Chapter 455: Echoes of the Past (Part )Winter, 1940, in the mountains and forests outside a northern county town. Suddenly, thunder rumbled, wind and clouds rose, and birds and beasts fled in panic. The space was like soft paper, which was easily cut by the blade made of scarlet magic power, and two old figures walked out. The moment they landed, the almost thin spiritual energy made Lu Ci and Gao Mei frown subconsciously, and their bodies even showed signs of rejection, similar to the discomfort that fish feel after coming ashore. A strong feeling of suffocation and depression permeated every corner of their bodies and minds. In recent years, their bodies have gradually adapted to the environment rich in spiritual energy. Now that they have returned to the old times overnight, they are inevitably affected. “I’m really back” Stepping on the soil beneath his feet, noticing the air around him that was not filled with the smoke of war, Lu Ci took a gentle breath into his lungs, and his whole body suddenly relaxed. He murmured in a low voice, his expression moved. "Don't be careless, this world is just as dangerous." Gao Mei reminded her carefully. She slowed down her breathing, exhaled again and again, and began to adapt to the environment here as quickly as possible. The feeling of suffocation was gradually subsiding and getting slightly better. Just talking about the cultivation level of the two, their strength is comparable to that of a Level 5 awakener. In an era when the secluded sects were huddled in secret realms, they were the undisputed overlords of this continent, able to do almost anything they wanted.

"I know." Lu Ci looked up with dismay. His eyes, which had always been fierce and cold, now revealed a hint of almost extinct tenderness as he looked at the county town with scattered lights in the distance. The pain in their bodies continued to ease, and within a short while, the two of them basically adapted to the environment here. Lu Ci's right hand lightly touched the wrist-shaped magic weapon in his left hand. It was a storage ring created by the research and development department in the past two years. It was similar to the devouring sac, but was larger in size, with an area of ​​20 cubic meters. As he flapped his hands, some kind of induction was triggered, and a silver light flashed, revealing a transparent, ultra-thin mask that embodied the most advanced biological facial mimicry technology. Lu Ci put it on skillfully, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a middle-aged man with ordinary looks. In between disguises, he did not forget to talk to Gao Mei: "President Gao, what are you going to do this time when you come back?" "kill." The old woman spoke briefly, smiling slightly, with a flat and cold voice. She was also concealing her true appearance, appearing to be an ordinary peasant woman. "Tell me, if we stay here for a long time, will we be willing to go back?" Lu Ci looked at the magic rune on his wrist and heard Jiang Mo's reminder in his ears, and he couldn't help but think deeply. He still maintained his rationality in his heart, but subconsciously, he was trying to avoid the most important question: what to do when the deadline was up. He did not make plans or make up his mind in advance because he knew clearly that the constraints of family affection and everything that was about to happen would most likely turn into invisible chains, locking his body, mind and flesh together in this world. In response to Lu Ci's question, Gao Mei sighed: "President Lu, I have no idea how to answer your question. Let's just take it one step at a time. Who can predict the future?" "Even if it exceeds the two-year deadline, it may not be impossible for us to return." "Are you talking about the head of the Jiang family in this world?" Lu Ci guessed the answer easily. "Yes, if I have the chance in the future, I should go visit him when he was young." As they talked, the two of them walked on the rugged mountain road as if it were flat ground. Each step covered dozens of feet, and they arrived at the county town at the end of the horizon in less than a moment.

