Chapter Ninety-Eight: Confrontation
After Lei Xiu walked out of the villa with Moika, the two of them got into a carriage brought by Moika and drove in the direction of the most edge of the east side of Shenyuan Academy, and it took about an hour and a half before they stopped in an empty wasteland.
Lei Xiu, who got out of the carriage, looked around in amazement, and saw the dry and crumbling ground and some houses that seemed to have collapsed by fire, there were no plants here, not even the most tenacious weeds, and the gusts of wind blew, rolling up white sand and dust, making the surroundings even more desolate and dilapidated.
Lei Xiu slowly turned his head to Moika, incredulous, "Teacher Moika, you're not going to tell me that Grand Elder Duke lives here, are you?"
Moika looked at Lei Xiu expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, where is the Great Elder so easy to see, this is just a place for transmission, you wait for me." β
After speaking to Recius, Moika took a few steps forward to a ruined house with only half a stone wall, took a soft brush and a small bottle of ink from his pocket with a solemn expression, and began to write on the stone wall.
Lei Xiu looked at this scene curiously, and couldn't help but take two steps, just in time to see what Moika wrote.
"There is a new student who has entered our institute and asks to see the Grand Elder with a letter of introduction, and the student has been summoned by the dean, and with the consent of the dean, the great elder is asked to see or not to see him. β
After writing this paragraph, Moika put away the soft brush and ink, and stood quietly in front of the stone wall, and after a while, a flame suddenly appeared at the root of the stone wall, spreading rapidly from the bottom to the top, until the stone wall was broken, dissipating like burned paper, leaving only a scorched black mark, and the words on the stone wall disappeared strangely.
After another ten minutes or so, a bright flame flashed on the wall again, and when the flame burned out, a new line of words reappeared.
"Bring him to me. β
Seeing these lines, Moika showed a gloomy and depressed look on his face, and turned his head to look at Lei Xiudao with resentment in his eyes, "Come with me, the Great Elder has promised to see you." β
Lei Xiu asked strangely, "Teacher Moika, are you going to come with me this time?"
Moika said angrily, "Nonsense, don't you see the words on the wall, let me take you there, hey, it's really unlucky, I can't avoid this catastrophe!"
Lei Xiu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "Teacher Moika, why don't I go by myself, and when I see the Great Elder, I will tell him that I let you go first." β
Moika's face softened slightly, and when she heard this, she shook her head and said, "No, the Great Elder asked me to take you over, and I must take you over personally, otherwise you will definitely die an ugly death, hey, I hope his old man won't do any dangerous experiments today." β
After making up his mind, Moika beckoned Lei Xiu to come over, and when Lei Xiu came to him, he grabbed Lei Xiu's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "The place where the Great Elder lives is relatively far away, you may be a little unaccustomed to it, bear with it." β
As soon as the words fell, I saw Moika's right hand draw out a spell symbol with golden light, and gently slapped it on the stone wall, and the stone wall was instantly stained with a layer of golden light, the light became brighter and brighter, and in the blink of an eye, it drowned the bodies of Moika and Lei Xiu, until the golden light seemed to spread to the limit and dispersed, the front of the stone wall had become empty, and the figures of the two could no longer be found......
It seemed like a long time had passed, and it seemed like only a few minutes had passed, and in a feeling of dizziness and nausea, Rexiu finally heard Moika's familiar voice in his ears.
"Open your eyes, we're here. β
Slowly opening his eyes, Lei Xiu was startled by the gloomy environment in front of him, he originally thought that the place where Duke lived should be the same as Gonzalez, opulent and luxurious, but only superficially simple.
But at this time, what I saw in front of me was clearly a dark and dry cave, the surrounding stone walls were uneven, a few burning torches were inserted at random, and the ground was full of large and small stones, which looked like they all felt awkward, if there was anything different from ordinary caves, it was big!
This cave is the largest cave Lei Xiu has ever seen, as if a hill has been hollowed out, there is darkness beyond the top of the head, and there is no edge in sight around it, more than ten meters away, a cyan stone house stands there alone, there seems to be a light inside, and you can see a faint light faintly shining through the cracks in the door and the window.
Looking at Lei Xiu, who looked surprised, Moika said in a deep voice, "This is the residence of the Great Elder, let's go over." β
Nodding, Lei Xiu followed Moika and slowly walked towards the stone house, the two walked to the wooden door of the stone house, Moika knocked on the door twice with a respectful expression, and said softly, "Great Elder, the people have been brought." β
There was a faint sound of response from inside the stone house, and then a dazzling light suddenly flashed, and Lei Xiu closed his eyes slightly, only to find that Moika had disappeared in front of him when he opened them again.
Lei Xiu was startled, and subconsciously called out Moica's name, but he remembered that he had encountered the same thing when he went to Gonzalez yesterday, so he suppressed the urge to speak up and stood silently in front of the wooden door.
