Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 233 Asking for Foreign Aid

"He doesn't know anything, but he has the guts to collect these things. Should we say that the independent cultivators are ignorant and fearless, or should we say that his methods are too covert?"

Chu Tai, who failed to get the information he wanted from the monk, shook his head and planned to deal with Shi Ruotie first.

As for this old friend, after Chu Tai determined his location, he slightly modified his appearance, disguised his aura, and went straight to the door.

Coincidentally, when Chu Tai went there, Shi Ruotie was hosting a banquet for guests and preaching some of the secrets of Taiyi Taoism.

Most of the people who listened to his sermons were wandering cultivators from the mountains. Although they were all dressed in fancy clothes, their auras were mixed, and they had not accumulated any good deeds. They were all filled with resentment, and it was obvious that they were evil people who relied on their magical powers to bully others.

When they saw Chu Tai breaking in, they all showed anger.

Some shallow-minded people saw that Chu Tai was young and could not sense any powerful aura, so they kept mocking him.

"How dare you, ignorant boy, spoil the preaching of a true man?"

"Leave immediately! This is a gathering of immortals, how can we allow mortals to defile it!"

Everyone spoke righteously, and some even released magical instruments. Auspicious auras rose, auspicious clouds surrounded, and Buddhist music was heard, making the surroundings look like a holy land of immortals.

Chu Tai took a quick look and saw that the auspicious clouds and colorful clouds were poisonous miasma, the auspicious clouds and precious lights were the cleansing of incense, and as for the Sanskrit music...

With a cold look in his eyes, Chu Tai raised his hand and pressed down, crushing the person who released the Sanskrit sound and music into flesh and blood, and said in a cold voice: "You are so bold to imprison souls and deceive people. You also teach Taiyi Taoism to such a person, aren't you afraid that Taiyi's descendants will extract his soul and use it as a marble in the future?"

The latter sentence was directed to Shi Ruotie above him, but the Pure Yang Fire Immortal didn't care at all.

"Let's not talk about the fact that Master Taiyi made a mistake in his practice, which led to the collision in the past two days. Is there any descendant of the Taiyi lineage in the world?"

"You really don't even try to pretend."

Looking at Shi Ruotie's appearance, Chu Tai was too lazy to continue communicating with him. He raised his hand and summoned the landscape jade screen, driving the landscape phantom to crush down.

Shi Ruotie sacrificed the treasure lamp, emitting a flame of light to protect himself, and then he released two flying smoke cones of fire, which turned into two meters long flames and strangled towards Chu Tai.

'Is this a set?'

Chu Tai looked at the flying smoke cone. In his memory, it should have been cut off, but now it seemed to be intact.

However, for the current Chu Tai, it would be a stretch to call this magic weapon second-rate. After showing a little curiosity, he flicked his long sleeves, and the magic power of [Mountains and Rivers] gathered on his long sleeves, taking the two into it.

Then he chopped out with one palm.

The phantom of the mountain derived from the landscape jade screen moved along and crushed it directly.

Shi Ruotie's expression suddenly changed, but he had no time to react. Baodeng was knocked to the ground and he was suppressed by Chu Tai with a palm.

The scattered cultivators around were horrified upon seeing this and were about to flee like birds and beasts.

But Chu Tai would never let them leave. He took Su Chen's green light and threw it out casually. The sky was filled with streams of light, which either broke through the Dantian Qi Sea or took their lives, depending on the breath of the people.

For the very few with pure auras, Chu Tai simply broke the evil methods they were practicing and asked them to swear an oath to accumulate virtue and do good deeds in the future, and to use "fate" to activate the qi and guide the future, and only then let them leave.

After doing all this, Chu Tai looked at Shi Ruotie.

The Fire Immortal also stared at Chu Tai and whispered, "Who are you? Why do you know so much about my cultivation method? You suppressed my Qi channels so easily. We must have met before somewhere."

Chu Tai did not answer his thoughts. He looked up and down at his energy and helped him to transform his body.

After taking out Shi Ruotie's confused Yin Spirit, he didn't give him time to think and directly sealed it.

Then he carefully looked at the "fate" surrounding him, analyzing it layer by layer, and finally found a very obscure "fate" that was full of malice towards Chu Tai.

"found it!"

Chu Tai grasped this "fate" and silently calculated it. He was very surprised to find that there were hundreds of individual connections behind the "fate". After exploring layer by layer, he finally figured out the connection between Shi Ruotie and Hong Yue.

When Shi Ruotie entered Taoism in the past, he was targeted by Hong Yue and used to experiment on the evil magic he practiced.

During the calculation process, Chu Tai also saw some characteristics of that evil magic through "fate".

It is a kind of evil magic that gradually increases the influence on an individual by exerting influence on that individual multiple times.

Among them, Shi Ruotie was the first test subject of Hong Yue's practice of this evil art, and also the first successful one.

