Chapter 655 - 386: The Boy Delivering Treasures Finds Love Lacking

In the distance, on the teaching building, He Kao glanced at Mei Guyu, somewhat uneasy, and asked, "Did you bring the Spring Rain Sword?"Mei Guyu: "Of course."

He Kao looked her up and down: "Where is it?"

Mei Guyu: "The divine artifact can merge with one’s body and soul, naturally, you can’t see it when it’s not in use."

He Kao actually knew this principle, he was just trying to make conversation to ease the atmosphere, then he asked again, "Does the Magic Sect have any magical treasures for storage, like the storage bags, bracelets, or rings in novels?"

Mei Guyu: "There are ancestral spatial divine artifacts, which work in much the same way as you mentioned."

He Kao: "So such things actually exist?"

Mei Guyu rolled her eyes at him through the veil: "No need to be so surprised, you’ve seen it before, the Sect’s Sacred Artifact of the Alchemy Sect, the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace, has such features."

He Kao: "The Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace indeed can collect items, but that’s not its primary function, is there a specific spatial divine artifact?"

Mei Guyu laughed: "Yes, Elder Kang is carrying one right now."

He Kao: "Oh, so Elder Kang has the spatial divine artifact, now I feel at ease."

Mei Guyu: "You shouldn’t worry about Elder Kang, it’s more important to pay attention elsewhere to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity."

He Kao: "Then please protect me while I perform the Yin Spirit Travel technique to scout the surroundings."

Mei Guyu: "I know you’re capable, but today there should be experts watching the match, be careful to avoid them."

It was a cloudy day, with white clouds floating under the sunshine, He Kao’s Yin Spirit drifted invisibly and intangibly in the sky, he flew not too high, just a few hundred meters, but at this height, he could see extremely far.

Mei Guyu looked curiously at He Kao sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, suddenly saw He Kao open his eyes again and say, "There’s something going on outside, I have to go..."

Mei Guyu turned her back and withdrew her divine sense, and when she turned around again, He Kao had disappeared.

Across the entire Stone District, on the opposite side from the duel venue, two patrol police cars were parked by a dilapidated rural road, with four police officers on duty by the roadside, preparing to inspect passing vehicles.

This scene looked extremely abnormal!

Because there were no cars on this ruined road at that moment, and no residential areas on both sides, only wild fields overgrown with miscellaneous trees. Though it was wilderness, it was owned, with many places even having rusty wire fences erected.

Unless the police could foresee the future and knew criminals would be passing by this road, why set up a roadside inspection here?

Even if they intended to intercept criminals, they should set up roadblocks in advance. If they just stood by the roadside and signaled, only law-abiding citizens would pull over, could they expect criminals to cooperate obediently?

Across a tall wire fence, a hundred meters away from the policemen, someone was quietly lurking in the bushes. He was hiding behind a low mound, holding a ruler-like object.

Who would be holding a ruler in such a place? That ruler must be a magical artifact, and that person was likely a cultivator.

He Kao hadn’t noticed this situation earlier, though cultivators have divine senses, like He Kao’s divine sense now reaches as far as ten kilometers away, but the divine sense isn’t all-powerful, it needs to actively extend outwards to form perception.

With such a vast area and so many matters, no one can constantly use their divine sense. It was only after He Kao’s Yin Spirit flew into the sky that he noticed the abnormality in the distance.

The reason the road was described as dilapidated was that it appeared to be pothole-ridden and hadn’t been maintained for a long time, with the drainage ditches on both sides looking battered.

But upon closer inspection, the potholes on the road had been filled, and the main structures of the drainage ditches were intact. Even during heavy rains, vehicles could pass through; it just looked visually unpleasant.

A short distance from where the police set up was a fork leading to the Stone District. Usually, no one else takes this road, only the staff from the Stone District use it.

When He Kao noticed this, a sedan was approaching from the city direction, driven by Shi Haoji, a cultivator of the Luoshan City’s Shi Family.

The core of the Shi Family’s magical teachings is the Micro-Entry Skill, but Shi Haoji happens to be a Tier Four Physician of the Observing Body Lineage. He is also the director of the Shi Family’s hospital, the head of the Shi Medical Organization, and serves as a councilor of Luoshan City.

Shi Haoji was evidently a person the Shi Family put on the front lines, of great symbolic significance and influence, respected locally, with extensive connections in both political and business circles.

After all, anyone could encounter injuries or illnesses, and Shi Haoji is highly regarded as a ’miracle doctor’ among the local elite.

Shi Haoji had matters to attend to outside yesterday and was hurrying back today specifically to watch the duel, almost cutting it close. He didn’t have bodyguards or a driver with him because he is himself a Tier Four Cultivator.

The patrol police conducting roadside checks were quite tense too. They had come today with a mission, ready to intercept Shi Haoji’s car, order him to pull over, and open the trunk for inspection.

