Watching his girlfriend leave, Zhang Lisheng stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor of the villa and waved goodbye with a smile while wearing a nightgown. After Tina drove the black SUV out of the courtyard and disappeared, he finally walked back to the bed in boredom and muttered, "I can't seem to make any progress in my cultivation.
Sigh, looks like with my aptitude, I'll have to rely on another path if I want to become a Grand Wizard. I wonder how the army of my dwarf believers is progressing, but I estimate that it'll take at least another month before it can take shape … "
Even though he was criticizing his own terrible aptitude, the young man, who had always believed that diligence could make up for one's lack of talent, still jumped onto the water bed and sat cross-legged on the snow-white bed sheet to continue to cultivate his secret method. It was only until a series of 'chirp chirp chirp …' sounds resonated in the bedroom that he snapped back to reality.
"It must be Trish …" The blue and green smoke mixed with yellow smoke behind him dissipated into the air in an instant. Zhang Lisheng opened his eyes and muttered as he leaned over to pick up the phone from the bedside table.
When he saw an unfamiliar number displayed on the screen, he frowned and casually rejected the call. Throwing the phone beside him, he was about to meditate again but before he could even adjust his breath, the phone rang again.
"Good morning, I'm Zhang Lisheng. May I know who's calling?" This time, the young man picked up the phone directly and asked.
Extending along the invisible radio waves, in the third-floor room of a simple youth hostel that was less than a kilometer away from the villa where Zhang Lisheng lived, a young man with slender, bright almond-shaped eyes and a high nose bridge who looked more suitable in a dress than a thick blue denim answered the young man's call on the other end of the phone with a confident smile on his face.
"Our opponent is a person who looks polite and cautious on the surface but is actually arrogant and conceited. His behavior is usually affected by subjective emotions so from this point of view, it should be easier for him to take the bait," The young man covered the phone's microphone and whispered confidently to his fellow disciples who had a nervous expression around him.
Then, he let go of his palm and raised his voice to match the noise simulated by the phone software. Using a pure California accent, he stuttered in panic, "D-D-Dr. Zhang? Oh, thank God! I finally made a call … D-Dr.
Doctor! Doctor! Listen to me! I'm Miss Tina's attache! W-We've been attacked by a strange creature in the mine 100 kilometers east of New Washington A! They … they came from the ground! Call the police! Please … "When the man in blue jeans reached this point, he suddenly smashed his phone onto the ground and shattered it into pieces.
"Junior Brother Yu, I haven't finished speaking yet. W-What are you doing? Are you crazy …" A man with a square face, round nose, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, who was listening attentively to his Junior Brother, who was known for his wisdom, was so shocked by the smashed phone that he almost jumped up and blurted out loudly.
"Senior Brother Zhang, I haven't finished speaking yet. That person with the same surname of yours will naturally fill in the blanks. If you want to be thorough in making up a lie, you must take advantage of the right time, the right place, and the right people. This is Old Mi's territory, and other than taking advantage of the right people, we don't have the other two. The more we say, the bigger the flaw will be," the man in blue denim explained with a smile.
"Senior Brother Qihu, Junior Brother Long Yu is right. Sometimes, the more you say, the more mistakes you'll make." Sitting cross-legged on the bunk bed opposite the young man, a strange gleam flashed across the eyes of Lu Shangyou, who had a solemn expression on his face. Nodding, he said, "It's all thanks to his wisdom that the Gate allowed us to attack the successor of the ancient witchcraft this time. We'll just listen to his instructions in all of our actions."
"Senior Brother Lu, you're flattering me." Yu Longyu waved his hand and bowed deeply to Lu Shangyou. "Senior Brother, you didn't see that there were two sides to this matter. It's because of your excitement over Senior Brother Tianliang's tragic encounter that I was negligent. In terms of killing and war tactics, you're the best among the younger generation in the Gate, so I should be the one listening to your instructions instead."
More than ten days ago, without knowing about Zhang Lisheng's special identity, Lu Shangyou, who was greedy for benefits and had promised Li Xiangzhou to eradicate him, fell into a dilemma after learning about the young man's force in the US by beating around the bush.
If he fulfilled his promise, once it affected the Gate of Dao's plan to prosper, he would no longer be of great use in the eyes of his Master. If he went against his promise, his prestige in the younger generation in the Gate would be greatly reduced, and it would be extremely difficult for him to achieve anything in the future.
Just like this, Lu Shangyou could neither advance nor retreat. In the end, he could only lay out the matter and wanted to share his burden. In the end, the companions who accompanied him also felt that they were in a dilemma. Those who were passionate felt that now that they had such an opportunity, they must avenge their companions who had died tragically.
Those who were steady, on the other hand, felt that they must put the overall situation first. Just when everyone was in a dilemma, Yu Longyu burst out laughing and said that there was no need to be troubled at all. As long as they told the Gate that the successor of the ancient witchcraft who had killed Lu Tianliang had an influence in the Noah World that could influence the rise and fall of the Gate of Dao, their Master would most likely come up with a comprehensive plan to get rid of him. By then, it would be the best of both worlds.