The only problem was that during the experiment, Hong Yue used too much force when casting the spell for the first time, which eroded Shi Ruotie's spirituality too much, causing him to become a being similar to his incarnation.

Later, in order to regulate the intensity, several people failed during the practice of the sorcery.

Therefore, whether in terms of symbolic significance or actual influence, Shi Ruotie is a very special chess piece for Hong Yue.

Similarly, Chu Tai, who controlled this guy, also grasped Hong Yue's lifeline from a certain perspective.

The most important thing is that Chu Tai also saw some of the things that Hong Yue did through "fate", and further confirmed that the mysterious person who disrupted the normal operation of the current city was the evil cultivator who had inherited part of Taiyi.

This discovery immediately made Chu Tai want to take action against him. He took a step forward, and the [Mountain and River] magic power blessed the landscape jade screen. After his body shape changed several times, he appeared dozens of miles away. At the same time, his aura returned to its original state. Then he set up an altar and cast a spell to extract this "fate".

The moment Chu Tai took action, Hong Yue also felt something vaguely.

As a guy who was able to disrupt a prefecture in the Central Plains and still be quite well-off, Hong Yue had his own way of preserving his life.

The books he practiced, "The Wonderful Sutra of the Five Evils of Heavenly Punishment by the Queen Mother of the West with Notes from the God of Plague" and "The Wonderful Sutra of the Two Principles of Spiritual Light by the God of Sin", both contain methods of avoiding disasters.

Many of these techniques were updated and improved during his repeated escapes over the years, becoming more and more psychic, and being extremely sensitive to the many detection and perception methods directed at him.

As soon as Chu Tai took action, Hong Yue sensed something and quickly found a place to cast a spell to cut off contact.

But the magic of "fate" lies in this. Chu Tai took the "fate" of Shi Ruotie as the core and connected the many fates that enabled Hong Yue to perform this magic.

Even if Hong Yue used secret techniques to conceal his own aura, as long as he was still in contact with other people who were subjected to this evil technique, he would find it difficult to escape the influence.

"Damn it, what the hell is going on! Why can't I cut off the connection?"

Hong Yue felt somewhat frightened. He could feel that some of his aura was being absorbed and some of his information was being locked onto.

This unexpected change that was beyond his control made him very frightened. He took out one carefully prepared magic weapon after another and performed one secret technique after another that he had practiced painstakingly.

Turbid aura, chaotic light, disordered time sequence, layer upon layer covered the outside of his body, but none of them could form an effective defense. "Fate" was still being taken by someone, and after Chu Tai extracted it, he sealed it in a compass.

Also sealed in the compass was Shi Ruotie's Yin spirit.

'Unfortunately, as a seventh-grade Dao Fruit fragment, although [Matchmaker] has special abilities, its ability to attract "fate" is still a little lacking. It can only be sealed in the compass and cannot be completely separated from Shi Ruotie, otherwise the concept of death will sever the connection with "fate".'

'Now, this will only make the original observation of 'Fate' easier and more specific. You don't have to go through so much trouble to find it out from the many 'Fates' on Shi Ruotie every time you observe him. It will also give Shi Ruotie's Yin Spirit a little protection so that he won't be killed by Hong Yue's countermeasures.'

Chu Tai looked at the direction pointed by the compass in the distance, silently made hand gestures, observed with the ability of [Matchmaker], and then blessed himself with the power of [Flying Immortal], soared into the air, and after a few turns, approached the direction of Hong Yue.

During this process, Hong Yue changed direction several times and ran around like a frightened animal.

After a long period of tracking, in order to prevent any problems with Yangmeishan's identity, Chu Tai specially sent a message to Si Shu Bai in the name of Yangmeishan, saying that he had discovered some interesting things after killing Shi Ruotie.

Afterwards, Chu Tai appeared near Hong Yue based on his several stops, and continuously passed on some of the information he had discovered to Shu Bai, gradually guiding her to connect Hong Yue with the arrest warrant.

Finally, when Hong Yue finally settled down, Chu Tai passed most of the information he had collected to Si Shubai.

Then Chu Tai stood on a hilltop and looked at the place where Hong Yue was resting from afar.

Less than half a day later, a stream of light shot down from the sky, followed by colorful clouds rising up, trying to block the void.

Then, Hong Yue’s roar resounded through the void, and countless thunders and flames burst out in the void.

The violent vibration surprised Chu Tai, who was watching from afar.

"Did they use some powerful magic weapon? And these magic weapons..."

Chu Tai looked at the heavy attacks and saw a huge net that suddenly appeared and spread across the void all around when Hong Yue escaped for the first time.

With Chu Tai's perception and the observation of the [Alchemist] ability, it was basically determined that it was the product of the combination of some kind of formation and magic weapon, and it had the ability to seal the void.

He couldn't help but wonder silently whether he could escape from such an impact.

"If this is our first meeting, I would probably be able to rely on the [Flying Immortal] power to break free, but this kind of force will definitely be prepared after the first failure, so they may not be able to successfully avoid the blockade the second time."

