The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 420

Chapter 420: Chapter 416: Two Clues Chapter 420: Chapter 416: Two Clues All of them were grain avoidance cultivators, who had yet to reach the realm of the soul condensation stage. Their Divine Senses were momentarily incapable of projecting outward. Therefore, if Hu Yong refused to perform this task, no one else could.

“Forget it, I hate trouble the most, so let's just spend some money. I have some 'conceal breath symbols' here that can temporarily seal your breath. As long as you don't deliberately mobilize a significant amount of mana, your breath won't leak, those ghost creatures won't be able to detect your presence, and we will be able to proceed safely.” After hesitating for a moment, Hu Yong spoke as if he had made up his mind.

Following that, he turned his wrist, and in his palm, a flash of light revealed several talismans made of a blue material.

Upon seeing the Green Frost Paper, Shen Luo knew that these talismans were not ordinary low-grade ones, which made him understand why Hu Yong had been hesitant before.

“It's easy to use this conceal breath symbol, just stick it to your Dantian or Danzhong, you don't need to mobilize mana to activate it, it can use your running mana and help you cover your breath.” Hu Yong distributed the talismans to everyone and explained.

On hearing this, Shen Luo hesitated. After all, the Dantian was the foundation of cultivation and Danzhong is also an essential acupoint of the body. He instinctively resisted the idea of sticking the talisman to these two positions.

“Thank you, elder.” Lu He immediately accepted it and expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you, elder, for bestowing the symbol on us.” Jin Dun and the others echoed it as well.

“Bestowing the symbol, my ass! Do you think I'm a wealthy landlord? Those conceal breath symbols are only lent to you all. You need to return them once you are done.” Hu Yong replied, not showing any grace expected of an elder.

Everyone just chuckled when they heard his words.

Hu Yong took a symbol and without any hesitation, lifted the Hem of his robe and put the symbol on the inner layer lined up with his Dantian. Seeing Shen Luo scrutinizing him, he explained:

“My cultivation level is higher than you all, so the fluctuation of my breath is naturally stronger. It's more secure to stick it to the Dantian. As for you guys… whether you want to stick it to your Dantian or Danzhong, I don't care.”

Lu He and the others followed Hu Yong's example and stuck their symbols to their Dantians. Only Yun Niang felt that sticking it to the Dantian was not very elegant, so she put her symbol onto the middle of her bosom.

Shen Luo did not follow the majority and instead, like Yun Niang, stuck the symbol to his chest.

Then, Hu Yong turned his palm once again. Another light shone in his palm. This time the light revealed a dark gold disc, about the size of a bronze mirror. The disc was intricately designed. Its outer ring was divided into three hundred and sixty-five degrees, marking the solar year, the inner ring was marked with the twenty-four solar terms, and inside that, the diagram of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams was engraved, while in the center, a pointer in the form of a small dragon was suspended.

When the group went forward to take a look, as soon as the Evil-searching Plate appeared, its feature went into a whirl.

Hu Yong raised an eyebrow, brought his fingers together to form a Daoist sign, and pointed it towards the center of the disc.

A trickle of mana flowed from his fingertip and flowed directly into the little dragon pointer.

On the dragon's head of the pointer, two faint golden rays of light seemed to seep from the dragon's eyes. The spinning pointer gradually slowed down and came to a stop.

But just when they thought the dust has settled, the pointer, as if to go against them, seemed to be about to stop pointing to the south-east, the Xun position of the Eight Trigrams when it suddenly moved towards the south, the Li position.

Afterward, the pointer seemed to be attracted by two magnets simultaneously, swinging back and forth between the Xun position and the Li position.

“Elder, what is going on?” Shen Luo said, looking at the pointer that sometimes pointed in their direction.

“It's impossible, this thing shouldn't malfunction. Could it be divided into two places?” Hu Yong didn't respond to Shen Luo's question. Instead, he showed a serious expression for the first time, muttering to himself.

“Split into two places? Could there be two Ghost Generals?” Jin Dun's face turned solemn, and he said in surprise.

“Elder, could it be that the Yin Sha Qi here is too scattered? Although the Ghost General is the strongest Yin creature, when it's too distant, this Evil-searching plate might not be able to capture the location precisely?” Lin Qing suggested.

“Brother Lin makes sense.” Lu He approved and agreed.

“That seems correct after all. The direction it points to is between south and southeast. Let's head to the Li position first. If we don't find anything, we'll move to the East to Xun position. We're bound to encounter it.” Upon hearing their ideas, Hu Yong finally suggested this plan.

“Alright.” Everyone agreed in unison.

Hu Yong held the compass, with everyone following on either side, and they started heading south, as the compass was showing.

After about a half-moment, Hu Yong suddenly raised his hand and signaled everyone to stop.

“What's the matter, elder? What happened?” Shen Luo and the others were puzzled and stopped to ask.

“There's a group of Yin beings approaching ahead. Let's wait for a while before we proceed.” Hu Yong led everyone to hide behind a massive stone and said.

Not long after his words, there indeed was two groups of ghost soldiers running past them in a hurry. These ghost soldiers were also dressed in Bronze Armor and held swords in their hands. They seemed even more powerful than the ones they encountered earlier on.

“We can proceed now.” Hu Yong stood up to continue their journey after waiting for a while after the ghost soldiers had passed.

However, after not going far, Hu Yong asked them to speed up again. They hurriedly traversed a grid of short bushes and stopped only after arriving behind some towering pine trees.

Immediately afterward, near the thicket of bushes, several zombies with almost rotten bodies, rigid limbs, were seen chasing a black hare, hopping around.

Shen Luo noticed that one of zombies dropped something during its leaps. He asked everyone to wait when Hu Yong commanded to continue their journey. He went back to pick up the thing that was dropped.

“Brother Shen, what treasure did you pick up?” Lu He curiously asked.

Shen Luo opened his hand with an unusual expression, revealing a palm-sized token. Shockingly, the words “Great Tang Imperial Seal” were engraved on it.

“A token from the government…” Jin Dun said with surprise.

“It seems that among the previous two groups that entered to complete the mission, there were people from the Great Tang Dynasty Government.” Lu He pondered.

“That zombie just now… it seems they have failed.” Yun Niang said with a frown.

“Even the government is involved. If they failed once, they will definitely send more powerful people next time. It seems we need to speed up. We can't let them take the lead. Otherwise, we will have all our efforts for nothing, not gaining anything.” Hu Yong seemed not too surprised, but was a bit anxious.

Upon hearing this, Lu He and the others all nodded in agreement.

Shen Luo put the token away, but he had a vague sense of unease. This task, which even involved the government, was probably not as simple as they had initially thought.

Afterward, Hu Yong led them through the woods, stopping and hiding from armies of ghost soldiers and zombies occasionally. But overall, they were safe and sound. Finally, they halted in an open area in the forest.

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