Chapter 300 Star Stones

The same phenomenon occurred in Changan as well.

Li Gang, who was suddenly alerted by the intense alarm appearing on the Sky-stabilizing Mirror in the middle of the intensive routine of processing the government affairs, put on an extremely shocked look. He did several gestures and urged the Sky-stabilizing Mirror to show the view he searched for.

A detailed map of the entire Changan immediately emerged on the surface of the mirror, only the area of Taibai County was still covered by a shade. No matter how earnestly he prompted the ancient mirror, he could not see anything concealed beneath the shade. Further, what was more unusual was, right at the moment, the shade was flashing dazzling purple light, as if thunder and lightning were running wild there. Li Gang could pick up the dreadful aura issuing from that area even behind the mirror.

The surface of the Sky-stabilizing Mirror was about to be shattered under that force.

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Utter astonishment appeared on Li Gangs usually refined and composed face.

Whiz!

He turned into a jet of light and shot to the sky.

As a fifth-step Celestial Being at the peak, he was able to fly without any support. In an instant, he was over ten thousand meters above the Changan City and darted a look in the direction of Taibai County. He distinctly captured the formidable energy fluctuations rushing from seven or eight hundred miles away even without casting his spiritual force.

Thats the aura only a Sage can have.

What is going on in Taibai County?

Li Gang felt a little ill at ease.

Moments later, he returned to the hall of the Changan government and sent for Zheng Cunjian without ado.

Mr. Zheng, Ill trouble you to pay another visit to Taibai County. Just now, a very bizarre event has occurred there. Please go and find what really happened there.

In the Guanshan Pasture

The Holy Clan that located on the only plain in the empirethe Guanshan Plainwas not protected by high walls or natural barriers. The place was a wide expanse of flat land, only in the central area towered many buildings in different height. The plain stretched afar and took up about the area within a radius of one hundred miles. No city walls could be seen there.

That area was called Guanshan City.

It was a city free of any defense.

But meanwhile, it was a city highly secured from invaders.

Because the combative blood was running in the veins of every dweller and every horse in that city.

During the past several thousand years, only once did the invaders come near the place, but they were blocked when they were ten miles away from Guanshan City.

That was attributable to the man guarding the city. He was a myth in the martial circle of the Western Qin Empire, a legendary figure who had never been triumphed over, a miraculous man who gained the eternal victory. His name was Li Poyue, the Guanshan Master.

All of his opponents would involuntarily prostrate themselves before the martial legend in worship.

His name made every Guanshan Pasture disciple and even every martial arts practitioner in the Western Qin Empire proud of. He was also their icon, their example.

In an ordinary hut surrounded by flourishing plants in Guanshan City, a handsome young man who almost looked like a jade sculpture slowly opened his eyes from his deep meditation. How beautiful that pair of eyes were! They harbored breeze and cloud, twinkling stars, the rising sun and moon, and the surging sea Those eyes of his contained the profound beauty of nature.

That youth who looked too young for his age was Li Poyue, the Guanshan Master.

Someone has activated the Immortal Force in Taibai Mountain?

A trace of surprise climbed onto his features.

Only a few people in this world knew there was an exceedingly unique force in Taibai Mountain. It wandered about and often concealed between the mountains. It was quite distinguished from its kind and hard to be refined. Talents and demons from many generations had tried to transform the force into something they could command, but those attempts all failed. Even some Sages had come there in the hope that they could tame the Immortal force and break through the hindrance on the road to the Void-breaking Realm with the help of that force. But eventually, their hopes were all shattered.

Li Poyue had given it a shot himself but without success, too.

But now

Who has just done the thing that numerous talents have failed to do?

He was intrigued.

At the same time, in a solemn-looking black shrine, a bald man in extravagant robes who appeared to be in his fifties was staring at a smashed jade. The muscles on his face stood out, as though they were rocks cut by an ax. His eyes were fixed unblinkingly at the jade, exuding a hint of astonishment as well as grief.

Wenyuan has died. My most outstanding grandson has died.

Gawking at the jade, he mumbled to himself.

Who? Who killed him?

He rose to his feet, looking gloomy and spiteful.

Wenyuan was sent to Taibai County by me. And Liu Chong was there to protect him. Only a few in Changan are able to kill him. Li Gang, the Secular Sword Whiz, and Zhao Xue, the Taibai Sword Master I need to go to Changan, to rid of anyone involved in the murder of my grandson. None of them will be spared!

He did carry around loads of good stuff.

Gleefully, Li Mu opened Liu Chongs treasure pocket.

The gold tickets alone in that pocket worth about five million gold ingots. But that was pretty normal, given that Liu Chong was a fourth-step Celestial Being and a well-respected elder of the Guanshan Pasture. He must have all kinds of incomes pouring to him endlessly. After all, Celestial Beings were still humans, trapped in the basic human needs. So, fortunes in the secular world played an important role in their lives as well.

Li Mu accepted all of the treasures with a broad beam.

Aside from the gold, there were dozens of secret martial arts manuals, such as the Heavenly Drifting Cloud Sword, the Feather-brandishing Sword, the Qi-cultivating Formula in Large Circles, the Southern Accumulated Snow Meditation Method, which were all second or third-grade Cultivation Methods. Although those arts were a far cry from the Xiantian Skill and the Zhenwu Boxing, they had the reference value for Li Mu to perfect his inventive martial arts.

In addition to those manuals, there were also some magic instruments, most of which were swords. Li Mu took a look but found that he could hardly recognize any of the materials. However, he detected that the Spiritual Qi fluctuations in those instruments were rather vigorous, so they must have been made of a variety of precious substances. After deliberating it for a moment, Li Mu decided to melt them all and use their raw materials to refine his Samsara Knife.

Another notable object in the pocket was a valuable vest. It was made of divine silk, impenetrable to any weapon, immune to water and fire. Li Mu did not know how Liu Chong obtained such a treasure, which was certainly priceless. It was just that it was obviously a womans size, so Li Mu could not wear it himself. He planned to give it a rough refinement and engrave some tactical deployments on it before handing it to Shangguan Yuting.

Besides all that, the pocket contained a mix of assorted articles, which differed very much from one another. Although Li Mu could not see how they could be useful to him, he preferred to keep them as spares, for he could not return them to Liu Chong anyway. If he gained more trusted subordinates in the future, they might serve as great rewards to be handed down to his men.

To Li Mus great surprise, Liu Chongs treasure pocket held four small stones, too. Those stones were burned black, as if they had been smoldered. Li Mu was clueless about their use, but he recalled that in the treasure pockets of Chu Nantian, the Four Great Devil Zombies, and Meng Wu also lay some stone of the same kind, though they were in different colors.

And that had puzzled him for quite a long time.

Guards, bring Liu Chong here for investigation.

Now that Li Mu had captured one alive, he decided to get to the bottom of the