Chapter 54 What Did Honglong Tell Zhuque?

East Cave, above the forest, two figures floated.

The Domain of Clouds.

Yunhu, clad in white robes fluttering in the wind, was level with the airships of the Southern Continent. He had been in telepathic communication with the archbishop dispatched by the Holy City, discussing the specifics of the beast tide hunt.

Now that the trivial matters were concluded.

He turned his head to look at Honglong. Zhuque had left the Great Hunt alone, heading to the outer ring to resolve the issue of the "Scroll of God" being lost, and had yet to be found.

Although Yunhu and Zhuque were rivals, they both came from the Source Tower, and had climbed the ranks together from the bottom.

The path to becoming a Divine Envoy was filled with countless hardships that could not be shared with outsiders.

Only the other understood those experiences.

"Nothing." Honglong said calmly, "Zhuque went to West Cave to burn the city and was caught by Jia Wei."

"That idiot."

Yunhu sneered, "So he's begging for help?"

Of the four Divine Envoys, Zhuque would ask anyone for help except himself!

And Xuan Gui was responsible for guarding the main city and would not go out.

So Zhuque's only choice for help was Honglong... Honglong was strong enough and "selfless" enough. As long as it was within the scope of his responsibilities, he would agree, regardless of whether it was against reason.

"Mm."

Honglong said calmly, "I told him to go to the east side of [Tan Yao]... I will meet up with him."

"Okay, no wonder the 'Empty Domain' barrier was broken earlier. So he used his position plate again." Yunhu mocked, "It's just going to West Cave to burn the city... Can't he even handle such a small matter?"

Honglong glanced at the gloating Yunhu and reminded him, "Jia Wei is a fourth-order Transcendent."

"..."

Yunhu was silent for a second, then shrugged and said, "Anyway, I won't get caught. It's really stupid."

"I will report everything that happened in Sangzhou Cave to Mister Tian Shui as it is."

Honglong lowered his eyes and said, "Zhuque's city burning is meritorious, but it's not enough... He hasn't found the whereabouts of the 'Scroll of God' this time, so he hasn't completed 'atoning for his sins'."

Yunhu was very pleased to hear this.

He felt very good about completing the "Seed of Wine" related training on this trip south.

Among the four Divine Envoys, Zhuque was his greatest enemy!

That dead bird was eager for success and good at fighting.

Xuan Gui... looked honest and didn't seem like he could rob himself. Take this Great Hunt mission as an example. Only the future "Master of Wine" who was truly valued by Mister Tian Shui would be responsible for going out hunting!

The city guards were destined to be alternates.

As for Honglong—

Yunhu asked himself, his cultivation realm and combat ability were not as good as Honglong's. If he really wanted to choose the "Master of Wine", he would definitely not be Honglong's opponent.

But for some reason, he always felt that Honglong didn't care about the ownership of the "Seed of Wine" in his heart.

In other words, Honglong was too lazy to fight for the "Master of Wine" title!

Because of this matter, he had asked Mister Yan to divination a long time ago, wasting a qualification to use "Prophecy".

Divination could not peek into the "Seed of Fire."

So he divined Honglong's heart.

Mister Yan's prediction confirmed Yunhu's guess.

Honglong really didn't care about the "Seed of Wine".

In this way, the situation was better than ever.

Zhuque was demoted, and he was the only one destined by fate!

"I'm going out..."

Honglong said, "The hunting in the outer ring of East Cave is up to you."

After a brief exhortation.

Yunhu nodded quickly. He couldn't wait for Honglong to leave quickly... He could earn more "merit" in the next hunt.

The clouds spread, Honglong pressed his hands on his twin knives, and his breath instantly disappeared.

He turned into a scarlet lightning bolt, scattered between heaven and earth, and swept straight away.

However, Yunhu didn't notice.

After Honglong concealed his aura, the place he went directly to was not the inner part of [Tan Yao] surrounded by East Cave, but slightly to the south.

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"C1 material group has arrived."

"C3 has completed the headcount."

Outside the base of the Holy City Research Institute, the heavy aircraft of the Flower Banner slowly landed. A total of about thirty Transcendents from the Sincere Heart Society, driving Source Energy armored trucks, transported materials to arrive.

After the four continents divided Sangzhou Cave, they all intended to rebuild the high walls.

Although [Tan Yao] began to spew volcanic ash... before the beast tide was wiped out, the wall construction work in the city was still needed to be carried out. With the technology of the Flower Banner Group, as long as the materials were in place, the new city wall could be completed in just a few days.

This cost of building high walls could be ignored for large consortia.

It was more important to protect the relics in the city as much as possible and carry out data research on awakening experiments!

