Fan Boyu reached out and grabbed, the guard of Du Yueyao flew uncontrollably from the third-floor stairwell to the three of them.
Then, holding him, he flew straight out of the third-floor window of Leping Tower.
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed, before Fan Boyu moved, he waved his hand, creating an illusion of Fan Boyu and himself pulling the guard away from the stairwell, then immediately went invisible, rose into the air, and chased after Fan Boyu flying out.
“What happened?”
Lu Zheng caught up to Fan Boyu, saw him flying towards the city outskirts while asking the guard, “Point the way!”
“It is on the west side of the city heading north, on the official road to Yizhou Prefecture, we travelled over twenty li, just turned past Huishan Pass, no one before or after, suddenly a gale swirled up at the pass, flipped the carriage roof in one go, and swept the young lady into the wind.”
The guard pointed northwest, “Right there!”
“Where did the wind blow to?”
“West!”
Fan Boyu’s face darkened, he soared swiftly.
Lu Zheng asked gravely, “Yuan Sheng Sect?”
“Do not know!” Fan Boyu said, “I have not received news of new sect priests entering Lingbei Circuit.”
Moments later, the two landed at where Du Yueyao was taken.
A nearly dismantled carriage was moved to the roadside, the coachman shivering and waiting aside.
Fan Boyu and Lu Zheng descended, one cast Yuan Sheng Sect secret arts, the other used Baiyun Temple’s orthodox qi viewing technique.
Moments later…
Fan Boyu’s eyes turned fierce, “Cannot find! It is indeed Yuan Sheng Sect!”
His own people, of course, knew how to shield from their own.
“Found it!” Lu Zheng said immediately.
The other side only covered traces trackable by their own, did not seal completely, ultimately letting Lu Zheng find a trace of Liu Qingyan left on Du Yueyao.
“Chase!” Fan Boyu said.
Lu Zheng nodded, to the guard, “You go back first, tell the Liu family.”
“Yes!” The guard hurriedly cupped fists, knew he could not help, passing the word was his limit.
Lu Zheng rose on cloud, but not west, instead swiftly southwest.
Fan Boyu grinned, “I knew it!”
The two flew fast, Lu Zheng asked while flying, “Who might be on the other side?”
Fan Boyu said gravely, “Few priests in the new sect are stronger than me, stronger ones would not come to the Central Plains personally to grab someone.”
Lu Zheng nodded, relieved.
He had been a bit worried earlier that he and Fan Boyu could not stop the other, if they let them fly back to Yuan Sheng Sect all the way, trouble.
“Huh?”
Just flew a few hundred li, Lu Zheng’s eyes suddenly sharpened, stopped, looked at an ordinary hill to the lower left.
“What is it?” Fan Boyu asked.
“Yueyao is in that cave.”
“How possible?” Fan Boyu puzzled, “Why not send straight back?”
Even if worried flying all the way too conspicuous, needing to thread mountains and woods, no need to stop just after a few hundred li?
Next moment, from a cave mouth midway up that hill, a person turned out, shocked face looking at the two, “Fan Boyu!”
“Zhao Wuji!”
Fan Boyu stared, “How are you here, are you not personal guard… Saintess Xueyi also came to Central Plains?”
Then, Fan Boyu looked behind Zhao Wuji, expression instantly grave.
Lu Zheng’s eyes jumped, divine sense tried to probe the cave, but blocked by a true qi barrier.
Bloody hell, no wonder Fan Boyu got no Yuan Sheng Sect news, turned out new sect’s saintess came personally, he naturally would not know.
“Truly bloody hell!”
Lu Zheng swore, and before he moved, Zhao Wuji acted first.
Zhao Wuji pointed, a black curse seal shot like lightning.
Lu Zheng’s face sank, one hand slapped out a Feiyun Evil-Breaking Curse, while descending the cloud, and urgently asked Fan Boyu, “How long does Saintess Descent take?”
“Depends! If altar array all set, just one or two hours.” Fan Boyu replied, face fierce.
Du Yueyao was his disciple, formally apprenticed!
Du Yueyao had cultivated qi sense, Yuan Sheng Sect people could tell at a glance she was same sect!
But now caught by Xueyi Saintess, new sect truly held no scruples!
Zhao Wuji waved hands, countless flowers grasses trees in forest instantly withered, countless decayed energies gathered swiftly, turned to hundreds of rune curses, surged at Fan Boyu and Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng’s eyes jumped, turned back asked, “Few in new sect stronger than you?”
“Heart-Breaking Curse! Death Summon!”
Fan Boyu while pinching hand seals, harshly replied, “He is one of them!”
Fan Boyu angrily said, “I hold him, you hurry to cave break Xueyi Saintess’s casting!”
Zhao Wuji shouted sharply, “Fan Boyu, you collude with outsiders, block saintess?”
“I do not believe you cannot see that girl cultivated holy sect’s ‘Plain Woman Wish God Method’!”
Zhao Wuji smiled coldly, “Since not yet entered ancestor worship, not holy sect disciple.”
“See!” Fan Boyu looked at Lu Zheng, “What did I say?”
“Pah!”
Lu Zheng broke over a dozen curse attacks, “That is just excuse, you still believed? No wonder original sect suppressed by new!”
Fan Boyu, “…”
Next moment, Lu Zheng feet landed, ignored curses circling body, feet sank, instantly sank into ground.
“Earth Walking Technique!”
Zhao Wuji startled, turned to go to cave.
But this time Fan Boyu would not let Zhao Wuji leave, countered with a slap, a Soul-Dispelling Curse blocked before Zhao Wuji.
Zhao Wuji stopped, coldly turned back, “You think he can break saintess’s array?”
…
Underground, Lu Zheng just approached, found a true qi barrier merged into ground, seemed thin, yet indestructible.
Lu Zheng’s eyes sharpened, could not cast during earth walking, so body went up, emerged from cave floor again.
Right hand flipped, peach wood sword in hand, true qi surged, sword tip pointed straight.
“Qingwei Jade Vault, Supreme Unity Five Thunders Bombard!”
The most powerful thunder method in “Qingwei Jade Vault Thunder Arts”, also Lu Zheng’s current strongest single-target attack.
“Boom!”
“Supreme Unity Five Thunders Bombard! Boom boom boom!”
Without Zhao Wuji blocking, no internal array reinforcement, Lu Zheng’s five thunder curses in a row shattered the array in one breath.
“Thunder method!?”
Outside cave came Zhao Wuji’s furious shout, then hard-topping Fan Boyu’s attacks rushed in, arrived in a flash.
Lu Zheng of course would not wait, flew into cave, two steps to open space inside.
Cave scene instantly entered his view.