After entering the city, before he had time to get any information, he was run into by a group of local thugs. Seeing that they were dressed in strange clothes, seemed to have some money, and looked unfamiliar, they did not look like local residents. They thought they were refugees from other places, so they became greedy and wanted to extort and murder them. The result is predictable after a few minutes. In a narrow alley, the smell of blood spread wildly, and the ground was covered with blurred, rotten flesh. After getting the information he wanted and some money, Lu Ci released his true energy and sent the gangsters to reincarnate. After investigation, we found out that they are now in an island city on the northeast coast, more than 600 kilometers away from the province where the Lu family has taken root, and even farther away from the Tang Clan in Shu, 2300 kilometers away. In the circle of extraordinary people, Jianghu Xiaozhan, the most well-informed restaurant, became their first stop. After traveling for several hours, Lu Ci and Gao Mei crossed four or five provinces and headed southwest. When the sun just rose, they came to the inn, found the head of the inn Liu Wei, paid the corresponding reward, and inquired for information. Lu Ci asked about some common things and the battles that had taken place in recent years, and found that they were particularly consistent with the direction in their memory. He also learned through indirect inquiries that his brother Lu Ren was still alive, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Gao Mei's anxious heart also calmed down quietly. She knew that her father Gao Yingcai and several seniors and masters in the sect all died in the battle of Mianshan. According to her disciples later, her father had a clear chance to leave, but in the end he died at the hands of Quan Xing monsters and Japanese devils in order to avenge her. Before Mianshan, there was an interception battle when Bihe Ren landed in Shanghai. At that time, the four sects, Putuo Temple, Longhu Mountain, and Shangqing, all participated. Now, the interception battle has not happened yet, which means that she has enough time to deal with the other beast first. Just then, Gao Mei spoke. "Boss, help me find the whereabouts of a Quan Xing demon. You name the price, I can afford it." "oh?" "I wonder who you are looking for, sister? I will try my best to help." Liu Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of vigilance appeared in his eyes. He was not sure whether the peasant woman in front of him was a Quan Xing monster or an enemy of the other party. But during the years that he had been running the inn, there had indeed been quite a few mixed Quan Xing members who had sneaked in to gather information. Some of them were unknown, and some were new members who had joined and could not be discovered every time. "Liang Ting." Gao Mei said coldly. When he heard the name, although Liu Wei did not sense any murderous intent, his intuition told him that these two people were definitely enemies. "It's easy to find him, but he is very capable. He inherited the 'Soft Bones and Ink Tendons' lineage from his master. After his skills became perfect, he slaughtered his master's entire family. After that, he made countless enemies in the martial arts world, but after decades, he is still at large." At this point, Liu Wei paused for a moment and admonished: "Ah, big sister, forgive me for being blunt, if you want to seek revenge on him, I'm afraid that you and this big brother alone are far from enough, and I can't bear to kill you. A gentleman loves money, but he gets it in a proper way. If I let you die in vain for money, I will feel guilty. Please think twice." Seeing this, Lu Ci, a colleague who had been through thick and thin with him for many years, decisively helped. He didn't know when, but his right hand had already taken out a piece of gold from his bosom, and with a dull "pa" he pressed it on the table, smiling faintly and saying without letting anyone refuse: "Personal grudges, please don't bother Manager Liu to worry about them. We are only talking about business." "Please tell us, Boss, where is that demon now?" Gao Mei continued to ask, her old and deep eyes revealing a terrible chill.

