Chapter 297 Clues from Xuan Che
Yu Sheng was quite surprised by Xuan Che's answer. He confirmed with him again and found that he was serious.
"As a tourist from another place, you wouldn't be involved in this kind of regional disaster investigation, right?" Yu Sheng said with a frown.
"Fighting against evil and protecting the people is the responsibility of cultivators like me. Moreover, our Qianfeng Lingshan lineage has had the ancestral motto of 'the powerful should help the world' since we established our sect," Xuan Che said with a proud and gentle smile. "You don't have to worry. Although our 'outside land' is not as special as the border area, it also has foreign lands. Many cultivators of our generation have experience in exploring foreign lands and dealing with entities, so we won't hold you back."
"Well, I'm not worried that you'll hold me back..." Yu Sheng said subconsciously, but since the other party had already said this, he hesitated a little and swallowed the extra persuasion, and just reminded, "Then wait for me to drive the house to the foreign land, and we'll go out together. This foggy city is very strange, so be careful."
Xuan Che: “……?”
He felt as if he had heard a very novel combination of words again, but he had heard many similar combinations of words today, so he was too lazy to ask this time.
Yu Sheng ignored the subtle expression on Xuan Che's face, but stepped forward and grasped the door handle. He began to calm his mind like last time, controlling the entire No. 66 Wutong Road to change its position and move towards the coordinates of the "City in the Mist".
Xuan Che was keenly aware of some subtle changes. He seemed to hear a hollow and low roar coming from deep within the mansion, as if a huge, invisible creature was slowly moving its limbs. He also felt that the "atmosphere" of the entire house had changed in an instant. Everything around him seemed to have come alive, even the lights on the roof, the wallpaper on the wall, a tissue box on the table not far away... were all casting harmless glances at him.
But all the feelings only lasted for a moment. Before he could really react, everything had calmed down. Yu Sheng said not far away: "Okay, we're here."
The door was gently pushed open, and a street filled with thick fog appeared outside.
Xuan Che looked at the scene outside the door in surprise. The moment the door opened, his consciousness finally broke free from the isolated and suppressed state, and sensed the environment outside No. 66 Wutong Road. Then, he understood what Yu Sheng meant by "opening the house to a foreign land".
He stared at Yu Sheng, with a few words circling in his mind: Master!!!... How could those people in the Secret Service accept the style and settings of this mansion and the "anthropomorphic" paintings in it?
However, the master did not notice the horrified and subtle expression on Xuan Che's face, because the master was carefully selecting Irene to use when going out.
"Take one output, one control, Pro and Rebar, just follow me out, and the remaining two stay at home to look after the house," Yu Sheng quickly made the assignment, "If there is anything strange outside the window, you can also notify me and Hu Li immediately."
"You can bring one more!" Irene (Ou) stood at the door and looked up, "Too many people is always a good thing in a fight!"
"I can't hang any more on me," Yu Sheng said helplessly, turning his head to look at Steel Irene and Pro Irene who were sitting on his shoulders confidently, "unless you get down and walk by yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little puppets on the ground popped out one after another: "Have a safe trip out there, be safe, come back early, and I'll contact you immediately if anything happens!"
Yu Sheng: “…”
A moment later, Yu Sheng, carrying the two Ires, along with Hu Li and Xuan Che, had already walked into the thick fog.
He was still holding the ferocious tetanus staff in his hand - the last time he fought with the artificial saint, this "war stick" was scarred by the opponent's fingertips, and even nearly half of the blade and steel bars were cut off, but later it was repaired and strengthened by Hu Li, and now it has regained its ferocious appearance.
The two Irenes sat on Yu Sheng's shoulders and reminded him along the way: "Don't put this thing on your shoulders suddenly! Don't forget that I'm sitting on both sides now!"
Yu Sheng said impatiently, "I know, I know. You've mentioned it eight hundred times since we left home."
Xuan Che's gaze had been falling on the tetanus stick from time to time since the beginning, and he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.
There was a hint of wariness and questioning in his eyes.
This did not hide from Yu Sheng's eyes.
"Are you interested in this mace?" Yu Sheng asked casually, "I saw you looking at it for a long time."
"Mr. Gao... Please forgive me, there is just one thing I don't understand," Xuan Che finally spoke, his tone becoming particularly serious, "Why does the weapon in your hand have such a strong bloody and murderous aura? Even... it is entangled with layers of death energy?"
