"Hahaha, the time has finally arrived! Fellow Daoist Xu, go and call our Xuan Weapon Master!"
After confirming from Xu Yinghu that Zhu Yan had gone to Xuancheng with the caravan, Sun Tu immediately laughed three times and wanted to push forward the plan he had already prepared.
"Yes! But, should my brother and the others be involved in this matter?"
Xu Yinghu had seen Luo Hong's method of dealing with the Scaled Earth Dragon back then, and knew that the opponent was not an ordinary Taiyi Xuanxiu, so he couldn't help but suggest it at this moment.
"Hmph! They have all gotten too close to that person named Luo over the years. I can't believe it. It's up to you and me, plus Fang Chan!"
If before, Sun Tu wanted to deal with Luo Hong, it was purely for profit.
But now, as Luo Hong's reputation in Baiyan City grows, Sun Tu already feels that his position is being threatened.
This undoubtedly gave him another reason to take action!
"What? Do you think that Luo Hong can cause some trouble in my hands?"
Seeing that Xu Yinghu didn't respond for a long time, Sun Tu said in a cold voice.
"I don't dare, I will call him here right now."
Sensing Sun Tu's explosive aura, Xu Yinghu immediately took two steps back and accepted the order.
Not long after, Xu Yinghu arrived at the door of Luo Hong's residence and conveyed Sun Tu's order.
"Master Sun, you want to see Luo? I wonder what's going on?"
Luo Hong didn't show up in a hurry when he heard this, but slowly finished his work before asking in a deep voice.
Seeing Luo Hong looking so arrogant, Xu Yinghu immediately snorted in his heart, secretly thinking that after he captured Luo Hong, he would snatch Zi Ling away in front of him!
But on the surface, he looked respectful and said with a smile:
"Xu is not sure about the specific situation. It seems to be about earth-level mysterious weapons. Master Luo should ask the city lord in person, right?"
"Oh? City Lord Sun finally has the courage to ask Luo Mou to study the refining of earth-level mysterious weapons? That's very good. Please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist Xu, and Luo Mou will follow you to meet City Lord Sun!"
There was excitement in Luo Hong's words, and he immediately agreed to go and meet Sun Tu.
And he had just stood up and pushed out the door when he saw Zi Ling walking over.
"Brother Luo, just a few days after Fellow Taoist Zhu left, Sun Tu called you over. I'm afraid he had some conspiracy."
Zi Ling didn't know what Luo Hong and Zhu Yan were planning, but at the moment, Qing Qing was vaguely aware that something was wrong.
"Don't worry, brothers and sisters, everything is under Luo's plan.
You should retreat for a while first, and when Luo comes back, you will understand everything.
If someone breaks into this place by force, you should immediately activate the silver charm Luo gave you!"
Luo Hong's face was full of confidence and he immediately explained to Zi Ling.
"I understand and will not hold Brother Luo back."
Zi Ling felt relieved when he saw this, then nodded and kept Luo Hong's explanation in mind.
Zi Ling was smart and alert, and Luo Hong felt reassured by him, so he just nodded slightly and walked out of the residence.
As soon as he came out, before he could say a few words to Xu Yinghu, several Jinxian Xuanshi who passed by greeted Luo Hong warmly.
"Be proud of yourself, soon everything you have will belong to the Lord of the City!"
Xu Yinghu looked quite dissatisfied and couldn't help but think of it with malice.
Without spending too long on the road, Luo Hong quickly followed Xu Yinghu to the meeting hall and met Sun Tu himself.
"City Master Sun, I heard that you intend to let Luo start research on earth-level mysterious weapons. I wonder how many earth-level beast cores you have collected?"
As if Luo Hong didn't know anything about it, he asked about the things he was most concerned about when they met.
"Haha, don't worry, Fellow Daoist Luo, I'm calling you here today just for the matter of the beast core."
Sun Tu enthusiastically asked Luo Hong to take a seat before continuing:
"Fellow Daoist Luo has been coming to our White Rock City for some years. You must have heard about the situation in Kuanglong Ridge, right?"
"Kuailinglong Ridge is the closest forbidden area to our White Rock City. Not only are there a large number of dragon-shaped scale beasts, but there is also a Great Luo Beast King sitting there.
When City Lord Sun mentioned this place at this time, could it be that he wanted to make plans there?"
Luo Hong was just right to be surprised when he heard this. After all, in the many beast tides in the past, the scale beasts from Kuanglong Ridge had been the main force.
In other words, in the confrontation between Baiyan City and Kuanglong Ridge, the former has always been in a passive defensive state.
"Yes, but Fellow Daoist Luo, don't worry, I have no intention of confronting the Daluo Beast King head-on.
