Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 391 Escape from the tiger’s mouth
As a result of Ren Yuan's continuous support, the flying car's defensive mechanisms managed to withstand Ge Rong's wave after wave of varied flying feather attacks.

Seeing that his ranged attacks were ineffective and that he dared not approach, Ge Rong grew increasingly anxious. However, the power displayed by the 'Royal Salute' made it impossible for him to give it up.

Just as he was caught in a dilemma, Ge Rong suddenly sensed something was wrong, quickly stopped his pursuit, and transformed back into human form.

Once transformed back into human form, normal intelligence regained its dominance, and all of his magical power could be unleashed.

The only problem is that without the speed of the Roc, it can't catch up with the 'Royal Salute' that streaks of sparks and lightning.

But he couldn't care less about that now, because he had been chasing after them so recklessly that he had unknowingly entered Du Luozhou's territory!
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Du Luozhou was already in a bad mood. After his right and left arms were killed in the fighting, there was no hope of attacking Hulao Pass.

Now he was completely trapped in a state of despair, with nowhere to go, and could only drown his sorrows in alcohol every day.

That day, Du Luozhou was drinking alone again.

While drinking, he cursed Ge Rong as a scoundrel who had previously instigated Gao Huan to assassinate him and now had seduced Feng Tietou into turning against him. He said he was doomed to be in Ge Rong's hands for the rest of his life.

As he was cursing and swearing, Du Luozhou suddenly sensed that familiar aura that he loathed. He immediately threw his wine glass to the ground and said viciously, "Good thing you've come!"

With that, he vanished from the hall.

When he reappeared, he was already in mid-air, meeting Ge Rong, who had just transformed back into human form.

Enemies meeting are bound to be furious. Du Luozhou cursed loudly, "Ge Rong, you bastard! Wasn't it enough that you were hiding behind the scenes and doing evil? Now you've finally come to our door in person?!"

"We can talk about this another day. I don't have time to waste with you today." Ge Rong looked anxiously at the 'Royal Salute' flying further and further away and said in a deep voice, "Get out of the way!"

"I don't care what you do, don't even think about passing through my territory!" Du Luozhou also saw the flying car and wondered what the hell it was.

But it doesn't matter what it is. As long as it's something that annoys Ge Rong, he's happy to lend a hand.

"Fine, so you're determined to be my enemy!" Ge Rong roared in fury. "And I was still thinking about that old friendship!"

"Bullshit about incense offerings!" Du Luozhou spat fiercely. "You've ruined me, I'm barely human, I'm at my wit's end! And you still care about even a shred of incense offerings?"

"Fine, fine, I've been letting you off easy. Today I'll show you what it's like when I don't show any mercy." Seeing that things couldn't go on without a fight, Ge Rong rolled up his sleeves.

"I've wanted to beat you up for a long time!" Du Luozhou grinned maliciously, raising his fist the size of a sandbag. The fist flew like a meteor, smashing towards Ge Rong's face with tremendous force!
Ge Rong also angrily attacked, kicking the star to shatter it!
The two demigods started fighting in the air, and soon they were really fighting, only wanting to kill each other. They didn't care about the 'Royal Salute' anymore.
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Du Luozhou's appearance was expected by Ren Yuan and the others. Having suffered such a great loss in Xingyang, he would definitely hold Ge Rong accountable.

That's why Ren Yuan and the others drove their car over Xuchang to lure Du Luozhou out and cause trouble for Ge Rong.

This worked incredibly well, effectively trapping Ge Rong in Xuchang...

Ren Yuan and the others naturally wouldn't waste this precious opportunity. They spurred the flying chariot forward at full speed, flying all the way to Xuzhou before slowing down.

We had to slow down because we were running out of fuel...

Holding up his empty basket, Yang Zhong shouted, "What's going on? Weren't we supposed to fly all the way to Jiankang in one go?!"

"What I meant was normal flight, where fuel consumption is definitely slower. We're flying at full speed the whole time, so of course the consumption is much higher!" Zu Geng explained loudly.

"I understand, I understand." Ren Yuan said, peering down, trying to find Pengcheng in the miniature Xuzhou area.

"Hopefully the army hasn't withdrawn yet, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble."

Before he had finished speaking, a figure flew straight up and arrived at the slowly moving flying car in the blink of an eye.

It was Yu Tianmin who arrived. Upon seeing the fierce-looking flying car, he was stunned for a moment before exclaiming with delight, "Oh, it really is the captain!" Ren Yuan also smiled and clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "Brother Yu, we're back."

"What, you already knew?" Chen Baxian asked.

"Yes, I was listening to Commander Chen's discussion in the tent just now when he suddenly said that you had arrived and asked me to go up to the sky to greet you," Yu Tianmin replied.

"Chen Shuai is here too, that's great!" Ren Yuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Qingzhi's name was synonymous with a sense of security. Only when they were back by his side could they feel safe at home.

"Yes, while you were away, we were all fighting with Commander Chen in Xuzhou..." Yu Tianmin explained, then suppressed his curiosity and asked, "What kind of flying magic weapon is this? It looks so... cool?"

"Is this the Yanhuang Flying Chariot built by Zu Sima?" Ren Yuan opened the car door and invited him to get in and sit with him, saying, "Come on, let me take you for a ride."

"Okay!" Yu Tianmin was more than happy to oblige and immediately jumped into the car.

However, he hadn't forgotten his business and hung a yellow flag on the side of the car door.

The flag fluttered in the wind, and the majestic qilin on it was very eye-catching.

It serves as a constant reminder to friendly forces not to accidentally harm their own people.

Zu Geng then drove the chariot slowly towards the distant Liang army camp.

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On the flying car.

Zu Geng only designed five seats, so Yang Zhong turned the empty fuel basket upside down and let him sit on it.

Yu Tianmin didn't mind at all. He sat on the frame, happily touching and looking at everything, extremely excited.

"How can this car fly?" he kept asking while touching it.

"If you can fly, why can't a car?" Chen Baxian retorted.

“That makes sense.” Yu Tianmin nodded, then asked, “Then why don’t you make it look like a boat?”

"Wouldn't that make it a spaceship?" Yang Zhong said. "Then you'll ask, why don't you make it look like a car?"

"Haha, that makes sense, that makes sense." Yu Tianmin agreed wholeheartedly. "But this car doesn't even have a roof, what happens when it rains?"

"Just fly up into the clouds and that'll solve it..."

"oh oh……"

After he finished his initial excitement, Ren Yuanfang asked, "What's the situation in Xuzhou right now? Why did Commander Chen keep you all here?"

“We left in such a hurry that we didn’t know the Emperor had appointed Commander Chen as General of Wuwei, leading 20,000 Imperial Guards north to meet the monk Yuanfa. Commander Chen’s previous takeover of Guangling and reinforcement of Xingyang were just incidental actions.” Yu Tianmin then said, “Now that the Imperial Seal has been recovered, Commander Chen should naturally return to his primary responsibility.”

"I see." Ren Yuan nodded, then asked, "How is Monk Yuanfa now?"

“He’s completely obedient now.” Yu Tianmin laughed. “He has lost all popular support and his reputation is ruined. He can only rely on us.”

"How so?" everyone asked with great interest.

(End of this chapter)