When Luo Yan’s heavy whip struck the black-armored Wu Cultivator once again, the man was filled with trepidation. Using the wolf-fang broadsword in his hand, he unleashed all his Gang Yuan, his sword’s montum sweeping across ten feet. He then tried to take off and escape this place.
But Li Xuan had anticipated this. He had already placed himself above the black-armored Wu Cultivator. The Huaiyi Blade attacked directly from top to bottom with a continuous and dazzling display of light. Taking advantage of the shock from the black-armored Wu Cultivator’s defense, Li Xuan bobbed up and down in mid-air, like a hare suddenly darting and a falcon swooping down.
Teaming up with Luo Yan, they had only launched seven combined attacks before the severely-wounded black-armored Wu Cultivator was completely worn out.
In the end, Li Xuan exploded with another growl, making the consciousness of the black-armored Wu Cultivator montarily faint again.
At this ti, Luo Yan was seemingly in tune with his thoughts, whipping the black-armored Wu Cultivator’s neck. Not only did this make the latter stagger and lose his balance, but it also forcefully broke open his Gang Qi protective shield.
Li Xuan closely followed with a swift chop, easily severing the head of the black-armored Wu Cultivator!
Killing this Wu Cultivator of the Seventh House Level left Li Xuan feeling amazingly exhilarated. He imdiately reached out for a high five with Luo Yan.
But as he reached out, he rembered that this was a modern gesture. However, Luo Yan also extended his hand and slapped it hard against Li Xuan’s, producing a loud ’pop’ sound.
"The coordination was not bad!" Luo Yan praised with a smile, "There seems to be a perfect harmony between us. That Seventh House Level Wu Cultivator was actually pretty powerful, and yet we didn’t have to exert much effort at all."
"Like the movent of clouds and flowing water, indeed exhilarating!"
Li Xuan also looked at Luo Yan with admiration. His coordination with Luo Yan was indeed tacit and he had maintained his pace throughout. He was increasingly satisfied with his assigned partner Youjiao Luo.
anwhile, Xue Yunrou on the altar felt a strange atmosphere developing between these two people. But she didn’t think much of it and simply asked Zhang Yue, who was holding a huge shield and protecting the front of the altar.
"Big Brother Zhang, it seems like Li Xuan and Luo Youjiao have a good relationship."
"It’s indeed very good." While paying attention to the surrounding hidden weapons and arrows, Zhang Yue pondered for a mont: "They have quite a tacit understanding, which Qianzhi himself may not have noticed. But these past few days, they have not only been wearing clothes of the sa color but also have similar hairstyles. Even when they eat in the cafeteria, they prefer the sa dishes."
Peng Fulai chuckled, "Their understanding is indeed fantastic. I ntioned before, thank goodness Luo Youjiao is a man. Otherwise, Lady Xue, you would certainly have another strong competitor."
"Really?"
Xue Yunrou cast another glance at Luo Yan, thinking in her heart, was Luo Youjiao too handso? Why did he look like a girl?
After the fall of the black-armored Wu Cultivator, the subsequent battles beca simpler.
The factory had more than forty guards remaining. Xue Yunrou could suppress them by the power from the altar alone. Once Li Xuan and Luo Yan joined in, they swept through them like autumnal wind sweeping through fallen leaves.
In the end, twenty-two people were killed, thirteen were captured and surrendered, and six managed to escape.
Half the workers in the factory had also fled.
Li Xuan didn’t care much about those who escaped. From the mont he started, he knew it was impossible to capture everyone.
He even anticipated being reprimanded by his superiors after the fact. A small team of five daring to arrest over a hundred and sixty culprits, including a powerful Wu Cultivator from the Seventh House Level - it was clearly against the rules of the Liudao Division as well as the guidelines of the Book of Liudao Fumo.
The standard process would be to call for reinforcents from Zhuque Hall to ensure the operation was fail-safe.
However, Li Xuan had to do it this way to ensure that he could control those three old ships and avoid unforeseen incidents.
Next ca the tying up. Thankfully, they found many cables in the factory. Despite not being as sturdy as the ones Peng Fulai brought, coupled with the Zhenyuan Nails Xue Yunrou had, they were more than sufficient.
Only when Xue Yunrou took out her small Qiankun bag did Li Xuan realize that her bag and his father’s were of the sa tier. asuring ten feet on each side, one could easily fit several hundred mature bulls inside.
"Master Youjiao, Zhuque Hall has replied with a flying talisman. Duwei Ma and Duwei Leng of Huoya City have set off with forty-two people in a speedboat. We should wait here for another half an hour."
Yue Qianqian reported in a whisper by Li Xuan’s side, "It appears that there aren’t many people left in Zhuque Hall. Under normal circumstances, unless manpower is short, they wouldn’t deploy personnel from two units at the sa ti."
At this ti, Li Xuan was standing beneath the small altar, watching Xue Yunrou perform the ’Summoning spell’.
