novelE2F #411 - Each showing his magical power
#411 - Each showing his magical power
The young man was overjoyed to receive a free set of clothes, especially ones that had been worn by the Emperor. His smile instantly widened as he prepared to bow and express his gratitude.
However, another voice echoed within the hall, "Damn it, if I had known coming here naked would get me a reward, I would have come naked too."
Zhu Xie looked around, searching for the source of the voice, but couldn't find anyone.
Until the voice spoke again, saying, "Your Majesty, I'm over here."
Zhu Xie followed the sound and saw the oil lamp on his desk, but quickly averted his gaze, looking elsewhere, and curiously asked, "Where exactly is the Immortal?"
The next moment, the flame of the oil lamp flickered, and then a hand emerged from the flame, followed by an arm, chest, head, and the rest of the body, all leaping out of the flame.
It was a short man with a somewhat pointed face. He gave a strange laugh, shouting, "I, Fire-line Sun, have arrived!" and landed on the ground.
His entrance was even more shocking than Night Crow's.
Especially since he was so close to Zhu Xie, he startled the guards behind Zhu Xie. One of them drew his sword and shouted, "What demon is this!" and slashed at him.
Because everything happened so quickly, Zhu Xie couldn't stop him. However, as soon as the sword touched Fire-line Sun's skin, the guard screamed and dropped his red-hot sword.
Looking down at his hand, he saw that it was already covered in blisters.
"Fire-line Sun, be respectful!" Real Person Dongxuan quickly said. Zhu Xie, on the other hand, quickly regained his composure after the initial shock, and the more he looked at Fire-line Sun, the more he liked him.
"It's nothing, my guard attacked first. Immortal Fire-line was only defending himself. I don't blame him, I don't blame him."
After Zhu Xie finished speaking, he asked Real Person Dongxuan, "I wonder if Real Person has any other disciples? It would be good to summon them here for me to see."
"This humble Taoist has a total of seven disciples. It is their fortune to be summoned by Your Majesty, but… my eldest disciple, Lei Ze, has been in secluded cultivation for the past ten years, studying the art of controlling lightning. I'm afraid he has no time for other matters at the moment. As for my second disciple, Zou Zhao, he entered the underworld yesterday to resolve an old case, and has not yet returned."
"My third disciple, Shuhua… he is still in the palace, but Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. He is currently helping Your Majesty to exorcise ghosts and catch evil spirits. Once he catches the evil spirit缠绕缠绕 Ning Consort, he will naturally return to pay his respects to Your Majesty."
"There really are demons causing trouble in the palace?" Zhu Xie blurted out in surprise. Fortunately, everyone in the hall was completely captivated by the immortal skills displayed by Real Person Dongxuan's two disciples.
Except for the eight members of the Department of Astronomy, few people thought about it carefully.
Cheng Guan's face was very unsightly. He felt that his group had been completely played. It was all thanks to the Department of Astronomy for spending so much effort to bring Lu Jing and others from the academy, disguised as supervisors, and even preparing the materials for the ritual, all to fool Zhu Xie, the Chen Dynasty's Emperor, so that he could have a good night's sleep.
In the end, he didn't believe in such things at all.
The more Cheng Guan thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more unpleasant Real Person Dongxuan and his two disciples became to him.
He was still muttering, "It's just some sleight of hand." After he finished speaking, he looked in the direction of Xia Huai and the others, as if hoping to get their approval.
However, to his surprise, Xia Huai's expression became more serious than ever before. In fact, not only Xia Huai, but basically all the other academy disciples except Lu Jing looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.
And Lu Jing became Cheng Guan's lifeline. Cheng Guan poked Lu Jing with his finger and whispered, "Hey, the trick they just showed, can you do it too?"
"I can't." Lu Jing said bluntly, and then asked Cheng Guan, "Are there other cultivators in this world besides the Department of Astronomy and the academy?"
Cheng Guan shook his head. "I don't actually know much about your cultivation world. My job in the Department of Astronomy is mainly to communicate with other government offices and martial arts forces, etc., to get them to cooperate with the department's supervisors as much as possible, or at least not to sabotage things. Other things are not my responsibility, but…"
"But what?"
"It seems that someone caused trouble in the local area before. I heard Guo Shaojian mention it, saying that he was some kind of hidden cultivator, but there should be very few such people, and their strength shouldn't be too strong."
Lu Jing knew that Cheng Guan's guess was roughly correct.
Indeed, no matter how powerful a certain spell or technique is, it is generally not as good as a thousand years of complete inheritance. The academy, as a place to supply fresh blood to the Department of Astronomy, gathers the strengths of various schools and has generations of unremitting research and improvement.
The cultivation methods that have been整理整理 and compiled now, even if they are not the most perfect, must be close to perfect.
In contrast, those hidden cultivators, even if they really exist, their cultivation resources must not be as good as the academy's. They basically cannot solve the problem of秘力 concentration alone.
However, the appearance of Real Person Dongxuan and his disciples seems to have颠覆颠覆 this common sense.
The spells displayed by both Night Crow and Fire-line Sun are a bit匪夷所思, almost like those fantasies that only appear in story books.
Just as Lu Jing was thinking about how they did it, Real Person Dongxuan also answered Zhu Xie's question. The old Taoist nodded and said, "Yes, this humble Taoist just discovered it, but Your Majesty doesn't need to worry. Since Shuhua has already taken action, that evil spirit will definitely not escape."
"Real Person truly has the ability to reach the heavens, and can even bring auspicious omens under his command." Zhu Xie's praise came from the bottom of his heart. After a pause, he said, "Several immortals, please don't stand, please take a seat quickly."
However, after he said these words, Real Person Dongxuan's four disciples did not move.
Zhu Xie was stunned and asked, "Do the little immortals have any other matters?"
Night Crow sighed, "Your Majesty cherishes us and wants us to sit down early. Of course, we are very grateful, but unfortunately, our positions in the hall have been taken."