Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 396 - 80: Get Out of Here [Seeking Votes for The Month!]_1

Chapter 396: Chapter 80: Get Out of Here [Seeking Votes for The Month!]_1

"Oh?" Chu Liang’s eyes widened.

At the mention of this, he suddenly became interested. The two things he’s currently concerned about are these:

One is Lin Bei’s safety, and the other is figuring out how to get out of here.

Finding Lin Bei shouldn’t be too difficult. After all, Python Belly City is only that big, and even if he couldn’t be found in a day or two, he would be eventually, unless something unexpected had occurred.

But considering Lin Bei’s ability to blend in with his environment, it’s estimated that he could become a native of Python Belly City in hr, so the risk is not significant.

Moreover, most of the Human Clan in Python Belly City have realized that newcomers are important fresh blood. They wouldn’t take advantage of their information superiority to mistreat newcomers, which is commendable.

Therefore, Chu Liang isn’t overly worried about his brother.

As for finding a way out, that’s quite a headache. No one has escaped in all these years, so how could he find a way out just by looking?

Hearing the Vice Guild Master talk about it now, Chu Liang immediately got serious.

"Actually, it’s not just you, everyone feels the same when they first get here. Who wants to spend their life in this dark and barren python’s belly? " The Vice Guild Master said melancholically, "We have no choice."

Chu Liang nodded, this was natural.

Then the Vice Guild Master continued, "Some people have never given up looking for a way out. Our Guild Master is one of them. He searched painstakingly for twenty years and finally found a possible exit, but he failed when he tried to get through it."

"Then where is this exit?" Chu Liang couldn’t help but ask about the key point.

"I don’t know." The Vice Guild Master shook her head, "The Guild Master never mentioned it to us, he only explored it by himself."

"Only he knows?" Chu Liang looked suspicious.

Is she planning to save the Guild Master and trick him into helping?

The Vice Guild Master seemed to anticipate his thoughts and added, "All of this is true. Those who attempt to escape are slaughtered by the City Lord, and all who know yet do not report will be killed as well. It has happened many times before. So, he was worried that if he failed, the whole Blaze Guild would be implicated. I believe that if he can confirm that there is indeed an exit, he will come to rescue us and escape together."

After a moment’s thought, Chu Liang felt that the Vice Guild Master wasn’t likely to be lying.

If she knew where the exit was, there would be no reason for her to wait here, she could have just escaped on her own.

Also, under the Castellan’s dreadful ruling, if anyone got a clue about the exit, they would not disclose it to any nearby people. Once the news came out, a snitch may exist.

Suspicion was still suspicion.

Anyway, he only had this option before him. He might as well give it a shot.

So, he asked, "What should I do if I want to find the exit?"

"I guess you realize what I’m planning by now. I intend to rescue our Guild Master." The Vice Guild Master said seriously, "I didn’t inform the whole Blaze Guild, only called several brothers from back in the day. If you want to leave, come with us... to the execution ground."

Huh.

That’s indeed a heroic behavior.

Chu Liang immediately countered, "Do we have enough power?"

"The Dragon Cavalry that comes out to carry out tasks each time does not exceed ten, and all are Fifth Stage or Sixth Stage cultivators. If the high-level members of our Blaze Guild, including you, fight together, there still might be a chance," the Vice Guild Master said.

"If it was so easy, wouldn’t the people in Python Belly City have overthrown the Castellan Residence long ago?" Chu Liang did not easily believe her words, instead, he quickly found the loopholes in it.

This wasn’t as simple as she made it sound.

"The reason why the Castellan’s rule has been maintained is because the City Lord is invincible." The Vice Guild Master answered, "They are not Dragon Cavalry messengers."

"But those swallowed by the Swallowing Python shouldn’t exceed the Seventh Stage, right..." Chu Liang wondered.

The most powerful part of this Swallowing Python is its huge mouth and its belly’s storage ability. Its actual combat power should not be particularly strong, otherwise, wouldn’t it have become the most ferocious beast in the world already?