This summoning went very smoothly, and Xue Yunrou’s spell was powerful. The Shenpo of the black-armored Wu Cultivator was basically summoned to the front of the altar in its entirety.
After being summoned, the Wu Cultivator glared at Li Xuan in rage. His resentnt bubbled up in the dark mist, evidently unwilling and bitter about his death at Li Xuan’s hands.
Li Xuan thought to himself that this was a good opportunity. He could later use the ability of the red-robed female ghost to harvest the mories of the black-armored Wu Cultivator one more ti.
He now had three months’ worth of life-span, so he could splurge a bit again.
"That will do."
Xue Yunrou poured out a cup of red wine onto the soul of a black-armored Wu Cultivator, saying, "Brother Li, you can ask any questions you like. His condition is not bad, and his soul is stronger than ordinary people, which can sustain for a long ti."
At the mont, Yue Qianqian also held a jade talisman and cast a spell.
This is the ’Shadow Viewing’, just like the modern video cara. It can record the whole process before and after the Summoning Spell as the evidence for the future.
"Who are you?"
In fact, Li Xuan already knew the answer. Yue Qianqian had long recognized him as a wanted criminal of the Liudao Division through his skull.
He asked this just to do a test.
The soul of the black-armored Wu Cultivator moved for a mont and finally replied in a dull voice, "Pang Shiyu from Luzhou."
As a ghost, he was unable to speak, he could only emit a scream and soul power fluctuation to convey his thoughts.
Li Xuan’s eye shone brightly, seeing that the resistance of this black-armored Wu Cultivator was very weak, he continued to ask, "Who is the mastermind of the nghuo Oil workshop and the weapons smuggling case?"
The soul of Pang Shiyu imdiately began to struggle violently. Xue Yunrou frowned slightly, directly grabbed a handful of glutinous rice, crushed it into powder in her hands and sprinkled it, which eased Pang Shiyu’s resistance.
"It’s Zongbing Lin Ziyang from Zhenjiang!"
Pang Shiyu’s answer was confusing, but it changed the color of everyone present.
Li Xuan’s pupils slightly contracted. Zhenjiang is an important town for the Grand Canal’s transportation, located south of Yangzhou and where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal joins the Yangtze River.
Hence, the Court set up not only one naval garrison but also a well-trained army in Zhenjiang. There are three garrisons with a force of up to 12,000 people.
"Is he planning a rebellion? When is he planning to start?"
"Yes." After Pang Shiyu’s resistance was suppressed by Xue Yunrou, he was willing to reveal everything. "The date is not set, but it should be within one to two months."
Li Xuan and Peng Fulai, who walked over, exchanged a glance before Li continued to ask, "Who else is involved, besides Lin Ziyang?"
Pang Shiyu pondered for a mont before shaking his head, "I don’t know."
Li Xuan asked if Ziyang had been colluding with high-ranking officials in the Court or forces in the underworld, but after a long ti, Pang Shiyu only ca back with one phrase: "The Maitreya Teaching, I’ve seen their people."
Next, Li Xuan asked about the weapon smuggling case and nghuo Oil.
"How many weapons have you purchased and how many barrels of nghuo Oil have you manufactured in total? Where are they hidden? Apart from in Zhenjiang, do you have other bases?"
"There are a total of seventy thousand long spears, twenty-four thousand cleavers, sixteen thousand different shields. Three thousand fire guns, forty-nine Hudun cannons, twenty-four flanged cannons and three thousand barrels of nghuo Oil. A small portion was made by ourselves, the rest was bought from the various arsenals in south Zhili. As Cui Chengyou has temporarily deployed the Chongming Island naval force to search and blockade the waters around Yangzhou day and night, so of it has not yet been transported back to Zhenjiang."
At this point, the soul of Pang Shiyu was in a state of great turmoil Once more, not in resistance, but as a sign that his soul power was about to be depleted, "Most of the items are stored in Zongbing’s warehouse just outside Zhenjiang. Not far from here, there is another transfer warehouse, which stores about seven hundred stone of saltpeter and sulfur, the materials needed to make his powder."
Li Xuan continued to ask, "Do you have any other accomplices who are as strong as you?"
"I know of three in total," Pang Shiyu thought for a mont. "Two of them are very secretive; I know nothing about them. The other one is called Huang Jun, who was assigned with to guard this workshop and the boats."
Li Xuan imdiately felt a sense of relief, if there had been another Wu Cultivator at the seventh house level on guard, they would have had to retreat and let go of this place.
Now, they had to stay alert in case Huang Jun returned, which would inevitably lead to another fierce battle.
"Where is this guy now? Will he return tonight?"
"He was temporarily summoned to Zhenjiang by Zongbing to kill soone - "
The soul entity of Pang Shiyu had turned into a cloud of black mist, no longer maintaining its form.
"It’s Li Yan, the Princely Heir of Earl Chengyi!"
As soon as the words ca out, the soul form of Pang Shiyu completely scattered and lost its shape.
The people present were all staring at Li Xuan with amazed looks.
At this mont, Li Xuan’s face turned as pale as paper.
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