After the three left, Zhang Yu picked up the letter Tan Cong had given him. Written on the letter were the rewards the Tenki-in Hall was willing to pay for this.
The Heavenly Secrets Institute had quite a few properties in the various prefectures. Because they had heard that the Profound Palace was currently negotiating with the two prefectures in an attempt to take back the academies, this time, they were willing to exchange ten pavilions that were comparable to academies.
Furthermore, the Tenki-in Hall had heard that Xuanfu was fighting with the people of Shuangzhou. They believed that there might be many small objects in the Wasteland that were hard to find, so they were willing to provide all kinds of objects and flying ships for Xuanfu to use.
From this, it could be seen that the Tenki-in Hall attached great importance to this matter.
After some thought, he ordered his disciples to pass down the order and summon all the cultivators. After briefly explaining the matter, he returned to his secluded cultivation.
Time passed quickly. About a month later, huge flying boats flew over from the continent one after another. They chose a place about 50 miles southeast of the square station and began to repair various buildings.
Fifty kilometers was a short distance for cultivators. Thus, this location could be considered to be under the protection of the square station. There was almost no need to worry about external attacks.
At this moment, Zhang Yu also learned that most of these flying boats came from the direction of Zhao Province.
The Azure Sun Tenki-in Hall had branches in various prefectures. Most of them were set up in study halls in various prefectures. However, because there were very few master craftsmen, only six study halls in the Azure Sun Upper Continent had master craftsmen. Zhao Province was one of them.
The only exception was the Mizar Tenki-in Hall. The master craftsmen here were directly sent by the Yujing. They were not subordinate to the Azure Sun Upper Continent.
These branches would provide various objects for the two prefectures and study halls every year. Among them, the Zhao Province branch, which was led by Tan Cong, accounted for at least a third of the total. Thus, his words carried a lot of weight in the two prefectures.
With the cooperation of the two manors, the Heavenly Secrets Institute of the Zhao Province transported a large amount of resources from the rear. They used all kinds of tools to repair the building day and night. After about twenty days, a pavilion that was thousands of acres in size had been erected. Below the pavilion, there was an even larger space that was constantly being developed.
At the end of July, a huge ship arrived above the Tenki-in Hall's station.
This flying ship was covered in armor that resembled the scales of a dragonfish. On the sides and back of the ship were sawtooth-like fins. It looked mighty and frightening. At a glance, one could tell that it was a ship from the prefectures....
It stopped at the military berth in the northern corner. After the ship's door opened, a man with short black hair.......... He looked around disdainfully as he stepped out of the ship...... Finally, his gaze rested on the mountain....
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His subordinate who came down with him reminded him: "Captain Ming, cultivators are not under the jurisdiction of our two Prefectures, please exercise restraint in your actions."
Captain Ming was a bit impatient... "I know. How many times have you said it?".. He tried to move his fingers. "Quickly arrange the opponents. I'm not here to play. I hope these cultivators can satisfy me. Don't be as useless as the ones I met before."
........ "." Captain, you mustn't be arrogant. Every cultivator is different. The cultivators from the outer realms are much stronger than those from the inner realms. You can't compare them. "
Captain Ming clenched his fist. A light flashed on his fist. "That's exactly what I want!". Then, he glanced at the platform at the highest point of the station. He grinned and went down the berth. The guards behind him hurriedly followed.
On the other side, Zhang Yu stood on the platform. He watched the group of people come down from the ship and enter the pavilion. Two days ago, he received a letter from Tan Cong. He said that the master of Tianji's profound armor was about to arrive. Now, it seemed that it was this person.
Daoist Wan Ming was standing beside him. He said, "There's something strange about that person."
Zhang Yu nodded. As a cultivator, he could tell at a glance that the person walking at the front had already broken through the limits of his body.
Generally speaking, people who passed this barrier would develop spiritual energy. However, soldiers wearing armor were usually not allowed to do so. Only when the profound armor and the person combined and stimulated the spiritual energy could the person perfectly use this energy.
This person was different. Either the Tenki-in Hall solved the problem of the spiritual energy not harmonizing between the person and the armor, or this person's spiritual energy was very special.
From the looks of it, the Tenki-in Hall attached great importance to this person. Obviously, this person and the profound armor he wore were both very unique.
With regards to Tan Cong inviting cultivators to fight with this armored soldier, other than the reason that Tan Cong had mentioned, he could vaguely guess some other intentions. However, he did not intend to stop them and instead allowed the cultivators to choose for themselves.
Lieutenant Ming rested for a night in the encampment. The next day, he went to the top of the pagoda. He crossed his arms and stood in front of the glass wall. He looked outside. Under the clear and blue sky, he could see the light yellow and empty wasteland.
He could see the lonely mountain ridge at a glance. Behind it, there was a long horizon. It was quiet and lonely.
Vice Cong walked over. He looked at his expression and said, "Lieutenant Ming, last night we sent a letter. There's already a cultivator who is willing to fight with you."
Lieutenant Ming asked, "What's this person's background?"
Vice Cong said, "This Xuanxiu's name is Shi Yue. He's the sect master of the Xiling Dao Sect."
