Chapter 107: Seems Useless

Wei Yuan secretly felt ashamed. Xu Waner's concealment Dao technique was quite remarkable; if he didn't have the Tinghai Xianjun's karma formation disk in his hand, he definitely wouldn't have been able to find her. Before setting off, Wei Yuan habitually reviewed the information first.

Lan Shen Palace was located one thousand three hundred li northwest of Quliu Town, and its mountain gate had been destroyed several years ago. Since cave heaven fragments had fallen there, it also meant that space was exceptionally fragile, and if a Dharma Form True Person were to strike with full strength, it would likely lead to unforeseen consequences. At the same time, the effects of various karma, Feng Shui, prediction, and tracking spells would be greatly discounted, while curses would produce some unpredictable changes. Choosing to meet there, once an accident occurred, it would be easy to escape in the chaos.

Judging from the information Yun Feifei replied with, she should also be being hunted, but it was unknown what faction was hunting her.

Since he had definite news of Yun Feifei, Wei Yuan didn't delay any longer. He took out a small silver bottle and said to Xu Waner: "Open your mouth."

Xu Waner obediently opened her mouth, letting Wei Yuan pour a drop of liquid into it, which she then swallowed.

"This is the Immortal-Severing Liquid. As long as my divine sense moves, it can dissolve your Dharma body, leaving you with only a Primordial Spirit. Also, don't think about running away; once you can't sense my divine sense, it will also take effect after three days. Once I see Yun Feifei, I will naturally give you the antidote," Wei Yuan said.

"I won't run away," Xu Waner nodded, not resisting at all.

Wei Yuan waved his hand, and Xu Wenwu, who had been on the wall, landed on the ground. Although he had his back to the two of them, he had heard everything that just happened. Now that he had gained his freedom, he also crowded over, tilted his head back, closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and stuck out his tongue, preparing to take poison to demonstrate his loyalty.

Wei Yuan pushed him away.

Tinghai Xianjun-Severing Liquid was no ordinary poison; it was also bestowed by the Tinghai Xianjun and could be triggered from a distance with divine sense, making it quite valuable. People like Xu Wenwu, who could be wiped out with a wave of his hand, didn't need to waste immortal medicine on.

After Xu Waner took the Immortal-Severing Liquid, Wei Yuan returned everything he had searched to her, and then organized his gear, preparing to leave Quliu Town. This time, with Wei Yuan watching and another guy eyeing them covetously, Xu Waner was too embarrassed to hide things in her physical body again, so she simply packed a backpack and carried it on her back.

Before leaving, Wei Yuan handed Wang Lang's corpse to the innkeeper in exchange for eight hundred taels of immortal silver. This job was completed cleanly and neatly, so the innkeeper added another fifty taels to build a good relationship.

Although the bounty was set by Xu Waner, Wei Yuan couldn't take her money directly; wouldn't that be the same as robbery? Collecting the bounty was different; Wei Yuan accepted this money with a clear conscience, even though Wang Lang was killed by Xu Waner. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves wealth and takes it in the right way.

In the blink of an eye, everything was ready, and Wei Yuan took the two of them to the old site of Lan Shen Palace. Before leaving, Wei Yuan bought two horses for transport, and the three of them set off on horseback. Honestly, Xu Waner felt that Wei Yuan's decision was quite strange; as a Dao Foundation cultivator, flying with magic tools was the fastest, and three mortal horses traveling were like snails. But since Wei Yuan had decided, she didn't say anything more and accepted it gently.

The night was still thick, and the three thin horses slowly left the Lying Flat Inn, heading east through Quliu Town, and only after leaving the town did they head northwest. Just this circle alone would probably take until dawn.

In the large mansion in the north district of Quliu Town, a young swordsman with bandages wrapped around his face sat in the center of the main hall, his face gloomy. Below the hall, a servant was being whipped. Those holding the whips were all delicate young girls, but the whips fell heavily and viciously, with blood splashing everywhere with every lash.

The servant was whipped until he kept rolling, screaming repeatedly. After several dozen lashes, the young swordsman finally vented his anger a little and ordered people to stop the whipping.

"Trash! I told you to catch someone, and you couldn't even handle such a small matter! You caught the wrong person six times in a row; what use are you!"

