Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 484 A Peaceful Scene, Soaring Through the Sky
Whoops! !
The wind whistled past my ears.

The white crane spreads its broad wings and soars high in the spirit world.

Chu Tianshu stood on the crane's back, gazing at the vast天地 (heaven and earth).

Compared to the real world, the terrain of this spirit world is much more complex, with mountains, plains, basins, and an astonishingly large difference in elevation.

It gives people the feeling that this place is more vast, wild, and dangerous than Earth.

He first went to the plantation, changed into clothes made by the people of Deerfield, his thick long hair was tied up, a wooden hairpin was inserted diagonally at the back of his head, he wore a light blue cross-collar garment, a black belt, and a dark blue robe over it.

Even his face had changed slightly, making him look more weathered than his actual age.

These are all for the sake of being safe.

After all, the fact that the Fangfeng tribe of Changzhou Kingdom looks exactly like the humans of Shencheng makes it seem like there's some grand conspiracy involved.

It's hard to say whether there might be a spiritual expert over there who has gathered information about the real world and recognizes Chu Tianshu's face.

Even the fake body that the crane used to possess was not one of the crane species he used to use.

Instead, they chose a white crane with black crests, willow-leaf eyebrows, and scales on its claws—a creature unique to the spirit world—as the prototype and meticulously crafted a new avatar.

Chu Tianshu raised his left hand, and the two-headed snake slightly raised its head, looking down at the earth.

This aerial perspective was also a novel experience for Bu Bai and his companions.

"That's where we used to live."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianshu looked at the vast expanse of misty water, dotted with numerous islands, covered with countless aquatic plants that stretched like forests, with hills and marshes among the islands.

He Lai said, "I have been exploring around here before and landed there. I asked the local spirits and monsters, and they called it Zhenze."

“East of Zhenze lies Changzhou, but it has been obscured by mist for nearly a hundred years. More than a month ago, the mist spread once, but then receded again, and it still obstructs the view.”

"But after that anomaly, the fog thinned out considerably."

As they were talking, the white crane changed direction.

Instead of flying directly east from Zhenze into the mist, he flew along the outer edge of the mist in a long, arc-shaped trajectory.

"Fly to the coast first, and then rush into the fog along the coastline. This is the easiest way, based on my experience from many previous attempts."

Chu Tianshu nodded slightly and waited quietly.

After a long while, the boundary between the land and the sea finally came into view, and the sea surface could be seen.

However, in this spirit world's ocean, only the shallowest areas closest to the coast appear blue.

Looking further into the distance, the sea is an eerie black. Only when the waves are at their most turbulent does the color lighten slightly, like indigo folds.

If the waves are calm, the sea remains dark and murky, making it difficult to tell whether the area is still or turbulent.

"I'm so dizzy!!"

The two-headed snake had only been staring at it for a short while when its head began to shake.

They had hoped to see if they could find any precious light in the deep sea, but the dark sea only made their hearts pound and the world spin.

The snake's cool body suddenly felt somewhat hot.

"Don't stare randomly."

He Lai warned, "Even I, He Lai, would feel uncomfortable staring at that spot for too long."

"Many places in the ocean are deep zones."

Chu Tianshu untied the two-headed snake from his wrist and placed it in a thin, breathable brocade pouch hanging on the right side of his belt.

The medicine mist was sprayed into the brocade pouch, and the two-headed snake would sleep comfortably inside.

“You said before that those spirit world residents, even if they use the passage on the plantation side, cannot freely return to the spirit world.”

Chu Tianshu asked, "Instead, we can only come to the spirit world by using the method of soul transfer, just like real humans?"

He Lai's tone turned slightly somber: "That's right. It's almost as if they've already gained recognition in reality, so of course they'll be subtly rejected by the spirit world."

"My snake, too, got lost in the fog and ended up in reality, but it was able to return to the spirit world wholeheartedly."

