Volume 1: Entering the Path through Martial Arts Chapter 20: Everything is Ready (Seeking Collection and Recommendations)

  "Ah, so you're the legendary cultivator from Middle-earth. I've heard stories about you from our ancestors. Qingxuan Daoist, are you here to deal with those detestable Bright Church followers again? I think we can offer you some assistance. If you're willing, we can discuss further at our castle," Arnold said.

  "Today is probably not possible, I don't have much time now, I need to go to that St. Paul's Cathedral in two days, the remaining time is very limited, when I have a chance next time, I will definitely visit your Carol family's castle." Yufeng thought for a moment and still said something about his purpose.

  After all, the Illuminati is the sworn enemy of the Dark Church for thousands of years, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two. If Arnold can provide some help, the safety of this trip will be greatly improved. After all, this is their place, and they must know more than what they can find out by themselves. The Dark Church would rather see St. Paul's Cathedral destroyed in their own hands, so they must have some corresponding measures to match their own.

  "I wish to come clean, True Person wants to attack St. Paul's Cathedral, this is an idea that only a strong person like you would have, we can't directly send people to help you attack St. Paul's Cathedral, but we are happy to provide True Person with sufficient intelligence, and we will also request the council to increase pressure on the Church of Light here, to attract more attention, in order to share some pressure for True Person." When Arnold heard that Yu Feng wanted to attack St. Paul's, he was even more shocked, thinking that indeed only a strong person would have such an idea. He couldn't guess what Yu Feng's true plan was, destroying the Great Cathedral of St. Paul was just the first step, and other plans would be even crazier.

  "Since you've provided me with intelligence, I won't let you go unrewarded. There's a saying in the Central Plains: 'No reward without merit.' Here, take these six Qiankun Thunderbolts as a gift." Yu Feng took out six Qiankun Thunderbolts from his Qiankun Ring and handed them over to Arnold. He also used his Heart Transmission Technique to teach him how to use the spell, although these people's bodies didn't have true yuan. However, after making some slight modifications, they could still use it with the strange power within their bloodline.

  "Since Master Qingxuan insists on giving us these powerful artifacts, and you also saved us just now, I know that in the Middle Earth there is a saying 'repay kindness with kindness'. So please, Master Zhenyuan, accept this stone. This stone was obtained by me unintentionally when I was young, it contains huge energy, unfortunately we tried every means but can't use this energy, not even destroy it a little bit. Hope this strange stone can bring you some help. Also, this is the token of my family, as long as you find any blood relative in that place, you will know our information."

  Arnold was overjoyed to see that Yu Feng had given him the same weapon he had used in the church, and he couldn't help but think of the power it possessed. He remembered how it had instantly killed a Red Robe Archbishop and severely injured another at the same time. With a ruthless heart, he took out the strange stone he had obtained before, which contained enormous energy that was useless to them. It would be better to use it as a personal favor to get closer to this Qing Xuan True Man, even if they might not become friends, at least they wouldn't become enemies.

  "In that case, I'll take it too. My time is limited now, and I think we'll have another chance to meet in the future. Let's part ways for today, everyone take care." Yu Feng took over the stone and token. His face didn't show any unusual color, and he proposed to bid farewell. He flew up on his sword and floated into the sky, disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

  Yu Feng disappeared into the air, holding that black stone in his hand, a strange and surprised expression on his face, his heart churning with shockwaves.

  "I didn't expect that such a thing would actually exist in this world. Ling Songzi said in the Jade Scroll that it had long been extinct, but it seems his words can't be trusted after all. I don't know if Arnold is lucky or not, if he's lucky, he can get something like this, and if he's unlucky, he'll just pass it on to himself. But he got it, and it won't be useful for him anyway." Yu Feng put the stone into the Qian Kun ring, muttering to himself. In Ling Songzi's memory, this thing was only seen in the Hong Huang era, and later, even after thousands of years, no one had heard of it, let alone seen it. If not for Ling Songzi's research on array techniques and his search through many ancient collections, he wouldn't have known about this thing either. Unexpectedly, Yu Feng got lucky, but Yu Feng didn't think much of it, because not only could Arnold not use this thing, but even Yu Feng himself couldn't use it now. This Hong Huang artifact was unthinkable before reaching the Return to Void realm. It looked like just a stone, with only a seal placed on its surface by a superior being. Yu Feng only felt that it was filled with pure and extreme spiritual energy when he held it in his hand, but his divine sense couldn't enter its interior, blocked by a layer of prohibition. With his current abilities and knowledge, he had no way to open these prohibitions."

