Eternal Sacred King

2425 Blood Peach Blossom Tree

Langfeng City, City Lord’s residence.

In a room in a courtyard, Su Zimo and Lin Luo rested respectively with their eyes closed.

However, there was a hint of worry on Lin Luo’s face, as though she was uneasy.

Before long, Su Zimo suddenly opened his eyes and said softly, “Something’s not right. This City Lord seems to be too polite to us.”

Lin Luo turned over as well, seemingly enlightened. “Indeed. I’ve only met him once by fate and I’ve never heard my brother mention anything about having any relationship with him.”

“Let’s go out and take a look.”

Su Zimo said and stood up to push the door open. Lin Luo followed quickly.

The moment the two of them walked out of the room, they sensed that there were many cultivators guarding the outer perimeter of the courtyard.

At the entrance of the courtyard, Su Zimo saw a man in armor not far away. His back was facing them and his arms were crossed.

The person turned around slowly—it was one of the commanders of Langfeng City, Jiang Xuanyou!

“Where are the two of you going?”

Jiang Xuanyou asked.

Su Zimo replied casually with a calm expression, “This our first time in Langfeng City. We’re going to walk around.”

“Indeed you should.”

Jiang Xuanyou nodded without saying anything more.

However, Su Zimo and Lin Luo did not walk far before they realized that Jiang Xuanyou was following closely behind them with a group of Imperial Army soldiers.

A moment later, Su Zimo suddenly paused and turned around, smiling at Jiang Xuanyou. “Commander Jiang, you have an important position. There’s no need to bother about us. The two of us are just taking a casual look.”

Jiang Xuanyou said, “The City Lord has instructed that the two of you are guests of the Jade Firmament Immortal Domain. He asked me to bring people to protect the two of you and not let anything happen.”

Lin Luo sneered internally and could not help but say, “What danger can there be in Langfeng City?”

“Nothing is absolute, just in case.”

Jiang Xuanyou said expressionlessly.

This did not seem like protection. Instead, it was more like keeping watch on them!

Even if they fell out on the spot, it was useless.

Jiang Xuanyou was a Perfected Immortal. Even if the two of them joined forces, they were not his match.

Furthermore, he was surrounded by a group of Imperial Army soldiers.

Su Zimo and Lin Luo took a casual spin around Langfeng City. With Jiang Xuanyou and a group of Imperial Army soldiers guarding the surroundings, no one dared to advance rashly and had long retreated far away.

Under such circumstances, the two of them were in no mood to stroll and returned to the courtyard early.

“What is Jiang Xuanyou trying to do?”

When Lin Luo returned to her room, she was enraged and could not help but say, “How is he protecting us? He’s clearly spying on us!”

“It’s probably Song Xuan’s intention.”

Su Zimo closed his eyes and sensed for a long time before saying slowly, “Jiang Xuanyou is not the only Perfected Immortal in the vicinity of this courtyard. There should be more than ten.”

Although his spirit consciousness could not detect the Perfected Immortals, the Green Lotus True Body’s five senses were sharp and his spirit perception was terrifying—he could vaguely capture more than ten faint and powerful auras!

“They arranged for so many Perfected Immortals?”

Lin Luo was secretly alarmed and murmured with a grim expression, “What is Song Xuan trying to do?”

Su Zimo said deeply, “More than ten Perfected Immortals are guarding the vicinity. It’s probably not as simple as surveillance. It’s more like… imprisoning us!”

Imprisonment!

Lin Luo’s expression changed. As though she recalled something, she hurriedly took out a messenger talisman from her storage bag and whispered, “I’ve got to send a message to my brother and ask him not to come over!”

Although Lin Luo did not understand Song Xuan’s intentions, she had already realized that something was amiss and wanted to stop Lin Lei from coming.

“I’m afraid it’s useless.”

Su Zimo shook his head gently. “If Song Xuan truly intends to imprison us, he will naturally sever your connection with the outside world.”

Indeed.

Lin Luo silently released a Dharmic art. After tearing the messenger talisman apart, the contents of the talisman turned into a ball of light. Instead of escaping into the void, they floated in the room.