Lieutenant Ming said, "I heard that the most powerful person here is that Xuan Zheng. I wonder when I can compete with him?"
Vice Cong shook his head, "I'm afraid not now."
Lieutenant Ming turned his head and said, "Then when?"
Vice Cong said in a deep voice, "If Lieutenant Ming can defeat all of these foreign cultivators, then for the sake of Xuanfu's face, Zhang Xuan Zheng might personally take the field."
Lieutenant Ming grinned and said, "Is that so? I think that'll be very easy."
The Tenki-in Hall seemed to attach great importance to this battle. They even sent someone to invite Zhang Yu to watch the battle.
Zhang Yu did not decline. When evening came, he led the cultivators out of the large platform and headed towards the Tenki-in Hall's encampment. However, he did not fly this time. Instead, he walked down a set of stone steps.
The Tenki-in Hall had built an underground path between the square platform's encampment and their own pavilion. Not only did it connect the two sides, it was also a path to the underground stronghold.
Zhang Yu and the others sat on the underground boat. In less than a hundred breaths, they arrived at an incomparably huge underground cavern.
In the past two months, the Tenki-in Hall had used the existing underground cavern to carve out an open space with a radius of about ten miles. This was enough space for both sides to fight under normal circumstances.
Zhang Yu quickly arrived at the viewing platform. When Chang Gu saw him, he quickly took the initiative to greet him. However, this person was not good with words and did not know how to greet people. Therefore, he left after a few words.
Zhang Yu did not take it to heart. He could tell that Tan Cong had a pure mind. For the past two months, Tan Cong had immersed himself in his work and had not gone anywhere else. Perhaps that was why Tan Cong had placed him here.
At this time, Lieutenant Ming had already arrived at the center of the viewing platform.
At this moment, Daoist Shi Yue also walked down and saluted Lieutenant Ming. He was dressed in a Daoist robe and his black hair was tied up in a bun. When he stood there, his figure was straight and his appearance was imposing. He looked like an immortal.
This was the first time Lieutenant Ming had encountered a cultivator from the fourth chapter. Although he said that he did not care much, he did not dare to underestimate his opponent.
He clenched his fists. Suddenly, a black armor emerged from his limbs and torso. His entire body suddenly turned into a metal giant that was ten feet tall.
The exterior of this armor was bright red, and the armor was translucent like amber. Inside, there was a layer of fluid-like luster swaying, like a burning flame.
Not to mention its combat strength, its appearance was very bright and eye-catching. People could not help but want to take a few more glances.
After donning the armor, he did not speak anymore. Instead, he stared at Shi Yue. As the spiritual radiance bloomed, he wanted to take the initiative to charge forward. However, when his body moved, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. This was because he realized that the opponent in front of him had become illusory. This was clearly a problem with his senses!
At this moment, the people on the viewing platform saw that an almost transparent four-winged big fish appeared on Lieutenant Ming's body. It faintly wrapped around his body.
The cultivators on the platform looked on coldly. This was Shi Yue's visualization image, called "Flying Scorpion". Xi Ling Sect was ranked at the back of the twelve sects outside the domain. In terms of cultivation, Daoist Shi Yue was only slightly better than Dan Lu Sect's Old Daoist Liao He. However, although he was not good at direct combat, he had a very impressive ability to change between illusion and reality.
Once the Flying Scorpion touched the opponent, it would start to turn from illusion to reality. At the same time, the opponent would turn from reality to illusion.
If the opponent did not have a way to break through this process, then when the Flying Scorpion completely condensed into a real body, the opponent would turn from reality to illusion until he disappeared from the world.
However, the stronger the opponent, the longer the process of changing between illusion and reality. To deal with an ordinary person, it was only a matter of a breath. To deal with someone like Lieutenant Ming, it might take a few summer's time.
Not only that, once one was wrapped by this visualization image, the senses before one's eyes would give birth to layers of illusions. It would affect one's judgment of reality. Every time there was a mistake, one would move closer to the illusion.
It would be almost impossible for someone who did not know the truth to win against Shi Yue for the first time.
However, just when everyone thought that this battle would last for a long time, Lieutenant Ming's eyes and the spiritual radiance on his body suddenly became incomparably bright. In just a few breaths, the Flying Scorpion that was attached to his body suddenly dissipated. Then, he turned his head and looked at Shi Yue's location accurately.
Shi Yue was unconsciously stunned. Then, he sighed. His expression was somewhat complicated. He cupped his hands and said, "This battle is won by Lieutenant Ming."
Lieutenant Ming grinned. When he came, he originally thought that this would be another boring battle. However, he felt that it was somewhat interesting now. This was because the profound armor on his body still had a lot of potential to be unearthed. There were some changes that even he himself was not aware of.
It was just that he did not meet a decent opponent in the past, so he did not use it. However, in this battle, he unconsciously awakened one of the changes within it.
He looked at Zhang Yu who was currently sitting on the viewing platform. His eyes flickered. It seemed that it was still too early to challenge this person. It would not be too late to find this person after the battle with those cultivators. Thinking of this, he turned around and walked back.
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