  Yu Feng then ignored this matter and rode his flying sword at a faster speed towards the Saint Paul's Cathedral.

  Two days later, Yu Feng walked out of a villa where normal people lived, but it was the intelligence center of the Blood Clan. No wonder the church couldn't find it. It seems that not everyone likes the Bright Church either. There should be many powerful people within the Blood Clan as well. After all, their spiritual wisdom opened early, just like ordinary people, or even surpassing them. They are not comparable to those shallow and unopened spiritual creatures in the Middle Earth.

  Yu Feng had already obtained all the information he needed when he came out. As expected, the Dark Council increased its attack on the Bright Church, and many people were sent from the British headquarters. Although St. Paul's current strength is slightly weaker than before, it cannot be underestimated. If there is not enough preparation, Yu Feng thinks that even if he goes in himself, he may never come out again.

  He made up his mind to go to St. Paul's Cathedral tonight, and with the speed of lightning, he would first wipe out all the people inside, then wait for an opportunity to start hunting outside, capturing and killing the incoming reinforcements of the Bright Church. From those intelligence reports, it was learned that there was at least one more Grand Inquisitor of the Religious Tribunal inside, accompanied by two Holy Knights, six Red-robed Archbishops, twenty or so White-robed Bishops, and hundreds of low-ranking priests. But this was only their surface strength, and further in-depth intelligence was not something those people could access, but having these was already enough. Yu Feng thought for a moment about the Extinction Thunderbolt, Dry Thunderbolt, and Mother-Child Yin Thunder in his Qiankun Ring, and his confidence grew even more. If he hadn't had these preparations and rushed in unknowingly, it would have been unclear who would be killed by whom. Tonight, the Nine Underworlds Soul Destroying Formation was definitely unusable; that thing consumed too much magical power, and if one wasn't careful, it could drain oneself dry, so it couldn't be used lightly. Therefore, tonight's battle could only use the Shura Flag, Flying Swords, and those Thunderbolts. Having made up his mind, Yu Feng flew towards there under the cover of night.

  Standing at the entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral, I realized that this place is not simple. Almost every corner has different teams patrolling simultaneously, and everywhere is covered with what they call "alert magic arrays". Fortunately, most of these magic arrays are targeted at the dark church's spells, unless one uses the demon gate spell here, it won't trigger a reaction from these magic arrays. If one is careful, these magic arrays are not worth worrying about. What I need to worry about is only the strength of those guards.

  Yu Feng circled the large church, feeling somewhat disappointed. The church was simply too big, and the idea of using an array to envelop the entire building was unrealistic. Not only would it consume a huge amount of materials, but even if he could provide enough magical power to activate the array, it would be impossible to control. It seemed there was no other way; Yu Feng could only enter slowly and search from within. Flying in directly from outside would definitely alert the people inside, leaving him with only one option: to charge in through the main gate. However, this approach would likely result in him being surrounded in a short amount of time.

  But there is no other way, Yu Feng wants to think without exposing the mark, can only instantly control all the guards at these doors and not let them make a sound or warning, it's not difficult to control them instantly, but how to extend this period of time when all the guards are killed without being discovered is a big problem.

  Yu Feng carefully concealed his figure, then set up a small maze array at the door to prevent himself from being discovered by people coming in from outside after he had just dealt with those people. Although the maze array couldn't stop some powerful people, it was already so late that if there were still people like the main priests who came in, it could only be considered his own bad luck. Of course, all of this was done without the knowledge of the guards; if he couldn't even do this much, it would have been impossible for him to come up with the idea of attacking St. Paul's Cathedral.

  It was just Yu Feng being overly cautious, as it was already so late that there was almost no possibility of anyone else entering the church. After setting everything up, he walked straight towards the large gate, but he hid his figure, and not a single guard could detect him.

  Those guards only saw a flash of green light, and they felt a chill on their bodies, then there was no sound. If you looked closely, you could see that the guards were all emitting a faint white mist, just like ice cubes placed in the sun in winter. This was Yu Feng's move, as he attached a thread of extremely cold air to his flying sword, and when it swept across the guards' necks, they instantly froze them all, keeping their pre-death appearance, standing still, without even a drop of blood oozing out of the wound, only a very shallow mark, which couldn't be discovered if you didn't look closely. This was Yu Feng's best method to enter the church without being detected.