Beast Taming·Chapter 167: Accidentally Falling into a Trap

The man turned around, bowed and smiled, "Mr. Shi, what you said is very true. The representative of your domain must be a person who is all-round in morals, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor. If one person fails to pass the test, he will not only make a fool of himself in the Twelve Gates Martial Arts Performance, but also lose face. This face is not only lost for himself, but also for the entire domain. Therefore, it is necessary to arrive on time. Considering this, the envoy ordered us to wait at various checkpoints and lead the way for the contestants."

Shi Yan nodded, thinking that what he said was right, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know why. "By the way, what's your name? Why didn't I see you in Yunxiao Sect that day?"

"Master Shi, you are joking. How can a small person like me, Gu Feng, be worthy of being in such a prestigious place?" He smiled, but there was no trace of self-mockery on his face. "We are waiting for the envoy to send us around, but we are not qualified to stay by his side."

Led by this envoy, the group moved forward, bypassing Kong Hai Qianfu and heading east.

"Look, ten miles ahead, behind the big mountain in front, there is a small town. It is the location of the Takitsubo Sect. I used to stay there for a while as an exchange student from the Huajian Sect." Mo Zixuan smiled slightly.

"Taikoku Sect?" Shi Yan said with a smile, "There is such a thing. How can the Taikoku Sect compare to the Huajian Sect? They actually sent a top student like you to exchange ideas?"

Mo Zixuan said: "That was more than ten years ago, and I was just a little girl. At that time, Huajian Sect was still an inconspicuous small sect. Sects such as Huajin Mansion did not belong to Huajian Sect, and were even stronger than Huajian Sect."

She murmured, "Over the past decade, things have changed and people have changed. Although Huajian Sect has gradually become stronger under the leadership of Master, the people's hearts have been scattered, and it has eventually ended up in this situation. Alas..." When she said this, she thought of the great changes in Huajian Sect today, and how the Huajian Sect where she had lived for more than ten years had changed hands overnight. She felt sad and sighed.

Gufeng tilted his head and looked at the two men with their eyelids twitching slightly. Without saying a word, he turned back and led the way.

Finally, they arrived at the territory of the Takitsubo Sect. Gu Feng landed in a valley and looked up at Shi Yan and Mo Zixuan and said, "In order to better gather, the envoy said that before the rehearsal begins, everyone should rest in the Takitsubo Sect, and when the rehearsal begins, we will set off together to Longhu Lake."

"Takitsubo, Longhu?" Shi Yan tilted his head and smiled, "After all these years, this is the first time I feel that the pronunciations of these two words are so similar. Is there any connection?"

Mo Zixuan explained: "The original name of this Longhu sect is Longhu. It was named after the place because it is close to Longhu. Later, there was an accident that flooded the mountain gate, causing the terrain to collapse, like a pot of water, so it was renamed Longhu. The terrain of Longhu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is most suitable for defending the city."

"It's easy to defend but also easy to get trapped. If we stay here, if there are evildoers who want to catch us all in one fell swoop, won't it be easy?" Shi Yan said with a smile.

Gu Feng heard this, sweat oozed from his forehead, and he laughed dryly: "Master Shi, you are joking. With so many masters together, who can match them?" After that, he hurriedly walked ahead and said: "Let's go quickly, otherwise it will be bad if we are late."

Shi Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. He had just told a joke, but he didn't expect that this person called Gu Feng would make such a big fuss.

His eyes rolled and he immediately had an idea, "By the way, Mr. Gufeng, I heard that the messenger is as beautiful as a fairy, is it true?"

Gu Feng wiped his sweat and said, "To be honest, Master Shi, the beauty of the envoy is not something that ordinary people like us can describe."

"So she's beautiful?" Shi Yan said again, "But her name doesn't match her appearance, Yu Cheng Yu Cheng. Why does it sound like she's more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything? It's too ugly, and she sounds like a man."

Mo Zixuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "What does it have to do with you whether someone's name is nice or not?"

Shi Yan rolled his eyes and thought to himself, what does her name have to do with me? I'm just trying to trick her!

Gu Feng laughed dryly and said, "The envoy's name was not chosen by her, it was given by her parents and elders. Even if it sounds bad, she can't follow her own wishes."

A gleam flashed in Shi Yan's eyes, and he smiled without saying a word.

Finally, we entered the territory of the Takitsubo School. It was surrounded by mountains and a body of water, like an isolated island in the sea. There was a waterfall on the west and a mountain on the east. It really looked a bit like a teapot.

Surrounded by high walls, with disciples of the Takitsubo sect standing guard with weapons in hand, the entire sect looks like a city.

Everything seems to be fine.

"But why do I always feel something is wrong?" Shi Yan looked around and thought, "This Gu Feng must not be my sister's servant. He doesn't even know my sister's name, yet he wants to impersonate her. Even if I don't know her full name, at least her last name will do. Everything seems normal. I wonder what their intention is in luring us here."

"Let's just take a look first!" Shi Yan thought with a smile.

When they arrived in front of the city wall, they blew the blast to welcome the guests. The gate opened, and he stood aside and said respectfully, "I will see you off here, you two. Someone will come to entertain you later. I still have to go and pick up other people, so I'll take my leave now."

"Hey, don't go. The Takitsubo sect is so big, who should I go to?" Shi Yan hooked Gu Feng's shoulder and said with a smile: "You can send the Buddha to the west, and you can send us a little bit."