Even though so many years had passed and she had let go of her hatred in the end, but now that she had such a rare opportunity, how could she not settle the accounts. Humiliating. Killing father. Just based on these two points, she was determined to chop this beast into a human stick. She wanted to see who dared to stop her? Who could stop her? Faced with the requests of Lu Ci and Gao Mei, Liu Wei sighed and put away the gold on the table, which meant that he accepted the deal and was responsible for his own life and death. Then he stood up silently, walked into the dark room behind the curtain, and left these words. "Wait for me. It won't take more than an hour at most." After he finished speaking, Liu Wei's figure disappeared in the dim little room. Lu Ci and Gao Mei waited patiently, and after about half an hour, the result came out. Liu Wei, who had returned, used a special communication method to contact the spies outside, and confirmed again and again to get the latest news. "They are in a cave somewhere in the desert of Dunhuang. We just went in yesterday." "Also traveling with Liang Ting are the head of Quanxing Sect Wu Gensheng, the lay Buddhist Wu Man, the fierce actor Xia Liuqing, and Jin Feng..." "My brothers and sisters here started investigating this Wu Gensheng a long time ago. His origins are unknown, as if he appeared out of thin air. We can't find his whereabouts. Every time we follow him, we are discovered at the critical moment and lose the clues." "It's the same this time. I can only provide you with a general location. You still need to find the specific traces yourself." "One last thing to say. There are many of them. Be careful, both of you." Liu Wei reeked of alcohol and held a wine gourd in his hand as he spoke earnestly. In his opinion, these two people, who were just like villagers and peasant women, even if they had some skills in refining Qi, were still far from the great masters who were proficient in mechanical devices and talismans. Not to mention that there were other monsters around, he was afraid that this trip would be a life-or-death experience. "Dunhuang?" Gao Mei, who learned the location of her enemy, breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Thank you, shopkeeper. I'll ask you to do me one more thing. Is that okay?" "Sister, you tell me, I'll try my best." Liu Wei tilted his head back and drank, a little drunk. "Send a message to the Tang Sect. Come here to pick up Liang Ting in three days." "?!" After hearing Gao Mei's words, Liu Wei was stunned. It seemed that he had a narrow vision and had misjudged the person. "Okay, I'll take care of this. As for the people from the Tang Sect, it's up to them whether they are willing to come." Liu Wei agreed without even thinking about it. "Then I wish you two a safe and triumphant return." "Goodbye." Gao Mei stood up and said goodbye without any hesitation, and Lu Ci followed closely. After leaving the inn, two figures were like ghosts, teleporting thousands of meters away. Gao Mei opened a strange door and used the art of teleportation to immediately shake off any suspicious spies in the city.

"President Gao, if you need any help, just let me know. My skills in dealing with people are no worse than yours in the Tang Sect." In his early years, Lu Ci had a connection with the Tang Clan. He had heard of this matter and knew the grudges between the two sides, so he wanted to lend a helping hand. "Thank you. Let's go." Gao Mei looked into the distance, which was the northwest direction. Dunhuang was far away in the horizon. There was not much emotional ups and downs in her words, but the murderous intent was even purer. "Boom!!!" The next moment, two afterimages set off a terrible sonic boom, and like monsters, they sped across the vast land, bringing a deafening roar, and headed straight for Dunhuang, with a speed approaching Mach 3, wrapped in sharp airflow like a blade. As the distance between them continued to shrink, Gao Mei's eyes became colder. In less than half an hour, the two of them crossed mountains and rivers, crossed four or five provinces, and arrived in Dunhuang. What appeared before them was a desolate and even somewhat dilapidated town, and outside the town was an endless desert. They headed straight into the depths of the desert, and after walking for a while, Lu Ci stopped. "This is enough. They can't hide anywhere else. It will take some time to find them." "Okay, then it's hard work." Gao Mei knew what he wanted to do. Then, Lu Ci squatted down, his hands emitting dazzling and rich blue energy, and he lightly touched the sand on the ground, releasing invisible ripples that spread madly at an extremely fast speed. In less than half a breath, they were already a hundred meters away. And it did not cause any noise. The Qi flows controlled by him were all compressed to the extreme weakness. At this moment, they were like ultrasonic radars, sweeping the entire desert. 1km radius 5km radius 20km radius 50km radius Over the past 10 minutes, Lu Ci's Qi swept across a large amount of soil underground, capturing the reverberating vibrations from a wide variety of creatures walking on the ground. Suddenly, a cruel arc appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "Hey, I found it, President Gao, there really are five monsters." "lead the way." "call out--!" "Boom!!!" Without further ado, the two men set off again, stirring up an airflow of smoke and dust. The air made sharp explosions, as terrifying as a natural disaster. For them, the 70-kilometer distance is just a two-minute journey. At the same time, somewhere in the desert, Wu Gensheng, with a shaved head and wearing a gray cassock, led Liang Ting, Xia Liuqing and Jin Feng to find a cave left by a Buddhist master for Wu Man. They were going to go into seclusion and comprehend the truth, but suddenly their faces changed. They sensed something strange behind them, as if some terrifying beast was attacking them. The air was filled with a vague murderous intent. They instinctively felt a fatal threat. When they turned around, they saw a roaring tornado approaching, and dark clouds covered the area, blocking the rising sun. "?!" Just as Wu Man was about to step into the cave, he began to feel an uncontrollable chill down his spine. He turned back abruptly, staring at the strange celestial phenomenon with an extremely solemn expression. "What the hell is that?" Liang Ting said in astonishment. He had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, but he had an indescribable sense of danger.