But in order to gather the earth-level beast cores you need, Fellow Daoist Luo, a group of Taiyi scale beasts in the ridge must be hunted down, so I came up with such a strategy."
After nodding in recognition, Sun Tu told Luo Hong his plan.
It turned out that he wanted to use the mysterious weapon refined by Luo Hong to create an illusion that was fake and real, to lure the Da Luo Beast King away, and then lead his people to attack Kuanglong Ridge from the side close to Puppet City.
After hunting enough earth-level scale beasts, they immediately left some broken puppets and evacuated.
This sounds very reasonable indeed. Not only can it harvest a large number of earth-level beast cores, but it can also lead disaster to Puppet City. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
But Luo Hong knew very well that this plan was a lie, and Sun Tu's purpose was just to trick him into leaving the city.
After all, with Luo Hong's current reputation, it would be very inconvenient for him to do it directly in Baiyan City.
"Well, although this plan is quite risky, you can't catch the tiger's cubs if you don't enter the tiger's den. Luo wants to think about it carefully."
Although Sun Tu's plan was exactly what Luo Hong wanted, he didn't rush too far and hesitated at the moment.
"I am very aware of Fellow Daoist Luo's concerns, so I don't want to solve it overnight. Instead, I want to take you and Fellow Daoist Xu to explore around Kuanglong Ridge first."
Sun Tu said immediately.
"City Master Sun, you can be so careful, Luo Mou is relieved. I wonder when we will set off? How many people will accompany us?"
Luo Hong nodded slowly when he heard this, and asked with a suddenly relaxed expression.
"Of course, the faster the better, but the number of people doesn't need to be large. I can just add Daoyou Xu and Fang Chan.
The four of us should go back quickly and strive to make a complete decision on this matter within two months, so that Fellow Daoist Luo can start research as soon as possible!"
Sun Tu had been misled by Luo Hong's performance in seclusion and refining weapons all these years. He thought that Luo Hong was a weirdo who was obsessed with refining weapons, so he immediately seduced Luo Hong on this point.
"That's great. Luo doesn't need to prepare anything, he can set off now!"
Luo Hong pretended to be fooled and replied with bright eyes.
"Okay, once I give instructions to the others, we will be on our way immediately!"
Although Sun Tu would not tell Xu Yinglong and others who were staying in the city the truth, he still wanted to inform them so that Baiyan City would not be in chaos because of his departure.
After burning a stick of incense, Sun Tu wrote three bone letters and sent them to the residence of Xu Yinglong and the others.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Tu took Luo Hong, Xu Yinghu, and the pig-headed Fang Chan out of the city.
Since the four of them are Taiyi Xuanxiu and have extremely strong legs, after just a moment, the two high mountains on both sides of Baiyan City became only a tiny bit bigger behind them.
Running all the way, Luo Hong gradually fell into the siege of Sun Tu and the others. In front of him was Sun Tu who was opening the way, and on both sides were Xu Yinghu and Fang Chan.
However, Luo Hong did not panic at all, and even expected Sun Tu and the others to take action quickly so as to save some time.
After all, he had already sensed the aura of the silver talisman he handed to Zhu Yan.
Although Luo Hong now has the confidence to deal with Sun Tu and the others alone, it is best if a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall and can crush them.
More than twenty days passed in the blink of an eye, and Sun Tu still had no intention of taking action, and they were now less than 100,000 miles away from Kuanglong Ridge.
Fortunately, when night fell again, Sun Tu finally lost his patience and stopped on a barren mountain on the pretext of camping for rest.
"Thank you for your hard work, three fellow Taoists. Come, drink some blood wine to relieve your fatigue!"
As soon as he stopped, Sun Tu took out an animal skin bag from behind and handed it to Xu Yinghu who was standing aside.
Xu Yinghu didn't hesitate, he raised the animal skin bag and pumped it hard. After putting it down, he immediately showed a happy expression.
"Good wine! This is what you, the city lord, brought back from Xuancheng, right? The last time Xu drank it was during the Five Cities Martial Arts Competition a thousand years ago!"
While talking, Xu Yinghu handed the animal skin bag to Luo Hong.
"Speaking of the Five Cities Competition, it shouldn't be long before the next one, right?"
Luo Hong took the animal skin bag but did not drink it, but asked Sun Tu.
"It hasn't been long, maybe ten or twenty years.
If fellow Daoist Luo wants to see Xuancheng, I can bring you with me."
Sun Tu replied seemingly casually, but his eyes glanced at the animal skin bag from time to time.
"City Master Sun is really relieved to let Luo go to Xuancheng? Aren't you afraid that Luo will never come back and Baiyan City will return to its former state?"
By this time, Luo Hong no longer wanted to pretend, and said with a half-smile.
