Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 278 - 233: Stitching Punishment

His gaze lowered slightly, Wu Hen calmly surveyed everything around him.

His vision could not penetrate fences and buildings, but his hearing and taste could clearly perceive everything beyond those obstacles, even capturing the slightest movement within the dense forest.

When these three perceptions intertwined with imagination, the scene before him altered, akin to wearing a thermal imager, yet fundamentally different from the monotony of red and black in a thermal imager, with colors, moisture, hidden light, dark clumps, flickering shadows, contours, layers, and blurring... both static and dynamic, ongoing and about to cease.

Even the trajectories of all things seemed to have been drawn in advance; in the maple forest, there was a flock of birds, the movement of their eyeballs, the extent to which their wings spread, the angle of their bodies as they tilted. When Wu Hen concentrated, he could see which branch they would fly to and even predict where they would flutter and stagger beforehand.

To humans, it was very difficult to predict the movements of a flock of birds the next few minutes, as their behavior often followed their instincts, going beyond rational actions.

However, now, Wu Hen was able to accurately judge all the dynamics of the flock of birds in the next three minutes, feeling like he had a motion capture device that recorded their subsequent actions and played them in his mind.

It was indeed a miraculous feeling.

Chaotic and unordered events could be predicted.

"Collision."

Out of nowhere, Wu Hen uttered these two words.

A bird dashed through the branches, aiming for the top of the maple tree.

But a gust of wind came by, blowing its body askew, and at the same time a branch was bent by the wind, lying in front of the bird.

The bird flapped its wings vigorously, trying to fight against the strong wind, but the wind vanished in an instant, and it, overexerting itself, collided head-first into the branch that had yet to rebound!

It hit with a thud!

The bird fell to the ground, chattering in complaint on the grass.

Yet ten seconds earlier, it colliding with that branch had been perceived by that human not far away!

As if that person had cast a spell, it was doomed to be unfortunate in its subsequent actions.

The human’s lips curved slightly, feeling as if teasing a little sparrow.

"Is this a form of ’saying and doing’?" Wu Hen murmured to himself.

To know in advance and then to speak it out.

To outsiders, isn’t this ’saying and doing’?

Of course, to truly achieve ’saying and doing’, one needs to master the primordial laws that everything follows. Wu Hen was still only seeing the surface, in a "read-only" state, not a "rewrite" state.

The day he could freely rewrite, for instance, making that silly sparrow fall in love with the aloof branch, would probably be considered true ’saying and doing’.

But all unparalleled divine skills evolve step by step, just like the laws of Otherworldly Dust. Every life attempting ascension also emulates, starting with form, advancing towards essence, and ultimately completely controlling this supreme law.

"Let’s name this ability."

"The dynamic trajectory simulation image formed through the interaction of three human perceptions..."

"Three Men Walking?"

"Cough cough, better call it ’War Track Pre-performance’. After my perception has improved, this ability might become more tangible, perhaps even allowing me to pre-perform stages of a longer timeline."

To perform a very accurate War Track Pre-performance, one’s vision must also reach Third Rank.

Then, a complete War Track image will be presented in one’s mind rather than the simulated motion capture currently imagined by the mind. It indeed puts one in an unbeatable position in battles against slightly weaker opponents, even if they outnumber you.

If, however, one faced real masters who could use certain abilities to break through the limits of speed and strength, then the information captured by one’s hearing and taste might be skewed. Without Third Rank hearing to correct it, the "War Track Pre-performance" that’s presented would only hold referential value instead of providing accurate predictions.

Red Port is still too poor.

To elevate my hearing, I can only hope to do so in the outside world.

"Young master! Young master!!"

At that moment, an anxious voice came from outside the courtyard.

Wu Hen stood up and walked to the door.

It was River Girl Qiaqia, her expression somewhat panicked.

"What’s wrong, has Jiao Liecheng bullied you?" Wu Hen asked.

"No, it’s... it’s Cai Ni, she seems to have been taken away. Jiao Liecheng’s claim is that Cai Ni did not follow the rules of the Holy Sect and must be punished. But you know, I can read a person’s emotions and thoughts. When Jiao Liecheng took Cai Ni away, his eyes were filled with evil thoughts; I am afraid he might do something disgraceful to Cai Ni!" River Girl Qiaqia explained.

In this regard, River Girl Qiaqia was an expert. After her downfall into a demoness, she could see through the desires of the Human Clan.

Wu Hen furrowed his brows.

Jiao Liecheng took advantage of this moment to drag Cai Ni away. Whether Cai Ni genuinely violated the sect’s rules or he had an ulterior motive, it was all aimed at him!

He had thought Jiao Liecheng was at least a man, but it turned out he was also a scum, using such despicable and shameless tactics against him.

"What should we do? If they deliberately lure you out and then have Master Jiao Zhuo come after you, your odds are not looking good," River Girl Qiaqia naturally thought of this as well.

If he went out, they would definitely ambush Wu Hen.

If he did not go out, Cai Ni would be humiliated.

Plainly speaking, once Cai Huang was injured and became vulnerable, they would all be implicated.

