Chapter 158: The Blockade

Meng Yifan circulated his cultivation technique and slowly finished his session; the Cold Gang Qi outside his body returned to his Qi Sea Dantian, while the Yin Spiritual Power gathered into his Mud Pill Palace.

The Mud Pill Palace is the dwelling place of the Divine Soul and is extremely mysterious; as the Spirit Power merged into it, earth-shaking changes occurred within the Mud Pill Palace.

Meng Yifan's Divine Soul sat cross-legged in the center of the Mud Pill Palace, surrounded by wisps of Yin Spiritual Power that rotated continuously, bit by bit refining the Divine Soul, causing the Divine Soul to grow steadily and his Spiritual Power to increase constantly.

This is also the reason why an Immortal Cultivator's Divine Soul is more powerful compared to that of a Martial Artist.

Meng Yifan stood up and said to Liu Zhongyong, "Uncle Liu, I have already neutralized the Corpse Poison; now I am going to deal with Zuo Moyan's Spirit Core."

Liu Zhongyong nodded and said, "He has gone into hiding; are you confident you can find him?"

"I am confident." Zuo Moyan's Spirit Core must be hiding in someone inside Wanxiang Tower. If Meng Yifan had not become an Immortal Cultivator, it would not have been easy to find Zuo Moyan's Spirit Core. The simplest method would have been to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go, slaughtering everyone inside Wanxiang Tower, which would naturally finish off Zuo Moyan's Spirit Core.

However, Wanxiang Tower is a very famous shopping venue in Luolong County, with at least over a hundred customers and eighty or ninety staff members inside; the vast majority of these people are innocent.

If he killed them, Meng Yifan's conscience would be uneasy, and the Game Panel would also deduct Experience Value, so unless it was a last resort, Meng Yifan would not kill the innocent indiscriminately.

But now that Meng Yifan has become an Immortal Cultivator, finding Zuo Moyan's Spirit Core is much simpler.

"Then go ahead. Keep this painting well; it will help you stay calm and composed while practicing your cultivation technique." Liu Zhongyong rolled up the painting and handed it to Meng Yifan.

Meng Yifan knew this painting was a treasure, so he carefully stored it in his Space Ring, then executed Lingbo Microsteps and ran toward Wanxiang Tower.

At this moment, Wanxiang Tower had already been surrounded by soldiers led by Meng Dayong. Not only that, but over twenty thousand commoners from Luolong County had also gathered around. It could be said that Wanxiang Tower was now surrounded three layers deep inside and out; truly, not even a fly could fly out.

"Military master, let me out! I just came to Wanxiang Tower to buy a Pill; I'm not their accomplice, let me out!"

"That's right, Lord Meng, have you forgotten? I'm the agency clerk who helped you buy the house; we know each other. I just happened to come to Wanxiang Tower to buy a Pill. Please show mercy and let me go back first."

"Military master, my baby is at home waiting for me to go back and feed it. How long are you going to keep this blockade up? Just be kind and let me go home."

Meng Dayong led his fully armed soldiers, aiming their long guns and short cannons at Wanxiang Tower, seemingly ready to blast Wanxiang Tower to the ground at any moment. This formation terrified the customers inside Wanxiang Tower, who begged one after another for Meng Dayong to let them leave first.

"All of you stay inside Wanxiang Tower; no one is allowed to leave!" Meng Dayong gathered his Qi into his Dantian and shouted loudly.

"Let me leave! I don't care, my child is waiting for me at home; do you want my child to starve to death?" That plump woman, twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, ignored everything and tried to rush out. The other customers in Wanxiang Tower followed behind; if Meng Dayong let that woman go, they would also follow and leave.

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer; seeing this formation, they figured a fight would break out in Wanxiang Tower soon, and these innocent people all wanted to leave this place of trouble as quickly as possible.

Ever since Meng Yifan occupied Luolong County, the army he led had strict discipline and never committed the slightest offense against the common people. This led some to believe that Meng Yifan's army would not dare to open fire on the commoners. The woman had a sharp-tongued personality and relied on this point to dare to charge at the checkpoint set up by the soldiers.

Seeing the situation turning chaotic, Meng Dayong raised a Bird Gun and decisively pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" With a crisp gunshot, a scorching Lead Bullet struck at the woman's feet, missing her instep by a hair's breadth.

Some stone fragments chipped off the Blue Stone floor grazed the woman's cheek, scaring her into a scream; she retreated repeatedly and sat down on the ground with a thud.

"The soldiers fired a gun! The soldiers fired a gun!" The woman's face turned pale, her body trembled violently like a sieve, and a foul-smelling yellow liquid flowed down her legs.

"Anyone who charges the checkpoint again will be executed without mercy!" Meng Dayong shouted loudly, "First Company, prepare!"

The First Company, where Zhang Shagen was, followed the order and raised their Bird Guns one after another. Some soldiers also set up Elm Cannons and Tiger Crouching Cannons. So many pitch-black gun barrels and cannon muzzles scared the customers who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rush out, making them shrink back in a hurry.

"Lord Meng, let me go in. Once I'm inside, I won't come out. My son is inside; he was refined into a Zombie by the owner of Wanxiang Tower. I want to go see him." Wang Laoshi pleaded.

Ever since Meng Yifan used the Luolong County Great Seal to notify the subjects loyal to him of the scene where Zuo Moyan refined Zombies, Wang Laoshi's heart had turned to ash. No matter what his son had become, he just wanted to see him now.

Meng Dayong felt a pang of sympathy for Wang Laoshi's plight, but when Meng Yifan left in a hurry, he had said to blockade Wanxiang Tower and that no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Although Meng Dayong did not know why he had to do this, since Meng Yifan had said so, there must be a reason for it. As his father, he just needed to follow the orders.

"You cannot enter Wanxiang Tower right now. Please wait a moment; once we solve the problem inside Wanxiang Tower, we will naturally hand your son's body over to you." Meng Dayong comforted him with kind words.

Wang Laoshi was burning with anxiety, but he still did not dare to charge the checkpoint; he could only nod helplessly and continue to wait.

The clerks and the manager inside Wanxiang Tower were all trembling, because they had already learned from the shouting of the commoners outside that the owner of Wanxiang Tower was using children on the fifth floor to refine Zombies. Such a conscience-less act had thoroughly enraged all the commoners in the city.

If it weren't for Meng Dayong leading men to surround Wanxiang Tower, those twenty thousand commoners would have rushed in and torn them all to pieces.

In fact, many of the clerks at Wanxiang Tower had never even entered the fifth floor; they were just employees and had no idea that Zuo Moyan was hiding on the fifth floor using commoners to refine Zombies.

But now, because of Zuo Moyan's evil deeds, these clerks and the manager had to bear the anger of the commoners; they were truly like a mute eating coptis—unable to voice their bitterness.

Meng Yifan's speed had soared to supersonic, and after tapping a few times on the heads of the crowd, his body appeared in front of Meng Dayong.

Meng Dayong looked Meng Yifan up and down with pleasant surprise, finding his son's complexion rosy and his spirit full, and said, "Yifan, are you alright?"

Meng Yifan smiled and said, "Father, don't worry, I'm already fine."

"That's good, that's good." Meng Dayong had only this one son, and Meng Yifan was his lifeblood; he would rather die himself than see anything happen to Meng Yifan.

"Father, during this time, has anyone entered or left Wanxiang Tower?" Meng Yifan asked.

"No," Meng Dayong said.

"That's good. Father, you lead the men to continue the blockade here; I will go in and destroy Zuo Moyan's Divine Soul." After saying this, Meng Yifan walked into Wanxiang Tower.