Chapter 388 Entering the Ruins

After staying for a while, they received new news.

However, this news is not private, but public: each sect must enter the ruins in the order on the teleportation talisman, and if they enter together, they must enter in sequence.

Upon hearing the news, He Yinggui said irritably, "What kind of messed up rule is this? It's really incomprehensible."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiu asked curiously, "Deacon He also wants to enter the ruins?"

"Why else would I stay here? Do you think I have too much time and nothing to do?"

Yan Wenxuan laughed unceremoniously and said, "Your face clearly shows boredom, otherwise I wouldn't have fought for a spot for you. Look how good I am to you."

Tao Zi's mouth twitched. If she didn't know that the quota for entering the ruins was taken in turns, she would have believed this nonsense.

Li Xiu said helplessly: "But if that's the case, it seems we can't act together."

Yan Wenxuan didn't care much about this. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I'll see if I can get in touch with them after we enter the ruins. I'll go talk to some ghost cultivators first."

In the evening, the Tiandao Sect announced the news that there were wandering ghosts in the ruins and the time when the ruins would be opened.

Li Xiu whispered, "This news was released a little late, so it's a bit difficult to prepare."

Tao Zi sighed and said, "This kind of information can't be made public the moment it's obtained. It definitely needs to be verified and other complicated things. Otherwise, why would the information network be so important?"

After leaving Cheng Yimen's courtyard, Tao Zi took Li Xiu to live in a small village not far away.

Li Xiu wondered, "Aren't you going with them?"

She explained simply: "There are many people and many eyes. Many people in the Chengyi Sect still stand on the side of the Minglan Sect's main peak."

The two of them spent money to find a hospitable villager's home to stay with.

Not long after, Cheng Wuchou also contacted her, but the contact method was far beyond her expectations.

It was already evening, and she and Li Xiu were still eating when a cultivator in the out-of-body stage suddenly appeared beside them.

Li Xiu choked immediately, but this did not stop him from taking out the defensive spiritual weapon.

Tao Zi was better off, after all, she had seen this monk with her master.

The monk bowed and said respectfully, "Young lady, the master specially asked me to come here to guard you, so that you won't be ambushed in the ruins."

She stood up and simply returned the greeting, saying, "Thank you."

Li Xiu finally reacted and put away the spiritual weapon, saying, "You are too scary."

The monk smiled apologetically and said, "I showed up too suddenly."

He didn't expect that the Out-of-Body Stage cultivator would actually apologize. He quickly waved his hand and said, "No problem."

Tao Zi asked, "Did my brother send me any message?"

The monk nodded, took out a small booklet, and said, "The master specifically asked me to give this booklet to the young lady."

She took it, and the monk continued, "If you have no other instructions, I will stay near the village and will not spy on you."

This person is thoughtful.

After the monk left, Li Xiu sighed, "A monk in the Out-of-Body Stage is so respectful. What is power? This is power."

Tao Zi tucked the bowls and chopsticks toward him with amusement and said, "I still need to look at the booklet. I'll leave it to you."

"no problem."

She lit the oil lamp and began to read the book by the candlelight.

Li Xiu came back quickly and didn't disturb her when he saw this.

After she put down the pamphlet, Li Xiucai asked, "How is it?"

Tao Zi handed him the booklet and said, "Don't talk nonsense about the contents inside."

"Am I such a reckless person?" Li Xiu's hand was halfway extended, but she suddenly retracted it and asked cautiously, "Is there any secret that cannot be seen in this booklet?"

"No."

Only then did he take the booklet again.

After reading it, Li Xiu frowned and said, "Granted suicide?"

Tao Zi nodded and said, "Yes, because of their soft-heartedness, they let people into the city who shouldn't have been allowed in. The soldiers who were in the barracks and relied on the granary for self-sufficiency and had no contact with ordinary people were fine, but the people in that area suffered."

He sighed and said, "In this situation, I am too soft-hearted. I can't blame the Emperor's daughter for ordering me to commit suicide. It's what I deserve."

She recalled the events in the illusion and sighed, "It's a pity it wasn't a prosperous era, otherwise he would have been a good general. Never mind, let's not talk about this. I'll pass this on to Xi Jing and the others... Never mind, they're with my brother, so they must understand this. I'd better remind Qing Ya as well."

Li Xiu turned the booklet to another page and said, "Regarding the layout, Sister Tao, do you think the layout in the ruins is the Xucheng layout or the Liancheng layout?"

Tao Zi threw the question back: "Xu Cheng is where he made a mistake, Lian Cheng is where he committed suicide, which one do you think it was?"

He thought for a moment and said, "It should be Liancheng. After all, he died there, and his ghost should stay there too."

She shook her head and said, "Not necessarily. If he is truly a benevolent general, then the most painful thing for him would be letting that mother and son enter the city and harming the people. His obsession is probably Liancheng."

Li Xiu frowned and continued to refute: "Judging from the map in this booklet, Liancheng and Xucheng are so far apart that it is unlikely that mortal ghosts can float over."

Tao Zi smiled and said, "Brother Xiu, this is where you're confused."

Li Xiu looked at him blankly. She continued, "The real Liancheng and Xucheng in history have long been replaced by new towns. The appearance of the ruins is up to the owner of the ruins."

His body trembled slightly, and he slapped his forehead and said helplessly: "Look at my brain, how could I be so stupid at this time."

Tao Zi smiled and said, "Just in case, we should pass the layout of both cities to Yue Qingya and remind him to focus on Xu City."

Li Xiu started drawing and said with emotion, "According to the news, the ruins will be opened tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest. I don't know what will happen."

After the two of them had written down everything they needed to, Tao Zi returned the booklet - it had the Xujiamen logo on it, so it was not a good idea to keep it on him.

On the second day, all the disciples of Minglan Sect who entered the ruins arrived. The sects affiliated with Minglan Sect finally received the message and rushed to the vicinity of the ruins to wait.

Tao Zi and Li Xiu stood outside the ruins, looking at a large patch of white fog not far away, holding the Minglan Sect's teleportation talisman in their hands, waiting quietly.

Yan Wenxuan stood not far away and looked at her, accompanied by three sinister-looking monks.

After a rough guess, she knew that the three men must be ghost cultivators. She just didn't know whether Yan Wenxuan stood in with them because he had used some tricks to allow them to go in together, or whether he just wanted her to get familiar with their faces to avoid hurting his own people by mistake.

In the face of the unknown ruins, it would be great if we could act together after entering the ruins. The only trouble would be that we would have to get rid of them later, otherwise we would not be able to meet Huan.

Everyone waited quietly outside the ruins.