Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 280 The Hidden Bat Net Attacks
The long night was filled with the chill of autumn winds, and the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds that completely obscured every inch of the sky, leaving no trace of the moonlight.

Meanwhile, Mo Clan leader Big Iron Hammer was patrolling the forest with two disciples.

This time, the Mohist school took a huge risk in summoning righteous men from all over the world to gather at the Mohist Mechanical City.

Therefore, Ji Yan had arranged for the leaders of the Mo family to take turns leading patrols to prevent any forces that were detrimental to the Mo family from taking advantage of the situation.

Before long, the Mo family disciple walking at the front stopped and frowned, saying, "Leader Iron, do you smell something strange?"

The Mohist disciples who came out with the big iron hammer were all his trusted confidants in the forging department. They were his old brothers who fought alongside him in the Yan Kingdom, so their relationship with him was very close.

Big Hammer twitched his nose and said earnestly, "There is a smell. You haven't showered in a month, have you? The smell on you could travel three miles against the wind."

As soon as he said that, another disciple next to him burst into laughter.

But before he could say anything, a strong smell of blood wafted into the three of them's noses.

The three men's expressions changed instantly, and they all gripped their weapons tightly.

In the nearby bushes, a hunched figure with withered skin and a ferocious face had already fixed their gaze on them.

"Is it pretty?"

The eerie voice rang out, causing the expressions of the people present to change once again.

"Who is there?"

The giant iron hammer in his hand swung around, staring intently at his surroundings.

As soon as he finished speaking, a stream of multicolored true qi descended from the sky and landed in the grass near the three of them.

"what!"

A scream rang out, and a figure was blasted away by the force of the energy and crashed to the ground.

Meanwhile, on a distant cliff, the multicolored beams of light descending from the sky naturally did not escape the eyes of Wei Zhuang and Chi Lian.

"It's him again. Hidden Bat is probably going to be in trouble!"

Chi Lian was somewhat angry, her tone tinged with annoyance, "I really don't know where this kid came from, I've never heard of him in the martial arts world!"

"I don't know his identity."

Wei Zhuang spoke in a cold voice, patiently explaining to Chi Lian, "But Lin'er once found out that a few years ago, near Daze Mountain, the leader of the Farmer's Clan, Tian Guang, was ambushed by a mysterious person. Later, a colorful light fell from the sky and knocked out the mysterious assassin. Tian Guang disappeared and never appeared again."

"A mysterious person!"

Chi Lian was taken aback upon hearing this and exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that the one who rescued Tian Guang was that kid? How old is that kid, yet he has such strength?"

Wei Zhuang remained silent, continuing to gaze into the distance.

At the same time, the Hidden Bat, who was lying on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood and said hatefully, "It's always Grandpa who makes others vomit blood. Which bastard dared to launch a sneak attack from the shadows..."

"It's really strange that an assassin can also curse and launch sneak attacks!"

Leng Feibai casually stepped out from the shadows, turned to look at Big Iron Hammer, and said, "Brother Iron, leave Hidden Bat to me. You all hurry back to Mechanical City to prepare for battle!"

Upon hearing this, Big Iron Hammer brandished his hammer and asked, "And who are you? Why are you helping us?"

"Stop talking nonsense. If it weren't for Ji Yan's sake, I wouldn't bother with you!"

Leng Feibai spoke quickly, "Also, the Jade Qilin is lurking in the shadows of the forest. If you don't want to be ambushed by him, don't communicate with anyone before returning to the Mechanized City!"

As soon as Leng Feibai finished speaking, the hidden bat on the ground leaped up and pounced on Leng Feibai.

"Small……"

Before the big iron hammer's warning could even finish, Leng Feibai raised his right hand, and true qi spewed from his palm.

"what!"

With a scream, the Hidden Bat instantly turned into a skeleton and fell straight to the ground.

Upon seeing this method of killing, Big Hammer immediately recognized the person in front of him and roared, swinging his hammer, "I thought it was someone else, but it's you, Ji Feibai!"

As Leng Feibai listened to the sound of the giant iron hammer, a slight smile appeared on his lips before he vanished in a flash of light.

"Stop right there, you bastard!"

Upon seeing Leng Feibai disappear, Big Iron Hammer was so enraged that he jumped up and down and ran a few steps forward.

"Iron Leader, Iron Leader!"

The man who had come out with Big Hammer quickly stopped him. Big Hammer was panting heavily with anger, but he quickly regained his composure and turned around, saying, "That bastard is probably right. Listen, if the Quicksand people are really hiding in the forest, then we have to go back right away!"

The two Mohist disciples looked at each other, and one of them tentatively asked, "Leader, what should we do?"

"I'll listen to that bastard!"

Big Iron Hammer said in a deep voice, "Run. Before entering the Mechanical City, don't talk to anyone you see. We'll talk when we get back to the city."

After saying that, the three of them started running back.