The moment he said so, the others finally came to a realization that one thing could actually come to a completely different conclusion from different perspectives.
Originally, no matter how many secret techniques the successor of the ancient witchcraft mastered and how powerful he was, he was still a lone ranger who posed little threat to the entire Gate of Dao. Adding on to the fact that he lived in the US and had the identity of a well-known scholar, it was not worth it to risk crossing the sea to hunt down a dead disciple. Even a wise man would not do such a thing.
However, now that this person had the strength to affect the prosperity of the Gate of Dao, regardless of whether he had done anything to harm the interests of the Gate of Dao or not, just because he was a wizard, he already deserved to die in the eyes of the Gate of Dao. This was the principle that things would go in the opposite direction when they reached an extreme.
Just like what Yu Longyu had speculated, in less than a week after receiving the news, four Taoists whose cultivation base had reached the Heaven Ascension Gate and whose strength was comparable to a Grand Wizard rushed to New Mexico in the US and concealed themselves to come to the Noah World to wait for an opportunity to make their move.
This time, not only was Li Xiangzhou's spirit boosted and got what she wanted, but Yu Longyu, who was the first to raise the alarm to the Gate of Dao, also became famous. At the very least, he was smarter than all of his companions.
At this time, Lu Shangyou, who was eccentric and thought that he had become The Fool, naturally did not feel good. For this reason, he could not help but make some sarcastic remarks before he planned to hunt down the successor of the ancient witchcraft. When he heard Yu Longyu admitting that he was not as good as him, he finally felt that his words were smoothed out. With a smile, he said, "Junior Brother Longyu, you're too polite.
The four Gate Elders have long been lying in ambush in the mine. We brothers and sisters only have the ability to check and fill in the gaps, so it's hard to say who's the one giving the order … "
"He's going out of the city! He's going out of the city! That murderer is going out of the city …" All of a sudden, the door of the room was forcefully pushed open. A young man with a pointy mouth and ape-like chin ran in and whispered excitedly.
"Which direction is he going?" Upon hearing this news, Yu Longyu ignored Lu Shangyou's modesty and asked eagerly.
"West! Right west! I can see it clearly with my eyes! He's in a hurry to go to the Western Paradise!" The young man with a pointy mouth and ape-like chin said as his eyes widened. A clear silver light appeared in his pupils, and it was apparent that he had some kind of strange spell on him.
"Alright, let's wait for a while and then we'll follow behind him. We'll give him an ambush in front of him and a pursuer behind him!" Upon seeing Yu Longyu's performance, Lu Shangyou did not want to be outdone and jumped down from the bed. Clapping his hands, he said loudly.
"Junior Brother Lu, b-but didn't the Masters tell us not to act rashly? Other than setting a trap to lure him, we're to let them handle everything else?" Zhang Qihu, who was by the side, was stunned.
"Senior Brother Zhang, Junior Uncle Yu did say not to let us act rashly, but Senior Uncle Song has also said to let us act as we see fit," Lu Shangyou said with a frown. "We must listen to the two Masters' words. For this reason, I said that we'll wait for the murderer to go far away before we carefully follow behind him. When the time comes, we can help the Masters boost their morale.
Secondly, we can prevent him from running away. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone? "
Even though this was a sophistry, there was still some truth to it. Adding on to the fact that Lu Shangyou came from an illustrious background in the Gate of Dao, nobody wanted to refute him. Besides, the instant his words left his mouth, Li Xiangzhou, the genius in the Gate of Dao, gritted her teeth and voiced her support, "Senior Brother Shangyou is right! We should go! We should go …"
Upon seeing the ferocious look on the girl's face, as though she would not be able to die in peace if she could not see the ferocious successor of the ancient witchcraft die with her own eyes, a few Gate of Dao's disciples, who were calm and had different thoughts, looked at each other with a wry smile and shook their heads. With no other choice, they could only follow their companions out of the hotel and board two medieval jeeps that were bought with false documents before driving out of the city one after another.
On this side, the Gate of Dao's young disciples who claimed to be the pursuer had set off while Zhang Lisheng, who was regarded as the prey, was already driving in the vast desert.
Not long ago, after he had just received the fraudulent call, he immediately called Tina to verify it but found that the girl's mobile phone could no longer be connected.
The young man did not know whether it was because of the interference from the radio jammer in the empty, dilapidated yellow car outside the villa, but he only pondered for a few seconds before hurriedly putting on his clothes and directly opening the window to jump into the courtyard from the second floor.
Ignoring the surprised gaze of the servants, he ran to the garage to take a Porsche sand car and searched the navigator on the center console. There was indeed a mineral mark about 100 kilometers to the west of New Washington A, so he did not hesitate to quickly drive towards the mine outside the city.
The sand car, which was derived from the off-road jeep, had huge tires that were disproportionate to the body. Even though it was not too fast when driving on the soft sand, it was unusually stable and could always maintain a high uniform speed. Unknowingly, he had already traveled halfway through the journey.
The closer he was to his destination, the more flustered Zhang Lisheng became. He had not experienced this kind of danger intuition for a long time, but based on his experience, he knew that the danger he was about to face was likely to be fatal.
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