With this roar, the wounds on his face burst open again, and blood stained the bandages red. A young girl beside him immediately said softly: "Young Master, the wounds have opened again, let me go to the back and change your medicine!"

"Not in the mood!"

The girl hung onto him: "Then changing it here is fine too."

The young swordsman waved his hand and pushed the girl hanging on his arm away, annoyed: "I said I'm not in the mood! This time it's really like seeing a ghost; the injury is healing so slowly, even the medicine from the Life and Death Hall is useless."

The girl said: "Could it be that you were cursed? Why not go find a Master to dispel it?"

"It seems I do need to find a Master." The young swordsman suddenly remembered something and asked: "Isn't there a fool named Li something recently, claiming to be the 'Double Excellence of Tripod and Sword', causing quite a stir? Why wasn't he caught and brought back to me?"

A burly man standing by the hall stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Young Master, that guy has already left overnight. He also has two accomplices. However, they were all riding mortal horses when they left, so they should all be liars. At that time, I wanted to chase the 'Soul-Extinguishing Tripod' Yu Yirou, so I didn't pay attention to him."

The young swordsman became a bit interested: "Yu Yirou? I heard she has some beauty?"

The burly man said: "She's a bit old, dressed as a young girl, but her bone age actually tested to be over forty, and there are many traces of Dao technique maintenance and repair on her skin."

The young swordsman immediately lost interest and said: "Then keep looking until that guy is found! That strike that smashed me was definitely not simple; it should at least be a heaven-rank, perhaps even cultivated to the late stage."

"Subordinate understands, will screen accordingly."

The young swordsman walked toward the back hall and said: "Get that girl surnamed Xu ready; the Prefect's distant niece can still be played with a few more times. Hmph, if Xu Zhijie knew, he would probably die with his eyes open. It's a pity she let her daughter run away; that one was beautiful."

The burly man asked: "What about these people caught by mistake?" "They're still worth some money, sell them to the west." Just as he was about to enter the back hall, the young swordsman suddenly remembered something and looked up at a plaque hanging in the main hall. In his eyes, the plaque was emitting clear light, dispelling the faint black and red aura around it.

The young swordsman suddenly felt a stir in his heart and barked: "Quickly go chase that Double Excellence of Tripod and Sword; this title sounds uncomfortable!"

The burly man was somewhat surprised, but didn't ask why, and went off to carry out the order.

Outside Quliu Town, three thin horses were walking leisurely.

Xu Wenwu was someone who couldn't keep his mouth shut, saying: "In our world, roads are built very smoothly, and some roads are completely closed, called expressways. Look at the roads here, full of potholes and water everywhere, how can this work? At our speed, one hour, no, one shichen, can we walk thirty li? You don't know, in my world there is something called a car, on the expressway it can drive four or five hundred li in one shichen..."

Wei Yuan waved his hand and threw out a rope, using a binding technique to firmly tie Xu Wenwu to the horse, and the end of the rope was used to tie his mouth. Then three strands of black aura invisible to the naked eye shot out and entered the bodies of the three horses. The three thin horses roared in pain, their bodies grew a size larger, and then they began to trot, each step being two zhang, and then they ran faster and faster, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

The scenery around Xu Waner flew back rapidly, and she gripped the reins tightly, shocked in her heart. This speed was no slower than a cultivator flying at full speed, and these were mortal horses, not immortal steeds!

Xu Wenwu was scared and shouting, but his mouth was tied twice with the rope, so he couldn't shout, and could only hum all the way.

Wei Yuan leaned forward, driving his mount to run faster and faster, until later all four hooves were slightly off the ground, as if walking on the wind. The other two horses also followed closely under his control.

Outside Quliu Town, several cultivators flew out of the town, circled the road, and flew north along the road, then turned northwest. They flew at full speed, flying over a hundred li in a moment, but the road in the night was pitch black, and looking out, there wasn't a single shadow of a person.

!.

The burly man leading stopped in mid-air, frowning and looking northwest. There was still a faint aura of three people in that direction, but no figure could be seen at all. The shattered land at night was very dangerous and was the natural hunting ground of the Wu Yu tribe. Although the burly man had cooperated with the Wu Yu tribe many times, he didn't trust them, and even less did he trust strange Wu Yu tribes.

