162: Wu Mu is really scary

After giving his instructions, Xiao Shi left the Tianji Hall, his soul returning to his body.

Next, he had to consider where in Zhongjiu City to place the heavenly secret box he held.

According to his initial idea, he planned to place the heavenly secret box inside the house where the Martial Soul Realm expert resided.

This way, when Wu Muzhen arrived, even if the Martial Soul Realm expert had not yet returned, Wu Muzhen would create a conflict with the other Blood Martial Realm martial artists simply by breaking into his house.

If the Martial Soul Realm expert did return, there would be an even bigger battle.

He could then use this opportunity to escape Zhongjiu City.

However, Xiao Shi thought it over carefully and realized this idea still had drawbacks.

Firstly, placing the heavenly secret box in the Martial Soul Realm expert's residence itself posed a certain difficulty.

Secondly, if Wu Muzhen's strength far surpassed the Martial Soul Realm, then his idea might not be achievable.

Neither the Martial Soul Realm expert nor the Blood Martial Realm individuals would dare to obstruct such a powerful presence, so they wouldn't fight.

"Perhaps the best way is for me not to place the heavenly secret box at all. That way, when Wu Muzhen arrives, he will surely turn Zhongjiu City upside down, searching every inch of the ground."

"The greater the commotion he causes in Zhongjiu City, the easier it will be for me to escape from here."

Xiao Shi felt that this idea was more feasible than the previous one.

It was just a bit unfair to Wu Muzhen.

However, Xiao Shi would not forget Wu Muzhen's contributions.

Once the Tianji Hall developed, he would certainly receive his due benefits.

And so, after finalizing all his plans, Xiao Shi began to await Wu Muzhen's arrival.

Three days later, the Martial Soul Realm expert in Zhongjiu City returned.

When he learned that someone had killed one of his Blood Martial Realm subordinates during his absence, the Martial Soul Realm expert was immediately enraged.

He felt it was a slap in his face!

He immediately intensified the search throughout Zhongjiu City.

However, even with the Martial Soul Realm expert personally conducting the search, he still found nothing.

He couldn't find the culprit at all.

This made him even more furious, realizing that this person was quite skilled at concealment.

But they were all certain that this person must still be within Zhongjiu City.

"Continue to blockade Zhongjiu City. I refuse to believe he can stay here forever!"

The Martial Soul Realm expert's eyes flickered with a cold light.

"If it comes down to it, I'll slaughter the city!"

"I'd rather kill mistakenly than let this person go!"

For him, even slaughtering this city was no big deal.

He had done such things before.

His only concern was the Rapid Shadow Palace's attitude.

After all, this city originally belonged to the Rapid Shadow Palace.

Although he now occupied it, both sides knew that when he left Tian Dou Province, he would naturally return it to the Rapid Shadow Palace.

In a sense, he was currently just borrowing this city from the Rapid Shadow Palace.

But if he destroyed it, the nature of the matter would be completely different.

However, he figured that if he compensated the Rapid Shadow Palace after the slaughter, they wouldn't dare to pester him too much.

"I'll give him three more days!"

"If he doesn't show himself within three days, I'll slaughter the city!"

The Martial Soul Realm expert made his decision.

That same day, he personally made an announcement in Zhongjiu City, publicly declaring that if Xiao Shi did not show himself, he would slaughter the city in three days!

His words immediately caused a huge stir and panic in Zhongjiu City.

No one had expected this Martial Soul Realm expert to be so ruthless!

After all, city slaughter was extremely rare in Tian Dou Province.

Xiao Shi was also somewhat surprised by this, having never imagined that merely killing a Blood Martial Realm individual would provoke such intense hatred from the other party.

What he didn't know was that for such Martial Soul Realm individuals, every Blood Martial Realm subordinate under him was incredibly important.

The death of any Blood Martial Realm individual was an extremely huge loss to them.

This kind of loss was no less than the loss of some important treasures!

This was why the other party was so enraged.

This also made Xiao Shi realize how wise his decision to have Wu Muzhen rush to Zhongjiu City was.

From a timing perspective, Wu Muzhen should be able to arrive in time before the other party slaughtered the city.

Of course, with Xiao Shi's cautious nature, to prevent the other party from changing his mind and slaughtering the city early, he had to take some countermeasures.

