As the Universe Turns - Chapter 330
Chapter 330 Dreamless Land
At this moment, a cold breeze blew in the forest. Xiao Chen looked at the Imperial Army in front of him. Apart from a few Imperial Army leaders whose cultivation levels were slightly higher, the others weren’t difficult to deal with. However, some of the Guardian Spirit Beasts were flaming and some of the Thunder Spirits were sparkling. It didn’t seem like they were easy to deal with.
However, he did not intend to forcefully barge in, let alone the possibility of failure. Even if he did, it would be even more troublesome if the Yi Kingdom issued an arrest warrant.
He didn’t want to alert the people above the Mortal Realm. He even faintly felt that breaking through the Yi Orthodox Church’s Nascent Soul Restriction in the valley had attracted the attention of the Yi Orthodox Church, or even some people who were hiding in the dark.
If he wanted to walk quietly in the Eastern Continent and find the Fusang Flower, he wouldn’t attract too many people’s attention, especially those old monsters that couldn’t leave the secluded world.
“Don’t move. Wait a moment …”
At this moment, Xiao Chen looked at the Imperial Army in front of him. He slowly lowered his voice and carefully extended his divine sense out. He discovered that there were hundreds of people hiding in a dense forest in the northeast direction. It was obvious that he was also planning to flee to Liang Country, but he was stopped here.
In the past few days, the Orthodox Church of Yi had already captured many people who were trying to leave the country near the border, so those hundreds of people did not dare to act rashly now.
Xiao Chen tried his best to hide his divine sense from the hundreds of people. He lowered his voice to Xu Hao and said, “Over there, there are several hundred people ten miles away from us.”
Hearing this, Xu Hao was stunned. He was actually able to extend his divine sense so far? Xiao Chen looked over and immediately pressed his head down, “Don’t look.”
“Oh …”
Xu Hao quickly shrunk his neck and whispered, “Then what should we do now?”
“Let those people attract the imperial guards here, and we’ll take advantage of the chaos to leave.”
As Xiao Chen spoke, he already had a plan in his heart. He picked up a stone in his hand and bounced into the dense forest in the northeast with a “whoosh” sound.
If it had been before, he wouldn’t have been able to accurately hit the stone ten miles away, but now, his divine sense was countless, so he was naturally able to capture it.
The stone was right in the middle of a person’s forehead, and that person instinctively let out a cry of alarm, immediately alerting the imperial guards in front of the valley.
“Who is it!”
A leader of the Imperial Army immediately shot two cold gazes over there. Following that, he saw a few spirit beasts flying over. In the dense forest in the northeast, hundreds of people saw their tracks exposed. At this moment, they no longer hid and flew out of the dense forest one after another.
When the Imperial Army saw that there were so many people hiding in the forest, they were all shocked. One of the Imperial Army leaders shouted coldly, “Capture them all!”
“Wait!”
Amongst the hundreds of people, a white-bearded old man suddenly walked out. He first cupped his hands towards the leaders of the Imperial Army and said, “We are not from the Yi Kingdom. We just happened to pass by the Yi Kingdom. I hope that the adults can let us pass.”
“The sect master has an order. No one is allowed to leave the country. All of them are scheming against the law. Take them all down!”
The leader of the Imperial Army shouted coldly. Almost a thousand Imperial Army soldiers immediately surrounded him. In addition to the dozen or so Guardian Spirit Beasts, their momentum couldn’t be said to be small.
On the northeast side of the forest, the hundreds of people saw that there was no longer any reason to speak, so they immediately fought together.
Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, Xiao Chen and Xu Hao exchanged glances. The two of them moved and immediately headed towards the valley.
“Who is it! Stop!”
A female Imperial Army leader saw the two of them and immediately chased after them. Xiao Chen’s palm shattered the rocks on both sides of the valley. With a loud “rumble”, dust covered the sky. In an instant, the valley was sealed by countless falling boulders.
After passing through the valley, the two of them sped along and finally left the territory of Yi Kingdom. Xu Hao stopped to take a breath and smiled. “Come out, finally come out …”
At this moment, he lay on his back on the grass and looked at the white clouds in the blue sky. He giggled and said, “When I was young, I always had a dream that I would one day be able to leave the Yi Kingdom and go farther away to find my brother. I didn’t expect that this dream would come true after sixty years. Today, it has finally come true …”
He turned around and looked at Xiao Chen with a smile, “Brother Wu Chen, thanks to meeting you, I was able to realize my childhood dream. Thank you …”
Xiao Chen looked at the green vegetation in the distance and remained silent. He had dreamed that he would one day be able to go to the outside world to take a look …
Xu Hao sat up and asked, “Brother Wu Chen, do you have any dreams?”
“Dream …”
Xiao Chen took a deep breath and looked at the faintly discernible mountain peak in the distance. He said indifferently, “I have long since disappeared.”
“Ah?”
Hearing this, Xu Hao couldn’t help but be slightly surprised. People living in this world inevitably had a lot of disappointments. However, at this time of disappointment, thinking about some beautiful things was a dream. Could it be that Brother Wu Chen had nothing else to ask for? How could there be such a strange person?
“It’s getting late. Let’s go.”
Xiao Chen walked into the distance. This mountain range was only the border mountain range between the Yi Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom. After crossing this mountain range, he arrived at the Liang Kingdom. If he failed to cross this mountain range, he could be captured by the Orthodox Church at any time.
On the second day, the two finally crossed the mountain range. They saw a river beneath the canyon in front of them. This river was the boundary between the Yi Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom. After crossing this river, it was the boundary of the Liang Kingdom. Even if the people of the Yi Kingdom chased after them here, they could not cross the river and capture them. They could only send spiritual messages to the Liang Kingdom.
Xu Hao arrived at the edge of the valley cliff and looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Liang Kingdom. At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of heroism that covered thousands of kilometers. He shouted loudly, “Liang Kingdom! I’m coming! I, Xu Hao, have finally come today, haha!”
Xiao Chen’s voice echoed in the valleys on both sides. After a long time, he looked ahead and said, “Keep your voice down. Don’t make any noise.”
“Don’t worry, there’s no one here!”
Xu Hao chuckled and said. As he spoke, he stared at the mountains and rivers across from him. He slowly said, “In the past, I could only hear others say how prosperous the Liang Kingdom is. I never thought that I would finally be able to come here today. This feeling is much better than when others talked about it.”
Xiao Chen didn’t say anything. He thought back to when he was just an ordinary youth in Ning Village. He had hoped that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely go outside Qing Zhou City … After a long time, he sighed and said, “Let’s go.” As soon as he finished speaking, he flew towards the opposite side of the canyon.
“Brother Wu Chen, wait for me!”
Xu Hao immediately followed him. After arriving beside him, he said excitedly, “The most prosperous place in Liang Country is the capital city. I have heard many people say that the night there is bright and the streets are bustling. Let’s go to Liangzhou City!”
Xiao Chen didn’t say anything. In fact, it didn’t matter where he went. He just needed to find a way to reach a higher cultivation realm. Otherwise, even if he searched for ten to twenty years in these countries of the Mortal Cultivation Realm, he might not be able to find the location of the Fusang Divine Tree.