The courtyard of the farmhouse was very large, but it was in a dilapidated state. Standing in it, Zheng Tianliang turned around and sighed. "I'm sorry, Doctor. There's nothing here. I've lied to you.
However, from the fact that you still dared to follow me into the trap despite knowing that you've been deceived, we've indeed found the right person. "
As Zheng Tianliang was speaking, the heavy wooden door of the farmhouse slowly closed without any wind. Then, a young woman with dashing eyebrows and a young man who looked like a porcelain doll walked out of the air on both sides of the wooden door.
"It really is you guys …" Upon hearing light footsteps behind him, Zhang Lisheng turned his head to look and shrugged before asking, "Who are you looking for then?"
"We're looking for a little wizard who had barged into the Qingyang Palace a few years ago and was suppressed by the single-horned sheep in front of the Jade Emperor Palace," Li Xiangzhou, who was behind the young man, answered first with dashing eyebrows.
Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment and studied her carefully. Suddenly, an arrogant face that pointed at him and scolded angrily, "Little Brat, this is not your territory. People like you better be smarter and don't wander around when you're walking in China." Realization dawned on him. "Oh, so it's you …"
"It's me, isn't it?" Li Xiangzhou raised her hand and conjured a talisman drawn with complicated patterns that had a faint luster on it as she said eagerly.
"Junior Sister Xiangzhou, we haven't explained the cause and effect yet. Why did you show the talisman? Why are you so impatient?" When Zheng Tianliang saw the girl's impulsive look, he quickly stopped her and said. Then, he bowed deeply at Zhang Lisheng apologetically. "Dr. Zhang, even though you're cultivating witchcraft, firstly, you've not done any evil and secondly, you're not a Chinese descendant. It's indeed our fault for deceiving you here.
I sincerely apologize to you here, but there's one question that I have to ask you. "
Confused by Zheng Tianliang's unexpected good attitude, Zhang Lisheng asked in confusion, "What is it?"
"A few years ago, when Junior Sister Li met you by chance in the Verdant Gazelle Palace, she'd once used her Heaven's Eye to see that your entire body was suffused with Shaman Energy. But when we meet again today, the Shaman Energy on your entire body has vanished. I wonder what method you used to conceal that Shaman Energy?" Zheng Tianliang asked in a low voice.
"Concealing my wizard power?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment. After pondering for a while, he understood it and answered honestly, "Oh, I bought a strange item called the Mask of the Comedy King from a strange peddler on the streets of Boston, US. It can conceal the murderous aura on me, and perhaps it can conceal my wizard power too."
"Dr. Zhang, so you're saying that you're relying on a treasure instead of innate witchcraft or acquired witchcraft to conceal your wizard power?" The expression on Zheng Tianliang's face became relaxed as he let out a long sigh of relief. "Then, can you please show us that treasure?"
"After seeing the Mask of the Comedy King, I'm afraid we won't talk so amiably anymore," Zhang Lisheng said with a strange smile. "Besides, why should I show it to you?"
Duan Lianbao, who was by the side, could not suppress the anger in his heart when he saw how the young man was still so rude even though he had fallen into a trap. Pinching his fingers together, he made a gesture and pointed eight times in the air with both of his hands in a dazzling manner before shouting, "Heaven and Earth Order, eight formations, Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Jing, Si, Jing, Open!"
Each time the young man pointed his finger, the walls and tile-roofed houses on all sides of the farmer's yard would suddenly disappear, revealing an endless wilderness. After he finished pointing his eight fingers, Zhang Lisheng was surprised to find that he seemed to have traveled through time and space and arrived in a vast wilderness.
"Spatial spell? I-Is this teleportation?" The young man's eyes widened in shock. He took a few steps diagonally and calculated the distance that he should have reached the wall long ago. However, there was still nothing around him, so he could not help but blurt out.
"Dr. Zhang, please don't be nervous. This is not teleportation. It's also a magical equipment, which is the effect of the mysterious item you mentioned. In fact, we are still in the same place." Zheng Tianliang explained to Zhang Lisheng and glared at Duan Lianbao furiously. "Lianbao, you're really too insensible! Hurry up and put away the Eight Formation Diagram!"
"Senior Brother Tianliang, the reason why I released the Eight Formation Diagram is because this Ghostling has underestimated you, and I want to help you vent your anger," Duan Lianbao straightened his neck and said. "He said that he's using a treasure to conceal his wizard power, but he's not willing to show it to us. Who knows if it's true or not? I think we should give him a taste of our might …"
When the young man was about to say something ruthless, Zheng Tianliang's secret voice suddenly resonated in his ears. "Lianbao, you also know that it's a special time when the Gate of Witchcraft is seeking for the Oasis World and our Gate of Dao is desperately trying to stop them.
This Dr. Zhang is a well-known expert who was invited by the Ministry of Education to come to China for an academic exchange. God knows how many people have witnessed me leaving the university with him today. If anything happens to him, do you know what kind of evidence would be left behind?
A famous foreign scholar invited by the country would be killed by a Gate of Dao's disciple for no reason just because he's cultivated witchcraft abroad. How domineering is this? Have you ever thought about how much vigilance the government will have against him?