Before long, they dissipated.

After the failed message, Lin Luo clenched her fists instinctively. She was worried and had a helpless expression, not knowing what to do.

There must be some sort of restriction array formation set up around the courtyard that could prevent messages from being sent.

There was no solution to this matter. Even if they left the courtyard, they would be watched by Jiang Xuanyou and the other Perfected Immortals.

Even if Lin Luo could take out a messenger talisman, it would be interrupted and she would not be able to send a message.

On the other hand, Su Zimo seemed rather calm.

In his storage bag, there was a Teleportation Jade Badge given to him by the Sect Master of the Academy.

That was his escape plan!

Even if Song Xuan was present, as long as he crushed the Teleportation Jade Badge, he would be able to leave this place with Lin Luo and return to Heaven and Earth Academy, let alone the dozens of Perfected Immortals.

At that time, Lin Luo could make use of the academy’s teleportation formation to return to the Green Firmament Immortal Domain.

The Teleportation Jade Badge was a lifesaving method and he would naturally not take it out right away unless it was absolutely necessary.

Just as Su Zimo was about to tell Lin Luo about this and console her, the latter suddenly stood up and whispered, “Let’s go out and test the waters again. We’ll say that we’ll head to the teleportation formation in the city and see how Jiang Xuanyou reacts.”

Lin Luo was still unwilling to believe this matter and had a sliver of hope.

“Alright.”

Su Zimo nodded and left the room with Lin Luo, arriving at the entrance of the courtyard.

Not far away, Jiang Xuanyou welcomed them immediately with a cold expression. “Where are the two of you going?”

“Where’s the teleportation formation in the city?”

Lin Luo asked bluntly.

A strange look flashed through Jiang Xuanyou’s eyes before disappearing rapidly as he said indifferently, “It’s the Immortal Peach Banquet right now. Due to this special occasion, the teleportation formation in the city is temporarily closed and can’t be used.”

At that point, Lin Luo no longer had any doubts.

They were already under Song Xuan’s house arrest!

Jiang Xuanyou said, “At the Immortal Peach Banquet, the Heaven Ranking competition that happens once every 100,000 years in the Jade Firmament Immortal Domain will be an intense battle. If the two of you are interested, I can accompany you to take a look.”

“Not interested!”

Lin Luo replied coldly, “Let’s go!”

With that said, Su Zimo and Lin Luo turned around and walked towards their rooms.

Jiang Xuanyou looked at the backs of the two of them with a mocking expression. Raising his brow slightly, he declared, “The City Lord said that if the two of you are not interested in the Immortal Peach Banquet, you can take a seat at the Blood Peach Banquet.”

“Over the years, the City Lord has painstakingly nurtured a variant blood peach blossom tree. The fruit is about to ripen. If the two of you are interested, I can take you guys to take a look. This is a rare opportunity.”

“Hmph!”

Lin Luo harrumphed coldly and continued forward.

She was frustrated and worried about her kin—how could she be in the mood to look at a peach blossom tree?

However, Su Zimo’s heart skipped a beat as he frowned. He gradually stopped in his tracks and narrowed his eyes slightly. His expression was dark, clearly pondering about something.

“What’s going on?”

Lin Luo asked instinctively when she saw Su Zimo’s strange expression.

Su Zimo ignored her and turned around slowly. He looked at Jiang Xuanyou who was not far away and smiled, asking, “Commander Jiang, what is up with the blood peach blossom tree you mentioned earlier on?”

Jiang Xuanyou did not think too much about it. “The seedling of this Immortal Peach Tree was a superior-class item to begin with. After our City Lord nourished it with the blood of a humanoid peach blossom spirit, the Immortal Peach Tree underwent a complete transformation and turned into a variant!”

“It’s no exaggeration to say that this is the only blood peach blossom tree in the Heavenly World and even the entire upper world!”

Jiang Xuanyou raised his head slightly and said proudly. He did not notice that Su Zimo’s expression had gradually darkened.