As for the Seventh Stage it had swallowed...

The previous Southern Sea Fire Dragon was trapped in the powerful water prison by someone, letting the Python swallow it. Now the Southern Sea Fire Dragon has disappeared, probably not being trapped here.

And Xu Baishan, the Whale Guild Master - a cultivator of his level was even more impossible. There must have been some internal circumstances.

The existence here, no matter how strong their cultivation was, there must be a limit.

That limit was the cultivation level of the Swallowing Python.

"The City Lord wasn’t swallowed by the Swallowing Python." The Vice Guild Master shook her head, "He is the master of the Swallowing Python."

"Hmm?" Chu Liang was shocked, "Is this true?"

Because the Swallowing Python has been rampant in the Immortal Cultivation World for more than a thousand years, and there is only this one. There has never been anything saying that it had a master.

"I also heard from others that the City Lord can come and go freely and spends most of his time outside. He hardly ever shows up in the city. Once he appears, there will be a large-scale massacre." The Vice Guild Master seemed to recall something terrifying, "The fear of the City Lord in Python Belly City is propagated by one massacre after another."

"In other words..." Chu Liang pondered, "We can defeat the Dragon Cavalry, rescue your Guild Master, and then escape from here before the Python Belly City Lord arrives. Otherwise, it would be hard, right?"

"Yes." The Vice Guild Master nodded.

"I agree." Chu Liang said earnestly.

"Good." The Vice Guild Master finally smiled, "I will arrange the Blaze Guild’s affairs first and contact you later."

...

At this moment, on Shu Mountain.

Chu Liang’s disappearance had finally caused a ripple.

Because he often went out to do tasks before, the people of Silver Sword Peak were accustomed to his absence.

The first to sense something was wrong was Jiang Yuebai.

She had told Chu Liang about the Whale Guild’s grand ceremony in three days and Chu Liang promised to go. But since then, he has not replied and he wasn’t found when Jiang Yuebai went to Silver Sword Peak.

The Whale Guild’s grand ceremony is tomorrow; they have to arrive a day early, or leave by this afternoon at the latest. If Chu Liang doesn’t return soon, he’ll miss it.

This is unlike his usual thorough style of planning.

Unless he has encountered an unexpected incident.

Jiang Yuebai informed Wang Xuanling about this, and Wang Xuanling immediately realized something was wrong.

His first instinct was to look for Lin Bei in Jade Sword Peak, because everyone knew that Lin Bei spent most of his time with Chu Liang. He likely knew about Chu Liang’s whereabouts.

But to his surprise, Lin Bei was nearing his Core Formation two days prior and had gone to gather Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure in the Southern Sea.

It turned out that Chu Liang went with him.

Could both of them have encountered unforeseen circumstances in the Southern Sea?

The group set to attend the grand ceremony was about to depart, and Wang Xuanling, despite his reluctance, ended up having to find Empress Feng.

When the leader of several peaks arrived at the Silver Sword Peak, Empress Feng was about to leave.

Wang Xuanling met her face-to-face and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I’m going to the orchard," Empress Feng replied.

She had been diligently doing her job as Orchard Security these days, patrolling several times a day, and earning a large amount of Sword Coins every month.

As a result, Empress Feng has been surprisingly law-abiding recently.

She had discovered that Chu Liang made quite a lot more money in his line of work than she did from causing troubles.

Empress Feng had abstained from causing mayhem, which greatly improved the public security of Shu Mountain. A phenomenon has emerged in which Chu Liang’s hiring of Empress Feng as Orchard Security ended up essentially keeping the entire Shu Mountain safe.

"Did you know your disciple has gone missing?" Wang Xuanling asked with a heavy voice.

"Hmm?" Empress Feng was caught off guard, "What happened?"

Since Chu Liang has been busy recently, he no longer reports each of his outings as he used to, so she really had no idea where he was.

Wang Xuanling relayed what he knew to her.

"He must have encountered some trouble..." Empress Feng’s brow furrowed, "My disciple has always taken after me, he wouldn’t do something as unreliable as being late..."