The burly man pondered for a moment and said: "No need to chase, they definitely haven't gone far, go back and search slowly!"

Three mortal horses, running hundreds of li in less than half a shichen? This was clearly impossible. The three of them must have set up a feint, actually either sneaking back into the town or changing direction to escape; both were possible. But no matter where they ran, they definitely hadn't run far. The burly man believed that with his tracking skills, he could catch them.

After running at full speed for a whole shichen, Wei Yuan finally stopped the horses and rested on a small hill by the road.

At this time, even Xu Waner's aura was a bit weaker, clearly having consumed some Dao power. It wasn't a good thing for mortal horses to run at the speed of immortal steeds; the bumping and shaking were also several times stronger, much more uncomfortable than immortal steeds. The horse under Xu Waner's crotch was not under her control at all, so she simply floated in the air on the horse, using Dao power to bind the horse and herself together, which was equivalent to letting the horse drag her while flying. This way, there was indeed no pain of bumping, but the consumption of Dao power increased greatly, and after one shichen, she couldn't take it anymore.

Xu Wenwu didn't say a word and had long since fainted.

Wei Yuan got off the horse and took back the Qi Luck.

The three strands of black aura returned, but one of them was actually missing a bit! Although the missing part was negligible, it was enough to make Wei Yuan alert. He carefully checked the whereabouts of the missing Qi Luck and found that the Qi Luck on the horse ridden by Xu Wenwu was missing a bit.

That horse was originally the most ordinary mortal horse, with red, green, and white colors, a typical mixed-breed horse. But after Wei Yuan took back the Qi Luck, it didn't return to its original state like the other two horses; it was actually half a head taller than before, its body was slightly larger, and its aura was more abundant. Although it had run nearly a thousand li in one breath, it was still full of spirit. Now this horse, although still a mortal horse, was already a rare good horse among mortal horses.

Qi Luck could be used like this? Was it the reason for Qi Luck or the reason for Xu Wenwu?

At this time, Xu Waner untied the rope for Xu Wenwu, dragged him off the horse and placed him on the ground, and then cast a Heart-Clearing Technique. Xu Wenwu slowly woke up, and then his stomach churned, and he vomited wildly on the ground.

Wei Yuan took out a piece of jade paper, on which was a map of the shattered domain, recorded in great detail. Just this map alone was worth five hundred merit points in the Merit Hall. However, this time it was the Tinghai Xianjun's move, so the map, Immortal-Severing Liquid, and so on were given directly, and Wei Yuan didn't need to pay for them himself.

Now Wei Yuan's position was more than five hundred li away from Lan Shen Palace and nine hundred li away from Quliu Town. Because he had to bypass mountains and rivers on the way, he had actually run over a thousand li in more than one shichen. Wei Yuan looked at the map, then thought about Xu Wenwu's words, and began to ponder.

If this Xu Wenwu wasn't lying, then the so-called cars he spoke of weren't as fast as the three of them. Moreover, cars also required extremely smooth roads without a trace of potholes. In reality, except for inside the Immortal Sect mountain gate, where could there be such roads?

Roads were only for mortals; cultivators flying with magic tools didn't need roads, and Wei Yuan turning mortal horses into immortal steeds didn't need roads either. Those so-called cars only drove five or six hundred li in one shichen on the road, which seemed useless.

Xu Wenwu also said quite a few other things while babbling, but Wei Yuan just felt it was bizarre after listening, with nothing impressive. It was said that in that world, high-rise buildings were built to over a hundred floors, which aroused some interest in Wei Yuan. But after asking carefully, Wei Yuan discovered that the so-called skyscrapers didn't live up to their name; there were many halls in the Grand Void Palace that were over a hundred zhang high, meaning one floor was equivalent to over a hundred floors in Xu Wenwu's world. According to Wei Yuan's intuition, at the same height, building over a hundred floors was easy, but one floor was much harder.

Xu Wenwu was also a chatterbox, so Wei Yuan lost interest after listening for a while, tied his mouth with a rope, and turned to ask about Xu Waner's past experience.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 108 =====