Chapter Thirty-Five: The Unfamiliar Disciple

  It's not that simple!

  Originally, Kong Zuo didn't think much of this matter, he just thought that Zhou Xue was really unwilling to marry Lin Yufeng and escaped on the eve of the wedding. Although this thing was not done very well, while understanding Lin Yufeng's pain, he could also understand the difficulties of this little girl. Considering the depth of their relationship, in the end, Kong Zuo still stood on the side of the little girl.

  But as he thought about it again that night, he felt more and more that something was off, extremely off.

  "If Xiao Yatou didn't run away from her wedding, this matter would be troublesome!"

  What if Xiao Yatou didn't run away from her wedding?

  This is a very abrupt idea, and the next even deeper thought is, what if Xiaoyao was kidnapped?

  The idea flashed by and was about to disappear like lightning when Kong Zhen caught it.

  Why would I have such an idea?

  Why isn't this just wishful thinking?

  This stems from Kong Zhan's understanding of Zhou Xue.

  This little girl, although mischievous and naughty, is generally quite sensible. From childhood to adulthood, she has always been proud of being a Luo Fu, often saying "we are Luo Fus". Moreover, in terms of personality, she tends to be softer, which can be seen from the time Fang Shao Bai left the house.

  If she had a strong enough personality, she wouldn't have waited until now to follow Fang Shaobai. Even if she was worried about Fang Shaobai's safety at the time, after he escaped from Luo Fu, she would have followed him. Taking a step back, even if she hadn't made up her mind at the time, upon learning that she and Lin Yufeng had been betrothed since childhood, she should have left then, not now, not yesterday, but at the most inappropriate time.

  Unless Fang Shaobai was by her side at that time, but Kong Zhuo can be sure that Fang Shaobai was not there at the time.

  He had a good grasp of his own strength, although not enough to seriously injure Fang Shao Bai, but at least he could make him bedridden for several months. With the powerful thunder technique and his understanding of the Earth's core magnetic force, this kid was already crippled within half a month, no different from an ordinary person. Therefore, it was impossible for him to appear in Luo Fu on the second day and take Zhou Xue away.

  He was somewhat flustered at this point.

  Should I talk to Teacher Shu about it?

  No, if it's said, then the matter of Fang Shaobai secretly letting himself go would be exposed.

  "Do I have such a habit?" Thinking of letting Fang Shaobai go, he thought of Chang Yue again. Back and forth like this, his mind became more and more complicated.

  "How can I be sure that Chang Yue didn't tell Master Zhang about what happened the night before last? Is my relationship with him that solid? Master Zhang is his master, after all, and their relationship is much closer than mine!"

  "Some things are better thought of in a bad way!" Kong Zhuo picked up the package he had just packed and slung it over his shoulder. "However, sometimes thinking too much is safer to keep in one's own heart. People who are clever but misguided are far more numerous than those who gain benefits from their own small cleverness. I can think of this point, others can also think of it. Among the five swords of Luo Fu, except for that Thin Qing, which one is not cunning? In this matter, as long as I have an extra thought, that's enough. Other things are not my concern. Let me go down the mountain to find someone, and I'll go down the mountain to find them. Let me bring people back, and I'll bring people back. Little girl is Zhou Shibo's biological daughter and his only relative, so he's more anxious than me!"

  At this point, he shook his head and threw out all sorts of messy thoughts that had emerged in his mind.

  "Let's go down the mountain! We've got the chance to go down so quickly, if we don't have a good time, it would be a waste!"

  This time, Ling Jia Shang Ren seems to have no intention of setting a deadline for himself to return to the mountain!

  ………

  Autumn atmosphere gradually deepens

  The cool wind blows through the branches and leaves, and the withered yellow leaves fall all over the ground.

  The wind blows by, and yellow leaves dance in the sky.

  Kong Zuo dragged his stout body, walking among withered branches and yellow leaves, with a strange expression on his face.

  It's been half a month since I came down from the mountain, and there is no news about Zhou Xue at all. There is also no news from the mountain.

  Kong Zuo was getting anxious, this matter was becoming more and more bizarre, it was clear that everyone now thought Zhou Xue had run off with Fang Shao Bai!

  Although this matter was covered up at the beginning, it was covered up and finally, the news couldn't be covered up. It slowly spread throughout the entire Luofu, according to the small news he received. Lin Yufeng is now on the mountain grabbing madness, and the news is now spreading to the entire cultivation world at a terrible speed.

  Who says cultivators don't gossip?

  At times, these hermits who avoid worldly affairs and focus solely on cultivation, when they reach the point of extreme boredom, their enthusiasm for gossip is even more intense than that of ordinary people.

