Not long after Qing Shu left to pass on the order, Huiyuan Wu, who was in an excellent state of mind, walked into the study. When he saw Zhang Yu, his eyes were full of respect. He came up and bowed, "Greetings, Xuan Zheng."
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "Fellow Daoist, you've made great progress."
Huiyuan Wu shook his head and said, "My little progress is nothing. Compared to Xuan Zheng, it's like the difference between heaven and earth."
At this moment, his expression became a little more solemn, "This Hui's wish has always been to unite the various sects and restore the Profound Palace to its former state. Now that Xuan Zheng has accomplished this, I shall thank Xuan Zheng here!"
As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Zhang Yu, and when he raised his head again, he said with some expectation, "I've also heard about the Outer Realm's Frost Continent people, is there anything I can do for you?"
After he was injured, he had been in seclusion. He only came out after the end of the year. Only then did he hear that Zhang Yu had integrated the various sects in the outer region and was now in charge of restraining the people of Shuang Continent.
After he found out about this, his emotions surged. That was why he took the initiative to rush over, wanting to help out in this matter.
Zhang Yu said, "If Fellow Daoist Hui is willing to help, I can't ask for more. It just so happens that I need to set up many outposts in the outer region to monitor the movements of the people of Shuang Continent. However, this may be a little dangerous. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Hui can do it?"
Huiyuan Wu said without hesitation, "I'm willing!"
Zhang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist, you can't do it alone. I'll send a few fellow Daoists to go with you."
Huiyuan Wu said happily, "That's the best."
Zhang Yu said, "Then Fellow Daoist can go back and wait for the news."
Huiyuan Wu nodded. When he was about to leave, he hesitated for a moment. In the end, he didn't say anything. After bowing, he left.
Zhang Yu knew what he wanted to ask. It should be about Daoist Wan Ming and Qi Yu. However, he didn't need to explain much. After so many years of observation and testing, he was sure that Huiyuan Wu was indeed a Creator.
In reality, he didn't have any prejudice against them. Just like Qing Shu and Qing Xi, he could also treat them as normal people.
However, when he thought that his own will and even his life and death might be in the hands of a certain force behind him, he had no choice but to be on guard.
Therefore, he couldn't put such a person in an important position. He couldn't let him do some important things, and he had to send someone to keep an eye on him. The current arrangement was to let him avoid the center of the whirlpool, which was beneficial to both him and the others.
In fact, in Xuanfu, there would be people in charge of monitoring people with suspicious backgrounds. Once there was a change, they would respond in time. But as long as these people did not do anything out of line, he would not do anything.
Time passed by quickly. The end of the month had passed, and it was now February. Mizar Academy welcomed many new students into the academy.
Due to the war in the north, Mizar Academy had relaxed the entry requirements. This year, there were more than ten thousand students. After the New Year, the academy, which was originally very quiet, was filled with people again.
Zhang Yu would occasionally go to the training field. However, he didn't have much time to do the work of a teacher. He only sent a group of suitable Xuanxiu from Xuanfu to be responsible for teaching the students.
In the next few days, other than cultivating in the academy every day, he also took care of the affairs in Xuanfu that Yun Chen had left behind after he went into seclusion. On the twelfth day, he received a letter from the outer realm, saying that Cao Fangding had returned. He couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Before he returned to Qingyang, he had sent Cao Fangding to investigate the location of Shuangzhou according to the map. Now that he had returned, there must be news.
Therefore, he left Qingyang Upper Continent again and took a flying boat to the Fangtai Daoist Sect's encampment.
When he arrived at the boundary, he found that it was very different from before.
In order to guard against the attacks of Xuan Soldiers, the mountain ridge where the encampment used to be had been abandoned. Only a few symbolic buildings were set up there, and all the caves and residences had been moved underground.
In fact, many of the fortresses built on the ground in the two prefectures could also withstand the attacks of Xuan Soldiers. For example, the military fortresses that were advancing towards the north were like this.
However, to the Xuanfu, building these fortresses was expensive and impractical.
To the Xuanxiu, if necessary, the encampment could be abandoned at any time. Even if it was abandoned in some key areas, they could wait until they gathered enough strength to fight for it again.
After entering the encampment, he immediately ordered a disciple to call Cao Fangding.
After a while, Cao Fangding walked in and cupped his hands in greeting. "Greetings, Xuan Zheng."
Zhang Yu returned the greeting and invited Cao Fangding to sit down. "Fellow Daoist, did your trip go smoothly?"
Cao Fangding said in a deep voice, "Xuan Zheng, Fellow Daoist Lin's map is very accurate. I used the visualization map to investigate and easily found the location of Shuang Island. However, the periphery of Shuang Island is very heavily guarded. Within a thousand miles, whether it's on the ground, underground, or in the sky, there are creations patrolling. Some of the creations are very small. I was almost discovered a few times, so I couldn't go too deep."
