All Novel Full Chapter 525 516
Inside the stone hut by the River of Oblivion.
“Are there still spies in the camp?” Chen Mu asked Liang with a look.
Liang sighed helplessly, “Qingyang City has been targeting Feng’an City for over a hundred years, and to thoroughly eradicate the spies in a short time is difficult!”
“Not afraid,” Chen Mu waved his hand.
“I will start real-time monitoring of the entire camp soon.”
“When we retreat, I’ll use the Mountain-Carrying Scripture to forcibly connect everyone together. Once someone tries to do something with their Yin Spirit Divine Power, I’ll be able to detect it immediately.”
“Whoever dares to leak information, I’ll be able to shatter their soul instantly!”
He turned his head to look at Liang, his face stern, “For this escape, any leak could pose a lethal threat.”
“So, if the leak involves one of your confidants, I won’t be soft-hearted!”
“If that happens, you’d better not interfere.”
Liang’s face changed, “Do you suspect there’s a mole among my people?”
“Of course!” Chen Mu nodded resolutely.
“What if there’s a mistake?” Liang hesitated.
“Impossible!” Chen Mu shook his head with utmost certainty.
The closest people being turned by others and then betraying at a critical moment. That’s how it’s played out in movies and dramas; how could it be wrong!
He squinted at Liang with a grim face, “When the time comes, don’t let feelings obstruct you from dealing with the traitor.”
“Otherwise… hehe!”
Liang shivered suddenly.
…
Late at night.
An invisible ripple slowly spread, enveloping the entire camp.
Near a bonfire, a Yin Spirit that was sleeping against a large rock with clothes on jolted awake.
Before he could understand what was happening, he was drawn by an invisible force and turned into a puff of black smoke.
Then uncontrollably, he flew through the thick Divine Concealing Mist and into a dark cloud above the River of Oblivion.
Immediately, strands and wisps of black flames appeared, wrapping around the dark cloud, and then the entire cloud silently fell into the River of Oblivion and disappeared without a trace.
In the Divine Concealing Mist where one couldn’t see one’s five fingers, countless similar black smokes silently flew out and converged over the River of Oblivion into dark clouds, which, wrapped by the Nine Nether Green Flames, rapidly fell into the river.
“The Divine Concealing Mist blocks the sight, the Breath Ending Divine Ability hides the presence, King Without Worries? Ha!” With a cold laugh, Chen Mu’s Yin Spirit Divine Power vibrated, a faint blue light bloomed in the palm of his hand, and a circle of invisible force enveloped the surroundings, instantly concealing the presence of several people.
Then he activated the Mountain-Carrying Scripture and, taking Liang, Shang Yang, and others, transformed into a Yin Wind and dark clouds, and quickly disappeared into the River of Oblivion.
A gentle whispering wind spun and danced within the camp.
The bonfire crackled from time to time.
In just a few breaths’ time, the vast camp had become empty and desolate.
…
In Qingyang City, within the City Lord Mansion’s main hall.
Xiao Jingbai wore a purple robe adorned with threads of gold.
He sat on the dark gold seat above, looking down at Lü Chengshan with a stern face.
“Having just completed the transformation into a Yin God and then immediately receiving the Yinshan Prefecture’s investiture, taking control of the Soul Hooking Pen and the Book of Life and Death, to govern this territory.”
“Chengshan, I really underestimated you.”
“All these years, you’ve been groveling in front of me, but behind my back, you’ve been conspiring with Yinshan Prefecture.”
“Such acting skills, such scheming!”
He spoke unhurriedly, but his voice was filled with a chilling sternness.
“I wouldn’t dare to say that,” Lü Chengshan, wearing silver-black armor, replied with a smile and a cupped fist salute, “You and I are both Divine Generals under Yinshan Prefecture, attending to its affairs is our duty, how could it be called conspiring and colluding?”
“If the City Lord shows such disrespect to our Lord, could it be that you harbor disloyal thoughts and wish to rebel?”
“You, a treacherous official, speaking of rebellion in front of me? Heh!” Xiao Jingbai looked at Lü Chengshan with a mocking expression.
“So, you’ve quietly sent the Netherstone to Yinshan Prefecture long ago, and that so-called message hidden among the Yin Spirits of Feng’an City was just your way of spreading misinformation.”
“Using your own son and a city full of Yin Spirits as bait? Chengshan, you have a ruthless heart.”
“If Liang knew the truth… ha, I wonder how cold his heart would feel!”
Hearing this, Lü Chengshan tilted his mouth upward, revealing a self-satisfied smile, “Guess who built the Ghost Gate for me and who set up this plan?”
Xiao Jingbai’s complexion changed.
After a long moment, he spoke indifferently, “You’ve raised a good son.”
“It’s a pity I’ve heard Feng’an City hasn’t been very safe recently. If you return too late, you might not even get to see him for the last time.”
Lü Chengshan just chuckled.
“Are you referring to the King Without Worries?”
“City Lord, you think I came here immediately after returning from Yinshan Prefecture, not to save my son, but to annoy you—why is that?”
“Although the King Without Worries is indeed full of hidden dangers, after all, it is still a Nether Spirit Primordial Embryo…” He smiled with a look full of profound meaning.
