Chapter 523 - 514: Absolute Silence
Chapter 523 - 514: Absolute Silence
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The atmosphere in the stone house was tense, and Chen Mu’s face was also gloomy.
He had come to Feng’an City to find a way back to the Yang Realm, never expecting that this place would turn out to be a quagmire, trapping him by the River of Oblivion.
He had thought that building a Ghost Gate would allow him to escape to Beyond Heaven. But now, with the Ghost Gate smashed by Li Wuyou, constructing a new one would surely take months. And Qingyang City would not just stand by as they built another Ghost Gate.
Chen Mu stared fiercely at the stone on the square table, full of cracks.
Despite being on guard against everything, he had not expected a Qingyang City spy to isolate the essence of the River of Oblivion and lure Li Wuyou into attacking the Ghost Gate.
"Damn Qingyang City!"
"Son of a bitch spy!"
As he was cursing the bastard who created the Extinguishing Breath Stone, a sudden thought occurred to him.
"If this thing can temporarily conceal the essence of the River of Oblivion, could it also interrupt Li Wuyou’s ability to lock onto my essence?"
"If I use this thing to cover my tracks and run ten thousand miles in one go, could I shake off Li Wuyou’s pursuit?!"
Chen Mu’s eyes suddenly shone.
"Has the spy who made this Extinguishing Breath Stone been found?" he immediately turned to look at Lü Liang.
Lü Liang, not understanding the significance, replied somewhat blankly, "Arrangements have been made to screen for him, but we’ve not found him yet."
"Intensify the search. Conduct a thorough check overnight and make sure to find him before dawn tomorrow." Chen Mu then turned to Shang Yang, "You help too. Find this spy who made the Extinguishing Breath Stone as soon as possible!"
"Is this thing that important?" Shang Yang couldn’t help scratching his head.
"It might just let us get rid of King Wuyou’s entanglement."
Hearing this, everyone’s expression immediately turned solemn.
...
With the help of Shang Yang, a Divine Fetus realm Yin Spirit, and the full cooperation of the Yin soldiers of Feng’an City, Zhang Er and Shen Bu appeared before Chen Mu the next morning.
Chen Mu looked expressionlessly at Shen Bu. It was this man who had used the Secret Technique of Ground-Shrinking Teleportation to send him far away from Feng’an City.
"Isn’t your ground-shrinking teleportation technique very powerful? Why didn’t you run?" Chen Mu stared at him and asked.
Shen Bu’s face was bruised, and he forced a flattering smile, "I wanted to run, just... didn’t quite dare."
"Didn’t dare?"
"There’s a sealing secret technique around here that limits teleportation distance. Can’t get far. If I’m not careful and fall into King Wuyou’s hands..." Shen Bu gave a bitter smile but didn’t dare to hide anything.
Chen Mu suddenly realized.
Lü Liang had previously secretly ordered Yin soldiers to experiment with Netherworld Ferry and already discovered that someone had sealed the surroundings with a secret technique, severely limiting ordinary teleportation techniques.
Chen Mu sighed inwardly.
He had wanted to use Shen Bu’s ground-shrinking teleportation technique to escape far from the River of Oblivion. Now, it seemed, there was no chance of that.
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"I’m afraid that won’t be easy," Zhang Er said with a troubled expression inside a stone hut by the river.
"I’m just an ordinary Yin Spirit; my Yin Spirit Divine Power is limited. Without eating or drinking, I can at most make nine Extinguishing Breath Stones in a whole day."
"To continuously conceal one’s aura for three days would require nearly six hundred stones, and that... that might take more than two months."
Yin Spirit Divine Power is limited?
This might just be a stroke of luck.
He immediately mobilized his Yin Spirit Divine Power, and the True Intent of the Mountain-Carrying Scripture Secret Technique instantly transformed into a silver thread before his eyes, then drilled into the void in front of his brow and disappeared without a trace.
"There’s no shortage of Yin Spirit Divine Power now, is there?" Chen Mu said gleefully.
Zhang Er trembled all over and couldn’t help but widen his eyes!
The Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed had such a miraculous use? It could instantly make one proficient in a Secret Technique?!
It had been a while since the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed had entered his body, and he had explored the black canopy it brought hundreds of times.
He had originally thought that the stars in the black canopy could assist in understanding Secret Techniques, but he hadn’t expected that they could directly bestow the experience of Perfection in Secret Techniques!
Impressive!
Zhang Er was shocked.
Chen Mu couldn’t help but smile.
With the protection of the Extinguishing Breath Stones, he wasn’t afraid of being located by Li Wuyou. As long as he was careful in concealing his form, he could probably escape ten thousand miles away in one go and might escape that cursed thing’s entanglement.
"Blessings and curses come together; although the Ghost Gate was destroyed, another path to escape has been found."
"However, this method can only let a very small number of people escape the predicament; as for the Yin Spirits gathered by the River of Oblivion in Feng’an City..." Chen Mu turned his head to look towards the distant riverbank.
Right now, the people of Feng’an City were busy constructing a new Ghost Gate.
These people were still relatively safe for the time being, but once Qingyang City succeeded in capturing Lü Chengshan, the city master of Feng’an, the fate of the many Yin Spirits would probably not be too pleasant to behold.
He had originally wanted to take them with him to Beyond Heaven, but the city master of Qingyang City sent Shang Yang to destroy the Ghost Gate.
"That’s right, Lü Chengshan hid the Netherstone among the people of Feng’an City. These people are his anchor for returning to the Netherworld."
"As long as Qingyang City keeps an eye on these people, they can easily capture Lü Chengshan; naturally, they won’t allow these people to flee."
"This damned world!"
Chen Mu sighed helplessly.
Starting from Da Liang, he had travelled far and wide, but no matter where he went, there were always struggles and chaos. And the unfortunate ones were always them, the lower-class figures.
He did want to lend a hand, but he was already struggling to protect himself, making it difficult to save others.
Gazing at the busy figures in the distance, Chen Mu felt a heavy heart.
"If only there were more people like Zhang Er who could make Extinguishing Breath Stones, it would be great, but alas..."
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