Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 298 Cage

Shen Jichi frowned the moment he saw Li Shuangyun make a move.

It wasn't that he felt they couldn't defeat Gu Beiming with their combined strength, but rather that both Gu and his son were healing beings, making them quite time-consuming to deal with, and the smoke's activation time for their abilities was inherently short.

Moreover, Yin Wanqing brought many experts with her, and once they make their move, it creates an opportunity for others to take advantage of the chaos.

But Shen Jichi was not an indecisive person. Seeing Li Shuangyun rush forward, he also took a step forward.

At the same time, he loosened his grip, and Wei Yushi, who had come with his teleportation, immediately disappeared.

Instead, a blade of light appeared out of thin air and slashed towards Gu Jize.

Li Shuangyun had reached Gu Beiming and was about to grab him when Gu Beiming turned around and raised his hand to defend himself.

Suddenly, a fiery blade swept past and collided with the light blade, turning into an even more intense white light.

Gu Jize was pushed away by a wing of fire and fell to the side, but was not cleaved in two by the light blade.

Firewing didn't stop, and attacked Li Shuangyun.

Li Shuangyun did not dodge, but instead turned around and smiled sweetly at Gu Jingnian.

She was occupying Pei Nian's body. When Gu Jingnian saw Pei Nian's smiling face, he abruptly stopped his attack and swept his fire wings toward Shen Jichi.

"Fourth Brother, go away!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jize rolled over and ended up in a corner of the side hall.

Although he didn't have any powerful superpowers, he was extremely agile, leaping out of the window like a fish leaping over a dragon gate and running straight outside.

"Somebody come!"

Gu Jize immediately rallied his brave subordinates.

Once the fire was extinguished, no matter how strong Ren Lishuangyun and Shen Jichi's special abilities were, they were unable to use them.

Inside the side hall, Shen Jichi knew he couldn't let Gu Jize mobilize his troops, so he took another step, his figure disappeared, and the next moment he appeared in front of Gu Jize.

In this way, Gu Beiming and Gu Jize, Gu Jingnian can only save one of them.

He frowned, took a step forward like Shen Jichi, and soon a shadow appeared behind Li Shuangyun, raising his palm to strike.

suddenly.

Li Shuangyun covered her mouth with her hand and let out a silvery laugh.

The laughter was pleasant to hear, but Gu Jingnian suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

If he was in such a state, Gu Beiming, who was already in a weakened state, immediately collapsed, as if he had fainted.

The next moment, Pei Wugou suddenly left the side hall in a hurry and called out to Shen Jichi.

"Marquis Wuding! Yin Wanqing has gone to the training ground!"

Pei Wugou knew about this because Han Youxin had told him through telepathic communication.

As for how Han Youxin knew, he must have already told Yin Wanqing some other information, intending to avoid offending either side.

Shen Jichi had just unleashed his light blade when it struck the shields held by the soldiers protecting Gu Jize, eliciting a chorus of screams.

However, Gu Jize had already taken advantage of that instant to dart away dozens of steps like a swallow.

This movement technique was clearly not ordinary lightness skill, but a special ability he had cultivated.

Seeing this, Shen Jichi sneered slightly and was about to catch up when he heard Pei Wugou's shout.

Turning around again, they saw that Li Shuangyun had already dragged Gu Beiming out of the side hall. Even if Gu Jize called on the Xiaoyi Army to resist, they could use Gu Beiming to keep them in check.

"To the training grounds!"

Then, Shen Jichi took another step, his figure disappeared, and then he appeared in the training ground.

He seemed very familiar with the training grounds of Jusai City, and as he walked through them, there was no sense of unfamiliarity in his eyes.

Not far from the Marshal's Mansion, smoke constantly seeped in, allowing Shen Jichi to easily unleash his supernatural abilities.

But as he was, so were others.

The sound of shackles could be heard incessantly. Some of the imprisoned individuals realized that today was their chance to escape and began to use their abilities.

The training ground was bustling with activity for a time.

Although Shen Jichi was very interested in these extraordinary people, he was not in a hurry to take them away.

Now that he was here, he wanted to see the people of Womin for himself.

Even if Pei Wugou is certain it's fake, it's better to believe it's true than not.

Without much searching, Shen Jichi simply thought about where Gu Jingnian might have hidden the most important person, and headed in that direction.

Soon, he found a house built of black neodymium.