If Dr. Zhang had used a witchcraft that could be cultivated to conceal his wizard power, then you wouldn't even need to make a move. I'd risk my life to shoulder this matter and break my vow to kill him to prevent any future troubles. However, since he's using a relic to conceal his wizard power … "
"I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it! Senior Brother Zheng, why are you still cultivating Dao when you're so overcautious?" After listening for a while, Duan Lianbao ignored him and interrupted Zheng Tianliang's voice transmission. "In short, I'll let go of the Eight Formation Diagram. If he doesn't show us the treasure that can conceal his wizard power, I'll never take back the formation diagram."
The Eight Formation Diagram was one of the Gate of Dao's superior relic. Duan Lianbao had only obtained it because of his special identity. It was originally meant for him to hide and protect himself, but now that he was using it to trap the enemy, even Zheng Tianliang could not undo it.
When Zheng Tianliang saw that his words had a counterproductive effect and had aroused the stubbornness of the young man, he could only sigh and smile wryly. "Dr. Zhang, I'm sorry. This Junior Brother of mine is too young and doesn't know what's important. Please forgive me.
It's like this, your treasure that can conceal your wizard power is equivalent to the coating on the body of the stealth fighter that can completely evade radar detection. If it's obtained by some evil powerhouses who cultivate witchcraft, it may cause us a lot of trouble.
Similarly, having such a treasure with you will also bring considerable danger to yourself. For this reason, we hope to take a look at that treasure and exchange it with you with something of equivalent value … "
"Exchange with me? Oh, the price I spent to buy the Mask of the Comedy King back then was quite high. Not only that, its function may seem inconspicuous, but after experimenting several times, I found that it's really useful.
Frankly, I can't see what you guys have that is of equivalent value to it. " Zhang Lisheng smiled and looked at Zheng Tianliang, Li Xiangzhou, and Duan Lianbao one by one before replying with a shrug.
"You're just an overseas barbarian wizard who doesn't even have an orthodox inheritance, and yet you still dare to look down on us, the Gate of Dao's descendants?" When the young man's slightly contemptuous gaze swept past her, Li Xiangzhou could not help but raise her eyebrows. Duan Lianbao even said angrily, "I heard from Senior Sister Li that you're cultivating the Witchcraft's Gate of Death. Today, I'll let you have a look at your horizons …"
As the young man was speaking, he tore open his collar and took off a red rope with a round black stone ball tied to it from his neck. Showing it off in his palm, he asked, "Do you know what this is?"
"I don't know." Zhang Lisheng looked at the stone ball and said with a curl of his lips, "But it looks very ordinary."
"Ordinary? Hmph! How ignorant! This is the stone egg of the Manifestation Worm. If you carry it with you to cultivate, you can absorb all external forces for your own use. In other words, as long as you don't die immediately after carrying it, the sorcery and force left by the enemy on your body will be slowly absorbed by you, turning harm into benefit …"
"Oh, so it's used for rapid healing. It doesn't sound very useful, just like the effect of me eating a few more pieces of steak."
"As expected, you're cultivating an unorthodox method without any inheritance. You really don't know how to appreciate treasures, you barbarian!" Upon hearing the young man's deliberate provocation, Duan Lianbao sneered. "Do you know that even though the stone egg of the Manifestation Worm has been around for a long time, there's still a small chance for it to hatch into a Manifestation Worm if it's soaked in the flesh and blood of a fierce beast?
The biggest feature of the Manifestation Worm and the slime that are connected to each other is that the Gate of Death's wizard can successfully transform them without any danger.
Think about it, do you still think that it's ordinary to absorb all the power of an ancient strange insect with 100% safety? "
"I see. In that case, it's indeed very precious to a wizard who cultivates the Gate of Witchcraft's Gate of Death," Zhang Lisheng said with an admiring expression.
"If you're willing, Dr. Zhang, we'll exchange this stone egg with you for the treasure that can conceal wizard power," Upon seeing the gleam in the young man's eyes, Zheng Tianliang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly chimed in.
"This stone egg of the Manifestation Worm is a treasure that my mother gave me to protect myself. I don't want to exchange it with him …" Duan Lianbao was stunned for a moment before replying anxiously.
However, before he could finish his words, Zheng Tianliang had already chimed in with a blank expression, "Junior Brother Duan, you're a proper direct disciple of the Gate of Dao. If you can't even make such a sacrifice for the sake of the Gate, then don't bother talking about those principles anymore."
It had never crossed Duan Lianbao's mind that Zheng Tianliang, who had always been indolent, lukewarm, and even comical to everyone, would actually treat him in such an abnormal manner. His fair and tender face flushed red right away, and he could no longer say a word.
"Senior Brother Zheng, why do you have to say such harsh words?" Li Xiangzhou, on the other hand, looked at Zheng Tianliang with a strange gaze and said indignantly.
"Xiangzhou, you're the closest to Senior Sister Lu, and you usually listen to her the most as well. I won't say anything else, but I just want you to think about what Senior Sister Lu would say and do if she were here."
Li Xiangzhou was stunned and pondered for a while. The indignation on her face gradually faded away, and without warning, she sighed and turned to Duan Lianbao. "Junior Brother Duan, just admit that you're unlucky in this matter. Don't worry, when the Masters find out about the details in the future, they'll definitely compensate you."
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