Alien Hotel.

Chapter 414: The Bad Omen Approaches
Zhenren Yuan Ling frowned as he looked at the many words and images projected by the jade ring in front of him.

These are the reports that have just come in from various places within the influence of Qianfeng Lingshan - about the abnormal flow of people from Taixu Lingshu to Shuji in recent times, and some suspicious phenomena that occurred in Taixu Lingshu and surrounding planets after the "Demon Suppression Tower out of control" incident.

Zhenren Yuan He stood aside, also looking at the illusory projection in the air with a serious expression. There was another hazy phantom floating behind him. It seemed to be a ferocious beast with its body hidden, lazily curled up beside its master.

"From reports coming in from all over, many people have indeed suddenly set off for the border in recent days - nearly 20% more people than normal," Yuan Ling Zhenren said in a deep voice, "Although we can't directly say that all these people were influenced by Yun Qingzi, there must be situations similar to Linglong and Shang An among them."

"We have stopped all that can be stopped. There are still some immortal boats that need to stop at the planets around Shuji for transfer. I have also notified the local control department to temporarily detain the people on the grounds of 'navigation risk' or 'facility failure'," Yuan He Zhenren said slowly. "Now they are carefully checking the passengers on the immortal boats. If there is any news, it should come soon."

"Yes," Yuan Ling Zhenren nodded gently, "Fortunately, Shuji is remote and most routes cannot reach it directly. Ordinary civilian immortal boats need to transfer at planets such as Yaomen and Shiting to go there, unlike the Yidu Hotel which can reach it directly. This gives us a lot of time to react."

“But even so, some of them have already reached there before we could react,” Yuan He Zhenren sighed, “We were a little slow after all… I wonder how many victims like Linglong and Shang An are trapped in the silence right now.”

Yuan Ling Zhenren stroked his beard and said, "Xuan Che and his men have other important tasks now, so they must not act rashly. The situation in Shuji is unclear. The disciples on duty there and even the Star Guardians may have been affected by Yun Qingzi. In the worst case, the entire planet may be in trouble...

"I have already dispatched disciples from Yaomen Star to assist Xuan Che and his men, and to track down the 'travelers' mentioned in the list who may have been influenced by Yun Qingzi... We cannot allow Yun Qingzi's power to grow further.

"I just hope it's not too late now. I hope those who were affected and went to Shuji can wake up like Linglong and Shang'an. If we can rescue a few more, maybe it will help us figure out Yun Qingzi's background."

As he was speaking, there was another sound of breaking air coming from outside the hall, and then "Master Qianji", whose entire body was driven by machinery and looked no different from a mechanical man, strode in from outside the door.

"Yuan Ling! I have made all the arrangements here!" From a distance, Master Qianji shouted hurriedly, "The Ten Palaces of Woyun and Hengxu have blocked all the routes leading to Shuji - the part outside your Qianfeng Lingshan control area. Now, unless there is another 'Daoyou Yu' who opens the door to get through, not even a fly can get close to Shuji..."

When Master Qianji said this, he suddenly paused, raised his head and looked at Master Yuanhe. In the latter's somewhat surprised look, he asked cautiously: "...There are no flies that can break the void on your mountain, right?"

Yuan He Zhenren's face turned green: "No!"

"That's good," Master Qianji put down the cylinder and continued, "Fairy Yunyao of Yaolan Sect has just replied. She will send a batch of information about the exploration and mining of Shuji in the past hundred years. The Nether Valley will also send some records about the early development of Shuji - if Yun Qingzi has been lurking in Shuji for a thousand years, there may be some clues left in those records..."

After listening to Master Qianji's words, Master Yuanling's expression finally relaxed a little and he nodded slowly.

Among the five major sects of Taixu Lingshu, Yaolan Sect and Youming Valley are the most proficient in mining and alien planet development. Although the Shuji Mining Industry has declined now, hundreds of years ago, the planet was full of mining stations and garrisons established by Yaolan Sect and Youming Valley. In fact, even of the twelve giant refining towers that reach the top of the clouds around Mo City today, eight were built by Yaolan Sect.

The two factions have a large amount of information about Shuji's geology, environment, and development history. Now they are willing to share these things. On the one hand, it is because the five factions have been governing together for many years and have established some mutual trust and consensus. On the other hand... it is obvious that they have also felt the pressure brought about by Yun Qingzi's incident.

Zhenren Yuanling had a solemn look on his face. His gaze passed over Zhenren Qianji, through the roof of the main hall and the dome of the Qianfeng Lingshan formation, as if he was looking at the vast starry sky outside the planet.

An invisible and intangible sense of danger and terror is hanging over the Taixu Star. It cannot be seen or touched, but in the spiritual perception of those who practice cultivation, the sense of uneasiness brought by the shadow is as thick as ink, as if it is about to envelop and swallow up the entire planet.

Master Yuan Ling couldn't explain what it was, but he felt that... just a crazy Yun Qingzi couldn't bring such a strange "shadow", even if a group of evil heretics with ulterior motives were added, it would not be enough.

Since he could feel it, then the leaders of the other four sects... should have felt it as well.

