In a luxurious pavilion with raised eaves and corners, the round-faced middle-aged man wearing a black robe was sitting cross-legged on the soft roof in the corner with his eyes slightly closed.
Above his head, a round jade plate about the size of a foot floated quietly.
Threads of red light spread from the surface of the jade plate, spreading like water waves towards the room, coating every corner of the room with a layer of faint red.
I saw the round-faced middle-aged man with his left hand spread flat on his chest, his right hand holding a strange magic formula hanging on the palm of his left hand, his lips constantly moving and silently reciting some obscure mantra.
As the spell ran, countless true energy surged around his body. Under the guidance of his thoughts, it converged towards the fingertips of his right hand, gradually condensing into a dazzling blood-colored light.
At this moment, the round-faced middle-aged man's originally slightly closed eyes suddenly opened.
Following his movements, two bright blue lights shot out from his pupils and instantly disappeared into the blood on the fingertips of his right hand.
After the latter flickered rapidly for a few times, a strange crystal feeling suddenly appeared as the light circulated.
When the round-faced middle-aged man saw this, he kept moving his right hand, and actually used this bright blood glow as ink to quickly draw on the palm of his left hand.
After a while, a pattern with complicated lines gradually appeared under its repeated outlines.
With the final stroke, this originally somewhat abstract pattern suddenly came to life.
I saw blood-colored lines that seemed unrelated at first, twisting and knitting together, and in a moment they combined into the shape of a beetle the size of an egg, with blood condensed on the surface.
I saw this beetle lying in the palm of a middle-aged man with a round face, shaking its head and tail for a while, and suddenly began to shrink rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it was reduced to the size of a grain of rice, and it blurred slightly before blending into the palm of the middle-aged man's hand.
At the same time, the vision on his left hand also quickly converged, and after a while it became no different from usual.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man with a round face showed a trace of satisfaction. He stood up and walked to the round table not far away, and patted the storage bag on his waist with his right hand.
As he moved, a regular nine-sided copper plate with a green rusty surface and an inner diameter of more than one foot appeared in front of him out of thin air.
The front of the latter is evenly arranged with one-inch circular grooves, and countless complicated and mysterious incised lines connect these grooves in series.
The middle-aged man with a round face placed the copper plate flat on the table, then patted it on his waist, and dozens of egg-sized crystals appeared in front of him.
The surface of the latter is crystal clear, but the inside is as white as jade. They are clearly high-grade spiritual stones!
As soon as these spirit stones appeared, they were placed one by one into the circular grooves on the surface of the copper plate under the action of the round-faced middle-aged man.
What's strange is that whether it's taking out these items or inserting these spiritual stones, the entire process is completed by his right hand.
And his left hand hung tightly by his side from beginning to end, never moving at all.
At this moment, the round-faced middle-aged man paused with his hand, tilted his head slightly for a moment, and then pointed his hand at the white jade disk suspended above his head.
Following his movements, the red light flowing on the surface of the latter suddenly converged, and the light curtains that spread to the surroundings also quickly faded away like the tide.
After a moment, the white jade disk spun around and spontaneously flew down to the waist of the round-faced middle-aged man, then disappeared in a blur.
At this moment, a crisp knocking sound came from the direction of the door.
"Come in."
The round-faced middle-aged man still maintained the appearance of inserting the spiritual stone, and responded with an indifferent expression.
"Squeak!"
The door opened, and a thin old man with gray hair on his temples appeared. He was the protagonist of today's birthday banquet - Yu Ke.
Different from his usual sombre appearance, he wore a rather festive red robe today.
He turned around and closed the door, then quickly walked to a position three steps away from the right side of the round-faced middle-aged man, bowed respectfully and said:
"I would like to report to the special envoy, there are thirty-four Kaiyuan Realm monks who were invited to attend today's birthday banquet. At this time, there are only twenty-six people who have arrived as scheduled. The rest...the remaining few people have only arranged for the younger generation to take over.
Come……"
Although he was well prepared, when Yu Ke said this, his voice couldn't help but lower.
He didn't dare to look at the round-faced middle-aged man's reaction. His already hunched body was a little shorter, but he quickly added:
"But I have received news that there is a new 'Southern Territory Witch' in Ruxuefang in the town. At this time, many children of aristocratic families who came from Yifeng City are living in the guest rooms of the town. Among them are those with Kaiyuan realm.
