Volume 2 Nine Heavens Xuangong Chapter 006 Break
As night fell, the town fell into tranquility again, and the refining workshop was also as usual, leaving two disciples to patrol, and by midnight it was another shift.
Feng Budu lit the lamp, and the lamp jumped slightly, but soon someone knocked a few times outside the window and said softly: "Master Feng, please don't light the lamp at night, this is the rule of Wuxian Town!"
Feng Budu smiled and said, "But I'm afraid of the dark!"
The voice outside the window said, "Master, if you attract the devil, you will be in trouble!"
Feng Budu's face was stunned, puzzled: "There are still devils in Traceless Town?"
The voice outside the window fell silent.
"Your Excellency, you might as well come in and talk!"
The man outside the house hesitated for a moment, then came in.
He closed the door, walked over to the lamp and pressed the wick down, leaving only a faint glow, and the light shone on his face, blurry and a little invisible.
Feng Budu invited him to sit down and asked, "Are you a disciple of Master Hacha?"
He seemed to smile and said, "In Xia Zhangyuan, it's Hacha's third disciple!"
Feng Budu raised his eyebrows, his gaze focused on his blurred face, and said with a smile: "I've never seen you before!"
The disciple who called himself Zhang Yuan said again: "Master, you also know that refining weapons is not an easy matter, the disciples in the workshop have their own responsibilities, and I am mainly responsible for the purchase of refining materials, and I usually only come back at night, it is normal that you have not seen me." β
Feng Budu smiled.
Zhang Yuan said again: "Master, the town without a trace has been restless for the past year, so the major forces in the town have set a lot of rules for safety, and not being able to light the lamp at night is also one of them, even if the reputation of the master in the town is extremely high, it cannot be surpassed, so please understand!"
Feng Budu said: "Follow the customs of the locals, since it is the rule of the town without a trace, I will abide by it, but what about the devil you just said?"
Zhang Yuan sighed, lowered his head, and said, " This has to start from the desert without a trace, those devils are from the desert without a trace, extremely terrifying and terrible, a few years ago has not been affected here, the town is in the Chu country and the Nanban must pass through the road, but also considered to be rich, until a year ago, the residents on the edge of the town often heard strange cries at night, and then people disappeared one after another, sometimes just one or two, has not attracted everyone's attention, until the day of the appearance of the blood moon ten months ago, the south of the town disappeared more than 20 households and more than 70 people overnight, all of a sudden caused great panic in the townοΌβ
"Maybe they're out of the town. "The wind doesn't cross the road.
"That's not the case!" Zhang Yuan said, "The major forces in the town organized people to investigate, and found that these more than 20 families did not take anything with them, and the lights in all of their homes burned for a day and a night before they went out, how can you say that someone still filled the lamp with oil before moving out, and more than 20 households and more than 70 people appeared at the same time?"
Feng Budu's expression was slightly condensed, there was indeed a blood moon ten months ago, just a few days after he left the Chu State. "What happened next?"
Zhang Yuan sighed again: "Since then, almost half of the residents in the town have fled, and most of the rest are big forces with deep roots in Traceless Town, but recently they are also organizing to escape, presumably it won't be long before there will really be no one in Traceless Town." β
The wind does not cross suddenly, and the town of No Trace has survived in the cracks for hundreds of years, and now that such an accident has occurred, naturally everyone panics and flees frantically.
On one side of the town is the desert ravaged by the devil, and on the other side is the treacherous barren mountain range, where the people fled either north to the Chu State or south to the south. And the truth is that almost all of them fled towards the Nanban in the direction of a great wind. The reason inside is self-evident, the first line of heaven to the north is garrisoned by the Dragon Guard, one of the three major iron armies of the Chu State, and the Dragon Guard has adopted a cruel policy near the fortress for many years, which is even more terrifying than the devil in the desert without a trace.
"But I still don't understand one thing. Feng Budu said.
"Master, please speak, you must know everything in the future!" Zhang Yuan said.
Feng Budu asked calmly, "How is the soul stone used?"
"So that's it!" Zhang Yuan's expression slowed slightly, this didn't seem to be difficult to answer, " The only way to go to Nanban is on the edge of the desert without a trace, according to the investigation of the major forces, there have been a lot of devils on this road, and more and more, and then it didn't take long for the news that the soul stone can ward off evil spirits came out, so the major forces began to collect soul stones in the town, and soon the soul stones stored in the major refining workshops were scavenged, but the soul stone is an extremely precious thing, where is enough for thousands of people to use, so artificial soul stones began to appear!"
"And the method of artificial soul stones was researched by the Lingshi. "The wind doesn't cross the road.
Zhang Yuan was stunned, his eyes widened and he looked at Feng Budu, his face was already flushed, and then he realized that he was speechless.
Seeing his reaction like this, Feng Budu was even more affirmative in his heart, he had never heard of the method of refining soul stones, and some people may have studied it before, but soul stones are not very useful in the cultivation world, and monks who specialize in ghost paths will look for natural soul stones with stronger soul power, and artificial soul stones are not strong in soul power, which is very chicken.
However, the artificial soul stone is the most suitable life-saving medicine for the troubled town without a trace.
"Why are you so nervous?"
