Chapter 35: Steward Yuan

Chapter 35: Steward Yuan

Zhou Shu walked out from the entrance of the cave, but he didn't expect that the exit was on the edge of a cliff. He slipped down without paying attention.

Fortunately, there were light-weight talismans among the few talismans obtained before. Zhou Shu didn't panic, and quickly slapped the talismans on his body.

With both palms down, he slapped out the Paiyun Jue vigorously. With the help of the wind, his body floated away, and he tightly grasped the vines on the edge of the cliff.

With a sigh of relief, Zhou Shu turned his head to look.

Among the clouds, you can't see the top and the bottom.

No wonder Fangshi couldn't find this group of mask cultivators. How many people would have thought of hiding their lair in such a place?

Zhou Shu made a mark on the spot and climbed up the vine.

The mountain was steep, and Zhou Shu's spiritual power was not enough, so he climbed and stopped, and it took nearly half an hour to climb to the top.

Looking around, I suddenly felt a bit familiar. On the day he went to the Rift Valley with Yan Yue, he happened to pass by here, and it was about 300 miles away from Fangshi, which is not too far away.

Letting go of his mind, Zhou Shu took a rest, took out the light body talisman and the magic movement talisman, and hurried back.

All the way only pick shortcuts, non-stop.

Perhaps it was because of the black clothes and the mask that the cultivators I met on the road all avoided and did not dare to get close.

As Fangshi was approaching, he quickly changed his black clothes and mask, and walked directly towards Sanyuanzhai.

Back here, of course Zhou Shu must inform the Fangshi management of the news of the missing person. On the one hand, he can save people, and on the other hand, he can also get a lot of rewards. But he is an unknown casual cultivator, even if he has evidence in hand, it may not be able to attract the attention of the square city administrator, and it may even be destroyed before the evidence is presented.

You must know that those mask cultivators have arrested so many casual cultivators, but they have not been exposed, so there may not be people in the market who secretly communicated with the song.

So I have to go to Sanyuan Zhai first, and let the shopkeeper Hua Ruo'an help me out.

Through this period of observation, Hua Ruo'an is still trustworthy, and should not collude with those mask cultivators.

"Young Master Zhou, here we come again. What's your plan this time?"

The guy greeted him with a happy face. Zhou Shu's several transactions made him a lot of money, and he was very grateful to Zhou Shu.

"Is shopkeeper Hua here?"

"Yes, yes, you come in."

Zhou Shu walked into Sanyuan Zhai quickly, and bowed his hands to Hua Ruo'an, "Master Hua, I have something important to discuss."

Hua Ruo'an was entertaining guests. Seeing Zhou Shu rushing to disturb him, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, but seeing that Zhou Shu's expression was unusually solemn, he nodded and said, "Brother Zhou enters the inner hall."

"Thank you."

The two entered the inner hall, and before they sat down, Zhou Shu said in a serious voice, "Master Hua, I have found those missing loose cultivators."

"Ah? What's going on?"

Zhou Shu slowly narrated what happened to him, but the process of escaping was briefly mentioned without elaborating.

Hua Ruo'an's expression suddenly changed, "Brother Zhou's words are true? Don't make jokes casually. This matter is causing a lot of trouble now, and everyone in the city attaches great importance to it."

He was a little skeptical. With Zhou Shu's strength, how could he escape if he was caught, not to mention there was something like Xishen Pill that he had never heard of.

Zhou Shu nodded seriously, "Really."

Hua Ruo'an still shook his head, "Brother Zhou, you have to tell me how you escaped. I can't explain it clearly. It's really hard for me to believe what I said later."

Zhou Shu thought for a while, then slowly said, "Shopkeeper Hua, I have some secrets, which are not worth mentioning, so there is no need to ask the shopkeeper. If you don't believe me, I have the evidence here."

"That's good, let's take a look at the evidence. It's not that I don't believe Brother Zhou, but that this matter is of great importance."

Hua Ruo'an's eyes are piercing and his appearance is majestic, which is quite different from the usual kind and friendly businessman.

Zhou Shu thought for a while, nodded slightly, and took out a few things.

"Please take a look, shopkeeper."

Hua Ruo'an glanced over, "These clothes and masks belonged to those mask repairers? This elixir is Xishenwan?"

"That's right, and this candlestick. I think it has something to do with the fire refining formation they mentioned." Zhou Shu pointed to the weird candlestick.

