Volume 2: The Wind Rises, Heaven Grows Cold Chapter 146: Reunion with Xuan Lun

  The entire South Morning was shrouded in a thick fog, with the center being the most dense. The fog spread outwards, becoming thinner but still obscuring visibility.

  The city of Handan Mountain is now shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see the deep valleys and gorges below when standing on the mountain. Instead, one sees a sea of fog, and if one gazes out for too long, they may even get the illusion that they are walking on the fog itself.

  Inside the mountain where this city of Handan is located, directly below, there is a huge secret room. This secret room is hundreds of meters in size and is at the bottom of the mountain. Few people know that this place exists.

  In this secret room, the dim torches around were burning silently, as if they would never go out, casting a faint and eerie glow on the place.

  On the ground, there are numerous gullies crisscrossing each other, forming a small circular pattern. This pattern is quite complex and exudes an air of age, clearly having existed here for a very long time.

  The surroundings were silent, except for the faint crackling sound of flames burning, and there was no other sound. On the rocky walls of this sealed chamber, three branching passages could be seen connecting here, like three pitch-black mouths, silently open.

  At this moment, the massive pattern on the ground suddenly emitted a brilliant white light that grew stronger and stronger, suppressing the surrounding flames in just a few breaths, enveloping the entire room in a dazzling whiteness.

  A moment later, when the white light reached its climax, three figures could be seen twisting and gradually appearing in the light. At the same time as the three figures appeared, the light that had been scattered from the pattern on the ground suddenly dissipated, causing the secret room to suddenly turn pitch black in sight.

  Among the three figures, there was a young man in his thirties. He was Chen from the Anton Department of the Hakka guest family. His face was pale and he knelt on the ground, retching repeatedly, but nothing came out. However, his trembling body showed that the process of being sent here was extremely painful for him.

  Next to the young man, an old Hakka guest with the surname Dong, although he didn't vomit like the young man with the surname Chen, his face was equally unsightly, sweat dripping from his forehead, struggling to take a few quick steps, arriving at the edge of the ground pattern, immediately sitting down cross-legged, just about to catch his breath when he saw Su Ming.

  Su Ming stood at the center of the ground pattern, wearing a black mask that concealed his face from outsiders. At this moment, he closed his eyes, and his heart was racing with an unusual flush on his face under the mask.

  When he opened his eyes, it was the moment when the old man from the East looked over, and the two men's eyes met. The old man from the East was immediately startled in his heart. In his view, Su Ming's eyes were cold and calm, without any ripples, as if he had not been too affected by the injury of being transmitted here.

  "Both of you go ahead and adjust your breath, Mo will protect you." Su Ming said calmly.

  The old man from the East hurriedly squeezed out a smile, nodded towards Su Ming, and then closed his eyes to meditate.

  At this moment, the young man with the surname Chen also struggled to come to the old man's side, panting heavily, and adjusted his breath with a bitter smile.

  Su Ming stood silently, step by step walking out of the pattern on the ground, standing still not far from his two companions, with a thoughtful expression, gazing at the pattern on the ground.

  This pattern is extremely complex and gives people a dizzying feeling at first glance.

  "Mister Mo's cultivation is extraordinary, he can even withstand the pressure of transmission. I admire... thank you Mister Mo for taking over as protector."

  "This pattern was carved by the people of Hanyang tribe according to the will of the old ancestor of Hanyang, and its original function is almost unknown to anyone now. After the three departments occupied Hanyang City, they modified it with their brutal force, turning it into a transmission diagram that can be used when the seal of this land is weakened." The old man from the East slowly opened his eyes and spoke.

  "No need to be polite, since the three of us are traveling together, we naturally have to take care of each other. Moreover, Mo has just arrived at Andong Guest House and there are many things he doesn't understand that will require your explanation." Su Ming withdrew his gaze from the floor plan and looked at the old man.

  The old man glanced at the young man surnamed Chen beside him, seeing that he was still adjusting his breath and would not recover for a short time. He politely made a fist towards Su Ming and smiled: "I am Dongfang Hua, although Mo brother has just become a guest of Andong, but being given a three-character token by the barbarian king of Andong shows the importance that the Andong department attaches to Mo brother. In the future, I may have to trouble Mo brother again."

  "Three-character number plate?" Su Ming had previously made a guess, and now hearing the old man's words, he was certain in his heart.

  "That's right, Mo brother. The Hakka token from the Andong Department is ranked according to strength." Dongfang Hua said, taking out a token from his bosom.

  "My tile has a number of seven, which means that there may be six people in front of me who surpass me in strength." Dongfang Hua pointed to the young man sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed beside him and continued: "Chen Laoxiong's token number is eleven, and Zhou Yue, whom you killed earlier, was eight."

  "So who held this three-character token before me?" Su Ming suddenly spoke up.

  "This matter is also unclear to me. The holders of the previous three tokens rarely interact with us..." Eastern Magnolia Cage

  "Mister Mo, Chen is aware of this matter." The young man with the surname Chen let out a deep breath, opened his eyes, stood up and bowed to Su Ming with a fist.

