Eternal Life by Daily Divination - Chapter 134: Unable to Communicate
Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Unable to Communicate
“Oh? Senior, could there be a misunderstanding?”
Li Chang’an feigned surprise.
A look of confusion surfaced on his face at just the right moment.
“Senior, I don’t know you, and I certainly don’t know your disciple.”
“Hmph! Still trying to deny it?”
Chu Xiong was beside himself with fury, his face beet red.
With a flick of his wrist, he produced a translucent Crystal Stone.
“A Memory Stone?”
Li Chang’an’s gaze hardened as he stared at the Crystal Stone.
Such Treasures are exceedingly rare and can record past events.
The Crystal Stone flashed, emitting faint fluctuations of Spiritual Power. Blurry images began to form within it, and faint sounds could just be heard.
Gradually, the image sharpened, and the sounds grew more distinct.
The scene showed a mountain forest.
In it was a stoutly built young man.
His face was pale and his body was covered in injuries. Blood stained the front of his robes as he leaned against a large tree.
“Who are you?”
The young man yelled at someone in front of him, his voice hoarse and his expression filled with terror.
A short distance in front of him, a man with a savage grin brandished a sharp blade, slowly closing in.
“Hehehe, I am Li Chang’an of Withered Wood Cliff. I’ve heard disciples of the Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage are laden with Treasure, so I’ve come to borrow some from you.”
“Withered Wood Cliff?”
The young man’s face went ashen. Withered Wood Cliff was a notorious Tribulation Cultivator faction outside Yellow Crane Immortal City.
While not as infamous as the Five Poison Wanderer Lineage, they were still terrifying.
Over the years, countless Cultivators had died at the hands of the Tribulation Cultivators from Withered Wood Cliff.
“Don’t kill me!”
The young man cried out in panic.
“You want Treasure, don’t you? Spare my life, and I’ll give you everything I have!”
“What nonsense! Once I kill you, your Treasures will be mine anyway, won’t they?”
Then, with a vicious sneer, the recorded Li Chang’an activated the blade in his hand.
SLICE!
The young man shuddered, and his head was instantly severed from his body.
Afterward, the Li Chang’an in the recording collected the Treasures from the body and departed.
The image gradually blurred, and then it ended.
Seeing this, Li Chang’an was lost in thought.
’It’s just as I thought. The murderer in the image looks almost identical to me. There are only some minor differences, but someone who doesn’t know me very well wouldn’t be able to spot them.’
Moreover, this was a recording from a Memory Stone, which wasn’t very clear to begin with.
It was normal for there to be some discrepancies.
Of course, this Memory Stone alone was not enough to convict Li Chang’an.
The Cultivation Immortality Realm was home to countless Skills—like Skin Painting, Disguise, and Illusion Techniques—that could allow anyone to impersonate Li Chang’an.
But Chu Xiong couldn’t care less about any of that.
He was filled with rage, wishing he could kill Li Chang’an right now!
The only reason he was taking Li Chang’an for interrogation was that simply killing him wouldn’t sate his hatred. He had to make Li Chang’an suffer endless pain and torment before allowing him to die.
“Li Chang’an, the evidence is conclusive. What else do you have to say for yourself?”
Chu Xiong pointed at the Memory Stone and roared again.
Li Chang’an’s face was full of astonishment.
“Senior, you call this conclusive evidence? Any Cultivator skilled in Illusion Techniques could create such a scene. How can you condemn me based on this?”
“Hmph, you Tribulation Cultivators are truly stubborn. Refusing to admit it even when death is at your door!”
“Senior, may I ask who gave you this stone?”
“What, you want to silence them?”
Livid, Chu Xiong refused to listen to any of Li Chang’an’s explanations.
The next moment, his aura surged as the tyrannical presence of a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator erupted from him. He planned to take Li Chang’an down on the spot.
But just then, the scene of the entire courtyard suddenly changed.
Li Chang’an’s figure vanished.
His voice echoed from all around, sometimes near, sometimes far, as if it were everywhere at once.
“Senior, the one you’ve been speaking to all this time was an Illusion Body I created with an Array. Did you notice?”
“You…”
Chu Xiong was stunned.
He really hadn’t noticed anything wrong and had assumed Li Chang’an was talking to him in person.
Li Chang’an’s voice continued, “Senior, you were interacting with me directly and still couldn’t see anything amiss. How, then, can you be so sure there’s nothing wrong with this Memory Stone?”
If he thought about it carefully, he would indeed realize something was amiss.
However, Chu Xiong’s mind was already consumed by rage.
He didn’t think about it at all, simply roaring angrily, “Fine! Then let me ask you, if you’re really innocent, do you dare to face me in person and let me question you?”
“Senior, in your current state, I really wouldn’t dare let you question me.”
“Aha! So you are guilty!”
Overcome with fury, Chu Xiong roared.
Immediately after, his Magical Power erupted as he prepared to tear the entire courtyard apart.
He would dig Li Chang’an out, even if it meant digging three feet deep!
…
At that moment, in a small courtyard at the foot of Yellow Crane Mountain.
The martial brothers Huang Feng and Huang Liang exchanged a relaxed smile.
“Senior Brother, Junior Martial Uncle Chu should have started by now, right?”
“Yes, with Junior Martial Uncle Chu’s temper, he wouldn’t be able to hold back.”
Huang Liang spoke with the utmost confidence, certain of his plan.
It was his idea to frame Li Chang’an, and Huang Feng was the one who executed the plan.
Chu Xiong’s disciple was talented, with combat prowess considered extremely high for his level. But he hadn’t been cultivating for long, and his Cultivation was only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.
How could he have been a match for Huang Feng?
He died without ever knowing that his attacker was a senior brother from his own Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage, one he greeted often.
“Speaking of which, Junior Martial Uncle Chu is so gullible.”
“Haha, in his current state, his mind is probably no better than a three-year-old’s.”
The two of them both laughed.
They felt the matter was a sure thing and were just waiting for the outcome.
…
「Meanwhile.」
Inside the small courtyard, Li Chang’an had already activated a Four-layered Array, temporarily trapping Chu Xiong.
Within the Array, Chu Xiong’s eyes were bloodshot. He roared again and again, his fury practically tangible.
“You think these Arrays can trap me?”
He roared furiously, like a maddened bear, unleashing astonishing power.
In the blink of an eye, he shattered the Shadow Slaughter Array!
Not long after, the Cloud Mist Hidden Killing Array was also broken, littering the ground with shattered Array Materials.
Throughout this, Chu Xiong hadn’t used any Array-Breaking Treasures or Techniques.
He had shattered both Arrays purely through the brute, tyrannical strength of a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!
The third Array, the Quasi-Tier Two Hundred Swords Spirit Slaying Array, barely held him back for a few more breaths, but it was soon blasted to smithereens!
Only the final Array, the Thundercloud Annihilation Array, managed to temporarily hold back his frenzied assault.
“You even have a Tier Two Array. It seems you’ve harmed quite a few people during your years as a Tribulation Cultivator. Otherwise, where would you get the Spirit Stones to buy a Tier Two Array?”
“Senior, couldn’t it have been my own good fortune?”
Li Chang’an sounded exasperated.
This Chu Xiong was simply impossible to communicate with.
His mind seemed incapable of analysis, only able to perceive things on the most superficial level.
Fortunately, at that moment, Pei Yingyao finally arrived.
