Free Web Noveln the early summer, the afternoon sun was scorching, tormenting the streets of Shizhou City. Streaks of hot air rose from the asphalt road. Just looking at the scene would make one feel a surge of heat within their body.
However, just a hundred meters away from the road directly exposed to the sun, the area was perennially shrouded in shadow.
This was a small commodity wholesale market built at the turn of the century. The shed built with corrugated steel was surrounded by rows of residential buildings. On those buildings, the residences that had been converted into short-term rentals and mahjong parlors grew wildly like untended plants, sprouting a large number of signs of various sizes.
The word "chaos" could accurately describe this place.
Although the saying "The great hermit lives in the city" is often misused to mean "Someone who wants to hide should live in a crowded place," a place like this is indeed an excellent place to evade pursuit.
Since Hua Sang's information was sent to Qingxia Zi in time, Da Chunyang Palace's response was already quite swift. Hu Chuan only had time to leave Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area before the entire Shizhou City was secretly sealed off.
Small teams composed of Da Chunyang Palace disciples, Night Watch contact points, and those large-scale city barriers seemed to weave a vast net within Shizhou City, leaving the "big fish" in the net nowhere to escape.
Therefore, after escaping from Da Chunyang Palace, Hu Chuan had been hiding here.
That's right, he had never been to the tube building in the suburbs of Shizhou City.
Those three Da Chunyang Palace disciples who were killed were completely led there by their dear junior sister and a series of incorrect information.
A few years ago, "fortunately," Hu Chuan, who was briefly awakened by the Yagn Nie and granted the Power to temporarily act as its agent, could easily do this.
Zhang Huainan might be the strongest Psychic in Shizhou City, but he, Hu Chuan, was the true controller of Shizhou City!
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In the cramped short-term rental room, the curtains were tightly closed. The old TV was playing health product advertisements that had long been dedicated to deceiving the elderly. The speaker might have been broken, making the transmitted human voice have a slight crackle.
A faint smell of mold drifted in the air. In the corner, a cockroach twitched and struggled under the gnawing of an ant colony.
In the dim light, Hu Chuan slowly opened his eyes. A beast-like glint flashed in his pupils, and a cruel smile appeared on his pale, somewhat sickly face.
The bewildered helplessness of the Da Chunyang Palace disciples when they were attacked by their fellow disciples, and the terror they desperately tried to conceal but couldn't hide at all when they discovered their fellow disciples had been massacred, brought him pleasure and made him feel comfortable both physically and mentally.
"Want to catch a turtle in a jar? You probably haven't figured out who the prey is..."
Slaughter, what he needed to do now was create slaughter.
Use slaughter to instill fear in the Da Chunyang Palace disciples who were pursuing him, and more importantly, use slaughter to create a diversion!
Just like now, after receiving that distress signal, many Da Chunyang Palace disciples who were participating in the pursuit had already rushed to the scene of the incident, or were on their way.
When most of them arrived at the scene, the next slaughter would break out in the abandoned power plant twenty-five kilometers away.
That Da Chunyang Palace disciple who was obsessed with electronic cigarettes had already led the members of his group to "stand by" near the abandoned power plant...
Twenty-five kilometers was just the right distance. About an hour had passed since the first "attack." It was very reasonable for a Psychic to escape this distance!
Soon, the Da Chunyang Palace disciples gathered near the tube building in the suburbs would converge towards the vicinity of the abandoned power plant like big fish attracted by the scent of bait.
And this entire process would be fully observed by Hu Chuan through the Secret Society members hidden among the Da Chunyang Palace disciples, who were unaware of his presence.
It was as if he was watching a laughable comedy.
Only when most of the Da Chunyang Palace disciples participating in the pursuit were exhausted from rushing between the sudden death scenes with fear in their hearts would he have a chance to tear through the "big net" and break out of the "net."
And before that, he needed a small change...
Just like when he was chased by Zhang Shuo until he was almost at his wit's end.
"Buzz buzz—buzz buzz—!"
In the quiet room, a low buzzing sound suddenly rang out.
Hu Chuan looked in the direction of the sound, picked up the badge with complex polyhedral patterns engraved on it from the bedside table, and after a light touch with his fingertip, a slightly panicked voice immediately sounded in his ear.
"I, I've already contacted the person you mentioned, but that person said that what you want will have to wait. You won't be able to get the goods until at least a day later! Now, now what should I do?"
"Heh!" Hearing this, Hu Chuan chuckled, a hint of contempt flashing in his eyes. "Elder Wang, you seem very scared?"
"Nonsense!" Elder Wang growled hoarsely. "Do you know how serious this situation is? If I hadn't reacted quickly and slipped away immediately, I might have already been detained by Qingxia Zi and her people!"
"Also, Black Emperor rushed to Prosperity Beijing early this morning. He organized a meeting about this matter and invited as many as three Guardians!"
"Guardians?" Hu Chuan smiled indifferently. "You have to believe that that Adult is an existence beyond Guardians. As long as you do as I say, you will definitely be fine."
"But..."
"But?" Hu Chuan interrupted. "After you came out of Chen Yi Hotel, Qingxia Zi had already sent people to pursue you, but you acted according to what I said. Up until now, have you ever encountered anyone from Da Chunyang Palace?"
"..." Elder Wang was silent for a long time, then sighed heavily. "I understand. What should I do now? Just wait here for that person to bring what you want?"
"Wait!" Hu Chuan replied nonchalantly. "I'll contact you if there's any situation!"
And now...
Hu Chuan cut off contact with Elder Wang, put down the badge, closed his eyes, concentrated, and moved the "piece" he had placed in the abandoned power plant.
