Chapter 434 Saving Others is Saving Yourself
“Supervisor Xu, what’s the situation over there?” Lu Yang sent a message to ask immediately.

“It’s the Eight Ghost Immortals. We’re being… ah!”

Only half of the message from Supervisor Xu was sent back before it abruptly ended with a scream.

The faces of Shang Lu and the other two became uglier and uglier. Lu Yang was so frightened that he sent several messages in succession:

“Supervisor Xu, where are you?”

“Besides you, who else is here? Which of the Eight Ghost Immortals are the enemies? Are there any other thieves?”

“Supervisor Xu, I received a reply, please reply immediately!”

However, Supervisor Xu never responded again, and something was clearly wrong.

“Inspector Xu and his men were also ambushed. Is this a coincidence, or is it…”

Lu Yang looked at Shang Lu, his eyes full of shock.

Although he didn’t finish his words, he believed Shang Lu could understand what he meant.

Sure enough, Shang Lu raised his eyebrows, but did not speak immediately. Instead, he took out the “inaudible” bronze bell from his bag.

After activating it, he asked, “Did this Supervisor Xu also participate in the previous operation to hunt down the mountain ghosts?”

“Correct.”

Lu Yang nodded in response, his eyes fixed on the “inaudible” bronze bell that Shang Lu took out. He realized that this palm-sized bronze bell had the effect of isolating anyone from prying eyes.

But they were all marked with the Clairvoyance and Superb Ears. Could this bronze bell block the eavesdropping of the Clairvoyance and Superb Ears? If not, what was the point of taking it out?

Although Lu Yang was confused, he didn’t bother to ask more questions and said anxiously: “Junior Brother Shang, do you think it will be true…”

He was about to say the name of Zhongli the Great Wizard, but he remembered that there was someone beside him. He glanced at Bai Lingxu who was listening attentively beside him, and chose to be vague:
“Could it be that there really is something wrong with that person?”

If it was someone else, no matter how curious they were, at this moment, they would either pretend that they heard nothing, or find an excuse to walk away to avoid suspicion.

But Bai Lingxu is not someone else. He is well-known for being nosy and thick-skinned. Seeing that Lu Yang did not say anything clearly, he asked directly: “Who has the problem? Who are you talking about?”

Lu Yang didn’t expect him to ask so many questions. He was stunned for a moment before he said, “Brother Bai, are you sure you want to know? If you know, you will probably be hunted down like me and Supervisor Xu.”

“What are you afraid of? With Jian Cheng and Zhongli Da Wu here, if anyone dares to collude with the He thieves, I will report it directly. Wouldn’t it be possible to get a reward for my meritorious service…”

Bai Lingxu was halfway through his words when he suddenly noticed that Lu Yang’s expression became strange.

After a moment of surprise, he came up with a guess. Although he felt it was unbelievable, he did not exclaim or question it. Instead, he glanced at the “unhearable” bronze bell that Shang Lu took out, and then glanced at the mark of the Clairvoyance and Superb Ears on his body.

After hesitating for a moment, he swallowed his saliva and whispered, “No way, you actually suspect that there is something wrong with them?”

Lu Yang denied it flatly: “I didn’t say anything. You are just guessing. It has nothing to do with me.”

Reason told Bai Lingxu that he should not continue asking about this matter, but he was reluctant to let go of such an opportunity to find out the explosive news.

He gritted his teeth and ignored the danger to ask the two of them what exactly happened.

But Shang Lu got there first: “If it’s really as we guessed, then it’s definitely not just Xu Jianjian who’s in trouble now. Uncle Lu is most likely with him. Brother Lu, is there any way to determine their location?”

Unlike Shang Lu and his group of students, Lu Dao and other doctors and teachers of the Witch Academy did not have the Clairvoyance and Superb Ears marks on their bodies. So when Supervisor Xu was ambushed and in danger, he did not have the Clairvoyance and Superb Ears marks to help him call for reinforcements.

Lu Yang shook his head and was about to say that there was no way, when he suddenly saw several flames rising into the sky in the distant evil fog, accompanied by sharp whistles. A ball of brilliant fire exploded in the air, which lasted for a long time.

This ball of fire was extremely penetrating, and even if the fog in the valley was extremely thick, people far away could still see it.

“It’s a cloud-piercing arrow!”

“Someone is calling for help with a cloud-piercing arrow. Could it be Xu Jianchao and the others?”

Lu Yang recognized that the sharp whistle and the flames were emitted by the Cloud-Piercing Arrows of the Discipline Department. These whistling arrows were engraved with witchcraft spells. Once activated, they would instantly fly high into the sky, emitting sharp whistles and bright flames that could be seen even from dozens of miles away.

“Uncle Lu is probably there too. He can be of great help to me. I can’t just sit there and watch!”

Shang Lu touched the soul altar in his sleeve pocket.

