sinovels Chapter 1966: Relax Your Muscles
Chapter 1966: Relax Your Muscles
Chapter 1966: Relax Your Muscles
"Hahaha, the time has finally come! Fellow Daoist Xu, quickly go and call our Xuanqi Master over!"
After confirming from Xu Yinghu that Zhu Yan had already gone to Xuancheng with the caravan, Sun Tu laughed three times and wanted to push forward the plan he had prepared long ago.
"Yes! But, do you want my brothers to get involved in this matter?"
Xu Yinghu had seen how Luo Hong dealt with the scaly-armored earth dragon in the past, and he knew very well that the other party was not an ordinary Taiyi Xuan cultivator, so he couldn't help but make a suggestion at this moment.
"Humph! They have been too close to that Luo these years. I don't trust them. Let you and I, plus Fang Chan, do this!"
If before, Sun Tu wanted to deal with Luo Hong, it was purely for profit.
But now, as Luo Hong's reputation in Baiyan City grows, Sun Tu already feels that his position has been threatened to a certain extent.
This undoubtedly gave him another reason to take action!
"Why? Do you think that Luo Hong can cause any trouble in my hands?"
Seeing that Xu Yinghu had not responded yet, Sun Tu said in a cold voice.
"I dare not. I will call him here right away."
Sensing the aura emanating from Sun Tu, Xu Yinghu immediately took two steps back and bowed to accept the order.
Soon, Xu Yinghu arrived at the door of Luo Hong's residence and conveyed Sun Tu's order.
"Lord Sun wants to see Luo? What's the matter?"
Luo Hong did not rush to show up after hearing this, but slowly finished his practice before asking in a deep voice.
Seeing Luo Hong acting so superior, Xu Yinghu snorted coldly in his heart, thinking that after capturing Luo Hong, he would snatch Zi Ling away in front of him!
But on the surface, he naturally looked respectful and said with a smile:
"I don't know the specific situation, but it seems to be related to an earth-level profound weapon. Master Luo, why don't you ask the city lord in person?"
"Oh? City Lord Sun finally has the guts to let me study the refining of earth-level mystical instruments? That's great. Fellow Daoist Xu, please wait for a moment. I will go with you to meet City Lord Sun!"
Luo Hong's words revealed excitement, and he immediately agreed to go and meet Sun Tu.
He had just stood up and pushed the door open when he saw Zi Ling walking towards him.
"Brother Luo, it has only been a few days since Fellow Daoist Zhu left, and Sun Tu has called you over. I am afraid he has some conspiracy."
Zi Ling didn't know about Luo Hong and Zhu Yan's plan, but she sensed something was wrong.
“Don’t worry, sister-in-law, everything is within Luo’s plan.
You should stay in seclusion for a while first, and when I come back, you will understand everything.
If anyone breaks in here by force, you must immediately activate the silver talisman that Luo gave you!"
Luo Hong's face was full of confidence, and he immediately explained to Zi Ling.
"I understand, and I will definitely not hold Brother Luo back."
Zi Ling felt relieved upon seeing this, and then nodded, keeping Luo Hong's instructions in mind.
Zi Ling was smart and alert, so Luo Hong was very confident in her, so he just nodded slightly and walked out of the residence.
As soon as he came out, before he had time to say a few words to Xu Yinghu, several Golden Immortals passing by greeted Luo Hong enthusiastically.
"Be proud as you want, everything you have will soon belong to the Lord City Lord!"
Xu Yinghu looked at this with dissatisfaction in his heart, and couldn't help but think with malice.
Without delaying too long on the road, Luo Hong soon followed Xu Yinghu to the meeting hall and met Sun Tu in person.
"City Lord Sun, I heard that you intend to let Luo start researching earth-level mystical instruments. I wonder how many earth-level beast cores you have collected?"
Luo Hong seemed to be completely unaware of the situation and asked about the things he cared about most as soon as they met.
"Haha, don't worry, Brother Luo. I called you here today because of the beast core."
Sun Tu enthusiastically asked Luo Hong to sit down first, and then continued:
"Fellow Daoist Luo has been in Baiyan City for some time. I believe you have already heard about the situation in Crazy Dragon Ridge, right?"
“Mad Dragon Ridge is the nearest forbidden area to our Baiyan City. Not only are there a large number of dragon-shaped scaled beasts, but there is also a Daluo Beast King in charge.
City Lord Sun mentioned this place at this time, could it be that he wants to take over there?"
Luo Hong showed just the right amount of surprise when he heard this. After all, in many previous beast tides, the scaled beasts from Mad Dragon Ridge were the main force.
In other words, in the confrontation between Baiyan City and Kuanglong Ridge, the former has always been in a passive defensive state.