When he said this, his expression was a little strange, and he even had an aura of "I might die if I say this today, but it would be against my conscience if I don't ask". Yu Sheng was slightly stunned on the spot, and before he could open his mouth, he heard Irene on his shoulder laughing: "Hahahaha, you've been mistaken for an evil cultivator~~"
Yu Sheng pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly, shook the war stick in his hand, and explained to Xuan Che: "Don't worry, the bloody smell on it is all mine - I used my own blood to coat it, which will have a special effect when dealing with some weaker entities. Of course, the price is that the style of this thing will be a little weird. As for the layers of death energy you mentioned... It's probably left over from killing more entities."
“Is that so?” Xuan Che muttered in confusion, but seemed to accept Yu Sheng’s statement.
Seeing this, Irene added a few more words: "Don't think too much. Our hotel has always been upright in everything we do. Even if someone dies, it is definitely not a pity..."
The more Yu Sheng listened, the more he felt that there was something wrong with this sentence: "Wait, are you hinting at something?"
"Oh, you're overthinking it," Irene reached out and patted Yu Sheng on the back of his head, then quickly and abruptly changed the subject, "Actually, there's no need for us to come here and explore again. Aren't there many people from the Secret Service investigating here? Isn't it the same to just wait for their news?"
"It's different," Yu Sheng shook his head slowly. "The fog can appear directly outside the window of No. 66 Wutong Road. This matter itself is very concerning to me, and I have to add to that the artificial saint who escaped before..."
"Ah? What happened to that artificial saint?"
"It appeared nearby," Yu Sheng said calmly, his eyes slowly sweeping through the surrounding mist, "and it's not far away now."
In an instant, both Erins became alert at the same time: "C-shaped buckle!"
Hu Li pricked up his ears immediately after hearing Yu Sheng's words, and quickly observed the surroundings while being alert: "My benefactor, this place doesn't seem to be far from where we were attacked last time."
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"So the C-shaped buckle has finally returned to the edge of the old city after all the twists and turns?" Ailin held Yu Sheng's head, her face full of seriousness, "Is there really something hidden here?"
"...It's hard not to be suspicious," Yu Sheng frowned, "but the deep dive team sent by the Secret Service has searched this area, and they found nothing."
Xuan Che had been listening to the discussion of Yu Sheng and the others. He suddenly spoke up at this time: "You mentioned the 'artificial saint'. Is it the mechanical puppet created by the Chongsheng Hermitage?"
"Yes," Yu Sheng nodded, "Have you dealt with that thing before?"
"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I've heard from fellow disciples that this evil creature is extremely difficult to deal with. Its moves are bizarre and its speed is incredibly fast. It can also hide in the shadows and move in an instant. Ordinary cultivators are no match for it," Xuan Che said seriously. "It needs to be dealt with by a master, or by multiple people surrounding it."
Yu Sheng was very surprised when he heard this: "... After practicing, people like you can fly into the sky and hide in the ground, but you think that the iron shell of the 'artificial saint' is difficult to deal with?"
"Ah, the main thing is that layer of 'iron shell'," Xuan Che sighed, "As far as I know, it is the material used to make armor for starships. Not only is it tough, but its inner lining also has many evil secret methods. Ordinary spells have almost no effect on that outer shell. The mechanical puppet is not afraid of curses, illusions, and prohibitions. Just the 'breaking of spells' alone is equivalent to wasting most of the cultivation of most cultivators when they meet it. The only remaining means is to rush up and chop and kill at close range... A flesh and blood body slashing against a piece of battleship armor, isn't that dangerous?"
He paused for a moment and added, "Of course, if it's a stronger cultivator, then we won't be afraid. There are always ways to deal with that thing... it just might take some effort."
Yu Sheng listened carefully, but suddenly remembered a situation that Baili Qing had revealed when he contacted her recently -
The Chongsheng Hermitage has a relatively fixed range of activities and has been quite low-key in the past decade or so.
He frowned, vaguely remembering another thing Baili Qing had mentioned before: the "Feiyu-13b" to which Qianfeng Lingshan belonged was a relatively closed star region. Its "security" level might not be as good as that of the border area, but it was not far behind...
"The Artificial Saint also 'invaded' your place?" Yu Sheng frowned and asked subconsciously, "When did it happen?"
"In the past one or two years, traces of the so-called 'hermitage' have appeared on several border planets. On two occasions, artificial saints appeared," Xuan Che said with a serious expression. "Although they did not cause any major damage, the local monks drove those evil demons out in time...but their appearance is indeed suspicious."
"What did they do in your place?" Yu Sheng asked quickly.
"It seems like they are smuggling something," Xuan Che thought for a moment and shook his head. "Unfortunately, those evil demons are always cautious. When the mountain protectors rushed there, they only found many destroyed warehouses and machines. It is still unclear what they did there."
(End of this chapter)
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