232: Huo Lingzi and Zheng Yuanfa

Chapter 230 Fire Spirit Master and Zheng Yuanfa

East Sea, Yulong Island.

This was a large island shaped like a coiling python, with dense forests covering it while its edges were plains dotted with small fishing villages.

Inside the island, surprisingly, a large city had appeared, bustling with Mortals like a weaving shuttle, looking extremely lively.

On the back of Yulong Island, there was a peak over several hundred meters high named Yulong Mountain, wreathed in clouds and mist with dense white clouds covering it.

Today, a streak of sword light suddenly descended from the sky and landed upon Yulong Mountain.

It was precisely Tuoba Wufeng.

He patted his Storage Pouch, producing a sound transmission Talisman. After casually speaking a few words, the Talisman turned into a streak of fire and shot rapidly toward Yulong Mountain.

After patiently waiting for the better part of a day, the clouds and mist lingering around Yulong Mountain suddenly dissipated with the wind, revealing the true appearance of Yulong Mountain.

Within the mountain forests, dozens of palaces and pavilions were scattered, with quite a few figures walking among them.

More than a dozen people were standing in front of a grand hall, respectfully saying, "Welcome to the descent of the Immortal Master!"

Seeing this, Tuoba Wufeng did not enter, but instead spoke, "Fire Spirit Master, an old friend has come to visit, why not reveal yourself for a meeting?"

"Since you are an old friend, Fellow Daoist Tuoba, please come inside for a chat."

Another hoarse voice came over, its tone indifferent.

Tuoba Wufeng turned around and walked away, his voice even more aloof: "My visit this time is precisely for the matter of Fellow Daoist Fire Spirit Master suffering a crushing defeat in the Great Yu imperial palace several years ago."

"If Fellow Daoist Fire Spirit Master is not interested, then this old man will leave immediately."

As a Cultivator, although he and Fire Spirit Master were acquainted, he would never easily enter the place where the latter's Immortal Cave was located.

Otherwise, once the other party harbored malicious thoughts, he wouldn't even be able to run away.

"Great Yu imperial palace? Fellow Daoist, walk slowly…!"

Tuoba Wufeng's figure continued to fly into the distance: "There is a barren island ten nautical miles to the north, and this old man will wait for Fellow Daoist there."

Soon, a streak of fire flew out from Yulong Island, rapidly chasing after Tuoba Wufeng's retreating figure.

A hunched back and a pockmarked face—was this not Fire Spirit Master who had set foot in the Great Yu imperial palace several years ago!

Soon, Fire Spirit Master arrived at the barren island, where Tuoba Wufeng had been waiting for a long time.

"It's been several years, Fellow Daoist Fire Spirit Master's demeanor surpasses the past…"

"Cut the crap!"

Fire Spirit Master said indifferently: "What on earth happened in the Great Yu imperial palace? Why did you come to Yulong Island to find this old man, and for what purpose?"

Tuoba Wufeng said: "It's very simple. This old man came this time precisely to look for allies."

"Allies? What do you mean?"

"Now the Great Yu is in great chaos, and countless rebel kings have raised the banner of revolt, wanting to destroy the Great Yu."

"Who would have known that the Great Yu would produce an Xu Mujun, who not only stabilized the situation of the world but also successively destroyed several factions of rebel kings."

"This old man won't hide it; this old man has also supported quite a few people, and even sent Disciples from the Family to support them, but my subordinates retreated step by step, and even that nephew of mine unfortunately perished."

"This old man guesses that there are definitely hidden Cultivators within the Great Yu Dynasty, otherwise my nephew would never have perished so easily."

"Therefore, this old man thought of joining forces with you, Fellow Daoist, to kill the Cultivators hidden within the Great Yu Dynasty together. How about it?"

"Great Yu Dynasty…"

Fire Spirit Master's tone suddenly turned icy cold, and he said sinisterly: "And… Xu Mujun!"

Back then, it was precisely Xu Mujun who hid in the imperial palace and, leading twenty thousand soldiers of the Longxiang Army under him, severely injured him.

A mere Mortal Martial Artist was actually able to heavily injure him, a Late Stage Cultivator. If this matter spread out, who knew how many peers would secretly ridicule him.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Is this matter absolutely true?"

"If Fellow Daoist does not believe it, you can send someone to investigate at any time."

"No need."

Fire Spirit Master said indifferently: "This old man believes you, and will go with you right now."

"Besides, my Fuyou House makes friends widely across the world; this old man would find out about this sooner or later."

"Your injury, Fellow Daoist…"

"Injured by a mere Mortal, what is there to fear?"

"Let's go!"

The two gave a low cry, instantly transforming into a blue and a red streak of sword light, speeding away toward the northwest direction.

Xu Province, Chen Wang Residence.

Zheng Yuanfa took a deep breath, and two white dragons appeared in the air, slowly being inhaled into his nostrils.

The surrounding quiet room was covered with a large number of apricot-yellow Talismans, upon which extremely strange runes were drawn.

They looked like rows of coiling snakes huddled together, or like distorted tadpoles twisted together.

These Talismans looked very ancient, with densely packed wrinkles along their edges, as if they had been preserved for decades.

In front of Zheng Yuanfa floated a milky-white sphere, and upon closer inspection, there was faintly a white lotus flower inside it.

"Hum…!"

Suddenly, the sphere began to tremble violently, and the lotus flower inside it suddenly vanished, leaving only the sphere.

