Perhaps knowing that Xu Zhi was "very talented", the priest put down the things he was packing and handed them to the man who opened the door, then turned around and briefly introduced the sect to Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi just listened casually to what he said, as most of it was meant to fool people. Some of it also exaggerated how oppressed and difficult the homeless people at the bottom of society were. Xu Zhi seemed to nod repeatedly, but in fact he was completely absent-minded, and his mind was more focused on his loss.

After the priest finished his long speech, he finally took her to the second floor.

The second floor seemed to be equivalent to a "warehouse" and living area. There was only one person guarding it, a boy who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. He looked a little malnourished and must have been a vagrant with little strength in the past. Xu Zhi noticed that his expression was still clear, and he showed some vigilance and alertness when he heard someone coming up the stairs.

"Du Cheng, come here, let me introduce you to this new member who is about to join us. His name is..."

The priest suddenly paused while introducing himself, and then he realized that after talking so much with Xu Zhi, the other party had not introduced himself at all.

Xu Zhi spoke without much thought: "My last name is Ling, I only have a last name but no given name."

It’s nonsense, but not completely nonsense. How can a spiritual body not be considered a spiritual body?

The priest nodded, not caring whether what Xu Zhi said was true or not. The names of the lower-class wanderers were all kinds of strange. Some of them didn't even have surnames. They just randomly gave themselves names that were exactly the same as mechanical parts. Single-word names were also not uncommon.

"Take her to the spare room. She'll live there from now on and officially join us tomorrow night."

After speaking to Du Cheng, the priest turned to look at Xu Zhi and said, "Get some rest tonight. Tomorrow's ceremony is very important. Don't stay up all night and run around."

The priest's words were ambiguous, and it was obvious that he did not believe Xu Zhi. He was warning her not to rummage around in the building or try to escape.

Xu Zhi nodded nonchalantly: "Don't worry, Father, I won't even step out of the door tonight."

She didn't want to care what these [Cups] were planning or hiding, she came here sincerely to join!

At night, Xu Zhi controlled his spiritual body and lay on the bed with his eyes closed to rest. Although this spiritual body was just an ordinary person, it was infused with a large amount of extraordinary energy, which made this body's talent extremely high. Even though it had not reached the extraordinary level at this moment, Xu Zhi could still vaguely sense a sense of surveillance by intuition.

I guess the believers here don't trust her.

Xu Zhi smiled indifferently and simply shifted most of his attention to the Lost Land.

It had been about three hours but less than four hours since the spirit body finished all this, and now was the darkest hour of the night.

Nothing seemed to have changed during this period, except that the fog on the ground became thicker and thicker, spreading from a height of only about a person's calf during the day to a height that almost submerged the entire person.

Xu Zhi didn't plan to go down and try what it felt like to be in the fog. After all, he still had things to do with his spiritual body, and it would not be a good idea to die in despair at this time.

About half an hour later, the fog in the Lost Land seemed to become even thicker, and even the moonlight seemed to be covered with a veil, becoming hazy and dim.

It was also at this moment that Xu Zhi finally sensed something was wrong in the air.

Or rather, she sensed a familiar aura.

The air seemed to begin to grow cold, and the trees seemed to suddenly grow taller in the moonlight, their shadows swaying like the claws of a monster, or like the guards of the trees.

Xu Zhi's heart skipped a beat. She vaguely recognized where this familiar feeling belonged to, and guessed that it would be in the Lost Land, but she didn't expect to be able to feel its breath at a shallow level.

No, this is no longer shallow. Without her teammates, she moved at an extremely fast speed and had already exceeded the depth she came to last time.

The mark from midnight on the palm of my hand is slightly warm, but fortunately there is only a faint scent of midnight here.

Sure enough, midnight exists deep in the Lost Lands, and just like the Federation, it only comes at night.

If she wanted to go deep into the Lost Land, she would have to go through midnight.

“That’s really bad news.”

I think the local creatures rarely appear at night. They must have sensed the atmosphere of midnight and knew that walking at night would very likely lead to walking into "another world".

After all, midnight belongs to the world of the dead. If you get lost in midnight, you are likely to become another new grave of midnight.

"The scent is very faint. I think the real midnight should be deep in the Lost Land. I may not go that deep this time."

She didn't know what punishment Midnight would give her, but she had to be careful.

Xu Zhi stayed quietly on the tree all night long. When the first rays of morning sun shone on the treetops, she finally felt the breath of midnight dissipate.

The chirping of insects and birds began to revive in the forest, and Xu Zhi also set out on the road to reunite with his clan again.

The most important purpose for other extraordinary people to come to the Lost Land is the huge extraordinary resources in the Lost Land. Xu Zhi actually also lacks resources, but she wants to reunite with her clan as soon as possible, so she did not choose to collect extraordinary plants or hunt extraordinary creatures.

The Lost Land was large enough that even though Xu Zhi traveled at a fast speed, he could only leave the shallowest layer after two days, but was still within the large outer area.

Fortunately, the distance between her and her clan has been further shortened. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be able to reunite with Xiaozhen before midnight tomorrow.

Xu Zhi was on the road all day long, and behind her, groups of investigators suddenly entered the various entrances of the Lost Land, which was rare today.

As "Lost Land Investigators" trained by various forces, they are usually dispatched in large numbers only when something big happens or when some resources that are difficult to obtain in the Lost Land are needed, but there has never been such a large-scale personnel operation.

Many people who saw this scene were speculating: Was some important treasure found in the Lost Land?

Some even boldly said: Maybe it’s news related to ascension!

Otherwise, why would such an unprecedented scale be deployed!

Even if a transcendent person was suddenly promoted to become a new [Agent] in the Lost Land before, so many investigators have never been sent out at the same time to find out the truth!

Something big must have happened. This was the unanimous understanding of the extraordinary people from the outside world after seeing this scene.

Lotus City, bottom floor.

"Don't resist, don't be afraid, it's just God watching you."

In the dim little building, Xu Zhi controlled his spirit body and sat on a somewhat familiar ritual formation, perhaps it should be called a [Cup] attribute circuit.

The circuit should be carved with a fusion of blood and extraordinary materials. There are eight red candles burning in the eight directions of the circuit.

The spirit body sat in the center of the circuit. In front of her, which was also at the top of the circuit, were three portions of blood food.

But in the eyes of the "well-informed" Xu Zhi, the quality of these three blood meals was really mediocre.

Not even one tenth of the quality of the blood food that suddenly appeared on her bedside table.

It seems that the people at the bottom of the [Cup] group are not having a good time.

The priest in front of him was singing a hymn, holding a blood-colored cup filled with blood in his hand. When the hymn reached a certain part, he suddenly raised the blood cup and sprinkled the blood on the circuit.

In an instant, the not-too-complicated circuit was activated, and initially emitted a bright red light.

Just got home. I’m so tired from climbing the mountain today. I want to take a break!

I'll update tomorrow