After a while, the wooden door creaked and slowly opened from the inside, and Lei Xiu quickly stood up straight and looked intently at the inside of the wooden door.
When the wooden door was fully opened, Lei Xiu, who was about to give a salute, was stunned, because the person who opened the door was a young man who looked not much older than him, this man had long fiery red hair, delicate and handsome facial features, and a white robe was clean as if he had just been washed, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be slightly upturned to both sides, as if he had been smiling, making people feel very kind and comfortable, but the brown eyes were a little strange, if you describe it, it was like a silent volcano, seemingly calm, but it contained enough to destroy everything of the burning and domineeringγ
Looking at the sluggish Lei Xiu, the young man slowly stretched out his hand, his palm was white and bright, and at the same time said coldly, "Who asked you to come to me? It seems that I have a lot of enmity with you, give me the letter of introduction." β
Hearing the young man's cold and pleasant voice, Lei Xiu instantly recovered from his astonishment, and hurriedly saluted, "Meet the Great Elder, I'm sorry, I was rude just now." β
The young man said impatiently, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and give me the letter, if the person who recommended you is not particularly familiar with me, I will have someone arrest him and accompany you to do experiments with me, which can be regarded as revenge for you." β
Lei Xiu felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and hurriedly took out the letter of introduction that was torn open from his arms, and handed it to the young man with both hands.
The young man looked at the corner of the envelope that was torn open by Gonzalez, his eyes showed a hint of curiosity, and he didn't open it immediately after taking the letter, but asked Lei Xiudao, "Didn't Gonzalez read this letter?"
Lei Xiu shook his head and said, "The dean originally planned to see it, but in the end he didn't read it, Great Elder, you will know it after you open it." β
Duke's excessively young face showed a sneer, glanced at Lei Xiu, didn't speak again, reached out and continued to tear it vigorously from the corner of the envelope.
Just when the envelope was half torn open, the blue arc flashed out of the envelope again, spreading along Duke's fingers at great speed, and this time the arc was even stronger and more domineering than yesterday's, and it reached Duke's neck in the blink of an eye, looking like a hideous and terrifying razer, wanting to choose someone to devour!
Encountering a sudden attack, Duke did not show the slightest panic on his face, but his eyes revealed a burst of excitement, and then he saw that his long fiery red hair really turned into a ball of flame, wrapped towards the blue arc, temporarily blocking the attack, and the other unrestrained arm stretched out at the same time, and a white flame appeared in the palm of his hand.
The white flame didn't seem to have the slightest power, like the wick of a candle, fluttering in Duke's palm, but Lei Xiu just glanced at the flame, and his eyes were like two needles that had just been burned from the furnace, it hurt and burned, and he couldn't help but let out a miserable snort and didn't dare to look at it again.
After the white flame appeared, Duke's face also showed a solemnity, and under his control, the flame slowly flew towards the blue arc, until it was close to the arc, the speed suddenly accelerated, and it instantly touched the arc.
At the moment when the blue arc and the white flame intersected, the space seemed to freeze for a moment, and the next moment, a circle of invisible ripples suddenly spread, followed by a suppressed dull blasting sound, the wind in the cave was raging for a while, and the air waves were rolling, and after a while, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated before revealing a standing figure and an embarrassed figure lying on the ground.
The standing figure belonged to Duke, of course, and at this time he had a thoughtful expression on his face, his white robe was still as white as new, but there was a scorched mark on his fingers that was the same as Gonzalez's.
The white flame was gone, but there was still a faint arc of electricity on the envelope.
Duke snorted coldly when he saw the arc, and let out a gentle breath, and the arc dissipated completely, revealing a folded letter.
Duke didn't rush to take out the letter, but looked at Lei Xiu, who had just stood up, looked at the other party's face full of shock, and said coldly, "Is Roger okay?"
Lei Xiu bent down slightly, and said with a respectful expression, "He is a very good old man, thank you for the Great Elder's concern." β
Duke nodded, looking at Lei Xiu's face with a smile that seemed to be a smile, until he looked at Lei Xiu with a creepy feeling, then he withdrew his gaze, took out the letter, spread it out and looked at it carefully.
"Duke, what's the matter, you're not my opponent yet, right? We shouldn't have a chance to fight before I duel with the old pervert, but don't worry, I will come to you after defeating the old pervert and killing Noah, my apprentice will let you go first, and you can teach him well, but don't treat your test students like yours, if my apprentice has any damage, even if I can't destroy your Shenyuan Academy, I will make you unable to recover within a thousand years, you should know that I can do it!"
"Of course, if he doesn't want to learn from you, forget it, it's up to him, but if you agree to the dual cultivation of law and martial arts, the curse of the path to becoming a god may really be broken, so be it, everything will be said after I finish the duel, Roger." β