Cultivation Kill

An elder who had reached the Core Formation stage flew in from the sky.

The sound of running footsteps came from all around the street. Shen Zige looked over and saw that at least dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators had surrounded him and Shi Yuan.

“We’ve been exposed,” Shen Zige said to Shi Yuan.

"I wish I hadn't gone back to the mountain," Shi Yuan said.

"You two have nowhere to escape!" said the Core Formation Elder flying in the sky. "Yuan Yingyun has already informed the higher-ups of your crimes. Within the territory of the Great Yuan Sect, you two cannot escape anywhere!"

The Foundation Establishment cultivators around them formed a Great Yuan Formation, their spiritual power combined, creating an astonishing force!

“There’s no other way but to use that golden teleportation talisman,” Shen Zige said to Shi Yuan. “It’s already dark, and there might not be anyone there. Even if there are, they might not expect us to arrive at this time, giving us a chance to escape.”

"That's the only way," Shi Yuan said. "When I make my move, you crush the golden teleportation talisman!"

Shi Yuan suddenly took out a bottle full of water from his storage bag, uncapped it, and smashed it to the ground.

"Bang—"

The bottle shattered, and a thick smoke enveloped the two men and spread outwards.

Shen Zige crushed the golden teleportation talisman without hesitation.

"attack!"

The Nascent Soul elder in the sky punched down, creating a visible shockwave that cracked the ground, which couldn't withstand the force.

One after another, the Foundation Establishment cultivators unleashed their spells at the location where Shen Zige and Shi Yuan were.

Flames filled the sky, and dust billowed everywhere.

"No, they escaped!"

As the dust settled, the middle of the street was deserted!

Shen Zige and Shi Yuan arrived at a dilapidated and ancient palace. The palace had been in disrepair for many years, with most of the walls collapsed and a huge gap in the roof, as if it were the result of a battle between cultivators.

"Where is this?" Shen Zige asked.

"I don't know either. Let's search the surrounding area and see if there are any clues," Shi Yuan said.

Shen Zige stepped over the pile of rubble and walked out of the old palace.

Under the starlight, the tranquil palace resembled a tomb, with the artificial hills and pavilions in the gardens on both sides covered with a thick layer of fungi and algae, and tiny creatures that ventured out at night crawling about.

Ahead was a small square with a stone tablet inscribed with the words "Yuanling Gate".

"So, this palace is the former site of the Yuanling Sect?" Shi Yuan quietly walked to Shen Zige's side.

"Do you know about the Abyss Spirit Sect?" Shen Zige asked.

“It’s recorded in the history books of the Wu Kingdom,” Shi Yuan said. “Yuanling Sect was originally a peak of the Dayuan Sect. Later, a peak master disagreed with the Dayuan Sect’s ideology and wanted to lead all the cultivators on the peak to change the name to Yuanling Sect and break away from the Dayuan Sect. However, the Dayuan Sect’s higher-ups discovered this and declared everyone on the peak a traitor, and came to besiege and kill them. In the end, the peak master was no match for them and escaped from the Dayuan Sect alone, but the rest of the disciples were all wiped out!”

"Different ideologies?" Shen Zige said. "I don't believe it. There must be other reasons."

“Other reasons are buried in history, and there are no records of them in the Kingdom of Wu,” Shi Yuan said. “Could Yuan Yingwu be a descendant of that escaped peak master?”

“Very likely, after all, the surname Yuan is bestowed upon those who are chosen,” Shen Zige said. “If you are chosen, your name will be Yuan Yuan!”

“I am a high-ranking member of the Great Yuan Sect, so I will bestow upon you the name Yuan Bullet,” Shi Yuan said with a smile.

“We need to find a way out of the Great Yuan Sect,” Shen Zige said. “If what you said is true, then the Yuanling Sect is still within the Great Yuan Sect’s territory, and they have magical artifacts that can track us!”

The main peak of the Great Yuan Sect, the Law Enforcement Hall.

Yu Mie, the Lord of the Law Enforcement Hall, stood before the magical artifact Xuanming Disc with a stern expression, holding a long spear. He was the disciple of the Grand Elder and was in the early stage of Core Formation.

“Shi Yuange and Wu Xin,” said Yu Mie, the Master of the Law Enforcement Hall.

A three-dimensional terrain appears on the Xuanming compass, with two red dots moving in the middle.

"What is this?" Yu Mie, the Lord of the Law Enforcement Hall, pondered.

"One of the forbidden zones, the former site of Yuanling Gate," a deputy hall master beside him reminded him.

