Emperor Qiankun

Chapter 261: Capturing a Person with a Cruel Heart

Time flies like a white horse. The morning light has not yet faded away, and the midday sun is already high in the sky, and then quietly sets in the west, dyeing the sky orange and red.

When the dusk spread across the sky like ink, Li Qingyuan and Lao Huangniu finally arrived at the small town closest to Xingyue City.

The two stood outside the teleportation array, looking at the city shrouded in twilight, feeling a little anxious.

They only needed to teleport once more to reach Star-Moon City, but this time they encountered a problem—

Xingyue City has been blocked for three days, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!

According to the disciples guarding the teleportation array, an elder from their Vajra Sect was capturing someone, so all entry and exit were prohibited.

"Catch one person? Elder Hua or Yue Qinghuan?"

Li Qingyuan stood by the window of the restaurant, looking at the sky gradually getting darker outside, his brows furrowed.

He guessed that the person who was arrested was most likely Yue Qinghuan.

After all, Elder Hua is a powerful figure in the Emperor Heaven Realm, and the elders of the Vajra Sect alone can't do anything to him.

And Yue Qinghuan is, after all, just a cultivator in the Tiangang realm...

But if it is really as he thought, then where else could Mr. Hua be if he is not in Xingyue City?

He pondered for a moment and made up his mind: no matter what, he must go to Xingyue City to find out the truth.

Since the teleportation array doesn’t work, just fly over there directly!

......

As the night deepened, there was silence outside the city.

The old ox transformed into a huge body, emitting a faint golden light all over.

Li Qingyuan jumped up and sat steadily on the cow's back.

"Moo..."

With a long moo from the old ox, its four hooves rose into the air and it galloped towards Xingyue City like an arrow.

The evening breeze whistled past my ears...

Li Qingyuan calculated that with the old ox's speed at the peak of the Tiangang realm, he would be able to reach Xingyue City in less than three hours.

However, while on the way, the sky suddenly became overcast and a heavy rain poured down.

The old ox had to slow down as raindrops as big as beans hit its body.

"wipe......"

Li Qingyuan looked up at the gloomy sky, feeling increasingly anxious.

This sudden rainstorm not only affected their speed, but also threatened to expose their whereabouts.

Li Qingyuan circulated his profound power and condensed a power shield, tightly wrapping him and the old ox.

Then, he took a deep breath, suppressed his irritation, and patted the old ox's neck: "Old ox, speed up!"

"Moo..."

The old ox raised its head and mooed loudly, its four hooves leaving trails of shadows in the rain, and its speed increased again.

In the rain, a man and a cow were like a golden lightning, cutting through the darkness and galloping towards Xingyue City.

......

It was late at night, everything was silent, and it was a hundred miles outside Xingyue City.

Li Qingyuan and the old ox quietly looked at the magnificent city ahead.

"Master, what should we say? Just go in and do it?"

The old ox has transformed into a human form and is standing beside Li Qingyuan, rubbing his hands and eager to try.

"Fuck you!"

Li Qingyuan glared at him unhappily.

"Most of the elders in each sect are at the Tiangang realm. How can we fight against them with just the two of us?"

"Besides, we don't know what's going on inside or how many people are there!"

"He's just at the Tiangang realm. Even if we can't beat him, we can at least run away from him." The old ox said nonchalantly.

Li Qingyuan blinked his eyes and felt that what the old ox said made sense.

The old ox's speed is even faster than that of the peak of the ninth level of the Tiangang Realm. Ordinary elders can't catch up with him at all.

So he squinted his eyes and looked at the towering city wall in the night. The moonlight coated the blue bricks with a layer of silver frost, and the twelve watchtowers were wedged on the top of the city like steel nails.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he grabbed the old ox's messy yellow hair and said:

"Lao Niu, wait a minute, you go in and test the waters first. Once you understand the situation, come out and we can make a long-term plan."

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"What?!"

When the old ox heard this, he shook his head like a rattle and said, "No, no... I'm timid and dare not act alone. You have to come with me."

"I'm not as fast as you, and I'm afraid I'll be entangled by then." Li Qingyuan frowned.

"Moo..."

The old ox mooed, "You said that, but I said I was too big and would be more easily exposed!"

"..."

After some hesitation, Li Qingyuan finally decided to go with Lao Huangniu. He wanted to see the current situation in the city with his own eyes.

He knew it was risky, but he couldn't care less now.

After careful observation, he found that a new team of guards would patrol the city wall every once in a while.

However, due to the heavy rain, the guards' vigilance seemed to have decreased.

Li Qingyuan seized an opportunity and flew towards Xingyue City quickly with Lao Huangniu in the dark night.

The journey of a hundred miles was over in a flash, but the two did not choose to go through the city gate because it had already been closed.

The two of them flew directly into the air, flashed by, and disappeared into the city.

......

Below, a monk guarding the city was dozing off against the city wall when he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing over his head. He opened his eyes and saw a dark shadow flash by.

He rubbed his eyes hurriedly and looked carefully again, but found nothing.

"Damn...what the hell?"

He muttered, glanced around again, and after finding nothing unusual, he continued to close his eyes and rest.

On the other side, on the top of a pavilion, Li Qingyuan had a full view of the cultivator's every move, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

He looked around the city, feeling somewhat confused.

The city was unusually quiet, with only the occasional sound of children playing.

Li Qingyuan frowned slightly, wondering in his heart: Didn’t they say they were catching someone?

Why is it so quiet? Has the person been caught?

No, if he was caught, why would the city gate still be closed?

That means I didn't catch it...

Or, did they not arrest anyone in Xingyue City at all, and Xingyue City was just a "bait" or a trap?

But this doesn't seem reasonable...

Li Qingyuan was a little confused about this for a moment.

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At this time, the old ox's voice sounded again:

"Master, please wait here for a moment. I will go in and find out what's going on."

As he spoke, he moved, intending to rush deeper into the city.

Li Qingyuan was quick to pull him back and said:

"How about this, let's split up."

"I'll go west, you go east, and we'll meet outside the City Lord's Mansion."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed in a rough direction.

The old ox looked in the direction of his finger and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The east looked particularly gloomy in the night. There was no light at all, no sound at all, and it was pitch black.

In the west, there was still a faint light flickering, and occasionally the clear voices of children could be heard.

This is fucking...isn't this a clear attempt to trick me, Old Niu?!

He looked at Li Qingyuan with resentment in his eyes, as if saying, "Master, you have such a cruel heart!"

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