Chapter 45: Finding love is quite a stroke of luck!
Fu Yunshu felt a buzzing in his head. His expression changed drastically, and he stood up abruptly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "What did you say?"
Yu Jiangheng, panting heavily, said with difficulty, "Master Li... his cultivation is profound. Even when my great-uncle and I joined forces, we were unable to stop him. He... he took advantage of our unpreparedness and suddenly attacked, kidnapping my great-uncle."
Fu Yunshu clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white, and his aura suddenly became sharp. He looked coldly at Yunniang.
"Where did you take my disciple?"
Yunniang remained silent.
Fu Yunshu pulled out the cold tear and placed it around her neck.
Ji Yuanbai raised an eyebrow. Just now you said you would spare this woman's life, but now you're not going to?
Yunniang smiled bitterly: "Immortal Venerable Huaiwei, even if you cut me into a thousand pieces, I still wouldn't know where your disciple is. I'm not familiar with that Master Li, no, I should say the person inside Master Li's body."
Fu Yunshu frowned: "What do you mean?"
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At this time, Yin Lisheng had already been kidnapped by Master Li and taken to a cave outside the city.
Master Li tossed the unconscious Yin Lisheng to the ground and clapped his hands in disgust.
There was already another person inside the cave. "Is he still alive?"
If Fu Yunshu were here, he would recognize this person as the masked man he fought with last night.
“His Majesty still needs him, so of course I can’t kill him,” 'Master Li' said coldly.
The masked man lowered his head and patted Yin Lisheng's cheek.
"After searching for over a decade, it finally fell into our hands, hahahahahahaha—"
Master Li scoffed, "I wonder what those members of the Yin family would think in the afterlife."
"Let's tell His Majesty the good news first."
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Fu Yunshu's face was ashen.
The Demon Lord Yan Ji once had five demon generals under his command who had committed numerous evil deeds and misdeeds hundreds of years ago.
After the Demon Prince Yan Nanqiu ascended to the throne, Yan Ji was placed under house arrest, and the five Demon Generals disappeared. Everyone assumed that Yan Nanqiu had secretly dealt with these former subordinates of his father, but unexpectedly, he had sent them to infiltrate the cultivation world.
Yunniang is none other than "Blood Lady" Luo Yun, one of the five great demon generals.
Luo Yun vomited a mouthful of blood, coughing violently.
“I have been lying low in Yuzhou City for hundreds of years. Half a month ago, His Highness the Crown Prince ordered me to refine the Blood Essence Pill. Master Li died that night, along with Zhou Dazhuang.”
"Then who exactly is the person inside him?" Fu Yunshu clenched his fists tightly.
“I don’t know,” Luo Yun shook her head and said, “That person possessed Master Li’s body after he died. He claimed to be someone sent by His Highness the Crown Prince to help me refine the Blood Essence Pill. I saw the token, and it is indeed real. Moreover, His Highness the Crown Prince also sent a letter to confirm his identity.”
"That's all I know, nothing else."
Fu Yunshu grabbed her neck, his expression dark. "You really don't know anything?"
"Immortal Venerable Huaiwei, cough cough cough—" Luo Yun looked desperate, "Now you are the butcher and I am the fish on the chopping block, how could I dare to lie to you!"
Fu Yunshu flicked his sleeve and threw the person aside, while Luo Yun supported herself on the ground, breathing heavily.
“Patriarch Ji, Central Continent is your territory. This person is now in your hands. How to find the demon spy is your Ji family’s business. Since Blood Lady is in Central Continent, the other four are probably still alive.”
Ji Yuanbai didn't even glance at Luo Yun. "Immortal Venerable, do you need my help to find your disciple?"
“No need,” Fu Yunshu said, not in the mood for banter. “If possible, I would like to trouble Patriarch Ji to look after the disciples of Qingyuan Sect for me.”
After saying that, he transformed into a streak of light and left.