  A few days ago, he was quite fond of running into other cultivators on the road, exchanging greetings, drinking wine, bragging, and eating meat with gusto, all of which were very pleasant things to do.

  But now, he has to hide from practitioners of other sects, hiding far, far away.

  I'm afraid others will ask about this famous wedding in the cultivation world and what's going on with it.

  In this mood, blowing in the autumn wind feels especially good, a cool feeling in the heart.

  This is a small rural road, four thousand five hundred miles away from Luoyang.

  As for finding Zhou Xue, he had no clue either.

  Chang Yue said to himself before going down the mountain that it's indeed difficult, in this vast ocean of people, to find someone, especially one who was taken away by some unknown person.

  However, after half a month, it's different from before. He can't put his hopes on Zhou Qing anymore, he has to find it himself.

  So he decided to look for Fang Shaobai first.

  Fang Shao Bai was injured by him and wouldn't recover for at least ten days or half a month. With his last move, he sent Fang flying in the northwest direction. Calculating from the force of the shot, Fang should have been around 5,000 li away from Luo Fu that night. At the time, I thought about making it so that Fang couldn't reach Luo Fu by tomorrow and cause trouble, so when controlling the Heart Magnetic Force, my hand was a bit heavy.

  Now, the gravitational web formed by the terrestrial yuan magnetic force once again covers an area of ten miles around Kong Yan as its center, and with his movements, this gravity web is also constantly moving.

  Compared to before, he has further deepened his use of the Gravity Web, and it can be said that he is now completely proficient in it. In a certain sense, this technique, which was initially created on a whim after seeing spider webs, has fully evolved into a powerful martial art, with its greatest feature being its integration of offense and defense.

  As long as someone enters the range of his own gravity web, no matter how good their physical skills are or how high their cultivation is, as long as they haven't noticed the anomaly in the terrestrial magnetic force, they can't escape Kong Zhao's spiritual awareness.

  According to Kōn Zàn's current understanding, those who unintentionally enter the range of their own gravity net find it very difficult to detect its existence. This can be seen from the unexpected expressions of Shura Sword Li Yuanhua and Qingping Sword Bó Zhēn on that cliff.

  These two are top swordsmen, and in the cultivation world, they are also the best of the best. However, after staying on that cliff for half a day, they still didn't notice that the gravity under their feet was abnormal, which can be seen as proof that this gravity net is absolutely undetectable.

  This mainly lies in Kong Zhan's design. Firstly, the area of abnormal gravity is extremely small, it is linear, or rather, it is thread-like, with a thickness no more than that of a spider silk. Secondly, the difference in gravity between this area and its surroundings is extremely small, with a difference of only one ten-thousandth. If one does not concentrate their mind to distinguish, it would be very difficult to discern. Even if some extremely sensitive cultivators detect some abnormalities, they will naturally ignore them because the distribution of the earth's core magnetic force on the ground is originally extremely uneven and unbalanced.

  Although it is generally consistent, there are also differences in different places, and this difference is just between one ten-thousandth of a degree. This is the most important thing, because as a result, the region that has been adjusted by Kong Zhong's gravity is like a leaf hidden in a large forest, making it impossible for people to notice or detect. This is the source of Kong Zhong's greatest confidence.

  After mastering the basic laws and principles of the terrestrial magnetic force, he improved the way it was applied and used, combining the principles of array methods to solidify it. This way, when he applies it, it doesn't take much effort, nor does it consume much of his magical power. Now, within a radius of ten miles, this terrestrial magnetic force has become like a treasure for him, freely available at will.

  "Hmm, there's a cultivator who has entered the ten-mile range, and their strength isn't bad!" Kong Zhuo stopped his advancing body, narrowed his eyes, and tightly locked onto the gravitational web, sensing the information transmitted from the gravitational threads. "They should all be newly-entered cultivators in the Refining Qi and Transforming Spirit realm, able to initially control flying swords... wait, their auras seem to be from our Luofu!"

  His eyes, which had been narrowed, suddenly opened wide at this moment, and his expression looked somewhat bewildered.

  There are many people in the Luofu Mountain who have reached the state of refining their Qi and transforming their spirit, but among the third generation disciples, there are only a handful, just a few core inner door disciples. Are they not second-generation disciples?

  Not at all!

  Gently plucking at the threads of gravity, his spiritual awareness began to extend along the threads.

  "They're not much older than me, when did Luo Fu have so many outstanding disciples?!"

  A faint smile played on his lips, a rather strange one, and Kong Zhuo rubbed his nose.

  "They are all practicing authentic Luofu Gongfa, Xiantian Purple Qi, this is getting more and more interesting!"

  "Oh no, I messed up the exam! Damn it, six proctors, why don't they just die? So unlucky!"