Chapter 75
Shi Yunzhou is doing well after returning to Huanhai, but Wei Maitong is having a lot of trouble.
Not long ago, it was said that the Ten Directions Barrier had been damaged, and Wei Maitong naturally sent people to investigate. However, these people couldn't find anything after searching and searching. If that were all, it would be fine, since even the people from the immortal sects hadn't found anything.
However, some unusual things have recently happened in the human world. For example, the Ding brothers in Jianye Town, and the plague that has broken out, which has mobilized the disciples of Medicine God Valley. Even the Exorcism Bureau has sent people to various places. Wei Maitong had not noticed these abnormalities before, and it was only through a letter sent by Zhou Xuanzhi to Shi Yunzhou that Huanhai learned about these unusual things.
Everyone has noticed that since Shi Yunzhou returned, the people Wei Maitong promoted have been making mistakes all the time. Everyone understands this, and Wei Maitong himself is aware of it too.
In an effort to salvage his image, Wei Maitong personally led a team to inspect the Ten Directions Barrier. To demonstrate his fairness and impartiality, he brought Shi Yunzhou along.
So, Shi Yunzhou appeared before everyone in a lazy manner; while others flew on swords, he traveled by boat. Outside, people braved the scorching sun to investigate, while Shi Yunzhou drank tea and ate fruit inside the cabin.
In short, given his current state, no one would believe that he is now vying with Wei Maitong for that position.
Looking at Shi Yunzhou inside the cabin, Wei Maitong wished he could rush in and kill him. Who said this guy was guileless? He'd been acting like a spoiled brat from the start. And some people actually believed it! How could a place like Tianyu Mountain tolerate such a spoiled brat!
Seeing the man so relaxed on the ship, the loyal subordinate asked, "My lord, should we..." He then made a throat-slitting gesture.
Wei Maitong rolled his eyes at his subordinate. Let alone killing Shi Yunzhou now, he'd already offended even more people since returning to Huanhai. Hadn't anyone wanted to kill him before? Who knew just how many people were around this man?
"He is the young master, this is disrespecting the young master!" Wei Maitong said sternly, but he had no intention of punishing his subordinate. His gaze toward Shi Yunzhou was filled with murderous intent.
Do you think he can succeed?
“Your Majesty is wise; he cannot.”
Wei Maitong laughed and said, "It's not that I'm wise, it's just that his heart isn't entirely in Huanhai."
A child born into the human world, raised on Tianyu Mountain, and taken in as a disciple by Shi Wanqing. With such an experience, many in the Illusionary Sea would not allow him to reach his current position. Moreover, his heart is not entirely in the Illusionary Sea; half of it belongs to his senior brother and Tianyu Mountain.
Shi Yunzhou lay reclining in the cabin, drinking and watching the beautiful women dancing before him. He clapped his hands occasionally in approval. His foundation was still unstable, so he couldn't afford to openly break with Wei Maitong; they would just have to tolerate each other like this.
But Shi Yunzhou is a different person in front of Chu Yi's former subordinates. In an ordinary house near the Illusionary Sea, all of Shi Yunzhou's fans from the Illusionary Sea are gathered.
"So, are you all sure we can succeed under Wei Maitong's nose?" Shi Yunzhou was genuinely grateful to those who had always supported him. However, given the current situation, it seemed unlikely that he could actually reach that position.
"If the Venerable Lord hadn't disappeared back then, Wei Maitong wouldn't have gotten the position in Huanhai!" Cang He slammed his hand on the table and stood up. For so many years, he had always been willing to acknowledge Wei Maitong as the Venerable Lord.
“We don’t have much time left,” Xiang Yi’s aged voice rang out. He looked at Shi Yunzhou with affection and said slowly, “Wei Maitong has been developing his own power all along. In recent years, as you have grown up, he has accelerated his pace even more. If we do not take action, the first thing he will do after he has taken control of all the forces in Huanhai will be to kill us.”
"Even if you have the backing of Tianyu Mountain, it's useless. Tianyu Mountain won't go to war with Huanhai just because you're involved, especially during this dangerous time." Xiang Yi had also seen what was happening in the capital. The demons had accelerated their invasion of the human world, and they didn't have much time left.
After Xiang Yi finished speaking, the room fell silent. Everyone knew their current predicament with Shi Yunzhou, but they still attended today's meeting. Shi Yunzhou felt like asking himself what he had done to deserve this; he couldn't bear to see these people die. "Is this really the only way?"
“If your master, Shi Wanqing, hadn’t died, Wei Maitong might have abdicated long ago. If it weren’t for your master’s remaining influence, Wei Maitong would have turned against you long ago,” Xiang Yi said. “Everyone is already prepared.”
Even if he acted like a spoiled brat in Huanhai, even if he truly had no interest in that position, Wei Maitong couldn't sleep peacefully as long as he was alive. He had painstakingly plotted for this position for so many years; how could he let all his previous efforts go to waste?
