Chapter 116

The temporary workers' side acted very swiftly; before the moon rose, they had already fully organized the information and made a request to the upper echelons of the Omnipresent Company. The Company is indeed an organ of the state organization, possessing the wisdom of a big-picture perspective, and did not choose to end everything with violent destruction, but instead issued some hard requirements.

"Tonight we're going to be busy here." Wang Zhenqiu looked at the message on WeChat, couldn't help but sigh, raised his head to look at his four colleagues, and also at Zhou Shuo, Xia Liuqing, and Balun standing nearby.

"That's also you being busy; if possible, we'll start!" Xia Liuqing looked at her sighing disciple, let out a soft hum; he is now eager to go find trouble with Ma Xianhong, but regarding the division of labor, the temporary workers might still need to send someone along.

"Xia Lao Tou is very anxious, so let's make it short: we've basically discussed it here—we want to attack Azure Tour Village, and we'll split it into two parts: one is the ordinary people and superior aptitude individuals in the village, the other is Ma Xianhong on the mountain." The man with black curly hair had a weary expression as he divided the situation.

"We still haven't mentioned Chen Duo!" Zhou Shuo looked at the man speaking; this guy is a temporary worker from China, who used concealed weapons to snipe at me from a distance in battle—his real name is unknown, only known as Hei Guan, whom Wang Zhenqiu calls "Guan Ge," the wartime leader of the temporary workers; his account seems a bit off.

"Don't worry, Chen Duo's side—we've already taken care of it." Wang Zhenqiu grinned and raised his hand.

"Impressive, then let's continue!" Zhou Shuo looked at the grinning youth, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows; the Company really has eyes and ears everywhere, actually managing to take care of the escaped temporary worker, the poison body holy child, without a sound.

"Our manpower is insufficient, so we temporarily hope to discuss with you, Xia Lao Tou, and ask you to help us deal with a group of superior aptitude individuals; as for Ma Xianhong's side, our temporary worker Feng Baobao and this Mr. Zhou will handle it. Of course, you need to turn on your phones, and the rules are mutually understood." The bespectacled, short and plump middle-aged man timidly looked at Zhou Shuo and the two others, spoke the prearranged plan, forming mixed teams for mutual supervision.

"Xia Lao?" Zhou Shuo looked at Xia Liuqing beside him; he had some mental preparation for the mixed team, but Ma Xianhong is Xia Lao Tou's target—is he willing?

"Good, but I don't deal with ordinary people, I also try not to kill, but if I cripple them you can't come after me; after dealing with the superior aptitude I will immediately go find Ma Xianhong." Xia Liuqing stiffened her neck, likewise putting forward her demand; the company's demand for Azure Tour Village is to avoid killing if possible, and Divine Machine Hundred Reflections must not be leaked.

"No problem." Wang Zhenqiu readily agreed.

"By the way, there's one thing I hope nobody fights me over: inside the superior aptitude there's a Zhao Guizhen, and I'll handle him." Xiao Zizai, having recovered, pushed up the glasses on his nose, his face bearing a slightly strange smile that made people feel odd and a bit chilly.

"…………." Facing Xiao Zizai's weird smile, no one picked up the conversation, and the atmosphere instantly became a bit awkward.

"Since there's nothing to add, let's move out, Feng Baobao—let's first go to the Cultivation Hall on the mountain!" Zhou Shuo looked at the awkward Xiao Zizai, waved his hand to end the talk; the plan was all set, just waiting to be carried out.

"Yeah." The girl's dazed big eyes twitched slightly, she raised her hand and made an 'OK' gesture.

"I'll go lure Zhao Guizhen out first, then you do as you please." Xiao Zizai watched the departing man and woman, tightened his backpack, simultaneously took out his phone and sent a message to the target; in the strange expression lit by his phone screen, everyone also began to act.

Not mentioning the actions of Xia Liuqing, Wang Zhenqiu and the others, Zhou Shuo brought the girl behind him, trekked the mountain path toward the Cultivation Hall on the mountain; when they reached halfway, he suddenly saw bright flames blazing in the Azure Tour Village's encampment far away in the hills.

"Xia Lao Tou and his colleagues have clashed." Zhou Shuo looked at the distant flames, involuntarily turning his head to look at the girl who had caught up.

"Ah, it's Da Mai!" Feng Baobao looked at the distant fireworks, nodding her head slightly.

"Should we pick up the speed, by the way? Also, Zhang Chulan didn't come with you this time?" Zhou Shuo looked at the girl showing no reaction to the distant fire, his eyes darting as he quickened his pace and asked for the situation; he wanted to understand the specific turn in the plot.

"That Zhang Chulan kid doesn't want to bother with me, because of Zhang Huayi Disi." Feng Baobao set off to follow Zhou Shuo, her eyes flickering slightly as she explained.

"Then what are you planning to do?" Zhou Shuo looked at the girl closely following him, not surprised by the change; Zhang Huayi was in fact killed by Feng Baobao's own hand, Zhang Chulan previously harbored a grudge and teamed up with anyone who knew everything, and given his nature, lacking enough affection with Feng Baobao, he naturally wouldn't wade into this muddy water for her.

"I don't know, Xu Three and Xu Four are also anxious." Feng Baobao shook her head, letting her hair, flying up in the run, become a bit tangled.