They had prepared an item in advance, a handgun, which was the murder weapon from an incident that occurred two days ago. The gun did not bear Shi Haoji’s fingerprints, but it was inside a blue garbage bag, which reportedly had Shi Haoji’s fingerprints on it.

The origin of this garbage bag was unknown to the officers; it was simply provided by the person instructing them to undertake this task.

During the upcoming trunk inspection, this garbage bag containing the gun would be "found." They would then directly take Shi Haoji away and "discover" the issues with the gun afterward.

The officers were unaware that they had a secret ally hiding among the trees a hundred meters away.

Though hidden cultivators couldn’t be seen, He Kao noticed them... He not only noticed but recognized the person. It was the Tier Five Heart Stealer, Hailari, with whom he had interacted in the Illusion Realm and had seen Hailari’s information in reality.

Shi Haoji was at least a Tier Four Cultivator, and he could handle a few ordinary police officers. If he found something amiss and refused to be taken by the police, or even exposed and stopped the framing, it was likely achievable.

Hailari was there to prevent such an occurrence. It was best if Shi Haoji was taken by the police; otherwise, there had to be evidence recorded of Shi Haoji’s violent resistance against the law or assaulting police during evasion.

Shi Haoji’s car was already approaching when Hailari prepared to make a move. Suddenly, he sensed danger. As a Heart Stealer, he was particularly sensitive to others’ hostility and swiftly turned to find someone appearing behind him, raising a gun and pulling the trigger.

Could a Tier Five Cultivator withstand the shot of a nine-millimeter handgun? The answer is possibly, as long as they detect it and react at the moment of firing.

In a fluster, Hailari swung his Sacred Artifact, and the bullet struck very near him, seeming to suddenly sink into an invisible quagmire, accompanied by an explosion wave, the bullet’s trajectory veering and slicing toward the surroundings.

The shooter was He Kao, who gave Hailari no chance to catch his breath, emptying the magazine at the fastest speed. Hailari was forced to retreat repeatedly, attempting to distance himself. Though not hit, he felt somewhat dizzy.

He blocked the bullets, but He Kao had already summoned his Autumn Frost Sword, spinning it and striking the back of Hailari’s head.

The Autumn Frost Sword didn’t split Hailari’s skull; it was actually a steel ruler delivering a flat smack, knocking Hailari unconscious, followed by He Kao sealing his cultivation and magical power.

He Kao collected the fallen Sacred Artifact from Hailari, only to find his Invisibility Ability had been restricted! There should be no one else around; he was being watched by a superior’s Divine Thought.

At that moment, he heard a voice coming from the air, yet it seemed to sound right beside his ear: "Thank you, Ancestor Master Huailin, for your assistance. I didn’t expect it’s you, Elder!"

The tone suggested the speaker was Kang Rulin. Kang Rulin had met Zhao Sanjin in his youth but wasn’t particularly familiar. Now, he mistook He Kao for Zhao Sanjin.

Did He Kao disguise well with the Hidden Moth Gauze? It was extremely similar in appearance, but not in spirit. However, those familiar with Ancestor Master Huailin hadn’t seen him in at least fifty years, so no one could distinguish authenticity.

Wasn’t Kang Rulin standing over at the dueling site? How did he appear in the sky?

This was unexpected for He Kao; he didn’t answer, immediately flashing away without further concern for Hailari on the ground. Since Kang Rulin was here, he could handle the aftermath.

He hadn’t traveled far before the sensation of being watched vanished, indicating Kang Rulin was no longer monitoring him with Divine Thought, and He Kao instantly teleported back to Stone District School.

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A series of gunshots rang out; the four police officers were startled, turned in the direction, and simultaneously drew their guns, adopting a guard position.

He Kao fired deliberately. Although it wasn’t audible from afar, it could alert nearby people, and using a gun to ambush without mana fluctuations was more concealed to cultivators.

Hailari had been knocked down, leaving no time for the next move, as Kang Rulin arrived...

Shi Haoji, driving, also heard the gunfire, discerning it wasn’t coming from ahead but from the wild side. He neither stopped nor slowed down, instead accelerating forward.

Just after rounding a bend, he saw police officers and cars by the roadside. The officers held their guns in a strange manner, all facing outward. At that moment, he heard a voice by his ear: "Ignore these police, just drive on."

It was Elder Kang Rulin’s voice, so Shi Haoji sped past.

The officers noticed Shi Haoji’s car approaching and were about to signal a stop as per protocol. Inexplicably, an overwhelming fear struck them, rendering their bodies stiff.

By the time they regained their senses, Shi Haoji’s car was long gone, and the mission had failed. Another officer was surprised to find the blue garbage bag prepared for framery had disappeared!

...

He Kao returned to Stone District School, pushed the door open, and entered the classroom. Through Divine Thought with Mei Guyu, he narrated the recent events and curiously asked, "Wasn’t Elder Kang in the dueling area? How did he appear at such a distance under everyone’s watch?"

Looking out the window of the teaching building towards the distance, Kang Rulin still stood in the center of the dueling area with hands behind his back.

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