"We really can't just sit here and wait to die!" Shi Yunzhou thought that now that he had returned to Huanhai, he had to shoulder his mission and live up to the expectations of these people.
In a deserted wasteland, Shi Yunzhou staggered along in the darkness, glancing back at his pursuers every now and then.
He had intended to bring down Wei Maitong, but he hadn't realized his every move was being monitored. Chu Ren was the only person he trusted most, yet he never imagined he'd be betrayed by this very man. The entire Huanhai had been purged today; all his men had been killed. Xiang Yi was under house arrest, and Cang He was murdered. Of his father's remaining troops, less than one-tenth remained.
There were still many pursuers behind him, and his strength was not yet strong enough to fight against a hundred people by himself. Just when he thought he was going to be killed, Chu Ren actually blocked a fatal sword for him and told him to leave quickly. He really couldn't understand what this person was thinking.
Blood soaked his clothes, dripping onto the ground. He had many wounds, and the bleeding was difficult to stop. It seemed that Wei Maitong also wanted to take this opportunity to kill him.
I don't know what they applied to their sword wounds, but not only could Huanhai's magic not stop the bleeding, they even managed to take Tianyu Mountain's magic into account.
His consciousness began to blur, and his running became unsteady. Even so, he couldn't keep going. Once he stopped, they would follow the trail of blood and his own scent to find him.
A voice came from behind, "He's right ahead, chase after him!"
Hearing this voice, Shi Yunzhou smiled bitterly. It seemed fate was against him. So close, it could be right in front of him in the blink of an eye. Was there really no escape this time?
Suddenly, a cold glint flashed in front of him. Shi Yunzhou instinctively retreated to avoid it. When he regained his footing, he saw the person opposite him. It was his former bodyguard, now looking fierce and holding a knife, ready to kill him.
He heard the person opposite him say softly, "I'm sorry," before the knife slashed into his chest.
The massive blood loss and intense pain caused him to collapse to the ground. As he watched the person walk towards him step by step, he felt no fear. Images flashed through his mind of the time in the back mountains of Tianyu Mountain, when his master was still alive and his senior brother taught him to read and practice magic. When he got into trouble outside, he would hide in the back mountains, where his master's protection kept others from coming after him.
Back then, he and his senior brother spent their days doing nothing and causing trouble everywhere. The people on the mountain called them "troublemakers." They dared not go to their master because he always said, "My health is not good, and I'm counting on these two disciples." Because of this protective attitude, he and his senior brother were practically lawless on the mountain.
But now that he's really going to see his master, he wonders if she'll be so angry when he sees her that she'll storm into the Illusionary Sea and give them a good scolding. Ah, no… even if he dies, he'll never see his master again…
He had been keeping his eyes closed, but suddenly he opened them. More and more people were gathering around him, discussing how to torture and kill himself to get a bigger share of the reward. A sharp pain shot through his feet; his ankles had been nailed to the ground with ordinary nails.
Just as they were about to cut off Shi Yunzhou's ankle, Shi Yunzhou suddenly disappeared.
It seemed as if a door had just appeared in front of Shi Yunzhou, sucking him inside. However, it happened so fast they hadn't even seen it clearly…
When Sui Fu emerged from Guancheng with the Hanged Man, he was severely injured. Without the Hanged Man, he would almost have died at Li Sheng's hands. Indeed, losing his inner core greatly diminished his strength; after so much time, he had only recovered two-thirds of his previous power. However, this was already the best possible outcome.
I haven't even left Guancheng, so how come I didn't discover that it was being used by the demons as a transit point to the human world? The immortal sects had also investigated before, and they didn't find anything unusual in Guancheng either. I wonder what method Chonghua used to evade everyone's eyes.
The Immortal Sect has not yet found the traitor, so I should inform them.
"Master." After escaping from Guancheng at the cost of his life, the master had been wearing a gloomy face. He had always believed that the demons' target was the master, and the master also hated what the demons had done to him before. Now it seems that it is not what he thought.
This was a grove of trees on the mountain, the ground covered with fallen leaves, clearly a secluded place. It liked this place, but its owner didn't notice it, lost in thought. It quietly stayed by its owner's side, without making a sound or moving.
Sui Fu was relieved that it was Li Sheng who had arrived; if it had been Chong Hua, the plan would have been ruined before it even began. However, he did have important business to attend to now; if the demon Chong Hua discovered him, things would be very bad.
He said to the upside-down man beside him, "Wait for me here, and remember to protect that thing."
"Yes, Master."
Sui Fu was still a little uneasy looking at the Hanging Man. It was just scary-looking, but its strength wasn't that great.
"If things go wrong, take the item and run. Make sure you keep the item and your life safe, understand?" You're a powerful demon; if you run around with that item, its aura will definitely fight you. The item might break then, making it easy for the demons to discover it.
Having followed Sui Fu for some time, the Hanged Man knew the importance of the item and assured Sui Fu, "I will not fail my master's trust."
After Sui Fu left, the Hanged Man stood quietly in place, occasionally moving to observe the surrounding movements.
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