Chapter 20: The Art of Immobilization

  "I won't be played by that woman!!"

  Wang Guanlan was on his way back to Yicheng, and most of the time he spent thinking about the ancient token and Huā Lí Wèi's military formation, trying to figure out how to combine them in a more powerful way. As he thought, he suddenly remembered Qingling, and since they had made that oral agreement, everything that had happened was beyond his control, even beyond his imagination. At the time, he just wanted to satisfy his momentary desire, but he didn't expect that marrying this woman would lead to such an unexpected chain reaction. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have gone for that fleeting pleasure, and now it has turned into a situation that makes him very unhappy.

  But think about it, at that time I really didn't have any concept of places like Jingling Lake or sacred lands, but as the leader of the current generation of martial artists, she should be very clear about her own weight and what kind of consequences would follow after agreeing to come with me. She should know what kind of situation I would encounter, right? But this guy didn't say a word, just watched me jump into the abyss, isn't that too much?!

  "With evil intentions, with evil intentions!!" Wang Guanlan pounded on the carriage shaft, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his judgment was correct, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Qingling and Xiuyan's evil intentions were not in harmony.

  "Alright, very well, you be the first year student, I'll be the fifteenth. You want the phoenix tail grass, don't you? Then I'll plant it. I'd like to see if you can really get what you want!!" He thought viciously, one after another of his sinister plans emerging from his mind.

  "Just wait until I get past this hurdle. See how I'll deal with these two women, if I don't make them suffer eighteen kinds of torture, my name's not Wang!!" When he had such a ruthless idea, he hadn't even thought that originally, he was just an imposter, and his previous life wasn't surnamed Wang.

  "Master, there's someone blocking the way ahead!"

  "What?!" Wang Guanlan slightly raised an eyebrow, his face showing displeasure. He lifted the curtain and saw a young swordsman standing in the middle of the official road.

  "Get out of here?!" Seeing that it was a young swordsman, Wang Guanlan immediately guessed his intention to be **not off by much, 80% likely because of that "fiancée" of his who attracted bees and butterflies, and now he's in a bad mood, not wanting to get into another fight for no reason.

  "Is!!" Luo Han heard the impatience in Wang Guanlan's tone and responded with a loud "Ah", suddenly raising his hand.

  "Hua hua hua!!" Suddenly, more than a dozen flower fox guards rode forward on horseback, forming two rows in front of the young swordsman. Their momentum was like a rainbow.

  "The royal carriage of the Ning King is here, people in front, make way! Otherwise, no pardon will be given!" Kuo Han did not leave the horse-drawn carriage for a single step, but his cold voice clearly reached the young swordsman's ears.

  "I'm not here to challenge you!" The young swordsman's face turned slightly pale as he saw Hua Lianwei's driving style. His cultivation was good, and at a young age, he had already entered the condensed gas realm of the fourth layer of refining gas, but his spiritual cultivation was only average. Under Hua Lianwei's mental pressure, his soul involuntarily trembled, and his heart was almost unstable. He hastily called out, "I'm here on someone else's behalf to deliver a message to the Fourteenth Young Master!"

  "Let him bring the letter over, and get out of here!" Wang Guanlan's voice came from inside the carriage.

  "Alright!!" Kou Han shook the reins, and his horse leaped forward, arriving in front of the young swordsman. "Hand over the letter, you can leave!"

  That young swordsman's face was filled with a bitter expression, and he pulled out a letter from his bosom, but his body did not move. "I am Chen He of the Nuoshui Sword Sect, I have met Commander Luo!!"

  Luo Han's expression changed, "Nù Shuǐ Jiàn Pài, you know me?!"

  Luo Han's heart was filled with doubts, this Nu Shui Sword Sect was a martial arts sect in the three southwestern states, although it had some influence on the banks of the Nu Shui River, its strength could only be considered mediocre and couldn't compare to that of the Bai Du Men. Such a sect in the three southwestern states was completely dependent on the Ning Wang Fu for survival and didn't dare to have any presumptuous behavior, let alone send a disciple to challenge Wang Guanlan, which would simply be seeking death, not just for oneself but also bringing disaster to one's own sect.

  The young swordsman who claimed to be Zhen and hurriedly said, "I don't know the commander, but the commander's reputation, I have long heard of it!!"

  "Since that's the case, why are you blocking the road? Get out of the way!" Lu Han's face sank, and he sternly scolded.

  "Junior, junior...!" Feeling the mighty aura of Leng Han, Chen He's face suddenly turned pale, his body also trembling, but he didn't take a step back, looking extremely stubborn.

  "Little brat, are you tired of living?!?" Lu Han was furious, his long spear shaking in his hand, ready to strike, when he heard Wang Guanlan's voice behind him, "Hold on!!"

  "Prince!" Seeing Wang Guanlan get off the carriage, Luo Han hurriedly went forward to greet him, "Why did you come down?"

  "He didn't not want to leave, he just got caught by someone else's immobilization technique and couldn't move!" Wang Guanlan smiled and waved her hand.

  "What's going on?!!" Kou Han was shocked and immediately reined in his horse beside Wang Guanlan, "Young Master, please get back on the carriage, this place..."