A total of more than a dozen large armored trucks drove out of the heavy machine cabin. The drivers showed their identity documents. After [Deep Sea] verified them, the Holy City Research Institute opened the passage entrance... Not only East Continent, but other forces also chose to airlift materials to carry out wall maintenance work.

The East Continent armored truck fleet drove towards the inner ring of Sangzhou Cave.

On the first car, a burly uncle in a floral shirt was driving with one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding a wine bottle, his arm pressed against the window, carrying out a low-pitched spiritual communication: "Mr. Xiao Cui, I have arrived at 'Sangzhou Cave'."

"Crackling."

The communication system seemed to be malfunctioning.

The burly uncle frowned slightly and adjusted his headphones.

"These are the contact information for Chen Mei, Gu Shen, and Bai Xiu..."

Cui Zhongcheng's calm voice came from over there: "You can now directly connect with them."

"Tsk, they are all big figures."

The uncle smiled when he heard this. He showed his white teeth, with a slightly flamboyant meaning: "But I have Gu Shen's contact information."

"Oh, is that so?"

Cui Zhongcheng remembered the past events of the capital a few years ago, and his last voice also brought three points of laughter: "It seems I didn't choose the wrong person."

"Then... Hu Danian, I wish you a smooth mission."

The convoy was driving on the wilderness, and the outline of the distant forest could be vaguely seen.

Hu Danian discarded the wine bottle.

He narrowed his eyes. Before he could dial the contact information left by Cui Zhongcheng, a young and cold voice sounded in his mind.

"I am Bai Xiu."

Hu Danian had heard this name.

One of the most talented young people in Changye in recent years...

The reason why "one of" had to be added was because another s-level genius had appeared in Changye a few years ago.

Gu Shen.

Hu Danian looked around and didn't see a single figure. He wondered and asked.

"How did you lock onto me?"

"Coincidence... The movement of the East Continent convoy entering Sangzhou Cave was very loud. My [Thunder Realm Walker] was capturing spiritual signals in the cloud, and I happened to see you."

Bai Xiu's answer was very humble.

But in fact, there was no such thing as a coincidence. As long as his [Thunder Realm Walker] sat on the cloud, it could almost take in the scenery of half of Sangzhou Cave.

"Okay."

Hu Danian touched his nose: "The smuggling mission to help the people of Sangzhou Cave leave the local area, are you responsible for it?"

"Smuggling mission..."

Bai Xiu was silent for a second, repeating the mission in his mind.

It didn't sound good, but it was appropriate.

"I should be responsible for it."

He sighed softly and said, "But I am only responsible for sending away one person, the most important one."

"...I know."

Hu Danian's eyes lit up, and he heard the instructions from above—

Regarding "Gu Xiaoman", Gu Shen told Lu Nanzhi as soon as possible.

After rescuing this little guy, Gu Shen and Lu Nanzhi formulated a rough plan to send people away overnight in the conference room. In fact, the plan was not complicated. On the day of the hunt, the East Continent convoy would enter Sangzhou Cave... This was the best time to send people away.

The capital needed to send a reliable, trustworthy, and low-key Transcendent who would not attract attention!

After thinking about it.

Gu Shen thought of Hu Danian, the "secret informant" he had met in the capital many years ago.

Hu Danian, who had "lived and died" with Gu Shen in the past, had steadily and steadily been promoted over the years and had gradually risen in rank. He had become an official envoy of the capital's Tribunal.

After the plan was settled, it was a formal process—

Lu Nanzhi personally named him, Cui Zhongcheng received him, and the authority of the A-level mission was granted...

All this was like a dream. The moment Hu Danian walked out of the Flower Banner Building, he still felt that he hadn't woken up. He slapped himself in the face excitedly before he woke up!

This was a once-in-a-lifetime mission!

This trip south with the convoy, transporting materials and goods was fake, and taking people away from Sangzhou Cave was real!

The convoy was going to take away about ten people in total...

Among them, the "mission object" he was responsible for was the most important and the most mysterious.

So far, Hu Danian didn't know who he was going to pick up, but he was very clear that this mission south was quite dangerous, and he must not be careless.

An image was created in Hu Danian's mind.

"This is... the target object?"

Hu Danian held his breath. He looked at the little girl in black shirt in his mind. She looked thin and small, about six or seven years old, with neat short hair. After only one glance, he firmly remembered this image in his heart.

"Her surname is Gu, Gu Xiaoman."

Bai Xiu asked, "I have read the transportation plan drawn up by Chen Mei. In two hours, you will deliver the city wall materials and then return the same way, leaving Sangzhou Cave... The mission target this time will take an armored truck to leave at this time, but the Storm Church has a 'life detection system', how do you plan to avoid the detection?"

"Mr. Bai, Flower Banner has the most advanced technology in the world."