Seeing the candlestick, Hua Ruo'an's face suddenly twitched, and he said in a pale voice, "It's actually a soul lamp?"

Zhou Shu was a little puzzled, "What is a soul-drawing lamp?"

"An evil magic weapon."

"Some evil skills practiced by evil cultivators can extract the spiritual consciousness and soul of the cultivator, and they will store the divine soul in the soul lamp. Once the spiritual consciousness and soul of the cultivator are extracted, they will be like idiots. death, but what is even more frightening is that the soul will suffer various tortures in the soul lamp, and even be refined into various strange evil weapons, and will never be reborn. The great enemy of many sects, the mortal enemy!"

Hua Ruo'an's tone became more and more serious, and his face was so dark that water dripped out, "Brother Zhou, it seems that what you said is true. It is impossible for you to have such an evil weapon as a soul-drawing lamp."

Zhou Shu nodded.

"We can't delay any longer, bring our things, and we'll go see Steward Yuan in Fangshi. Remember, you can only speak when you see the steward, and don't ask anything else."

"I understand."

The two left quickly, and the staff and guests behind them looked surprised.

Cross a few streets and come to a three-story domed building.

The surrounding area of ​​the building is very empty, without any houses, only hundreds of jade pillars less than half a foot high, dotted all over the surroundings, which seems to correspond to some kind of strange formation.

Several guards in blue shirts approached quickly, "Master Hua, what's the matter?"

Hua Ruo'an nodded solemnly, "If there is something urgent, please inform Guanshi Yuan immediately."

The blue-clothed cultivator nodded, and after a while led the two of them through the formation and into the hall in the center of the building.

There were three people standing in the hall. The two cultivators on the left and right were both in their fifties or sixties. One had a red face and the other had long eyebrows. They seemed to be arguing about something, and they didn't stop until they came in.

And the middle-aged cultivator in the middle, wearing a long blue crane cloak, with a few gold trims on the sleeves, standing like a pine tree, with a majestic posture.

Hua Ruo'an stepped forward and gave a salute, "Hua Ruo'an has seen Yuan Li in charge."

Yuan Li nodded calmly, "Master Hua, what's the matter?"

"This little brother Zhou Shu has found the whereabouts of the missing Loose Cultivator."

Hua Ruo'an got straight to the point, and then turned to Zhou Shu, "Brother Zhou, tell me what you told me before, in full."

Hearing Hua Ruo'an's words, the two cultivators at the side stopped their quarrel immediately, and looked into the hall in astonishment, while Yuan Li looked calmly at Zhou Shu.

"Zhou Shu, tell me."

Under the projection of his eyes, Zhou Shu suddenly felt an invisible pressure, and his mind was shocked, just like facing Liu Yuxie when he first entered Wuwangmen, and the pressure was even greater.

If you want to compare, Liu Yu's relegation is like a sharp sword of Fenghan, while the cultivator in front of him is like a big seal that suppresses the Quartet.

Obviously, Yuan Li is a cultivator of the Pulse Condensation Realm, even a little higher than Liu Yuxie.

Just a steward has such strength, the Qingxiafang Municipal Committee cannot be underestimated.

Zhou Shu nodded, and said loudly, "Steward, next week Shu..."

Before Zhou Shu could finish speaking halfway, the long-browed cultivator shouted sharply, "Don't talk nonsense, how could you, a cultivator at the second level of the Qi Refining Realm, escape from a cultivator at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm, and even kill you?" Kill him? It's simply absurd, the old man can't listen to it!"

The voice was very heavy, and even faintly carried a lot of spiritual pressure.

The pressure was overwhelming, Zhou Shu was shaken all over, and he couldn't utter the rest of the words. He held on so that he didn't fall down. With his head slightly raised, he glanced at the man calmly.

This person probably has a problem.

The long-browed cultivator became louder, "Steward Yuan, don't listen to the nonsense of such villains. He clearly has ulterior motives and wants to spread rumors and make trouble."

"Get out, old man!"

The long-browed cultivator shouted loudly, waved his sleeves, and a huge hidden force was released.

The long-browed cultivator is already at the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and this force is also extremely powerful. As long as Zhou Shu encounters it, let alone get out, he may fall down and die immediately.

"stop!"

Two whispers sounded at the same time.