“That’s right, but Fellow Daoist Luo, don’t worry. I have no intention of confronting the Daluo Beast King head-on.
But in order to gather all the earth-level beast cores that Fellow Daoist Luo needs, we must hunt down a batch of Taiyi scale beasts in the ridge, so I came up with this plan. "
After nodding in agreement, Sun Tu then told Luo Hong about his plan.
It turned out that he wanted to use the mysterious weapon refined by Luo Hong to create a realistic illusion, lure away the Daluo Beast King, and then lead his men to attack Kuanglong Ridge from the side near Puppet City.
After hunting enough earth-level scale beasts, they immediately left behind some broken puppets and evacuated.
This sounds very reasonable indeed. Not only can a large number of earth-level beast cores be harvested, but the disaster can also be directed to Puppet City. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
But Luo Hong knew very well that this whole plan was a lie, and Sun Tu's purpose was just to trick him out of the city.
After all, with Luo Hong's current reputation, it would be inconvenient for him to take action directly in Baiyan City.
"Well, although this plan is quite risky, you can't get the tiger cub without risking it. Luo wants to consider it carefully."
Although Sun Tu's plan was exactly what Luo Hong wanted, he did not rush into it and instead hesitated.
"I am very aware of Fellow Daoist Luo's concerns, so I don't want to do it all at once. Instead, I want to take you and Fellow Daoist Xu to explore the area around Crazy Dragon Ridge first."
Sun Tu said immediately.
"Lord Sun, I am relieved that you are so careful. When will we set out? How many people will be accompanying us?"
Luo Hong nodded slowly after hearing this, and asked with a suddenly relaxed look.
"Of course the sooner the better. We don't need a lot of people. This old man, Fellow Daoist Xu, and Fang Chan will suffice.
The four of us will go quickly and come back quickly, and try to make a final decision on this matter within two months, so that Fellow Daoist Luo can start researching as soon as possible!"
Sun Tu had been misled by Luo Hong's performance of refining equipment in seclusion all these years, and thought that Luo Hong was a weirdo obsessed with refining equipment, so he tempted him with this point.
"That's great. I don't need to prepare anything. We can set off right away!"
Luo Hong pretended to be fooled and replied with bright eyes.
"Okay, once I've explained the situation to the others, we'll be on our way right away!"
Although Sun Tu would not tell the truth to Xu Yinglong and others who stayed in the city, he still had to inform them so that Baiyan City would not be in chaos because of his departure.
After a stick of incense, Sun Tu wrote three bone books and asked someone to send them to the residence of Xu Yinglong and the other two.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Tu took Luo Hong, Xu Yinghu, and the pig-headed Fang Chan out of the city.
Since the four of them were all Taiyi Xuan practitioners with extremely strong leg strength, after just a moment, the two high mountains on both sides of Baiyan City became only a tiny size behind them.
Running all the way, Luo Hong was gradually surrounded by Sun Tu and his two companions. In front of him was Sun Tu who was leading the way, and on both sides were Xu Yinghu and Fang Chan.
However, Luo Hong was not at all panicked. He even expected Sun Tu and the other two to act quickly to save some time.
After all, he had already sensed the aura of the silver talisman he gave to Zhu Yan.
Although Luo Hong now has the confidence to deal with Sun Tu and the other two alone, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. It would be best if he could crush them.
More than 20 days passed in a blink of an eye, and Sun Tu still had no intention of taking action, and they were now less than 100,000 miles away from Kuanglong Ridge.
Fortunately, after nightfall again, Sun Tu finally lost his patience and stopped on a barren mountain on the pretext of camping and resting.
"My three Taoist friends, you have worked hard. Come, drink some blood wine to relieve your fatigue!"
As soon as he stopped, Sun Tu took out an animal skin bag from behind him and handed it to Xu Yinghu beside him.
Xu Yinghu didn't hesitate. He lifted the animal skin bag and drank it down in one gulp. After putting it down, he immediately showed a look of satisfaction.
"Good wine! This is what you, the City Lord, brought back from Xuancheng, right? The last time I drank it was during the Five Cities Martial Arts Competition a thousand years ago!"
As he spoke, Xu Yinghu had already handed the animal skin bag to Luo Hong.
"Speaking of the Five Cities Martial Arts Competition, the next one shouldn't be long away, right?"
Luo Hong held the animal skin bag but did not drink from it. Instead, he asked Sun Tu.
“It’s been a short time, only about 10 to 20 years.
If you, Fellow Daoist Luo, want to go to Xuancheng to see it, I can take you with me."
Sun Tu replied seemingly casually, but his eyes kept glancing at the animal skin bag.