"What are you talking about, Fellow Daoist Luo? Xuancheng is the main city. It's natural for Fellow Daoist to want to go to higher education. I will never stop you in the slightest.
However, this blood wine cannot be opened for too long, otherwise the smell of alcohol will dissipate and it will not be beautiful."
Sun Tu persuaded the drinker with a smile.
"This Xuancheng's blood wine does have a unique flavor just by smelling it, but unfortunately, there is dragon tooth sand in it, and Luo doesn't dare to drink it near Kuanglong Ridge."
After saying that, Luo Hong threw the animal skin bag aside, causing the light red wine inside to gush out.
I saw that the wine was normal at first, but after being in contact with the air for a long time, it gradually turned black and gave off a foul smell.
It turns out that the dragon tooth sand itself is not toxic, but as long as it meets the dragon's energy, it will turn into a strange poison called "black dragon sand".
Although Luo Hong does not practice poison, he has read the classics that Azi collected from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, and he still knows a lot about poison.
"You can actually find it! Could it be that Xu showed some tricks?"
When Xu Yinghu saw this, he stopped pretending, took out an antidote pill from his arms and drank it.
In order to make Luo Hong drink the poisonous wine with confidence, he did not hesitate to drink it himself. He just secretly slowed down his breathing so that the poison would spread more slowly. Unexpectedly, he did not deceive Luo Hong!
"Fellow Daoist Luo, I really underestimate you.
But this poisonous wine is just the icing on the cake, after all, I don’t want to hurt you too much.”
Sun Tu also put down his mask at this time, with a sinister smile on his face.
"City Lord Sun, there is no need to talk nonsense. It is impossible to capture Luo without any help. Just do it!"
Luo Hong turned his fist, and a majestic fighting spirit burst out in his eyes.
Although his physical cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years, he has never fought against anyone, and he has long been itchy and intolerable.
"You two go try his quality first!"
Although Sun Tu was confident that he could suppress Luo Hong due to the huge gap in his cultivation, his tendency to hide behind the scenes made him decide to let Xu Yinghu and the others test Luo Hong first.
Xu Yinghu was still a little hesitant when he heard this, but Fang Chan on the side had already pounced on him.
This person basically follows Sun Tu on weekdays and is his confidant, but he always looks like a fool.
But when he moved his hands at this moment, his eyes immediately shone brightly, as if he had completely woken up!
Instantly getting close, Fang Chan moved his right arm, which suddenly became blurry, and then a black fist shot out like lightning, hitting Luo Hong directly in the face.
This attack was simple and unpretentious, it was obvious that Fang Chan wanted to test Luo Hong's physical strength.
And Luo Hong's response was extremely simple. He punched out his right fist like an afterimage and collided with Fang Chan's fist!
There was an explosion, and a powerful impact erupted from between the two of them.
Fang Chan immediately couldn't bear the huge force and took three steps back in a row. Each step left a deep footprint on the ground, causing the surrounding earth to crack!
After standing firm, Fang Chan looked at his right arm in disbelief, only to see that it was shaking slightly, and the black animal skin that was originally tied to it had torn apart without a trace.
Xu Yinghu's expression changed when he saw this. Fang Chan was the second master in Baiyan City. His strength had reached the middle stage of Taiyi, and he had opened a total of 215 mysterious orifices.
But now it seems that his physical strength is not as good as Luo Hong, who is only in the early stage of Taiyi.
Obviously, Luo Hong had hidden his profound Tao cultivation before!
Although Sun Tu was still stable at the moment, he frowned slightly. He didn't like this kind of change.
However, Fang Chan herself showed an extremely excited look after a brief moment of daze, looking at Luo Hong as if looking at a highly valuable prey.
"You're great!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Chan's eyes suddenly turned blood red, and a muffled sound of "crackling" suddenly sounded in his body. His body expanded violently, and immediately became twice its original size, and his skin turned black and red.
Thick veins and knotted muscles emerged.
What's even more astonishing is that all the white light emitting from the more than two hundred orifices on his body turned into blood red, and streams of blood-colored air flowed out of his body, circling and flying around his body!
As soon as these mysterious secret techniques came out, the space around Fang Chan immediately buzzed and trembled, and the entire mountain peak also shook, and cracks appeared.
"die!"
Amidst the loud shouts, Fang Chan drew out the two giant silver-patterned axes from behind and struck at Luo Hong like a violent wind.
"Use the mysterious weapon I refined to kill me? Who gave you the courage!"
As he said that, Luo Hong's eyes suddenly sharpened, his feet moved slightly, and he disappeared.
"stop!"
Sun Tu seemed to have seen something, his eyes widened at this moment, he yelled and punched at the same time.