Chapter 270: Secrets Of The Rice Cult
Qingyun Vehicle Company is located in the outer city area of Western City.
Under the night curtain, in the garden-like huge vehicle yard, hundreds of large and small carriages were arranged in centipede formations. Under the lights, one could hear the movements and cries from the stables and exotic beast lake, as well as the voices of busy coachmen, craftsmen, and horse slaves.
The outer city, unlike the inner city which is always covered by the city protection formation, has a vast city area, a mix of fish and dragons, with frequent personnel flow.
This was one of the reasons Wang Zhi dared to come back!
At this moment, Wang Zhi and Qingyun Vehicle Company boss Wang Shouxin were sitting in a room on the second floor of the west shed, not like adopted son and adoptive father, but rather on equal footing.
Wang Zhi appeared to be a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man, the young man who drove the carriage for Yang Qingxi that day.
Wang Zhi was wearing magic tool night-walking clothes, his gaze deep and somber: “Li Weiyi is too cunning! Clearly we heard the report that he descended Taoli Mountain, but he disappeared soon after, impossible to find any trace.”
Wang Shouxin said: “Although crippled, he is after all Jiu Li Hidden Sect’s hidden person, who knows how much power he holds behind the scenes. Before the Fourth Divine Son arrives, we must not act rashly.”
Wang Zhi smiled faintly: “He is the one Southern Venerable specifically named, if we can capture him, it would be a great merit.”
“What’s the situation underground in Fu Prefecture now?” Wang Shouxin asked.
“Only figures above Elder know about this, I only heard Southern Venerable and Elder Qiu mention in passing that a major event is about to succeed!”
Immediately after, Wang Zhi’s gaze turned cold again: “The biggest problem now is that the Imperial Court and various righteous armies have unexpectedly united temporarily because of the demon race, no longer engaging in internal strife.”
Wang Shouxin’s heart jolted, sensing something amiss.
All sounds outside the door vanished in an instant, eerily quiet.
“Dare I ask which esteemed figure has arrived?”
Wang Shouxin’s eyelids suddenly lifted, cold light shooting from his pupils, magic energy surging like rivers inside his body, one palm striking toward the tightly closed door ahead.
With his cultivation, let alone a wooden door, even a city gate forged from steel could be shattered with one palm.
Something eerie happened.
This domineering palm was actually neutralized by an invisible force. Around the wooden door ahead, ripples like water waves appeared in the air.
“Splash!”
Shi Jiuzhai’s burly figure materialized out of thin air, standing in the room at the door, laughing: “Continue talking, this Law King wants to hear more. Tonight’s unexpected gain is truly not small.”
“Shi Jiuzhai!”
Wang Shouxin was horrified beyond measure, recognizing this ferocious barbarian thief with great notoriety throughout the entire Southern Territory.
As he shouted those three words, a mouthful of magic energy spat from his mouth. Wrapped in the magic energy was a flying sword at the level of a Hundred Character Scripture magic tool, about two feet long.
Under the urging of magic energy, the flying sword bloomed with dazzling brilliance.
Dense scriptures emerged on the sword body.
“Boom!”
The flying sword halted one foot before Shi Jiuzhai, ripples at the sword tip, unable to advance another inch.
“Bang!”
Wang Zhi crashed through the wall, leaping toward the street on the west side of Qingyun Vehicle Company.
Shi Jiuzhai glanced at the hole in the wall, spread his right hand’s five fingers, and gently pressed toward the ground from afar. Instantly, the entire Qingyun Vehicle Company, including the surrounding street blocks, was enveloped in vast white mist.
This was “Dao Heart external manifestation”, able to reach three li around, turning it into his independent heaven and earth.
Of course, the farther out, the weaker the control.
“Bang!”
Wang Zhi had just landed on the ground and raised his head when the surrounding scenery vanished, leaving only boundless white mist.
“Shi Jiuzhai is so formidable.”
Zu Tian trembled, circles of space ripples appearing below his navel.
