nine Tripod Divine Might.

Meanwhile, Lu Sheng and Li Wenyuan had approached the Nine Tripod and were chanting a spell, slowly raising the Spirit Beast Pouch in their hands...

Just as Li Yan was anxious, he suddenly sensed another force.

It was a pure Innate Astral Qi, carrying a violent Qi breath, just sensing it made his hair stand on end.

It was the Thunder Department!

Without any hesitation, Li Yan immediately began the mantra and incantation.

His right hand holding the Hook Paper, he suddenly reversed it, revealing the Heavenly Official Talisman, while his right foot performed the Astral Step. His left hand formed the "Yuqing Technique," and he inscribed the "Thunder Ancestor's Name" toward the east, loudly reciting:

"Upper Three Realms, the Jade Talisman Communicates Truth. I now petition: Thunder Fire Flying Star. Taiyi Rescue Suffering, Transmission and Merit. Thirty-six Cave Thunder Department Generals, heed my Heavenly Official's decree, act swiftly like the Primal Red-Letter Ordinance!"

This incantation was called the "Heavenly Official's Evil Capturing Thunder Decree."

Having learned it from Celestial Dust, it was Li Yan's first time using it; without experience, he could only follow the procedure strictly.

Fortunately, the ceremony went undisrupted.

Sizzles~

Electric light flickered, and Li Yan felt a tingling all over his body.

Arcs of electricity danced on his body. Li Yan's eyes gathered blue lightning as he looked up to the sky.

Seemingly drawn by something, the sky instantly filled with flashes of lightning and thunder.

According to "Treasures of the Sea of Dharma": Thunder Techniques do not rely solely on one's power but follow heavenly laws for punishment, usually based on Inner Refining, aided by imagination and various ceremonial rites.

Li Yan, summoning the Thunder Department as a Heavenly Official, also fell under Thunder Techniques.

"How is this possible?!"

Li Wenyuan, close to the Nine Tripod, felt his scalp tingle.

He had been locked onto by Li Yan's spell, sensing the pressure and killing intent from the sky, growing stronger with the thunder.

"Ignore it! Get the thing first!"

Seeing him halt, Lu Sheng immediately scolded.

"Nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wenyuan became furious.

He had long known Lu Sheng's character; appearing humble but actually extremely selfish, with no ripple of emotion for the deaths of loyal followers.

Even for him, this Lower Realm immortal, Lu Sheng was just using him.

It's easy to talk when the Heavenly Thunder isn't striking him!

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