  "Don't worry, it's nothing. The other party just sent him to deliver a message, at least there won't be any malice for now!" Wang Guanlan smiled and waved his hand, "Give me the letter and take the person away!"

  "Then he——!"

  "This guy probably hasn't even seen a human before and has already been petrified!"

  "The fourteenth young master is indeed...!" Before the words had even fallen, Luo Han made a gesture to the two Hu Liang guards on either side. Instantly, the two Hu Liang guards walked up to Zhang He's front, lifted him by his hands and feet, and carried him to the side of the road.

  Seeing that the official road was clear, Wang Guanlan took the letter from Luo Han's hand and returned to the car, not looking at Chen Hei again from head to toe until nightfall.

  Luo Han and the others were also like this, all with cold faces, got on their horses and carriages, and the group of people surged forward like a tide, heading straight in the direction of Yicheng, leaving only Chen standing by the side of the official road, his fists clenched tightly, his veins bulging, his fingernails digging into his flesh, and thin streams of blood flowing out from between his fingers, looking as if he had suffered a great humiliation.

  He was first immobilized by a mysterious figure, losing face, and then ignored by a group of people from the Ning Wang Fu, making him feel deeply humiliated. From childhood to adulthood, Chen He had never received such treatment before, which made him resentful while also recalling his hatred for Wang Guanlan.

  "Isn't it just because she was born in the Ning Wang Fu?!"

  "Isn't it just a technique?"

  "Isn't it great? One day, I'll make you know the price of humiliating me today. One day, I'll make you regret it and let you taste the humiliation too!!!"

  At this time, Wang Guanlan would not know that Chen He had also hated him deeply. If he knew what Chen He was thinking at the moment, he would definitely destroy the guy in the first place. He wasn't a very elegant guy to begin with, and now he was about to open that letter.

  "Sir, let me open it!" Seeing Wang Guanlan directly reaching out to tear the envelope, Luo Han was startled and hurriedly stopped him.

  "Don't worry, there won't be any tricks!" Wang Guanlan smiled and directly tore open the envelope, pulling out the letter inside. "If the other party had malicious intentions, we wouldn't have been able to safely head towards Yangyi City by now!!"

  It's not unusual for a practitioner to know how to immobilize someone, but it is rare for one to be able to keep someone immobilized for that long.

  Ding Shen Fa is not a single spell, but a general term for a type of restrictive spells. The essence of these spells is to use the primordial energy of heaven and earth to immobilize a person's body. As for what kind of primordial energy is used, each has its own methods and subtleties.

  It's just because the effect of stopping people is about the same, so it's been taken as a kind of magic trick by most people.

  Moreover, the duration of the immobilization technique is not long. You should know that the heavenly and earthly primordial energy is constantly flowing. At this moment, you can use the heavenly and earthly primordial energy to immobilize your opponent, but in the next moment, after the flow of the primordial energy, the effectiveness of the immobilization technique will be greatly reduced. The primordial energy will naturally dissipate, and it will not be able to immobilize people.

  So, most of the Taoist priests, when it comes to the application of the Immobilization Technique, are just temporary and emergency measures. The time it takes to immobilize a person is only for a brief moment, just enough to buy some time for themselves. Even if they use the Immobilization Technique to immobilize an ordinary person, it's only possible to keep them frozen for a few breaths. But today, he heard of a situation where a cultivator in the Condensing Energy Realm was immobilized like a wooden stake, which is unprecedented. What's even more shocking is that this "wooden stake" can be easily moved, and he couldn't feel any hint of the Heaven and Earth's Primordial Qi from it. This is what makes him feel terrified. A Taoist priest who can achieve this level of skill can be said to be able to kill him with just a pinch, like squashing an ant, without needing to resort to tricks on a letter. That's why he felt at ease opening the letter.

  As he took out the letter, a familiar crimson flashed across Wang Guanlan's eyes, "This is...!"

  Wang Guanlan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, this crimson color was all too familiar to him, and it was exactly the same as the dress of the woman in red he had seen deep in the Wuyin Gorge that day.

  He looked at the letter again and was stunned. The crimson paper had nothing on it but a blank sheet.

  No, this is not paper!!

  Feeling that the crimson paper in his hand was somewhat strange, Wang Guanlan subconsciously used his spiritual awareness to probe it, and suddenly, a bizarre scene appeared.

  That paper suddenly burned automatically, and with the burning of the paper, a thought burst out from the burning paper and shot into Wang Guanlan's sea of consciousness.

  "Prince! Prince! The Fourteenth Prince!!"

  He was interpreting the content of that thought on the other side, but scared Rong Han to death. He only saw Wang Guanlan open the paper, and in just one breath, the paper ignited, while Wang Guanlan sat there stupidly, as if he had also been petrified.

  "Oh, it's nothing, nothing!!" Wang Guanlan was suddenly pushed by Luo Han and came to his senses. He shook his hand with a strange expression, "Don't be nervous, it's just a senior playing a joke on me, nothing, nothing!!"

  The horses and carriages continued on their way, with no one noticing that a faint crimson flash had appeared on the cliff wall on one side of the official road.