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Afternoon.
A taxi carried Hua Sang and Lu Yibei from the vicinity of the tube building on the outskirts of Shizhou City to Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area.
The vehicle sped along the highway, passing through the city and into the mountain forest. Along the way, the two remained silent, frighteningly quiet.
This was something they had discussed before getting into the car.
After witnessing that scene last night, they knew very well that any item visible to the naked eye could become Hu Chuan's "eyes" and "ears." It was difficult to guarantee that there were none in the taxi.
If they discussed various details in the car, it was highly likely that Hu Chuan would overhear them.
Only by entering the Da Chunyang Palace mountain gate and being under the protection of the mountain array would Hu Chuan's "peeping" be restrained.
But such silence usually made people feel strange, making the taxi driver at one point think he had picked up two disabled people and wanted to give them a discount on the fare.
When they got out of the car, Lu Yibei gladly accepted the taxi driver's kindness and thanked him profusely.
And Hua Sang paid the full fare in front of the driver, whose face was full of black lines.
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"No, that Uncle just now offered us a discount. Why did you pay the full fare?"
"Such a good thing, and you actually refused? Are you stupid?"
"Also..."
Lu Yibei, who had been holding back all the way, as soon as she got out of the car, the words in her mouth immediately poured into Hua Sang's ears like a flood breaking a dike, incessantly.
Hua Sang glanced at Lu Yibei and said lightly, "That driver obviously thought we were mute. I don't like the feeling of being pitied." freewebnσvel.cѳm
"Just this?" Lu Yibei rolled her eyes. "I'm different. I wish everyone in the world would pity me. If they could, out of pity, transfer me ten or eight yuan each, I could even live stream twelve hours of storm crying for them every day!"
Hua Sang, "..." Where is your bottom line as a human being?
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After entering Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area, the two did not take the sightseeing cable car back to Da Chunyang Palace, nor did they take the wide main road, but went up the mountain along a small path that had been abandoned for many years and had not undergone any modern repair.
Hua Sang had known Qingji in the ruler for many years and knew almost all the secluded small paths in Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area. This was also an important reliance for her to successfully escape the punishment of her Master and the Elder He Zhuyan every time she made a mistake.
Walking on the rugged small path overgrown with weeds and surrounded by dense forest, avoiding Hu Chuan's potential surveillance, the two finally began to communicate seriously.
"On the way just now, I thought carefully, and there's something suspicious..." Lu Yibei said. "If Da Chunyang Palace's blockade in Shizhou City is really as strict as you say, Hu Chuan shouldn't have appeared in the suburbs of Shizhou City."
"That place is almost outside the scope of Shizhou City. If you go forward about ten kilometers, there are several Da Chunyang Palace checkpoints and a large number of city barrier formation eyes. If he's not an idiot, he shouldn't force his way through."
"If it were me, I would definitely hide in the most densely populated place with the most complex architectural terrain in Shizhou City first... By the way, do you know how many places like this there are?"
Hua Sang recalled slightly, "I can think of two places for now. One is near the old auto repair city, and the other is the Bali Tang small commodity wholesale market. More places can be found by looking up information at Da Chunyang Palace."
"Hmm..." Lu Yibei nodded. "Also, I think he will definitely find a way to change his appearance and forge a new identity. After all, this is not the first time he has done this."
I'm very familiar with things like wearing a disguise! The benefits of this for evading pursuit are definitely more than just a little. If conditions permit, Hu Chuan will definitely find a way to do it. Lu Yibei thought.
"I secretly investigated him before. The person who helped him forge his identity is already dead, and now he doesn't need anyone's help to forge identity documents, so he will probably only find a way to change his appearance..."
Speaking of this, Lu Yibei suddenly thought of a detail she had obtained when she asked Lin Nian to help investigate Hu Chuan before. She frowned slightly and asked Hua Sang, "Do you know of any method to change one's appearance that requires the use of purple river vehicle?"
He had found it strange when he heard Lin Nian say that Hu Chuan had entrusted someone to buy fresh purple river vehicle. Now that he thought about it, that might be the material he needed to change his appearance.
Purple river vehicle, which is the placenta, can at most be used by ordinary people to nourish their bodies, but for Psychic, there are many more things it can do. It can not only be used as an Alchemy material, but also in some evil rituals for enslaving and raising urban legend.
"..." Hua Sang thought seriously for a while and frowned, "Yes, I once saw an evil ritual Spell in an ancient book that could achieve the effect of changing one's appearance."
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"Oh?" Lu Yibei tilted her head and cast an inquiring look at Hua Sang.
"The material needed for that Spell is not purple river vehicle. Strictly speaking, what is used is an unformed fetus." Hua Sang explained, "Using it in a ritual before the fetus completely loses vitality can steal a part of its life..."
"So, I probably understand!" Lu Yibei said. "I guess the price of that ritual is that you will lose your own appearance and become more and more like the appearance the fetus would have had when it grew up, right?"
"..." Hua Sang pondered for a moment and nodded, "You could say that..."
"By the way, there's one more thing. I wanted to say it when I got out of the car just now. If we continue to take a car to track down Hu Chuan later, there will likely be the same situation as just now in the car, where it's inconvenient to communicate. We need to find a way to solve this problem." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
"Problem? I don't think so?" Lu Yibei said, raising her hand and pointing forward. "Look, how about that mode of transportation?"
Hearing this, Hua Sang looked forward and realized that they had unknowingly arrived in front of the Da Chunyang Palace mountain gate.
Looking in the direction Lu Yibei pointed, under the bright sunlight, the Shui Shu Beast was swimming happily in the pond in front of the mountain gate...