Chu Tianshu said, "Perhaps it's because it just accidentally entered reality, while what happened in Shanghai was a swap."

"If that's the case, even if we find the missing people, we probably won't be able to get them back to reality through the plantation passage."

We can't just follow the example of those cults and sects that summon evil spirits by setting up an altar in reality to take these people back.

Those spells were specifically developed to attract evil spirits.

Bringing an ordinary human who is in the spirit world and has already been recognized back to reality—this is something that, even if you search through the records of all religions and sects, you probably wouldn't find a corresponding spell.

"Ugh!"

He Lai said, "The most urgent task is to gather intelligence to prevent this situation from escalating further."

"Hold on tight, I'm charging!!"

The white crane had adjusted its course and was flying straight ahead along the coastline, getting faster and faster as it hurtled into the mist.

Wow! ! !
The moment it plunged into the clouds, the tips of the white crane's wings were marked with distinct white streaks of mist.

Chu Tianshu's protective aura was impervious to heat and cold, but he still felt a slight chill in the surrounding environment, and the outside world turned into a vast white expanse.

He strained his eyes to look ahead, but all he could see was white mist. He looked down and found that he could no longer see the ground.

"Lower it a little."

The white crane did as instructed and descended approximately four hundred meters.

Chu Tianshu could already roughly see the scene on the ground and nodded, saying, "It's ready."

The white crane exclaimed, "It has to be you!"

His body, which is inhabited by a spirit, is easily disturbed. Once he enters the fog, he can only see the ground clearly when he is tens of meters above the ground.

This is not much different from walking directly on the ground.

Moreover, it's easy to get lost while walking around.

Chu Tianshu was still more than 500 meters above the ground at this moment.

Being able to see clearly at this altitude makes flying much easier.

Chu Tianshu said no more, and his third eye on his forehead opened slightly.

This wasn't because the power was turned down, but because he was focusing his gaze to probe forward.

At the same time, he waved his hand, and a faintly twisted, crystalline energy made him and Bai He invisible.

A moment later, Chu Tianshu suddenly said, "Senior Crane, you're flying off course. Adjust to the left by about thirty degrees."

The white crane adjusted its direction as instructed, but after flying for a short while, Chu Tianshu reminded it again.

The deeper the white crane ventured into the fog, the more easily it would unknowingly drift off course. Chu Tianshu reminded it a full twenty-nine times.

Finally, after once again passing through the mountains, the world ahead opened up before us.

Without the fog obstructing the view, the scenery was clear and refreshing.

The land is filled with rows of buildings and crisscrossing stone-paved streets.

All the houses are characterized by the charm of classical Eastern architecture.

The rooftops of the tall buildings rise up, the black tiles are like scales, the eaves are like crescent moons, the golden and red doors and windows are all wooden structures, carved and covered with gauze, and the walls seem to be made of bricks and stones.

However, there are many high-rise buildings with twenty or thirty floors or more.

Moreover, the building is sturdy, giving people a feeling of stability.

In the real world, not to mention those hundred-story buildings, even buildings of twenty or thirty stories can experience slight deformation in windy weather.

With Chu Tianshu's current eyesight, he can easily observe it.

However, the classic high-rise buildings here actually look more stable than reinforced concrete buildings.

Around any classic high-rise building, there are large areas of houses, although they look much shorter.

Chu Tianshu could also tell that the dark blue bricks used in those houses were of similar specifications to those used in the high-rise buildings.

Making bricks is not an easy task. The houses inhabited by the people of Luye were actually made of clay bricks.

Controlling so many bricks, all of the same size, is almost a matter of national strength.

The claims made by the prisoners of the spirit world about the peak of Changzhou Kingdom's national power over the past century seem to be no exaggeration.

Chu Tianshu even saw that the town's main road extended outwards into flat roads, traversing stretches of wilderness and reaching other towns.

Some roads cut directly through the hills and mountains, forming tunnels.

