Chapter 688: Hidden World Reappears (Part 1)(1/2)
The wind scar jade plate in Shi Wu's hand radiated light from the moment he entered the teleportation array and wrapped him up. This ball of light seemed to merge Shi Wu and the wind spirit power in the array, and flew forward with him and the silver wind spirit power.
Shi Wu felt a trace of Gongsun Ye's aura from the silver wind spirit around him. Just as he wanted to reach out to pursue the trace of the aura, his body had already landed on a flat ground, and the trace of Gongsun Ye's aura also disappeared.
"These teleportation arrays composed of Brother Gongsun's wind spirit power will reduce a little of Brother Gongsun's breath every time they are used. Will the wind spirit magic array outside the Fengyuan Sect eventually become a masterless dead object?" Shi Wu said.
The spirit body of the heavenly tribulation said, "Shi Wu, even if the wind spirit magic array finally becomes a masterless dead object, it will continue to protect the Fengyuan Sect in accordance with Gongsun Ye's will."
Shi Wu nodded and said, "Yes."
Shi Wu then took out the map in the Nuan Haishao. After comparison, he found that the plain land he was in was either 60,000 miles south of Houxin City or 40,000 miles north of Houxin City.
Just when the direction of the spiritual body of the heavenly tribulation was worried, Shi Wu spread his ears around him, and various sounds came in, and Shi Wu took them into his heart in an orderly manner.
Shi Wu heard the sound of the wind blowing across the grass, the sound of insects and beasts chirping on the trees, and the sound of fish in the river swinging happily with their tails...
But Shi Wu didn't hear the voice he wanted.
It was not until the Shiwu general's ears expanded again and again, and he almost reached his own limit that he heard a heartbeat that seemed to be hidden among the rocks.
Shi Wu walked towards the southwest for a moment. After about five thousand miles, he came to a mountain forest. Shi Wu had already determined the location of the man through his ears on the way. He rushed down and captured the man from the rocks.
The rocks shattered, and the person captured inside shouted in horror: "Senior, please spare me! Senior, please spare me!"
Shi Wu looked at the man, and a strange look appeared on his face: "Lu Lin?"
When Lu Lin saw the other party shouting his name, he looked closely but did not know the young man in front of him. Lu Lin tentatively said, "I don't know where the young man is lucky to be remembered by his seniors."
Shi Wu let go of Lu Lin and said, "Aren't you monitoring outside the Moon Palace? How could you hide in this wilderness? What's the injury on your body?"
Lu Lin did not reply to Shi Wu's words, but asked back: "Senior, weren't the Holy Soul Sect who came to capture me?"
Shi Wu said in confusion: "Why did the Holy Soul Sect catch you?"
When Lu Lin heard this, he knew that Shi Wu was not from the Holy Soul Sect. He said with hatred, "Dog Ri's Holy Soul Sect, they are demons who eat people and don't spit bones! Our Feixia Sect has been working diligently since joining them, but what about them! In order to deal with the Moon Palace, they do not regard us cultivators from the small sect as human beings! Three years ago, on winter days, I was taking the Feixia Sect's people to guard outside the Moon Palace, and suddenly I received a signal from my senior brother Xu Shu. This signal means that the sect was in a big disaster and let us escape immediately. I was thinking of looking for help from Diyuan Sect on the other side, but they did not know that Jinhai from Diyuan Sect and they captured us without saying a word. After being slapped by Jinhai, I escaped from danger at the cost of burning spiritual power. Later, I secretly contacted friends from other sects, and heard that Qiu Lang from the Holy Soul Sect brought people to Tianmin Sect to control all the disciples of our Feixia Sect to Tianmin Sect!"
Lu Lin burst into tears at the end of his speech, and he couldn't bear the sadness in his heart.
Shi Wu kept observing him with his ears while Lu Lin was talking. Shi Wu heard that what Lu Lin said was true. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Where is Senior Brother Kuang Jie! Was he in Feixia Sect at that time?"
When Lu Lin saw Shi Wu calling Kuang Jie as his senior brother, he wondered: "What are you?"
Shi Wu did not hide his identity and said, "I am Shi Wu."
"Shi Wu? The Shi Wu from the Moon Palace!" Lu Lin opened his eyes wide and finally recognized Shi Wu.
Shi Wu said anxiously: "I'll ask you if Senior Brother Kuang Jie was in the sect when Feixia Sect was killed!"
Lu Lin nodded and said, "After returning from his mortal world, Mr. Kuang Jie asked me for instructions from my senior brother Xu Shu to retreat. At that time, I and several elders were present. He said that he would get help from a friend and would refine the Snow Garment Spirit Soup from their Kuang family. At that time, he would break the realm and advance to cultivation among the same level of Jindan cultivators. My senior brother allowed him to enter the sect's cultivation cave, and he had been waiting for his friend in the sect..."
