Chapter 488: Showdown with Kunpengzi

"Who goes there?"

The blind old man spoke; he had discerned that Zhou You was not a Witch-person.

Zhou You observed his surroundings calmly; there was only the blind old man on the map, with no other ambushes.

He cupped his hands in a salute and said politely, "Brother, I am from Chongguang Cheng, my name is Long Aotian."

"Hmm, you are blind and it is difficult for you to travel, so why have you also stumbled into this battlefield?"

The blind old man coughed intermittently, and only after a long while did he ask, "You come from Chongguang Cheng; have you heard of the Storage Pocket and Moyunzi?"

It was indeed for this that he had come.

"I have heard of them, but I have not seen them."

Zhou You shook his head and denied it flatly, "Tell me, what are you hiding here for?"

"Waiting for someone."

The blind old man folded his hands and said unhurriedly, "Those who can find this place are no ordinary people; furthermore, you are not some Long Aotian from Chongguang Cheng."

He had been seen through; it was within expectations.

Zhou You stroked the back of his head and laughed heartily, "To tell you the truth, I am Zhou You of Fucheng. Do you recognize me?"

"I do not recognize you, but to be able to find my location, you must understand a bit of Seal Script and ancient characters."

The blind old man analyzed earnestly, "The inheritance of Seal Script is orderly; no nameless nobody could just barge in."

He paused and analyzed, "If you are Zhou You, then it makes sense. I have heard that you follow the great scholar Ceng of Gongliang City to study literature, and he is an expert in Seal Script."

"It is alright; at least I did not lose face for Ceng Fuzi," Zhou You said modestly. "I only deciphered the location on the withered leaf and followed the path here. Who are you waiting for?"

"I am waiting for a person named Moyunzi. He might be nearby, or he might not."

The blind old man beckoned to him and said softly, "Since you have come, do not leave. Stay and wait with me!"

"Brother, do not tease me. Who knows if the person you are waiting for is an enemy or a friend? I do not want to be dragged into trouble for no reason."

"There is no trouble; it is just an old friend meeting."

The blind old man said slowly, "Moyunzi's situation is worrying; a dangerous enemy is watching him from the shadows, and I must warn him in person."

"That enemy should be called Kunpengzi, right?"

Zhou You spoke suddenly, startling the blind old man, who asked in return, "How do you know?"

"Not only do I know, but I also know that Kunpengzi is in this battlefield. That old fellow is very insidious, skilled at disguises, and could be anyone."

Zhou You glanced at the blind old man, "Perhaps, you are Kunpengzi."

The blind old man was stunned, then laughed heartily, "Me? I am Kunpengzi? That is too funny."

Zhou You watched him laugh; the more he laughed, the more exaggerated it became, until transparent tears flowed from his empty eye sockets.

"If you are not Kunpengzi, why did you secretly use the Seal Script 'Delude' to try and control me the moment we met?"

This sentence from Zhou You truly made the blind old man take him seriously. His expression changed, "You are not Zhou You?"

The Zhou You in his information was merely a Commoner youth from a third-rate martial arts school, with talent and luck at a medium-high level, and the Ceng Fuzi he followed was also a scholar outside the Dao; it was impossible for him to have come into contact with secrets of this level.

"If I am not Zhou You, then you are not Kunpengzi."

Zhou You did not answer directly, "Let me guess: you deliberately used your methods to distort the information on the withered leaf, merely to get ahead of the real target, intercept Moyunzi, use disguise to deceive him and gain his trust, and then take the opportunity to plot against him."

"After harming Moyunzi, you would then disguise yourself as Moyunzi to find the real target, playing both sides."

"A good scheme, consistent with your usual style of conduct: stripping the bones to suck the marrow, consuming everything."

The wind swept through the surroundings; only Zhou You's voice could be heard, and the blind old man listened quietly.

After a long while, the blind old man spoke, "I did not expect that there would be someone like you in this world who understands me so well. I truly want to treat you as a confidant, but unfortunately, before the great undertaking is complete, I can only kill you to silence you."

He stomped on the ground, causing it to tremble and shake; the soil parted, revealing a massive stone slab buried beneath.

The stone slab was covered in dense Seal Script; each character looked like a bird spreading its wings to fly, yet also as ethereal as swirling clouds.

Cloud Bird Seal Script, hiding murderous intent! Zhou You scanned it roughly and knew the function of this stone slab: it was used to amplify the effect of the Seal Script 'Delude'.

Kunpengzi's signature skill was to strike directly at the human heart, performing acts of bewitchment, deception, and the like.

He turned around, using the folds of the Witch Banner to dodge, attempting to leap out of the stone slab's range of influence.

"Too late, too late!"

Kunpengzi muttered to himself, pointing his fingertip at the stone slab on the ground. Countless Seal Script characters lit up in unison, and a unique power expanded, covering this space in an invisible, massive web.

His aura changed abruptly; he was no longer the frail old man of before, but a dignified and ruthless elder.

He kept saying, "Bow your head and surrender, obey my orders, and I will spare your life."

This was Zhou You experiencing the power of the Seal Script 'Delude' at close range. Facts proved that Kunpengzi had been immersed in this path for many years, with a profound foundation far beyond his own half-baked level.

The bewitchment that twists the human heart, the deception that blinds the senses, the confusion that traps one in a self-made prison, and so on...

From this, it was evident that Kunpengzi followed the path of combining characters, rather than extending from primary to secondary fonts.

The massive stone slab was a tool to amplify the Cloud Bird Seal Script; as the characters were weighed one by one, they formed a violent mental storm.

Zhou You was hit instantly, standing frozen in place, his eyes covered in a layer of gray-white.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Kunpengzi breathed a sigh of relief. A mere martial master, even with some knowledge, was still like a small bird before him, to be crushed with a flip of his palm.

He stroked his knees, about to issue an order, when suddenly...

A cold wind swept by, and a chill struck.

Kunpengzi was, after all, a high-level martial master, and he was proficient in the Seal Script 'Delude'; he primarily cultivated his heart in his daily life, having long since trained his mind to be incomparably sharp.

The moment before the danger arrived, his body reacted automatically, sidestepping the unexpected spear thrust.

Zhou You held the Iron Spear high, turning it into an afterimage that grazed Kunpengzi's arm, slicing open a bleeding gash.

He felt a slight regret in his heart; the opportunity he had fought so hard to gain by playing the fool had been wasted.

"You, you are actually able to break my Seal Script Power?"

Kunpengzi clutched his arm, his face full of shock.

Zhou You smiled, put away his Iron Spear, and said modestly, "A mere parlor trick, not worth mentioning."

His understanding of the Seal Script 'Confusion' was no less than Kunpengzi's, and he had already developed a targeted 'Decipher Confusion' technique, which he had written into a talisman book and hidden against his chest.

Just now, under the inundation of the all-pervading Seal Script Power, the power burst forth from the talisman book allowed him to remain clear-headed and seize the opportunity to strike back.

"Very good, you hold a talisman book and break into the Witch Banner as if entering an empty space."

Kunpengzi nodded slightly, "It seems your background is extraordinary; you are a pawn of some great power in the Dao!"

While saying this, Zhou You noticed that there were two thin slits on the web of Kunpengzi's hands, as if they were closed eyelids.

Suddenly, those two slits split open violently, revealing two eyeballs, whoa!

So Kunpengzi was not blind, but had moved his eyeballs to his hands; this was too bizarre.

Eyes record visual information from the outside world and must be stable; a head is far more suitable than hands, and placed on the hands, the line of sight would sway back and forth, enough to make a person dizzy and nauseous.

(End of this chapter)