Looking at the shaking‑head girl, Zhou Shuo didn't know what to say, so he lowered his head and rushed toward the Cultivation Hall; before the two reached the Cultivation Hall, they bumped into Ma Xianhong hurrying up from the mountain's base—this Azure Tour Village Village Chief, the newly appointed Sect Leader of the Way of the Celestial Masters, a person not weak in strength, who had already noticed the changes in his own village.

"Feng Baobao, it seems the company isn't planning to let us go?" Ma Xianhong looked at the two approaching, swept his gaze over the unfamiliar Zhou Shuo, and his face changed.

"The matter between the company and Azure Tour Village—let's set that aside for now, Ma Xianhong, I ask you: where did you take Jin Feng Po Po?" Zhou Shuo looked at the youth with a white cloth bound on his forehead, drew his narrow sword in hand.

"Who are you? Come to find Jin Feng Po Po?" Ma Xianhong raised his eyebrows slightly; it turned out he wasn't someone sent by the company.

"I'm Zhou Shuo; I guess Village Chief you're not unfamiliar, let's not waste words—hand over what I want to know, or else…." Zhou Shuo looked at the eyebrow‑raising white‑clad youth, tilted his light‑beam‑like long sword.

"Zhou Shuo, so you're really Zhou Shuo—interesting, you took the Heaven‑Passing Talisman from Zhang Lingyu's hands, huh?" Ma Xianhong looked at Zhou Shuo, suddenly noticing his light‑beam‑like long sword, and his eyes shifted.

"The only thing I can tell you is that Jin Feng Po Po is safe." Ma Xianhong withdrew his gaze from the narrow sword, looked at Zhou Shuo, and spoke slowly.

"Well then……." Zhou Shuo looked at the white‑clad boy who wasn't preparing to explain, lightly swung his long sword, and the light on the blade instantly flickered like fireworks.

"Go." Ma Xianhong looked at the fellow waving his empty sword, his eyes flickered, he raised his right hand slightly, and six red pills flew from behind his head, each emitting a red beam that stabbed toward Zhou Shuo.

In the instant Ma Xianhong acted, Zhou Shuo released the grip on his sword's handle, flashed aside with Feng Baobao to let the six piercing red beams pass; the narrow sword he dropped stayed in place, then with a hiss it automatically dodged the red beams' shooting, turning into a cold light that stabbed straight at Ma Xianhong.

"This sword……." Ma Xianhong looked at the cold light flying from the red beams, his pupils constricted slightly, while the six beads floating behind his head automatically flew to the front of him, pairing up, the red light wove into a light curtain that blocked the cold light.

A blue‑white light pierced the red light curtain at extreme speed, making the curtain twist and deform, but it was not ultimately broken through; the golden light only paused for a second, and under Zhou Shuo's mental command the sword body instantly twisted, like a drill bit stabbing the curtain issuing from the bead, sending sparks flying, the curtain dissolving into flowing luster, and the cold light chased after the retreating Ma Xianhong.

"Village Chief Ma, can't you honestly tell us where Jin Feng Po Po is? It would be good for both of us." Zhou Shuo withdrew the sword light he was about to chase, looked at the youth and asked; he could see beneath the youth's sleeve, black substance and red lines spreading and covering the body.

"Your flying sword can already be called an immortal sword; you refined it, right?" Ma Xianhong looked at the one who had withdrawn the sword light, involuntarily sweating on his forehead; just now he had been a bit careless, the Six‑Union Pearl's defensive power had not blocked the opponent's flying sword as expected, and if he reacted a little slower he would be pierced through the heart by a sword.

"Fine." Zhou Shuo stepped forward, picked up the red bead with some cracks from the ground; the red light it had just emitted could not only pierce and sweep‑cut like a laser, but also had the effect of combining to form a light curtain; although its defensive power was somewhat weaker, it was still a good thing, with diverse effects.

"Hehe." Ma Xianhong looked at the one who had picked up a shattered Six‑Union Pearl, gave a deep chuckle, and at the same time took out a red‑bound yellow pearl from his person; the eye hole where the red binding crossed immediately spewed out a vortex, in which two fuzzy round objects appeared: one was an iron ball with black‑red circuitry, the other was a lion‑head‑shaped object bearing two pairs of dragonfly wings on its back.

"Indeed, as expected of an heir of Divine Machine Hundred Reflections, bring out all your magical treasures!" Zhou Shuo looked at the two items flying in the air, couldn't help but glance at Ma Xianhong; this guy definitely has more than just these few magical implements on him.

"People of Azure Tour Village, listen up, everyone, hurry down the mountain; listen carefully, this matter concerns only me, it's my personal battle, it has nothing to do with you, so get out of my way!" Ma Xianhong released two magical implements, his gaze fixed directly on Zhou Shuo and also on Feng Baobao beside him; while using the implements to send a message down the mountain, he simultaneously released a white doll.

"Ma Xianhong, it's useless; you only now think to persuade them to leave, those people have been tempted by what you displayed, and even if they wanted to leave now they couldn't." Zhou Shuo looked at the one seemingly talking to himself, couldn't help but shake his head; the people down the mountain, especially those who were originally high‑aptitude non‑humans and those who had transformed from ordinary people into non‑humans, would certainly not heed such advice to leave.