Chapter 1854 — The Wonder of the Seventh-Ranked One
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
" His heart burned with urgency, yet he forced his state of mind to settle as much as he could, keeping his dao heart calm. The Jade Capital City was immeasurably vast, and this divine city held many secrets—one might even say it was more immense than Zuting.
To find the strange treasure suppressed by Miluo Palace's master would not be easy. A thought stirred in Lan Yutian's heart: "If I search step by step, who knows how many years it will take.
The simplest way is to make those Hall Masters lying in ambush for me help me search! If I find them, I find where the treasure lies!
" At this thought he drew in his aura, suddenly spun once about, and sent bolt after bolt of divine power flying in all directions. "I lose my way easily; having those Hall Masters guide me there is the best of paths!
" His divine powers were soundless and breathless, leaking no aura at all, save when they passed the ancient palaces of the city one by one, when a thread of aura would abruptly slip free. Only thus could he lure the snake from its hole and make the Hall Masters lying in wait betray themselves.
Swiftly his divine powers flew past most of the city's palaces; then all at once a light flashed in one great hall, and the divine power passing that place was erased in an instant.
"There it is! " Lan Yutian leaped up and shot straight for that hall.
As he neared its front, his speed abruptly slowed; as though strolling in a quiet courtyard, he climbed the steps one by one with unhurried gait and calm expression, walking into the hall.
"Daoist Lan.
" In the hall, Hall Master Huadu rose to greet him; as Lan Yutian climbed to the hall, he happened to step out through its doors, his face full of smiles, and said with leisure, "You are clever and quick, sir, but you have still fallen into my trap. This is not the place where Young Master Hundun's strange treasure is suppressed—this is my Huadu Hall.
Seeing you probing about on every side to lure the snake from its hole, I turned your scheme against you and drew you here. Is the stratagem not elegant? " Lan Yutian smiled and said, "Elegant indeed.
Brother Daoist, since Young Master Hundun's strange treasure is not here, where is it suppressed?
" Hall Master Huadu laughed.
"It is suppressed in Zixu Hall. " Lan Yutian walked straight toward him, smiling.
"Might I ask where Zixu Hall is?
" Hall Master Huadu said, "A hall named Zixu naturally stands on Wuyou Street. Zixu and Wuyou—the empty and the nonexistent.
Surely you knew, Daoist?
" Lan Yutian struck without warning, stepping forward, and a whole Zuting enfolded him: dao halls towered within it, ten thousand Great Daos whirled around him, and his very first move was the great divine power of Ten Thousand Daos Returning to One. Hall Master Huadu raised a hand to block, and his expression changed drastically—he could not withstand the power of Lan Yutian's blow.
At that very moment four more Hall Masters emerged from the treasure hall behind him, and the five Hall Masters joining hands at last blocked Lan Yutian's strike.
Lan Yutian smiled. "Wuyou Street, Zixu Hall—it is here! Out of my way! " Boom!
Behind him the World Tree rose, streaming with radiance and color; dao fruit after dao fruit appeared, and the Five Primal dao fruits blazed with light.
The five Hall Masters had never lodged their Great Daos in the void, and though their mana erupted in full, they still could not hold, falling back again and again, shaken beyond words.
Lan Yutian was another Shen Mu outright; in cultivation and strength he had long since surpassed the Hall Masters.
True, he was still inferior to Shen Mu in strength, yet the overbearing, kingly force of this strike and the peerless brilliance it displayed were no less—perhaps even greater.
"If this were only Huadu Hall, there would be no need for five Hall Masters to gather here. Since five have come, this must be where Young Master Hundun's strange treasure lies!
" Lan Yutian burst into the hall.