"City Lord Sun, are you really confident in letting me go to Xuan City? Aren't you afraid that I will never come back, and Baiyan City will return to its former state?"
At this point, Luo Hong no longer planned to pretend and said with a smile.
"What are you talking about, Brother Luo? Xuancheng is the main city. It is natural for Brother Daoist to go to Gaoju. I will never stop you.
But this blood wine cannot be opened for too long, otherwise the aroma of the wine will dissipate and it will not be good anymore."
Sun Tu smiled and urged everyone to drink.
"This Xuancheng blood wine does have a unique flavor just by smelling it, but unfortunately, it contains dragon tooth sand. I dare not drink it near Crazy Dragon Ridge."
After saying that, Luo Hong threw the animal skin bag to his side, causing the light red wine inside to flow out.
The wine looked normal at first, but after being in contact with the air for a long time, it gradually turned black and emitted a foul odor.
It turns out that the dragon tooth sand itself is not poisonous, but once it comes into contact with dragon energy, it will turn into a strange poison called "black dragon sand".
Although Luo Hong did not practice poison, he had read the classics that A Zi collected from the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons, and was quite familiar with this poison.
"You actually found it! Could it be that Xu revealed something?"
Seeing this, Xu Yinghu stopped pretending and took out an antidote pill from his arms and swallowed it.
In order to let Luo Hong drink the poisoned wine without worry, he drank it himself first, but secretly slowed down his breathing to slow down the effect of the poison. Unexpectedly, he failed to deceive Luo Hong!
"Fellow Daoist Luo, I really underestimated you.
But this poisoned wine is just the icing on the cake. After all, I don’t want to hurt you too much.”
Sun Tu also took off his mask at this time and said with a sinister smile.
"City Lord Sun, there is no need to say such nonsense. It is impossible for Luo to surrender without a fight. Just start!"
Luo Hong rolled his fists, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
Although his physical cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, he has never fought with anyone and has been itching to do so.
"You two go and try out his quality first!"
Although Sun Tu was confident that he could suppress Luo Hong with the huge difference in their cultivation levels, his nature of preferring to hide behind the scenes made him decide to let Xu Yinghu and the other two test Luo Hong first.
Xu Yinghu was still a little hesitant when he heard this, but Fang Chan on the side had already pounced on him.
This person usually follows Sun Tu around and is his most trusted confidant, but he always looks stupid.
But when he started to take action, his eyes immediately lit up, as if he had completely woken up!
In an instant, Fang Chan got close to him. His right arm moved and suddenly became blurred. Then a black fist shot out like lightning and hit Luo Hong in the face.
This attack was simple and unpretentious, and it was obvious that Fang Chan wanted to test Luo Hong's physical strength.
Luo Hong’s response was also extremely simple. His right fist struck out like an afterimage and collided with Fang Chan’s fist!
There was a loud bang, and a powerful impact force burst out between the two people.
Fang Chan was unable to withstand the huge force and took three steps back. Each step left a deep footprint on the ground, causing the surrounding ground to crack!
After standing firm, Fang Chan looked at his right arm in disbelief, only to see it trembling slightly, and the black animal skin that was originally tied to it had already cracked without a trace.
Xu Yinghu's face changed when he saw this. Fang Chan was the second best master in Baiyan City. His strength had reached the middle stage of Taiyi and he had opened up a total of 215 mysterious acupoints.
But now it seems that his physical strength is not as good as Luo Hong, who is only in the early stage of Taiyi.
It was obvious that Luo Hong had concealed his profound Dao cultivation before!
Although Sun Tu was still able to remain calm at this moment, he frowned slightly. He didn't like this kind of change.
However, after a brief moment of daze, Fang Chan revealed an extremely excited expression, and looked at Luo Hong as if he was looking at a very valuable prey.
"You are very good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Chan's eyes suddenly turned blood red, and a muffled "crackling" sound suddenly came from his body. His body swelled violently and immediately became twice its original size. His skin turned black and red, and thick blue veins and knotted muscles emerged.
What was even more shocking was that the white light emitted from the more than 200 mysterious orifices on his body all turned into blood red at this moment, and streams of blood-colored air rushed out of his body, circling around his body!
As soon as this mysterious technique was used, the space around Fang Chan began to vibrate and the entire mountain shook, with cracks appearing one after another.
"die!"
With a loud shout, Fang Chan drew out two huge axes with silver patterns from behind him and rushed towards Luo Hong like a hurricane.
"You want to use the mysterious weapon I made to kill me? Who gave you the courage?!"
As he spoke, Luo Hong's eyes suddenly became sharp, his feet moved slightly, and he disappeared.
"stop!"
Sun Tu seemed to have seen something, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly while punching.
(End of this chapter)