Xiao Jingbai’s face changed dramatically.
He immediately closed his eyes to sense his surroundings, only to discover that the faint connection had completely vanished without a trace!
“You dare to use my foundation of cultivation as a stepping stone for your own advancement, you’ve got some nerve!”
Buzz!
An invisible surge of Vigorous Qi suddenly spread from him, sweeping through the entire hall. The wooden doors and windows were instantly blasted away, and the tables and chairs inside the hall were toppled, leaving a mess in every direction.
Feeling the pressure around him, Lü Chengshan’s expression remained unchanged, “You don’t think you’ve hidden it so well that no one in Yinshan Prefecture is aware of it, do you?”
“To tell you the truth, it wasn’t me who conspired with Yinshan Prefecture, but they who came to me.”
“That object has long been coveted.”
“The moment I left Yinshan Prefecture, someone else had already gone to the banks of the River of Oblivion. By now, that Wuyou King is probably already on his way to Yinshan Prefecture.”
Xiao Jingbai’s face turned a deathly pale shade of green.
“Get out!”
Boom!
Amidst the rolling waves of Qi.
Lü Chengshan was suddenly flung out of the great hall by a sleeve from Xiao Jingbai, rolling hundreds of meters on the ground before he managed to break free from the grasp of the Qi, standing up in a disheveled state.
Glancing back at the ice-cold and grim atmosphere of the great hall, he couldn’t help but reveal a smile.
After being targeted by the old man both openly and secretly for over a hundred years, he finally had the opportunity to strike back, exhilarating!
“It’s time to see my son.”
“I heard he has recruited a talented individual, thanks to whose abilities he’s been able to maneuver himself multiple times.”
“I must meet this person properly.”
…
Two days later, by the banks of the River of Oblivion.
Black smoke billowed up, traces of fire and ice were visible everywhere. What was once a clean and orderly campsite was now in ruins, as if it had been bombarded several times by a meteor shower.
“Just by witnessing the aftermath of Yinshan Prefecture’s involvement, one can tell that this Wuyou King is no ordinary individual,” Lü Chengshan said in amazement while surveying the scene by the riverside, “Thank goodness my son distanced himself early. Otherwise, if he had been affected, the danger would have been significant.” Your journey continues with My Virtual Library Empire
He couldn’t believe that the people from Yinshan Prefecture would take into consideration the safety of everyone from Feng’an City.
“However, they didn’t leave any clues. This River of Oblivion is boundless, and without any direction, we wouldn’t even know where to start searching.”
“The young master is cautious in his actions. If he had left clues and Xiao the old ghost discovered them, that would not be good,” said a short figure with white hair and the face of a youth, looking like a celestial child, floating beside Lü Chengshan and smiling in comfort, “Besides, those people from Yinshan Prefecture are not trustworthy.”
“What if they wanted to provoke a fight to the death with Xiao the old ghost and sow discord on purpose, especially targeting the young master? It’s better to be careful.”
“You make a good point, Lü Number Two, you make a good point!” Lü Chengshan nodded repeatedly, “Those bastards from Yinshan Prefecture and Qingyang City, none of them are good!”
“You do not need to worry, big brother, Lü Thirteen is right there with the young master.”
“I have already used the Secret Technique to contact little Thirteen, and he will soon respond to tell us the meeting time and place,” Lü Zhongjun said indifferently, his youthful face devoid of emotion, “We just need to wait a little while longer.”
And that wait turned out to be five days.
…
Five days later, at the bottom of the River of Oblivion, Chen Mu glanced at Lü Thirteen with an indifferent face.
“No one can leak secrets under my watch.”
“And the fate of traitors is nothing but the disintegration of their soul!”
With that, his eyes narrowed, and the black smoke formed into the shape of Five Dragons Qi appeared and then vanished around him.
A huge black dragon’s head, the size of a grindstone, suddenly appeared at the edge of a dark cloud not too far away.
It reached out into the cloud with ease, nimbly catching a puff of black smoke. It tilted its head back, and with a brief, agonized scream, it whooshed the black smoke down into its belly.
The black light flickered, and the steely dragon’s head shrank and twisted, vanishing in an instant.
“Playing tricks in the dark? You’re courting death!”
He said this while giving Lü Thirteen a meaningful look.
Lü Thirteen: “…”
I was actually trying to notify Lord Lv to come pick us up. I truly am not a traitor.
He hurried to stabilize the Yin Spirit Divine Power he had failed to invoke for the fifth time and looked towards Lü Liang with a sense of helplessness.
Young master, maybe you could say something?
Upon receiving Lü Thirteen’s pleading gaze, Lü Liang’s face twitched involuntarily.
Me say something?
Confess that the previous predicament was intentionally orchestrated by myself, which, directly or indirectly, turned Chen Mu into bait, making him part of the plan?
Tch!
Wouldn’t I just be immediately doomed?
But if I don’t say anything…
His eyes shifted to Chen Mu, who was discussing stealthy advancement and the construction of Ghost Gate with Shang Yang.
He might just actually be taken by this person to Beyond Heaven!
Now, that would be downright awkward!