"Nothing?" Zhang Yuan swallowed, "It's late at night, I should go back too!"
Feng Budu had already smelled the fishy smell from Hacha, and what Zhang Yuan said about "discovering the wonderful use of soul stones" was easy to say, but the truth was probably far from being so simple.
After Zhang was far away, the wind did not cross and fell asleep, he thought about the information of a certain sect in Nanban, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "This person's surname is Zhang, is it a coincidence or am I thinking too much?"
Feng Budu thought about his situation at this time, Hacha must have hidden something extremely important from him, maybe he had secretly prepared a big pit for him, waiting for him to jump in. The situation can be described as very passive for him.
However, at this moment, a sneaky footstep sounded outside the house, extremely dense, and the wind did not cross it when he heard it, and knew that this person was a nocturnal thief. So there was a flash of inspiration in front of him, and he suddenly had a plan.
It's better to mess up this dilemma, and he took advantage of the water to fish and turn defeat into victory.
Feng Budu was agile, he came out of the window, followed the sound and looked, there was a black shadow from the ground to the roof of the tile, the body was very clumsy, but it did not make the slightest sound when it fell on the tile, and there was no trace of Xuan Qi fluctuation behind him.
Feng Budu frowned slightly, he was actually a master, and he had been strictly trained.
The black shadow flickered on the roof and disappeared, and when the wind did not cross to catch up, there was not the slightest trace to be found.
"Catch the thief!"
Feng Budu was about to shout, when suddenly a roar sounded in the darkness, suddenly waking up the whole night, and more than a dozen torches suddenly lit up in the refining workshop, and all the disciples appeared in the courtyard.
Feng Budu was shocked, but he was a step slower and was calculated.
The fire shone brightly, and all the disciples of the refining workshop looked at the wind on the roof in surprise. Immediately afterward, Hacha also rushed to the scene with an angry shout.
"Brother Feng, what are you doing here?" Hacha saw that Feng Budu was holding a sword in his hand, so he was very vigilant.
Feng Budu's face stiffened, and he always felt that he had jumped into the pit that Hacha had dug for him, and he couldn't help but feel a ball of anger rising, waving the sword in his hand, and asking rhetorically: "Brother Ha, I also want to ask you what does this mean?"
Hacha snorted coldly and sneered: "I heard someone shouting to catch a thief in my refining workshop, and when I came out, I saw Brother Feng standing sneakily on the roof, holding a sharp blade, it has come to this point, does Little Brother Feng want to give me an explanation?"
Feng Budu sneered and said, "You and I have reached this point, how else do you want me to explain?" Knowing that the other party wanted to deal with him, it was useless to explain more, so he simply tore his face.
Hacha breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly his face changed, looking disappointed. "Actually, I've long had doubts about your identity!"
"I have a ghost in my heart, and anyone who sees it will be suspicious!" Feng Budu received the sword behind his back and prepared to attack, "I'm right!"
Although Feng Budu did not say it explicitly, everyone knew what he was talking about, and all the disciples actually drew their weapons one after another, and it seemed that this was not the first time he had done it.
"Venerable Master, let's hurry up and do it, so as not to have too many dreams at night!" said a disciple who walked behind Hacha, it turned out to be Zhang Yuan, who had just finished talking with Feng Budu.
Hacha hesitated a little, and shouted at Feng Budu: "Brother Feng, I don't care who sent you or what your purpose is, but as a fellow refiner, I admire your talent, if it is lost in my hands, it will be a pity, why don't we take a break today and continue to cooperate?"
Feng Budu laughed, I don't know if this Hacha is really stupid, or if he thinks he is stupid, he actually uses such inferior means to bluff himself and arrest him.
β...... Otherwise, you'll have only one dead end today! I think you should understand how to go down this road. Hacha looked at his group of disciples, there were more than a dozen of them in the Gathering God Realm alone, although most of them were at the beginner level, but it was very enough to deal with Feng Budu, who was also in the Gathering God Realm.
"Don't hide it," Feng Budu said indifferently, "If it is about life and death, you are all garbage in my eyes!"
As soon as these words came out, all the disciples were furious, and immediately several disciples were furious, waiting for Hacha's order.
Zhang Yuan couldn't hold it back, rushed to the roof, a scimitar in his hand emitted a cold light, revealing Sensen's white teeth, and sneered: "Do you think you can't cross the wind, dare to be so arrogant?"
Feng Budu raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhang Yuan with strange eyes, and showed a weird smile: "I'm really so crazy!"
When the sword came out, a ghostly light pierced the night and slashed directly towards Zhang Yuan, which was extremely powerful, making everyone present stunned.
Previously, everyone thought that this little fat man who called himself "Feng Dabao" was a powerful refiner, but they didn't expect the sword to be so fierce and terrifying.
A crisp sound reverberated in the night, Zhang Yuan's face turned pale, he wanted to use a scimitar to resist the sword qi, but he didn't expect it to be directly cut off, if the sword qi was a few points stronger, even his head would be split in half.
"You ......"
Zhang Yuan's mouth was dry, and he hurriedly retreated, only to feel that his trouser legs were warm and wet after he stood up, and his face turned red, and he was furious with shame: "Honorable Master, this scourge cannot be left! Kill him quickly!"