Although these three were not skilled in light-footed martial arts, their military background and years of training gave them good physical strength and endurance, making it not difficult for them to run back.

At the same time, Leng Feibai stood on a large tree in the dense forest, closed his eyes, and contacted his clone left in the Mechanical City.

"how's it going?"

"everything is normal."

On one of the pillars of the city, a pale pink butterfly perched.

"After all, the Black Jade Kirin hasn't infiltrated the Mechanized City yet, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Don't be careless. If we come here and the Jade Kirin poisons the central pool, where will we put our faces?"

After saying that, Leng Feibai ignored the clone and once again activated his Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing to sense the location of the Black Jade Qilin.

A moment later, a figure completely black with an obscured face appeared in Leng Feibai's perception.

Leng Feibai just warned Da Tiechui and the others to hurry back to the Mechanical City.

Instead, it deprived the Jade Kirin, who should have taken the opportunity to infiltrate the Mechanized City, of that chance.

But he didn't care too much. After all, with his skill in disguise, killing a Mo family disciple without anyone noticing was not difficult at all.

With this in mind, Mo Yu Qilin continued to sneak towards the Mechanical City, ready to kill and infiltrate as soon as the opportunity arose.

"whoosh"

A faint sound rang out, and the black jade unicorn felt a sharp pain at the back of its head, instantly losing consciousness and collapsing to the ground.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai took the opportunity to step out from the shadows and looked at the unconscious Mo Yu Qilin with a playful expression.

"What a pity, this guy will be useful later, killing him would be too troublesome."

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he took out a muscle-strengthening pill from his pocket and stuffed it into the mouth under the black jade unicorn mask.

The Tendon-Softening Pill is similar to the Ten Fragrant Tendon-Softening Powder in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. After taking it, even if you have superhuman strength, you won't be able to move a single bit of your power.

However, this pill also has a side effect: if it is not taken after three days, the medicinal power of the Muscle Softening Pill will be completely exhausted and will no longer have any effect.

After sealing the power of the Black Jade Qilin, Leng Feibai searched his body for a long time and took out a medicine bottle. There was a red label on the bottle with four crooked Korean characters written on it. It was the name of Zhenyu Qianye, who caused great trouble to the Mechanical City in the original drama.

"A deadly poison!"

Leng Feibai praised it, and with a thought, took out a wooden box from the Twelve-Story Tower and put the Poison Feather Thousand Nights inside. Since this thing is highly poisonous, then when he gets to Under One Person, he'll have another way to deal with the Japanese.

After putting away the poison, Leng Feibai looked at the unconscious Mo Yu Qilin and drew a clone with his hand.

"Let's just throw him into Little Sage City... never mind, let's just throw him into Sanghai City."

Leng Feibai waved his hand, and his clone, without saying a word, carried the unconscious Mo Yu Qilin, transformed into black smoke, and soared into the sky, leaving the area far away.

After sending away the Jade Kirin, Leng Feibai breathed a sigh of relief. He then sent out another clone to monitor Wei Zhuang and the others, while he himself transformed into a cloud and flew towards the direction of the Mechanized City.

At the same time, a tiger's roar came from afar. Looking into the distance, Leng Feibai saw a mechanical white tiger rushing out from the direction of the mechanical city and heading towards the dense forest.

Leng Feibai glanced at it twice, said nothing more, and transformed into clouds and returned to the Mechanical City.

At this moment, the giant iron hammer, which had been running wildly all the way, had successfully returned to the city.

Because Leng Feibai's attack on Yin Fu had caused too much of a commotion, all the leaders of the Mo family gathered in the main hall of the Mechanical City to discuss the matter.

"It's definitely that brat Ji Feibai!"

Big Iron Hammer roared, "Ji Yan, that kid came to the Mechanized City, didn't he? Don't deny it, I remember his methods. The way he killed Hidden Bat was exactly the same as when he killed the Qin general back then."

Ji Yan did not deny it after hearing this, and said frankly, "That's right, Fei Bai did come to the Mechanized City to find me. He came to help!"

"Now he's willing to help!"

Big Hammer said bitterly, "If he had been there back then, the Yan Kingdom wouldn't have been destroyed by the Qin cavalry."

Beside the giant hammer, Gao Jianli, who had been silent all along, also looked rather grim.

After a moment, Gao Jianli exhaled and said in a deep voice, "At least he is not an enemy, but Ji Yan, he must give me an explanation for that matter."

If among the leaders of the Mohist school, Big Iron Hammer had the biggest grievance against Leng Feibai, then Gao Jianli had the second biggest.

When Gao Jianli learned that Leng Feibai had forced Wang Jian's army to retreat, he wanted to find him and ask why he hadn't helped when Jing Ke attempted to assassinate the King of Qin.

If he had chosen to intervene, Jing Ke might not have...

Ji Yan looked at Gao Jianli's expression, his throat moved, and he nodded silently.

