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Chapter 573 The Encircled Mountain

The Juque School.

Fu Shan curled up in the chair, quietly gazing at the sand table in front of her, like a frozen statue. She had been sitting there for a long time.

Several more coordinates, marked with flags, dimmed.

And so, the ever-flowing light that passed through the two coordinate points stopped flowing, like a dried-up river that had lost its vitality.

The locations of some mountains, rivers, and towns, and the coordinates of the flags, are flashing and fluctuating, seemingly indicating an imbalance.

Many of the markers remained bright and unchanged for a long time.

She seemed to be thinking about something.

Occasionally, my fingers would brush against the sand table in front of me.

But most of the time, I'm just observing.

It seems that Zhu Wuyao is trying to find a rare glimmer of humanity amidst the chaos of the wilderness.

They would rather expose their own sources of information than let Mohen Bookstore evacuate the south unharmed...

She will protect everything around her.

Isn't it.

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May Wuyao sheath his sword.

They fell back into the encircled mountains, where the air seemed to still retain the scent of ashes.

Her shoes touched the village ground, the bladeless sword in her hand disappeared, and the next moment, the pressure belonging to the Nascent Soul stage burst forth.

Like the roar of a wild beast marking its territory when it roams the mountains, its oppressive aura instantly enveloped the nearby mountains.

Just as Song Kezi was about to step forward to say something, he was so overwhelmed by the sudden, overwhelming pressure that only cultivators could feel that forced him to the ground.

"Zhu Wuyao, what are you trying to prove with!"

He jumped up.

The reason Song Kezi was lying down was because he was caught off guard and suddenly struck, which caused him to be knocked over.

Walking up to Zhu Wuyao, Song Kezi scratched his head and said:

Are you crazy?!

"We're too busy running away to even have time to escape. Aren't you afraid that people will be curious and come to find out what's going on by openly releasing your pressure?"

Zhu Wuyao shook his head and remained silent for a while.

Upon seeing the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, she realized that the residents of this mountain village were in danger.

She wasn't the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the South.

There will always be others who notice the subtle changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and like her, they will trace the roots and find this village.

She projected her own experience onto others, assuming that other Nascent Soul cultivators would also be like her, finding a dilapidated house with only two walls in the village to live in, secretly investigating, or simply observing the situation.

But they forgot that directly driving people away and occupying mountains is the "right" way for Nascent Soul cultivators.

After lowering her eyes and pondering for a moment, she said to Song Kezi:

"The pressure of the Nascent Soul stage is here. If anyone tries to force their way in, it is an intentional offense, and they will be killed."

"If the other side has no intention of starting a war, they will know that this territory has been claimed by me and can avoid it as soon as possible."

But that's not what she was thinking about.

Zhu Wuyao suddenly looked up at the surrounding mountains and frowned, saying:

"The Juque Sect can confine mountains and rivers into battle formations."

"These surrounding mountains, towering and seemingly about to collapse, seem to have trapped me here, making me feel somewhat uneasy."

In fact, Zhu Wuyao did not detect any trace of the formation at all.

Even the magic pen couldn't detect anything amiss.

What she just said was simply because she felt uneasy. Zhu Wuyao couldn't explain it clearly, and it seemed that she was just overthinking everything.

But the people in the village did indeed trap her in the surrounding mountains.

As Zhu Wuyao was pondering what was wrong, he looked up ahead, and soon the village chief stepped forward.

"Thank you so much, immortal, for saving our village. I am deeply grateful!"

After speaking, he was about to abandon his crutches and bow down.

Zhu Wuyao used her spiritual power to lift him up, but her expression was far from gentle. She cut to the chase:

“This place is very dangerous. That cultivator was reasonable enough to give you two hours to pack your things instead of killing you outright.”

"There will be no shortage of cultivators coming here afterward."

"You're dead, so be it. You're so old, you should have lived long enough. If you wanted to be buried with the village, I'll take it as you pursuing the value of life and dying a worthy death."

"But if you, the village chief, don't leave, and things get complicated, who knows what kind of tragic drama you'll put on for me, saying you'll live and die with the village."

"So, I'll give you four hours to prepare. I plan to kidnap you all and hide you somewhere else to avoid trouble for now."

The village chief was stunned.

Isn't this going in a bit wrong?

Shouldn't this immortal before us humbly accept the villagers' gratitude and be granted the title of "Village Guardian"?

He couldn't understand how anyone could say such things so matter-of-factly.

What does it mean to say "he's dead and that's it"... What does it mean to say "I'm going to kidnap you"...?

"Go quickly."

“Hey…Hey!”

Two cultivators have arrived in the village one after another, and they both seem quite powerful. Even though the village chief is old, he can guess that something is buried in the mountains, or there are some treasures or monsters hiding there. In short, it's something big!

Otherwise, they wouldn't be coming here one by one.

Seeing the cultivator who had just declared his intention to seize the mountain, the village chief knew that there might truly be a risk of the village being wiped out.

He was about to gather the villagers when he saw the immortal ascend into the air and loudly repeat his earlier statement, "You have four hours to prepare to be kidnapped."

Okay... this will save you trouble.

Zhu Wuyao landed back on the ground, and Song Kezi immediately ran over, gave her a thumbs up, and said:

"it is good!

"I love your double standards of allowing yourself to set fires while forbidding others to light lamps. You don't let others occupy the mountain, so I thought you were a righteous person who stood up for justice!"

"So you want to take it all for yourself!"

"Zhu Wuyao, you're so hypocritical, but I love it!"

……

In fact, Zhu Wuyao had given up investigating the anomalies of this place and instead decided to protect the villagers of this unusual land.

The reason is simple—even if the strange things here are really related to the life-granting objects, it doesn't matter.

As everyone knows, only people come to have their fortunes told and give coins. She kidnapped them all, which was a safe way to go.

As for this place...

Although Zhu Wuyao wanted to save people, she wasn't stupid. The mountains surrounding them on all sides clearly indicated bad feng shui, suggesting a state of confinement.

Trees move to death, people move to live.

If she continues to kill here, the Juque Sect will soon hear the news, and then the array masters will be able to guess where she is.

Zhu Wuyao couldn't stay here indefinitely. If she left, the aftershocks of a battle between two Nascent Soul cultivators could wipe out the entire village.

Therefore, she decided to sacrifice the land to protect the people.

Faced with Song Kezi's sarcastic remarks, Zhu Wuyao felt no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, she looked at him with curiosity and asked:

"You really didn't notice anything wrong here?"

Song Kezi opened his eyes wide in surprise, then turned around and questioned Zhu Wuyao, saying:

"You're only just realizing something's wrong?!"

"I told you long ago, you should have burned all these villagers to death to avoid becoming a burden!"

"Now look what's happened. You're protecting these people all you want. I want to see if it's gratitude or retribution in the end."

Indeed, Zhu Wuyao did have some expectations.

But if the object of a life-ordaining destiny could be obtained so easily, it wouldn't have been so difficult for a fortune teller to find it throughout his life.