"We have to flee quickly! Master, it's a natural disaster. If we don't leave now, it will be too late." Xia Liuqing shouted from the side, and Jin Feng was also urging anxiously. "Let's go! Master, what are you still standing there for?" However, the next moment, Wu Gensheng seemed to have foreseen something, and his pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a needle. His whole body was enveloped by two unspeakable dangerous auras, and his face changed drastically, because he vaguely saw two unknown figures in the blurry tornado. It's too late. Can't escape! The moment he had this thought, a middle-aged man and a peasant woman appeared without warning, more than ten meters away in front of them, examining them as if they were prey. The murderous aura was like a raging sea. It was only their first encounter, but the faces of the five men changed dramatically. The desperately large gap in strength made their bodies tremble instinctively. Grandmaster, grandmaster, supreme grandmaster. This is the realm of inner exploration and cultivation of extraordinary people, representing the achievements in their field. Above the supreme grandmaster is the realm of immortals on earth. The strength of this realm is roughly equivalent to that of a level 5 awakener, which is the combat power that Lu Ci and Gao Mei possess now. Faced with an unknown enemy that was two major realms lower than them, Wu Gensheng, Wu Man, Liang Ting and others felt an unshakable intuition in their hearts. "I wonder why the two seniors are visiting this place?" Wu Gensheng calmed himself down and quickly recovered. He asked politely. At the same time, he secretly made preparations and quietly activated his divine spirit to prevent any accidents. Liang Ting looked at the peasant woman and sensed a strong murderous intent. In this situation, he was not afraid but unusually excited. The look in her eyes was too similar to those of the enemies he had killed. He got so excited that he grinned and said: "Hey, why are you staring at me like this? Did I offend you or kill your relatives?" "Boom!" As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it. He felt his vision blurry and could not react at all to what was happening. His entire head, along with his deformed, fat and strong hunchbacked body, was suddenly grabbed by an invisible big hand and instantly smashed onto the gravel on the ground. "Ahhh!!!" Dense sand penetrated the skin and seeped into the muscles, and a pig-killing-like wail sounded. The sand that should have been soft and loose had sunk into a terrifying deep pit under the violence, and bright red blood was oozing out of it. Liang Ting's facial bones shattered and collapsed, and he screamed desperately. "!!!" Wu Gensheng, Wu Man, Xia Liuqing, and Jin Feng were all frozen in place. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would not have believed that this peasant-like woman only raised her hand slightly and hit Liang Ting's head so hard that it was broken and he had no power to resist at all. Liang Ting is Wu Gensheng, one of the people who are still crossing. When he saw him in trouble, he wanted to help, but he hesitated for some reason. He even didn't dare to use the divine spirit that he relied on the most. "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Liang Ting, who was in a desperate situation, tried to struggle, but the holes in his abdomen and back shot out earthworm-like weapons that attacked the person who attacked him. "Oh!" Before he got close, under the influence of Fenghou's magic circle, his weight suddenly increased countless times and fell to the ground. It was like a chain weighing thousands of pounds, controlling Liang Ting so that he could not move. "Bitch, I'm going to kill you!" He roared like a wild beast, calling for help, hoping to grab the last straw.