After Chu Tai came to the conclusion, he also guessed the outcome of this encirclement and turned to leave.

When Si Shubai came to the door, as expected, Hong Yue escaped this time.

Chu Tai looked a little disappointed. He repeatedly said that it was the lack of trust in him by the prefectural government that led to Hong Yue's escape. Si Shubai made a thoughtful expression and then tried to persuade him.

"After all, I only found out his information accidentally, and he is only a sixth-grade cultivator. It's good that the city is willing to believe him, and it's normal that we are not fully prepared. Besides, for a fifth-grade cultivator like Hong Yue, it's normal that we can't kill him with one strike."

"For Fucheng, the fifth rank is not invincible. But if Fucheng had trusted you a little more and made a few more preparations, Hong Yue would not have escaped. The only thing to be thankful for now is that we have finally figured out this guy's information, which will make the subsequent pursuit much easier."

At this point, Si Shubai became annoyed again, while Chu Tai narrowed his eyes slightly. When he heard the word "slightly", he was shocked and determined that the size of the city was probably beyond his original expectations.

"I originally thought that this place was just a relatively marginal location of the core power of the Central Plains, and the power of the capital city would not be too strong. Now it seems that if they want to target the fifth-grade cultivators, there are still many ways to deal with them. I just don't know if Si Shubai said this to me intentionally."

Chu Tai looked at Si Shubai, and for a moment he was unsure whether the other party had really been deceived by him.

But Chu Tai still showed that he shared the same hatred with her. After saying a few words, he asked, "By the way, how are the reviews of my other tasks going? Last time you said you would deal with the problem with Hong Yue together. Is there any result?"

"Oh, by the way, this matter has come to fruition. One of the purposes of my coming this time is to give you a reward."

As he spoke, Si Shubai took out a treasure bag from his sleeve.

"Because you said you don't need coins, but rather some spiritual jade and mountain and water spiritual materials, or materials related to the five elements of mountains, so I specially helped you exchange these things, see if you think they are enough."

Chu Tai took it and took a look. Among them were several hundred pieces of five-element spiritual jade and two spiritual materials that were no less than the ones he had used to refine the screen before.

What surprised him even more was that there was a scroll among the rewards.

Chu Tai took out the scroll and unfolded it, and saw mountains rolling and overlapping, like a giant dragon coiled on the paper.

If you look closely, you can see different views: large mountains are majestic and magnificent, small rocks are rugged and strange, large forests are lush, small water is shimmering...

Between light ink and thick ink, the charm of mountains and rivers is vividly depicted.

The most important thing is that the charm of its mountains and rivers is completely different from the mountains and rivers Chu Tai had seen before. It does not belong to the landforms of the East and the nearby Central Plains, and it is a significant supplement to his [Mountain and River] Dharma.

"Paintings like these are close to condensing the essence of a landscape and can be used as materials for refining magic weapons. They are really too valuable. Is there so much reward this time?"

Facing Chu Tai's surprise, Si Shu Bai smiled and said, "Of course there is. This painting is the reward for providing information about Hong Yue. By the way, don't take it too seriously. Most painters in the capital who have entered the grade have the opportunity to paint paintings of this level."

Chu Tai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he said casually: "That is also very valuable. By the way, if I can provide another piece of information about Hong Yue, can I get a new reward?"

Si Shubai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "You have news about him again? This shouldn't be the case. After this guy escaped, his aura seemed to have been wiped out and he couldn't be found at all. How could you still find him?"

"It's not that I really found him, but I just happened to get a little bit of his aura last time, and preserved it through a special method. Maybe there is a chance that I can calculate his location."

When Si Shubai heard this, his first question was: "Are you selling your aura?"

"Aura is just a pseudonym. The specific information involves a secret technique of my cultivation method."

"Can I watch?"

Chu Tai thought for a while and asked back, "How's the reward?"

"If it is confirmed, I can personally make you another painting like this."

Hearing this, Chu Tai agreed, and then set up the altar to calculate in front of Si Shubai. The previous process was very simple and nothing special. Only at the last moment did he glance at the compass placed beside him as an auxiliary and deduced Hong Yue's position.

After finding some clues, Si Shubai determined the location and left immediately.

Soon, Chu Tai sensed that the 'fate' on Shi Ruotie in the compass began to dissipate, and he realized that Hong Yue must have guessed where the problem was, cut off the connection with the evil magic, and then cast a spell to obscure his own breath and completely erase the perception of 'fate'.

"It seems that the situation in the city is not peaceful..."

Looking at the compass that had lost its ability to perceive, Chu Tai freed Shi Ruotie's Yin Spirit in it, erased his hard-earned magic power, let it return to the heaven and earth, and then let his true spirit return to the underworld, severing his connection with Hong Yue. He also disrupted the operation of his own "fate" on the altar to prevent others from reversely calculating himself.

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