From the center of the space ripples flew out a first-grade Hundred Character Artifact level golden whip. The golden whip was like a golden flood dragon, wrapping around his body, several zhang long.
Over a hundred profound scriptures enveloped his entire body.
“Clop clop!”
Footsteps sounded, Li Weiyi walked out from the mist: “Truly one cannot judge by appearances! Who would have thought a young man mingling in a vehicle company would actually be a Dao Seed Realm existence?”
Wang Zhi only appeared fifteen or sixteen years old, and martial cultivators’ appearances often had great deceptive power.
Wang Zhi grabbed the golden whip, his eyes surging with disbelief: “It’s you, weren’t you already crippled?”
Li Weiyi said indifferently: “Zu Tian was crippled, that’s all! With just Sixth Sea cultivation, I believe beating you should be no problem. In the past half year, I’ve progressed greatly.”
Wang Zhi sneered: “You probably underestimate the combat power of Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators too much.”
“Being able to cultivate Zu Tian, you’re naturally not weak, incomparable to those inferior root Dao Seed Realm in the same realm. Where’s Qingxi? I miss her a lot, where is she?” Li Weiyi said.
Wang Zhi’s brows furrowed deeply; even he was not certain of the true relationship between Li Weiyi and Yang Qingxi.
Li Weiyi said: “Then I’ll change the question, what about Qi Xiao?”
“Swish!”
Wang Zhi’s expression changed, magic energy like wandering dragon on his arm, instantly the golden whip turned into a streak of golden lightning flying out, extremely fast.
A piercing tearing sound appeared in the air.
Li Weiyi calmly countered the mind power from the opponent’s body, raising one hand forward, instantly countless palm seals manifested. Behind him, a ten-zhang-tall battle intent divine shadow rose.
One of the Twelve Loose Hands, Spirit Treasure Seizing.
The golden whip’s power was tremendous, tearing open a hundreds-of-meters-long white mist area, a half-meter-deep groove struck into the ground.
One whip could carve a river channel in flat ground!
But this immensely powerful Hundred Character Artifact was steadily caught in Li Weiyi’s hand. Ignoring the shock written all over Wang Zhi’s face, magic energy from his body’s one hundred and twenty golden veins all operated together, his wrist exerting force, a domineering pulling force exploded out.
“How is that possible…”
Wang Zhi hadn’t expected a Five Seas Realm martial cultivator’s power to exceed his own.
Quickly suppressing the shock in his heart, he no longer resisted Li Weiyi but instead charged proactively toward Li Weiyi.
Magic energy overflowed from his entire body, fingers spinning in the void to form a palm seal, instantly the white mist within ten zhang twisted together, a small sun appearing in his palm, its light and heat both astonishing.
He struck out one palm!
The opponent’s palm force came crashing like a great mountain.
Li Weiyi took a deep breath, ten battle intent divine shadows manifesting behind him simultaneously. One foot flying kick, a jade cauldron light shadow presented, colliding with the palm seal Wang Zhi struck.
“Puff!”
Wang Zhi spat out a mouthful of blood, his body spinning as it flew backwards.
Too abnormal, how could there be ten battle intents?
The instant he landed, Wang Zhi abruptly bounced up, ignoring the golden whip seized by Li Weiyi, turning to flee.
Moments later.
Wang Zhi’s body stiffened, retreating step by step, six Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors ahead.
The seventh Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor stood on his left shoulder, its membrane wings sharper than a magic tool war sword pressed against his neck. The membrane wings cut the skin, blood flowing continuously.
“A first-grade Hundred Character Artifact, worth tens of thousands of spring coins.”
Li Weiyi stored the golden whip in his hand into the boundary bag; such a money-making speed put him in a very pleasant mood.
However, for a Dao Seed Realm martial cultivator, the most valuable thing was the magic tool war weapon.
Li Weiyi looked at Wang Zhi subdued by the Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors: “Who is Southern Venerable? What major event are you plotting exactly?”
