Pebble Throwing as a Hidden Weapon
"By the way, Master, you left without paying the bill last time we ate. Do you owe it to me or do you want to pay now?" Man Gu asked before leaving.
Lu Yang quickly stopped Man Gu: "Shut up! As members of the demonic path, it's only natural for us to dine and dash. Do you think the leader is the kind of pushover who pays for meals?!"
Meng Jingzhou chimed in, "That's right! The leader said he was treating, not that he was paying the bill. How can you not even tell the difference?"
Chief Chu: "..."
It must be admitted that he is not as good as these three when it comes to bullying people.
He gritted his teeth and suppressed the urge to kill, tossing a gold ingot to Man Gu: "Keep the change, you three get out of here!"
Man Gu was completely bewildered. He was simply asking for money, so why were Brother Lu and Brother Meng speaking in such strange tones? It sounded like they were speaking on his behalf, or perhaps on behalf of the leader.
It was late at night when the three left. Lu Yang looked at the brilliant starry sky above and sighed.
"Who would have thought that the stars in the sky are all illusions? Unexpected, truly unexpected!"
Meng Jingzhou scratched his head. "There's nothing unexpected about it. My grandfather always told me that he would give me whatever I wanted, even if it was a star in the sky. When I was seven or eight years old, I pointed to a star and said, 'I want this one.'"
"My grandfather went to the universe, and when he came back, he put a spot of light the size of a fingernail on my hand and said that this was a star, and coincidentally, there was one less star in the sky."
"I gestured to my grandpa, saying that the stars should be very, very big, bigger than our yard, not this small. Grandpa just smiled mysteriously and said that the stars are this small."
"And then?" Lu Yang asked with great interest.
"Later? Then people from the Ministry of Justice came. He seemed to be a high-ranking official. He said my grandfather had stolen natural resources and demanded that he return the star. My grandfather returned the spot of light, and a star reappeared in the empty space at night."
"I felt something was wrong at the time, but I couldn't figure out what it was. As time passed, I forgot about it. But now that I'm talking about it today, I realize that what I was really holding in my hands back then was a star."
"No wonder they're from the Meng family; their childhood experiences are so different from ours." Lu Yang shook his head, thinking about what he was doing as a child.
He remembered now; when he was a child, he was recalling his experiences before time travel, reciting ancient poems like, "A perilous tower rises a hundred feet high, one could pluck the stars with their hand. I dare not speak loudly, lest I startle the celestial beings."
When he was a child, he could only pluck stars from the sky in poems, but Meng Jingzhou could actually pluck stars from the sky. That's the difference.
Recently, Lu Yang even considered writing a novel to make money, such as The Wandering Earth, but if it were set in this world, it would probably be powerful cultivators pushing the Earth, not planetary engines.
The three of them stopped thinking about the stars and the continent. Such things were too far removed from their understanding. With their cultivation levels, they couldn't even move a large rock, let alone move a star.
"Get some rest. Tomorrow we'll visit our fellow disciples who are locked up in jail."
The three yawned. At the Foundation Establishment Realm, meditation could replace sleeping, and the effect was the same, but the three preferred sleeping.
Meditation? We'll talk about that when we reach the Golden Core stage.
Early in the morning, Lu Yang found Constable Wei and explained his purpose. Constable Wei readily approved the request, allowing Lu Yang to visit the prison.
As soon as Lu Yang stepped into the prison, he felt as if his spiritual power was imprisoned, and he couldn't mobilize it at all, making his body sluggish.
"This is the Spirit-Suppressing Array that Constable Wei mentioned?" Lu Yang was surprised, not expecting the Spirit-Suppressing Array to be as powerful as Constable Wei had described.
When Chief Constable Wei gave Lu Yang the note, he mentioned that he should be wary of the spirit-suppressing array in the prison. This array is specifically designed to target cultivators. Within the range of the spirit-suppressing array, the cultivators' cultivation is imprisoned, and they cannot use any Law Technique. This is to prevent cultivators from breaking into the prison or escaping.
The prison's spirit-suppressing array is of a very high level; even Golden Core cultivators are restricted upon arrival, without exception.
Lu Yang arrived just as the prison guards were changing shifts.
The day shift guard yawned, tears welling in his eyes, looking drowsy as if he hadn't woken up properly.
The night shift guard was in a good mood, soon to get some rest, and joked, "Old Zhou, aren't you usually the most energetic? Why are you so sleepy today? Did you do something shady last night?"
Old Zhou opened his mouth wide, let out a big yawn, and said, "I don't know what's wrong with me lately, I can't seem to wake up properly. It's hard to get out of bed in the morning. It's not just me, my wife is the same. I even washed my face when I came here, but I'm still sleepy."
The night shift guard chuckled, "You must have done something tonight and didn't sleep well. Look at me, I'm not sleepy at all."
Old Zhou scoffed, "You're a cultivator, different from me."
The night shift jailer waved his hand dismissively. "I'm only at the first level of Qi Refining. It's hard to say whether I can even reach the second level in this lifetime. What kind of cultivator am I?"
The prison rules state that day shift guards are ordinary people, while night shift guards are Qi Refining at the first level of Qi Refining. Cultivators at the first level of Qi Refining can ensure they don't get sleepy at night and won't slack off.
Cultivators do not want to be suppressed by the spirit-suppressing array, just like mortals. However, it is obviously not enough for the prison to be guarded by only Qi Refining Level 1 jailers, so hidden sentries were arranged outside the prison for cultivators to guard.
After the shift handover, Lu Yang took the note to Lao Zhou.
Old Zhou glanced at Lu Yang, searched him, and found that he had nothing with him except a lunchbox, so he let him go.
Chi Xulong, a ruthless individual who had made a name for himself among the rogue Rogue Cultivator the demonic path in the nearby counties, believed that after joining the demonic sect, he would surely achieve great things, conquer a territory, and become the local tyrant.
Even now, being imprisoned cannot change his aspirations.
Since I'm in prison, I might as well become the prison bully!
The first obstacle in his path is his inability to intimidate others.
He was imprisoned in a cage that even Foundation Establishment Realm couldn't break through, and he didn't even have a weapon. The person imprisoned next door was merciless, constantly cursing and mocking him, which made Chi Xulong's teeth itch with anger.
At this moment, his fellow inmate Shen Jinyi came up with a solution. He put a pebble in his mouth, spat it out, and the pebble flew out like a bullet with astonishing power. The impact on a person was unimaginable.
As an assassin, Shen Jinyi is skilled at using various objects as concealed weapons.
"We've been through thick and thin together, so now we must cooperate wholeheartedly and fight side by side!" Shen Jinyi said loyally. "Once you learn this move of mine, you'll be invincible in prison. Let's dominate the prison together!"
Chi Xulong was greatly encouraged and worked hard from dawn till dusk to learn how to launch stone projectiles with his mouth.
Unfortunately, Chi Xulong lacked talent; he possessed only brute strength but never mastered the skill.
"You have to do it like this: hold your breath in your mouth, then exhale quickly!" Shen Jinyi was demonstrating, trying his best to teach Chi Xulong.
"I know, it's just a 'poof' sound." Chi Xulong said impatiently.
"Wrong, wrong, your pout is too small, like this."
"So?"
Lu Yang stood outside the cell, watching Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi pouting at each other, wondering whether he should speak up to remind them that this scene could easily lead to misunderstandings.
Let's record a video using a recording device first.