Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 608 Loyalty

Without relying on any magical artifacts, they flew through the air using only their own cultivation. They were able to move freely and without deviation when passing through such a huge and powerful tornado. It was obvious that they were people with strong cultivation.

Li Hongjiu turned to look at Shi Chun, wanting to ask him, "Is this what you call fog that can block outsiders from seeing you? Can it really block them? How could I be so stupid as to believe your nonsense?"

Shi Chun used his right eye's special ability to examine the guests' magical sources and was secretly shocked. He felt that the realm of immortals among men was worthless, as almost all of them were at the Earth Immortal realm, and the three standing in front were even more terrifyingly at the Heaven Immortal realm.

This place is amazing that it can attract so many experts just by revealing a corner of Luohai. It seems that we still suffered from being unfamiliar with the area.

Fortunately, there was no real conflict. Shi Chun was about to offer a few polite words and try to smooth things over when the square-faced man in the middle of the three Celestial Immortals pointed at him and said, "You've disguised yourself. Remove the disguise from your face and let me see."

Shi Chun humbly cupped his hands and said, "It was our ignorance that this precious land was owned, and we caused trouble and disturbed the landlord. We are so sorry, we are really sorry. We will leave now."

But the man wouldn't have it, and rebuked her, "Didn't you understand when I told you to wipe off the disguise on your face?"

Li Hongjiu was slightly surprised and didn't quite understand the logic of these people.

Shi Chun frowned slightly. "We have no grudges against you all, nor have we caused you any losses. We are merely passersby and feel ashamed of our humble appearance. We will not offend your esteemed eyes any further. We will now take our leave."

He turned around and told Li Hongjiu to leave.

Unexpectedly, the man said in a deep voice, "Stop! It's better to wipe it off yourself. If we do it for you, your face won't look good."

Upon hearing this, Shi Chun paused slightly, then conjured a large gourd out of thin air and presented it with both hands, saying, "If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me. This is just a small gift, please accept it with a smile."

This gourd looks somewhat familiar. After recalling where she had seen it before, Li Hongjiu's brows twitched slightly.

They showed no intention of accepting the offer, and scoffed, "In that case, we have no choice but to offend you."

"Wait!" Shi Chunkong pushed him away, "I would like to ask you something. We are complete strangers, why do you insist that I remove my disguise?"

The leader said, "Is that even a question? We're obviously looking for someone."

Shi Chun: "Who are you looking for?"

The leader said, "No need to ask any more questions, just show your face. If you're not the person we're looking for, we'll let you go. Be quick about it, or we'll have to take action."

Upon hearing that they were looking for someone, Shi Chun immediately realized that these people might not be from the vicinity who had been disturbed. He immediately pushed his palm forward again and said, "One more question, did you all follow us here?"

The leader refused to answer, and said in a somber tone, "Are you going to apply it or not?"

Sometimes not answering is also an answer. Shi Chun instantly understood that this was aimed at him and that they had indeed followed him. However, he was puzzled as to why Wu Jinliang had not noticed if they had followed him.

What he didn't know was that because he took many detours to conceal his whereabouts, the tracking method was not to follow him directly, but to track him through a telescope. The telescope would tell the trackers which direction the target was going, so the trackers would skip the detours and take the straight path.

Wu Jinliang's ambush position was precisely on the bend in the road that the pursuers had skipped, so he did not discover that anyone was following him.

Sometimes things are like this: you lose because you're too shrewd.

He now knew he was unlikely to escape, and after quickly assessing the cultivation levels of the group, his heart sank.

As for Li Hongjiu, who had remained silent, after Shi Chun's targeted questioning, she finally understood that he was coming for Shi Chun, no matter how complicated the situation was.

I have to admit I'm impressed with this guy. He's been sneaking around like this for so long, and yet he still managed to get caught. It's unbelievable.

He could also see that the group of people in front of him were all experts. To mobilize so many experts just to catch such a small fish, one must have committed some terrible sins to deserve such treatment.

I asked this jerk not long ago, "You're always causing trouble, is it any fun living like this?" This jerk said it was fine, let's see if she can talk back now.
The reason he remained silent was because he had decided to stay out of it. Getting involved blindly was risky; who knew if it was a trap set by that scoundrel Shi Chun?

Shi Chun wanted to drag him into this mess, even though he knew Li Hongjiu was unlikely to be a match for these people. After all, the other side had even sent three people at the Heavenly Immortal level, leaving them with virtually no chance of fighting back.

He was cursing inwardly. Was it really necessary? He was just a high-level martial artist, yet three celestial immortals were sent to capture him at the same time. Was it really necessary?
However, it is really difficult for him to create an opportunity to escape on his own right now, so he can only hope that Li Hongjiu can lend a hand. After all, when that guy was at the high martial arts level, he could fight against a fifth-grade magic weapon. Now that he has absorbed those divine flames, his cultivation should have increased a lot.

However, after glancing at this grandson's reaction a few times, he understood that the grandson was always on guard against him and didn't trust him at all.

Knowing that openly dragging him into the mess wouldn't work, he pointed to Li Hongjiu beside him and said, "Since you came with us but not for him, then I must be the person you're looking for. This has nothing to do with him. Let him go, and I'll accept my fate and surrender. If you don't let him go, I'll die right in front of you and make sure you get nothing."