And so, another day passed.

When the Martial Soul Realm expert in Zhongjiu City didn't see Xiao Shi appear, he became even more irritable and impatient.

His entire body exuded an astonishing killing intent, as if he was about to lose control of his murderous thoughts and begin the city slaughter early.

This made everyone in Zhongjiu City terrified and trembling.

Just then, a dark red gourd suddenly appeared out of thin air in the void above Zhongjiu City.

The entire gourd was five or six meters long.

It had dark red patterns, like flames, making the entire gourd filled with a profound aura, while also carrying an astonishing momentum, as if many flames were constantly burning on it.

Standing on top of the gourd was a middle-aged man in yellow clothes, wearing a hat, with a protruding belly and a somewhat plump build, his expression and attire resembling that of a shopkeeper.

Although he looked amiable, the aura emanating from him was incredibly astonishing.

The moment the dark red gourd appeared above Zhongjiu City, the blockade originally formed by those Blood Martial Realm martial artists around Zhongjiu City was instantly broken.

After all, with their blockade, no one from the outside could enter.

Now, with the intrusion of this mysterious man, their blockade was directly shattered.

"Hmm?" Even the Martial Soul Realm expert in Zhongjiu City frowned, looking up at the middle-aged man standing on the gourd in the sky.

Even he felt a strong sense of trepidation after sensing the aura emanating from the middle-aged man above.

He could tell at a glance that this was an expert whose strength and cultivation were no weaker than his own.

"At this time, why would such an expert arrive?" The Martial Soul Realm expert in Zhongjiu City narrowed his eyes.

He couldn't help but associate this suddenly arrived expert with the person who had killed his Blood Martial Realm subordinate earlier.

He felt that the person who killed his Blood Martial Realm subordinate was very likely this expert's subordinate.

Now, being trapped here by him and learning of his intention to slaughter the city, he felt a sense of crisis and thus brought this expert to try and rescue him.

Thinking of this, the Martial Soul Realm expert in Zhongjiu City couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

Even if this expert looked extraordinary, if he didn't give him an explanation regarding this matter, he would certainly not let it go.

Thinking of this, he looked up at the middle-aged man in the sky and asked, "I am Yan Hai, the current City Lord of Zhongjiu City, from Hunyuan Province. May I ask who you are?"

Wu Muzhen stood on the gourd, looking down at the entire Zhongjiu City, ignoring the Martial Soul Realm expert Yan Hai's words, as if he hadn't heard them.

He quickly scanned Zhongjiu City but did not sense the aura of the heavenly secret box.

He frowned slightly.

"It seems I need to search more thoroughly."

As he thought this, with a thought, his figure instantly vanished from the gourd.

Although the entire gourd remained suspended in mid-air, Wu Muzhen's figure had already appeared within Zhongjiu City, directly beginning his search there.

His actions were as if he considered the entire Zhongjiu City his own home.

This immediately made Yan Hai's expression darken.

Although he couldn't discern the other party's strength and cultivation, he basically knew all the experts who had come to Tian Dou Province.

And this person in front of him was clearly not among the experts he knew.

In his perception, this person was no stronger than him.

Thinking of this, Yan Hai's eyes immediately turned cold.

"Your Excellency, you intrude upon my Zhongjiu City without a word. Isn't that a bit arrogant?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and a gray soul shadow immediately shot out from his body, piercing through the void at an extremely fast speed, heading straight for Wu Muzhen.

Powerful Martial Soul Realm fluctuations continuously erupted from Yan Hai and his soul shadow, shaking all directions, and their intensity far exceeded that of ordinary Martial Soul Realm individuals, seemingly infinitely close to the realm above the Martial Soul Realm!

And the moment the entire soul shadow rushed out, a low wailing sound echoed in the minds of everyone in Zhongjiu City, making their brains dizzy.

This was clearly an attack from a peak Martial Soul Realm expert!

Such a powerful blow, even an ordinary Blood Martial Realm martial artist would find it difficult to resist.

In an instant, the entire gray soul shadow had already impacted and arrived before Wu Muzhen.

However, Wu Muzhen's face showed no trace of panic.

He didn't even glance at the charging gray soul shadow.

