novelraw Chapter 55 – Teleportation array
Chapter 55 – Teleportation array
In the silence of the night, Luo Xiu spent the hours in agitation and unease.
At dawn, a knock came at the door.
"Young Master Luo Xiu, someone has delivered this for you."
Opening the door, Luo Xiu saw an outer sect servant, akin to a servant's status. To someone like Luo Xiu, an outer sect disciple, they were considered of noble status, so the servant was naturally very polite.
The servant handed Luo Xiu a cloth-wrapped item, about the size of a palm.
Luo Xiu was unsure who would send him something, so he reached out to take it, unwrapping the cloth. His pupils suddenly contracted.
In his hand was a jade phoenix hairpin, which he immediately recognized as the gift he had bought for his sister, Luo Xiu'er, when he left Qingyun City.
The jade phoenix hairpin was worth tens of thousands of silver taels, but with Luo Xiu's financial resources at the time, he didn't care about the so-called gold and silver of the mortal world.
His sister Luo Xiu'er loved the hairpin, saying she would always wear it.
And now, this jade phoenix hairpin was delivered to the Free Spirit Outer Sect in Yunlong Prefecture Capital.
Just as the servant was about to leave, Luo Xiu called him back and asked, "Who sent this?"
The servant shook his head, "I'm sorry, young master, I don't know the person. I only remember he was a middle-aged man, about forty years old, slightly plump, with a black mole on the left side of his forehead."
Hearing the servant's description, Luo Xiu frowned, not recalling knowing such a person.
"Could something have happened to my sister?"
Luo Xiu immediately thought of this possibility, and the feeling of agitation and unease in his heart intensified.
He put away the jade phoenix hairpin, turned around, and went into the house to grab his Shadow Sword, intending to head to Qingyun City to see for himself.
"Qingyun City is far from Yunlong Prefecture Capital. Even with the Hall Master's Black Wind Eagle, it took three days."
Soon, Luo Xiu left the Free Spirit Outer Sect and happened to see the grand building opposite, the Hunter Guild!
"I wonder if I can find out how to get to Qingyun City faster from the Hunter Guild." With this thought, Luo Xiu stepped inside.
Just like the Hunter Guild in Qingyun City, the hall was bustling, with hunters returning from adventures drinking heartily and talking loudly, each exuding a somewhat murderous aura.
The Hunter Guild in Yunlong Prefecture Capital was larger than that in Qingyun City, with more hunters, and Luo Xiu even saw someone wearing a four-star emblem on their chest!
The hunter emblems correspond to strength levels: one star for Body Refining Martial Apprentice, two stars for Qi Sea Martial Artist, three stars for Innate Martial Master, and four stars for Spirit Refining Realm Martial Grandmaster!
Upon entering the Hunter Guild, Luo Xiu put on his one-star hunter emblem. Many disciples from the Free Spirit Outer Sect had hunter identities, so no one paid him any particular attention.
"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" The receptionist at the guild counter, a baby-faced beauty, asked in a crisp and sweet voice.
"I want to know how to get from Yunlong Prefecture Capital to Qingyun City in the shortest time possible," Luo Xiu said directly.
"If you wish to go to Qingyun City, the guild offers three options. The first is to ride a second-level demonic beast, the Green Feather Eagle, which takes about five days to reach the destination. The second option is to ride the Black Feather Eagle, which takes three days."
"Both flying demonic beasts are tamed and safe. The Green Feather Eagle costs ten low-grade Yuan Qi Stones, while the Black Feather Eagle is more expensive, requiring twenty low-grade Yuan Qi Stones."
"And the third option?" Luo Xiu asked with a frown, as three days was too slow for him.
"The third option is to use a teleportation formation. Qingyun City has a branch of the Hunter Guild, allowing you to instantly cross the distance from Yunlong Prefecture Capital to Qingyun City."
The receptionist smiled and said, "However, to use the teleportation formation, the minimum requirement is a two-star hunter, and it costs two hundred low-grade Yuan Qi Stones."
"Teleportation formation, instant arrival?"
Luo Xiu didn't hesitate at all and said directly, "I want to use the teleportation formation to go to Qingyun City."
"Sir, you are a one-star hunter. According to the rules, the minimum requirement is a two-star hunter to use the teleportation formation."
"I'm a disciple of the Free Spirit Outer Sect. Can't you make an exception?" Luo Xiu took out his token.
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"I'm sorry, you must be a two-star hunter or above to use the teleportation formation."
Clearly, the identity of a Free Spirit Outer Sect disciple was not useful in the Hunter Guild.
"Then I'll apply for the two-star hunter assessment now!" Luo Xiu said.
Similar to the one-star hunter assessment, the two-star hunter assessment also involved slaying three second-level demonic beasts in a formation, each with strength roughly equivalent to the fifth layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
Such an assessment posed no problem for Luo Xiu, who easily passed it.
Immediately after, Luo Xiu paid two hundred low-grade Yuan Qi Stones and was led to a secret chamber.
In the center of the chamber stood an altar-like structure, engraved with complex patterns and runes, glowing with blue light.
Luo Xiu had heard of teleportation formations before, and it was said that only a fourth-level formation master could set up even the simplest low-level teleportation formation. Such an altar was extremely expensive.
