Chapter 782

In the extreme east of Wuguo, in the outer sea, on a volcanic island shaped like a round disc, covered with large amounts of shrubs and vines.

On the summit, two large stones stood left and right, towering proudly; a snow-white mat was laid on the stones, and a delicate, frail-looking youth in white robes and a stalwart, handsome youth in white robes sat cross-legged on them respectively.

Two rows of white-robed young men and women stood respectively beside the two white-robed youths, about a hundred people in total; Bai Lu, Bai He, and Bai Ji stood in the ranks.

Standing on the summit, one can easily see the shrub forest at the mountain's base.

More than ten mu of shrubland had been leveled, and on it were haphazardly drawn many strange runes; a passage describing the 'substitute peach for plum' stratagem, its whole body flashing with silver light and emitting strong undulations, hovered above these runes, from time to time a ring of silver light spreading outward.

Suddenly, the passage ignited, giving off a rich fragrance of plum blossoms.

The next moment, a tall, slender figure appeared out of thin air, and within the burning text, a lush plum tree in full bloom flashed by.

"Substitute peach for plum, the great plan is accomplished." The white-robed youth seated on the mat, the delicate and frail-looking one, clapped and laughed.

While Pei Feng was inventorying those rare gifts in the palace, suddenly Pei Feng's vision went dark, then inexplicably bright, Pei Feng's body went limp all at once, and a faint fragrance assailed Pei Feng's nostrils.

Having once commanded the Black Phoenix Army in battles across the southwestern frontier for many years, and having been schemed against multiple times by those strange frontier natives, Pei Feng immediately realized that Pei Feng had been plotted against, and moreover that it was a secret technique of displacement that forcibly moves a person.

While the transmission was still in process, Pei Feng had already donned the Wind Feather Linked Armor obtained from a youthful adventure, and tightly gripped the spear whose body was entwined with black flames—the Phoenix Beak Heaven-Burning Spear.

Wu Tie's gifted Little Six Ren Secret Demon Body also erupted at full strength; a dark, eerie phantom resembling a skeletal frame sank into Pei Feng's body, and Pei Feng's aura instantly surged from the peak of the Fetal Storage Realm to the level of the Third Heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm.

Capable of burning all things to ash, if one's cultivation is sufficient even time and space can be reduced to nothing; black demon phoenix flames entwined Pei Feng's whole body, Pei Feng's eyes spat black demon fire, and even Pei Feng's lips turned a non-reflective black.

Pei Feng, appearing out of thin air at the foot of the small volcano, was dressed exactly like this.

The delicate, frail-looking youth seated on the summit clapped and laughed: "Not bad, not bad, I never expected that in this extreme western barbaric land there would be such a beauty… this person is completely opposite in style to the female disciples of my White Lotus Palace."

The White Lotus Palace female disciples, dressed in white long robes, neat and tidy from head to toe, with not a hair out of place, bearing a graceful and handsome charm, all looked over at once and then rolled their eyes.

The small volcano is not high, only over two hundred zhang tall; Pei Feng, hovering in the air, is not far from those White Lotus Palace disciples, and with Pei Feng's strength, Pei Feng naturally heard clearly what that white-robed youth said.

Upon hearing the three words 'White Lotus Palace', Pei Feng immediately recalled what Wu Tie had said about Bai Lu, Bai He, and Bai Ji.

The wandering disciples sent out by the White Lotus Palace to roam the world are all so-called 'Heavenly Gods'; Bai Lu is very likely still a so-called 'King God'… then after Bai Lu suffers a setback, what level of strength will the hundred-odd disciples dispatched by the White Lotus Palace as reinforcements possess?

Black demon flames several zhang long spurted from Pei Feng's eyes; after taking a deep look at the hundred-odd white-robed people standing on the volcano's peak, Pei Feng's body trembled, a great mass of demon flame rolled out behind, and a black demon phoenix with a wingspan of several hundred zhang shot up into the sky, letting out a sharp cry, then carried Pei Feng as it tore through the air westward.