"..." Li Hongjiu was stunned, staring at him in disbelief. Really? Was this guy really that loyal? No matter how surprised he was, the result was not bad. He didn't know if Shi Chun's threat of death had worked, but the leader on the other side slightly turned his head and gestured, "You, get out!"

Shi Chun glanced at him and said, "Brother Jiu, we're brothers, this is all I can do. If we meet again in the future, I'll drink three hundred cups with you. Before we part, I have a favor to ask."

No matter what he said, Li Hongjiu wasn't swayed by his talk of loyalty. Prioritizing self-preservation, she simply nodded and said, "Go on."

Shi Chun: "Could you please go to the library and tell them that I can't come back and that they shouldn't wait for me?"

He really wanted to take out the Mother-Child Talisman and contact the woman in red, because he had already guessed which group the other side might be. After all, there wasn't a single demon cultivator among them, so now probably only the woman in red had the ability to save him, since they were on demon territory. However, he also knew that the other side wouldn't give him the opportunity to contact the outside world.

Therefore, this means either to drag Li Hongjiu into the mess, or to send Li Hongjiu to report the incident.

Upon hearing this, Li Hongjiu's first thought was to inform his sister-in-law, who had a powerful background and should be able to find a way to save the person. But then he was horrified and almost burst into a tirade. "You're telling me to inform them? You're just reminding these people that I'll inform them when I leave. Do you think they'll let me go?"

His teeth were practically sticking out, yet he still talked about drinking three hundred cups. He really wanted to stab Shi Chun three hundred times.

Indeed, upon hearing this, the group of people opposite him exchanged glances, and some of them looked at him with ill intent.

But his background is also obvious.

The leader hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not make any moves that would cause trouble. There were many disciples of Yanbao Sect who served in the same court as him, and he would ask Yanbao Sect for help when he needed it. Li Hongjiu was the closed-door disciple of the sect leader of Yanbao Sect, and the higher-ups had not ordered him to deal with her. If he made any moves without authorization, wouldn't he be asking for trouble? Did he really think that his colleagues would keep his secrets for him?
If the other party is someone like Shi Chun with no background, then there's no need to say more. To be on the safe side, just deal with them as well, and they won't cause any trouble. But the Yanbao Sect is not to be trifled with.

Therefore, they let it go and did not try to stop it in any way.

Li Hongjiu glanced at him and was somewhat taken aback. She realized that she might have been judging Shi Chun by her own petty standards. Shi Chun should know whether his affairs would implicate others. After all, Shi Chun had threatened those people with his life. It seemed that she was overthinking things.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

With a wave of his sleeve, the wind and clouds dispersed at his fingertips, and the massive tornado that had gathered immediately dissipated.

Seeing this, Shi Chun secretly groaned and cursed.

I cursed Li Hongjiu for being heartless. She had risked her life to help him escape, and not only was her grandson disloyal, but he didn't even say a kind word. Was he just going to leave so heartlessly?
Secondly, I'm cursing the group in front of me for being crazy. They were about to go and inform someone, and they weren't going to stop them?

At this moment, he was in a difficult situation, unable to persuade Li Hongjiu to stay, and forced a look of relief as he saw her off.

Of course, he also tried to comfort himself, thinking that it was good that the other party was gone. After all, he might not die this time, and he could still use the other party's Thunder Sword in the future. After all, he had shown loyalty this time, and it should be easier to ask for the Thunder Sword again in the future.

Meanwhile, in front of the inn's mirror, Wei Mo muttered to himself, "There's still no reaction inside this tornado. What are they doing inside? Are they chatting?"

He couldn't see the situation in the tornado's mist clearly in the mirror, and he worried that things might have changed.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present showed expressions of emotion.

Nothing more than two people appearing outside the tornado in the mirror image. The mirror image quickly zoomed in and revealed two people covered by cloaks. Then, more than a dozen people flew in and stood guard in front of the tornado, while others quickly flew around the tornado to investigate.

Wei Mo tilted his head and asked, "Who is it?"

The attendant beside him said, "We didn't send that many people. Those who rushed there all went into the wind pillar; they weren't our people."

Not knowing whether they were friend or foe, the group immediately became alert and kept a close watch.

Wei Mo said in a deep voice, "They might be the target's accomplices. Send them a message and warn them to be careful."

"Yes." The attendant immediately took out a mother-child talisman to send a message.

After the people inside the wind pillar read the message on the mother-child talisman, they looked up again and saw that the whirlwind mist was rapidly dissipating, and they could now clearly see the people floating in the air outside.

Seeing their strange reaction, Shi Chun glanced to the side and discovered another group had arrived. Upon closer inspection, he was surprised to find that most of them were demon cultivators.

Li Hongjiu mistakenly thought they were from the other side and didn't take it seriously. He cupped his hands in greeting to the people who had let him pass, said "Take care" to Shi Chun, and then immediately turned and flew away, determined not to get involved in Shi Chun's mess.

However, as soon as he flew out, he realized something was wrong. The people floating outside immediately turned their bodies and heads as soon as they saw him fly out, and their gazes locked onto him like arrows.

(End of this chapter)