Ji Yuanbai withdrew his gaze and fixed it on Luo Yun, his expression suddenly turning sinister.
"Having not appeared for many years, some people have probably forgotten my nickname."
Luo Yun's pupils shrank sharply, her heart filled with sorrow. Compared to Fu Yunshu, the number one cultivator in the world, she feared Ji Yuanbai even more.
Ji Yuanbai, the Heavenly Punishment Envoy, is the sharpest blade in the Ji family.
The Central Continent was once the place that the demons least wanted to set foot in among the five realms, because the Epoch White was their nightmare.
He once single-handedly slaughtered ten thousand demons.
"ah--"
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Fu Yunshu found a quiet corner.
Yin Lisheng possessed many treasures given to him by him, including some magical artifacts that could be used for location tracking.
However, all those magical artifacts were kept in the Qiankun bag. Fu Yunshu had just sensed them and found that they were located on a street in Yuzhou City. It seemed that the person had casually thrown them away on their way out.
But there's one thing they can't lose—the Broken Abyss.
This is the natal spirit sword that exists in Yin Lisheng's sea of consciousness. "Master Li" can't lose it, but he must have found a way to shield Yin Lisheng's aura, so finding it probably won't be easy.
Fu Yunshu released the little white cat.
"Hanqi, can you sense where they are right now?"
The little white cat was silent for a moment, then shook its head and replied, "No, although we are both 'divine artifacts,' Duan Yuan is sealed after all, and Yin Lisheng has no consciousness, so he can't release it. At most, I can only sense that they are still near Yuzhou City, but I don't know their exact location."
Fu Yunshu frowned, his heart filled with anxiety. Yin Lisheng was his only disciple, and one of the closest people to him in the world.
He was still in Yuzhou City. If anything happened to Yin Lisheng, he would never forgive him.
"Hanqi, try again," Fu Yunshu said in a low voice.
The little white cat nodded, closed its eyes, and a faint spiritual light emanated from its body. After a moment, it opened its eyes, a trace of weariness flashing in them: "Still no good."
Fu Yunshu took a deep breath. "Since we can't sense it through Duan Yuan, we can only use the most rudimentary method."
He muttered to himself, then raised his hand and waved it. A flash of light appeared, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
A moment later, Fu Yunshu appeared in the sky above Yuzhou City.
He hovered in mid-air, his gaze sharp as he surveyed every inch of the land below.
The divine sense of a Mahayana cultivator is extremely powerful. Fu Yunshu's divine sense surged out like a tide, covering the entire Yuzhou City and its surrounding areas inch by inch.
"Are you insane?" Han Qi exclaimed in shock and anger. "That song of 'No Delusion' today has already exhausted too much of your energy. Heaven is already against you, and now you still want to use spiritual power on such a large scale. Fu Yunshu, are you out of your mind?!"
Fu Yunshu slowly raised his hand, a faint spiritual light condensing at his fingertips. The light gradually expanded, transforming into a dazzling pillar of light that shot straight into the sky. Within the pillar of light, countless runes could be faintly seen flowing, radiating powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.
"Heaven and earth are boundless, and the universe borrows their power!"
"Hanqi," Fu Yunshu turned to look at the little white cat, "Don't be afraid, this isn't the first time Heaven has targeted me, nothing serious will happen."
As his words fell, the pillar of light suddenly exploded, turning into countless tiny points of light that scattered like stars across every corner of Yuzhou City.
These points of light seemed to have a life of their own, spreading out rapidly as they searched for Yin Lisheng's presence.
Tracing the stars.
This technique is extremely energy-consuming, and he had already used up too much of it. Han Qi's worries were not unfounded, but Fu Yunshu couldn't care less about that at the moment.
A moment later, a hint of joy flashed in Fu Yunshu's eyes. He sensed Yin Lisheng's aura, though extremely faint, it was definitely there.
"Found it!" Fu Yunshu's figure flashed and he disappeared from the spot in an instant.