"…What on earth is that?"

……

Huge demon-suppressing stone pillars stood in the wide underground cave. The light of the earth veins crisscrossed and surrounded the cave walls, and flowed silently above the cave. The chains that had been reinforced and tempered with spiritual power were shaking slightly, making a rustling sound from the friction. Amid the friction sound, a huge stone ball with a terrifying "face" turned lazily and looked at a corner of the cave.

A strange giant snake with seven heads was coiled on a demon-suppressing stone pillar not far away. It was sleeping soundly with a "demon-binding rope" wrapped around its body, which was much thinner than the chains on the "Evil Omen Wandering Star".

The stone ball slowly cracked its mouth, and the jagged and sharp stone "teeth" slowly opened. It floated up, and the two empty and dark holes in the "eyes" seemed to reflect chaotic shadows. Then it floated in front of the strange snake, grinning at the latter, and deliberately shook the chains on its body. The snake woke up from its sleep, and its seven heads opened their eyes at the same time. The fourteen eyes reflected the terrifying appearance of the ominous wandering star at the same time.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——”

The big snake instantly let out a chaotic scream that could not be made by three or five ordinary people, and then jumped down from the demon-suppressing stone pillar in a flash. However, because several heads were pulling at each other (mainly because the dog head obviously had a different idea from the other heads), it ended up tying itself up on the spot before it could escape, and rolled around staggeringly among a pile of chains.

The Ominous Star let out a hoarse and terrifying laugh.

"You're fucking sick! How dare you come and scare a protected animal like me!" Snake Princess struggled to get her head out of the ball she had rolled into, glaring at the stone ball. "It's bad enough that I was banished here!"

"I'm curious, how did you get 'exiled' to the lowest level?" The Ominous Star slowly floated in front of the Snake Princess, looking down at this weak and inferior "creature" in its eyes. "With your ability, you are not qualified to be suppressed in the lower level, let alone here - look at these pillars around, they didn't react at all when you climbed on them to sleep."

"Of course it's because that old thief Yuan He is seeking revenge!" Snake Princess immediately cursed loudly, "What a bastard old Taoist with a festering heart! I just cursed him a few words when I was brought in, and he happened to hear it. As a result, I was thrown here directly, and he told me to reflect on myself... I didn't reflect on myself! Did I curse badly? I haven't even said the worse things!"

The Omen Wanderer listened to the Snake Princess cursing, but there was no emotional reaction on its terrifying face that could be interpreted or recognized by human reason. After a long while, a hoarse voice came from its sharp and jagged mouth: "Why do I feel that you asked to come down on your own initiative?"

The heads of the snake princess immediately shrank back into the snake ball: "Why, why do you say that?"

"You used to curse Yuan He often. Sometimes I could hear you cursing even from downstairs here. He won't throw you down for this reason unless you ask him to do so."

"I begged him? I begged him..." Snake Princess' face flushed immediately, but she retracted her gaze under the gaze of the terrible and empty eyes of the Omen Youxing, muttering, "...Well, mainly because I was afraid of being beaten to death if I stayed up there. There were quite a few idiots who thought they were caught because I was the one who informed on them. They also said that if I hadn't informed on them, they would have escaped down the mountain long ago."

"Did you tell on me then?"

"Yes."

For the first time, Omen Yuxing understood what humans meant by "speechless".

"What can I do!" Snake Queen was still arguing, "Given the situation at that time, anyone who didn't bow his head was an idiot. The old Taoists in Qianfeng Lingshan were really vicious. I saw with my own eyes that old thief Yuanhe set up a big cauldron at the foot of the mountain. There was Samadhi True Fire underneath, and spicy and butter ingredients inside. When they caught the escaped monsters, they threw them into the cauldron. Some were cut into slices, some were tied into butterfly buckles, and some were flattened and cut into flowery pieces before being thrown in... Was I snitching? I was just knowing the times and helping others to know the times!"

Snake Princess was cursing in a mess, and her curses were filled with things that were randomly pieced together from her muddled brain and had no idea where they came from. After cursing for a long time, she suddenly stopped, as if she was not the one cursing just now. She became very calm and looked at the "stone ball" in front of her cautiously.

"Why did you suddenly come to talk to me?"

"Bored, and curious," the Ominous Wandering Star slowly opened his mouth, as if smiling, "You know, little creature - this planet is about to be in trouble. I can feel that the long-awaited day of escape is approaching. I am always happy to observe the reactions of the so-called 'intelligent species' on the planet during this time, and you... are an interesting individual."

Snake Princess stared blankly at the huge stone ball floating in front of her. After a long while, she finally opened her eyes slowly: "...What's going on?"

Ominous Wandering Star: “…”

After a moment, the stone ball suddenly turned around and floated upwards. It stopped at a critical point that would cause a violent reaction from the Demon-Suppressing Chains and the stone pillars, and shouted loudly towards the cave:

"Yuan Ling! Yuan He! Whoever it is, take this idiot away immediately! Replace him with something with brains! Do you hear me? Replace him with something with brains!"

But no one paid any attention to it.

(End of this chapter)