"Unfortunately, we don't have the vice leader's talisman, so we can't find him."
Shi Yu and the others landed on the ground, it was muddy and wet. They were surrounded by trees and it was raining, but the Qi was normal. However, Shi Yu, Shi Jue Ling and the others weren't having a good time.
Shi Jue Ling pulled a long face. Now, they needed to find Asura, or they would never find their way out.
"There's something mysterious here. Be careful, someone may have plotted against us," Shi Yu warned them coolly. The two elders and the two disciples nodded. Asura wasn't there, so they had to obey her.
"You're looking for Asura?" asked someone from behind Shi Yu and the others, then laughed deeply. Shi Yu and the others felt as if a demon was behind them. They were afraid that if they moved, the person would hurt them.
The man who had appeared behind them was a Spiritual Godly Ancestor!
Shi Yu slowly turned around and saw Cheng Shan. He was wearing a black robe, and looked ordinary.
"Who are you?" asked Shi Yu, staring warily at Cheng Shan. She didn't know how that man had suddenly appeared behind them.
Cheng Shan smiled nonchalantly and replied, "I am Asura's friend. I was looking for you," said Cheng Shan decisively. Everybody believed he was really Asura's friend with such a forthright reply.
Shi Yu didn't know Asura well, so she chose to believe this man. "So what do you want from us?" she asked. She hoped he'd help them find Asura as quickly as possible.
"Asura told me to tell you that he was three thousand li away in the desert waiting for you!"
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Half an hour later, Song Chou Jiu and the others arrived in the muddy and rainy forest. They also chose to fly at low altitude. Song Chou Jiu and Zhu Ban Chang were together, Lang Zhe had disappeared. They didn't know where he was, but they were convinced he wasn't too far away.
Zong Hu and the three others glanced around warily. They had never seen this place. It didn't look like Gan Yu. When Song Chou Jiu had come in, he had had a strange feeling, but Asura had already gone in, so he had had no choice but to follow him.
"Why did Asura come here? It seems like he wanted everybody to come here?" Zong Hu asked curiously, still holding his heavy hammer. He was two meters and looked quite strong.
Song Chou Jiu was vigilant. Even though he looked composed, he still had a bad feeling.
Zhu Ban Chang was fat, three hundred jin, with a huge and fat belly. He glanced around and forced a smile. Even though he was from the Zhu Clan in Gan Yu, he had never spent much time in Gan Yu, so he didn't know that place. He didn't even know if they were still in Gan Yu.
"Let's first focus on protecting ourselves. We can't let anyone plot against us and harm us," warned Song Chou Jiu icily. Finding Asura was one thing, but they all had to keep calm and be vigilant first!
Everybody nodded, even Zhu Ban Chang. Since Asura had started pretending to be Mu Feng during the meeting as well, Zhu Ban Chang admired him. He didn't consider Song Chou Jiu a rival anymore. He now considered him as a friend and wanted to support him.
"Hehe. People who could hurt you? Hehe, who are you talking about?" said Cheng Shan, smiling evilly. Shi Yu and the others realized that had found Song Chou Jiu and the others.
Suddenly, Song Chou Jiu's expression changed drastically, and got ready to fight. Zong Hu rotated aside and threw his heavy hammer on his shoulder.
"Hehe, Li Dian couldn't compete with me. You are the piece of trash of Li Yu. Therefore, you cannot compete with me. Stop humiliating yourself here and fuck off!" spat Cheng Shan, smiling mockingly and waving his hand. He raised his foot and kicked Zong Hu's heavy hammer. Zong Hu was blown away with his heavy hammer in his hand.
Zong Hu crashed to the muddy ground. His hammer crushed its way into the ground. Zong Hu felt ashamed and humiliated. He shouted furiously, grabbed his hammer and stood up again, but this time Song Chou Jiu stopped him. If he didn't stop him, then Zong Hu would continue humiliating himself. Even worse, he might get killed.
"Who are you? And what do you want?" asked Song Chou Jiu icily. Cheng Shan was a Spiritual Godly Ancestor, so Song Chou Jiu and Zhu Ban Chang had to be careful. Zhu Ban Chang clenched his fists and got ready to fight anyway; he was even ready to die!
But Cheng Shan just smiled mockingly. Regarding that kind of piece of trash, he didn't think anything. He didn't even spare him a glance. Their lives were worth a dog's life to him. Only someone like Lin Feng could talk to him face to face.
But he needed to humiliate people to torture Lin Feng. He also needed the women on Lin Feng's side to torture him as he had planned.
He had studied and observed Lin Feng intensively and found one of his weaknesses was women. Therefore, he had decided to use women to make Lin Feng fall. He would bring about his own destruction because of his love for women.