As Lu Lin spoke, he looked at Shi Wu and asked, "Senior Shi, aren't you the friend Kuang Jie is waiting for?"
Shi Wu had an extra storage bag in his hand, which contained the Golden Pill Stage Snow Garlic Spirit Soup and Jinlu Yu Spiritual Meat that he had prepared for Kuang Jie before he was in seclusion. He did not expect that the first bad news he received after he left the seclusion was that Kuang Jie was escorted to Tianmin Sect.
Lu Lin comforted Shi Wu and said, "Senior Shi, this is all the Holy Soul Sect! They are really not a thing. As the largest sect, not only does not protect our affiliated sects, they are also escorted to Tianmin Sect like goods!"
Shi Wu handed the storage bag to Lu Lin and said, "The things in it were originally for Senior Brother Kuang Jie, but he should be in danger. You, the uncle, should take it for him. As for his hatred, I will find the Holy Soul Sect and Tianmin Sect to settle it on the day when Feng Yuan Sect's hidden world is released again. The hatred opened with blood can only be cleared with blood."
Lu Lin did not pick up the storage bag. When he heard Shi Wu say that Feng Yuan Sect had come out again, he thought that the Moon Palace should have changed its name. He knelt at Shi Wu and said, "Senior Shi, please take me back to Feng Yuan Sect. I want to fight side by side with you."
Shi Wu remembered Lu Lin’s previous begging for mercy, and he said: “The battle between Fengyuan Sect and the Holy Soul Sect is not superior in Tianmin Sect. You and me may be dead.”
Lu Lin kowtowed and said, "I, Lu Lin, have been hiding here for three years. I am afraid of death, but what I am afraid of is meaningless sacrifice! I know that since Feng Yuan Sect dares to declare to the public that it will appear again, it means that you have the strength to compete with them. Lu Lin, I am willing to fight with you the group of dogs in the Holy Soul Sect! Kill one is enough, and kill two is profitable!"
Shi Wu took back the storage bag and said, "Okay! Then I will accept you first on behalf of the sect leader. Do you know where Houxin City is?"
"If you go back to Senior Shi, Houxin City will be about 43,000 miles northeast of this place." Lu Lin replied.
Shi Wu raised Lu Lin with one hand and moved Lu Lin to his side. He told Lu Lin: "I am going here to ask the travel manager of Houxin City to help me deliver the invitations from Fengyuan Sect to various places. The jade slips that were circulated in the north of the outer hidden world were deliberately done by someone, with the purpose of allowing the enemies of Fengyuan Sect to gather the strongest power in the shortest time."
After hearing this, Lu Lin immediately understood the sinister intentions of the person who spread the jade slip. He said angrily: "If it weren't for that person, my Feixia Sect wouldn't have been destroyed so quickly!"
Shi Wu didn't say anything else. He covered Lu Lin with spiritual power, and then the two flew quickly to the northeast. Shi Wu's speed before retreat was comparable to teleportation. Now he has achieved success in his retreat. He took Lu Lin to the top of the Houxin City city in three breaths.
Lu Lin was shocked that Shi Wu took him to Houxin City 43,000 miles away without teleportation. He couldn't help but guess what Shi Wu's cultivation is now.
Shi Wu saw that Houxin City was protected by formation barriers, so he took Lu Lin down.
The city gate was surrounded by monks who were about to enter the city, and the six guards at the gate collected the spirit stones one by one before they could let them go.
When the guards and monks who were about to enter the city saw Shi Wu and Lu Lin directly to the front of the team, they all said sarcastically: "Who are you!"
Shi Wu took out the jade plaque of the travel gate helm given by Fang Yuan and handed it to the guard at the door and said, "This is the jade plaque of the travel gate helm. I have something important to see the travel gate manager in the city. Please inform him or let me enter."
The six golden elixir guards at the gate of Houxin City glanced at the jade token, and then burst into laughter. One of them said, "Don't use this old routine. There was another one in front who said that he was the illegitimate son of Manager Lu, and he took Manager Lu's identity token and asked us to put him in. Who knew that the people in the travel gate exposed his trick as soon as they came, saying that Manager Lu's identity token was always on their bodies. In the end, the liar's mouth and two arms were left outside the city wall. I advise you not to make trouble here. Of course, if you are really capable, you can use teleportation techniques to go directly through the formation barrier outside Houxin City."
"I won't teleport." Shi Wu said truthfully.
After hearing this, the six guards ignored Shi Wu again.
The old man in purple clothes beside Shi Wu was at first not knowing Shi Wu's background and gave in to the side with some fear. When he heard that Shi Wu would not teleport, he turned majestic in the blink of an eye. He cursed: "Where did the wild boy from here dare to pretend in front of me! Are there fewer Jindan monks in our team? Take the beggar beside you within three breaths, otherwise we will not forgive you!"
