Chapter 579: Spying from the Central Capital Imperial City

579 Spying from the Central Capital Imperial City

Hongwu?!

Liu Shanji’s heart stirred when he heard this, but his expression was normal as he said, “I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint Senior. I don’t know where General Hong went.”

In his opinion, since this young man in front of him could hide from the power of the national seal and the city protection array and enter Qingshui Pass without a sound, his cultivation realm must have reached the peak and reached a level that he could not understand. It was definitely not a problem to call him Senior.

“Is that so?” Cui Heng smiled indifferently when he heard this. He did not explain further. Instead, he raised his right hand and stretched out a finger. With a light shake, an extremely subtle light immediately lit up on his fingertip.

“This, this is?!” Liu Shanji’s pupils constricted when he saw this subtle light, revealing an incomparably shocked expression. He could no longer maintain his composure and said in surprise, “You, who are you?”

The light that lit up on Cui Heng’s fingertips just now was not strong, but it had an incomparably clear Dharmic powers aura.

This directly made Liu Shanji’s martial Dharmic powers sense something.

After all, what he displayed was pure Dharmic powers. To the Dharmic powers in his body, it was like the source.

“I’m considered his Uncle-Master.” Cui Heng smiled.

His current identity was Cui Qing, not Cui Heng. Naturally, he would not say that he was Hong Fugui’s master or teacher.

“You, you, you’re General Hong’s Uncle-Master?!” Liu Shanji’s eyes revealed a shocked expression. Then, he frowned and said curiously, “But General Hong never said that he had a Uncle-Master.”

Although the Dharmic powers Cui Heng displayed had already caused the Martial Dao power in his body to sense something, he did not believe it just like that.

In the past 200 years, many people had come to Qingshui Pass to look for Hongwu, and there was no lack of True Immortals among them. However, Liu Shanji had never revealed anything, nor had he revealed any flaws.

Even if he already trusted Cui Heng a little, he would not reveal any information about Hongwu before he was completely convinced.

“Did he tell you about the theory of Great Harmony?” Cui Heng smiled. He was quite satisfied with Liu Shanji’s reaction. He was so cautious and calm. Hong Fugui had a good eye for people.

Great Harmony…” Liu Shanji was completely shocked this time and completely believed Cui Heng. He bowed and said respectfully, “Liu Shanji greets Senior.

General Hong once told me about the theory of the Great Harmony Collection. He said that it was an unfulfilled aspiration of his. It was a path that only his teacher could summarize. It was incomparably difficult to turn it into reality, especially in a world filled with Immortals and Gods.

He wanted to hide this theory in his heart first. After he has the power and accumulated enough foundation, he can put the theories described in it into practice.”

“This understanding is already very deep.” Cui Heng nodded slightly and smiled.

“Senior, I have something to ask. You just said that you’re General Hong’s Martial Uncle…” Liu Shanji asked, “General Hong once said that the foundation of his learning and pursuit came from an Immortal surnamed Cui. Are you that Immortal’s junior brother?”

“He even told you this? That’s right, his teacher is my Senior Brother.” Cui Heng smiled and nodded.

With Hong Fugui’s personality, unless it was someone he trusted very much, he would not talk about this topic.

However, Liu Shanji’s martial arts inheritance came from Hong Fugui’s teachings. Hong Fugui even told him about the Great Harmony Collection. The relationship between the two must be extraordinary. They could almost be said to be master and disciple. It was not surprising to talk about this.

“Then do you know the whereabouts of General Hong’s teacher?” Liu Shanji hurriedly said, “General Hong once said that his greatest wish in life is to see Immortal Cui again.”

“That’s why I came to look for him.” Cui Heng smiled.

“…” Liu Shanji was stunned when he heard this. Then, he bowed and said, “Senior, please forgive me. I didn’t know Senior’s identity earlier, so I hid General Hong’s news.”

“It’s fine.” Cui Heng waved his hand gently and smiled. “You’re doing this for him, not for anything else. You can tell me about him now.”

“Yes, of course.” Liu Shanji hurriedly nodded and said, “Please take a seat first. I do have some understanding of General Hong’s whereabouts…”

“Alright.” Cui Heng nodded slightly and sat down on a chair at the side, quietly listening to Liu Shanji’s explanation.

According to Liu Shanji’s description, the reason why Hong Fugui left Qingshui Pass back then was mainly because his cultivation had encountered a bottleneck.

As the martial path he cultivated had been improved by himself, the method of breaking through was a little special. He had to travel everywhere to obtain the opportunity to step into the Sixth True World Realm.

Of course, there were also reasons why he did not want to attract too much attention.

After all, in the battle to defend the city, the results of him defeating a Seventh True World Realm cultivator with the cultivation of the Fifth True World Realm was too bizarre.

Even with the help of the National Seal and the City Protection Array, such achievements were still unbelievable.