Hu Danian smiled and said, "This armored car uses a 'Qingyin' interlayer, which can block the flow detection of Transcendent Source quality. Each armored car has hidden partitions engraved with ancient runes inside. It may be a bit of a waste to only take ten people... If used reasonably, this convoy can actually safely take away two hundred people. I suggest you come in and experience it together."

"..."

Bai Xiu was sincerely silent.

"Of course, two hundred people may be a bit crowded." Hu Danian touched his nose and coughed softly in his mind: "After all, the name of this plan contains the word 'smuggling'... If you consider it as smuggling, then it doesn't matter if it's a bit crowded. The journey is not too far. Just endure it for three or five hours."

The initial plan of Flower Banner was to first test whether there was any problem with this set of "anti-detection" system—

This time, send ten people away to ensure safety.

If there was no problem with the smuggling plan... then all the neutralists in the next South Cave could be sent away in this way!

It was actually impossible for the Holy City to stop the four continents from occupying Sangzhou Cave and sending away the Transcendents—

The Storm Throne was not there.

The Southern Continent had no right to interfere with the actions of other continents.

It was just that even if the Holy City couldn't stop this kind of thing, it had plenty of ways to delay it.

If the continents wanted to openly take people away from Sangzhou Cave, they needed to be approved by the World Conference... This was also the significance of the existence of the Five Continents Council. When the situation was out of balance, the laws and regulations would do their best to protect the rights of the "weak".

This was how East Continent had survived and endured in the cracks back then.

The Holy City had convened the World Conference more than once to delay.

So... it would take some time for the continents to swagger and take away the local Transcendents of Sangzhou Cave.

"How about," Hu Danian said, "You send me the coordinates... Can I pick up Gu Xiaoman alone?"

Suddenly, the heart became very quiet.

Hu Danian frowned slightly.

He transmitted a voice: "Mr. Bai? Mr. Bai?"

There was no reply.

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In the primeval jungle, Gu Xiaoman was fighting her eighth hunting target.

Bai Xiu was sitting hidden in the forest leaves.

He disconnected the spiritual link with Hu Danian...

The reason was simple.

This coordinate, moved up one thousand meters.

The [Thunder Realm Walker]'s eyes widened, and he faced a young figure in a scarlet cloak. At this moment, the clouds and mist faintly spread, forming a huge circle of ripples.

And the mortals on the ground, even if they looked up, could not see the scene here.

Countless volcanic ash filled the sky.

Where the two figures stood, it seemed that it was no longer the ethereal high altitude, but the gray and thick land.

"Rumble..."

The wind above the high altitude roared in a dull voice, like thunder before a heavy rain.

Honglong put his hands on his twin knives.

He didn't draw his sword, but the sense of oppression was full.

All of Bai Xiu's spirit was concentrated on the [Thunder Realm Walker]. The Divine manifestation cohesion of the s-level ability already possessed a certain amount of will... This was the first time Bai Xiu had felt "fear" from the [Thunder Realm Walker].

In the previous duel, the Thunder Realm Walker was only slightly injured.

But some shadows were left in his heart!

"Elementization" was a divine realm that could be called invincible... The Thunder Realm Walker was staring at Honglong's twin knives at this moment. This was its greatest reliance for being invincible, but it was cut to pieces by Honglong's twin knives last time.

"We meet again."

Honglong's expression was calm. He directly transmitted a message with his heart and went straight to the point: "Don't worry, I'm not looking for you to fight this time."

He didn't fall down, but chose to meet in the cloud, and meeting with the consciousness of the [Thunder Realm Walker] was enough to explain this point.

"What's the matter?"

Bai Xiu frowned.

"..."

Honglong didn't directly answer this question. He just looked down at his body. This gaze passed through the ethereal clouds and the dense mountain ash, and fell into the primeval jungle.

Bai Xiu knew who Honglong was looking at—

Gu Xiaoman!

"That little girl is cultivating so fast. In such a short time, she can fight with the Beast Spirit."

Sure enough.

"Her name is 'Gu Xiaoman', right?"

Honglong smiled softly, "You have put in a lot of effort. So many treasures, you and Gu Shen are more generous than I thought... Have you seen her future 'Master of Wine' identity and taken advantage of her youth to give her more blessings in exchange for returning the favor in the future?"

Bai Xiu's voice became gloomy: "Speak directly if you have something to say."

"One thing, very simple."

Honglong restrained his smile.

The first person of the Four Divine Envoys put his hands on the hilt of his sword. He had not yet drawn his sword, but the aura emanating from his body had already stirred up the cloud sea.

The Elemental Dharma Body of the Thunder Realm Walker was blown and kept fluctuating.

"I don't care how many neutralists you want to send away from Sangzhou Cave."

"She can't leave."

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(ps: This is an extra update to thank the leader "Old Friend's Heart Remains Unchanged" for the reward, thank you boss!)