Hanqi closed its eyes, determined to beat Duanyuan up after rescuing the person.
You're so weak! So weak that I can't even sense your breath.
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Fu Yunshu's commotion was so loud that the two people inside the cave naturally noticed it as well.
"Master Li" said impatiently, "Fu Yunshu really dotes on his precious disciple, searching like crazy. Let's take Yin Lisheng and leave quickly, he'll be here soon."
The masked man stopped him, saying, "His Majesty said... we should release Yin Lisheng."
"Master Li" roared, "What did you say? Release them!"
"Yes, these are His Majesty's exact words—'Release him; now is not the time to arrest him.'"
"Master Li": "..."
“I just,” he swallowed hard, “feed him the Blood Essence Pill.”
The masked man was startled: "Didn't that woman fail to refine it?"
"Master Li" roared: "Nonsense, what I gave you was definitely the top-grade Blood Essence Pill that I brought back back then, not the low-grade Blood Essence Pill that Yunniang made, even if she refined it, it would be crude and poorly made."
The masked man took a deep breath. "His Majesty forbids us from taking Yin Lisheng back now. Without the secret technique, that top-grade Blood Essence Pill is tantamount to..."
"A potent aphrodisiac..."
The two looked at each other, and then everything went black before their eyes. Neither of them spoke first.
Just as they were wondering what to do, a violent tremor suddenly came from outside the cave.
"Master Li's" expression changed, and he turned around abruptly to look at the cave entrance: "You've arrived so quickly?"
Before the words were finished, a dazzling sword light suddenly cleaved through the cave entrance, shattering it to pieces. From the dust and smoke, a white figure slowly walked in.
Fu Yunshu held the Cold Cry Sword, his cold gaze sweeping over the two people in the cave. He naturally recognized the masked man from that night.
"I never expected you guys to be in cahoots."
Finally, his gaze fell on "Master Li": "Release my disciple, or die."
"Master Li's" face was gloomy, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes. He hadn't expected Fu Yunshu to find this place so quickly.
"Immortal Venerable Huaiwei, you truly live up to your reputation." He sneered, then raised his hand and waved it, and countless dark figures instantly surged out of the cave, surrounding Fu Yunshu.
Fu Yunshu remained expressionless, and with a gentle swing of his Cold Cry Sword, he instantly shredded the dark figures into pieces.
"Where is Yin Lisheng!" Fu Yunshu shouted, his figure flashing as he instantly appeared in front of "Master Li," his Cold Cry Sword pointing straight at his throat.
"Master Li's" expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly retreated. However, Fu Yunshu's sword light followed him like a shadow, giving him no chance to escape.
Just as the Cold Cry Sword was about to pierce "Master Li's" throat, a dark figure suddenly rushed out from the side and blocked "Master Li's" path.
"puff--"
The Cold Cry Sword pierced through the shadowy figure's body, but the figure quickly vanished.
Fu Yunshu frowned, and upon closer inspection, he saw that "Master Li" and the masked man had already disappeared.
"Immortal Venerable Huaiwei, I have remembered what happened today!"
The sound echoed in the cave, but Fu Yunshu had no interest in chasing it; his gaze was fixed on the figure in the corner.
"Leaving the sound—"
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"puff--"
"Master Li" suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"What should we do? The effects of the top-grade Blood Essence Pill on Yin Lisheng's body haven't worn off yet. We can't afford to have anything happen to him."
The masked man was speechless: "What are you worried about? Fu Yunshu will definitely not let his precious disciple get into trouble. There are several female cultivators in their group. That kid is quite lucky with women!"
"Those female cultivators are all in the city, won't they be too late?"
"What, are you going back to neutralize the effects of the drug now? With your pathetic appearance," the masked man looked at him with disdain, "if it really comes to the worst, Fu Yunshu will have to do it himself."
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Author's Note: Next chapter preview: Cave, lone man and woman, and... well, you know... drug [shy]
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