Stepping into the teleportation formation, as it activated, a blue light shone, and Luo Xiu's figure became increasingly blurred before disappearing in a flash.
This was Luo Xiu's first time using a teleportation formation. The dizzying sensation of crossing space made him feel nauseous and want to vomit.
The short span of three breaths felt like an eternity to him.
Finally, when the scene before him calmed, the teleportation was complete.
"Welcome to Qingyun City."
A pleasant voice greeted him, and Luo Xiu found himself in a hall, with a pretty woman smiling at him.
"Is this Qingyun City already?"
Luo Xiu looked surprised. The teleportation formation truly lived up to its reputation. A journey that took three days by Black Wind Eagle was completed in just three breaths with the teleportation formation.
"Please follow me, sir."
Led by the reception staff, Luo Xiu walked out of the hall, and as he pushed open the door, the sound of bustling activity filled his ears.
The Hunter Guild's hall!
Seeing this familiar scene, Luo Xiu was slightly taken aback, remembering that when he first came here, he was just a Martial Apprentice at the fifth level of Body Refining.
Many hunters in the hall looked at him with a mix of envy and awe.
They knew that anyone emerging from that hall must have used the teleportation formation from another city, and at the very least, was a two-star hunter at the Qi Sea Realm.
In Qingyun City, many martial artists at the Qi Sea Realm couldn't pass the two-star hunter assessment, as the assessment involved facing three demonic beasts, each comparable to the fifth layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
So here, a two-star hunter was already considered an impressive expert.
Jiang Shanshan also looked over curiously, and when she saw Luo Xiu, her brows furrowed slightly, feeling that this young man looked familiar.
She would never have imagined that the little guy who was only at the third level of Body Refining a few months ago was now a martial artist at the Qi Sea Realm.
Luo Xiu didn't linger in the Hunter Guild, quickly leaving and heading straight home.
His expression was slightly grave, spreading his Life Perception to closely monitor the surroundings, discovering that as he left the Hunter Guild, three people were tailing him.
Based on the life aura fluctuations, Luo Xiu could roughly determine that these three individuals' strength did not exceed the seventh layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
This discovery made Luo Xiu even more uneasy, indicating that someone wanted to target him and had deliberately sent his sister Luo Xiu'er's jade phoenix hairpin to the Free Spirit Outer Sect to lure him over.
"Is it that old bastard Zhang Lüliang again?"
In Luo Xiu's view, Zhang Lüliang was undoubtedly the most suspicious, like a persistent ghost, scheming tirelessly to deal with him.
With this thought, Luo Xiu suddenly turned into a deserted alley.
The three Qi Sea martial artists following him naturally also quietly followed, but in their line of sight, Luo Xiu's figure had already disappeared.
"Not good!"
The three martial artists quickly realized they had been discovered and hurriedly tried to leave the alley.
But at that moment, the sound of a Battle Sword being drawn rang out, and a black sword light sliced through the alley's stillness like lightning!
"Poof!"
Blood spurted, and the martial artist at the front stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes wide open.
Immediately after, his head fell from his neck, rolling two meters away, blood gushing like a fountain.
A figure appeared at the alley's entrance, holding a black Battle Sword, its blade still dripping with blood, causing the remaining two martial artists' faces to change dramatically.
Looking closely, Luo Xiu found that the three people following him were all young, around twenty years old, two at the sixth layer of the Qi Sea Realm, and one at the seventh layer.
The one whose head he had just severed with a single strike was one of the Qi Sea sixth-layer martial artists.
"Who are you, and why are you following me?"
Luo Xiu stepped forward, asking coldly.
The two martial artists kept retreating, their eyes filled with a mix of fear and dread, clearly intimidated by Luo Xiu's ruthless killing method.
Walking to the headless corpse, Luo Xiu saw a token hanging from its waist, which he lifted with his Shadow Sword. Upon closer inspection, it was the waist token of a Free Spirit Outer Sect disciple!
"Run!"
The two young martial artists opposite turned and fled. They had been ordered to wait near the Hunter Guild, and once Luo Xiu appeared, they were to follow him quietly.
With their Qi Sea sixth-layer companion killed in one strike, they knew that even if they joined forces, they might not be a match for Luo Xiu, so they chose to flee.
As disciples of the Free Spirit Outer Sect, each was a genius selected from various cities within Yunlong Prefecture, and their fifth-grade movement techniques allowed them to move at great speed.
But in terms of speed, how could their movement techniques compare to Luo Xiu's mastery of the Ten-Directional Phantom?
The special force technique of the Swift Sword Art allowed Luo Xiu to instantly increase both his attack speed and movement speed.
In just a brief moment, he caught up with the young martial artist at the seventh layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
"Ah!"
Sensing the increasingly close killing intent behind him, the martial artist knew he couldn't escape. Drawing the long knife from his waist, he gathered his True Qi and turned to slash at Luo Xiu.
"Poof!"
The brilliant blade light tore through, easily shredding Luo Xiu's body into pieces.
"Did I succeed?" The young martial artist's eyes showed joy, but then he was shocked, "It's an afterimage..."
With a thud, his body fell to the ground, a wound on his neck widening, blood gushing out uncontrollably.
He clutched his neck but couldn't make a sound, his life force rapidly dissipating, and he soon died.
Meanwhile, the last young martial artist following Luo Xiu had already fled over two hundred meters away.