Upon seeing this, Gao Jianli's expression softened slightly, but then hardened again. He gritted his teeth and said, "However, we must be wary of the enemies outside, and we must also be wary of the enemies inside the Mechanized City."

Ji Yan frowned upon hearing this and said, "It's a fact that Gai Nie betrayed Qin, so why bother..."

"Who knows if that was just a show he and Ying Zheng put on!"

Gao Jianli stared at Ji Yan, refusing to back down an inch.

Upon seeing this, Duanmu Rong quickly explained for Ji Yan, "When I treated Gai Nie before, he had several fatal wounds. It couldn't have been an act."

When Gao Jianli saw that Duanmu Rong had also sided with Ji Yan, his face turned even darker than Yantai's.

Upon seeing this, Xue Nu quickly offered Gao Jianli a few words of comfort.

Ji Yan sighed and gestured for the others to go back.

The group dispersed, but Master Ban, worried about the approaching enemy, decided to check the mechanical beasts stored in the warehouse one last time.

Just then, a black ink painting covered the entire mechanical city, and all living beings stopped moving.

At this moment, Leng Feibai also fell from above Master Ban, copied his memories using the Double-Handed Technique, then released the spell and disappeared.

Not long after, Ji Yan also returned to his residence.

As soon as Ji Yan returned to his room, he saw Leng Feibai sitting inside, calmly looking at the bamboo slips in his hand.

"You're back!"

Ji Yan quickly asked, "How is it?"

"The Hidden Bat is dead, and I subdued the Jade Kirin. I even found a bottle of Poison Feather Thousand Nights on his body!"

Leng Feibai put down the bamboo scroll in his hand and said, "Unless Wei Zhuang and his men have a second person skilled in infiltration and a second bottle of Poison Feather Thousand Nights under their command, and then sneak in to poison them, the only way for them to get in is to use brute force."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yan breathed a sigh of relief, a relaxed expression appearing on his face. He then recounted the entire discussion he had just had with the leaders.

"Gao Jianli!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai's face revealed a playful expression. "He's just taking advantage of Gai Nie's good temper. If Gai Nie were really a spy, the entire Mo family could take a few of his sword strikes!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yan couldn't help but twitch his lips. Although Leng Feibai's words were blunt, they were, in a way, the truth.

"elder brother!"

Leng Feibai stretched and said, "Then I'll find a place to rest for a while. See you tomorrow!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai disappeared without waiting for Ji Yan to speak.

"This kid is still as mysterious as ever!"

Ji Yan muttered a few words to himself, then looked out the window. "The quicksand's infiltrators have been dealt with, but if Ying Zheng sends the Luo Wang or Shadow Guards, it won't be a good thing for the Mo family!"

Thinking of this, Ji Yan yawned and decided to send people to strengthen the guard of the pool first thing tomorrow morning, and send more people out to investigate the situation.

Meanwhile, in the Qunfang Garden of the Twelve-Story Building, Leng Feibai lay in the hot spring, his face showing signs of exhaustion.

"There's nothing outside that I can worry about right now!"

Leng Feibai kept his eyes closed. Without the Black Jade Qilin, it would be virtually impossible for Wei Zhuang and his group to steal the blueprints for the Mo Family's mechanical city, let alone poison the pool.

Moreover, he had also sent a clone to monitor Wei Zhuang and the others, so nothing serious was likely to happen.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai yawned and continued to enjoy the comfort of taking a bath.

But this relaxed mood only lasted until the next morning. Soon, news that wasn't exactly bad for Leng Feibai arrived.

"Original body!"

The voice of the clone woke Leng Feibai, who was resting in bed. Leng Feibai yawned and said irritably, "What's wrong? Has Quicksand gotten in?"

"They haven't broken in yet!"

The clone's voice wasn't particularly anxious, "However, the people from the Luo Wang have arrived!"

"Yes! Explain in detail!"

Leng Feibai raised an eyebrow and jumped off the bed with a somersault.

He didn't care about the assassins near Luo Wang, but if that weirdo Zhao Gao came, he figured he was the only one in the entire Mo family who could handle him.

"The arrival of the Six Sword Slaves, along with three assassins wearing bronze masks, is described as a master of infiltration and poisoning."

While eavesdropping on the conversation between the members of the Luo Wang organization and Wei Zhuang, the clone also informed Leng Feibai of the news.

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai's expression darkened. He sighed inwardly, cursed the damn butterfly effect, and then sent a message to his clone, instructing him to find an opportunity to kill the three assassins.

Having done all this, Leng Feibai immediately returned to the outside world and also sent the news of the Luo Wang assassins' attack to his clone who was guarding the Mechanized City, instructing him to take good care of Master Ban.

After all, while the Jade Qilin might not kill the Mo family, those beasts from the Luo Wang would definitely do so.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai shook his head, filled with curiosity about the unknown plot that was about to unfold.

(End of this chapter)