"Everybody, save your energy. If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be here anymore already," said Cheng Shan smiling mockingly.
Song Chou Jiu was furious, but it was a fact.
"What do you want then? If you want to kill us, stop wasting time!" shouted Ming Shou icily. Song Chou Jiu was wise, Ming Shou was cunning.
"Hehe, I just want to tell you that Asura is waiting for you in the west five thousand li away from here in the desert," said Cheng Shan, smiling cruelly before he disappeared.
Song Chou Jiu and the others were dumbstruck by his speed. He had simply disappeared. It was hard to believe.
"What do we do? Should we trust him or not?" asked Ti Yuan, pulling a long face. But he still asked Song Chou Jiu.
Zhu Ban Chang looked at Song Chou Jiu and waited for his decision.
"Let's trust him. If he wanted to kill us, he could have done it easily already. He wouldn't waste time with us. Besides, I have the feeling that Asura took us inside a mysterious place. He may have a secret. If we want to know more, we have to go there," said Song Chou Jiu.
"Alright, let's hurry up then," agreed Zhu Ban Chang, flashing into the lead.
——
The people of Jiao Yu were in the muddy forest as well. They were relatively close to the desert because they had been guided there by someone who had told them Lin Feng was waiting for them there.
But Great Elder Ta Hua Xuan from Jiao Yu didn't understand. Asura and he were neither friends nor enemies, so why was Asura waiting for him?
Was it a trap?
But the one who had told him that was extremely strong, and could have easily killed all the members of Jiao Yu easily, so why would he lie to him? There was no reason. So Ta Hua Xuan had decided to trust him.
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A thousand li away was the golden desert. There was a mild wind in the desert, pushing a small layer of sand grains along the ground. The sun was scorching hot.
Even though people weren't affected by the heat for the time being, it wouldn't be the case after a long time.
The desert was a place of death. When people came to that desert, they never left alive.
Cheng Shan had gotten ready to have some fun. He was going to watch a large scale show, a big show he had organized himself.
"Hehe, Lin Feng, the best way to harm you is to make you kill ninety-nine percent of the people of each territory. Then, we'll leave one person alive to go and tell other people about your achievement! Hahahahahahahahahaha!"
Cheng Shan rejoiced. At that moment, he put a copy of Asura's mask on his face and donned the exact same black robe as Lin Feng with the exact same belt with a blue jewel on it. He looked exactly like Lin Feng at that moment.
"Lin Feng, you amazed everybody in Feng Xun Valley. Now your achievements are about to become a joke. Hehe. You want to become the leader of the Region of the Eight Corners? I'm going to tell you one thing: dream on!"
Cheng Shan, or more precisely, the fake Asura, stood on the edge of the desert and watched the representatives of the different territories enter the desert. He grinned.
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What he didn't know was that a few dozen li away, the Ancestor of the Five Cardinal Points and Leader Jing Rui glanced at each other and were dumbstruck when they saw Cheng Shan disguise himself as Asura.
If his plan worked, nobody would ever be able to help Lin Feng!
"Jing Rui, what the hell is with this guy? How did he get in?" the Ancestor of the Five Cardinal Points asked Jing Rui. He was furious. He had set all his hopes on Lin Feng, and now someone was plotting against him!
"I don't know, either. I guess he must have come with the people of the Region of the Eight Corners?" replied Jing Rui, smiling wryly. He hadn't detected the fellow's presence before. He was probably there to plot.
He wanted to harm Lin Feng behind his back. If he succeeded in his evil scheme, then Asura would become the sworn enemy of the Region of the Eight Corners!
"Luckily, I control the Bright and Colorful Mountain and Lakes painting. I know everything that happens inside. Hehe, that little boy is smart, but he's going to make a huge mistake because he doesn't know what's going on," said the Ancestor of the Five Cardinal Points, clenching his fists. He wanted to destroy Cheng Shan on the spot.
"Slowly, Master. Don't you want to see Asura fight against that fool? Don't you want to see how resourceful Asura is?"
"What do you mean?"
"Hehe, what I mean is that this time, we should let Asura fall into his trap. We have memories of everything that happened. In the future, if Asura doesn't speak clearly, we can show the memories to everybody. He won't harm Asura."
"Haha! Leader Jing Rui! Just say you want to get your revenge against Lin Feng for killing people in your city, right?"
"Hehe, Master. You're very smart. I already deduced that Asura was Lin Feng. Otherwise, how could he have killed Godly Ancestor Zhan Ling and Godly Ancestor Jie Long in Jing City so easily?"