bullyxtreme Chapter 139 Are they having a team-building activity in the local area?
Chapter 139 Are they having a team-building activity in the local area?
On the way to the border market, Li Tingyun took out the conch shell used for communication. The shell was slightly warm and shimmered with a lustrous sheen, forming a soft halo around it that appeared and disappeared intermittently.
The group chat seems to be quite lively.
Li Tingyun separated a wisp of his divine consciousness and entered the snail shell.
As expected, the central square was in an uproar.
They seemed to be discussing some major emergency, chattering incessantly, creating a lively scene.
But all of this came to an abrupt end the moment Li Tingyun appeared.
The last time the people of Taiji Hall saw the Hall Master was... back then he was still very young, a boy, but his aura that made people's hearts tremble was not diminished in the slightest.
What everyone saw now was the real him, and the fear they felt was even greater than it had been back then.
Almost the instant Li Tingyun appeared, they automatically held their breath, not daring to exhale, and knelt on the ground in respectful greeting...
Welcome my ass.
With a wave of his hand, Li Tingyun forced everyone offline.
The central square was cleared out in an instant.
He instantly moved south, kicked open the door of the Vermilion Bird Temple to the south, and cut to the chase, asking, "Has something happened to Xia Changfeng?"
The temple building in the group chat space is a miniature version of the main building in the center of Zhuque City, one of the Four Symbols Cities. It is not only miniature but also simplified.
There are no luxurious or magnificent decorations in the temple; its purpose is simply to create a separate space for the people under the rule of Suzaku City to gather together.
To put it simply, it's just a small chat group.
The "small group chat" is password protected.
Li Tingyun kicked it away.
Inside the temple, there were only a few scattered people; he glanced over and saw seven.
"Palace...Palace Master!"
One of them instantly slid down to his knees, "We've lost contact with City Lord Xia! We heard that the Gates of Hell are tightly closed, and even using the teleportation array won't get us in or out. We're trying to figure out a way to pry open those two doors!"
Not a word of nonsense.
Li Tingyun looked down at him and asked, "You lot... are you the new 'Seven Constellations'?"
The man nodded heavily. "Your subordinate is Jingmu Han."
The Seven Mansions, the Vermilion Bird Mansions.
The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—these four symbols of heaven and earth originate from ancient star worship. As the saying goes, "The four spirits of heaven are used to govern the four directions." These four symbols represent the four cardinal directions of east, west, south, and north, and correspond to the twenty-eight constellations in the sky.
In celestial phenomena, the Twenty-Eight Mansions can also be divided into four palaces: East, South, West, and North, with seven mansions in each palace. The Vermilion Bird belongs to the element of fire and is located in the South. The seven mansions in the South form a celestial image resembling a vermilion bird.
The Four Symbols City is based on the distribution of constellations. Each city has seven guardians, whose names correspond one-to-one with the names of the twenty-eight constellations in the four palaces of the east, west, south, and north.
The name remains unchanged, but the people who use that name are constantly changing.
Those who are dead should be replaced, those who are too weak should be replaced, and those who are unable to perform their duties for various reasons should be replaced even more.
In general, they change personnel more frequently than they change clothes.
The position of Dharma Protector is awarded to the strongest, and whether or not one can retain that position depends on their abilities.
Xia Changfeng's management style is relatively "humane." He usually doesn't replace people too frequently or one by one—he will kill a batch at a time and replace them, which is more efficient.
Li Tingyun asked, "Can the gates of hell be pried open?"
“We can’t pry it open,” the man who called himself “Jing Su” Jing Mu’an said through gritted teeth, “That’s why we have to pry it open even more!”
Li Tingyun felt that what he said made sense.
But is there no other way to bridge the gap between the earth and the human world?
Li Tingyun then asked, "Besides transmitting sound, do the conch shells you created have any other functions?"
The implication is that transmitting sound is acceptable, but can transmitting it to a person be acceptable?
Jingmu Han said, "Palace Master, anyone who possesses a conch shell can enter this place in their physical form, but if they want to leave, they can only return the way they came. They cannot use this as a springboard to go to the places where other people who possess conch shells are located."
Li Tingyun thought that as long as there were people from the Taiji Palace inside and outside the Gate of Hell, they could freely enter and exit through the conch shell, but Jingmuhan told him that this would not work.
In other words, this feature is too advanced; the first-generation conch machine could not meet such high requirements.
Li Tingyun wanted to know who made this thing so he could expedite the development of an upgraded version—but that's a story for another time; discussing it now is pointless.
"Xia Changfeng won't die. You all just go to the Gates of Hell and pry open those two doors for me! If you can't pry them open, I won't go back to the Taiji Palace."
"Lord of the Palace...why are you staying in the underworld instead of coming back?"
"Ascension to the throne."
"what?!"
Jingmu Han looked on in disbelief.
But in the blink of an eye, he became completely convinced.
"Palace Master, I believe you will definitely keep your word. Defeating the Ghost Emperor and dominating the realm is just around the corner!"
Why the hell do you talk so much nonsense?
When Li Tingyun saw that he actually believed it, he kicked him away.
"Besides your city lord, I just heard some people talking about Xue Rendong. Tell me, who else is going on?"
Then, another efficient person stepped forward and reported, "Lord of the Palace, Lord Xue of Xuanwu City was still brooding over the theft of the snow lotus seeds from the Nether Pool outside the city. In a fit of anger, he chased after the thieves all the way to the border."
There wasn't a single wasted word.
Li Tingyun certainly remembered that Wangcai had disguised himself as a noodle shop owner in Yongjie Town, causing a group of cultivators to be afflicted with the Yin-Yang Curse...
Wang Wu was among them.
They all need snow lotus seeds to detoxify.
I never expected that they would actually have the guts to "steal" into Sixiang City.
Li Tingyun asked, "Who are those people?"
The subordinate replied, "It is said that... they are from the Yunlan Sect."
Li Tingyun then realized that the group of cultivators who were afflicted by the Yin-Yang Curse were from the Yunlan Sect.
Li Tingyun asked again, "Did they get the snow lotus seeds?"
The man replied, "No. Palace Master, you've forgotten that you've already used up all the snow lotus seeds. The last one was taken by City Lord Xia, and it's said that you were the one who ordered it."
After a moment's thought, Li Tingyun realized that since the Yunlan Sect had failed, they would not give up easily. So they went to the border to find an antidote, and Xue Rendong followed them there.
The group of cultivators that Mao Jiang encountered in the market were very likely from the Yunlan Sect.
Li Tingyun recalled the scenes he saw in Mao Jiang's memories.
The two groups of people from the border market and Yongjie Town were dressed in the same style, suggesting they were likely from the same school.
It's really lively now.
The subordinate continued, "Lord Xue brought the Seven Constellations of Xuanwu to the territory two days ago."
Li Tingyun: "...Are they here in the area for team building?"