Chapter 380 - The Invitation of the Hall of Flowing Light

The next morning.

As expected by Gu Xi, many people entered the inn early in the morning to visit him. Most of these people came from some famous sects and forces or influential families in Jingyang City. Even some sects around Jingyang City rushed over after hearing about this.

The inn, which was not big before, was now full of people. People gathered in twos and threes, waiting for Gu Xi to show up. They did not come empty-handed. Almost all of them carried a large number of high-level spirit weapons, precious spirit herbs, and countless spirit stones. All of these were to build a connection between the forces behind them and Gu Xi.

Once they established a connection, life would definitely be easier for them in the future. It could even be said that as long as Gu Xi wanted to, the forces behind them would immediately open their doors and welcome him to join them.

The next moment, three Zhou Mingrui’s appeared before of the three of them. It happened so abruptly that they did not even see how it happened.

“Wow, this is amazing!” Zhao Anqi couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration. The Zhou Mingrui in front of her almost looked as if he had a real tangible body.

Yan Wuyue’s eyes also twinkled. She understood that this ability would be very useful in a battle, as it could create opportunities for many kinds of tactical combinations.

“Why can’t I do this?” Xiao Shengyun asked with a frown.

“First, although you can copy other people’s skills, you are not familiar with the principle of the skill itself,” Zhou Mingrui commented indifferently.

“The principle?” Xiao Shengyun looked thoughtful.

Zhou Mingrui continued, “It’s like forging a blade. You’ve only learned how to forge the same blade after watching the ironsmith do it, but ironsmith knows the principle behind the forging of any blade. He can use this principle to create another blade, or even improve it to forge an even better blade.”

“To sum it up, you know how it is formed, but you don’t know why it is formed. This is the difference between us.”

“You only know the effects of the Phantom Prison, but you didn’t know that the energy in the Phantom Prison is also phantom energy, which is a power that you could have made use of.”

With a whoosh, the three Zhou Mingrui’s suddenly brandished their fists and attacked. The powerful stance made everyone except Yan Wuyue dodge subconsciously.

However, the fist turned into a semi-shadow halfway through the swing, and felt just like a cloud of mist blowing past. Nothing touched them at all.

“But at that time, you could clearly turn illusions into reality and directly shatter my bone armor.” Xiao Shengyun quickly followed up with another question.

“Like this?”

Zhou Mingrui appeared in front of Xiao Shengyun again. Just like before, he threw a punch at him.

The intense attack still prompted Xiao Shengyun to make a subconscious reaction. However, he suppressed his intuitive reactions and stared at Zhou Mingrui’s shadow.

In the split of a second, Xiao Shengyun felt a change in the shadow. It was no longer a shadow, but Zhou Mingrui’s actual body!

“Strictly speaking, this is just an elaborate smokescreen.”

The fist stopped in front of Xiao Shengyun. Zhou Mingrui retracted his hand and continued to explain, “While you concluded that my shadow was actually a shadow, my real body had already switched places with the shadow using the power of the Phantom Prison.”

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Zhou Mingrui’s original position on the sofa. Sitting there, his figure was swaying slightly. Indeed, it was only a shadow on the sofa.

The real Zhou Mingrui leaned forward to flick Xiao Shengyun on his forehead.

However, when his finger was about to touch his forehead, it turned into a shadow again.

Feeling this irresistible pressure, everyone’s expressions changed. Immediately, they did not dare to make any sound, afraid that they would accidentally make Little Nine unhappy and die miserably here.

“I’ll give you one minute to disappear from my sight.” Little Nine stretched out a finger and waved it. At the same time, the pressure enveloping everyone instantly dissipated into nothingness. Only then did everyone heave a sigh of relief.

Even though Little Nine had already made things clear, everyone still did not leave immediately. Instead, their faces were filled with hesitation and did not know what to do.

They did not come here to represent themselves. However, they all represented the factions behind them. If they returned without accomplishing anything, they would definitely be punished to a certain extent.

“Since Master needs to rest, My Howling Tiger Sect will not disturb you any longer.”

After a moment of silence, a valiant middle-aged man took the initiative to speak. He cupped his hands towards Little Nine and Little Nine from a distance, he continued, “However, I have some small gifts here. Although it is not respectful, please accept them on behalf of Master.”

After he spoke, the middle-aged man threw a storage bag in front of Little Nine. Immediately, he did not stay any longer and hurriedly left with his followers behind him, as though he was afraid that Little Nine would return.

“Our Sky Spear Sect sincerely invites the Master to come to the sect for a chat.”

“Jing Yang City’s Liu family. It’s just a small gift. I don’t have to pay my respects.”

“The Longyin Sect in the north of the city…”

…

With the middle-aged man’s example, everyone immediately reacted and began to imitate the man’s behavior. They all bowed to Little Nine and the other two, then, one storage bag after another was delivered to Little Nine and Little Nine.

Little Nine frowned. She naturally knew that Gu Xi did not want to have any contact with these people, but before she could react, everyone had already thrown down their things, turned around, and ‘ran away’.

“It seems like they gained quite a lot.”

At this moment, a leisurely voice sounded. Gu Xi had unknowingly walked out of the room and was leaning against the railing upstairs to look down.

“These things haven’t been returned yet.”

Song Qingluan pointed at the storage bag that was piled up like a small mountain and felt a little helpless.

Gu Xi shook his head. He smiled and said, “It’s a free gift. I didn’t ask them to send it anyway. Now that your cultivation has just started, there should be a lot of things that you can use. You can look for them one by one.”

Song Qingluan was stunned for a moment before she immediately realized that Gu Xi was talking to her. She hurriedly nodded in agreement and then carried the storage bag back to her room.

“Are you still waiting for the people from Hall of Flowing Light?” looking at Gu Xi who had fallen into silence once again, Little Nine asked.

“Yes.” Gu Xi nodded. In the next moment, he seemed to have sensed something and raised his head to look in a certain direction in the distance.

There, a figure was standing in the air.

“He’s finally here.” Gu Xi raised his eyebrows and muttered.

He knew that the person who came was definitely someone from the Hall of Flowing Light, and it was definitely the Branch Hall Master of the Hall of Flowing Light in Jingyang City, Duan Hao’s father, Duan Tianming!

Soon, the figure rushed toward the direction of the inn.

In just a few breaths’ time, that person had already appeared on the first floor of the inn. He was dressed in a gray long robe and looked like a middle-aged man. His expression was cold, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy, angry, sad, or happy. He hid his emotions very well.

However, even so, Gu Xi could still catch a trace of anger deep within his eyes.

“Duan Tianming of the Hall of Flowing Light.I sincerely invited Master to the main hall of the Hall of Flowing Light for a chat.”

Duan Tianming forced out a smile and said with the corners of his mouth twitching.

“So it’s Hall Master Duan. Sorry for not welcoming you earlier.” The corners of Gu Xi’s mouth lifted slightly as he said with a smile.

Duan Tianming raised his head and looked over. The instant he saw Gu Xi, the killing intent in his eyes almost could not be concealed. Fortunately, he forcefully suppressed the impulse in his heart.

According to the reports of the few disciples who had returned to the Hall of Flowing Light earlier, the person who had killed Duan Hao was a young man dressed in green clothes!