That’s why, during his time protecting Cai Huang, Wu Hen had all the loved maids return to their homes, leaving only River Girl Qiaqia who was proficient in face-changing skills and could hide herself, to help him keep an eye on the situation within the Holy Sect.

"When there’s trouble, don’t always think it’s because of you," Wu Hen said.

After speaking, Wu Hen went straight to the inner room and then reported to Master Cai Huang about the matter River Girl Qiaqia had told him.

"Are you certain you saw Jiao Liecheng committing lecherous acts, or is it just a speculation?" Master Cai Huang still hid inside the room, speaking with a hint of interrogation in his voice.

"I didn’t see it, but Disciple Sister Cai Ni also mentioned to me multiple times that Jiao Liecheng’s gaze towards her was very strange..." Wu Hen said.

"Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. Perhaps it’s just Jiao Liecheng admiring Cai Ni. Men can be rash when they court, I’ll send someone to warn him. Even if he’s bold, Jiao Liecheng would have to consider the consequences of acting like a beast," Cai Huang said.

"Understood, Master," Wu Hen nodded.

"Don’t overthink it. Just stay honestly in this courtyard. I’ve set up a Magic Realm inside, and that old thief Jiao Zhuo wouldn’t dare to make a move lightly, fearing he would suffer a great loss. But outside, the situation is unpredictable!" Cai Huang specifically instructed.

"Disciple understands."

Wu Hen took his leave, but he couldn’t help but complain inwardly.

This Cai Huang is really too cowardly.

His daughter was kidnapped, and yet he’s still cowering in this broken Magic Realm, even instructing me not to go out...

To put it plainly, isn’t he just afraid that Jiao Zhu will come to kill him, with not a single capable person around to fend for him?

Wu Hen was very clear that it wasn’t concern for the life of his disciple that Cai Huang held dear, but his own life.

...

Although not allowed to leave the courtyard, Wu Hen could still search for Cai Ni’s whereabouts through his powerful Perception.

Searching a large area naturally required quite a bit of time, but fortunately, River Girl Qiaqia had left him with some clues.

With the assistance of the Third Rank Taste, Wu Hen’s "sonar" had become even more precise in perceiving the movements within a specific area.

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Soon, in a remote cottage by the woods, Wu Hen heard Cai Ni crying.

"Ridiculous, what do you think you are, daring to come here and boss me around?" Jiao Lie stood outside the water house but swung a palm toward one of Cai Huang’s servants!

The servant was too weak, probably not even having crossed the threshold of Heavenly Light.

The servant was directly slapped, coughing up blood, and became unconscious on the spot.

This made Wu Hen frown involuntarily.

Was the person sent by Cai Huang killed just like that?

Is Jiao Liecheng so brazen to act like a beast? He really has the audacity?

Even if Jiao Zhu backs him, how could Cai Huang let Jiao Liecheng off, has Jiao Liecheng lost his mind?

"Wuu wuu~"

Inside the water house, Cai Ni’s crying continued.

But she didn’t dare to cry out loud. Although her mouth wasn’t gagged and the man who intended to harm her, Jiao Liecheng, was just outside the water house, what was she so afraid and terrified of?

"Something’s not right!"

Quickly, Wu Hen realized the problem.

Jiao Liecheng was guarding outside the water house...

There was someone else inside the water house, and that person was treating Cai Ni with extremely cruel means!

At first, Wu Hen also thought Jiao Liecheng had lascivious thoughts toward Cai Ni, taking advantage of the situation to abduct her, taking some liberties, while also targeting him and Cai Huang, to force them out of the courtyard...

But now the situation was clearly not right.

Even after killing Cai Huang’s servant, Jiao Liecheng had no intention of entering the water house; instead, he was like a gatekeeper, guarding outside!

Who was the person violating Cai Ni??

And being guarded by Jiao Liecheng?

"Master... please spare me..."

Amid sobs, Wu Hen barely heard Cai Ni’s plea for mercy with half her lips.

Master??

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Turns out it was that old scoundrel Jiao Zhu!!

Could it be that it was not Jiao Liecheng who had been targeting Cai Ni all along, but Master Jiao Zhu??

Wu Hen was completely shocked to find out that Jiao Zhu was an old lecher!

And this old lecher had some sort of perverse ritual before committing his wrongdoing...

At this moment, Jiao Zhu seemed to be sewing Cai Ni’s mouth shut with needle and thread!

Wu Hen remembered that Jiao Zhuo had two protectors, whose mouths were sewn shut with some kind of metal wire, giving anyone who looked a bit longer a feeling of physical discomfort.

Wu Hen had also asked Cai Ni about the person who sewed mouths, and then knew that Master Jiao Zhu used to oversee the sect punishments in the Holy Sect Inner Country. Basically, members who made mistakes or violated rules would be thrown into his Punishment Hall, which is why Master Jiao Zhu had a rather twisted nature...

Wu Hen clearly remembered Cai Ni trembling all over when she described it to him.

Cai Ni had probably never imagined that she would endure the day when she’d face Master Jiao Zhu’s twisted form of punishment, no wonder she was so terrified at this moment!