According to the intelligence, the cultivation levels of the Eight Ghost Immortals are all above the seventh-grade Tongtian realm, and in order to ambush and kill Lu Dao, there must be a master in the sixth-grade Mingxin realm among them!
With Shang Lu’s cultivation level, he still has hope of defeating a seventh-grade Tongtian Realm Ghost Eight Immortals, but it is simply wishful thinking to want to kill a sixth-grade Mingxin Realm master.

If Shang Lu wants to rescue Lu Dao, he still needs to rely on the soul sacrifice platform. He looked up, and there was only the evil miasma above his head, so he asked: “What time is it now?”

Lu Yang was stunned by Shang Lu’s very jumpy topic, but he still answered: “I don’t know, probably sometime during the hour of Hai?”

They took action at the hour of Xu, and calculating the time, it should be the hour of Hai now.

But Lu Yang didn’t know that Shang Lu was not asking about him at all.

Sanniang’s voice rang in Shang Lu’s ears: “5:00 pm, midnight.”

Five quarters of an hour before Hai? There are still three quarters of an hour until Zi.

It will not be dangerous to ask the gods for help at midnight.

But in the current situation, we obviously cannot wait for three quarters of an hour… By that time, I’m afraid we won’t even be able to collect the body.

Shang Lu gritted his teeth and ran towards the direction of the fire from the cloud-piercing arrow.

You can still pray to the gods even if the time is not up. It’s just a matter of trying your luck to see who can’t bear it first!

After entering the Witch Academy, Shang Lu, in addition to learning witchcraft and practicing witchcraft power, also carried out special training on his state of mind.

But these bunch of thieves may not necessarily be able to cultivate their minds.

Especially the Eight Ghost Immortals. Although they call themselves immortals, they are actually a group of evil cultivators who were born as evil beggars. They rely on evil methods to improve their cultivation. Perhaps their bodies and minds have been polluted long ago, and strange changes have already occurred.

Their state of mind is certainly not comparable to that of Shanglu, who has the blessing of his internal organs.

Shang Lu doesn’t need to have a strong mind, he just needs to be stronger than these thieves.

What really worries Shang Lu is the great wizard Zhongli.

The great wizard Zhongli did not kill anyone in the wizard academy, but took the opportunity of suppressing the He thieves to stir up trouble. It was obvious that he intended to put the blame of their deaths on the He thieves.

However, this operation not only involved the Chief Supervisor, but also masters from the other two counties and the witch doctor.

Therefore, the great wizard Zhongli was extremely cautious and did not take action himself. He just used the mountain ghost’s ability of “granting every request” to lure and drive the He thieves to attack them.

In this way, no matter how strange and horrible their deaths were, it was obvious that they were related to blood sacrifices or something like that, and the great wizard Zhongli could use the He thief as a shield so that the wizard Wei would not suspect him.

“Since he is afraid of being exposed, then unless it is absolutely necessary, Great Wizard Zhongli will not do it himself. At most, he will just do something in the dark. I am only facing the He thief!”

Shang Lu made up his mind to rescue Lu Dao.

Lu Dao has taken a lot of care of him. If he sits back and does nothing, it will likely become a mental demon and affect his subsequent practice.

Moreover, saving Uncle Lu is also saving oneself.

According to Shang Lu’s judgment, Zhongli the Great Witch must have been bewitched by the mountain ghost. He wanted to kill all those who had dealt with the mountain ghost and offer them as sacrifices in exchange for the mountain ghost’s “granting all requests”.

When Shang Lu first boarded the flying boat at the Witch Academy, he sensed a murderous intent.

He didn’t find the source of the murderous intent, but Sanniang had been helping him keep an eye on the surroundings and told him that the murderous intent came from the great wizard Zhongli.

Combined with the findings in the Remnant Soul Cave, Shang Lu boldly guessed that the mountain ghost was most likely not dead.

It turned into a remnant of regret and secretly parasitized on the body of the great wizard Zhongli, and quietly bewitched the mind of the great wizard Zhongli, turning him into a slave of desire and a believer of the mountain ghost.

With Shang Lu and Lu Yang’s current strength, it is nothing but a pipe dream to kill the great wizard Zhongli and the mountain ghost hiding in his body.

We must rely on the power of the Witch Academy and the Witch Guards.

But Shang Lu and Lu Yang are only students of the Witch Academy. They have little influence and even if they go to Witch Wei to complain, Witch Wei may not believe them. He may even hand them over to Witch Master Zhongli for punishment.

But Lu Dao is different. Although his identity and status are not as good as that of the great wizard Zhongli, they are not bad either.

Once someone comes forward to accuse someone, both the Supervisor and the Guards will take it seriously and launch an investigation.

As long as Wu Wei finds out the strangeness of Wu Zhongli, all problems can be solved.

(Has anyone watched the Spring Festival movies? How were they?)

(End of this chapter)