"Wu Gensheng! Lao Wu! Help me!!" However, the two people were so scared that they dared not make any move. Liang Ting, who was of similar strength to them, was beaten like this. If they insisted on taking action, they would only be seeking death. "Pfft!!!" The surrounding soil gathered together and formed a sand spear, piercing Liang Ting's right leg. The pain made him so painful that his eyes were bloodshot and he started cursing. "You bastards, I'm going to kill you all!!!" "Pfft!!" Another sand spear pierced his left leg, damaging his tendons and veins, leaving him unable to walk. "Kakakaka!!!" Then, Gao Mei controlled the changes of the magic circle. A chain made of gravel, like the coils of a python, tightly bound Liang Ting's throat, causing his breathing to gradually weaken. His whole body became weak due to lack of oxygen to the brain. He was suspended in the void, and blood continued to ooze out of his thighs. Wu Gensheng felt like he was on the brink of death. He took a deep breath, made a decision, and calmly asked the two of them: "Since this is a personal grudge between the two seniors, we juniors will not bother you any more and will leave now." "Wu Gensheng, you son of a bitch, you and your whole family will die! Your whole family will die!!" "You promised to help me? How dare you lie to me!!" Liang Ting was extremely furious and kept cursing because the other party ignored him and did not help him. He was so angry that he wanted to eat his flesh and blood alive. "Goodbye." Wu Gensheng clasped his fists, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by a voice. "That's enough of your cleverness. I didn't allow you to leave." Lu Ci's statement suddenly made the atmosphere in the whole venue as tense and thrilling as a powder keg with the fuse lit. "Hahaha!! You son of a bitch, Wu Gensheng, you, the leader of Quan Xing, still want to leave? Stay here and leave me as a corpse!" Just as Liang Ting was gloating over his misfortune, several more bloody holes appeared on his body. His arms and scapula were hooked through, and he was almost becoming a disabled person. His body was so weak that he was dying, but his spirit was excited, his eyes were red, and he was laughing crazily. "Fat pig, you're making so much noise. Be quiet, or you'll be in trouble later." Lu Ci's left hand glowed with scarlet blood and flew towards Liang Ting's head, penetrating into his skin, modifying his flesh, and destroying his five senses and vocal cords. It is unable to make any sound and can only wriggle and struggle in fear and franticness. Its life is always hanging by a thread, and it can neither die nor feel better. This unbelievable method made the other four people shudder. This time, things are really bad, it's fatal! "Senior, I wonder if I have ever offended you? Or maybe you have other instructions?" Wu Gensheng asked with a frown, his heart tense. "You are Quan Xing. Do I need a reason to kill you?" Lu Ci asked jokingly. "Then I can stop being a Quan Xing and quit Quan Xing today. Senior, please be magnanimous and let me go." After saying that, Wu Gensheng immediately knelt on the ground, fawning in a low voice with a apologetic smile on his face. He was as soft as a turtle and did not look like a master of Quan Xing at all.

"Oh? Then you should announce it to the world. Find someone of high status and seniority in the circle to be a witness and preside over your retirement ceremony. See if anyone causes trouble for you within seven days." Lu Ci's smile was bright and sinister. He had no intention of letting him go. He echoed his words like he was teasing a child. "No problem, keep it on me!" "I'll do it right away. I'll follow your instructions. If you don't believe me, just follow me." Wu Gensheng said this solemnly. He knew very well that he could not reveal any flaws at this moment. Even though he was extremely panicked inside, he still pretended to be honest and submissive on the surface. "Head." "It's no use. Get up. He wants to kill you." Just when Wu Gensheng was wondering whether he could get away with it, Wu Man, who had been silent all the time, spoke. "Nonsense, I have no grudge against my seniors, and I haven't even retreated yet!" Wu Gensheng deliberately scolded. "He's right." Lu Ci suddenly smiled, scratched his head, and looked embarrassed. "You made one mistake. Even if you are not a demon of all nature, I don't need a reason to kill you." (End of this chapter)