Wisps of white mist continuously gushed out, transforming into fine threads of Spiritual Qi, which were once again slowly absorbed by Zheng Yuanfa.

Suddenly, Zheng Yuanfa abruptly opened his eyes.

"The white lotus has dissipated… Lian'er has perished?"

His tone was somewhat shocked and somewhat hesitant: "Lian'er is a Late Stage Cultivator after all, and she has the Pure Fire White Lotus protecting her body, how could this be…!"

In his panic, densely packed wrinkles actually appeared around Zheng Yuanfa's eyes, and his gaze became extremely aged and dazed.

However, he quickly reacted, took a deep breath, and formed hand seals with both hands. His mental state converged, a large amount of Spiritual Qi converged, and his entire body returned to normal once again.

"Dammit…!"

"This body is still not very compatible with me. If it weren't for…"

He hurriedly got up and rushed out of the quiet room.

Sure enough, outside the quiet room, a ball of flames was continuously flickering, trying to rush into the Formation, but unfortunately, all of them were blocked by the Formation.

He flicked his hand, and the fire light flew over, being grabbed into his hand by him.

The flames dissipated, and the sound transmission Talisman revealed its true appearance.

An aged voice came out from it.

"Senior Brother Bai, Xu Mujun led an army to besiege the headquarters of our White Lotus Sect, but our headquarters has high walls and deep moats, plus millions of believers; it will at least stall Xu Mujun for seven days."

"Senior Brother Bai has long since succeeded in Possession, becoming part of the Great Yu royal family, and standing separate from our White Lotus Sect. But I still ask Senior Brother, out of the thread of affection with our White Lotus Sect, to lead troops to provide reinforcements and jointly destroy Xu Mujun!"

"Can it stall for seven days?"

Zheng Yuanfa furrowed his brow. So fast?

He walked out quickly, the commotion having long since attracted the attention of the guards outside.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

"Senior Official Wang sent a military order. Zhengkou General Tang has already led an army marching toward our city, and other units of the Great Yu have also all entered Xu Province. However, for the time being, we can still resist…"

"Where is Wang Zhen?!"

Zheng Yuanfa said coldly: "Call him over."

"Yes! Your Highness!"

Zheng Yuanfa was Prince Chen's Heir Apparent.

However, as early as two years ago when he raised troops to rebel against the Great Yu, he had already imprisoned Prince Chen, Zheng Zongkai, and declared himself Prince Chen, presiding over all big and small affairs in Xu Province.

Soon, a middle-aged youth wearing a cyan robe and with a fair complexion quickly walked over.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

Zheng Yuanfa frowned and said: "I… Didn't this king tell you when going into seclusion that you must notify this king when there is major military intelligence? How…"

Wang Zhen said strangely: "Your Highness, although the imperial court's grand army's attack came very urgently, it is still at least three days away from our provincial city. Why?"

"Hmm?"

"Ah, ahhh…"

Wang Zhen suddenly screamed miserably, and a white lotus flower was seen faintly appearing on his forehead, continuously twisting.

And as the white lotus twisted, Wang Zhen also sprawled on the ground, screaming incessantly.

After more than ten breaths, Zheng Yuanfa stopped.

"Wang Zhen, this king is sparing your life because this king sees that you are a talent. If you conceal everything from this king, this king will definitely not make it easy for you! Do you understand?"

"Sub-Subordinate understands…"

Wang Zhen sprawled on the ground, panting heavily, his eyes filled with pain and fear.

"Yo-Your Highness, subordinate di-did not conceal anything!"

"The Great Yu grand army led by Zhengkou General Tang is still outside Yuan City. Unless they divide their forces to attack, they won't reach the provincial city in a short time."

"What about Guangqing City?"

"Guangqing City?"

Wang Zhen said strangely: "The White Lotus Sect headquarters—although we have connections with the White Lotus Sect, nowadays the Great Yu army is everywhere in Xu Province, and we haven't received intelligence from Guangqing City for three days."

"Dammit…!"

Zheng Yuanfa cursed inwardly, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said: "Guangqing City is gone."

"What?!"

Wang Zhen said in horror: "How is that possible?"

"The White Lotus Sect has millions of believers after all, and that White Lotus Saintess is also a Cultivator just like you, Your Highness. How could…"

"Heh~"

Zheng Yuanfa sneered: "Xu Mujun went to Guangqing City."

"And it only took three days to breach Guangqing City and destroy the White Lotus Sect!"

"The million believers of the White Lotus Sect also vanished along with it~"

"Th-This, what is to be done? I-We…"

"Reporting…!"

Right at this moment, a messenger soldier quickly ran in and roared: "Reporting to Your Highness, someone outside the residence requests an audience!"

"Oh? Who is it?"

"The visitor claims to be the Old Ancestor of the Tuoba Family, along with a hunched-back Daoist priest…"

"Tuoba Wufeng? Quickly invite them in!"

Meanwhile.

Imperial palace.

Changqing Palace.

Zheng Yi arrived here surrounded by a large number of eunuchs and palace maids, with a large mass of palace servants kneeling all over the ground.

"Welcome to Your Majesty's arrival!"

"Rise! How is Qing Consort right now?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, Consort Qing is currently in labor, it should be soon…"

Making up for yesterday's chapter; in the subsequent plot, the protagonist is about to open the second world.