"Noisy!" He snorted coldly and waved his hand towards the gray soul shadow, stirring up a storm that swept towards it, causing the entire gray soul shadow to instantly shatter into pieces and explode within the storm.

At the same time, Yan Hai's expression also changed drastically.

His entire figure was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, and ninety percent of his body uncontrollably collapsed and exploded.

He was instantly gravely wounded and on the verge of death!

Not only that, the remnants of these storms continued to rage in various directions, but they did not harm the innocent.

Instead, they specifically impacted Yan Hai's Blood Martial Realm subordinates.

Pfft! Yan Hai's Blood Martial Realm subordinates immediately burst into blood mist all over their bodies, and a large amount of flesh collapsed, directly being severely wounded by the remnants of the storm.

"It's quiet now," Wu Muzhen whispered softly, then meticulously began searching Zhongjiu City for the heavenly secret box.

From beginning to end, he didn't even glance at Yan Hai.

It seemed that even a peak Martial Soul Realm individual like Yan Hai was not worth his extra attention.

At this moment, in another part of Zhongjiu City, Xiao Shi witnessed the entire process.

Even though he had realized earlier that Wu Muzhen was very strong, he had not expected him to be so strong!

Even a peak Martial Soul Realm expert was as weak as an ant that could be crushed with a flick of a finger in front of him!

This shocked Xiao Shi and made him determined that his identity as the Hall Master of Tianji Hall must never be exposed!

These members of the Tianji Hall were even more terrifying than he had imagined!

Compared to them, he was too weak. Once they knew that the current Hall Master was merely a weakling who had just reached the Blood Martial Realm, there was no guarantee they wouldn't have other ideas.

Fortunately, his plan had no flaws this time, and Wu Muzhen wouldn't suspect anything.

Now, with Wu Muzhen's intervention, both the Martial Soul Realm expert and the other Blood Martial Realm individuals were severely wounded.

Xiao Shi could leave at any time.

However, when Xiao Shi noticed these severely wounded Blood Martial Realm martial artists, a new idea suddenly struck him.

"If I can kill all these Blood Martial Realm individuals, then I'll make a huge profit this time!" Xiao Shi's heart pounded wildly.

If these Blood Martial Realm martial artists were in their prime, he naturally wouldn't be able to kill them.

But now that they were all severely wounded by Wu Muzhen, it would be very easy for him to finish them off!

This was practically a freebie... He couldn't miss such an opportunity!

Of course, he couldn't act directly yet.

The entire Zhongjiu City was still under Wu Muzhen's control.

Once he attacked these Blood Martial Realm martial artists, it would definitely not escape Wu Muzhen's notice.

Xiao Shi planned to wait until Wu Muzhen left before making his move.

And so, Wu Muzhen meticulously searched Zhongjiu City.

Just as Xiao Shi had predicted, Wu Muzhen was incredibly diligent in his search for the heavenly secret box, not missing any single spot.

He even searched underground.

Unfortunately, no matter how he searched, he still couldn't find the heavenly secret box.

"Strange..." "Why isn't it here?" Wu Muzhen then went to check the storage bags of Yan Hai and those Blood Martial Realm martial artists, to prevent the heavenly secret box from having fallen into their hands.

However, even in their storage bags, he found nothing.

Helpless, Wu Muzhen could only come to Heavenly Secret City to report the situation to the Hall Master.

"Your subordinate has searched Zhongjiu City thoroughly, inside and out, but did not find the heavenly secret box..." Wu Muzhen reported truthfully.

"None?" Xiao Shi, radiating dazzling light like a god, appeared very profound, muttering softly, "Could it be that that fellow got there first?"

Shaking his head, Xiao Shi looked at Wu Muzhen and said, "This is not your fault. You have done very well. However, this matter is not over; there may be a follow-up later, and I will come to you again then."

As he spoke, Xiao Shi did not forget to add, "I will not overlook your contributions. I will certainly reward you for your merits later."

His words immediately filled Wu Muzhen's heart with ecstasy.

He bowed repeatedly, saying, "Your subordinate will definitely do his utmost for the Hall Master!"

Looking at such a powerful expert who could easily swat a peak Martial Soul Realm individual to death, standing so respectfully before him, Xiao Shi couldn't help but feel a strange sensation in his heart.