There are twelve strong people in total!"
"Therefore, I request the permission of the special envoy to send manpower to cooperate. I will do my best to capture all twelve of these people and bring them to the special envoy!"
Hearing the news that "a new southern witch has been hired in Ruxuefang" mentioned in Yu Ke's words, a strange look suddenly appeared on the round-faced middle-aged man's face.
But Yu Ke lowered his head at this time and did not see it. Seeing that the round-faced middle-aged man did not respond for a moment, he had a slight sweat on his face and said anxiously with fear:
"I am humble and ineffective in doing things. I have been entrusted by the special envoy. I know that I am guilty of a serious crime and dare not defend myself!"
"I just ask the special envoy to grant me the opportunity to make amends for my many years of lurking in the Northern Territory. I will do my best this time to make up for my previous mistakes!"
The round-faced middle-aged man glanced sideways at Yu Ke, who was already half shorter. He pondered for a while, then he suddenly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile on his face:
"Brother Yu's words are serious. Brother Yu's behavior in the past few days has been seen by Jiang. How can he have the heart to criticize you?"
"Yes, but today's matter is of great importance. The number of sacrifices must be sufficient, and there must be no deviation."
"Let's do this. You first cooperate with me and arrest all the twenty-six people in your house. Then I will ask 'Su Nian' and others to cooperate with you and go to Ruxuefang to arrest the remaining twelve people.
What does Brother Yu think?"
When Yu Ke heard this, his face suddenly lit up with joy, he agreed repeatedly, and then he looked at the other party with a grateful face and said:
"Your Majesty the Special Envoy's forgiveness is deeply touched by Yu Ke's heart and will never be forgotten!"
The smile on the round-faced middle-aged man's face became even stronger. He suddenly reached out his left hand and patted Yu Ke on the shoulder:
"They are all working for the Holy See and deserve no favors."
Seeing this, Yu Ke suddenly showed a flattered expression on his face.
·
Seeing Yu Ke retreating with a relieved look on his face, the smile on the round-faced middle-aged man's face suddenly turned cold.
He pondered for a moment, then suddenly moved his hand towards the copper plate on the table.
On the surface, the latter had already placed dozens of crystal-clear high-grade spirit stones. Following his movements, they landed lightly in the hands of the round-faced middle-aged man.
The latter's body moved and instantly turned into a ray of light and shadow, and arrived outside the house in a few flashes.
Then he floated up and appeared on the top of the pavilion a moment later.
He squinted his eyes and glanced at the bustling courtyard in the distance, then reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist.
Following his movements, more than a dozen items of different sizes and shapes appeared out of thin air.
Among these items were crudely shaped animal bones, tortoise shells and other products, as well as bronze mirrors, knives and axes and other utensils. At this time, faint lights appeared on the surface, spinning and floating in front of the round-faced old man.
The latter was holding the copper plate inlaid with superior spiritual stones with his left hand, chanting a mantra in his mouth, and quickly guided it with his right hand seal.
A moment later, a huge surge of energy suddenly surged from the surface of the copper plate, condensing and gathering in the space several meters around it.
At the same time, the blood light on the surface of the copper plate vibrated, and blood-colored threads suddenly shot out, connecting with the dozen items in front of the round-faced old man.
The latter were then dyed with a layer of bright blood, and they began to move rhythmically in response to the rhythm of his spell casting.
After a while, the round-faced old man paused the magic spell in his hand, and suddenly pointed his hand towards the bronze mirror-like object on the side.
The latter's surface suddenly glowed with red light, and instantly turned into a stream of light. As it flew hundreds of meters away, its size also continued to soar, and in the blink of an eye it was reduced to the size of more than ten feet.
The round-faced old man seemed not to notice this. His hands kept moving, pointing at the objects suspended in front of him one after another.
As the latter's movements soared in size, they each flew away in different directions.
When the last artifact shaped like a tortoise shell flew dozens of meters behind him in a fast and powerful manner, the round-faced old man casually threw the copper plate in his hand toward his head.
Then a surging true energy wave surged around his body, and following his sealing hands, it turned into magic formulas and continuously poured into the copper plate.
At the same time, the surface of the latter vibrated with blood, and a huge invisible wave was projected out, quickly establishing contact with the flying artifacts.
As the round-faced old man moved the magic formula in his hand, these artifacts suddenly shattered under the violent earthquake.