Without giving him a chance to explain, he secretly controlled the spiritual power rhythm line, entangled the spiritual power rhythm circle of the wind, and suppressed the circulation of his spiritual power.

“How dare a Foundation Establishment Qi Condensation cultivator pretend to be my sister’s subordinate?” Shi Yan sneered, “He doesn’t even know who his sister is. The worst of his subordinates are already Golden Core. Moreover, he is going out to issue an imperial decree this time. Wouldn’t it be a loss of status if he brought a Qi Condensation cultivator with him?”

"This... okay!" Gu Feng was sweating profusely and smiled bitterly.

As I walked into the city, the door behind me slammed shut with a creaky sound.

At this time, a group of people came towards them. Mo Zixuan recognized these people. The dark-faced disciple from the Takitsubo sect in front of him was the guy he had studied with before, so he nodded slightly.

The man looked strange, and forced a smile. He whispered something in the ear of a companion. The man nodded, and his face changed slightly. "So it's Mo Zixuan, the chief disciple of Huajian Sect. I'm sorry. I'm the messenger's servant. This time I will greet you two." Without waiting for the two to reply, he shouted loudly: "Come on, prepare the carriage!"

"I have asked someone to clean up the guest rooms. Please follow us." After saying that, a disciple from the Takitsubo sect brought a carriage.

After Takitsubo's disciple brought the carriage, he stepped aside, but still held his weapon tightly in his hand. He stared at the two men in shock, anger and hesitation, with no intention of relaxing.

"Don't blame me, this is a grand martial arts performance by the twelve sects and it's an order issued by the Tianmen Domain, so no one dares to slack off. These guys have never seen the world and are a little nervous." Seeing Shi Yan's puzzled look, the man hurriedly explained.

Mo Zixuan nodded and got on the carriage first.

This grand martial arts performance of the twelve sects attracted nearly ten thousand cultivators from all walks of life, a quarter of whom lived near this empty sea. There were dragons and fish mixed together, so it was understandable that the disciples of Takitsubo were too nervous.

"Master Shi... I..." Gu Feng pointed at himself and smiled bitterly, "Can I leave now?"

Shi Yan laughed and said, "Wait a little longer. When I get to your place, you can leave."

Gu Feng exchanged a glance with the man, who nodded calmly. Gu Feng then said, "Okay...Okay. In that case, I will take you two to your residence!"

Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was the best way. If there really was a problem, he could still control one person and get the secret out of him.

No one spoke. The carriage was a little dull. The sound of carriages and horses rumbled by, speeding eastward along the Takitsubo-pai bluestone avenue.

Suddenly, heavy snow fell from the sky and there were few people on the street. Occasionally, a disciple of Takitsubo would pass by with weapons and beasts, shouting and yelling, but the hoof marks and ruts were soon covered by the snow.

Shi Yan drew aside the curtain and looked out the window. The high-rise buildings and shops on both sides of the street were rapidly receding. All the doors and windows were tightly closed and not a single person could be seen.

Such a big event as the Twelve Sects’ Martial Arts Performance should be bustling with people, why is it so deserted? Shi Yan was now even more certain that there was an invisible net closing in on him and Mo Zixuan.

"Huh?" Mo Zixuan suddenly exclaimed, and transmitted his voice: "This is the inner city where the disciples of Takitsubo rest and relax. Usually there are a lot of people, but why is it so quiet now? There is no sound at all, not as lively as usual."

Shi Yan transmitted his voice: "I don't know. Anyway, everything is very strange. It's better to be careful."

Mo Zixuan nodded secretly.

The bustling inner city suddenly became deserted and cold, like an empty street, and this city also became a ghost town.

The carriage passed by the foot of the main peak of the Takitsubo sect. At a glance, there were countless Takitsubo disciples on the stairs that stretched upward. They were holding weapons, with spirit beasts beside them, vigilantly scanning the ground below.

"This is not a warning at all. There won't be such a scene even if a war breaks out!" Shi Yan thought to himself, becoming more and more uneasy. He felt like he had been too careless and had walked into a trap.

Inside the car, Gufeng, the messenger, and a Takitsubo disciple were sitting opposite them, their eyes wandering. As the car moved forward, they became more and more silent, with nervous and strange expressions, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Outside the carriage, the snow was falling heavier and heavier. The horses' hooves were flying, the wheels were rolling faster and faster, and the snow dust was flying everywhere, like a white dragon tumbling behind the carriage.

"Shi Yan." Mo Zixuan's voice suddenly rang in Shi Yan's mind, "I heard a lot of breathing sounds around us, and they are getting more and more. The further we go, the more there are."

Shi Yan's eyebrows jumped as he thought of a possibility. He secretly opened the spiritual power rhythm circle and slowly expanded it. He found that there were no less than a hundred spiritual power rhythm lines around him. And just as Mo Zixuan said, the number was constantly increasing, and gradually, they surrounded his group.

Shi Yan's eyes flashed with coldness, "What a trick! If that's the case, I will use your trick against you and find out who is behind this."

If it were in the past, Shi Yan would not have been so confident, but now, after a year of time gap, Mo Zixuan has become a Jindan cultivator, and Shi Yan himself has become a Qi Condensation cultivator.

This was something no one could imagine. Who would believe that in just one day, the cultivation of two people had improved so much?

This is the trump card, and even if you are defeated, it is not easy to keep a Jindan in the Qi Condensation Stage.

"Besides!" Shi Yan sneered, "Are you going to play with us when you can't use your spiritual power?"

Above Shi Yan's head, the spiritual energy rhythm line gradually expanded...