Although he could still smell the incense, Shen Jichi couldn't teleport inside because the room was too enclosed, preventing the smoke from entering and thus making it impossible for him to use his supernatural abilities.

Shen Jichi pondered for a moment, then disappeared again. When he reappeared, he had a key in his hand.

Insert the key into the black iron lock on the stone door, and with a "click," the stone door opens.

Shen Jichi pushed open the door, but did not go in immediately. Instead, he stood outside the door for a while, waiting for the smoke to drift in.

While waiting, he raised his hand and gathered a beam of light, which shone into the room.

An old man was sitting upright in the room, his hands and feet shackled.

The old man had a full head of white hair and a long, gray beard. More importantly, Shen Jichi recognized him at first glance as the old man he had met in the realm.

"Is it really you?" Shen Jichi asked.

Old Womin raised his head and said, "Shen Jichi, you've come after all."

"You knew I was coming?"

"You're looking for this old man for the Emperor, aren't you?"

Old Womin's voice was deep, carrying a sense of certainty that everything was as expected.

Shen Jichi couldn't help but feel a sense of joy, like "finding something after searching high and low without any effort," and took a step to enter the house.

However, after only a few steps, his figure blurred and gradually disappeared.

The next moment, Shen Jichi's figure reappeared, still outside the house.

There was too little smoke in the room; it was no longer enough for him to use his powers.

It seemed that someone was putting out the fireworks above, which was making the smoke coming in less and less.

Shen Jichi hesitated for a moment, then made a decision.

He looked up, closed his eyes,
In the distance, a soft sound seemed to come, as if something had broken.

When Shen Jichi took another step, he was noticeably different from before, less ethereal and more distinct.

What appeared at this moment was his true form.

He walked up to Old Womin and said, "I didn't expect that Gu Jingnian would actually capture you from the boundary."

As he spoke, he bent down and reached out to touch Old Womin's face, while simultaneously uttering another guess.

"Or perhaps you are Gu Jingnian in disguise?"

Upon hearing this, Old Womin smiled.

"despair."

The stone door was suddenly closed.

It wouldn't close for no reason; it seems someone was pulling it from the outside.

The person was completely invisible from outside the door; she only became vaguely visible when her hand reached out towards the stone door.

Shen Jichi turned his head and instantly recognized who the person was.

He had fought her on the battlefield and knew her name, Yu Moxian, but he didn't know when Yu Moxian had disappeared into the corridor.

These thoughts had barely surfaced when the last glimmer of light was blocked by the closed stone door.

The stone chamber was pitch black, and it was impossible to use any special abilities.

Shen Jichi hadn't reacted yet.

"puff."

A dagger was already aimed at him.

"you guessed right."

An aged voice rang out; though it was still the same old Womin's tone, the manner of the words was completely different from before.

"It was indeed you who disguised me as Womin, a very simple method, but you still fell for it."

Shen Jichi grasped the dagger embedded in his body with both hands and asked, "You are... Huo Bo?"

"You've heard of me too?" Huo Bo asked, somewhat surprised.

“I heard that Gu Jingnian refined you, and I found that strange at the time.”

Huo Bo said, "Young Master is different from all of you; he could not possibly refine me."

A few wisps of smoke still lingered in the stone chamber, and the Fire Lord's palm emitted a faint glow, hot and burning Shen Jichi's hand.

"Die!"

Huo Bo gritted his teeth and used all his strength.

He had a plan, but Shen Jichi was caught off guard. No matter how powerful Shen Jichi was, he was just an ordinary person here, and he would die if he was stabbed in a vital spot.

However, Shen Jichi asked him a question.

"You are an old servant of the Gu family, don't you know that?"

"what do you know?"

"Where did the 'cage' of 'cage people' originally refer to? It was Jusai City." Shen Jichi actually smiled. "We built this city with black neodymium stone to facilitate the refining of superhumans."

Huo Bo was stunned for a moment, not understanding what this meant.

Shen Jichi scoffed.

"They actually tried to kill me in the place I know best."

After saying that, he leaned back and fell straight to the ground.

Huo Bo rushed forward, thrusting his dagger forward, but with a loud crash, an iron fence suddenly slammed down from above, landing between him and Shen Jichi.

“The cage, this is the earliest cage.”

Shen Jichi murmured, his tone tinged with emotion.

“Gu Jingnian wanted to kill me, but he underestimated me. He didn’t even know that I deliberately let him capture the tribute team in Jusai City... because I was going to refine them here anyway.”

(End of this chapter)