As soon as the old man in purple said this, not only were Jindan monks in the team behind him, but even some late-stage monks in the foundation-building stage cursing Shi Wu without fear.
When these people were insulting, Shi Wu's ears and spiritual power were yarns in his hands, starting with the old man in purple next to him. Nearly half of the people in the team of 100 people suddenly made cracking sounds.
Those who had never insulted Shi Wu looked at the monks who had fallen to the ground and wailed inexplicably, and they all felt fear in their hearts and dared not move.
The six guards of Houxin City widened their eyes in disbelief, because the old man in purple was a late-stage Jindan monk. Before Shi Wu could speak, the guards' attitude immediately became humble. The guards who spoke earlier said: "This group of cultivators who came to the northern part of the hidden world to hunt treasures was really blind to insulting their seniors! The young man immediately sent someone to drive them out of here."
Another guard continued, "Please wait outside, please help you get in and report it."
Lu Lin beside Shi Wu looked at the scene with excitement. He felt inexplicably that the key to the battle between Fengyuan Sect and the Holy Soul Sect was the young man in front of him.
A luxuriously dressed man and an old man in a green robe arrived at the city gate soon.
The man with nobility all over his body ignored the wailing cultivator on the ground. He bowed to Shi Wu and Lu Lin first and said, "In Xiahou Xincheng City Lord Ding Rui, this is a fellow Taoist Lu Qu in the traveling party. I wonder what the two fellow Taoists call him?"
Shi Wu returned to Ding Rui and Lu Qu and said, "I am Shiwu of Fengyuan Sect, this is Lu Lin, a member of my Fengyuan Sect. This is the jade plaque of the head of the travel sect. I have important matters to discuss with fellow Taoist Lu Qu."
When Lu Qu heard that Shi Wu's visitor was not good, he informed Ding Rui to come with him. As soon as he saw the jade plaque in the headquarter, he realized that the person in front of him was a distinguished guest of the travel gate. He hurriedly said, "I would like to invite fellow Taoist Shi to talk to our travel gate."
Shi Wu took Lu Lin and followed Ding Rui and the others in.
As for the injured monks outside, Ding Rui didn't even look at them. The truly powerful sects would not allow their disciples to come to the north of the outer hidden world. Most of the people who dare to come here now are for the luck of Bobo to see that there are hidden good things in the vacant sects.
Shiwu, walking in the city, saw shops on both sides of the streets, without being affected by the situation outside.
On the way, I saw Ding Rui and Lu Qu’s monks bowing to them, and they would nod and show their heads.
Ding Rui took the initiative to introduce Shi Wu: "Fellow Daoist Shi, although the northern part of the outer hidden world is in turmoil now, my Houxin City has two neutral forces, namely the Travel Gate and Zhuguang Pavilion, and it has become a safe place."
Shi Wu replied: "This is because Lord Ding is well-managed, otherwise Xinglumen and Zhuguang Pavilion would not have chosen to set up a base in Houxin City."
Ding Rui felt that Shi Wu's speech was not as good as that of those reckless people. He couldn't understand why Shi Wu was so cruel to those casual cultivators outside.
What Ding Rui didn't know was that Shi Wu was in a bad mood because of Kuang Jie before coming to Houxin City. Instead of forcing him to break into Houxin City, he showed the jade plaque of the headquarter of the travel gate to show his identity, which gave him enough face to Houxin City. But what he received was the refusal of the guards of Houxin City and the ridicule of the monks behind him. Therefore, Shi Wu no longer gave anyone face. He shattered the chins of those who insulted and slandered them and cut off their limbs. Seeing this, the guards changed their previous joking attitude and became extremely humble.
Ding Rui and Lu Qu led Shi Wu and Lu Lin to a six-story building. Ding Rui stopped at the right time: "Since Fellow Daoist Shi has something to discuss with Manager Lu, Ding will take his leave first. This is Ding's jade pendant. Fellow Daoist Shi can use this jade pendant to freely enter and exit Houxin City in the future, and can also come to my mansion to find me directly."
Shi Wu took the purple jade pendant and said, "Thank you, Lord Ding."
After Ding Rui left, Lu Qu went up to the top of the travel door to Shi Wu and Lu Lin. Although Lu Lin was dressed in a torn manner, Lu Qu had no intention of despising him.
After the three of them sat down, Lu Qu opened the top-level formation barrier. Lu Qu said: "Fellow Daoist Shi, I wonder what you are talking about?"
Shi Wu took out more than twenty jade slips from Na Haibao and said, "My Fengyuan Sect is about to come out again in the world, so I want you to send these invitations to the travel gate. I don't know which are the forefront sects in the east, west and south of the outer hidden world now. I would like to ask fellow Daoist Lu to help me add them."
