Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Liulin Town.

Xu Si finally arrived with three cars.

He contacted Xiaolong immediately, and then, with Xiaolong's guidance, found Cheng Mo, who was watching the commotion outside the restaurant.

"Master Cheng, you've worked hard."

Cheng Mo waved his hand: "It's no trouble at all. You can take a look at the restaurant first."

Xu Si was puzzled and somewhat nervous: "What happened to the restaurant again?"

Xiao Long came over and explained the barrier situation.

After hearing this, Xu Si felt a sense of relief.

After all, he had already received a "preview" from "Old Wei" on the way, and knew that the other party had prepared a "big gift".

Fortunately, Cheng Mo had stopped Zhang San'er's "killer move" in advance. Otherwise, if that madman had really caused a ruckus in the crowd and killed a bunch of respectable people, that would have been a huge mess.

As for this barrier... although it's troublesome, at least it's controllable.

Xu Si didn't plan to ask any other sorcerers in the company to cause trouble. He directly said to Cheng Mo, "Master Cheng, we shouldn't bother two people with one matter. If you can break this formation, please do it for us. Consider it a favor I, Xu Si, owe you."

"No problem." Cheng Mo nodded readily, "But there are too many ordinary people here, so it's not convenient for me to take action."

Just then, several of Uncle Hat's cars drove back, carrying a dejected Hu Haishan.

Xu Si immediately went over to negotiate, and soon Uncle Hat began to cordon off the scene, put up a police line, and set up a temporary isolation barrier.

As for the people inside the hotel...

Cheng Mo reminded, "People can enter the hotel, but they cannot leave."

Xu Si said he understood and personally led a few people into the restaurant—and sure enough, there was no hindrance.

He arranged for people inside to maintain order and calm people down, while Xiaolong stayed outside to direct operations.

Cheng Mo asked with some curiosity, "Fourth Brother, where's Third Brother Xu? Didn't he come for this?"

Xu Si waved his hand: "He has other tasks, I'll take care of things here."

Cheng Mo was too lazy to ask any more questions.

Once the hotel was properly set up inside and out, and the isolation barriers were erected, he slowly began his inspection.

He didn't use any compass or talisman; he just walked slowly around the restaurant with his hands behind his back, occasionally squatting down to touch the ground or looking up at the building's outline.

Xia He followed him curiously, like a little tail...

……

In some secluded corner, Old Wei watched Cheng Mo's every move with great interest.

Qian Wanli's consciousness struggled to resurface: "You still have the leisure to care about these things?"

Old Wei firmly suppressed him: "Of course, this is related to my last appearance."

Qian Wanli: "Huh? The last time? What are you planning to do?"

Old Wei: "Don't worry, I'll definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

The gloomy expression vanished completely, and a meaningful smile appeared on Old Wei's lips.

……

Cheng Mo circled around the Hongyun Restaurant and stopped at the main entrance.

Xia He asked, "What did you figure out?"

Cheng Mo pointed to the restaurant: "This formation uses the method of 'locking qi.' With the restaurant as the core of the formation, all qi flow within a radius of fifty paces is locked, allowing only entry and no exit, thus controlling people's entry and exit."

He then pointed to the elevator lobby inside the hotel: "The key to the formation is right there. The more people there are, the more chaotic the Qi becomes, and the more stable the formation will be."

Xia He suddenly realized: "That's why we waited until everyone came in before we made our move."

Cheng Mo shook his head: "This is just a prerequisite."

His gaze swept over the tall, fat Zhang San'er. "That guy is the real 'killer move.' If we don't restrain him and let him go berserk and kill people in the formation, the formation will absorb the resentment and fear of the dead, making it even more difficult to break, and it might even turn into a malevolent formation."

Xia Liuqing, who was inside the barrier, overheard the two talking and patted the barrier, shouting, "Cheng boy, stop talking! Xu Si definitely knows all that stuff. First, dispel this broken formation!"

Xu Si didn't respond. He did know, but unlike Xia Liuqing, he couldn't urge her.