Zhang Yu had a thought. These creations were so heavily guarded. It was very obvious that they were guarding against cultivators. This was because the visualization map could only cover a thousand miles. At this moment, he stood up and waved his sleeve. Instantly, a map of Shuang Island appeared out of thin air. He pointed at it and said, "Which corner of Shuang Island did Fellow Daoist Cao see this time?"
Cao Fangding stood up and pointed at the southeast corner. "It should be here. Later on, I walked around outside. The outline is similar to the map, but there are also some differences. But it should be here."
Zhang Yu understood these differences. Lin Xuansheng said that he hadn't been to Shuang Island for twenty years. If there were no accidents, this should be the change in these years.
Cao Fangding said: "It's just that this time, I didn't see too many houses on the ground. This may be because the place I came into contact with is the border of the Shuang Continent, but I guess most of the buildings of the Shuang Continent should be built underground."
Zhang Yu agreed. Shuang Island's current location was not far from Qingyang Island. But it wasn't close either. But for so long, it hadn't been discovered by the two prefectures. Other than some people deliberately hiding, it was probably because they covered themselves very well.
He looked at the map for a while and decided to launch a surprise attack on Shuang Island.
This was not to destroy Shuang Island, but to pay back the previous action. He wanted to tell Shuang Island that he also had the ability to attack their own island, so that they could no longer come to Qingyang Island unscrupulously.
But if there were conditions, he still wanted to destroy as many valuable places as possible, such as the airship berths, barracks, granaries, armaments, factories, and so on.
Therefore, he needed to conduct a more detailed investigation.
In addition, he needed more artefacts and more Mysterious Weapons, so that he could carry out large-scale destruction.
Although the supplies provided by the two prefectures had been reduced by half, he had obtained a lot of Mysterious Weapons from the wreckage of the Warship.
These Mysterious Weapons were hidden deep in the secret box, and even if the airship exploded, they were not damaged. Now he had handed them all to Wu Ze to see if he could crack them. If he could, then he could directly use these weapons to bombard the people of Shuang Island.
After thinking about it, he said: "I need fellow Daoist Cao to go back again, this time I need you to explore the hinterland of Shuang Island, if you need anyone to help, you can tell me directly."
Cao Fangding thought for a while and said: "If you want to explore deeper, you must avoid those creations, maybe I can ask fellow Daoist Wen Liang to help me, this way it will be easy to pass."
Zhang Yu nodded, Wen Liang was the original Sect Master of Wonderful Spirit Sect, and was particularly good at creating illusions and concealment techniques, his realm was high enough to make it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.
The last time he was on the way back to the island, it was because this person used the visualization map to cover everyone, so Zhong Lie and the others did not notice that the Sect Masters were following behind his airship. Cao Fangding undoubtedly wanted to use this person's power to bypass those creations.
The advantage of cultivators was that they could change, if the creations did not develop to a certain level, even if they were on high alert, they would not be able to guard against these endless methods.
He said: "Okay, I will call fellow Daoist Wen here later, and ask him to go with fellow Daoist Cao. In addition, I will send two fellow Daoists to take care of you, remember to put your own safety first, if you find something wrong, you must leave as soon as possible."
Solemnly Cao Fangding bowed and said: "I will remember."
Under the ruins southwest of Qingyang, after a month, the tall man once again walked into the deep underground military fortress.
After walking along the long cabin to the inner cabin, he took off his hat, raised the crystal jade box in his hand to the sturdy old man sitting there, and said: "I have brought the thing you promised us, we can start now."
As he spoke, he walked to the side, and placed the crystal jade box on the table.
The sturdy old man stood up and walked to the front of the counter. He extended his hand and brushed it over the crystal jade box. Following a flash of light, the lid of the box moved to one side. He took out an ink stick like object and used his hand to gently stroke it twice before placing it back. After which, he took out a jade box from his sleeve and handed it over. "The thing that you want, however, you will need to find the person yourself."
The tall man frowned and said: "Where are your candidates? In such a short time, how can I find someone who is suitable for this outer armor?"
The sturdy old man said, "I can't help you with that. It's already an exception to exchange armor with you. If you don't want to …" He reached out and pointed outside. "Then take your things and walk forward. Go straight to the surface."
The tall man was silent for a while, and even reached out his hand to take the things. Although it was troublesome to find a candidate, it could be overcome, and it seemed more reassuring to use his own people, but he was also a little unhappy that he was forced to make a choice. After putting away the things, he turned around and walked out without saying goodbye.
At this time, the sturdy old man raised his head and said to him: "That's right, no matter if you succeed or fail, we also want a copy of the battle record."
The tall man's feet paused slightly, and he resisted the urge to curse, and quickly walked out.
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