Chapter 1198: Questions of Fists, Dao, and Swords—Bring Them All On
Liu Xu walked out of the Lotus Root Blessed Land. Ripples gently stirred as he arrived at a courtyard, where an umbrella bloomed like a flower, hanging in the air and slowly turning. Liu Xu appeared within the "Cool Shade."
At the "entrance" stood a black-clothed little girl, ramrod straight. Her head slowly turned, her gaze moving from the far left to the right, over and over again, calling it a patrol.
Beside her stood a white-haired boy, responsible for recording the exact times outsiders entered and left the blessed land. This Genealogy Officer of Luopo Mountain accompanied the little girl with the canvas shoulder bag as a Guardian God.
Only upon reaching Luopo Mountain did Liu Xu learn that this place was called Jiling Peak. Yet Jise Peak, where Luopo Mountain's Patriarch Hall stood, was merely a secondary peak rather than the ancestral mountain.
Since the Mountain Lord, chief steward Zhu Lian, and Discipline Patriarch Chang Ming were all absent from the mountain, the "key to opening the door" to the blessed land had been entrusted to Nuan Shu. A house had specifically been built in the mountain to store the Wutong Umbrella. In truth, aside from a layer of Illusion Technique, the house had no Mountain Water Restriction to speak of.
After registering at the mountain gate, this current Clan Head of Mule Horse River said he wished to discuss something with Mountain Lord Chen. Hearing that Chen Ping'an had gone into the blessed land, Liu Xu originally intended to wait. The pink-skirted girl asked whether he was in a hurry, and Liu Xu said it was not particularly urgent and that he could wait. The pink-skirted girl asked Sword Immortal Liu to wait a moment, then