Cheng Mo ignored Xia Liuqing and instead looked at Xu Si: "Fourth brother, if you're asleep you don't want to think about anything!" (This is followed by an unrelated advertisement for a novel, "Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain," exclusively published by Cola Novels.) "If I break the formation, it will definitely damage the elevator..."

Xu Si immediately replied, "The company will take responsibility."

Cheng Mo nodded and walked into the hotel with Xia He.

After going inside, Xia He didn't follow Cheng Mo directly. She turned around and tried to get out, but sure enough, she couldn't. So she jogged a few steps to catch up with Cheng Mo.

The others followed them and gathered in the elevator lobby.

Cheng Mo squatted down in front of the elevator door, placed his palms on the ground, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the flow of Qi.

The underground Qi flowed slowly, like invisible streams flowing in from the east and out from the west. It swirled right below the elevator before dissipating throughout the restaurant.

He exerted force with his hands, and his Qi energy penetrated into the ground.

Boom—

The ground shook, the entire building swayed, and the tiles in the elevator lobby cracked in the middle, the cracks spreading outwards, with pieces falling down with a clatter.

Some people in the restaurant held onto the table, some grabbed the back of the chair, one person was holding a wine glass and spilled wine all over himself, and a few people standing far away were swayed and staggered, cursing under their breath.

After the initial shock subsided, Xia Liuqing and the others rushed to the door and pushed it open—

We still can't get out.

He turned and glared at Cheng Mo: "All done?"

Cheng Mo patted the dust off his hands: "The core is broken, we just need to wait a little longer."

"How long will it take?"

"It will take time for the formation to dissipate; it could take half an hour at the fastest, or—"

Cheng Mo laughed: "If the old man is in a hurry, I'll just ruin another key point for him."

He walked to the east corner of the restaurant, stepped on it, and a brick popped out of the ground. The brick was engraved with fine patterns, like a child's scribbles.

Cheng Mo swung his hand and chopped the brick into powder.

The hotel shook again, but this time it was much gentler than before; it just swayed slightly.

Xia Liuqing reached out and touched the barrier; it had softened considerably, like a thick plastic sheet, and pressing it down would leave a dent.

He took a deep breath, exhaled, and clapped his hands.

boo——

The barrier shattered like a bubble and dissipated into the air.

Xia Liuqing strode out, stretched his shoulders, and his bones cracked a series of sounds: "This damn thing is suffocating me."

Xu Si walked over and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Cheng Mo: "Master Cheng, we owe you a lot this time. If it weren't for you, this situation would have been really difficult to handle."

Cheng Mo waved his hand: "It's nothing."

……

In a secluded corner, Old Wei shook his head: "The technique is not bad, but that's all. If we could choose a place with a natural Qi field, this situation would be unbreakable."

Just as he finished speaking—

A figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere under the tree at the entrance of the restaurant.

Gray jacket, black pants, cloth shoes, long and thin face, high cheekbones.

Everyone saw this person who appeared out of nowhere.

Xu Si's expression changed: "Surround them!"

The people from Nadutong immediately stepped forward, and more than a dozen of them surrounded the tree completely.

Old Wei glanced around and chuckled, "Fourth Brother, why make such a fuss? It's unnecessary. I'm already standing here, what are you going to do with me?"

Xu Si asked in a deep voice, "Qian Wanli, you've finally decided to show yourself, but where's Zhong Kui?"

Old Wei shrugged: "Zhong Kui? I don't know either. Why don't you go back to the company and look for him, Fourth Brother?"

Xu Si's expression changed, and he immediately took out his phone to call the company.

The person on the other end of the phone told him that there had been no changes at the company and everything was normal.

Xu Si hung up the phone and stared at Lao Wei: "Are you kidding me?"

Old Wei shrugged: "I'm not going to say anything, I don't know either."

Xu Si didn't waste any more words with him, and waved his hand: "Go!"

Several people rushed up—

A transparent barrier appeared out of thin air, enveloping Lao Wei and the tree inside. Several people bumped into the barrier and were bounced back several steps. One of the faster runners was knocked to the ground, clutching his forehead and grimacing.

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