Chapter 1071: Stone City

Chapter 1071: Chapter 1071: Stone City

The conch in the hands of the cavalry commander was a divine artifact meticulously crafted by the camp of the Ear Wisdom God. Its sound waves far exceeded the range of normal human hearing, so ordinary people couldn’t hear a thing. However, for disciples like Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue, who belonged to the Long-Eared God, the sound of this conch was as deafening as thunder!

However, as Guo Yun activated the effect of the wooden talisman, everything fell into instant silence. Whether it was a sound or silence, all vanished, as if an invisible barrier had risen beside them.

When Shen Mo conversed with Chen and Jiang, he employed such measures to isolate the sounds inside and outside the wooden cabin to prevent the villagers from eavesdropping. If not for the weakness of the Long-Eared God, its ear-based divine abilities could have played a crucial role in subduing it.

At this moment, using it to counter the conch’s silent offensive was certainly more than sufficient.

Seeing the extraordinary effects of this wooden talisman, Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue were overjoyed. They channeled divine power to repair and nourish their auditory senses while launching a fierce counterattack!

Guo Yun repeatedly drew his bow, killing three armored cavalrymen on the verge of charging at them. This slowed the charging speed of the others. Sensing his divine power nearing depletion, he strung an arrow at the distant cavalry leader, yet refrained from releasing it, instead silently reciting prayer scriptures, sacrificing himself to exchange for more divine power.

The cavalry commander had also expended considerable divine power blowing the conch. Now, seeing that Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue still had the strength to resist, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled. Yet, unable to hear their movements, he couldn’t discern their state and cautiously leaned out from behind the Flood Dragon Horse to peer out...

Whoosh!

An arrow pierced through the chest of a cavalryman ahead, its momentum unbroken as it sent a spray of blood towards the face of the cavalry commander.

With a bang, the elite disciple of the Ear Wisdom God had the top of his skull blown away. Red, white, and black mingled together, splattering everywhere like a kicked-apart melon. The red was blood, the white was brain matter and bone fragments, and the black was helmet shards, scattered sparsely on the ground and the Flood Dragon Horse’s body, painting the vicinity in patches.

The cavalry commander, half a head missing, fell straight to the ground. Under the influence of residual divine power, his body convulsed for a while before finally going still!

The remaining armored cavalrymen were dumbfounded by this scene. Once they regained their senses, their desire to survive surpassed their loyalty to the Ear Wisdom God. Each fired an arrow before fleeing on horseback towards the distance. After all, even an elite disciple had died miserably under the enemy’s arrow; they were but ordinary disciples, not opponents of this pair of men and women.

Whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh!

With the mortal threat gone, Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue gained poise. With seamless cooperation, they shot down the remaining cavalry one by one.

Afterward, they quickly tidied up the battlefield, used the gathered dozen or so Flood Dragon Horses to carry their blood-stained spoils of war, and turned back into the wild forest... For the present Swallow Dock, the value of the Flood Dragon Horses and spoils far exceeded that of the forty-plus worshipers of Changli Village. Moreover, heading to Changli Village now would mean easy tracking and interception by Ear Wisdom God’s disciples on the return, resulting in not only losing the loot, but also leading to deaths under enemy blades for both them and the escorting worshipers!

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By the time Guo Yun and his comrade returned to Swallow Dock, half a month had already passed.

On their return journey, they encountered several waves of Qing Country cavalry and Ear Wisdom God disciples trying to kill them, but only finally shook them off upon entering the wild forest!

Compared to a few months ago, Swallow Dock had completely transformed.

Previously built by the lakeshore, Swallow Dock sat in the recess of the forest’s great lake, Swallow Residence Lake, surrounded on three sides by water. Only one side accessed the outside, with two wooden palisades erected. Now these wooden walls had been replaced by stone city walls, built tall and thick, giving a great sense of security, though thinner on the other three sides.

In the past, such stone walls couldn’t be constructed. The mere cutting and transportation of stones demanded enormous manpower. With too many young disciples involved, even the basic meals for over a thousand people inside the dock couldn’t be guaranteed.

However, since the Great Elder came to power after the divinity’s birth day, things seemed to have become easier. The Great Elder personally smashed a stone hill, bypassing the need to quarry and carve stones, and dispatched people to gather mineral resources, teaching senior disciples higher divine scripts to craft numerous divine gifts,

Equipped with various "divine weapons," even ordinary disciples could now use minimal divine power to accomplish previously unattainable tasks, whether hunting, gathering stone materials, or other errands, achieving twice the results with half the effort... Ultimately, Swallow Dock was transformed into a stone city in just two months!

Walking inside the dock, the sight of everyone bustling with activity still greeted the eyes. Even the sick and weak, devoid of divine power, had been assigned duties.

However, when Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue arrived at the entrance towing over a dozen Flood Dragon Horses loaded with bundles of spoils, it caused quite a stir, with many dropping their tasks to come watch the spectacle!

After a brief exchange with Wang Tie, the two learned the Great Elder was still researching divine scripts, leaving all affairs to the complete authority of Elders Chen and Jiang.

Thus, they led the Flood Dragon Horses towards Elder Jiang’s residence.

In fact, Guo Yun had originally intended to report to Elder Chen...

Lately, he had keenly sensed something difficult to discuss openly with others. Although the Great Elder trusted and treated Elders Chen and Jiang equally, granting them their titles, the Great Elder’s relationship with Elder Chen was clearly closer. Moreover, their relationship was intriguingly subtle, somewhat resembling his own with Wang Qiuyue.

Perhaps it was precisely due to this reason that Elder Chen’s status was evidently slightly higher than Elder Jiang’s.

This time, although he and Wang Qiuyue hadn’t completed their original mission, they’d killed more than ten disciples of the Ear Wisdom God, including an elite disciple, and seized numerous valuable spoils, a considerable achievement. If they could make a good impression on Elder Chen, leading her to speak favorably in front of the Great Elder, perhaps in a burst of happiness, the Great Elder might bestow them with more divine power!

However, Wang Qiuyue didn’t agree.

She had nothing against Elder Chen, but Elder Chen’s beauty was like that of a god-person, making Wang Qiuyue feel inferior in her presence. Additionally, Elder Chen was rather aloof, so Wang Qiuyue was reluctant to interact with her.

Unable to change her mind, Guo Yun had to abandon his little scheme and honestly sought out Elder Jiang to deliver the task.