People would naturally make connections.

This person must have a huge secret or some special and powerful treasure.

If he continued to stay in Qingshui Pass, he would definitely attract countless troubles.

He might as well leave.

However, before Hong Fugui left, he had told Liu Shanji three locations.

It was where he planned to go next.

They were the capital of the Liang Kingdom, Taichang County of the Lu Kingdom, and the Imperial City of the Central Capital.

The reason why he told Liu Shanji about these three places was because he hoped that Liu Shanji would leave Qingshui Pass after breaking through to the Fourth True World Realm, so he could go to these three places to look for him.

Hong Fugui clearly thought highly of Liu Shanji. Although they were not master and disciple, he actually felt like he wanted to nurture him as his successor.

Other than that, Cui Heng also sensed something unusual about Hong Fugui’s arrangements.

It seemed like he was giving instructions for his funeral.

“Could it be that Fugui chose to leave Qingshui Pass not just to cultivate and avoid trouble, but for some other reasons?”

Cui Heng frowned slightly and thought to himself, “If that’s really the case… then what he left behind in these three places should be important. It’s most likely of extraordinary significance.”

Thinking of this, he looked at Liu Shanji and asked, “Does Hongwu have any enemies here?”

“Enemies?” Liu Shanji thought for a moment before shaking his head. “If it’s the Liang Kingdom, many people should want General Hong to die.

“As for the Wu Kingdom and the other countries, I’ve never heard of General Hong having any enemies. General has always been kind to others, so he shouldn’t have any enemies.”

“Alright.” Cui Heng nodded and did not continue asking.

It could be seen that although Liu Shanji knew where Hong Fugui was going next, he did not know Hong Fugui’s true goal. It would be difficult to get any results if he continued asking.

He might as well go to those three places to investigate the situation.

Their first stop was the capital of the Liang Kingdom.

He could also use this opportunity to chat with the Emperor of the Liang Kingdom.

He wanted to find out what was so special about the land in this world that these powerful countries would actually fight each other for the ownership of the land and even start a war to destroy another country.

Then, Cui Heng nodded at Liu Shanji and smiled. “Thank you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he transformed into a wisp of green smoke and soared into the sky, flying out of the city of Qingshui Pass. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared, as if he had never appeared.

“He really flew in directly.” Liu Shanji looked at the sky. Although he had already guessed this earlier, he was still inexplicably shocked when he saw it.

What kind of powerful realm was this? He could actually completely ignore the power of the national seal and the city-protecting array. It was as if the core defense power of these countries did not exist at all.

“I hope General Hong will be safe.” Liu Shanji thought to himself.

….

Cui Heng really wanted to find Hong Fugui this time. He did not want to miss him again.

Therefore, since he had already learned where Hong Fugui had gone after leaving Qingshui Pass, he did not stop at all and rushed straight to the capital of the Liang Kingdom.

Although Hong Fugui might not still be here after 200 years, there would most likely be some traces left behind.

To Cui Heng, this was a clue.

When he headed to the capital of the Liang Kingdom, he suddenly felt that his fake identity had become even more solid, and his cultivation had increased.

The degree of change was very great.

Cui Heng knew that this should be because the news of the battle at Dacheng Pass had already spread.

The troops led by Chu Feixiao suffered a crushing defeat at Dacheng Pass. He disappeared directly, and more than 100,000 soldiers and many mixed-blood ferocious beasts were scattered!

At this moment, such results had already spread to the capital of the Liang Kingdom.

All the places along the way naturally knew about this.

Cui Qing, an unfamiliar name, appeared in front of countless people.

This person’s identity, origin, inheritance, realm, and other information became the center of discussion.

Naturally, it greatly increased the authenticity of this fake identity.

In the palace in the center of the capital of the Liang Kingdom, the Emperor, Jiang Ping, looked at the military report on the table with a gloomy expression, like a volcano that could erupt at any time.

“Is this the battle you mentioned earlier?! You fought to this extent?!” Jiang Ping suddenly roared. His eyes widened as he glared at the two people standing below.

“Cui Qing… where did this person come from? Why is he so powerful? Investigate clearly. I want all the information about him!”

The two of them fell silent as they nodded repeatedly and bowed.

However, in reality, after Cui Heng received the news from the capital of the Liang Kingdom, he came here.

He originally wanted to look for the Emperor of the Liang Kingdom, Jiang Ping, directly, but as soon as he entered the city, he immediately felt an inexplicable force descend and spy on him from afar.

“Someone wants to monitor me. Who noticed me? The Human Emperor?” Cui Heng frowned slightly.

However, he did not look up in the direction of the source of the power.

Instead, he quietly extended his divine sense and silently tracked that power.

And then…

He tracked down the Human Emperor that the human race respected.

Central Capital Imperial City!