Along with the scattered dust, groups of light with astonishing fluctuations emerged.
As soon as these light groups emerged, they spontaneously projected bright streams of light.
Just like drawing a constellation map, it is connected with adjacent light groups and gradually forms a mysterious pattern with a radius of several hundred meters in the sky tens of meters above the ground.
When all the connections were established and stabilized, a strong light suddenly burst out from inside these light groups.
In a moment, the shadow of a bloody beetle, which was more than a hundred meters long and dazzling, took shape.
At the same time, a huge buzzing sound reflected in the void, centered on the round-faced old man, and spread in all directions!
…
Gao Yuan suddenly turned around and subconsciously looked in the direction of the wave.
But not far away, in the sky above the Yu Family Courtyard, a phantom of a blood-colored beetle about the size of an acre was formed.
Its overall appearance is somewhat similar to the 'Hypercarpus' on Earth in its previous life. At the front of its body, there is a pair of huge mouthparts that take up half the size of its body.
On top of its unusually round body, dozens of star-like points of light emitted streams of blood-like light, which were still clearly visible even under the sunlight at noon.
The phantom head of the beetle was slightly raised, and the blood light condensed on the pair of huge mouthparts, turning into streaks of bright blood-colored light that looked like substance, spreading in all directions.
In just a few breaths, the spreading bloody light condensed into a hemispherical light shield, which turned upside down like a huge bloody bowl, covering the entire town of Laiyuan.
Looking at the giant beetle shadow and feeling the huge fluctuations in the surrounding void, Gao Yuan's scalp exploded.
"Damn it, am I conflicted with the word 'birthday banquet' or something?"
"After traveling to this world, we all encountered two families holding birthday banquets. As a result, they all encountered such a fatal thing!"
While secretly complaining in his heart, he was thinking about countermeasures in his heart.
"How similar is this scene to the original Qingyuan Town?"
"A huge insect beast appears suddenly!"
"Although the scale of the beetle in front of me is vastly different from that of the giant black snake back then, the majestic fluctuations of true energy bursting out from it are still not comparable to those in the Kaiyuan realm."
"Hunyuan Realm!"
Thinking of this, Gao Yuan felt a chill in his heart.
No matter how confident he is in his own strength, he is not so arrogant that he can challenge a Hunyuan realm monk alone!
"There is actually a Hunyuan realm monk nesting in the courtyard of the Yu family in Laiyuan Town!"
He complained helplessly in his heart, and then thought of another question:
"Did the other party just come to Yuan Town today? Or has he been here all the time?"
"What if it's always been there? Then when I visited Yu's house last night, was he discovered?"
As his mind raced, Gao Yuan's gaze quickly swept around.
At this time, there was already some chaos on the streets, and everyone noticed the magnificent phenomenon happening above the Yu family compound.
But for these ordinary Qi-training monks, they have no idea what this beetle shadow represents.
Gao Yuan even heard that many people believed that the beetle shadow was a trick performed by the Yu family to celebrate the birthday of their ancestor.
"Jugglery show?"
Gao Yuan muttered to himself somewhat speechlessly, and then walked quietly towards the distance.
At this time, he had already felt the surge of energy fluctuations through the void around him.
You don't need to think about it to know what kind of fierce battle is taking place in the Yu family compound at this time.
But this was only temporary. Although it was said that there were as many as twenty Kaiyuan Realm monks who came to watch the ceremony today, Gao Yuan did not think these people could last long in front of the Hunyuan Realm monks.
The only thing he can do now is to take advantage of the short time between the two sides to stay as far away from this place of right and wrong as possible!
"Calm down and don't act too impatient. Otherwise, if you attract the attention of that Hunyuan realm, I will explain it here today!"
Restraining the urge to activate the Wind Curse and fly away, Gao Yuan adjusted his breathing rate, constantly soothed himself, and tried to maintain a relatively normal speed as he walked along the stone road toward the distance.
Secretly, he released the power of his spiritual thoughts and nervously paid attention to everything behind him.
He naturally noticed the blood-colored light curtain that looked like substance beside the city wall in the distance.
But he doesn't plan to try to break through this barrier yet, but plans to use the 'Escape Order' to try underground.
Not long after, he came to the entrance of an alley and quickly turned into it.
After looking around briefly to make sure there was no one else around, he took out the 'Escape Order'.
With a little push, his body quickly integrated into the ground beneath his feet.