Amidst the rolling hills, plumes of thick smoke rose straight into the sky.

The thickest smoke often comes from the top of a hill, but it is mostly white smoke.

At the foot and middle of the mountain, the smoke is mostly black.

Chu Tianshu focused his attention and looked towards the top of one of the hills.

The white smoke there doesn't come from the chimneys, but from the man-made ponds.

Within the square pond, numerous bronze pillars stand in an orderly fashion, their surfaces engraved with deep yet simple patterns, and filled with countless holes.

A large group of able-bodied young men were busy working beside the pond.

They wore blue headscarves that had faded from washing, their upper bodies were bare, their skin covered in sweat, and their black belts were wrapped many times, cinching their taut waists and abdomens.

The trousers are rolled up to the calves, making the leg muscles work particularly noticeably.

These people used machetes to split open the sacks, pouring large bags of powder into the pond, which immediately filled with thick smoke.

The copper pillar hummed and vibrated, and the powder quickly turned into a thick slurry, gleaming with an orange-red light.

Judging from its appearance alone, it looks just like molten copper, with a brilliant luster that is almost like lava.

But immediately someone directed the slurry to be scooped out from the ditch on the other side of the pond, sealed in barrels, and transported away.

Those people dared to reach into the slurry with their ladles.

The temperature of the slurry doesn't seem as alarming as it appears.

On many other hills, the slurry produced varied in color and viscosity.

However, all of them have such square ponds and bronze pillars.

"Hurry up!!"

Someone ripped off their headscarf, revealing a topknot, and stood on the platform shouting, "Hurry up, everyone!"

"Every moment on the battlefield, our people are bleeding and dying!"

"We must hurry and get the supplies to the battlefield, and drive those damned water monsters back into the sea!"

The shout from the person on the mountaintop had just faded.

Just then, a deep and extremely long sound rang out from the city.

That should be a signal.

Soon, Chu Tianshu saw a large area of ​​low-lying houses in the place where the sound came from.

The roof slowly flipped open to both sides, revealing the huge iron-framed cart inside the house.

A strange bird-shaped sculpture, resembling a hawk but more elongated, sits atop a cart.

A group of burly men lit torches on the tail of the hawk, then immediately dodged away to keep their distance.

The bird-shaped object, which was over ten meters long, emitted a burst of fire and slowly rose into the air.

As it soared into the air, the hawk's tail suddenly exploded, as if its tail feathers were spread out, increasing its speed several times over.

After flying for more than ten miles, the hawk's body exploded a second time.

Its jet-black wings suddenly unfurled, its speed increasing dramatically once more. It crashed and exploded through the air, creating several layers of air rings, before disappearing at the horizon.

Hundreds of strange birds flew towards the horizon at an alarming speed, far beyond Chu Tianshu's field of vision.

"Beyond visual range attack?!"

He Lai exclaimed in surprise, "I have participated in many evaluations of firearms. Any one of those strange birds could probably destroy a skyscraper in an instant!"

“How can you light this with a torch… No, when we interrogated the prisoners, we repeatedly used a spell to confuse them. At least on the surface, Changzhou Kingdom should be a peaceful place.”

"Every town is launching missiles at every turn, is this what you call peace and tranquility?!"

The old man was so angry that he swore.

This scene was clearly far beyond his expectations.

Chu Tianshu also stared into the distance and murmured, "Strange, it's clearly jet propulsion, so why does it need to spread those wings?"

"Hmm, after spreading its wings, it no longer relies solely on jet propulsion; those wings have extremely fine engravings..."

As for the fact that Changzhou Kingdom seemed to be engaged in a large-scale war, he was not surprised at all.

After all, he had experienced the situation of returning to the Tang Dynasty twice and finding that a hundred years had passed.

Moreover, those spirit captives only arrived in the real world a little over a month ago.

More than a month is enough time for a lot to happen.

(End of this chapter)