NOVPUBHe was absolutely certain that the being who annihilated his clone projection with a single strike was definitely an immortal being.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a strong sense of oppression.
It made him not even dare to entertain the thought of fighting.
"Clan Leader, I have already sent someone to the City of Fearlessness to retrieve the legacy item, but it will take at least three days to arrive,"
said an elder from below, "Yet now someone has gotten there before us."
"Should we issue a warrant for that person’s arrest, as long as they are within our Lu Kingdom’s territory,
they won’t be able to escape even if they had wings," someone else suggested from below.
Listenting to the lively discussions below, the man in the Blood Robe slightly lifted his hand and gestured for them to stop.
He spoke indifferently, "This matter is probably not simple, let’s first ascertain the other party’s identity."
All present voiced their agreement.
......
At this moment, within the City Lord Mansion, Xu Zimei looked at the severely injured Lu Yangui lying on the ground.
He took down the other’s Storage Ring.
Forcefully breaking the seal on the Storage Ring.
Lu Yangui, with his spirit damaged, spurted out another mouthful of fresh blood.
Xu Zimei searched through the Storage Ring for a long time, finally taking out the item that formed a tornado shape.
Not knowing what material this thing was made from,
it felt extremely rigid to touch, and the design details of the tornado were incredibly lifelike.
It was just the size of a palm, cool and refreshing to hold in the center of the hand.
If Situ Yunfei had not previously mentioned the Wind Extinguishing Bead to him, Xu Zimei would not have associated it with that.
"Now that you have this item, can you tell me what use it actually has?" Lu Yangui struggled to ask.
"Curiosity killed the cat," Xu Zimei smiled,
and smashed down with a punch, like an exploding watermelon.
There was a "bang" sound.
Having obtained the object he wanted, Xu Zimei then returned to the underground tunnel.
"Resolved?" Situ Yunfei looked at Xu Zimei and asked.
"Send these children home, and your task will be considered complete," Xu Zimei said indifferently.
Situ Yunfei hesitated for a moment but ultimately nodded his head.
......
After parting ways with Situ Yunfei, Xu Zimei returned to his room in the inn.
Before leaving, he gave the Storage Ring he had gotten from Lu Yangui to Guo Xiaoyun.
Inside it, there were resources that would help Guo Xiaoyun if she was willing to make an effort.
Although it wouldn’t make her too strong, she would at least have the ability to protect herself.
It wouldn’t be until tomorrow that those servants might discover that Lu Yangui and his son had died.
As for those lurking in the City of Fearlessness who wanted a piece of Lu Yangui,
Xu Zimei couldn’t be bothered with them.
After staying in the inn for one night and when the sky was just beginning to lighten,
Xu Zimei left the City of Fearlessness, heading northwards.
He released the Dark Heaven Tiger from the living creature space within the Storage Ring, mounted it, and vanished into the fading night.
The Northern Continent was vast beyond measure, heading north from the City of Fearlessness, 𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑝𝘶𝘣.𝑐𝘰𝘮
it would take more than a month to travel beyond the territories under Lu Kingdom’s dominion.
Thus, between the thirty-six nations, there were interconnected teleportation arrays.
Using the teleportation arrays, one could travel to their desired nation at the greatest speed.
However, also because the teleportation arrays were so resource-intensive, the fees were exceedingly high.
Aside from those from wealthy backgrounds, most ordinary people couldn’t afford to use teleportation arrays.
After seizing the Wind Extinguishing Bead, Xu Zimei was prepared to go to the Heaven Tiger Empire,
then use a teleportation array to reach the Phoenix Perching Empire, where his maternal Wenren Family was located.
Xu Zimei had made some inquiries beforehand.
There is only one teleportation array leading from Lu Kingdom to the Heaven Tiger Empire, and it is located in the capital of Lu Kingdom, Slaughter City.
Xu Zimei had to rush from City of Fearlessness to Slaughter City.
...
After a tiresome journey of half a month,
on this particular noon, Xu Zimei stopped in front of a city.
This was the necessary route to Slaughter City.
The city gates bore the inscription Vermilion Bird City in three large characters.
The characters were fiery red, with sharp strokes that seemed to come alive.
Gazing at it for too long, one could feel their spirit being drawn in, and a faint pressure, as if from a divine beast, emanated.
If one were to ask which city within the territories of Lu Kingdom was the most famous,
it wouldn’t be the front-line City of Fearlessness, nor the capital Slaughter City.
But rather the Vermilion Bird City right before their eyes.
From a distance, the entire perimeter of Vermilion Bird City’s walls was built with red bricks and tiles.
The walls were constructed in a special manner.
From afar, they looked like a Vermilion Bird wishing to take flight amidst blazing flames.
The city was truly majestic and vast.
Vermilion Bird City was one of the largest cities within the borders of Lu Kingdom.
All because of Vermilion Academy that was established within the city.
...
Heavenly Dao Academy was the most renowned academy in Yuan Central Continent.
The era of the academy’s existence could be traced back to the Wild Desolation period.
The main campus was located in Central Continent, and they had also established Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise branches in each of the four continents, east, west, south, and north respectively.
Xu Zimei had visited the White Tiger Academy when he was in the Eastern Continent.
In fact, Lin Ruhu’s Heavenly Gang Fierce Tiger Body was acquired from there.
Now that he had arrived in the Northern Continent, Xu Zimei also wished to visit the Vermilion Academy here.
Upon entering the city, the bustling life inside was almost incomparable to other cities.
Students of Vermilion Academy in their red robes were everywhere to be seen.
Now that it was early spring, it was the recruitment period for the academy.
Hence, Vermilion Bird City was exceptionally lively and bustling during this time.
Talented disciples from both north and south wished to join the Vermilion Academy.
After all, to enter here meant one could be associated with Heavenly Dao Academy.
Xu Zimei searched through several fully booked inns and restaurants before finally finding an available room.
After settling in his accommodation, he was ready to take a stroll on the main street.
After all, he too was infected by the atmosphere of prosperity here.
The streets were teeming with people, and vendors in front of their stalls were energetically hawking their wares.
The scent of food wafted down the entire street.
As Xu Zimei strolled through the streets, a child hurriedly squeezed out from the crowd.
The child cried out in panic and bumped directly into Xu Zimei.
"I’m sorry, it wasn’t on purpose," the child quickly apologized.
Xu Zimei took a glance at the child.
The voice indicated it was a young boy, but at the moment, the boy’s entire head was concealed under a pure black, rather large bamboo hat.
The hat even covered the boy’s neck.
Xu Zimei couldn’t see the young boy’s face.
He was curious how, with such a dark fabric covering the whole head, the boy could see outside.
"Are you alright?" Xu Zimei asked indifferently.
"I’m fine, I’m fine, I’ll be more careful when I walk next time," the young boy hurriedly shook his head.
He ran off toward the distance in a fluster.
"Quite interesting," Xu Zimei watched the young boy’s departing figure, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He touched his waist, only to discover that the pouch that had been hanging there, which contained spirit stones, was gone.