Pei Feng now possesses the strength of the Third Heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm; a single flap of the black demon phoenix's wings behind Pei Feng covers over 120,000 li.

The demon phoenix waved its wings three times in succession, consuming about half of Pei Feng's mana; Pei Feng turned into a stream of black flame and had already rushed out over 360,000 li.

On the summit, the two youths seated cross-legged on the white mat shouted in unison: "Trying to flee? Seize them!"

Standing nearest to that delicate and frail-looking white-robed youth was an extremely tall young woman, nearly half a head taller than an average man, with sword-like brows and a rather heroic visage; she gave a soft hum, rolled her eyes again at the delicate and frail-looking youth, and casually pulled out a half-foot-long jade hairpin from her head.

With a wave and a sweep of her right hand, starlight instantly burst forth across the sky.

The starlight's speed was unmatched, far exceeding Pei Feng's escape speed by several times; in the blink of an eye, the void before Pei Feng split open, and immeasurable starlight surged mightily, forming a Milky Way that barred Pei Feng's path.

The next moment, countless sword qi condensed from starlight in the Milky Way erupted, countless sword lights howling, forming a huge sword wheel that slashed down toward Pei Feng's head.

Pei Feng's long spear burst forth; Pei Feng's spear technique also bore a hint of Old Tie's secret transmission. One after another, straight spear flashes showed no retreat, no weakness; each thrust seemed to burn Pei Feng's entire essence and blood and spirit, each exuding the vigor of battlefield combat, pressing forward relentlessly, and slammed hard into the sky-full of sword light.

The sword lights shattered one after another, and the spear flashes also shattered one after another.

Sword light and spear flash collided violently; Pei Feng's body trembled slightly, each impact forcing Pei Feng to retreat involuntarily by nearly a hundred li. After such continuous impacts numbering in the thousands, Pei Feng helplessly found that Pei Feng had been driven back to that small island.

"Pei Feng, you cannot escape." The delicate and frail-looking white-robed youth smiled at Pei Feng: "I am Bai Wen, the present Civil Star of the White Lotus Palace, in charge of the disciples' discipline, rewards and punishments, and all internal affairs. This person…"

He pointed at the tall, handsome youth sitting beside him, and Bai Wen smiled: "He, Bai Wu, is the current Wu Qu of the Bai Lian Palace. The Bai Lian Palace's leaving the palace, traveling, achievements, rescue, and so on—all external affairs."

With a brilliant smile, Bai Wen slowly rose to his feet and leisurely said to Pei Feng: "It has been many years since the Bai Lian Palace last dispatched both the Wen Qu and Wu Qu together. Pei Feng, you should be proud."

Pei Feng stared coldly at Bai Wen, his whole body burning with black demonic flames, and said sternly: "Using such despicable means, forcibly abducting people—is this the conduct of your Bai Lian Palace? How is this any different from the ways of heretical demons?"

Bai Wen hastily shook his head: "Wait, that makes no sense. If everyone in your Wuguo, from top to bottom, harbored loyal and patriotic hearts, and were wholeheartedly devoted to you and to the Martial King Wu Tie, we could not possibly use the 'substitute peach for plum' scheme to move you over."

So, it's because the hearts of your Wuguo people are corrupt that this incident occurred; no wonder it's the Bai Lian Palace's fault.

Furthermore… our Bai Lian Palace conducts itself openly and aboveboard; how could we be heretical demons? We invited you here merely to resolve the impending catastrophe facing your Wuguo.

Bai Wen looked earnestly at Pei Feng: "So, you must not misunderstand our good intentions… We truly harbor the spirit of worrying for the country and the people, seeking blessings for all under heaven, and have invited you over to have a proper talk."

Bai Wu beside him raised his head to look at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Bai Wen, stop chattering… hurry and send her back to the Bai Lian Palace… I already smell the scent of that scoundrel Qing Feng."