UGB Chapter 157 Dilapidated Antiques and Custom-Made Coffins
Chapter 157 Dilapidated Antiques and Custom-Made Coffins
The capital city. The headquarters of the Astronomical Bureau, six floors underground.
The three-meter-thick special alloy explosion-proof door slowly slid open to both sides under the push of the hydraulic rod.
Old Li led the way.
There were no lights in the warehouse. Only the cold blue glow emanating from the edges of the display cases. The air was dry and carried a musty smell of mothballs.
Lu Yuan followed behind Old Li, stepping on the floor paved with insulating material.
He didn't even glance at the ancient martial arts manuals and so-called famous swords that the Celestial Bureau treasured like precious artifacts.
These things are priceless treasures in the eyes of Earth's martial artists. But in Lu Yuan's eyes, they're just a pile of trash that no one would even bother to pick up if thrown into a latrine in the cultivation world.
He walked to a stand-alone glass display case at the very back of the warehouse.
Inside the display case was a palm-sized, jet-black stone. Its surface was engraved with intricate and twisted patterns.
It shares the same origin as the boundary stone fragment that Lu Yuan used to set up the formation at Panlong Mountain in Jiangzhou. However, this piece is made of an even older material, and the stellar energy it contains is purer.
"Mr. Lu has a good eye."
Old Li quickly came up to report.
"This is something that the S.H.I.E.L.D. salvaged at a high price in the high seas of the East China Sea. Our people intercepted it halfway. In the top-secret files of the S.H.I.E.L.D., this thing is marked as a 'high-dimensional energy overflow point,' and they have been trying to extract the radiation energy inside to make new weapons."
After hearing this, Lu Yuan...
He really wanted to crack open the skulls of those scientists at the S.H.I.E.L.D. consortium and see if they were filled with shoddy work.
They're using the Guixu Boundary Stone, which is used in the cultivation world to stabilize boundary passages, to try and extract radiation energy. If these natives were to pursue their research in the cultivation world, they'd probably be beaten to death by apprentices from the Weapon Refining Sect before even surviving half an episode.
Lu Yuan was too lazy to waste words.
He simply raised his hand.
Without using any true essence, he simply relied on the purest physical strength of his Mahayana-stage body to press his five fingers directly against the bulletproof glass.
Click!
The special glass, which was supposed to withstand close-range fire from armor-piercing bullets, was torn open like a biscuit by him.
Old Li was so frightened that he took half a step back, not daring to breathe.
Lu Yuan took out the boundary stone.
The moment the stone touched his palm, the twisted patterns on its surface seemed to come alive, emitting faint red light.
This is the Guixu Boundary Stone sensing the aura of law emanating from the Mahayana stage physical body.
Lu Yuan did not attempt to put the boundary stone into his storage ring.
His true essence is currently suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Chains, and his storage ring is also sealed.
He applied force directly with all five fingers.
boom!
He crushed the incredibly hard boundary stone into powder with a single hand.
A surge of extremely pure starlight energy flowed through his palm, like a sharp awl, piercing directly into his meridians.
This force is not under the jurisdiction of the Earth's Heavenly Dao.
It traveled upwards along the meridians and crashed violently into the straight black chain deep within the sea of consciousness.
The chains emitted a dull hum.
The chains that had been tightly binding the true essence were forcibly pried open by this external force of starlight, creating a gap the thickness of a hair.
A wisp of pale golden true essence seeped out from the crack and began to circulate through Lu Yuan's eight extraordinary meridians again.
Although it was only one ten-millionth of the peak amount.
But it's enough to activate the sword energy at your fingertips, or to release a few Soul-Devouring Death Curses.
Lu Yuan brushed the stone dust off his hands.
He turned to look at Old Li, who was still hunched over.
"Go do me a favor."
"Give me your orders! I'll brave mountains of knives and seas of fire without batting an eye!"
Old Li thumped his chest loudly.
"It's not that complicated."
Lu Yuan pointed outside the door.
"Go to the largest coffin shop in the capital. Order thirteen top-quality golden nanmu coffins. Make sure they are large enough. Deliver them all to the martial arts arena by noon tomorrow."
Old Li's mouth was agape, and the fat on his face froze.
He quickly went through the intelligence in his mind.
One executive officer from the S.H.I.E.L.D. conglomerate, plus twelve S-class mutants. That's exactly thirteen people.
"Then... what about the five reclusive elders of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance?"
Old Li couldn't help but ask a question.
Lu Yuan continued walking out without stopping.
"Those five old geezers don't deserve to sleep in coffins. Just scatter them and use them as fertilizer."
The bland voice echoed in the empty underground warehouse.
Old Li's legs went weak, and he quickly grabbed the display case next to him for support. He watched Lu Yuan's figure disappear out the door, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The sky over the capital.
This time, they're really going to create a huge hole.
at the same time.
Jiangzhou. Panlong Mountain Villa.
Lin Zhen sat in front of the monitoring console, his eyes bloodshot.
He hadn't slept for three days straight. The highest-level key to the Celestial Surveillance Bureau was inserted into the control panel. He had completely severed the signal network within a ten-mile radius of Panlong Mountain.
Not even the trail of a fly could be sent back to the capital.
In the bedroom on the second floor of the villa.
Lu Qingxue curled up on the bed, covered with three thick down comforters.
Although the medicinal power of the Extreme Flame Dragon Marrow temporarily neutralized the cold poison of the Nine Yin Profound Meridians, her body was now like a nuclear reactor that had been forcibly locked. Even the slightest leakage of spiritual energy would cause countless troubles.
Lin Zhen held a glass of ice-cold black coffee, watching the seemingly normal scene on the surveillance screen.
He knew he was walking a tightrope.
Although that bastard Zhou Ming is dead in prison, the powerful figures in Beijing behind him will definitely not let this go.
Lin Zhen touched the pistol in his pocket, which was loaded with special bullets.
He had already made plans. If the capital really sent people to force their way into Panlong Mountain, he would risk his life to hold out until Lu Yuan returned.
He couldn't bear the wrath of the Celestial Venerable. But serving as the Celestial Venerable's guard dog meant at least he could die knowing why.
Just then.
The encrypted communicator behind Lin Zhen suddenly rang.
This is an emergency frequency known only to the highest levels of the Astronomical Bureau.
Lin Zhen answered the communicator.
From inside came Old Li's tired yet strangely excited voice.
"Lin Zhen, notify all personnel in Jiangzhou to evacuate from the outskirts of Panlong Mountain. For the next three days, even if the sky falls, you are not allowed to interfere."
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment.
"Old Li, what happened?"
Old Li let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"That ruthless devil is going to order fertilizer from the martial arts arena tomorrow."