Wang Zhi clenched his snow-white teeth, his gaze becoming utterly fanatical, laughing at Li Weiyi but saying nothing.
“They should be Twin Rice Cult people; it’s said the cult has five venerables, respectively in charge of the southeast northwest four territories and Lingxiao City matters. There are also twenty-eight elders overseeing the twenty-eight prefectures under heaven.”
“In the evil path, Twin Rice Cult is the absolute leader.”
Shi Jiuzhai grabbed the fainted Wang Shouxin in hand and walked out from the mist.
As the Law King of the Earth Wolf King Army, he was also half an evil path member and naturally knew the evil path well.
Seeing his identity exposed, Wang Zhi angrily said: “Shi Jiuzhai, since you know we are Divine Cult people, you should hold reverence; your Earth Wolf King Army cannot afford to provoke us.”
Shi Jiuzhai ignored him, transmitting sound to Li Weiyi: “I wanted to tell you before acting, this kind of pawn buried in the dark likely has death spiritual fire planted in their body. Now trouble is big; Twin Rice Cult followers are far more mad than Sui Sect dark agents, they fear neither death nor torture at all; getting anything out of their mouths is next to impossible.”
“If they see even slightly no hope of survival, they will actively release the death spiritual fire in their bodies.”
“You mean we startled the snake?” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Jiuzhai said: “Since we’ve done it, let’s take this opportunity to deploy a trap and fish out the big fish.”
“I’ll be the bait!”
Li Weiyi worried Shi Jiuzhai might have another accident, but he was different, with more than one guardian behind him… Thinking of this, a figure appeared in his mind, and he smiled: “Even if they have death spiritual fire planted in their bodies, it’s not impossible to get information out.”
“Swish!”
Li Weiyi’s figure flashed, one palm slapping Wang Zhi into unconsciousness.
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The unconscious Wang Zhi and Wang Shouxin lay by the lake in Qin Garden.
Zen Sea Observing Mist wore a red robe and veil, in her true form.
Her figure was beautiful like a painting, her temperament noble and mysterious; her ten snow-white jade fingers hovered above the two men’s heads, releasing countless spiritual light silk threads that drilled into their skulls.
Li Weiyi had long witnessed Zen Sea Observing Mist’s soul-searching methods; even with death spiritual fire in their bodies, some memory fragments could be found.
Now, Zen Sea Observing Mist’s cultivation far surpassed before, so soul-searching was naturally more assured.
Shi Jiuzhai was somewhat dazed, looking at Zen Sea Observing Mist in the distance; he prided himself on being able to calmly face even Heavenly King Shi Na’er. But after this woman appeared, he felt heart-pounding terror, soul not attached to body, unable to calm his mind.
Not because her cultivation aura was so strong…
It was like an innate fear!
He transmitted: “Who is this great supernatural power wielder?”
“Her? About her matters, you’d best rot them in your belly, don’t mention to anyone, or you’ll get entangled in great karma.” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Jiuzhai didn’t think Li Weiyi was joking, nodding prudently.
“Sizzle!”
“Crackle!”
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Once soul-searched, the death spiritual fire in the two men’s bodies would be passively activated.
It was now burning.
After several breaths, they turned into two charred corpses.
The spiritual light silk threads dispersed, Zen Sea Observing Mist stood by the lake for a long time, saying nothing. Those beautiful eyes full of wisdom, deep and immeasurable, in a thoughtful state.
Li Weiyi walked over and asked: “Miss Chan Wu, what’s wrong?”
Shi Jiuzhai hesitated but didn’t walk over, very wary of Zen Sea Observing Mist.
Zen Sea Observing Mist looked at Li Weiyi, her red lips parting slightly under the veil: “Didn’t acquire all memories! What we know so far is already shocking… In just a short millennium, Lingxiao Life Realm’s rice people have grown to this extent; I must go to Fu Prefecture underground.”
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（The origins and legends of rice people were recounted in Chapter 56, Benevolent Rice.）