  "The Hakkas in Andongbu are not many, always maintaining a number of twenty or so. Before Mo Xiong, the holder of this three-character token should have already died, and it is very likely that he died here, otherwise, An Dongman would not have modified the token."

  "This place has risks and opportunities coexisting, the leader of the Andong tribe did not deceive us. If there is a chance, we can gain some opportunities here that cannot be found outside, this is also why we want to become guests and are willing to do things for Andong."

  "Brother Mo, it's best not to travel alone in this place. Once you're alone and encountered by guests from other tribes... it will be very dangerous." The young man with the surname Chen regained his composure, looked at Su Ming, and said in a low voice.

  "Alright, since Chen has recovered, let's leave this place quickly. We are the third batch to enter here and don't know what happened in front of us. There should be our Antong guest family waiting for us outside the secret passage, we need to hurry up and meet with them. Yan Chi and Pu Qian's third batch of entrants should also arrive soon. These three batches will be on guard against each other, and their entry times are close due to this. Although there is still residual transmission ban spreading before we exit the secret passage, the three batches have forbidden private fights among themselves for fear of accidents, but avoiding them is also good." Dongfang Hua urged.

  A young man with the surname Chen nodded upon hearing this, and made a fist in greeting towards Su Ming. He then quickly walked several steps towards a passageway that was open like a large mouth, with Zhang Kai following closely behind him. Su Ming remained silent, but followed along, as did Dongfang Hua, all of them heading towards the passageway.

  Just then, almost as soon as Su Ming and the other two had stepped into this passageway, the patterns on the ground in the secret chamber behind them suddenly lit up again. This time, however, the light was not white but a faint glow that illuminated the entire chamber for an instant.

  Dongfang Hua and Chen surname youth two people's facial expression moved slightly.

  "It's Puqiang troops!"

  Su Ming's pupils contracted, and he looked over calmly. The faint light lasted for a short time before disappearing, and three figures appeared on the ground in this secret chamber.

  Currently, a person is wearing a purple robe, with a gloomy expression, hands behind his back, looking extremely calm. His gaze fell on Su Ming and the others in an instant, scanning them briefly before carefully looking at Su Ming again, letting out a cold snort before ignoring him.

  "Mystic Wheel!"

  "The head of the Pu Qiong department, ... he actually wasn't in the first batch, but in the third! Dongfang Hua and Chen surname youth were shocked, subconsciously retreating a few steps, looking at Xuanlun's gaze with reverence."

  The two people behind Xuan Lun, who appeared to be in their forties, were pale and struggling to follow him as he walked out of the pattern on the ground. They immediately sat down cross-legged beside him.

  Xuan Lun stood with his back to the crowd, a perpetual scowl on his face. He had been searching for He Feng and that Xu fellow for a long time, but there was no lead whatsoever. His temper grew increasingly volatile, and he would kill someone at the slightest provocation.

  At this moment, seeing the three guests from Andon, if it weren't for the fact that killing people here would trigger a fluctuation in the transmission ban, even if something unexpected happened, he wouldn't be able to bear it even as the first guest of Puqiang, and would have taken out these three people long ago.

  "Get out!" Xuan Lun spoke coldly, although he didn't look at Su Ming and the others again, his words were clearly directed at them.

  Dongfang Hua and the young man with the surname Chen did not dare to say more, lowering their heads and hastily retreating, Su Ming followed behind as Dongfang Hua was about to leave.

  "Wait! I've seen Anton's guests before, but who are you? Take off your mask." Xuanlun pointed at Suming.

  Dongfang Hua stopped in his tracks, and the young man with the surname Chen also came to a halt. Su Ming furrowed his brow, and immediately, He Feng's anxious words echoed in his mind.

  "Master, don't leave directly. From my understanding of the Mystic Wheel, he's not trying to probe, but rather asking casually out of frustration. Master can pretend to be a bit arrogant, and in doing so, he won't have any suspicions."

  Su Ming's eyes flashed, his footsteps stopped, he turned around and looked at Xuan Lun, his eyes cold and detached, staring at Xuan Lun.

  "Let Mo take off his mask, you need to have the qualifications to defeat me." Su Ming's words were calm, and after finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the passage. Dongfang Hua and Chen surname youth heard Su Ming's words and their hearts trembled, they looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed up.

  Xuan Lun heard this and his eyes flashed with a cold light, he sneered but didn't say another word, however the killing intent in his eyes was already revealed.

  Inside the passage, Su Ming and the other two were silent as they sped along. Along the way, Dongfang Hua and Chen surname youth pulled away from Su Ming. The two of them had originally planned to invite Su Ming to explore this place where Huo Shan's ancestor was buried together with them, but after experiencing the mysterious wheel incident, they had changed their minds.

  Not long after, in front of the three people, at the end of this passage, a faint light appeared. This end was a crack, and outside it was the secret place of Handan City.

  Dongfang Hua and the young man with the surname Chen were about to leave when Su Ming's eyes flashed and his footsteps stopped.

  "Dongfang brother previously said that after leaving this secret passage, there would be An Dong's family waiting outside to pick us up and protect us?" Su Ming asked calmly.