The two deputy hall masters beside Yu Mie were both in the early stage of Core Formation and had considerable seniority. However, they could only be deputy because they did not have the connection of the Grand Elder.

"You two come with me to capture these two traitors and lock them in the Heavenly Prison. If they resist, kill them on sight!" Yu Mie turned and walked out of the Hall of Law Enforcement.

Shen Zige pondered: "The Great Yuan Sect has over a million disciples. If they truly possessed a magical artifact capable of monitoring the entire territory and pinpointing the location of each disciple, the energy consumed in using it once would probably be more than a billion spirit stones. Therefore, it must not rely on monitoring and positioning across the entire territory, but rather on positioning using a special object!"

"You mean?" Shi Yuan was taken aback.

“Identity tags,” Shen Zige said. “The Yuan Dynasty gave us tags to identify ourselves. Whether they are made of wood, iron, or jade, they all have locators on them. As long as we throw them away, it will be very difficult for the Yuan Dynasty to find our location!”

The two acted immediately upon thinking of it, throwing away all the identity tokens, captain and deputy captain tokens, that were related to the Great Yuan Sect.

"Wait, Yuan Yingwu's spirit beast pouch still contains quite a few poisonous creatures." Shi Yuan said, taking out a purple pouch, the very same pouch that Yuan Yingwu had used to pull out the venomous snakes last time.

Shi Yuan poured out the poisonous creatures inside, including green snakes, poisonous wolves, and poisonous eagles.

He fed the sign to the poisonous creatures, then let them scatter and escape!

"This place is unbearable; we need to leave as soon as possible."

Shen Zige walked towards the plaza outside the palace, and Shi Yuan hurriedly followed.

"How did the former peak master of Yuanling Peak escape from the hands of the higher-ups of the Great Yuan Sect?" Shen Zige asked.

“Yes, generally speaking, it’s difficult to escape when surrounded by many cultivators of a higher cultivation level than oneself,” Shi Yuan said. “Could it be that he has a random teleportation talisman?”

“No way. If he had used a random teleportation talisman to leave, it would definitely be recorded in history books. After all, there were so many people surrounding him; it wouldn’t say that he escaped by some unknown means!” Shen Zige said. “Could there be some kind of tunnel or secret room?”

"I don't know, it's very possible. Let's look around," Shi Yuan replied.

Guessing that the Great Yuan Sect might send experts to capture them, the two quickly set to work, searching for the escape route of the former peak master of Yuanling Peak.

After a short while, the two had searched the old palace and its surroundings, but found no mechanisms or passages. They had no choice but to return to the palace to discuss the matter.

“If it were easy to find, the Yuan Dynasty would have discovered it long ago!” Shen Zige said.

“That’s right. If hundreds of people couldn’t find the secret passage, why should the two of us be able to?” Shi Yuan said.

Shen Zige fell into thought...

The entire site of Yuanling Peak, including the palace, appeared in his mind, and he quickly disassembled and reassembled it.

Stone piers and beams are combined in my mind from various angles to form abstract patterns.

Shen Zige's brain was processing data faster and faster, and her spiritual power began to protect her heart and brain, maintaining the blood supply needed by her brain.

Standing to the side, Shi Yuan felt that Shen Zige's temperature had risen considerably.

“There is a flaw,” Shen Zige said. “I divided the entire palace and the surrounding terrain and buildings into ten thousand parts, and then recombined them thousands of times. I found that more than seven hundred of them could not form a perfect symmetrical pattern.”

"You're not talking nonsense, are you? How is that even possible?" Shi Yuan felt like he was listening to gibberish.

Shen Zige gestured with her hand: "If we add a round stone the size of a horse cartwheel, the entire palace and its surroundings will achieve a harmonious beauty."

"You're not making this up, are you?" Shi Yuan said. "You're including a hole in the palace roof? Besides, is there a difference between one hundred stones and ninety-nine stone pillars and beams? The architect could just deliberately use fewer stones, or the workers could just build fewer stones, couldn't they?"

Shi Yuan couldn't imagine that anyone could find loopholes like this; he guessed that even a true god couldn't do it!

“I can’t explain it to you. Ninety-nine stone pillars will have a sense of harmony, and one hundred stone pillars will have a sense of harmony. It takes time for them to develop. The colors and stains will blend into the environment,” Shen Zige said. “I won’t make a mistake in my calculations just because you put one less stone.”

Shi Yuan, a genius in IQ tests and a business tycoon, only understood a tiny bit of what he said!