You’ve done way more unreliable things than being late.

Wang Xuanling’s chest heaved a few times, as if he was on the verge of releasing a wave of bitter words. But considering the urgency of the situation, he held back.

"He went missing while helping your disciple gather Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure. If something happened to him, you have to compensate me with a new disciple!" Empress Feng continued.

Wang Xuanling couldn’t hold back any longer, "At a time like this, you’re still thinking about these things? Chu Liang, as the Sword Master of the Purple Green Double Swords, carries significant weight to Shu Mountain. Even if I were to give all my disciples to you as compensation, what good would come of it?"

Empress Feng shook her head, "I wouldn’t want any of your rotten disciples. How about you become my disciple instead when the time comes?"

"..." Wang Xuanling took a deep breath, too tired to argue with her any longer and asked directly, "Can you locate him or not?"

"I didn’t sense the disappearance of the Tailing Jade Talisman, so it should be okay," Empress Feng looked up at the distant sky, "As for the specific location, I’ll go searching right now!"

Having said this, she took a step forward, and her figure had already transformed into a ball of fire, streaking towards the southeast.

Although she seemed indifferent on the surface, whenever Chu Liang was in trouble, she was always the first to arrive--it can’t always be a coincidence.

Chu Liang had been carrying her Tailing Jade Talisman, so she could faintly sense his location. Following this, she went to the Southern Sea.

But when she arrived above the Southern Sea, she could only sense a vague spiritual power. The Jade Talisman must have been obstructed by some force that only she could sense his general location but couldn’t lock onto him.

"Could he have entered a Secret Realm?" Empress Feng muttered to herself.

In such a situation, it was highly likely that he was in a different small world blocked by the small world’s barrier, blocking the spiritual sensing.

This would be troublesome.

Regardless of how vast a Secret Realm might be, its entrance could be extremely minute, leaving her with no clues as to where to start looking.

Empress Feng arrived at the location mentioned in the marine chart where the Southern Sea Fire Dragon supposedly resided on the Volcano Island.

However, she only saw a vast expanse of blue waves; there was no island in sight.

Empress Feng hovered over the sea for a while, didn’t continue to search, but turned around and sped straight to the north.

Shortly after, she arrived at a scenic spot on a mountain in Central State.

Here, the scenery was shrouded with a hint of fairy aura amidst the purple mist and dense fog. Among the towering mountains, pavilions were clustered, with architecture that melded seamlessly with the surrounding scenery, making it appear like a fairyland.

Silent Mountain, Tianshu Pavilion.

It is said to be named thus, because an ancestor deity came here long ago to observe the Big Dipper, and to know the world, foresaw the events of the mortal realm for the next five hundred years. In order to remind himself not to divulge heavenly secrets, he named this place Silent Mountain and lived there in seclusion.

The events he foresaw were all inscribed on the mountainside.

When the people from later generations found this mountain, they were amazed to find that the contemporary events predicted by the ancient man all came true. They ventured into the mountain caves to investigate and found the place was already desolate and rundown. All they found were the teachings left by this predecessor.

And the four big words "Observing Heaven, Keeping Silent" engraved on a stone plaque.

Hence the successor referred to themselves as the "Observing Heavenly Meridian" clan and wandered around the world. Because they could predict heavenly secrets, they quickly drew countless troubles. It was only when he was on his deathbed that he understood the deep meaning of the phrase "Keeping Silent". The descendants of the Observing Heavenly Meridian reluctantly joined the Heavenly Star Divine Sect for protection, thus sparking the evolution and integration into the current Tianshu lineage.

After the break up of the Heavenly Star Divine Sect, Tianshu Pavilion returned to the Silent Mountain, a full circle.

The ancient godly predecessor probably never foresaw that his technique of observing the heavens and predicting the world would now mostly be used to predict minor news and gossip.

Empress Feng arrived above the Silent Mountain, but didn’t land. Instead, she stood mid-air and yelled out:

"Zhou Yijian, get your ass out here!"