Chapter 2291

"Xu Anqing is also an immortal, not easy to deal with." Liu Qingdao was somewhat surprised, but immediately said, "I'll bring people over to Yuefu Inn right away!"

Although it's unknown who leaked the news, it's better to believe it than not.

Anyway, making the trip isn't troublesome.

If we can capture Xu Anqing, it would also be beneficial for persuading the Qixia Sect to surrender later.

"Go." He Lingchuan's eyes never left the letter.

The handwriting on this shows vigor and strength in its spirit, like a strange pine on a cliff thousands of feet high.

The person who sent this arrow message must understand the current situation well, seeing through Weian City's predicament and able to obtain internal information from the Qixia Sect.

Xu Anqing sneaked into Weian City, surely acting covertly—why would the arrow-sender know? Is he inside the Qixia Sect?

There's also the most fundamental question: why would this person help Weian City deal with the Qixia Sect?

He Lingchuan sensed a trace of unusual aura.

……

At this time, Elder Xu of the Qixia Sect was staying at Yuefu Inn in Weian City, gazing out at the torrential rain outside, his thick brows furrowed tightly.

After Elder Xu finished the last spoonful of stone flower jelly, the disciple beside him took the bowl with both hands, respectfully and reverently.

At his current cultivation level, he could already go years without eating grains, untouched by mortal food. But having hidden in Weian City these past days, he found the city truly had too many novel things—such as this simple bowl of stone flower jelly that stirred his appetite.

The ingredient of stone flower jelly is sea stone flower, but Weian City is not near the sea, so ten years ago the citizens couldn't even eat it. However, relying on the unprecedentedly developed transportation, dried stone flower grass can be shipped from Jukou Port all the way here, and local vendors just need to boil out the gelatin, add fruit cubes, honey, or cow's milk, even a bit of herbal medicine, making it the most popular summer dessert, cooling and reducing heat.

Elder Xu originally liked sweet food, and within these three days he had drunk six or seven bowls; today's bowl was also bought back by Lu Jingye from outside, and he still remembered his fellow disciples each having a share.

Elder Xu came to this city for two days, seeing the residents seemed not particularly panicked, one side cursing the Qixia Sect for clinging to antiquity and overreaching, the other side firmly believing Cangyan could solve the water cutoff dilemma. What puzzled Elder Xu most was that the idle people of Weian and surrounding towns spontaneously went into the mountains to search for the "Qixia Sect mountain gate" that had been hidden!

Not just one or two, not ten or a hundred, but at least several thousand people were loitering outside!

The current wild mountains and forests are not as safe as before, often with demon beasts and strange creatures roaming, so these people usually form teams of fifty to a hundred to enter the mountains, often calling themselves XX Squad, making noise all along the way.

Elder Xu couldn't understand.

Are these people courting death? If they don't find it, fine—just clownish behavior; but if they blindly bump into a dead mouse and actually strike luck by discovering the Qixia Sect's mountain gate, then one comes, one dies; a thousand come, a thousand die—the Qixia Sect won't be polite!

These civilians are too oblivious to danger, truly lacking basic reverence for immortals, demons, and supernatural powers!

Elder Xu's disciples also cursed: "A bunch of frogs in a well! No idea how they've managed to survive until now!"

Then, the torrential rain poured down from the sky, lasting four or five hours without a moment's pause.

This celestial phenomenon came unusually; Elder Xu knew the rain was unnatural.

Qixia Sect disciples don't need to search the whole city; upon stepping out, they heard that Weian City, sparing no cost, was transporting water from the Lu River, and today even used Yuan energy to pray for rain, striving to gain a bit more rainwater for the citizens.

This posture looks like they intend to stubbornly hold out.

Elder Xu was worried and anxious.

The disciples comforted their master: "With millions of mouths needing water, this bit of rain is just a drop in the bucket; besides, this rain isn't something you can pray for every day. Once they're thirsty enough to smoke from their throats, internal chaos will erupt in Weian City, naturally increasing pressure on Cangyan."

"Where is Tang Jingye?" Elder Xu suddenly recalled this person, "Call him here."

This time the Qixia Sect emerged from seclusion, Sect Leader Yuan only sent Tang Jingye and Tian Wu out to gather information and collect Xuan crystals in the mortal world.

It's not that the Qixia Sect doesn't want to gather more information, but the sect's population is inherently small, so only elites can be dispatched. The Qixia Sect has been in seclusion for over 150 years, and its stored Xuan crystals are not abundant; the number of disciples the blessed land can accommodate is also limited.

As Weian City is the seventh major city of Cangyan, with many foreign merchants, locals aren't wary of unfamiliar faces. But the Qixia Sect has been secluded for too long, so many details need attention. Thus, Elder Xu's infiltration of Weian City made Tang Jingye a crucial guide. Over the past two days, all Qixia Sect members staying in Weian City were arranged by Tang Jingye, and indeed, he arranged everything clearly.

The disciples exchanged glances:

"Tang Shushu is not here."

"Not here?" Elder Xu frowned, suddenly sensing something wrong, "Where did he go?"

"Tang Shushu bought the sweet drink and brought it back, then went out with Liaohan Shidi, saying Ying Mountain had another movement today, seemingly heading to Mianyang Mountain, so they went first to gather information."

Elder Xu hummed, and suddenly a strange thought occurred to him:

How has Tang Jingye suddenly become so capable lately?

This disciple handles affairs meticulously, with extraordinary talent; otherwise, the Qixia Sect wouldn't keep idle disciples, nor would he have been retained in the small blessed land for over a hundred years. But upon his return this time, he first presented a strategy adopted by the sect leader, and this arrangement for infiltrating Weian City was also thoroughly planned, as if he knew every detail inside and outside the city.

He only emerged from his cave ten or so days earlier than his fellow sect brothers—could he really know the place so well?

This thought flashed through his mind, and just as he was about to speak, a sudden sharp pain struck his abdomen, making him involuntarily bend over!

Elder Xu's shock was truly no small matter.

One benefit of cultivating the Dao is that no illness arises. He can't even recall when he last had abdominal pain like an ordinary person.

This pain felt as if someone had poured a basin of strong acid into his stomach, his five viscera and six bowels nearly corroded away!

Poisoned? Elder Xu hastily turned his inner vision inward, only to see his esophagus corroded into a large hole, with a gelatinous, sticky substance spreading between his heart, lungs, liver, and gallbladder!

Immortals are famed for having indestructible diamond-like bodies, but that refers to the physical form. The viscera are originally soft; although immortals also have methods to cultivate the five viscera and six bowels, truly being able to forge them as hard as iron and stone is rare.

Compared to the exterior, it is indeed very weak.

Not every immortal possesses the talent of Qianfen True Person, who can directly set up an immortal-demon battlefield inside his own belly.

Once this substance enters his body and exerts force, it's like a bandit disguising himself to enter the city and then launching a massacre, bullying those who are utterly defenseless.

Moreover, the speed of this substance's expansion and movement is astonishingly fast—from the host feeling discomfort to corrosion piercing the liver and gallbladder, it took only a few breaths.

This, this is actually a living thing!

"Elder!" The surrounding disciples exclaimed in shock, rushing forward to support him.