Lu Qu had never heard of the name of Fengyuan Sect, but he said respectfully: "Fellow Daoist Shi, I forgive Lu for being ignorant. I don't know when your Fengyuan Sect was hidden in the world? I am afraid that those former sects may not come to watch the ceremony if they have no friendship with you. And you also see the chaos in the northern part of the outer hidden world, and everyone is paying attention to the Moon Worship Palace. Your sect will be exposed to the hidden world at this time, and it will be afraid that the Holy Soul Sect will kill the chicken and warn the monkey."
Shi Wu knew that Lu Qu would remind him like this for the sake of the headquarter jade plaque. He said, "Fellow Daoist Lu's kindness, Shi Mou was grateful for it. But I think those sect leaders will definitely come after seeing the content of the jade slip, because the predecessor of my Fengyuan Sect is the Moon Worship Palace you mentioned."
"What!" Even with Lu Qu's concentration, he had to suddenly get up because of Shi Wu's sentence "The predecessor of my Fengyuan Sect is the Moon Worship Palace you mentioned."
Lu Qu knew that he was wrong and bowed, "I'm sorry! I made fellow Taoist Shi laugh."
Shi Wu said distractedly: "It's okay. I wonder if fellow Daoist Lu can help Shi add the name of the sect to these jade slips."
Lu Qu begged: "Fellow Daoist Shi, this matter is extraordinary. Can I ask Lu to contact the Zhongzhou Travel Gate Headquarters?"
Shi Wu agreed: "Yes."
Lu Qu took out a white jade plate from the storage bag, and he injected it into the jade plate with spiritual power. A wave of ripples formed by spiritual energy appeared above the jade plate. After these ripples became flat and without traces, a round mirror of spiritual power stood up in front of Lu Qu.
A crane-haired old man in a blue robe appeared on the other end of the Mirror Flower Technique. He asked Lu Qu, "What's the matter?"
Lu Qu said respectfully: "Report to the helm leader. The Shiwu Taoist fellow Feng Yuan Sect came to his subordinates. He hoped that the Xinglumen Sect would help them send hidden invitations to the forefront sects in various regions to send out the hidden gifts to the forefront sects in various regions. I wonder what the helm's idea was?"
The old man with crane hair was Wen Ze, the head of the travel sect. He was thinking about which sect Fengyuan Sect was, but after hearing the name of Shi Wu, he knew it. He replied: "My travel sect and fellow Taoist Shi have long formed a good relationship. This time, thanks to fellow Taoist Shi, he came to our travel sect because of the trust of fellow Taoist Shi. Of course, I can't refuse!"
"Sir, obey the order!" Lu Qu had a few words in his heart.
Shi Wu understood that Wen Ze's words were also said to him. He got up and walked to the Mirror Flower Art and bowed to Wen Ze and said, "Thank you, the head of the helm."
This was the first time Wen Zeshang saw Shi Wu, and he said politely: "Fellow Daoist Shi is indeed handsome and extraordinary. No wonder the young disciple came back and praised you very much."
Shi Wudao: "When the grudge between my Fengyuan Sect and the Holy Soul Sect is resolved, I will come to visit the head of the helm and fellow Taoist Fang Yuan."
"Okay. I'm waiting for fellow Daoist Shi at the head of Zhongzhou Travel Gate." Wen Ze said politely.
After both sides finished the Mirror Flower Art, Lu Qu's attitude towards Shi Wu was more respectful than before. He took the jade slip handed over by Shi Wu with both hands. While informing Shi Wu about the situation in various regions, he added the name of the sect in the jade slip: "Senior Shi, the eastern part of the outer hidden world is still headed by the Lotus Sect, and the Dingshen Sect and Qiujian Sect are ranked second and third. In the southern part of the outer hidden world, although the Haiyuan Sect is still the first sect in terms of strength, the Chiri Sect is probably better than the western part of the outer hidden world. As for the western part of the outer hidden world, Tianmin Sect
Senior Zhushuang, who was in charge of the late stage of Dekongming, has long been the most well-deserved sect in the outer hidden world. However, because Senior Zhushuang came from the inner hidden world, the unity between the Shanmen, Xingcheng Sect and Tianmin Sect is no longer as united as before. In the end, it was Zhongzhou. Since the Buddhist general hall was destroyed, most of the big and small sects in Zhongzhou have opened the formation barrier and kept their doors closed. I will hand over the remaining invitations to the top three sects in each region and the manager of Fang Yuan in Zhongzhou. I think many people will watch the ceremony for their sake."
"You're here. By the way, this is an invitation to the Holy Soul Sect, don't forget." The jade slip written by Shi Wu General Liu Han was handed over to Lu Qu.
To be continued...